Reborn As A Haier-Elvian: The Blood Hunter And The Warlock (Replace To New Account)

Chapter 10 "Esze Training"

Unbeknownst to me, the sun had crept up overhead. The heat should have been snatched when the Surya was shining. But I don't have to worry about being roasted. The collection of tall trees around protected my skin from the sun. The leaves look thick and shady. Make a shade for whoever is under it.

I was in the Tenerif Forest, a forest directly adjacent to the West Elvian Kingdom. Together with Almira, we walked along the edge of a large river that divides the forest. Seen occasionally the woman gazed to the other side of the land, maybe miss the place she came from. While I was looking at the Kalen River, where my friends and I first came to this world. We both walked in silence. Trying to pass through river rocks and gravel sand.

Around here there was no one, I took off my round straw hat that Kak Shella gave me and put it on the back of my neck. So did Almira who appeared confident with her elvian figure. Our sharp senses could sense if someone was approaching. So we're both not afraid of being seen by someone else. It felt so free and pleasant to let my hair be caressed by a breeze like this. A sense of comfort I would never get when my head was covered in a hood.

It had been about an hour and a half since we left the city gates of Glafelden. I have no idea where Almira will take me. Usually when the woman gives me Esze training, we go to a forest not far from the city. But I don't want to protest. I continued to follow him walking following the small creek that led to the deep forest.

After walking again for almost an hour, Almira stopped. I blinked both eyes. It turned out that the tributary that had been followed led to a lake in the forest. This place is very humid and low in light. Although I know the sun up there is shining brightly. The light that reaches down here is only dim. Blocked by the tightness of the tree line and the lush foliage. The lake is quite large. It's about as big as a ball field. The stones and pebbles on the edge are neatly arranged, which at first glance is similar to man-made. With hundreds of colorful fish that swim happily, making this lake beautiful to the eye.

"What a beautiful place!" seruku glee. "We're going to practice esze here?"

"of course. A comfortable, quiet place can help you concentrate more."

Almira put her waist bag on top of a stone. The surface was flat and wide enough that the woman could sit on it. Take off a pair of leather shoes that line his feet, then put them near the waist bag.

He glanced at me. "Why bengong? Quickly take off your footwear and follow me into the lake!"

"Eh, fine!" spontaneous reply.

I hurriedly took off my sandals. After that followed Almira who was already in the water. The bottom of this lake is filled with small and sharp rocks. I have to be careful not to fall and get hurt. When the water had reached the calf, I had to hold the end of my frilly dress so as not to get wet. This outfit is a gift from Sister Shella, I can't just dirty it.

"Why are you acting like a noble's daughter? Hurry up and follow me or I won't teach you anymore!"

Alright. Fuck this shirt! Let me apologize later to Sister Shella for dirtying her clothes. After all, he already knows my habit of often coming home in a dirty state. I accelerated my pace following Almira. The bottom of the lake is getting deeper until it reaches the thighs and more up. Until we finally arrived in the middle of the lake and buried my waist and legs.

Almira stopped and turned to face me. "Well, Anggi! Before we start training, you can mention the definition of Esze!"

"Huh, why? We're not in the classroom, are we? What do I get by explaining the definition? Rated A+? Class ranking?" my protest.

When she first taught me how to use esze, Almira explained the broadest definition of esze possible. If described, it may include one book. Every time he starts training, he always asks. Sometimes in his mind he was teaching a class, while I was his student. This is really shitty. All I want is for it to stop wasting free time like this.

"I just want you to not forget the essence of esze when you play around too often."

"Just calm down, I still memorize your explanation out of my head. Besides, I'm not playing around."

"Then say it!"

Honestly, I've been so upset with him. If only he wasn't stronger than me, I might have hit him already.

"All right!" my word. "I'll get to the point. Esze is one of the natural phenomena that gods give to us when we come down to earth. It is an ability to control and manipulate objects, people, and nature. To use ssze, we must have a 'structure' in the body. This esze structure is only owned by the Elvian and Haier-Elvian people, so—."

"Stop!" sergeant Almira. His voice was loud enough to make me straighten my mouth. "As you know, only Elvian and Haier-Elvian have the 'structure'. When I first met you, I saw your esze structure that was more powerful and complex. It makes your body give off an unusual aura. For the past seven months, we've been trying to push your AureEsze to its most normal point. So now no one else is aware of your aura.

"Over the past month as well, I taught you the basics of wind element Esze. Now I'm gonna teach you esze the element of water. So watch carefully!"

I'm nodding.

Almira walked away from me, into the middle of the lake that buried her body to the chest. He took out a viglet, a stick to manifest the esze of the 'structure' that was inside the body. His hand lifted the piece of wood upwards. His eyes then closed. Almira in full concentration. I kept quiet so I wouldn't bother him.

A moment later, the surface of the lake water rippled small. At first glance it was like an earthquake, but the ground I was treading did not shake in the slightest. As if realizing the danger was coming, the fish that had been swimming here and there, hid behind the rocks. Some fish with large fins, try their luck to go upstream tributaries.

