At 5:00 in the morning Raia was woken up by captain Olaf and thankfully she got in bed early the night before so she wasn't that sleepy, she still was but definitely less than what was expected.
After less than five minutes she was already doing exercises in the castle halls which were explained to her by moving her body in the positions needed and then she was let to do them on her own.
When they arrived at the barracks she was told to start running and continue till she couldn't even stand anymore she had literally to collapse herself to be able to stop, that surprisingly happened about an hour later witch wasn't good but not as bad as Olaf though all of this was Don with weights on and with her weapon attached to her belt, the weights were at the lowest possible setting of 5 kilos for each limb and the sword plus scabbard is another 1.5 kilos witch were only on one side and had to be balanced correctly and the sort didn't have to move much so that in a clamped battlefield she wouldn't hurt her allies or slow her down because it got stuck in something.
After running she was made to do various types of lifting to improve her muscle mass, not before having her learn how to circulate her mana in her muscle to enhance growth and recovery time, something needed to maintain these training rithms.
When the 2 hours finished she was given 15 minutes to have breakfast and then it was combat training.
She was made to do various stances and footwork exercises while trying to pinpoint where someone was based on their footsteps, she was lost, she couldn't concentrate on both things and the few times where she got the captain position correctly she did the other exercises wrong so I didn't count.
She didn't have any progress in this type of training after an hour she was made to try and hear the captain muscle movements while also doing the rest, and she was overwhelmed she basically passed an hour fumbling and tripping on her feets trying to do all those things together so after the hour passed she asked while going with the captain towards the showers reserved for womens “Wouldn't it be better if I learned to do one thing and then add the other ones after and not trying to learn three things together?”
“Well it would be if you had a normal amount of mana but with your reserves you don't need to use the mana circulation technique only during rests you can use it passively at basically no cost because it consume less mana than what you naturally regenerate, so yes you regenerate 100 less mana every 15 minutes but with the skill [Mana regeneration] that you will learn in mana training you can absolutely fix that problem.”
(People have a natural mana regeneration of 1% every 15 minutes give or take, so Raia's natural mana regeneration is 240 mana points so after the mana circulation technique she is left with the natural mana regeneration of a person with 14000 mana point more than every one in her year, where the second place is 10000 mana points witch is seen in less that 5% of years so…)
“The [Mana regeneration] skill gives you at max level, witch is 10 by the way if you didn't know, a doubled mana regeneration speed so you would regenerate 380 mana every time, while the second ranked in mana levels this year with a maxed out [Mana regeneration] would only have his normal one after the technique and believe me no one in their right mind would even train with less than half their mana regeneration so he would have to wait till his skill is maxed out to even try what you are doing now.”
“Ok but what help will it give me if the only thing it does is enhance muscle growth and recovery times?”
“So that's where you are wrong, it doesn't enhance only muscle growth but that of every organ.
It makes them better at what they are designed to do and if you use them for a specific purpose in the long run it will make them better at it.
So right now you are trying to hear 2 different thing at the same time while also being concentrated on doing sword positions and footwork correctly, the only reason we are not doing this in combat is that before doing real combat you have to be able to move while hearing the other person if you can't you would just get beaten up and not only by me but by everyone around you.
This will help you better your sense of hearing in general and help it to discern different sounds at the same time, it will also help your brain to focus on different things at the same time and have the same results as if you were focusing on one.
This will speed up your thoughts processing and multitasking ability, that is why we are doing it all at the same time.
Do you understand why now?”
“Now I understand and it's a really good thing.
Can I take these weights off they are uncomfortable?”
“No Raia you will wear them every day apart for when you are sleeping and when you don't feel them anymore please tell me so we can change the settings and make them weigh more, I know it's hard but please do it it will help you immensely in the long run.”
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“I will not be a slacker.”
When they arrived at the bathrooms Olaf said “I'll stay here and guard the entrance, you go and get yourself cleaned you stink” “It's obvious I stink I had to train till I couldn't even stand.”
With that Raia went inside and she washed herself thoroughly she did it quite fast because she was quite excited to finally learn some magic even though she knew that at the start skills would be the focus but they were exciting in their own right.
After she exited the baths they headed towards an aisle of the castle she never went to, “Where are we going? I thought we would go to the library.”
“We would have if I didn't have some favours to pull from a mage in the royal mages. She will be quite surprised to see you.”
“In what sense, wait did you not tell her who you were going to make her train.”
