Pyro of the Craven

Chapter-5: The Duel

Ramaraju and Siddharth ran as fast as they could as Isayama just started their class.

"Students, you all have awakened your element and also now you know what element you have, so let's start with the activation process." All the students seem excited about this class.

"Let me first show you, then I will explain about it." Isayama pulled out his right hand forward and then, after a few seconds, a blue aura appeared in between his palm. Then the blue aura slowly turned into small drops of water and then an enormous ball of water. Then he turned his upside down and the water fell from his hand to the floor.

"So, you see that using Odic-Force from the body, you can produce an element which your body has highest affinity for, that is your awakened element. So let's begin with the process now."

"Yes teacher..., please tell us... yes please!!!" The class started getting noisier and noisier with the excitement at using it.

"The first step is to concentrate on your Odic-Force flow from the body to the hand. Then the second step is to focus and keep the flow continuous to one point, and then at a certain point when a good amount of Odic-Force is collected at the certain part of your body, a coloured aura will appear around it. And the third step is to concentrate on the aura and take full control over it because even a minor distraction will cancel the casting process. Then, when you have control over the aura, continue injecting your Odic-Force into it and when the threshold limit is reached, it will transform into the element. The better your concentration power, the faster and flexibly you will control your element."

He continues, "And one more thing, using this elemental magic seems to be against the law of nature, but it's actually not. When you produce something in the open air using elemental magic, it actually consumes the Odic-Force from your body, so the elemental magic does not violate the laws of conservation of energy. Because you are producing one thing by utilising another thing. In short, Odic-Force is the fuel or source of this magic. Now, everyone can start working by following my steps."

Ramaraju couldn't do anything about that. So he noted down the steps quickly on a paper. He didn't want to do so, but he had nothing to do other than just write. Then everybody followed the steps, and he kept looking at others to see what they can do in the first attempt. He saw one girl produce a water ball, but it burst out, making her clothes wet. Another boy created a small stone, and it jumped out of his hand and hit another student. Another boy who awakened the fire element burnt his hand and had to send it to the infirmary. Siddharth looked at Alessia. She was calm and followed all the steps as the teacher told them, then small icy crystals appeared on her hands. "That's impressive Alessia..." said Isayama as he was walking around to look at every student. Two girls had fire elements too, but they couldn't keep up with their fire. As soon as the fire appeared, it was put off. "You need to concentrate more."

Isayama called for Siddharth. He stood up and put his right hand forward. He took his time and created the water ball in his hand. "Wow, that's impressive. I haven't seen such a perfect water ball in first try. You really have a bright future. Practice well." Vamsy, too, pulled off the lightning element activation in no time. Meanwhile, Siya tried working on her element but eventually drained her Odic-Force in creating a ball.

"It's not working. I think I should stay away from the elementals for now." she thought.

The next day, they divided students according to their elementals, and they assigned each instructor to them for practicing the Elemental magic. Ramaraju and Siya stayed in their class as the others followed the teachers to different rooms. There were many rooms, each for a distinct element. Then the students entered the rooms. It was like a small arena. Half of the space is consumed with a place for students to seat and the other half is open space to practice magic. There were some wooden dummies and aiming boards for newcomers to practice.