Grey had gone over to the volcano forest in an attempt to cultivate and try to gain the affinity in fire. Everything had been going on well until a level 3 beast appeared that could use the Earth and fire attribute.
After sending the first attack towards Grey that sent him flying, the beast stood there staring at where it had sent Grey and that was when it saw its target slowly standing up while clutching his stomach in pain.
Grey now stood around 5 feet away from the wolf as he slowly breathed in and out calmly trying to circulate his mana around him.
'Darn it! How am I supposed to fare against an elemental wolf? I don't even have an affinity yet.' Grey thought worriedly as he eyed the wolf up and down.
'The smart move to make now will be to run. But can I outrun it? Hold on, it has two elemental affinities, what if I were to stay and fight then if I were to kill it, I would be able to gain its affinities.' Grey thought.
If beasts that had elemental powers were killed, those that had already formed their mana core could extract the power stones that was located in the abdomen part of the beasts then they could absorb the mana out of the power stones giving them whatever elemental power the beasts had.
'But what if I were to die in the process? No! I won't die without giving my mum a better life than she has now.' Grey thought affirming himself strongly.
'If I keep running away in the face of danger, then how the hell will I be a good and strong mage?' He thought as he raised his hands up staring at the beast.
"I will never run away and I will make you pay for interrupting my cultivation!" Grey said as he shifted his feet apart from each other and glared at the beast.
In response to Grey's words, the beast growled loudly as it consecutively struck the ground twice sending two rock shrapnel that was covered in burning fire towards Grey.
"Shit!" Grey said as he saw the shrapnels heading his way and he didn't know what to do when he suddenly remembered something and hastily executed it.
"I hope this works or else I'm screwed." Grey said as he quickly raised his dominant hand hand out, his palm facing downwards and then he quickly flicked his wrist while at the same time shouting out words.
"Aerius!" Grey shouted after flicking his wrist towards the incoming projectiles.
Immediately a burst of transparent swirling air erupted from Grey's hand accompanied by a loud whooshing sound. And it erupted out towards the shrapnels at a decent speed and then it crashed into the shrapnels changing their trajectory sending them crashing away from Grey.
"It worked?" Grey asked in confusion as he stared at his hands in excitement. "I… I got the air affinity? I knew something was off when my core reacted strongly after Clark hit me with this skill."
The wolf seeing how the human managed to throw the shrapnels away, got incredibly furious as it lightly touched the hard ground beneath it with its paw and immediately, the beast was seen heading Grey's way at an immense speed.
'Shit! It can use the Earth to move itself. How the hell am I supposed to deal with that? I only know one air skill and it won't be enough to move this beast.' Grey thought worriedly.
"It would have been helpful to have the Earth attribute now." Grey lamented as the beast was now incredibly close.
When the beast was two feet away, it opened up its mouth and breathed out a long stream of fire towards Grey like a dragon of some sorts.
Without wasting time, Grey pointed his hands towards the ground with his palm facing downwards.
"Aerius!" He shouted and a burst of air quickly come out of his hands towards the ground.
The force of the air was enough to move Grey away quickly like a rocket but instead of fire below, it was air and Grey successfully avoided the fire from the beast.
Then he looked around and saw one of the shrapnels he knocked away. Without wasting time, he lifted it up and looked at the beast who was now regaining its footing.
Before the beast could do anything, Grey lifted the shrapnel up and then swung it hard and fast towards the beast like as if he was throwing a spear.
The shrapnel was heading towards the beast at average speed and at this rate, the beast would be able to avoid it easily so Grey did the only thing he could as he lifted his hands up and quickly went through the motions of his only skill.
"Aerius!" He shouted and a burst of air quickly went out hitting the shrapnel and boosting its speed making it reach the wolf in less than a second crashing into it.
"I hope this is enough." Grey said as he touched his chest feeling his mana dwindling.
Then slowly, the dust was seen settling and finally, the beast could be seen standing strong with the shrapnel stuck on its body. But its body looked different compared to before.
Where the shrapnel was about to be struck, it had formed a sort of armour around there protecting it from sustaining any sort of damage.
Grey annoyed, clicked his tongue and glared at the beast angrily as he could see the beast's face twisted in a way that looked as if it was grinning at the human's futile effort.
And then with a twist of its body by turning around, the shrapnel was seen flying towards Grey with immense speed while it was coated in fire again.
"Shit! What am I going to do now?" Grey asked as he could see the shrapnel almost close to him.
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