Mage Weavers ✓

Chapter 15: Open Wounds

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Open Wounds

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ROYCE WASN'T fooling around when he mentioned that the next training sessions would be vigorous.

Over the past five days, malugod niyang tinitignan ang progress ng bawat isa sa amin.

Everywhere we go, the smell of blood, tears and sweat wafted through my nose. Masyado na ring risky ang ginagawa naming training na para bang wala nang pahinga.

As usual, Amber Wolfe continued to stay with us for our training sessions, kung saan ginagamit namin ang full potential ng personas namin para mas lalong gumaling.

"Madison, you're good at fear-finding." Amber commented to a tired Madison who has been panting quite unevenly now.

"But you need to practice your manipulating abilities more." Tuloy pa niya, controlling once again Madison's persona using only her fingers. "Oo, magaling ka nga sa pag-halungkat ng kinatatakutan ng isang Mage Weaver; but your enemies who would be immune to this will easily be able to deflect your attacks."

"Kayang-kaya kang talunin ng isang Thalia Mage Weaver with dark magic similar to your ability."

Madison let out an exasperated sigh before getting up once again to try out her fear-manipulating skills on her own self.

I could faintly see the tired veins on her neck and blood dripping down from her own forehead instead of sweat.

Medyo natatakot na ako sa kalagayan naming lahat. The pressure has been too much to handle now that we only have one month to train and strengthen our abilities.

"Harden your muscles whenever you throw a punch." Sabi naman ni Rome sakin as he patted my arm, fixing my stance.

"Kailangan maging matigas para siguradong tumba ang kalaban. Now, try again." He ordered, and I sucked in another deep breath before punching the dummy in front of me.

"Good," he nodded. "But you can do better. Ulitin mo."

I pursed my lips before balling my fists once more and hitting the straw dummy. A little dent formed and made its way to the dummy's face.

"Keep that up." He told me before moving on to consult Damien.

I blew the hair out of my face at saka tinitigan ang dummy na nasa harapan ko. My knuckles were now getting sore and a pool of sweat filled my back, making my shirt clung awkwardly.

Prapraktisin ko na dapat ulit ang pag-suntok ko nang biglang may sumigaw.

"SHIT!" The loud voice bellowed out in pain. My head quickly spun to the right kung saan nanggaling ang ingay.

Hugo was on the floor with his left side bleeding.

Agad kaming nagsitakbuhan papunta sa kaniya, with Haisley frantically pulling out her own herbal kit to give him first-aid.

"M-My-y persona-a can easily sense my o-own presence-e." He explained in-between grunts habang binabalot ni Haisley ang kaniyang sugat upang tumigil ang pag-daloy ng dugo.

"K-Kaya madali niya akong naaatake." He managed to say before hissing out in pain nang mamali ang hawak ni Haisley.

"I'll call for the royal healer." Hugo's faerie said quickly before zipping out of the room.