Tristan had gone back and forth to the Warrior Hall for 4 days in a row. He had learned all the 4 disciplines of the elves and also the first stage of Katra.

Today once again Serene took him to meet Master Ortiz. The old master wanted him to focus his attention on cultivating Katra once more.

Surprisingly this time the old master was sitting there on the pagoda, waiting and accompanying him as he began chanting the words and concentrating on his targets in the pond. Even though Tristan was puzzled by Master Ortiz's questionable behavior, he still kept his focus on the task at hand.

Thanks to the training that he did at the pagoda and some personal training, Tristan had managed to easily tell the movement of one eel and wanted to proceed on the next step which was two eels at the same time. However, no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to separate his focus.

The moment he tried to focus on the second eel, Tristan would somehow lose his connection with the first one. To put it simply, he was stuck in Katra and didn't know what to do.

Left with no possible idea, Tristan searched for the enlightenment which was currently sitting calmly behind him, sipping the teacup in his hand.

"I need your guidance, master. I don't get how I am supposed to do it. It looks like I'm stuck."

The old master was silent for a moment before starting to explain his thought

"Tristan, how you approach the problem you face wasn't entirely correct. It's not wrong, but it's not effective either. What you need to do is to broaden your Katra. Not on one of the eels, not on the other two either. The pond, you need to do it to the whole pond. That is the way."

'How the hell am I supposed to do that? How big is this pond?' Tristan thought as he scanned the pond who he had to connect with. 'Wait, can this even really be possible?"

However, it was apparent that was the solution as Master Ortiz didn't say anything more and continued on his act of enjoying fresh-brewed warm tea.

Now, all Tristan had to do was just follow it. But even when the sun already rose till the top of his head, Tristan still got nothing from his efforts. He knew he hadn't improved one bit, and that didn't please him.

The Master who was sitting at the side and waiting for him, also didn't seem to help at all. On the other hand, Tristan felt that the old master's presence made it even more difficult for him to concentrate.

Tristan took the blindfold off, turned around, and said, "Master, I wonder if we should take a break and study some hand-to-hand combat first. There are some questions I need to ask on 'Sis Mahna'."

Unexpectedly, Master Ortiz refused - the old master once again insisted that he focus on his Katra cultivation.

This actually made Tristan feel even worse.

The stage one Katra that he reached did wonders for him for sure, but he really couldn't see the need to rush, and even more, he didn't wish to be told what to do without any reason at all.

Tristan stood up, gave a bow to Master Ortiz, and said "I apologize, master. It seems that I really don't feel it today. Allow me to go back and return some other day."

The old master didn't say anything, thus Tristan decided to leave. Before he walked out of the pagoda, he could spot the slight disappointment on the former's face. But Tristan doesn't really care. He has no patience to just sit there wasting his time especially when there were other things he could do.

Tristan made his way to the main hall to find Serene was sitting, waiting for him.

"You're done?" When Serene saw Tristan nodding his head, she continued. "Really? That's unusual. Why is it so fast this time?" said Serene with apparent curiosity.

"Yeah. I guess Master Ortiz doesn't feel really well today."

"Really?" Serene looked suspicious, that's why Tristan quickly said, "Yeah, yeah. Let's not bother the elder anymore, shall we? Oh, and also, I wonder if this time I can choose what I want to learn."

When Tristan saw the female elf in front of him still unsure of the reason he gave and not sure that his idea was a good one, he added more words of persuasion.

"Actually, Master Ortiz thought it would be a good idea for me to learn other things."

"Oh really?" Serene asked again, this time with a glaring look. When she spotted no trace of lies on Tristan's face, which was obviously intentional, she let out a sigh and said, "Alright. What is it? What do you want to learn?"

Tristan looked at the girl's surrendering expression and smiled. "Magic."

He was sure that a race whose majority of the population possessed high spiritual power would definitely excel in magic. Even the person who did the casting in the Erantell's Mage Guild was an elf.

At the moment, Tristan only had one spell in his collection - the tier one fire spell [Heat Touch]. Therefore, he really wished he could learn and do more spells. He had been wishing for this ever since he saw what Hererra and Petra, the Kingsblade member, could do with their spells.

Upon hearing Tristan's request to learn magic, Serene contemplated the matter for a moment before shrugging her shoulders.

"Well, I guess learning magic could somehow help you understand Katra better."

The two of them came out of the Warrior Hall and walked through the streets of Vanyar. They were heading towards one of the larger structures located at the east side of the city.

Its scale and design was as big as the crystal palace, but instead of being built out of the trees, this building was built inside.

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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l,