The Magician's Journey
"Back? Come with me, I'll take you somewhere," Sarren said.
"Don't you want to ask if I passed the test?" I asked.
Saren chuckled and walked slowly ahead, saying: "The Shaman is the messenger of the Shaman God on the continent of Asia. We have our own way of communicating with the Shaman God. You haven't come out yet, but I already know the result. It seems that Losa didn't choose the wrong person this time. This old guy's vision is really poisonous."
The two of us walked and talked, and before we knew it, we had left the temple. Dakuru was already waiting outside the temple, and as soon as he saw us come out, he immediately came forward to greet our teacher.
"I'm taking Alik to a place called Dakuru, you come too." Old Saman said slowly.
Dakuru said respectfully: "Yes, teacher, it's been a long time since I last heard your teachings."
Saren picked up his staff and lightly tapped Dakuru's back, saying: "Little wolf cub, are you blaming me for not teaching you?"
Dakuru didn't dare to dodge, took a hit, and hastily explained: "No no, Teacher, please don't be offended. I went out to complete the Great Shaman's promotion task and indeed left you for too long. It's really because I miss your teachings."
Saren shook his head and said, "The task items you brought back this time are enough to qualify for promotion. I have already reported to the Temple, and I believe you will receive formal notification soon. Follow Alick and others to complete your own tasks. If the task is completed smoothly, you will be qualified to replace me. Alas, I'm old, it's time to rest."
"Teacher, I never thought of replacing you. Your achievements and prestige are not something I can reach. If you let me take your place, I'm afraid I'll disappoint your trust."
Saren slammed his staff on the ground and said, "Hmph, you don't take responsibility, do you want this old man to die in this position? Besides, thanks to Toyarik's blessing, you also retrieved the long-lost 'Earth Totem' for the Shaman Temple, such a feat is enough to explain everything, it's not me who chose you, but the will of the great Shaman God."
Dakuru saw that the teacher was somewhat angry, so he closed his mouth and stopped arguing, quietly walking to one side and supporting his own teacher.
I stood by, bewildered, and when they finished speaking, I finally found the opportunity to speak up and hastily asked: "Uh... can I ask something? The information I got from Larsen seems to be somewhat different from what I'm hearing now. Professor Losa told me that you would indeed send your students, but it seemed like the name was Camilla?"
Saren and Dakuru exchanged a glance, then burst out laughing. Dakuru said: "It's like this, my name is Rakumu Kamira Dakuru. You can call me Kamira or Dakuru, but here we're used to calling me Dakuru."
I suddenly realized and said: "So that's it, your beastman tribe's name is indeed a bit strange."
A few people walked and talked, and soon we arrived at the top of a mountain. Salen looked old and worn out, but when climbing the mountain, he didn't show any signs of fatigue, on the contrary, he seemed to be full of energy. At this moment, Salen sat down on a flat rock, his body hunched over again, as if his age had returned to him all at once.
The mountain wind was strong, blowing the clothes to make a rustling sound, and Salen's hair was also swaying in the wind. His slightly hunched body seemed as if it would be broken at any moment in the wind.
I walked up with concern and asked: "Mr. Salen, it's windy here, why don't we go back first?"
Saren shook his head and said, "I brought you here for a reason, just wait and see, don't worry about me. Although I look very old, I'm actually quite strong. This wind is nothing, when have you ever seen a shaman so weak that he can't even walk?"
At this time, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the distance, and lightning appeared from time to time in the cloud layer.
"Watch closely, the storm is coming soon, only here can you clearly approach the lightning, the power of nature is not what you can imagine, watch carefully." Salen shouted in the wind.
The mountain wind is getting stronger and stronger, the dark clouds in the distance are gathering more and more, and they are gradually surging towards this side.
As the storm was about to sweep in, I hastily raised a large magical shield to envelop Salen and Dakuru, lest they get wet from the rain or be struck by lightning. Salen shook his head and said: "Put away your magic shield, your magic is nothing compared to nature's power, when the lightning strikes, your magic shield won't be able to withstand it. Let Dakuru handle it instead, only a shaman's totem-formed lightning array can divert the lightning that falls from the sky elsewhere. As for the storm, the lightning array can also block it at the periphery."
Dakuru nodded, and the four totems' virtual shadows appeared around us. Each totem was filled with the power of lightning, and they flashed white light. In an instant, our heads and surroundings were surrounded by a web of lightning.
When Dakuru finished all this, a huge thunderstorm rolled in from the sky, and the sound was as if it were right above our heads, deafening. Immediately afterwards, a huge white lightning bolt seemed to be attracted by the lightning array on our side, and struck down towards us. The speed of the lightning was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived in front of us. I didn't even have time to react with a natural dodging movement before the lightning struck the lightning array.
A fierce white light almost made me unable to open my eyes, the lightning column stood steadily after a violent shaking, but the lightning had vanished without a trace.
"Take a good look now, this is your best chance to get close to the essence of lightning, understand it, and then learn how to harness that energy, make it your friend." Salen shouted amidst the thunder, as another bolt of lightning struck down...
We watched the lightning in the storm, and Salen began to teach me some of the tricks of lightning magic. As a magician with a foundation in magic, I picked it up quickly, and before the storm passed, I was able to cast lightning arrows and lightning chains with ease.
This learning method made me progress very quickly, so whenever I had the opportunity, I would drag Dakuru with me to learn lightning magic in thunderstorms. One time, I saw a fireball imbued with the power of lightning strike a large tree in the storm, instantly splitting it in half. The enormous power left me utterly shocked, and I began experimenting with combining the explosive flame technique from fire magic with the lightning array from lightning magic. A new spell, "Electro-Flame Sphere", was born, combining the powers of both lightning and fire magic while balancing their energies, resulting in a force that far exceeded either of the two magics after it was released.
Two months later, Salen said to me: "You can set off now, bring your companions, go conquer the giant dragon and obtain the divine artifact... The time has come..."