Chapter 395: Pyromaniac.
When Blake stepped into the cafeteria he got all types of looks from everyone he passed by, but this wasn’t anything new.
Because the system was still not responding, Blake found it hard to locate his crew in the large canteen, so he had to ask students who directed him to them.
“How you guys doing?” Blake asked with a brimming smile as he took a sit.
“We should be asking you that?” Tessie said.
“Congrats on advancing to the Hero realm.” Luciano said.
“Thanks.” Blake said as he didn’t waste time to begin ordering food.
He didn’t know how or why, but the advancement process had drained a lot of the nutrients in his body, leaving him shivering from hunger.
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“How was the advancement process?” Brian asked.
“Bad… Very bad… I even passed out because of the pain.” Blake felt pain just by remembering what happened a few hours ago.
The only time he had felt such pain was during his encounter with Alcane the right hand of the All-father.
It made Blake wonder what kind of pain would assault his body when he was advancing to the demigod realm.
“What powers do you have?” Castiel asked.
“Didn’t you just hear that he passed out because of pain?” Tessie scolded him.
“There’s no problem with him asking, I am okay now.” Blake said as he imagined a single tear dropping from his left eye.
“Anyways, I am just waking up so I don’t even know what powers I have.” Blake said.
After Blake was done filling his stomach the group made their way out of the canteen.
“I’ll be heading to the Library see you guys later.” Blake said to the group, but as he separated from the group Castiel and Brian followed him.
“We know you are going to practice your new abilities. So we want to see it too.” Brian said with a wink.
“Well, I will but first I have to go to the library and read about the abilities.” Blake said.
“I thought the system explained the abilities to you?” Castiel asked after making sure no one was around.
“Yea, but during the advancement process, I stopped hearing from him. My guess is that he is undergoing an upgrade.” Blake said.
Once they had borrowed books on the 3 elements, they went straight to a training room.
Normally Blake would go to the concealed space to practice, but at his current level, he was afraid of burning down all the trees in the area.
The training room used spatial magic just like the castle. It could be made to be as large as one wanted, and it could also self-repair damage.
Once they were in, Blake went straight to reading the books.
This took about half an hour, and immediately after he was done Blake went to the center of the training room.
“First off, I would like to see what casting spells feel like.” Blake said as he waved his hand and cast a large mana wall.
“Holy shit!” Blake said in excitement as he stared at his hands as if it was the first time seeing them.
“What is so special about the mana wall?” Brian and Castiel were confused by Blake’s excitement.
“It’s not about the mana wall, it’s about how I cast the mana wall.” Blake said but they were still confused.
“Usually, casting a mana wall is by having a clear picture of what size or shape of wall you want, then selecting a specific space in the air and filling it mana.”
“In this case, all I needed to do was have a picture of the wall and wave my hands, then the wall was formed.” Blake explained.
“Are you saying you are now automatically casting spells?” Brian asked just to be sure.
“I won’t call it automatic, I will say semiautomatic but with body movements.” Blake answered.
During the Hero advancement process, the pathways would connect with the skin, granting the Hero the ability to manipulate nature to a certain extent with certain body movements.
As long as one had a relatively simple intention, it would automatically be completed. This made casting faster, by removing the need for very specific details.
After Blake was done exploring the new things he could do with Arcane magic, he moved on to the fire element.
“The Hero level of the fire element is called Pyromaniac and the 1st is the ability to create solid flames.”
Blake conjured a flaming spear and threw it at a wooden dummy.
The spear cut through the wood and lodged at the center of the dummy’s head.
“So far, fire attacks have been all about explosions and burn effects, but not penetration. This handles it to an extent.” Blake said.
Although the solid fire wasn’t as hard as rock or the best for defense, it made fire attacks more deadly.
The 2nd ability is the use of smoke to make simple illusions like a clone of oneself.
The 3rd ability was called Heat marks, and on activation, tattoos would appear from the torso region to the arms.
The tattoos worked by absorbing heat energy from the surroundings into the body, thus boosting the user’s physical strength. The disadvantage of prolonged use was heat stroke.
“It’s not too bad considering that pyromaniacs are even more resistant to fire and heat.” Blake said after testing the ability. 𝐛𝗼𝐯𝗹．𝐞𝘁
The final ability which was the main reason for the Pyromaniac name was, berserker.
The berserk ability more than doubled the physical strength, magical power, and explosiveness of the user, but the longer the ability was used the more overheated and agitated the user would be.
If continued to be used, the caster would go insane with rage and continue fighting until their mana and life essence were depleted.
“An ability that might lead me to an untimely death? Hell no!” Brian disagreed when he heard the ability’s explanation.
“Why are you complaining as if you awakened the fire element.” Blake chuckled at Brian’s reaction.
“Nonetheless, it is a very risky ability and should be used only as a last resort.” Brian and Castiel nodded in agreement.
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