《Reborn as a DRAGON》(RAAD vol2) Chapter 69: Nice
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"No, you see! What did I tell you about charging straight ahead like an idiot, If your opponent was just somewhat skilled you'd already be dead, no wonder you can't catch that thing," I shook my head as I berated Ynos who let out a growl full of annoyance.
We were having a friendly spar which to no one's surprise he initiated, the reason for it this time was surprising, however, Ynos had apparently stumbled upon a short flying humanoid creature deep inside the forest. From his description, the first image that came to my mind was that of a fairy.
He claims that this fairy likes to interrupt and play pranks on him whenever he is training in the forest. The pranks are to an end quite harmless and range from dropping feces on his head to more serious ones that involved trapping him in illusions. Now It was not as If I didn't believe him, the strange thing about the situation was he was the only one to encounter this fairy out of all of us siblings, and he says It happened on more than one occasion.
I had personally gone with him to check, yet no matter how long I waited no fairy appeared. Sidus, Immy, and even Essie tried their luck but to no avail. It was as if this fairy could sense when Ynos was alone and only appeared before him annoying him to no end.
It had gotten so bad that he even refused to go down to the forest below. We had asked mother for her opinion on the matter to which she simply harrumphed in disdain saying something along the lines of 'Deal with it yourself, why are you bothering me because of such puny reason?' And then went back to sleep.
Today, Ynos had finally approached me for a spar, and I happily obliged hoping It would improve his mood, yet instead of his usual energetic self which would have jumped into the fight straight ahead, Ynos first asked me for help on how to catch this damned fairy, then jumped head-on...
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And so our training began, according to him he had tried everything from simple spells to using his golems, yet nothing seemed to work. From my understanding, It appeared like this fairy used some peculiar magic that dabbled mainly in illusions.
Now, I was no expert when It came to such a thing and neither was any of us. But there was one thing Ynos was sure about, and that was the presence of mana, which meant the illusions were a product of magical energy, a spell of sorts, and If there was one thing all spells had in common, that would be a trace.
No matter If it's me, mother, father, or even grandfather when one utilizes mana a small disturbance is caused in the targeted space. The key to dodging said attacks is to be constantly aware of your surroundings and the stream of mana.
Any slight change can be used as an indicator, that was the method I mostly used to avoid magical attacks aimed at me. I had thought that all Dragons had a very keen sense when It came to sensing mana, but I was wrong. It appeared like I had a particularly high talent for it.
Hence the training today was to try and get Ynos used to sense mana and dodge magical attacks aimed at him, he was not allowed to brute force himself out of the situation but rather dodge. His body was ridiculously strong so he mostly did not need to evade any blows and instead chose to take whatever came head-on, but in this situation, that solution was not plausible.
It was already proven Impossible to leave said illusion by randomly ramming your body against it. He had tried to do so apparently only to later find out he had cleared out a large area in the forest from Its trees. Perhaps, there was a way of breaking an illusion like that but my bet would lie with the presence of a weak point.
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And since all illusions he encountered lasted for a specific time, It was safe to assume that the fairy had her limit as well and couldn't keep it up for too long. My plan was simple, help Ynos sense the mana and hopefully avoid the illusion attack before It traps him inside, but in the case that It does land his only hope would be to try and scan It for a weak point and then attempt to break out of it using that part.
A water ball shot towards Ynos from above him at high speed, he did not sense anything until It was already upon him where his eyes suddenly widened as his senses screamed danger, he then promptly tried to evade it though his movement was choppy which caused him to become drenched.
He let out an annoyed growl as he turned to stare daggers at me. Our training was simple, we were standing at the foot of the mountain, a distance of about three hundred meters or so was between us, he had to cross that distance and reach me without letting a single attack hit him, If it does then that means he has to go back from the starting line and try again.
Needless to say, after countless failed attempts Ynos's patience was on the verge of breaking. He looked ready to lunge at me, forgetting the game, I shook my head with a sigh. "You are still not trying to sense the mana Ynos, stop relying on your instincts too much you idiot and reach out to the mana instead," I explained.
Essie was watching the entire ordeal with an amused expression on her face as she circled us from the air. Immy was lazing around the entrance of the cave and did not join us but instead chose to stay behind with mother, while Sidus was watching the training with a frown.
Ynos's had a frown on his face as his eyes constantly scanned his surroundings, a water ball appeared and he managed to see it coming, successfully dodging it. Just as his face turned into a smug grin another one hit him from the back causing him to let out an enraged roar.
He had enough and promptly lunged towards me not caring about the test anymore. A tired sigh escaped my mouth as I readied myself to block the muscle brain, It was then that Sidus surprisingly made a move. The dark realm that he had used to entrap me in before suddenly appeared trapping Ynos inside.
"Oh," I exclaimed in surprise as Ynos who was charging at me head-on came to an abrupt pause. His head frantically turned in all directions as he tried to find a way to escape.
'So this is how It looks like from the outside,' I inwardly mumbled, In my eyes, Ynos was simply turning around In his place In confusion, I could see him clearly as If there was no dark realm whatsoever, yet to him he was still indeed trapped within unable to see anything.
'So this is how they launched their attacks, they could see me the whole time,' I turned to glance at Sidus who motioned back to our trapped little brother with his head and spoke.
"Hit him with your magic, he'll learn sooner or later," He calmly said. A chuckle escaped my lips as I smiled.
"Heh, nice,"
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