Spirit Taming

Chapter 658: Clara's Growth

Clark had seen the vault once. It had been a reward. But he had no idea to what degree he had been wrong about the vault and the real location.

4the place within the headmaster's office was just where some of the best and hand selected items were. That would have been clear to hum and every student. The real vault of Nova Academy, was underground.

Some would say, that can't be safe. How could beasts with earth affinity be defended against? Well, that was true. It seemed like a glaring mistake. That was until the craftsmanship of the metallic walls were caught in Clark's eyes.

Very clear elemental energy patterns and runes had been carved all over them. It was producing a very subtle but clear mess of energy. Enough that wild beasts would naturally be put off from nearing it. But those that got too curious, would feel pain.

That was because this metal would act as a guide wire. All that uncontrolled energy that was gathered through those runic patterns would be discharged when it was touched and attempted to be damaged.

The pain would either kill a weak beast, or cause severe damage to the beast that tried to break in to it. Only the most powerful beasts would manage to damage the metal walls that were guarding this vault. Even then, there were clearly more hidden guardians to this armory. The vault was not simple.

That was all still to the side of Clark's mind. This place was a massive space that was taking up a significant amount of the underground of Nova academy. On top of that, there was also the fact that there were other basements and underground areas. That meant that the vault perfectly stretched around those areas. The design was immaculate.

The wonders didn't stop there though. Many different things stood out as Clark had been opened up to this vault. "You are going to find something for me too, right? I am the older mentee. Your senior, so you should be able to find me something." the teasing tone that Clara had as she had been bringing Clark here was not stopping. She was enjoying this.

To be fair, she had been the one that offered him a chance and training. She had brought him to her father and gone out of her way to help him. It had proved to him that she had a better heart than what many others had. The actions of the Mane family so far had just been suporting that.

Every action they took would throw themselves away. Not in the essence that they were wasting their time, but in the essence that they were abolishing their own power so that others could stand at an equal with them. No one in Nova did that. But it proved that there were always people that could stand up and resist the current state of the world, no matter how dark.

"I already looked at your beast and the new one. You didn't tell me that you had found another beast other than the little kitten." Clark knew well that Clara's strength came from her style of fighting with a saber and her fire affinity beast. That was the same for the entire family.

The Mane family was strong. They represented heat and flames. They had beasts that represented the pride and strength of fire. Hence, General Mane had become powerful with a king of flames lion. A very powerful and elegant beast that stood above many others for a reason.

Clara had the newly grown and evolved twisting flames cat. It had come a long way since Clark had last seen it.

'Twisting flames cat- ultra rare

Due to training within a unique lava lake area where the fire mana is forced in to a single point due to underground lava rivers, the evolution and mutations that happened within this beasts body changed the way that it controls and uses fire energies as a whole. This is a very tough method to grow this beast due to the strong mentality needed.

The bond will be influenced by the twisting and condensing fire energies which could cause it to break if the tamer and beast are not strong enough mentality to withstand it. Therefore, when this succeeds, the power behind both with skyrocket to another level.

The ability to wreath its body in twisting flames is incredibly powerful. Both the flame armor and the flame claws have a twisting effect that destroyed what they come in contact with. Even other flames will not be able to break through the boundaries…'

Clark only needed to read so much of the twisting flame cat's analysis. This beast was Clara's spirit beast and she had followed the instructions on the beasts plan above and beyond what Clark had left her. So much so that she found a place to train and out did what he had said would help it get stronger. Clara had trusted him in this.

But when she had returned from there, Clark did not know that she had found a second beast. One that she had bonded with without him knowing. He was very surprised.

'Weeping lava cat- ultra rare

Known as weeping because it constantly drips tears of lava from its eyes, this beast is not sad at all. It is made out of lava to some degree due to the fact that it has a powerful fire affinity on top of a basic earth affinity.

It is often attracted to unique flames since it is always struggling to maintain the liquid state of its body. However, that comes with major advantages. It can travel and fight differently due to the fluidity of its body. It is not limited by the same structures as other beasts that would be weakened by their natural bodies.

It is able to throw lava blades made from their claws along with create a somewhat terrifying molten lava armor that will cause severe damage and stick to whatever touches it. These two qualities on top of its general ferocious nature make it something to be afraid of when found within the wilderness.

However, it is very rare to see them since they prefer to remain within shallow lava pools where they make their dens.

The potential to grow in to magma tigress is very high as long as they are raised properly. Specifically, if they are provided enough fire and earth energies to be able to control the energies within their own body., it is less about the materials, but the time it takes to understand their own existence and solidify it…'

"You should already know that you don't need any materials. Your new little weeping lava cat will grow in to a magma tigress as long as you let it train and take the time to understand the energies it has. And your twisting lava cat has already grown. It needs at least another month before it can even take a half step to get stronger." Clark shook his head at Clara.

"Oh come on, by then, you will have grown double as strong again. You are just trying to hold me back." The small smile that both Clark and Clara had was all too telling. He had valued Clara much more since she had been the one to offer a hand when he was at his lowest.

Now, the two were easily family beyond any level. The older sister of sorts that had kept Clark from losing his mind. From losing who he was and what he could be. Yes, she helped him direct his anger and hatred at revenge, but she showed him how to start on a path where it would not destroy him.

"We are going to take out all the materials related to spiritual beasts and create a spiritual energy circle. I know that Ella can help with that since she knows how it all works. That will be the best way to boost the spiritual beast and help many of the healers that rely on those energies." Clark started to explain what they would be doing to help everyone get stronger.

The ideas to make circles that would be gathering the energies from various energy crystals and unique materials was not new. Many researchers had done this sort of thing so that they could facilitate unique beast growth plans.

When it came to beats that had fluid forms or unique forms like spiritual type beasts, this was always a massive boon for them. They could be in a place where the spiritual energies were condensed and ambient. Therefore, they would take what they needed at an already better quality to grow. To take important steps to get stronger overall.

This also appeared when they would be able to strengthen their foundations. Sometimes that was all they needed.

"What about the unique materials? Have any ideas for those yet?" Clara smiled as she saw a line of students willing to fight gathering at the entrance of the vault. She could see Clark's mind working already.