CH61

Ever since Roan’s attack on Stonewall there were things he’d wanted to test, there just never seemed to be the time, but after connecting with Thera again as she used her magic he decided not to put it off any longer. No matter how low the chance of success he wouldn’t be satisfied unless he tried.

He grabbed her by the hand and started to connect with her, trying to feel more than just her mind or her mana, but something deeper. He wanted to connect to her skills.

When they were fighting Roan before and Glob just now he felt her power as she used it, and it let him know what to look for. His brow creased in concentration as he tried to force his mind to plunge even further, before he came across what he was looking for and latched onto it with all he had. There was no resistance and his confidence soared. This was it, this was what he’d been dreaming of since coming to the world. And if he could feel it he was sure he could use it.

He stretched his arm out in front of him, willing his mana to bend to his desire and form an earth bullet in front of him.

But nothing happened.

He let out a sigh and felt himself shrink. Of course it wouldn’t work. That would have been way too convenient if he could overcome his inability to use magic by connecting with someone.

Everyone else looked on, unsure of what should be happening. Only Thera understood what he had attempted by hearing his thoughts through the connection, and could feel the disappointment rolling off of him.

“Try not to let it get to you.” She told him. “You don’t need magic to be a fantastic craftsman.”

“I know, but it sure helps.” He wasn’t even sure if there was any point in testing his other two ideas, but for the sake of trying everything he carried on with lower spirits. “Hey Abrus, mind making me a copper armband? Something that could cover my forearm?”

“A simple enough request.” With a small wave of his hand the earth spirit materialized the copper around his arm. It wasn’t pretty, with no real thought being put into its look, but it would work well enough for his purposes.

He still had his hold on her earth magic, and with little hope tried to enchant with it. The very world felt like it changed when he felt it start to work.

He didn’t have much knowledge on how to enchant with spells, since he didn’t think it was something he would ever do, he had felt like there was no real point in taking the time to learn, and now that felt like an overwhelming mistake. Rather than try and shape the mana to produce a specific spell effect, he had no choice but to lay the entire skill onto the armband.

To everyone but him and Thera it looked like he’d worked up a sweat after staring intensely at the armband for around 15 minutes. But Thera, who could feel his concentration and excitement looked at him in astonishment.

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He ignored his level up, it was only a distraction from seeing if he’d succeeded, and let go of her hand while raising his own. “Now to see if it actually works.”

He poured his mana through the tool, and small clumps of earth raised around him and began to take the shape of a ball when a wave of lightheadedness assaulted him and broke his concentration, causing it to all fall back to the ground.

Karly was the first one to react. “Wait what the hell was that? Didn’t you get stuck with the shit end of the stick because you couldn’t use magic?”

“I think it was mostly about my blessed skills but that sure didn’t help much.” He told her as he tried to work past a massive headache that had formed. “Either way I didn’t really do any magic myself, I made an enchantment with Thera’s magic and tried to activate the enchantment. Of course since I still have no compatibility with earth magic I think I used way too much mana. Fuck this hurts.”

His head was pounding and he pulled out his card to look at how much he had left. A measly four. With his mana recovery rate currently being 6 per minute he would be better soon enough, but if he just used almost all of it without being able to make a single earth bullet that wouldn’t be a great option for him in the future. Of course if his last test worked out then it wouldn’t be a problem.

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He connected with Thera again, this time not looking for a skill, but something he’d grown much more used to working with in the past few weeks. Mana. He knew he could feel it and work enchantments around it, but what he was attempting now was different. He wanted to take it for himself.

He reached for it mentally, but it was like water slipping through his fingers. As much as he wanted to use some to use for his spell or replenish his reserves, it just wasn’t in the cards for him.

“Shame.” He muttered under his breath. Still, the fact that even one of his ideas had worked for him opened up countless possibilities. Possibilities he intended to make full use of.