“Seji, wake up. Master is calling you.” Mei said while waking me up.

“Okayyyyyy. Five minutes moreeeee.” I said.

“Master said that he's going to train you Basics of Void.”

“Void...Mhm..WAIT COMING.” I said and stood up immediately. Grabbing my jacket, and running down stairs.

“Let’s go training old man.” I said.

“Go take breakfast first.” He said.

“Uh, Fine.” I replied.

Serina had made food. It looked tasty. Some types of breads, and some other dishes. Reiz, Sharon and Grim already digged in. Others joined them, including me. The food was tasty. Everyone complimented Serina for her delicious food.

After eating food, I asked master, “Master Zenon. Why they say that Void is rumored power? And why it’s only rumor that you possess it?”

“I’ll tell you once we are out in fields for training.” He replied.

“Yes sir!” I said. He wasn’t wearing his coat today.

“Mei, Alec. I think you guys need training too.” Master said.

“But, I don’t know how to use vampire magic.” Mei said.

“And, I can’t hit people. Whenever I try to, it’s like something holds me back." Alec said.

“I see.” Master said. He puts his Hand on his chin and thinks; “is it also because of seal?”

“Well, we can train nonetheless.” Master said.

“Yes sir!” Mei and Alec replied.

“I’ll ask kiwari to train you, Alec. Oh and can you bring me my coat from my room above?”

“Sure.” Alec replied and went up to get his coat.

“Okay listen all. Nobody mention anything about his past to him. He seems to be under possession.” Master said.

“Then why you took him in?” Ella asked.

“Maybe, we can figure a way to fix that.” Master said.

“Yeah. Can’t you do anything about seal?” I asked Ella.

“It’s my Grandma about who you are talking about. Her magic is far superior than mine.”

“I see.” I said.

“It's fine. I’ll look for a way. Until then, watch out what you say to him.” Master said.

“yes.” Everyone replied.

“One thing is weird. There was one another magic too. And indeed, a fairy one.” Ella replied.

“What you mean?” I asked.

“A fairy seems to be working on illusions and memory tampering recently on Alec. I could sense second fairy magic except my grandma.”

“I see. So, we need to find that fairy for answers.”

“It's nearby. If, she was trying to tamper his memories. She must be nearby. Maybe He or She was keeping an eye on him. But, if its nearby. It knows we know about it now.” Ella said.

“Argghhhhh!” A scream from Master's room above. The scream seems to be of Alec. Me, Master and Mei rush to the room and see Alec in shock.

“What happened Alec?” Master asked.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Are you alright Alec?” Mei asked.

“Y-Y-ES BU-T-T-T THERE’S A DISGUSTING CREATURE THERE ON WALL!” Alec said while pointing at wall where he saw a cockroach.

“Uhhh... its just a roach bro..” I said.

“Oh, Let it be. It will go away itself.” Master said.

“*sigh* You worried us.” Mei said.

“let’s go down fast. And here your coat master.” He shows us But there’s another roach crawling inside coat.

“Alec, you are scared of the roach on wall. But not the one crawling inside coat.” I asked.

“Eh? Don’t joke. I know, you guys are trolling.” Alec said.

Me and Mei said, “No-o, turn coat around.”

“Fine.” Alec said and turns his coat around, and goes blank.

“ARGGHHHHHHHHH!!” Alec screamed.

“Yep, told you no lies.” I said.

“Let’s go down.” Master said.

“Yeah.” Mei said.

“F-f-fine.” Alec said while handing coat to master.

We go down stairs...

Kiwari was sitting and relaxing. Maybe, She’s tired from killing goblins.

“Hey, Master. How tough are goblins?” I asked Master.

“Not really much tough. But, they attack in crowds. And if they have a leader. That’s a pain.” He replied.

“I see.” I replied.

And the door opens. A group of adventurers enters the room. A guy with red hair and some major claw wound on his left cheek. He was wearing red cloths, a red jacket, a red pant and a black tank top inside jacket. Following him there was a girl and a boy. The girl was black haired and wearing a white dress with skirt and some designs. The other guy was also black haired, but he was wearing black shirt and black pants with some designs.

“YOOOOOOO, GRAMPS!” The red haired guy said in joy.

“Hi, Gramps.” The girl in the white dress said with smile.

“What’s up? Master.” The guy in black shirt said. His skin color was pale compared to ours.

“Oh! You guys are back. How was quest?” Master asked them.

“Welcome back! Egan, Rune and Ariel.” Serina said.

“Awe thank you, Serina. The quest was fine.” The girl in the white dress namely Ariel said.

“It was easy.” The red haired guy namely Egan said.

