Chapter 45 - Air & Wind

Thinking about how to train, the group went in the same training location as always. Before they could start, Ethan had a few thoughts in mind.

'If I'm boosting the air produced with my punch, can I say I'm manipulating air, or wind?'

Although he didn't expect a reply, Light replied

[It depends on what you want to train, in that case it's more appropriate to say that you're manipulating the air.]

Having some doubts cleared while others formed, Ethan asked

["Doesn't that mean I'm training the wrong way? I can't afford a [Wind Manipulation Manual], so I don't know what to do..."]

[... The Universe will give you a quest the moment you enter the arena. Although you don't know how a quest works, I can say at least this much.]

With a surprised expression, he thought about it for a moment.

'Another reason to face up against them. I hope the quest will give me a good amount of resources'

Looking at Ais, Ethan said

"We'll do a 1-hour training and then you and Lefiya will train for yourself. I need to try a new type of magic I came up with"

Although Lefiya was still thinking about things that weren't training, hearing a new magic made all of them cease to exist..at least for now.

"A new type of magic?"

Surprised that he managed to attract Lefiya's attention so easily, Ethan added

"Oh, It's something...well I was thinking about developing a long-distance attack. I don't have many things I can use in a battle other than my 'speed' so I'm developing something to surprise everyone else"

Understanding he can use his magic in many ways, Lefiya felt conflicted but, without asking anything more, she saw Ais and Ethan enter a battle-ready position.

'If Riveria was here now, Ethan could develop his magic faster, probably...'

With this, the hour of their training passed quickly with Ethan being thrown away. Getting up for what it felt like the thousandth time, he said

"Ok, I'll develop my magic now, call me if there is something wrong"

With a nod from Ais, he moved away. After that, he wanted to finalize his technique. Inhaling, he boosted his arm.

'I don't want to risk anything, so let's start with just one arm'

Doing as he thought, he felt the pressure against his fist strengthen.

'I feel like the gravity on my arm increased..'

Although it wasn't gravity the thing oppressing his arm, he still tried to punch against it. He was nearly failing to do so but, something strange happened.

After he managed to punch through the air, the oppressive feeling shifted against the space in front of his fist. This, added with the [Boost Magic] propagating in the surrounding air, generated something similar to an [Air Punch].

Fortunately missing the wall, Ethan made a 'whew'.

'This is more dangerous than I thought, but If I can use this kind of attacks, I can easily wipe out groups of adventurers and monsters..'

With this, Ethan tried to reduce the quantity of [Boost Magic] in his arm, shifting from a partial boost to a total body boost. Although it was difficult to immediately do so, the training with the [Instantaneous Movement Manual] also had paid off in other areas.

Smiling, Ethan tried to focus part of the boost in his right arm. Feeling the oppression weaker than before, he wanted to test his air attack again.

Punching faster, the boost didn't propagate through the air. Even though this problem occurred, the effect was similar, the only difference was the speed and power with which the blow spread. Confused, Ethan felt he understood another important thing.

'I can't influence other things if the power I'm emitting isn't enough..? It feels like I need at least 70% of my boost in a fixed part of my body to influence what's happening around me... Maybe If my magic rank up that percentage will decrease...'

Finding another good point on his boost magic, he felt even more happy than before.

'2 years? I think I'll come to understand my magic even sooner than I thought'

Trying another time, he saw the air going as he wanted it to go.

'Good, I don't have a magic that can help me manipulate the air, but I can make it go where I want it to go... Doing this...'

Seeing he managed to hit successfully, Ethan wanted to cheer but, the fact it just hit the target without damaging it made him feel confused.

'Why the target didn't destroy in contact with such a pression? Maybe it's because I can't make the whole hit go where I want it to go...'

Thinking it made sense, Ethan approached the target, changing his 'fixed' distance from 10 meters to 5 meters.

Although I can't make the air condense and attack a single point, the problem shouldn't exist with shortened distance. Trying his new technique again, Ethan saw cuts forming all over its body. Even more confused than before, he immediately went towards it.

Letting Light Analyse them, Ethan felt shocked.

[These cuts are the aftermath of your [Unnamed] skill]

'A skill? Why? Isn't it a perk of [Boost Magic]?'

Hearing these words, Light added

[Yes, But the ramifications of it are real skills, you can say your way to obtain skills is different from others, mainly because you have already a different type of mana, the second is, originally, you're not from this world.]

