Clyde took a deep breath and then exhaled. For today, he doesn't carry a sword because he intends to practice his skills using Mana.
He wanted to be able to cast magic attacks like the people in those training groups. But he didn't want to go and asked for their help for now thinking he wanted to figure out how to do it himself. Only later when he finds it difficult, then Clyde will ask them for help.
'But... how should I begin?'
Clyde concluded that the magic attacks he could do were the Skills he used before. But back then Clyde just had to think about activating that skill.
However, now Clyde doesn't think he can do that. He couldn't even fully summon his Character Information, so he shouldn't be able to use his Skills.
Except of course, maybe he still can.
Maybe he just had to focus his mind to use it. Just like when he could fight with a sword.
But there is one more possibility. That ability is his passive skill which means he doesn't need to activate it for the skill to work.
It was different from Skills like [Burning Hand] and [Pure Lightning] which required a command from his brain to activate.
"Argh! fuck it! Let's just try it!"
Clyde shook his head to get rid of those thoughts. All he had to do was try to do it. Keep assuming without a clear purpose will only lead to overthinking.
So Clyde got ready and started concentrating. He could feel the Mana flow in his body starting to move which meant what he was doing might be working.
Clyde imagined how it would feel when he used [Skill: Burning Hand]. Heat power began to gather in his hands and Clyde saw that there was smoke starting to come out of his hands.
'Maybe I'll be able to do it just .'
Clyde grinned happily because he could already see the effects of his concentration without even waiting long. He thought that he might indeed be able to use magic attacks without even trying hard.
Clyde increased his concentration, concentrating his Mana into both hands which started emitting heat until they created mirages.
The smoke that came out of his hands was getting thicker and thicker until finally a fire appeared a moment later.
The fire was not too big but steady even in the middle of the plain wind. Clyde wanted to add his Mana to the flames.
When he thought he had enough, Clyde decided to create fireballs in both of his palms. He also didn't take long for the fireballs to form.
Clyde then threw the fireballs forward.
The fireballs created a considerable explosion as they hit the grassy ground in front of him. Clyde nodded as if impressed with himself.
'Turns out it's not as difficult as I thought.'
Once again Clyde thought that it must be because of his [Private Attribute: Easy-Mode]. Which made everything he did so much easier even when his Character Information was still broken.
Clyde could only be grateful for that. Clyde thought that he looked like a character in a story who got a very strong plot armor.
Some people might not like characters that are having that plot armor advantage. However, if that character is yourself, would you mind getting a lot of conveniences?
Clyde decided to train his strength a bit longer. For now, he will first focus on using the fire power [Burning Hand]. Then tomorrow he will try with [Pure Lightning]'s lightning power.
Explosion after an explosion was created in that place. His voice spread across the plains and startled everyone who was practicing so they all looked at Clyde instead of continuing to practice.
"What the hell? The impact of that attack is huge."
"Is he the new person that Samuel saved?"
They are all curious. Even though they had trained for so long they still couldn't reach that level of destruction like Clyde did.
In the end, they rushed over to Clyde for a closer look. Some of them just wanted to see how strong Clyde really was. But some others wanted to challenge him and test his strength.
Clyde was still throwing fireballs. He also increased the size of his fireballs to test their limits. It turned out that after doing it for a few minutes Clyde didn't feel tired at all. So he concludes that his limit is quite high.
"Hey! New guy!" a tall, blonde-haired man holding a staff called out to Clyde. However, Clyde didn't hear him amidst all the explosions he made.
The man called for him a few more times but Clyde still didn't hear him.
Apart from the explosions, he was also so concentrated on controlling his Mana that he forgot everything that was happening around him. He didn't even realize that there were already many people surrounding him as spectators.
In the end, because he was too annoyed, the man pointed his staff at Clyde and started flowing his Mana.
Among all the people who had an affinity with Mana in this place, the blonde man was one of the strongest.
Seeing Clyde who can issue magic attacks like that of course made him feel challenged. Moreover, he's just a newcomer to this fortress.
The man then sent a firebolt toward Clyde. The Firebolt wasn't that strong but it would be enough to make him aware of its presence. The man wanted to teach a lesson to Clyde who had been ignoring him with a little pain.
But before the firebolt hit him, Clyde swung his hand which was still burning with fire. Clyde swatted the firebolt like a fly and immediately destroyed it.
The blonde man widened his eyes. Even if it's only a weak attack, Clyde shouldn't be able to just swatted it like an insect.
"What do you want?" Clyde asked with an annoyed expression.
"Let's spar," said the man. "If you show off your power like that you must have confidence in your them, right?"