“Yea easy. Sure. Considering I was the one saving your asses, it wasn’t so easy.” The black shirt guy namely Rune said.

“Ahah you got our back." Egan said while patting rune's back and laughing loud.

“Sure...” Rune replied.

“ahahah Nothing less is expected from you three.” Master said in joy.

“Oh, Hey Gramps. We have new kids here?” Egan asked while pointing at us.

“Oh, Yes. These are newbies who joined just yesterday. You guys missed seji's song performance.” Master said.

“Oh really? Who’s seji?” Egan said in enthusiasm.

“Hello, I am seji. Sejiyoi Midaro. Nice to meet you guys.” I said and bowed my head.

“I’m Alec Rudsworth. Nice to meet you people. “ Alec said and bowed his head.

“Hiiiiii! I am Mei Hazel. Nice to meet you guys.” Mei said and bowed her head.

“Awe, Aren’t those cute names." Ariel said.

“I won't say it's cute." I replied.

“Thank you.” Mei replied.

“Oh, I’m Egan Crimson. Nice to meet you people." Egan replied with a smile

“I’m Rune Bloodsaw." Rune replied.

“My name is Ariel Esriel.” Ariel replied and bowed her head.

“Anyway, did you finish the quest? And cleaned the mess?” Master asked.

“Eh? Villagers can clean mess themselves. We were just gone to get rid of dragon.” Egan said.

“They will manage. I made sure they can.” Rune replied.

“That’s why we take you with us.” Egan said with Joy again.

“Like I said. I clean your messes.”

“Why kill a dragon?” I asked.

“I don’t like killing my kind either. But, Lately many have been found to lose consciousness and are going mad.” Egan said with sorrow.

“Yeah, Villagers said the dragon was kind to them, he would even help them sometimes. And they saw a guy in black robes one day and the dragon went mad. Maybe someone is behind this all...” Rune said with a sorrow face.

“It’s sad how some people can kill other beings easily...” Ariel said with a sorrow.

After hearing them I think; black robes guy? Could he be the one after this... one of the underworld lord...

“I see. Well, Anyway, You guys take rest. I’ll need your help later on. Right on time. So, don’t go on quest tomorrow either.” Master said to them.

“Yes, Gramps.” They all replied.

“Wait.. Do you guys know more about that black robes guy?” Mei asked while looking down. Like she is mad. Maybe, Because black robes guy was the one who had killed her father.

“Nope, nothing.” Egan replied.

“Why you ask?” Rune asked Mei.

“He is the one who killed my father. I need to find him.” Mei said with the same expression as before.

Egan came close to Mei and patted her. He said, “I see. If we find anything we will tell you. And if we find the guy, I’ll remember to bring her head to you.”

“Yea, You can trust us. We are a family now.” Ariel said.

“Mhm, yes.” Mei replied.

“Anyways, I got to take bath for now. See you.” Egan said.

Egan came to me and forwarded his fist for fist bump.

We fist bumped. And he said, “You look strong. Let’s spar sometime.”

“For sure.” I replied. With a fire burning in both our eyes.

He forwarded his fist to Alec too for a fist bump.

“Welcome to Elemental, you all.” Egan said and went up stairs with his friends.

“That’s a good fighting spirit. Seji. But, Egan, Ariel and Rune are all S class adventurers.” Serina said.

“ That’s cool.” I replied.

“In your language yeah cool. And RUNE! EGAN! ARIEL! YOU WILL TEACH THESE NEWBIES!” Master shouted.

“YES, GRAMPSSSSSSS!” Their voices came from their rooms Above.

“They didn’t even bother coming out. Great. Anyways, Seji. We're going out in fields for your practise.” Master said.

“Yes sir.” I replied.

“Before we go. Mei and Alec. You guys are free to go questing with Sharon and Grim. But, be back by noon. I have training for you guys too. Let’s go now, Seji.” Master said.

“Yes, master!” They replied.

Me and Master go out open in fields. Outside the capital.

“Seji. Void is a magic in which you can learn every kind of Magic except for a few.” Master said.

“Few like?” I asked.

“Few like. Umm. Magic with healing elements. Void users can’t use healing spells. We can use for ourselves but to a limited extent. And magic which is bound to special blood lines. Like the blood control of vampires. Blood is not a water type magic. And we can’t learn it. It’s just a blessing of blood line. But, Magic like. The Dragon's Fierce Power, Dark Demon Magic, Light Angel Magic and much more. We can learn those. We can also use Illusion type, but not as great as fairies. Fairies are excellent at that. While their relative Elves use Weapons and use mana to make weapons, and their attacks strong. Like humans do with swords. Sword reminds me. My good friend can teach you swordsmanship. You can use sword for secondary weapon. I’ll ask him to teach you. If you like.”

