Water Magician

Chapter 48: Amon’s Training

Chapter 48: Amon’s Training

Ryo and Amon were on the second floor of Rune’s dungeon.

It was a floor with wolf-type monsters such as the Lesser Wolf.

“”

The hind legs of two Lesser Wolves were sewn to the ground with ice spears to prevent them from leaping.

“Hah.”

Amon launched an attack at one of them.

The Lesser Wolf responded with its uninjured front legs and jaws.

Amon repeatedly attacked and backstepped, accumulating damage on the Lesser Wolf while making sure he didn’t receive any.

(That’s very effective against a stationary opponent. I’m interested in how he will fight against mobile opponents ...)

After several attacks that disabled the Lesser Wolf’s front legs, Amon thrust into its throat.

Amon defeated the other, whose hind legs were locked by ice spears, in the same manner.

“Good job.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Amon replied with a flushed face.

It was not as exciting as yesterday but he felt a thrill right after defeating a monster.

Ryo collected the magic stone from the monster that Amon defeated first.

Those two added up to six Lesser Wolves that they had encountered since entering the second floor.

For the first four wolves, Ryo sewed all their legs to the ground with ice spears like yesterday’s ants and had Amon deal the final blow.

As for the recent two wolves, he had Amon fight them with only their hind legs sewn to the ground with ice spears.

“How about it, Amon? For the next one, just one wolf ... with no damage would be a troublesome opponent ... so I’ll damage one of its front legs and let you try fighting it?”

Rather than exploring the dungeon, it had completely turned into battle training for Amon.

“Please do so!”

“That’s a good reply.”

Everyone likes motivated and honest young people.

Ryo was no exception.

However, Ryo looked like he was in his late teens, so he was pretty much a 『young man』 too ...

“But Ryo-san, is that okay?”

“Hmm?”

“I’m very grateful that you are combining both dungeon exploration and combat training, but I think Ryo wouldn’t be satisfied ...”

Amon asked while washing the magic stone harvested from the Lesser Wolf with water.

Originally, water was precious in the dungeon but since there was a Water-Attribute Magician, they had an inexhaustible supply.

“You don’t have to worry about that. It’s natural to help my roommates get stronger. By the way, Amon’s swordsmanship or movement is similar to Abel’s swordsmanship, but you learned from a former adventurer in the village, right?”

“Abel-san’s ...! Ah, yes. I was taught by an old man named Kiro ... Even though he’s an old man, he has a toned body and does fieldwork well. I heard that he learned swordsmanship at a large dojo in the royal capital, a somewhat famous school ... I think it was the Hume school of swordsmanship.”

Amon was apologetic that he didn’t remember much.

“I see. If you build a solid foundation, you’ll surely become very strong. Because Abel was like that too. Let’s continue.”

With that said, the two started walking side by side.

Like yesterday, they walked in parallel.

“I thought Ryo is a Magician, but are you familiar with swords too?”

“A long time ago, I had sword sparring with my teacher but I can’t say that I’m familiar with swords because it’s an original style.”

Ryo replied and stared off into the distance.

The figure of Dullahan, the Fairy King, came to his mind for the first time in a long time.

“You’re amazing! You have sword technique on top of being a Magician ... Eh? But you don’t usually carry a sword.”

(I remember having such an exchange recently ...)

“This is my sword.”

He replied and drew Murasame out of his belt before forming the ice blade.

Since there was a chance that something could cause them to separate from each other, each of them had their own dungeon exploration tools.

For example, water bottles, potions, antidotes, etc.

“Phew.”

Amon exhaled audibly.

“Even so, this Ice Wall is amazing. It’s completely transparent, isn’t it? I’ve never seen transparent ice. Isn’t it always white?”

“It’s because of the impurities and air in the water. If you remove them completely, you’ll get transparent ice even without magic. Though this was made completely transparent using magic.”

Ryo laughed as he said that.

Even on modern earth, nearly completely transparent ice could be made.

Even if it could not be made with the home refrigerator or an ice machine used for business use, with time and effort, it could be made by a professional using more than 48 hours.

For example, the ice used in ice sculpture would be manufactured in such a manner.

On Earth, things that took so much effort and time could be made in an instant on 『Phi』 ... magic is great!

“Water-Attribute Magic is amazing!”

Amon looked at Ryo and the Ice Wall with a look of adoration.

(All right, I’m contributing to improving the status of Water-Attribute Magicians little by little.)

Ryo nodded in his heart.

“Anyway, battling a moving opponent is so exhausting ...”

Amon was slightly depressed.

“Did you fight monsters when you were in the village?”

“I’ve only experienced fighting against lone monsters with a few people.”

Fighting one-on-one and beating the hell out of one using numbers are completely different in how the battle wears down the nerves.

“Amon’s style of fighting tires you out easily after all.”

Hit and away sounds good, but it means that it involves a lot of approaching and breaking away movements.

It leads to constant leg movement and is prone to causing fatigue as a result.

“Is that so......”

Amon was still slightly depressed.

“But if you do it right, I think it’s a way of fighting that is less likely to cause serious injuries. The point is that you only need to have endurance. And anyone can train endurance.”

“Is that true?!”

Amon looked at Ryo with glistening eyes.

“Run earnestly. With just that, anyone can develop endurance. Build a body that is resistant to fatigue. It is a versatile capability that is useful in any situation.”

“I see!”

“After that, practice swings are useful for building endurance for the upper body muscles such as the arms and shoulders. You practiced that in your village too, right?”

Even when you examine swordsmanship all over the world, none advocate not performing practice swings and routines.

“Yes. I did it every day, including other routines.”

“I believe keeping that up is the way to improve. I traveled with Abel for a while and even Abel practiced his routines every day early in the morning.”

“Abel-san too!”

“Abel may be a genius with the sword, but he puts in effort even as a genius.”

“I ... I don’t think I have a talent for the sword.”

Amon said in a slightly lower tone. He still seemed to be a little negative of himself.

“Amon, the strongest master I know, when asked what talent is, he said 『Talent is the will to persevere』. Perseverance is power.”

Amon looked up enthusiastically and stared at Ryo.

“Amon, are you unable to continue putting in the effort?”

“No ... I’ll do it! Let me do it!”

Ryo nodded while watching Amon screaming ‘I will do it!’ next to him.

(It is so difficult to be a motivator ... The ability to inspire people ... is something I want badly.)

Ryo, who was great at stirring up Abel ... It seemed that the world would be difficult in many ways.