SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS
Chapter 67 - 67: 7 Natural Elements

"Boom… boom… boom…"

A series of explosions ran continuously as the spell arrows released by Mohini bombarded the pond water.

"H-How did you do it?" Kent questioned in a weak tone while staring at the pond water, which rose to the height of hundreds of meters.

"Listen carefully, I will say this once. First of all, you don't need to spell your arrows before releasing them. You can do that in the middle, after releasing the arrow.

The second thing is that you are practicing a bow-like physical thing. You don't need to draw the bow string every time you release an arrow. Just a small tweak is enough. Like a Tanbur (guitar in the modern sense) string, you just need to vibrate the bow string to release the arrow.

The third and most important is, you won't get any combat sense if you practice with static targets. During combat, your enemy will move like a snake, evading all your arrows. You need to develop a sense of anticipation to figure out your enemy's movement and strike them on point."

Mohini gave a long lecture while staring at the horizon. She found it a little difficult to focus on her words while staring into Kent's eyes from a close distance.

But Kent is listening to her every word like God's scripture. He never expected this ordinary-looking old lady to know so much about archery. What she said is pretty basic and instantly improves Kent's mastery of the bow.

"Who is this old lady? She seems to know about archery. I must use this chance to train properly. If not for her, I would still be thinking that my two spells were enough to win the tournament." Kent muttered before taking back the bow from her hands.

"Madam, thank you for your guidance. Now, I understand how I'm practicing this bow like a layman. If you don't mind, I also have another small doubt." Kent paused, waiting for the old woman's response.

"What is it?" Mohini responded with a proud look.

"Why is mastering defense arrow spells easy compared to attacking ones? While my proficiency in defense arrow spells surpassed 75%, my fire-based attack spells didn't even reach 30%." Kent asked while staring at one side of Mohini's face, who is staring into the horizon, with a nonchalant attitude.

Mohini smirked with an ignorant look after hearing his doubt. "Boy, you definitely need to hire an elder for guidance. Your doubt is very basic, and almost everyone knows the answer to it. But as a kind woman, I will answer your doubt. Listen carefully."

Mohini adjusted her throat before speaking, and Kent curiously stared at the old lady, wondering about her background.

"It's not about defense or attacking spells. Any spell linked to any of the seven elements (i.e., fire, earth, water, air, energy, time, and space) can't be mastered beyond 33%. You need to master the elements to increase the spell proficiency of that particular element.

Suppose that if you start mastering a fire element, your fire spell proficiency will increase. Usually, people start mastering elements after the elder maga stage. With normal talent, one can only master one element, and it also depends on your affinity for the element.

Till now, only one magus has been able to master five elements, which is the highest by any person. If you start asking questions, it won't end for days. You will know all about mastering elements after reaching greater heights. For now, concentrate on raising your level and mastery of the bow."

Mohini finished her explanation with a long sigh. She knows that the information she shared is a lot to understand for Kent. But it is pretty basic, and Kent will eventually know when the time comes.

Kent stood dazedly, thinking deeply. Mohini pushed him a bit with her staff and brought him back to reality.

"Stop wasting time on unnecessary things and focus on what is in your hands. If you want to learn to fight a real enemy, try hitting an arrow on my pig." Mohini said it with a smug look and walked back to the large boulder to sit on it.

Lambu, who was listening to their conversation, complained with a loud noise. But Mohini ignored his complaining and closed her eyes in meditation.

Adjusting his focus, Kent drew the bow string and began practicing the bow like Mohini said. He tried releasing the arrow first and applying a spell to it. It took some time for him to master the timing of release and spell casting.

But what surprised Kent is that he failed to hit the pig, and it is easily evading his attacks. "What happened to my aim? I even hit the moving targets inside the combat rooms." Kent muttered, focusing on the pig's movement, and began anticipating its next move to hit the pig.

"Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…"

Kent soon found the rhythm and began releasing the arrows continuously, like Mohini described. Even though he is still not matching her speed, the casting time has been reduced to half an instance (1 second), and the bow string is vibrating on his fingers like a music string.

"Not bad… He learned faster than I expected. I need to find more excuses to help him master the bow. At least it's not boring now, and I can watch him closely." Mohini muttered while observing Kent from the back.

Lambu, who evaded Kent's arrows easily at the start, began gasping for air as Kent increased the onslaught. Also, his skinny paws were not helping him to move his fat body easily.

Kent's determination grew with each second to smash the pig, which is making laughing sounds while taunting him.

While Kent is practicing diligently in the small crow forest, Black Belle Miss got ready to travel to the capital city, i.e., Golden Bamboo City, to meet her aunt, who practiced the same forbidden yang essence technique.

On the other hand, Lucy is spending more time in the pet store, anticipating to meet Kent again.

Meanwhile, the brother of fire Kirin, who is an evolved beast, reached halfway to the silver leaf city to take away his sister from Kent.

*[Energy is a separate nature element in this Magus world, and there is an interesting acceptance of energy spells, which will be explained in future chapters.]

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TQ

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