“That will be great actually! I was looking for a special type of sword. And I understand Void now, but still explain more.”

“We can go to Dwarf blacksmith later on. Tell him what kind of weapon you want, and he will make you. He’s best blacksmith I know. Oh, and my friend is from other country. And he wields Single-Edged. But pretty sure he can teach you other types too.” Master said.

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“I see. Actually, I also wanted to learn single edged.” I replied.

I think: That sounds like katana. Would be fun to see if samurais exist here. Well, who am I kidding. There's no way things like that can exist here.

“Anyways, back to topic. Let me explain you a bit of something before we move on to the actual use of magic.” Master said.

“What is it?” I asked being confused.

“You see. Regardless of the races, mana is a natural energy and always raw mana have the color of water and density between smoke and water. Mana is present everywhere and when we intake breath we also intake mana particles. In short it’s like an energy present in our bodies.”

“I see. But what that have to do with Void?” I asked.

“Like I said, mana have water colour, or you can say no colour. But, Void users have black mana.”

“Why is it black? And what that have to do with magic?”

“Normal mana gets converted into magic by visualization, and the Element attributes running in our soul helps to power what we visualized. But, for void we don’t have any parameters for magic attribute or any capacity to store all elements. We can change Void mana to whatever we wan’t without bothering with magic attribute. For a normal person, when he learns a magic attribute, other magic attributes tends to go weak. But, a few people. Like the Master of top guild currently namely ‘Mortals', the Master of Mortals is said to have posses all basic elements. I’m not sure if it’s true or false but, he must have practiced a lot with all those magic types to not let them be weak.”

“I see.”

“That’s not all. Unlike normal mana, void can't put much healing elements in magic. And also Void acts as a curse sometimes. It can go berserk to protect it's chosen user, like it have some kind of consciousness. “ Master said with a serious face.

“That's scary.” I replied.

“Void is not a common power. Only a few are born with it. I only know five people who posses it. Including me and you in those five.”

“I see.” I said and thought : void is like a hack in game. We can do whatever we want but if we get detected, it would be bad. Like an open invitation to death.

“Now you know much more about Void. Let’s move on to next step.” Master said.

“What’s next step?” I asked.

“Tell me what you learned so far?” Master asked me.

“Alec taught me how to use Magic. The Hell Fire and I learned this Dark Spear myself.” I said.

“Show me everything you know.” He said.

“Alright. First, HELL FIRE!” I shouted and black flames cover up the tree.

“Continue.” He said.

“DARK SPEARS!” I shouted and Dark spears appeared and went directly in the sky.

“That’s better. Continue.” Mater said.

“I know how to cover sword or weapons with dark magic." I said.

“We will come to that. Take it slow and show me bare handed magic.” He said.

“BLACK HOLE!” I shouted and an idle black hole appeared. No magic was there for it to suck.

“Do you know, Black Vacuum can convert other spells into useable mana?” Master asked me.

“I didn’t. It will just suck up spells.” I replied.

“Nope. It can convert spells back to mana and supply to user.” Master said.

“I see.” I replied.

“Continue.” He said.

“Hmm. WIND PUSH!” I shouted and wind thrust me forward by a few meters.

“That’s basic stuff.” He replied.

“Yes. Alec didn’t teach me much because things escalated quick back then.” I replied.

“I see.” He said.

“But, is it true that, learning from a demon will turn you into a demon too?” I asked him.

“No. That’s just a myth. You can’t change races being a normal person. Neither you can be another race being a human nor you can catch up to the magic proportion of magic attributes different races have. But, that only applies to normal people. Though, said that, Magic Attribute proportion doesn’t apply to me and you.” He said.

“I see. So, that is only a myth.”

“Yep. An old myth. Many people know it’s not true anymore.” Master said.

“ I see.” I said.

“okay, next anything else you have?” Master asked me.

“Nothing.” I replied.

“Come near me.” Master said.

“okay.” I said while walking towards him. I am standing in front of him.

“Blow up.” He enchanted, and I went flying away. Back where I was first.

I stand up and ask him, “WHAT WAS THIS FOR OLD MAN?”

“You can’t even come close to me. Training lesson one. Land a punch successfully on me.”

“I can use magic?” I asked.

“Indeed.” He said.

“That won’t take much then!” I said with a smile.

I rush forward towards him again to see what he is doing with his magic actually.”

“Blow up!” He again enchanted.

I again get blown away.

“I see. Is there barrier?”

