We leave the city without major issue and go to the nearby forest and we run into goblins.


    "I''ll let you kill them any way you''d like this time and I''ll tell you how to improve."


    She pulls out a wand and starts chanting.


    "Fire spirit, Ifirit, obey my will form a spear and pierce my enemies!"{Fire Spear}


    The fire spear was well aimed but because of the chant, the goblin tried to dodge so instead of hitting the heart it only hit the lungs but she didn''t delay from missing her target. She dashed forward and used her staff and uses it to piece the throat of two others.


    "Flowing water spirit, Undine, I wish for you to form a blade and slice those who defy me!"{Water Cutter}


    The water cutter was fired right on target and decapitated the last two goblins.


    "How come you chant while using magic?"


    As long as you have a magic manipulation there is no real need to chant in anything aside from ritual magic and some summoning magic.


    "I don''t have the magic manipulation skill because I''m self-taught."


    I''m not going to think about how broken her skill set must be. She has to have alchemy skills but without <magic manipulation>... just how did that happen. To make most potions or magic medicine you need the magic manipulation skill. She probably has other production based skills but they won''t show their true worth without the <magic manipulation>.


    It is like having a cultivator without Qi manipulation.


    I sighed "Okay come here I''ll teach you the magic manipulation skill. Give me your hands."


    She obediently put both her hands forward and then I take them.


    "Close your eyes and try to feel the sensation that''s going through you."


    I run my mana from my hand into hers and guide it through her mana circuit to her other hand and back into me.


    Ding


    gained skill <mana refinement>


    conditions met skills <mana manipulation><mana refinement><mana circulation><mana cladding><mana strengthening> evolved into <mana arts>


    "Oh, I learned it thank you!"


    Janice jumped at me really excitedly. I''ll put off examining <mana arts> for now.


    We then completed the two requests while she showed me the local area and told me where trustworthy maps are sold.


    Then we head back to the city when we run into...