The sky was beginning to illuminate in a shade of reddish-orange with the rising sun. The birds were awake and lively. As is urging all living beings to wake up with the light of dawn, they sang melodiously in their sweet voice. A cold breeze blew between some intervals creating a fresh atmosphere.

On a road between trees that were so brown that they could be mistaken for bronze, two carriages were heading toward the city of Broncos. The carriages were luxurious and had an insignia of a red lotus on a sword which identified them as the Zarx Family of The Ascar Empire. The carriages were surrounded by experts who were in a state of vigilance.

In one of the carriages, there was a red-haired boy who was currently sleeping soundly. The carriage was so specious that one could easily sleep comfortably in it. The boy was Rudra Von Zarx who had fallen unconscious because of forcefully casting a spell for which he was not ready.

It had been one day since the incident happened. After Karna fell unconscious, Ron slaughtered the mutated wolf who had sneakily ambushed Karna.

Everyone was dumbfounded after seeing that 'Rudra' had used a magic spell to deal with the ambush. Ron told everyone to shut their mouths about Rudra having a Mana core. Although they were extremely surprised to see Rudra being able to cast an apprentice-level spell In such a short time after he began learning magic, they were dumbfounded because Rudra had not used his sword, Instead, he fell unconscious. This somewhat gave credibility to the rumors that Rudra had become useless as a warrior after he recovered from the illness. Even Ron had become suspicious now.

This incident left a bad taste in Ron's mouth, so he decided to leave for bronzwood county as soon as possible to relieve some stress before continuing the journey to Blue Isle City.

Ron was also worried about Rudra who would be the main attraction after reaching The Blue Isle City.

And thus, After making haste, they had reached bronzwood county's borders. It would take a few more hours to reach the capital city of the county - Broncos City.

Ron would not stay in just any noble's place. Although he was not as worse as the other nobles, he too had the High Noble's pride in him. And why shouldn't he? The Zarx Family was only second to the dukes, it was rich and although the Zarx family had been trying to conceal its martial prowess, The upper echelons knew that the Zarx Family was not just as simple as being rich.

Ron chose bronzwood county because it was famous in the noble circle. The 'Bronzwood' County had gotten its name because of the existence of the peculiar trees which grew there.

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These trees were as brown as bronze hence the 'Bronzwood'. The trees were somehow immune to fire for a certain degree, making their wood a great choice for creating houses or luxurious furniture. These woods created amazing luster after its processing and that's why the Lord of the county - Bryan Walker had a certain status in the empire. Even the Imperial family had dealings with him.

In the carriage, Karna finally opened his eyes. He woke up and remembered the events which happened before. He remembered the threat of death, he remembered Lara who bravely stood before him, he remembered the miraculous ability which saved Lara's life from peril. He remembered how weak he really is.

His Spiritual force which was used for the activation of his ability had already fully recovered. Coming to his senses, Karna looked around and saw the sleeping Lara beside the bed. She was asleep leaning on the bed while sitting on the chair. 'She must have felt asleep while looking after me' he thought.

Although Karna had his new family now in his heart, he knew that Ron and Aisha were just assuming him to be their son. Would they accept him if he told them the truth? He had no confidence in that. But Lara was different. She was the only person who was close to him after he came into this world. And her actions the previous day had truly won his heart.

Karna gently grabbed her by the waist and placed her on the bed. He covered her body with the blanket and sat down to meditate.

When Karna entered the 'Samadhi' State, he saw that his Mana Core had undergone some changes. Although the Mana core's size was the same, he felt that he could store more Mana in his body from now on.

Every Mage needed to store Mana inside their bodies to sever its connection with nature and command it for their own usage. Although the ambush was very dangerous, it allowed Karna to awaken his 'Special Attribute' in the desperate situation. It was just as Makrov had said, The special attribute will be awakened when it is needed the most.

Thinking of this, Karna tried to access the mysterious ability again but in vain. Sighing in his heart he decided to be optimistic and hope for the best.

Karna suddenly remembered again that he had conjured an Apprentice Level spell - Fireball. He became excited as he thought of the miraculous nature of magic.

At that time he was in a rushed state so he was not able to experience the joy of casting the first-ever spell. He became excited as he effortlessly guided the Mana out of his body. He was stuck at this step before but now he could do it easily. Karna created the Spell circuit as he grew even more enthusiastic.

but the circuit broke even before the spell could take form. He understood that it was not as easy as it seemed to create the spell circuit. He had done it before with the assistance of the ability.

Karna was not discouraged by this. Instead, a smile appeared on his face as he thought. 'So what? I will practice until I can do it as efficiently as breathing!'

Small successes indeed create hope for the future. Karna thought as he began creating the spell circuit again and again.