CH210 Thera’s Perspective

“Are you sure you don’t want a ride with us, uncle?” She asked as they prepared to part ways at the gate.

“I originally only came back to tell you all that I’d be delayed by a month, the client had more work for me than expected so the sooner I go deal with it the sooner I get home. Just be safe driving that thing, would you?”

“Don’t worry, it’s actually super easy,” She told him enthusiastically, the smile on her face hidden by her cloak now that they had to leave. Aside from training with her father, she’d taken to practicing moving the carriage with her mana as well and was finding it far more enjoyable than she’d expected. It left her feeling a level of freedom that she usually only enjoyed while she was hunting, but it felt like the world had opened up to her now that she had this.

He didn’t look convinced but wished them well after extracting a promise from him that he’d make her be careful, and with that they were on their way.

“JESUS CHRIST THERA SLOW DOWN!” Ben yelled as she drove the carriage down the empty dirt road between the gate and Stonewall. As soon as she’d gotten out of the city and didn’t have to worry about any other carriages blocking her way she decided to see just how fast she could go, and she couldn’t help but be thrilled with the results despite his complaints.

“Don’t worry so much, I’m just getting us back a little faster than expected, I think we can cut the time down to a single day if I keep up the pace.”

“I DIDN’T PUT SEATBELTS ON THIS THING IF YOU NEED TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP WE’RE BOTH FLYING OFF AND DYING PLEASE LOWER THE SPEED!”

“Fine fine, no need to be such a baby about it,” She said as she did what he asked. At the very least she’d made plenty of distance before giving in, they could still probably manage it in one trip so long as they drove through the night.

“If my intense desire to live makes me a baby then so be it, we don’t all have a vitality over a thousand you know. At least let me get a couple more levels of defense enhancement before you do that again.”

“Come on, relax. Aren’t you looking forward to getting back too?”

“Yes, ideally with all of my limbs attached.”

“Again, you’re being a baby. I already slowed down and everything.”

“Just want to remind you that I already went through dying once is all. Even if it happened while I was asleep, I don’t want any repeats.”

“I’m only going twice as fast as anyone else now, it’s fine.”

She thought she heard him muttering something about speed limits and other things she wasn’t too sure of when her eyes caught something a bit farther ahead, and without warming sped up.

“Thera!”

“I think someone ahead is being attacked, just hold on!”

There was a carriage in the distance at a standstill with something surrounding it, and as she drew closer she was able to make out the forms a bit easier, leaving her to groan.

“Oh man, don’t tell me those are what I think they are?” Ben asked.

“If you think they’re more time ferrets then I have bad news for you.”

“Great. In that case, what do you want to do?”

There looked to be ten of them surrounding the carriage, keeping it at a standstill as they repeatedly threw themselves at it head first, as well as trying to dig through the doors with their claws. They had their time magic to slow them down while speeding up their own movements, but she was pretty sure she had an idea to at least deal with a few of them.

“Um, you might want to hang onto something,” She warned before bringing her speed up and slamming into the five on her side, feeling their bodies break as the metal carriage slammed into them as Ben swore up a storm.

“Oh, I did not like that.”

“Just five more,” She said as she jumped out of the carriage, trying to get the rest before they could react. They were on the other side of the carriage but she moved to get them in her sights, finding them frozen from the development, an opportunity she didn’t let herself miss on.

Using her earth magic she raised a cloud of dirt into the air letting go of the smaller dust to focus on the pebbles and stones, before bringing it together as if she were trying to make an earth bullet out of it, but with a level of power and speed that could only be done through a tremendous expenditure of mana as each tiny stone tore through the bodies of the beasts, leaving them dead on the ground and riddled with holes.

The carnage of the attack couldn’t help fill her with joy. Despite its violence, it was more evidence of her growing control to match her power, with the notification going off in her head being the icing on the cake. As disappointing as it was that she hadn’t gained a level of earth magic during the job, it wasn’t like the bonuses went anywhere, and after checking the occupants of the carriage to offer her healing magic if they needed it she went to Ben to use his job crystal, admiring the options before her.

AVAILABLE JOBS

Queen of mana
Musician
Professional Dancer
Bard
Darkness mage -charm specialized
Life mage
Healer
Telekinetic mage
Dark mage
Spirit mage
Adventurer

As exciting as it was to see the adventurer job available for becoming rank four, she was well aware it was an option she’d probably never take unless desperate. While it was disappointing that there weren’t any new options besides that, it did leave her to think on what exactly to take.

My only real options are life mage, healer, telekinetic mage, or spirit mage. But which to go with? Healer and life mage are both basically the same anyway, and I really would like to get a bit better with my life magic. On the other hand, I could do more with my earth magic if I took telekinetic mage too. Obviously, it’s one of those two that are the correct choice. I’m looking to improve my earth magic and my life magic, I should clearly pick one of them. She thought as she tried to convince herself, before heaving a sigh and giving in to her curiosity, taking spirit mage.

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