John Ericsson's Point of View
It's been a month since that night I decided to be a bit more selfish. After drying our tears, we had dinner with everyone and feeling refreshed we took on the next day. It's been 3 days since I actively thought about the mana control. Everyone was right when they told me it gets easier by the day. After the first week, I regained my ability to move as I wished, and my swordsmanship class went smoother and smoother. I've been sparring with Crest and Paul longer and longer. I even landed a blow on crest for the first-time last week! I was so excited! Our sparring sessions are done with the training sword and without using my Mana Blade so I can focus on my swordsmanship. I still can't match Paul in skill, but with my physical abilities being enhanced from the Paladin Job class I'm able to catch him off guard from time to time, yesterday I was finally able to beat him for once. He took it well and looked happy, but I sensed a burning sensation to get the win back. He proceeded to beat me 3 times straight before the end of class, that kid is great with a sword.
Sparring Crest is a different beast entirely. When it comes to Paul, his inexperience causes us to have very close matches. Granted this is only when we don't add in things like Job Skills, when we do in terms of raw mana my Holy Mana is better. Paul has way more experience when it comes to his Mana Blade and fighting. Crest however is someone I can't seem to get to move without my Mana being an active player. No matter what Idea I have its blocked. No feint gets through, no thrust, no cut, no slash. Worst of all Crest and Warrick keep hitting the same spot on my stomach. I look like I'm being dyed purple from the source being my solar plexus.
Crest continues to instruct me on the forms of swordsmanship I should be using and under his guidance, he told me that I should be able to handle more advanced forms and footwork. Those will now be the new focus of my training, now that I've mastered the basic techniques, he taught me. I still continue the homework he assigns me every day, with more and more added on each day. By the time I go to bed my arms are so sore It's hard to sleep, my hands are so calloused that adjusting the blanket shocks me awake. But the results are great, when sparring with either Crest, Paul or Warrick I'm able to put up more and more of a fight. Landing a hit on Crest or Warrick is a different matter entirely though. Ah Warrick... I suppose before Warrick I should talk about Aqua's class!
A week ago, I finally finished the 2 books Aqua had brought for me. I gained a deeper understanding of Summoning Magic; Paula now takes less mana to summon. I've also been practicing my ideas with her ability. Some work, others don't. I have learned something interesting about Summoning Magic though. It seems high level Summoners are capable of combining with their summons, Paula and I can't do it unfortunately. And there's nobody to learn from for this, so for now it's just something to experiment with. Now the true immediate gains were in my White Magic skills! I learned a whopping 5 spells from the White Magic book! I know, seems like a letdown but apparently most books are only for certain classes, since I'm a Paladin and use Holy Magic, White Magic books are only so compatible. So, I'm super lucky! The spells I learned are as follows!
(Scan) Which allows me to scan an enemy for weak points and their basic stats, but it seems it can't show Jobs or skills or their effects on the person. 2nd was (Shell) which is like (barrier) but for magic attacks. Seems It was useless when I cast it on Sarah that one time. She didn't seem to be bothered by it though. (Reflect) which allows me to reflect back all attacks for 30 seconds. Apparently, the timer will grow longer as I temper my mana. 4th was (Regen) Which for 5 minutes will continually heal me for small amounts if I take damage. And finally, 5th and the one I like the best! (Dispel) Which will remove benefitable enhancements people cast on themselves though magic! I might not have gained any Buffing or Debuffing Magic but now I don't have to worry about my opponent having any! All in all, I think the best spells I learned are (Dispel) and (Reflect).
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The Demon King's Paladin
Fantasy18-Year-old John is teleported from a tense argument to a fantasy world. The one who summoned him is the current Demon King who has an immediate need for John. John is a paladin, something that the Demon King was searching for.
