BXBX NOVEL Chapter 413 - A Ghost Mage
"You\'re too late. I\'m going to teach Valentina right now," Lawrend replied.
"Huh? You\'re going to teach her?"
It was a big surprise to Aezel. After all, she knew that Valentina was someone from tens of thousands of years into the past, and she was also a Heaven Mage in her prime.
"Yes, Sister Aezel. Even though I have lived for a long time, I don\'t claim that I know everything. Master Lawrend knows something that I don\'t," Valentina explained to her.
"Oh! Can I watch?" Aezel asked excitedly.
If it was something that even Valentina wanted to learn, then that also meant that it was something very rare and hard to do.
"I don\'t mind," Lawrend replied.
And so, Lawrend started the lesson.
He sat on the bed cross-legged with his eyes closed. They watched as his soul left his body and took on a corporeal form above his head.
Suddenly, the air around them started moving towards him. More specifically, the lightning and fire mana in the air moved towards his soul body.
Valentina stood beside the bed and stared at the process seriously. She was mentally taking notes on what was happening. She also used her powerful soul to sense what was going on inside Lawrend\'s soul.
"Hmmm…"
A few minutes later, Lawrend stopped, and his soul body opened its eyes and looked towards Valentina.
"Did you learn anything?" Lawrend asked.
"Only a little. I need to discuss it with you to gain more insights on the process," Valentina replied.
"Okay. Ask me anything," Lawrend said to her.
…
After two hours of asking Lawrend, Valentina finally felt like she could do it.
"Are you going to try it here?" Lawrend asked her.
"Mm. I feel safer here than outside. I might get seen by an undercover angel if I\'m not careful," Valentina replied.
"Do they know what you look like?" Lawrend asked.
"I think so."
"Well, doesn\'t that mean that Ramiela isn\'t one of them?"
As Ramiela never recognized Valentina, it was safe to say that she wasn\'t one of the angels that committed genocide and destroyed their civilization back then.
"Maybe…"
Valentina wasn\'t sure anymore. She wanted to hate Ramiela for being an angel, but at the same time, she couldn\'t.
Lawrend would not like it if she fought with Ramiela. Besides, he was trying to reconcile the two of them. She couldn\'t help but feel guilty towards him.
"You already said that you would punish her if she really was one of them. Stop being so stubborn. I will help you kill that West guy once I become strong enough," Lawrend said to her.
Aezel could only watch the two of them from the side. She had no idea what was going on.
"...Okay. I will try to remain calm until I prove that she\'s guilty," Valentina replied.
"That\'s good," Lawrend said and patted her head.
At this point, it became a habit of his to pat their heads when they were feeling down.
"Mm." Valentina nodded her head at him.
Lawrend stood up from the bed and gave her some space.
Valentina floated on the air cross-legged and hovered above the bed.
"Here I go."
Valentina closed her eyes and focused.
She internalized what she learned from Lawrend earlier.
Lawrend and Aezel waited in anticipation. They both watched without blinking their eyes.
A minute passed by…
Two minutes…
Three minutes…
Five minutes…
10 minutes…
"*Sigh*" Lawrend sighed.
Even if he didn\'t want to say it, he could already tell that she failed.
Half an hour passed by, and Lawrend became puzzled as to why Valentina hadn\'t given up yet. There was no more point for her to continue.
Suddenly, he felt the strength that was emanating from her soul reduce.
Lawrend squinted his eyes and became worried about her.
Above Earth Mage…
Grand Mage…
Arch Mage…
High Mage…
True Mage…
Beginner Mage…
Lawrend was shocked as Valentina became a Beginner Mage with his very eyes. He was shocked beyond disbelief.
Just as he was feeling sad about it, Lawrend felt a small breeze of wind. He sensed the air around them, and he immediately realized what was happening.
Tiny amounts of plant mana were flowing to her body.
"This is not worth it…" Lawrend muttered and shook his head.
Valentina would lose her strength. If he knew she would do it, he would have stopped her. Right now, it was their most important asset.
If, by chance that Aezel can\'t save him, she was the guarantee that nothing can harm him.
A few minutes later, Valentina\'s plant mana absorption stopped.
"You–"
Just as Lawrend was about to rebuke her for wasting her strength, he felt her strength increase once again. It climbed up rapidly.
True Mage…
High Mage…
Arch Mage…
Grand Mage…
All the way until she reached the Heaven Mage-level. Lawrend stared at her with his mouth open wide in disbelief.
"D-Did you recover your strength?? But you only absorbed a small amount of plant mana," Lawrend asked her with incredulity.
Valentina slowly opened her eyes.
She looked at him and smiled before saying, "I didn\'t."
"Then, what was that?" Lawrend asked her in confusion.
"I realized that I couldn\'t absorb mana because my soul was too powerful. I need to start from the very bottom and slowly get used to it. I didn\'t lose any of my strength in any way. I simply suppressed them inside my soul," Valentina explained to him.
"That\'s a relief. I was worried about that," Lawrend replied to her with a smile on his face.
Hearing her words put him at ease. His greatest trump card was not lost.
"Fufufufu. You should have seen Master\'s face. It was a face filled with so much worry," Aezel said with a laugh with her mouth covered with her hand.
She found his reaction earlier cute and heartwarming.