Chapter 71 - 71: Cross the Volcano!

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It was finally a new day and Grey was up early as usual with his daily routine of circulating the mana around him to aid his casting speed get faster than before. When he was done, he went down to take his breakfast with his mum and Jesse as they were seen gobbling their foods up and when he was done, he left the house with his mum and Jesse going out to look for a new house where they would live in since their current home was barely hanging on. Leaving the house, Grey was seen heading to the usual forest to train as he was seen heading there on foot with his hands in his pockets and his head lowered down in thought. 'My lightning powers, I haven't gotten any spell for it yet and I can't keep on using the magic in its pure form, I need spells to make my attacks more effective.' he thought as he finally got to the foot of the forest and heading in, and going deeper, he stood in a large clearing with the trees looking slightly broken and the ground was scorched while some of the trees even had scorch marks on it. 'Charlotte should be taking her test right about now.' Grey sighed as he took a stance in front of a tree. 'I wonder which academy that dumbass lady would be accepted into. In order for me to catch up to Max and Charlotte, I need to train harder so I will get accepted in an academy and after that, I would finally have more spells and good instructors that would help groom my powers.' "But first, let's practice this darn lightning powers." Grey said as his whole hands began crackling and sparkling. Taking a stance in front of a tree, he held his hands out. "Let me try take a page from Max's book!" He said and then he began trying to condense the lightning around his hand. The lightning crackling around him began glowing brighter as he tried to condense it more and more to the extent it began glowing bright but then in the next instant, it exploded right in front of Grey's face sending lightning everywhere almost hitting his face but he was quick to raise an Earth wall. The lightning hit the trees scorching them black and even hitting the ground beneath his feet. "Darn it! That was a close one." Grey said as he decided to try again. But the lightning exploded again. He tried again for about a dozen times but each time, the lightning exploded and now, the forest was almost cleared of trees with his clothes slightly burnt and torn while his face was riddled with sweat and a clear mix of frustration as he was seen with his hands on his knees panting hard. "If it was another person, their mana would have gotten depleted by now trying this over and over but luckily for me, I have four magical affinities which gives me more mana than anybody could ever imagine. I haven't even touched half of my mana pool yet." Grey smiled and then he stood upright wiping the sweat off his face. "So let's go again!" He screamed as he began condensing the ball of lightning again forming a lightning ball in front of him as he tried to control it, it would explode sending sparks of lightning everywhere. But regardless, Grey didn't give up even though the desperation and despair was starting to show, the sheer willpower to complete the task perfectly was starting to show as he kept on doing the same thing over and over again with no results. "Only a fool will keep doing the same thing over and over again without any positive results." Noir said. "Well this fool will keep on trying until he gets it right regardless of what you say." Grey replied as he began condensing the lightning again. "Tch! Good luck with that you talentless human." Noir scoffed and then he went silent in whatever hole he was always watching from. "I can't give up! I can't and I won't! I…" Grey said as the ball of lightning was now shaking with power while his teeth was grit trying to hold it together so it won't explode. "I won't be left behind by Max! I will surpass him and also become the greatest lightning mage and also overall mage to ever walk the Earth!" He shouted but then the ball of lightning exploded again sending waves and sparks of lightning everywhere and this time, Grey was too slow to raise an Earth wall as the lightning crashed into him electrocuting and sending joules of pain into him. "Arghhhhhh!" He screamed for a few seconds when the pain stopped and he hit the ground panting hard in pain and frustration. "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Why?! Why isn't this working? What am I doing wrong?!" "Haha!" Noir laughed inside Grey's mind. "Face it, you are weak and talentless. The only thing you have on your side is luck! Luck of having more mana and magical affinities than anyone else making you versatile." "Curse you Noir! If you come outside here, I will make sure I roast you alive with my flames!" Grey shouted. "Don't forget I also have fire magic." Noir laughed and Grey just grit his teeth and stood up heading towards the mountain of volcano that was several metres away from where he stood. "Since I'm getting nowhere with lightning magic today, let me just go and practice my other magic but first I need to recover my mana." Grey said as he picked himself up while slowly heading towards the volcano. And in five minutes, he was there but he stood at the foot of a lava while looking at the volcano. "Come to think of it, I haven't tried to go up to that volcano, I always stopped here at the foot of the lava." Grey said as he looked around and then he clenched his hands in and out. "It's taking all my willpower to stand here at the foot of this lava, not to talk of heading to the volcano." He said then a small smile appeared on his face. "If I can't get anywhere with lightning magic today, let's try to train my fire magic and body so I can become more stronger. So I'm going to try my best to cross that volcano and see what is behind it!" S~eaʀᴄh the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Chapter 71 - 71: Cross the Volcano!

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