Chapter 8 – the 'Fire Phoenix' Guild

Ahhhh…..

I walked out of the room as I yawned as I remembered what happened yesterday, after leaving the Merchant's Guild, I walked into the inn which turned out to be owned by two sister who welcomed me warmly and then I got a comfy room, where I had my first good night of sleep since coming to this dimension.

I descended to the first floor to find something to eat before heading out; I was waiting for the moment to eat cooked food once more which became a delicacy later.

"Oh, Mr. Light come here, the breakfast is ready" (Dona)

I was greeted by Dona the elder sister as she was handing out the breakfast; my nose was greeted by the fragrant smell of chicken stew which was accompanied by white bread, I couldn't help my self but have an expression of happiness as I put the spoon in my mouth, usually two years in the past something like that would be just garbage food as I was able to taste all kinds of delicacies but currently this chicken stew was a delicacy its self.

"Big brother Light, you don't have this kind of food in your country?" (Talya)

As Talya the younger sister saw my happy expression she asked while having an expression of curiosity.

"no it is not that, it is just that I was traveling for a long time without having anything to eat but dried rations" (Light) , I said as I laughed at her deduction.

After having breakfast I said goodbye to the sisters as I headed once again to the Merchant's Guild, when I entered I was greeted by Miss Lin as I waved at her.

"Miss Lin I have an important question to ask?" (Light)

"How can I help you MR. Light?" (Lin)

"Do you know where can I go to learn Fire magic?" (Light)

"There are several places that you can go to but the best place for learning fire magic is the 'Fire Phoenix' Guild" (Lin)

"The "Fire Phoenix' Guild ?" (Light)

"Yes, they are one of the most powerful Guilds in the Crimson continent but they only have fire magicians or fire attributed fighters" (Lin)

"Well can you tell me where I can find this Guild" (Light)

Lin started to gave me the location of the Guild and how to get to there but after that she gave me a warning.

"You have to be careful as they don't accept any one they only accept powerful people and if you aren't up for the challenge you can get gravely wounded which would affect you future so thick carefully before going there" (Lin)

"Thanks for the advice, so how much will be the fee for these information?" (Light)

"No problem this on me, take it as an apology for yesterday" (Lin)

After trying to convince her to take the money to no avail, I walked out of the Guild, as I moved I walked into a dark ally once more and equipped my set and mask as I decided to hide my identity when going to the guild or whatever and I decided to use the name of Dark which is my name's opposite and also the name of my first real opponent.

After walking for sometime I arrived in front of the Guild as I saw a large queue which started from inside the guild to the end of the street, I asked around about the reason for the long queue and then I understood the situation, it turned out that the Fire Phoenix Guild only open its doors for recruitments for one week every year so all the people with the fire attribute come to the recruitment with the hope to be accepted by the Guild to obtain fame and money.

I stood in the queue as I took a small token which had a number written on it (98), from that I could realize that it was going to be a long night.

After waiting for sometime, I remembered that there was something that I wanted to check, the Aura cultivation manual that I received after obtaining my class sounded quite useful so now that I had time I started reading it.

Time passed at a fast pace as I was immersed in reading and trying to apply the methods in the manual which started by gathering the Mana around me then compressing it into small balls of light then convert it into Aura which was the last step of the first method.

[By cultivating the 'Aura cultivation manual' you gained Magic+3]

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After studying the manual for five hour I gained seven points in magic but the effect started to get less and less and I realized that to get the most out of this ability, I would have to go to a place that has Mana with high quality.

My Aura got higher so I checked my status.

[Name: Light thunderflame]

Race: Humanoid Dragon (half-Dragon species)

Level: 16

Class: 'Dual Aura Spear Wielder'

Health 520/520

Aura 470/470

Strength 55

Constitution 52

Agility 46

Magic 47 (+7)

Endurance 41

Charm 26

[Skills]: 'spear mastery (intermediate)' lv 6, 'Undying will' (Innate) lv 3, 'Core absorption' (special ability), 'Shadow steps' (agility skill) lv 5, 'Whirlwind spear' (spear skill) lv 2, 'Aura spear' (Spear skill) lv 5, 'Aura strengthening' (Class Skill) lv 1, 'Dual Spear wielding' (Innate Skill) lv 2.

[Titles]: 'one who overcomes him self', 'Lizardmen killer'

[Item set's effect]: 'Aura Wielder' Set effect: strength + {15%}, magic + {25%}

[Unallocated stat points: 0]

[Unallocated skill points: 7]

Without realizing how much time passed, I heard my number being called out so I walked to the Guild and I saw a familiar face, it was Jack now that I think about it back then their robes indicated that they were from the Fire Phoenix Guild, it's just that I didn't know about this Guild at that time.

As I was wearing my mask that covered most of my face, Jack didn't recognize me as he took my information and written them in the application paper then I entered the first stage of the exam, a man with a long beard was holding a crystal ball as he ordered me to put my hand on the crystal ball.

As I put my hand on the crystal ball, the ball shined brightly in a red blackish color, the old man was stunned as he called the other magicians.

"How could his Mana be this thick and its color is strange, how could there be such a fire"

"Maybe he has a variant true fire"

"It can't be such variants only appear every one hundred years at least, only the junior battle magician Floria has such a variant"

Then suddenly profound looking old man stroked his beard stopped the other magicians from arguing.

"Since his aptitude is this high, then let's move his to the last stage of the exam"

After he talked a middle aged magician bowed to him as he showed me the way to a training ground where several young magicians were sparing.

"This is the Fire phoenix Guild's training ground where your last exam will be conducted; we will find you a suitable sparing partner"

As I entered the training Ground, I saw several fire spells being launched, as soon as I saw them they were stored in my brain as if I trained using these spells for at least three years, only then did I truly understand the true importance of the Crimson Dragons blood and the huge benefit I gained from evolving to a half-Dragon species.

A minute after, an arrogant and handsome looking young man that looked to be of close age to me and a crowded group were following him.

"You are the new talented recruit, right?"

He said that with a face filled with sarcasm, then he continued with his arrogant way of talking.

"Since you have to pass the sparing exam, what about this, I will be your sparing partner"

The crowd around him started talking out loudly.

"The second rank at the Phoenix ranking is having a fight!"

"The fire swordmage Kai is having a fight!; we have to watch this fight"

"I will even give you a handicap; you just have to withstand the fight for then minutes" (Kai)

After that the magician approved after hearing that there was a handicap, it looked like that Kai was some hot figure in the Guild.

Well, whatever, I also wanted to fight someone to try the new Fire spells that I learned, so I will have him accompany me for a training session.

As I laughed in my mind, I stood at the sparing stage as Kai stood in front of me.

And that was how my battle with the famous fire swordmage started.