Chapter 20

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Andrew’s joy did not last long. Even though his spiritual power was strong enough to allow him to draw a sea of runes shaped by fire endlessly, the gathering of the fire spirit still failed.

Almost 90% of the power of the fire spirit that had spread out in the magic nodes in Andrew’s body had already merged into one. It had even gradually formed the child-like appearance that Andrew had seen in his first attempt to steal the fire elemental world, however, there were still some remnants of energy floating in his magic nodes, unable to fuse.

‘How could this be?’

Andrew was greatly disappointed. He thought for a moment and immediately cast the spell of the flame whip in his hand. Then, he continued to probe his magic nodes. Very quickly, he realized the problem. The body of the fire spirit that had already condensed more than 90% was not pure!

‘Other than the power of this special life form itself, there is also some ordinary fire elemental power in the nodes. Although that power is extremely pure, compared to the essence of the fire spirit, it’s still not enough.’

‘I see.’

Andrew discovered this and also heaved a sigh of relief. He knew very clearly that this was not difficult to solve. He could purify the magic in his body by practicing the magic of the corresponding attribute.

Andrew had also roughly guessed the truth. Previously, the intermediate magic he had cast did not lack the special rune of flame shaping. However, at that time, the purity of the magic power in Andrew’s node was too low, so he was unable to awaken the fire spirit.

‘Next, I can only continue to cultivate the intermediate fire magic. I’m good at this.’

Andrew stopped the crazy drawing of the flame-shaping rune in his mind. The fire spirit that was about to take shape also continued to spread out and merge into the node.

‘There are still 21 intermediate spells that I haven’t learned, so it should be enough.’

‘If it’s not enough, I can try to improve some of the spells that I have already learned.’

Andrew looked at the various information in the library of the Association and calculated in his heart. Then, he took out a few more books from the bookshelf.

‘Elements Explosion: Fire, High-temperature Incineration, Fire Protection Shield, Red Lotus Flame…’

Andrew counted more than a dozen books and brought them all with him. Then, he went to the deserted mountain where he usually cultivated. He seemed to be a little impatient. Andrew had a faint premonition that after successfully gathering the fire spirit, his strength would have another chance to soar!

…

In the magic crystal training room, Andrew sat upright on the cushion with a frown on his face.

This time, he was not here to extract magic power to increase his cultivation level. Instead, he was purely using this place to increase the speed of his spiritual power recovery to complete the awakening of the fire spirit. After he had learned all the intermediate fire spells in the Association, and also after successfully advancing two of them, a feeling finally arose in his heart that the purity of the magic power in his body should have reached the standard.

At this moment, Andrew had already been sitting here for half a day. In his sea of consciousness, he was constantly using the function of the flame to shape runes to fuse the energy of the fire spirit bit by bit.

‘Fortunately, I’ve come to the magic crystal training room. The number of runes that I have to outline is a little too much.’

Andrew sighed. Even though his spiritual power was far above the level of his peers, he was only barely able to hold on until the last moment under the effect of the magic crystal training room’s recovery power.

At this moment, inside Andrew’s magic power node, the fire spirit was only left with the last few traces of energy that had yet to reunite.

‘Give it to me! Go!’

Andrew’s eyes were bloodshot as he burst out with a huge amount of spiritual power. He forcefully pushed the few traces of energy into the fire spirit’s body within his node!

“F*ck!”

In the next second, as he forcefully pushed the energy into his node, it caused quite a bit of damage. Andrew was forced to spit out a mouthful of blood before he managed to catch his breath. However, his eyes were filled with joy, this was because the body of the fire spirit that he had absorbed earlier had finally been re-awakened.

After Andrew had completed this last step, his spiritual energy had already spread out and he had also stopped his actions of drawing runes. Meanwhile, the fire spirit was no longer spreading out. Instead, it was jumping happily within the magic energy nodes in Andrew’s body, and it was transmitted towards Andrew for a while, another wave of joy that was akin to that of a baby.

‘Is he treating me like a father?’

Andrew sensed the spiritual power information transmitted by the fire spirit, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

He had initially been worried that after reviving the fire spirit, the other party would be dissatisfied because of his previous actions of capturing it. However, he had not expected that this fire spirit, which had been revived by him, would recognize him as its master from the start!

At the same time, Andrew could sense that the rest of the magic power in his node was also gradually changing as the fire spirit moved. The energy was becoming purer and purer.

“D*mn!”

Andrew was stunned. He realized that because the magical power had once again been compressed and removed of impurities, the energy in the node had greatly decreased. It could not even maintain its form. He did not have the time to rejoice that he was fortunately in the magic crystal training room now, instead, he immediately used all his strength to draw out the fire-type energy in the air.

This time, it was even more exaggerated than when Andrew advanced to an intermediate mage. In an instant, it formed a seemingly flame vortex! And the magic crystals inlaid on the wall of the Magic Crystal Training Room were all broken! In just a few short seconds, the entire Magic Crystal Training Room was in a mess, and all the magic crystals had turned into dust!

If the other members of the Mage Association saw this scene, they would be dumbfounded. This was because the total amount of magic power contained in a magic crystal training room was theoretically close to that of a great mage! How could it be sucked dry by someone?!

The last time Andrew cultivated, Lanza had determined that there was a malfunction in the magic crystal training room, so he did not blame him. However, that time, he had only used up one-third of the magic crystal training room’s reserves! On the surface, the crystal stones had been sucked dry, but there was still some remaining in the substance. However, now, they had been completely sucked dry by Andrew. All the magic crystal stones had been turned into useless powder!

After this, Andrew let out a long sigh.

‘I barely managed to keep the node from collapsing, but the magical power is still not full. I guess my advancement to advanced mage will be slowed down again.’

Although he said that, he was in a very good mood. Just now, after he had created the fire spirit, he was once again pulled into the fire elemental world. He observed it from the perspective of the origin and learned an arcane-level rune.

‘Molten heart.’

Andrew nodded.

‘So I was wrong in the beginning. Although learning this kind of arcane-level rune requires a high amount of spiritual power, it is essentially a gift from the fire elemental world to mages.’

‘Previously, I was gifted one when I absorbed the fire spirit. This time, it’s as a reward for me to revive the fire spirit. Then, I guess arcane-level spells are rarer than I thought.’

Andrew pondered. Previously, other than incorporating the second-rate fireball spell into the arcane-level rune, he had been focusing his research on the beginner fireball spell (an upgraded version of the former), which had begun to show some signs of success.

And this time, when he learned about the molten heart, he instinctively sensed what the most suitable spell for this rune was!

Andrew closed his eyes and meditated for about half a day. Then, he opened his palm and a strange flame slowly rose.. When the flame rose, even the surrounding space seemed to be distorted by the flames.