Destroyer of Ice and Fire
Chapter 109: Two harmonious figures
Early in the morning, in the forest of huge trees inside Holy Dawn Academy, two human figures pierced through the white mist at peerless speed.
"Thatâs good enough."
All of a sudden, the figure in front skimmed upward in quick succession all the way to the top of a huge tree before stopping.
The one in the back gasped slightly. He immediately asked, following after the first person, "Whatâs good enough?"
The sun rose on the eastern horizon just at this time. Sunlight sprinkled down, not yet harsh on the eyes, splashing on both of them as they stood on the treetop.
One of them looked even more delicate than a girl, while the other seemed to be overflowing with enthusiasm and fighting spirit. They were, of course, Rinloran and Ayrin.
"Iâm saying that, when it comes to all kinds of movements during high-speed motion, youâre already around the same level as me. At first, when you were chasing behind me, the posture of your body would often look very awkward when you dodged some branches, when you stepped sideways, or when you twisted your body to pass through some narrow cracks. But right now, I think that you wouldnât feel awkward if you were to do the same movements again." Rinloran turned to look at Ayrin, half his face shining golden under the sunlight. "Ayrin, youâre really a genius. Your body seems to have a memory. It seems like it can remember and learn many skills and movements on its own, as long as you get to see them once."
"What? I think that the real geniuses are people like Stingham who opened two arcane gates very fast." Ayrin seems a little dispirited on the contrary. "Plus, I still canât catch you."
But the next instant, Ayrin couldnât help but exclaim, looking at the sun rising from the unbroken ranges of mountains in the distance, "The sunrise looks really beautiful from here!"
Rinloran also turned around and watched the rise of the sun. "Why does it seem like you like the sun in particular, like you especially like to watch the sunrise? You say the same thing every day, you already said it four days in a row."
"Thatâs because back in Cororin, I used to dig ores every day in the mining shafts. I could only see the sunlight in the morning, before going into the mines. It was often night by the time I came out, the sun had already set." Ayrin scratched his head, a little embarrassed, saying, "Maybe itâs because I saw it too rarely before, thatâs why itâs so beautiful to me now."
After a small pause, Ayrin said again, "Now I can see the sunrise every day. I can bask in this warm sunlight. Itâs like thereâs someone always reminding me that the arduous and miserable days are already over, that things will be better and better from now on."
"The arduous and miserable days are things of the past. Things will become better day by day from now on?" Thinking on Ayrinâs words, Rinloran was lost in thought for a long while.
"Ayrin, your training in body movement is already there. You already understand what are the most reasonable dodging motions you should make during high-speed motion, and you also drilled your body to the point some very violent twisting motions wonât feel awkward." When the sunlight became more and more blinding, Rinloran turned his head around and said to Ayrin in a serious tone, "As to why you still canât catch me, there are two important reasons."
"There are two important reasons?" Ayrin stared.
"Yes." Rinloran nodded, saying, "The first reason is that, while we move at full speed, I always control my arcane particles to the bottom of my feet. This way, I can make the arcane particles flow out of the bottom of my feet as soon as I want to use an arcane skill. So I can always launch my movement skills a little faster than you. Itâs true that we with eleven blood are much more nimble and have much better body coordination compared to ordinary people. But starting from the era of the War of the Dragons until now, the reason why many arcane masters with elven blood came to be known for absolute speed is also because almost every elven bloodline clan has this kind of custom."
"Why didnât I think of that!" Ayrin became excited all of a sudden. "This way, you really can shorten the time it takes for the arcane particles to flow from the arcane gates to the bottom of the feet. The time may be short, but itâs a huge difference during instant changes of direction!"
"It sounds simple, but you still need to spend quite some time to exercise it. You wonât need any less time compared to the training you did these few days on body movement." Rinloran said to him, "Try it now and youâll understand."
"Is that so? Let me try!"
As soon as Ayrinâs voice rose, he started bouncing on some nearby trees, like a ball shooting at high speed.
"Itâs really true. If you donât control your arcane particles, theyâll flow like blood and return to the arcane gates.
"Also, if you donât control them well, your feet will become very heavy instead. Some arcane particles will also flow out from your soles and be wasted," Ayrin said quickly, the instant he returned to Rinloranâs side.
Rinloran nodded, "Youâll only succeed if you can control at the bottom of your feet the right amount of arcane particle for one arcane skill, without letting them flow out or disturb your normal movements and skill invocation."
