The Only Aura User In Magic World

Chapter 1061: Finding a New Way to Use Old Skill

The first day of exploration, we didn’t find any monster that Maya is interested in. But I quite enjoyed the journey. Because it’s somewhere I haven’t been to.

Maybe because my mind is rather clear. I don’t have to think about anything else other than finding a monster for Maya. So I can enjoy other stuffs. Because usually, I would get bored easily.

We didn’t find anything. So we returned back to Earth and will continue the search the next day.

"Don’t forget to cultivate even a little every day. Then tomorrow morning after breakfast, I will come and bring you to Monsters World again," I said.

"I won’t forget. I like how I get stronger so fast. If possible, I want to reach at least expert level in air magic," she said.

It’s good to have a goal. But once she became the Queen, she might be busier than she is now. She needs to take care of herself more.

Well, even Fabio can become a master level mage even though he should be busy as the King. I guess Maya can do that to.

The next day, Shirley was busy so I couldn’t bring her. So I asked Jewel again and she said that she will come today. As for tomorrow, she won’t be able to come.

And so, today we’re moving with Maya riding on Jewel’s back. And I just walk or run beside her.

Georgia is like yesterday. Killing all monsters she encountered yesterday. Because they are already monsters that Maya doesn’t want as her familiar.

"Master, can we speed thing up? I don’t think we can find any other type of monsters in this area," Maya asked.

"There are some monsters you haven’t seen though. But their senses are good so they noticed us right away when we get close. I don’t know whether this is because they’re shy or because they recognized our strength with just a glance. Are you sure you don’t want to see them and just move forward?" I asked Maya.

"Really? I don’t know that. But let’s just keep moving. If they don’t want to get close to us, I don’t think I can make a contract with them," she said.

"You know that you can just ask Georgia to capture one and bring it to you, right?"

"But are they cute?" Maya asked.

"...They’re ant monsters," I said.

"...I hate insects. Jewel, let’s get away quickly from here."

So insects are no good. But those ant monsters are weird. They have big eyes and body covered with fur. Though they still have six legs. I think it’s pretty cute when they noticed us and trying to run away in panic.

Well, there’s no need to tell Maya that. She’s the one looking for monsters. Not me.

I run on the air next to Jewel because the ground is uneven. Graham and Georgia are flying as well. As for Jewel, she’s running on the ground without a care about the ground. But when I look at the bottom of her feet, I could see that the ground is adjusting to the position of her feet. Seems like she can use earth magic for that continuously.

Beastform mages are so unfair. Just pick a beast and there will be other variants of beast monsters they can copy. Which means that they can use magic depending on the monster they copied.

Maybe in the past, beastform mages who are also Aura users were very strong. Like Timmy. He’s very strong.

Now I started thinking again whether he held back when he fought me or not. He’s most likely held back. Because now that I think it through, I don’t think I can defeat him if he’s using his full strength.

Then Maya called me as she watched me run in the air.

"Master, can I do that too?" she asked.

"Do what?"

"Running in the air. Or maybe it’s only for Aura users like Master," Maya said.

"Hmm... it’s possible. The first time I ran in the air, I used air magic to change the density of air under my feet. Now, I don’t do that anymore. But for you to be able to have the speed and the strength to run in the air, my guess is that you have to have the strength of a master level mage at least. Or if you can make the air so dense that the air under you can hold your weight, then it’s possible even without reaching that level of physical strength," I said.

Now that I think about it. That kind of magic is not that different than Air Barrier that I often use. But instead of blocking objects, I might be able to use it to find a foothold in the air.

Now that I’m an expert level air mage and a master level summoner, I think I can hold that magic for a long time. This way, I don’t have to keep jumping in the air when I don’t want to fall.

Great! Thanks to Maya, I feel like I can still grow stronger. Finding a new thing for me to do. I’ll discuss it with Sara later. She’s a better air mage compared to me.

"Master? What are you thinking?" Maya asked after I didn’t react for a while. I just kept running while thinking.

"I was just thinking that I might need to train that again from now on. Thank you, Maya. I think I discover something I might be able to do and it will help me stronger," I said.

"...You’re welcome?"

She’s confused because she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. But it really was thanks to her that I remembered how I could run in the air for the first time.

As they continued moving forward, I slowed down. Maya looked at me in worry but Jewel said to not worry about me at all.

"Our master is the strongest. There’s no need for us to worry about him. He might be trying out something he just discovers. He will come after us once he figures it out," Jewel said as she kept running.

That’s right. I’m slowing down so I can try running in the air again. This time, I won’t use Aura at all. I will just run by making steps using air magic.

First step, I used to much magic. I made the surface area of where I can step bigger than my foot. That’s a waste of mana.

Next step is too little magic. I can only step on it with my toe. This is why I slowed down so much.

The third step, I tried to make the area smaller. Even if it’s just the size of my foot.

Finally, I have gotten used to it. This is how I run in the air in the past.

Next is to make a foothold that didn’t move in the air. Which means I have to stop running in the air but I can’t fall to the ground.

The first test was fail. It was not dense enough.

The next test, I managed to slow down my fall. But it feels like my foot is sinking into water when my foot entered the magic because it’s still not enough to hold my weight and stop me in the air.

It was the same for the next few tests. Then when I looked at Maya and the others who are already so far, I went after them.

When I get close enough, I slowed down again to train. And after a few more tries, I started to feel that my foot is sinking into a quicksand instead of water.

It’s not like defying gravity. Because when my foot entered the air foothold I created, it was hard for me to move my foot. It’s not if I use Aura. But my foot became heavier.

Then it’s already late before I noticed it. So I returned everyone home. But instead of resting, I chose to train this magic again at home. And since Sara had just finished giving lectures and returned home, I asked for her opinion about this magic.

"That will be a very convenient magic. I couldn’t come up with it. Because everything I knew about air magic, I learned it from you and improved it myself. I can’t come up with something new. But this is an interesting subject to talk. Let’s train together and see how much we can do about this air foothold you talked about," Sara said.

And so, instead of teaching Maya today, I ended up learning something new. It’s still not good enough to be used in battle. But I’m improving.

And with Sara’s helping me, I feel like I became better at it. Though she has already surpassed me even though I trained in it first.

"With this, I can use to stop in the air and aim my gun at my enemy. Still imperfect, but there’s a lot of room for growth," Sara said.

We haven’t managed to stay still in the air for longer than one second. But it’s great that we can do it. We just need to improve the duration and it will be very helpful in battle.

It’s great that I noticed it thanks to Maya. Turning her into my disciple was really a good decision.