59 Giving Them Creeps

He had always trained with them, so he was aware of their natural powers, and contending with them in physical strength was not a wise decision. Alec told him to use his most potent power, and he knew what he wanted. As Alec said, the earth element was his greatest gift.

Telling him he was at his strongest when he was a magician or a magic swordsman, as Alec always calls it. He has been improving his skills based on Alec's words, which led to this level of battle awareness and mastery of his earth elements spells.

Though his peak Affinity did help with learning them faster, there is no way Alec would be telling him that, as he still loved the look he received any time they improved due to his small words of advice, telling Brandon he had an abnormal Affinity that made his earth elements improve fast would reduce his praises as he would think of himself as a genius.