"It seems very hard," Ayrin said.
Then he suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, "Rinloran, when did you condense arcane particles? You couldnât the last time, when we fought against Kybaver and the others, right?"
"Arenât you a little too slow on the uptake?" Rinloran couldnât help but shake his head. "Iâve always used arcane skills training these few days with you. You actually realized it only just now."
"I always focused single-mindedly on training during these few days, I havenât thought about it at all, haha. Rinloran, really worthy of a high-level elven bloodline, you actually condensed arcane particles so fast."
"I started my foundation exercises much earlier than you, the time I spent on condensing arcane particles must be more than twice longer than you. Itâs nothing to be proud of." Rinloran turned around. "Alright, you need to train the trick of controlling your arcane particles on your own. Let us talk about the second reason now. Do you see that tree branch?"
"What?" Ayrin followed Rinloranâs line of sight. He saw a small tree branch in front of them, only as thick as a thumb.
Rinloran didnât answer immediately. He merely walked toward that tree branch.
"What!"
Ayrin shouted in disbelief. He saw that tree branch faintly swaying, and also bending downward, looking as if it could break at any moment, but it unexpectedly didnât break. Rinloran unexpectedly stood on it, fine and dandy.
"How are you doing that?" he couldnât help but shout.
"In fact, a branch like this isnât as weak as you imagine, and your body isnât as heavy as you imagine." Rinloran looked at Ayrin, saying calmly and patiently, "Both of us got rid of arcane master weights today, this tree branch is absolutely fine bearing our weight."
"If it canât bear it, itâs because you did this." Rinloran suddenly crossed a step forward when he said that.
This small branch broke with a snap when his foot landed, though it didnât seem as if he put much strength in it. He landed on a branch below.
"This is?" Ayrin looked on foolishly. He couldnât understand what the difference was, because previously, Rinloran had also stepped straight on it in the same way.
"Thatâs because I put a little more strength when I stepped on it." Rinloran lifted his head and continued to explain, "Thatâs why the branch couldnât bear it. Other than the weight of our bodies, it canât endure the force of our impact. What it canât bear is the strength erupting from inside our bodies."
Ayrin understood then. He nodded repeatedly.
Rinloran added, "I did that to make you directly observe and understand the importance of controlling your strength reasonably. Sometimes, thereâs no need for us to use as much strength as we imagine when we need to halt, or maybe to suddenly change directions, or to dodge. If you use even a tad more strength than necessary, youâll first have to eliminate the reactive force from the excessive strength you used when you make your next movement. Also, if you use too much force for one movement, then you might not put enough strength in the next. You have to know when to release your strength, and you also have to know when to restrain and control it. We are about at the same level in arcane particles, and your physical strength is much higher than mine, but Iâm more adept at using my strength appropriately."
"You try walking on a branch that can barely bear your weight. Try to perceive how to control your strength, how to walk on it but not to cause it to break."
"As long as you can attain a very good control over a suitable amount of arcane strength under your feet, as long as you can master the appropriate amount of strength to use in every movement, youâll definitely be faster than me. More than a level faster than me!"
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Not far away, on another huge tree, Carter, Ciaran, Donna, Rui, and the others quietly watched Rinloran and Ayrin.
"There really are many special things about high-level elves. These sound so simple. But if you want to reach the level of these people with high-level elven bloodlines, thatâs really too difficult. Even we canât hope to do it."
"I bet Ayrin can come close to or surpass Rinloranâs level."
"Carter, no matter what youâre staking, no one is going to bet with you. If not for their situation being just right at the moment, Iâd be itching to see Donna teach him Fire Embers, see whether he can learn this arcane skill people call one of the hardest arcane skills to learn."
"No wonder you guys have the confidence to return to the finals. Arenât there really too many monsters among your freshmen?"
"No matter what, you guys look at Rinloran teaching Ayrin right now. Doesnât it look like a strict teacher guiding a studious student?"
"A teacher thatâs also a friend, thatâs a very good situation. Theyâll boost each other more easily this way, make each other progress faster."
Ayrin and Rinloranâs silhouettes under the sunlight made these mighty arcane masters of the kingdom remember many happy things from the time of their youth.
"Thereâs only Stingham, he gives me too much of a headache," Carter couldnât resist saying.
"No matter how high the talent, no one can possibly sail smoothly all the way through. Something will happen to him sooner or later, something that makes him change," Rui slowly said.
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