Timothy and a training yard were a bad combination. He had a lot of powers to show, and he wasn't scared of showing them, because even though the majority of these goblins were a couple of levels above him in terms of mana quality, he did not fear them. A couple of levels weren't enough to protect one's self from an Electro Nerve Splitter attack, for example, and that was why he did not fear anyone here!
Tim, and the remaining team members were sent to target practice, and the targets here were made entirely out of stone. Since the training yard was more of a field, stretching a hundred meters wide, he had all the room in the world to portray his powers in a barbaric manner, without worrying about hitting someone by accident!
Timothy unleashed a thunderclap against a stone target, and caused a huge, foot-wide hole on it! The thunderclap allowed him to unleash several bolts at the same time, but it would appear that the bolt in the middle was always the most power-amped. Once he saw the hole on the statue, he got this idea to try and concentrate his numerous thunderbolts into a single, deadly bolt once more, and he guessed that this would be effective even against a dragon!
“That's a good shot, I can very much sense that your mana quality is at level six.” The guard trainer complimented, and this was one of the best compliments to give to a fellow mage.
Once Timothy smirked, his smugness was wiped off of his face immediately after, as the trainer asked him a question. “This level must be very new to you, I'm guessing? Your bolts almost hit a civilian on the other side of the stone wall there.”
“Almost,” Tim grinned, “They’re fine.”
The trainer was not one for humor, so he swiftly commanded. “You should get closer to the targets. Try to be more precise with your shots, and also, don't spend so much mana on every shot you make, as mana is scarce in any universe! Always be savvy.”
Timothy then did what he was told, because regardless of his damaged ego, he was given good advice here. He had spent thousands of mana points throughout the mission they completed in the Forbidden Caves, for example, and that surely was a lot! He had to figure out how to use his powers more responsibly.
Anyway, the guard trainer then went over to Ortana, and asked her. “So, you toss spears, right? That's really new, so I don't quite know how to train you… how far can you toss the spears, in terms of meters?”
With little effort, she summoned a spear on her hands afterwards. The spear was heavy, about seven kilos as it was very thick, so she had a bit of trouble moving it around without the aid of magic. She seemed sloppy for a second, but after she tossed the spear at speeds that the average eye would almost miss, she distracted at least a quarter of the people in the training yard! Her toss was explosive!
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A loud thud was heard once the spear hit the target. She actually managed to split a tall, human-shaped target in half, which was a very grand display of her powers! Although she used magic to toss it, she did all that damage using only the hard, iron metalwork of the spear, nothing else! There were no elemental powers attached to her attack, the spear simply inflicted damage with its raw, physical velocity!
“That is impressive, you might even poke a little hole on Iron Claw with that attack.” The trainer said, and then he advised. “You can toss your spear for about thirty meters with good precision, it's exemplary. How about you go on the other side of the field, and try to achieve the same damage from a hundred meters distance? Your powers are strong, but you need to be more precise, so walk over to the other side, and try your best to not to hit any civilians, please.”
“Will do, chief.” She nodded, and then she stuck her tongue out at Timothy, just to taunt him. “You had your bolts since forever, kid, you should handle them better by now!”
“Mind your business you weedy bastard,” He grunted, and hurled another bolt at a stone target.
Anyway, Arvena and her abilities were assessed lastly, because it was a bit more difficult to work with someone who had crossed the God's Punishment Realm of mana. People with her firepower were unique, they were powerful, so it was very easy to misunderstand their abilities, and give her bad advice as a result. The trainer needed to calm his nerves down, so he drank half a bottle of ale, and then walked over to her.
Then, he went on and made a couple of good points. “Okay, let's see your fireball, lady. We don’t see as many volunteers from the Fintelus’ Apprentices Realm of mana, not as many as we would want to see, so I'm counting on your firepower. Can you destroy that target?”
“If I try to destroy it from here, I'll set at least four houses on fire.” She admitted, “Bigger fireballs tend to be less precise, regardless of what realm of mana you're in.”
With that said, Arvena was asked to get closer to the target. Being just ten meters away from it, she managed to absolutely disintegrate the stone target in front of her with a single, two-meter wide fireball! If she used a bigger one, then she would surely cause casualties. Only ashes and dust remained from the target, which was terrifying, because it wasn’t easy to get ashes out of a literal, hard stone!
“Very good, but it bothers me how the lot of you struggle with precision.” The trainer sighed, and then he commanded. “Go to our local library and grab the Book of Fire, it's absolutely free to read. Find the Laser Shot ability in that book, and study it thoroughly, because it may be the greatest ability you’ve learned yet. With an ability like that, and with a mana quality like yours, you'll be one of the few people here who can actually harm Iron Claw the Wicked. Good luck on your training, we’ll be in touch!”
Arvena was really pleased with the idea of learning a new ability, so she did as she was told. She darted out of the training yard, and left her friends alone here, but neither of them really minded being left alone. This training yard was as safe as a bunker, no one would bother them here.
The two of them trained freely, but about an hour later, their main trainer had them teamed up with a bunch of other, less-than-precise volunteers. There were twenty of them in total, and together, they were given a task of slaying a bunch of invasive bugs! The bugs were venomous, agile, and ate sheep, so it was bound to be a challenge to slay them, but it was great target practice nonetheless.
Timothy was quite irritated today, so not only was he happy about this task, but he was impulsive too, he was looking forward to it. He wanted to turn a bug into a surfboard!