'This [Boost Magic] is even more powerful than I thought..'

With the determination he had always increase even more, Ethan repositioned himself 10 meters away, like before.

'I can't change how the air will destroy my poor target, so the only thing I can do is try to reduce the time I need for the punch. The fact I'm training with heavier clothes really helped me...'

Although he immediately adjusted his clothes to normal the moment he started to train, the difference in pressure wasn't so troublesome like it should have been normally.

'It's probably not even 200 kg even at my max boost power. The difference is that It's all concentrated in my arm....'

Trying for a whole hour, Ethan could punch through the air almost normally. The only difference was the fact he needed a few seconds more to release all the pressure in the air to make the attack work.

'Now that I think about it, I can name the skill, right?'

Although Light didn't reply his question, he saw that in his status, there was an [Unnamed] skill.

'The fact it's still sealed is interesting. Maybe I need to name it before it can awaken..?'

["I know it's strange to ask you, but my [Unnamed] Magic can be used even in my legs for example? Because if this was something like a Fist technique I would've called it [Air Punch], but..."]

Although she wanted to sigh, Light replied

[You should test it instead of asking me...]

Knowing she was right, he immediately tried it.

'Oh, Doing it with my leg is even easier, but..'

Seeing the attack morphing in a crescent moon-shaped form, he saw the attack continue in the same direction, making the target's cuts even more evident. Seeing something like this happen, he felt shocked for the 2nd time in the day.

'Wait, instead of directly forming new ones, the cuts are expanding?... No, there isn't just that, other than the ones already there, new ones are formed...'

Understanding that what was happening was above his knowledge, he felt this kind of technique was way too dangerous to be used in real combat, at least until he will be able to control how the wind cut things after his blow.

'If I damage someone with this magic, there is the possibility they'll die without even knowing what hit them. I don't even want to think the effect of the previous boosted blow..'

["Light, I want to name it [Avian]... I think It's a good name"]

[Understood, updating.... [Unnamed] → [Avian] in the [Status Board]...]

After some seconds, the [Status Board] was updated by Light. But Ethan didn't even see the parameters, instead, he directly saw the description of his magic.

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[Avian]

Rank: I

Allows the user to control the wind/air produced by himself for short periods of time. This magic was created by a magic-genius.

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'This will be really cool to use..'

With these thoughts in mind, he resumed his earlier training.

'Let's try using it...'

Trying to do the same as before, Ethan felt the pressure less than before. Although it wasn't that much, it was still a difference. Even though he was at 10 meters, the hit managed to lend heavily then before on the target.

'I'm not using my leg, so this is thanks to my new magic... I see. It's more like making what [Boost Magic] does my own.. It feels so strange yet interesting...'

Thinking about how many possibilities he had for obtain new skills, Ethan continued his training for the whole morning. After it was time to eat, he wanted to have a good meal.

Seeing Lefiya and Ais still training, he went to them.

"Can you stop for a moment?"

Hearing these words, the two stopped to look at him. Smiling, he added

"I would like to have a meal but, now that you're training so hard, I thought about going to buy some food while the two of you continue your training. I know it's risky to go alone, but I will use the [Phantom's Cloak] the whole time, so it should be fine"

Although Lefiya was prepared to ask something about what he was doing previously, she felt out of place asking about it now.

"I-I want something w-warm..everything is good..."

Staring at him, Ais replied

"...be careful.."

He wanted to ask what type of food she wanted but, understanding she didn't really mind, he opted to bring some warm food for everyone.

With a nod, Ethan looked towards her. Approaching her, he gave her a light kiss on the lips.

"I'll return soon, don't worry and continue to train her"

With this, He made a 'thumb up' for Lefiya, making her understand he will bring her the type of food she wanted. Separating from the two, he equipped his [Phantom's Cloak].

'Something Warm...Oh! I forgot to give Lefiya the gloves. These days I forget too many things..'

Thinking about Lefiya's reaction, he had a smile on his face.

'Even if I don't like to see her cry, the way she blushes is so cute..'

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(Alternate Titles: "[Avian], the new ramification of [Boost Magic]", "In the next 100 chapters Ethan will boost the whole world rotation motion, successfully accelerating time for everyone. By the way, I'm joking", "Ethan is the magic-genius-boi")