“Wrong. No barrier. I’m just blowing you away with a little fire and wind. let's just say bombs.” He said.

“I see. Then WIND PUSH 20X!!!” I shouted, and wind bursts from my feet and I go flying towards him.

Master just got aside! There’s a massive tree in front of me coming closer, and I hit my head!

“You should judge your surrounding, and take advantage of them. Otherwise, they are just disadvantage to you.” He said.

I stood up and said, “Alright. Old man. I’ll be serious now.”

As he said I should take advantage of my surroundings. I lay my back on tree and visualize full Wind push from my back, this will give more thrust and speed to me. Since, I have more surface area to use wind push one this should make me even faster.

“WIND PUSH 20X” I shouted and went flying to him with much more thrust and speed this time. But, he again just got side and dodged easily again. I barely balance myself.

“Adding speed won’t change anything. And you misinterpreted my advice. I said take advantage of your surroundings but, also make sure your attacks aren’t predictable.” He said.

“I see.” I said and think: if I use dark spear to divert him , I can hit him.

“DARK SPEARS!” I summon dark spears from ground and send them to him. I move a little and run toward him.

He saw dark spears coming towards him and didn’t move. Instead, he caught the very first dark spear with his right hand and destroyed other dark spears, He was very quick, I couldn’t even reach him when he did that. And with last spear, he sent that towards me! I get terrified for a moment but, I enchant

“BLACK HOLE!”

Black hole sucked up dark spear which was coming near me.

“Wiw, saved.” I sighed and relived and continued with, “Gramps, how did you catch my dark spear?” I asked.

“You see, I was going to teach you that too. But, since you asked. Let me clarify some more things. We can use magic to cover up ourselves with a thick layer of mana. Which repels any swords or weapon. It’s easy. Just imagine mana covering your skin, and it will be harder than steel. I did that with my hand and held your spear from tip easily. But, if weapon covered with magic it won’t work.” Master said.

“I see. Well, we can do that later. For now, I’ll have to punch you. Be ready Grampssssss!!!” I shouted and continued with spells, “MUD WALL!”

Mud walls appear all around me and Gramps.

“You are limiting your ability by surrounding us.” He said.

“I don’t think so.” I said confidently.

I have surrounded both of us now. If I use wind push I can jump on walls and have better momentum and speed. And continuous moves even if he dodges one or two.

I lay my back on wall and enchant, “WIND PUSH X30"

I am flying towards him and I’ll hit him probably. Almost...

HE DODGED AGAIN. There’s the wall. I crouch in the air, and land with feet on wall. The wall gets cracked. But I continue with “WIND PUSH X30"

I again fly towards him, and he again dodges. My speed is increasing and this continues for five minutes. It’s still going on even faster. But, MASTER IS DODGING ALL OF THEM !?

I land on a wall and was going to continue but, DANG! THE WALL BROKE !!

I Again fell.

“That’s not going to work out. Your moves were still predictable.” Master said.

I’m breathing heavily.

“I’ll make it work out then.”

I again repeat the same spells and it doesn’t work. But, this time I make it even faster.

“WIND PUSH X35"

It’s like flying at 40 Miles per hour.

“Speed won't help.” Master said.

“I’m not sure. ARRRRGHHHHHHHH" I shouted.

This continued for next thirty minutes with no break.

I stop. I lay on ground. Mud wall spell breaks. I’m breathing heavily and say.

“ALRIGHT! I CAN’T DO IT!”

“Egan did it in first try.” He said.

I gulp my own saliva and sit and ask, “Seriously?! He’s one monster...”

“That’s different, he used his dragon form to over size me.” He said with a little laugh.

“That’s cheating but, now I can imagine how he did that. But, on serious note. How strong is he?” I ask.

“He's very strong. One time he and Ella started fighting. They destroyed whole guild house and trust me, it won't make sense. But, I heard, Their was terror in Ella’s eye. At the end of fight, he was holding Ella from her throat and saying something. I don’t know what. But, Dragnia, my grandson stopped them. I was out on work that time. And Ella was new. So maybe, she held back, but I don’t know, what happened that day. Everybody says it was just a little fight, Including Serina.”

“I see... your grandson sounds strong.” I said.

“His mother was dragon. And my son was a human. He's a half dragon. But, his powers most likely surpass mine.”

“I see...”

I’m not surprised that Gramps have a Grandson. What’s more shocking is that, Egan was holding Ella from her throat. I was helpless in front of her.

“But don’t worry. They are messy like that always. Anyway, let’s go guild house for a little lunch break, and then we will continue. It’s been more than an hour since we came here....

TO BE CONTINUED!