Volume 5 Chapter 66: Synchronous Chant


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 5 Chapter 66: Synchronous Chant


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith grabbed his head, "Will you stop pouting like that? Come on!" You asked me to help you out. Why are you sulking?! Alfia was looking down at the ground, poking some ants.


    <span style="font-weight:400">What did the ants do to you?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You learned something I couldn''t do even after a few months. What kind of absurdity is this?!" Alfia always thought Keith was abnormal. This time, it cemented that word even further!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Come on, I will teach you how to use it. So cheer up," Keith tried his best to cheer the girl up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..Alright," Alfia got up. However, the girl still looked pissed off.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I get the gist of the magic," Keith got the gist of how to use it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You do?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Of course, who do you think I am?" Keith raised his head up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Okay, okay. I''m messing around. However, grand-level magic isn''t that much different from high-level magic."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...You can only say that because you''re a genius."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Nah. Compared to you, I''m not." Keith smiled. But then he added, "Alfia, you have a higher talent than me in magic. The only reason why you''recking is because you''re not open-minded."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let me give you some ideas. Whenever you use high-level magic, what do you think about?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I would chant the magic and concentrate to form an image of the magic in my head." That was what she was taught.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"True. That is the standard way. However, that''s not what I do," Keith shook his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What do you do?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I basically have an image of low-level magic in my head."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes. I realized you can increase your casting speed if you have an already prebuilt idea. You need to make some alterations to make it high-level." That was something he learned from Sophia. She had taught him about the pros of using low-level magic.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Fundamentals were essential to her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You never thought of something like that, huh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes," Alfia nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Flick! Keith flicked her forehead, "That''s why you take longer to cast higher levels of magic. You should start with what you know rather than from scratch."


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was simr to building blocks. You had built something but wanted to make a bigger and better one. Rather than break down the old to make arger one, you could use the old as a starting point. Less time and gave a base for you to work on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think I get it," Alfia seemed to understand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"For starters, you should try it with mid-level magic first," Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." Alfia started to do it. And when she did, "It feels so much faster!" She felt her casting time was shortened a bit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"See, told you," Keith smirked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Then I should-"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No, it doesn''t work like that." Keith shook his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What?! But I think I can do it!" With what Keith taught her, she could probably master the grand-level magic. However,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Take small steps. Also, you should learn how to do synchronous chanting first."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, you should learn that first before grand-level magic. It''s actually better if you could. That way, you don''t need to fight in a group." Synchronous chanting was when someone chanted while fighting at the same time. It was perfect for mages in a one-on-one fight; that way, they didn''t need someone to block for them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Alright," Alfia nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The first thing we need to do is have you fight with monsters!" Keith grinned!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Alfia''s expression turned nk when she heard that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There are some me roosters around here. I will lead them over."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, what?" Alfia wanted to question the guy some more. However, he had already made his move.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Koo!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Why are there so many?!" Alfia screamed! There wasn''t one! What was brought over was a dozen!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now fight with them!" Keith shouted from the trees.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You demon!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I keep telling you, you should fight. Don''t run away." Keith shook his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Can you really say that when there were so many against me?!" Alfia looked like she had gone through a tornado. The elegant glow she had was nowhere to be found!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her hair was disheveled. There were also scratches around her arms and face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s expected. To use synchronous casting, you must get into the habit of moving instinctively." It required a lot of mental focus.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I feel like you''re just bullying me,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How rude. Am I the type to do this?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Here, let me help you with your wounds," Keith started to treat her wounds. Alfia wanted to say no, but he got everything out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You''re lucky I''m the one who''s teaching you how to do it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh? Who taught you?" Now that she had time to think, who taught Keith to synchronous chant?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The principal," Keith answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It was brutal. That geezer dragon would do things forughs." The number of times Cadmus tried to prank him was too many to count. And he would use the excuse of training as a justification.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Alfia chuckled, "I never expected the principal to be such a joker." Then again, she saw many faces when she headed to Keith''s ind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The number of times the vice-principal and my father yelled at him was too many to count." Whenever Keith was thrown into those situations, William and Sohma would chew him out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Pff," Alfiaughed. The two continued to talk about some things before Keith finished, "Alright, you''re good to go."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh? You did something to my hair?" Alfia noticed her hair was tied up as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Of course! Remember, you are a princess. You need to look presentable," Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Then why are you treating me like that?