Chapter 31 : The user's body

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The spell itself enabled the user to closely follow up any enemy's speed by latching some magic on their shadow. It was like attaching a small boat to a very fast gunship with a strong, mostly-unbreakable chain.

And while the spell itself sounded like a good idea to always abuse in any fight which saw me as the slowest compared to my opponents, the issue that truly made it quite limited was the restrictions imposed upon the user.

The user's body had to be capable to physically sustain the kind of speed it had to approach via the magical enchantment as the spell did nothing to nullify the strains born from any surreal pace that went beyond the user's limits.

But that was just the first of the major flaws of the technique, as the second and most important of them all was actually something incredibly worrying.

While the 'connection' between the magical user and the enemy's shadow was subtle and difficult to perceive during a fight, there was the dreadful chance if that was found by the foe it was latched onto, it could be broken or influenced to act on the opposite end, properly destroying the advantage without the user actually noticing.

The spell was useful in aiding up my offensive capabilities, but paled in comparison to the second spell I ended up learning from the USB I was given by Azazel.

The Silent Step of Darkness wasn't a spell made for battles, but it served excellently as the perfect stealth/infiltration technique for any magician novices.

By using someone/something's shadow, the user could easily make their steps soundless to anyone while also bolster their speed before several shadows to an impressive degree..

The utility it had in this fight?

With Azazel's constant attacking, his shadow was shifting all around hi, giving me the chance of being one step ahead by dodging his assault during close quarter without spending too much effort about it.

And that was why bare-handed fighting became a very frustrating activity for the leader of Grigori go through while dealing with him, but it sadly ended up being solved with him retaliating by dropping literal magical napalm on me during Magic training.

The bright side of getting this attention in that second section of the training was that my barriers were starting to get a tiny bit stronger than before as they now easily managed to hold two of the man's Light Spears before cracking at other attacks.

It wasn't enough to make this a safe alternative to dodging or using my own Spears to deflect the others, but I was starting to give a little more hope that I could develop some strong protective spell that could do more than just be the 'scapegoat' for any attacks directed at me.

With the constant use of Spells and the meditation I had to endure with Azazel joking around with some adult topics, my Core was starting to produce and contain much more energy than before.

I could now create eight spears at the same time, but while I could go as far as twelve, their quality would get lesser the more I went beyond that 'safe' number.

Ultimately I had to train up with my lightsaber and that last section proved to be as merciless as the others.

Despite having never seen the Governor-General having ever made use of any swords in Canon, I found out quite quickly that the man was well-versed in the art of Swordsmanship when I got disarmed mere seconds after beginning the first spar.

Differently from the bare-handed combat, the 'duels' had a completely different set of rules that terribly limited my capacity to defend and attack.

It didn't matter if I had been unscathed by any of the turbulent assault coming from Azazel or not, the moment my weapon left my grasp was considered a prime example of getting defeated.

Albeit I was skeptical about this oppressive rules, I found out pretty quickly from the comments of the man that the limitation was actually a must to get my head focused on not ditching important objects out of moment of 'brain-farting'.

While there weren't many know cases of dumb deaths in Grigori, the Fallen Angel was quick to offer some 'fun' episodes of former subordinates that decided to play around their enemies, and leave themselves open for counterattack instead of finish their job quickly and efficiently.

His first example was one I was well-aware of, the mentioning of Raynare being more than enough to get me to put more effort in keeping my blade tightly by my hands instead of trying to jump with punches and kicks.

I had generally improved in the last couple of days and, to be honest, I was quite sure that with this pace I was going to get strong enough to make some serious 'impact' to the world as a whole very soon-

"Enough for today~!" Azazel announced with a small smile without notice, dropping his stance immediately while moving out of the way as I tripped face-first at being distracted by the sudden declaration during my final attempt to strike back at him.

"What do you mean 'Enough'?!" I half-yelled, quickly getting up from the floor. "We weren't done!"

My outburst was met with a groan from the man.

"Look kid, you might have the Tears of Phoenix keeping you going, but I have nothing to recover the massive input I am deploying." He explained quickly, dusting his clothes. "Plus, we need to talk about something important."

I blinked at that bit and nodded, approaching slowly the sighing man. "What is it about?"

"Do you remember when I said that my replacement, the one that was going to continue to train you, was supposed to arrive today?" The Fallen Angel started to ask with a slightly-nervous voice.

I narrowed my eyes at that reminder. "Yes. What happened?"

"I've strong reasons to believe that he's trying to bail out from this responsibility," The leader of Grigori hummed with a little grimace. "Not because of having to train you, he doesn't even know you to be this much of a prude already. His problem is… he doesn't want to train you here in Kuoh Town."

What?

"But why?" Was my quick query.

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