Still concentrating, the woman began to raise her hand slowly. Thousands of cubic meters of lake water floated into the air, following the tip of the viglet to wherever Almira directed. Leave a little water left in the lake. The woman moved that lump of water there and here. Then separate it into small pieces, make each part pass through the sidelines of the trees, then reunite it. I exclaimed stifled. Staring in awe like watching an acrobat show.

After being satisfied to play it, Almira gave up concentration on the viglet. Thousands of cubic meters fell out of the air and returned to the lake basin. His splashes on my clothes and face, made the mud dirty him. End already! Sister Shella would never like this.

Almira's index finger told me to go back to her.

"That's so great! Are you going to teach me that?" I can't hide my amazement and happiness. My heart was excited and excited when I saw him at the ceremony just now.

"It's not that easy, you know!? To master the new element, you have to do the same thing as you used to when you studied the wind."

"You mean 'feel the spirit'?"

Almira nodded slowly.

I swallowed spit. Because, 'feeling the spirit' is not as easy as it seems. Your mind and soul must be connected to nature in order for the elemental spirits to accept you and enter your body. Elementalist spirits could be considered as invisible abstract living beings. But Elvian prefers to call it the embodiment of every element that makes up the earth.

If you want to use a new element esze, then you have to make an elemental spirit appear and enter your body. That way the spirit will renew and coat your esze structure with its elemental elements. The thing is, making one elemental spirit appear before you is incredibly difficult. Because they won't show up in front of people who are mean and insincere. It took me more than three hours of asceticism to bring up one wind spirit.

Almira kept looking at me. From his gaze alone, I already knew that he was forcing me to go straight to death. I moaned long. Then try to do as he tells. I sat cross-legged at the bottom of the lake and buried my body into my chest, I closed my eyes slowly while starting to concentrate.

When I got wind spirit before, I thought about me and my friends. From the moment we were dragged into this world because of my carelessness. We have to live under the mercy of others. That's why, at that time I was determined to use the power of esze to protect my friends. Then out of nowhere it came, there was suddenly a small lump of white mist in front of me. It suddenly entered the body without permission. As a result, now I can use the wind element esze.

I think every spirit is the same. Inside this lake I've been thinking about the exact same thing as before. But there was still no sign of water spirits around me. Then I closed my eyes again, and re-established concentration. An hour had passed, but it still had no results.

"If I could give you some advice, think of something different. What did you get when you saw me? Feel what is around you with your senses. You'll find out for yourself later." Almira was watching me from the edge of the lake. Sitting on a rock and chewing on his little bag. Seeing him eat greedily made me hungry. But it looks like that woman won't let me join her before I finish my job.

For the second time I concentrated again. Focus my mind around me. I could feel the temperature of the water falling slowly. The birds that perch on the tree. And the movement of the fish that swim near my body. As if, I could see everything with just my senses. I also thought about my life in this next world. Even with reality, I still want to go back to the original world. Reunited with both my parents. Suddenly I was thinking idly, what would they say when they saw me now? That their son had turned into a princess. Ah, but before that of course I want my body back to how it was.

The next two hours were wasted. I still couldn't make the water spirit appear. Disappointed and disappointed. That's for sure. I came out of the lake with emotion. Banging my hand into the water and creating a big splash.

"It's a waste of time! Why to use esze, to have the elementalist spirit accept us? Why don't we just catch him?" I clutched my hand tightly, grinding the ends of my teeth in a frenzy.

"Because they're not animals to hunt. Watch what you say, boy! Elementalist spirits may be invisible, but they can still see you!"

"Fuck up! I don't care anymore." I turned my body facing the lake, and prepared to shout loudly. "Based on the damn spirits! I hope you rot here forever!"

A second later, something hit my head from behind. Be ill. But I couldn't find the thing that was thrown. For a moment I realized it was the wind. Justright. As my head looked back, I found Almira with her hand outstretched a viglet towards me.

"What are you doing, you idiot?" my protest loudly.

The woman patted her head and shook her head. "I didn't think you'd be this stupid. Insulting the elementalist spirits?! Saying bad things about her can't be, you're scolding her. Fortunately the wind spirit that is in your structure is permanently imprinted. Otherwise, he would have already left you by now."

I stroked my head which he had hit with the previous gust of wind. "Why would I insult them? They deserve it!"

"Elementalist spirits won't accept people who say bad things about them. You're such a fool!"

Not caring about Almira's words, I grumbled as I took out a packet of food from the woman's waist bag. It contained a few pieces of egg-rolled rice. It wasn't very tasty, but it was enough to fill my starving stomach for doing useless things over the past few hours.

That day, we went home just before nightfall. Almira told me again to stay in the lake. But I refuse to do it. In the end, he taught me more and more various kinds of wind esze techniques. Throughout the night, I continued to curse at the elementalist spirits that made my emotions peak each time I remembered them.