She looked at him wide eyed, “Yes, didn't tell her. Believe me though she will be quite happy she is kind of crazy for research and with your blessing oh god what a happy face I'll see today. Oh, you can create a spell to let people see it would be unfair for them to delay this thing but don't use it at least for now when you are ready I'll tell you ok?”
“Yes, I want to maximize my potential. I'll not waste this opportunity to become stronger!”
While they chatted they arrived at the laboratory the mage was in so they knocked.
When Mira heard a knock on the door she begrudgingly went to open as a mage of the order of the royal mages. She had a lot of privileges like the lab she was standing in, which had state of the art technology and all the supplies she could hope for.
Even if this was true she still had a moral code, and when the captain of the royal guards who she owed a big favor to asked her to train in magic his apprentice she accepted. She knew that whoever that apprentice was wouldn't be interested in what she did, most likely it would probably be an all brawn no brain fighter and not a finesse user like mages, even though the captain was a very smart men and would have selected someone more smart and less barbaric than what she thought most knight were.
When the door opened the captain said, “Mira what a pleasure to see you. What are you plotting today? Maybe a giant magitek worm to transport people's underground between kingdoms… That… would actually be a good idea if you have time, give it a thought.”
“Wait, that is actually really good. I'll try to see if that is feasible now, can you present to me your apprentice so I can start my lesson and I can see at what level they are actually at?”
“Well about that…” Raia stepped in front of the captain, who was blocking the door with his large frame and she introduced herself.
“Good morning Miss, my name is Raia and I am captain Olaf's apprentice.”
Mira looked down then up then down again and after a few seconds of uncomfortable silence she finally responded “Good morning Raia I am happy to get to know you. Can you go inside a bit? I have to talk to the captain for a second.”
“Could you please accompany me to a place where I could wait. I am blind so…” “Absolutely dear, please come with me.”
She accompanied Raia to a chair where she could sit.
After that she went outside the room and after she sutted the door she started, “Are you serious. Did you really choose a 5 year old as your apprentice, more so her. She is quite infamous and would make you look bad.”
“And I don't care, she is extremely talented and she has a blessing you'd love more than me so do your job and teach her.”
“You really are annoying, you know that right.”
“Yes, now please open the door. I have to say something to Raia before going.”
She did and Olaf said “Raia you can trust her and show her your blessings. Bye I'll see you this afternoon, remember to always circulate your mana.”
After that Mina went inside the room and said “So you are Raia, I take it you are good if Olaf made you his apprentice, so... First let's see your status so we know where to start.”
Raia, believing in the captain, like she always did, showed Mina her status page, and Mina was surprised to say the least, she didn't expect her blessing to be spell creation and she was excited.
She searched far and wide for someone with her blessing so that she could put into practice some of her research that required spells that had not been invented yet.
She was eager to start but she had to stop and remind herself that the girl in front of her had just received her magic yesterday.
“Let's start with the basics. You already know how to circulate mana and with your amount of mana you can do it passively. Is there something that Olaf told you to get for his training?”
“Nothing specific, he just told me that I would get [Mana regeneration] during these lessons and that if we create a spell to let other blind people see or kind of see not to use it myself till he told me I could.”
“Ok, I don't know why but he must have his reasons for it and I am not gonna argue against it, you are his discipline not mine.
[Mana regeneration] the most basic but important skill in a magic user arsenal, be it mage or knight, and how to get it is pretty simple, just consume some mana and regenerate it.
By consuming mana I mean that the number has to drop, having less natural regeneration doesn't count.
So to consume mana you have to use spells and in general you can only use spells of your element, your blessing is a special case.
For antimagic it's a bit tricky because, spells exist, but they are quite difficult, nothing impossible but they take a bit of practice to be able to be used in battle.
The simplest one is {Antimagic aura} it can be used on your weapon or on yourself, like armor, and as long as you have mana to be consumed, to kind of eat other people's spells.
Another more simple one is {Negation} and it is used to deny a spell before it was cast, but that requires timing.
So what would you like to know first, remember this is spell theory so we'll just see the theory behind the spells so how they behave and their circle, the practical part will come later.
The only reason we are going to be using one right now is to learn [Mana regeneration], after learning it we will pass to how skill levels work and the best path to level them.
So what do you want to start with?"
"I would like {Antimagic aura} but how do you plan to teach me the magic circle if i can't see it?"
"Oh don't worry for that a solution alredy exist blind people normally learn magic by memory so you just have to memorize the magic circle, it is not that difficult and once you have done it the first time it will apper in the spells category under the name of the spell.
Now we can start."
