Chapter 31: First lesson
As Cades was led away from the ancient castle he began thinking about how this situation came to be.
He was about to learn magic from a... ancient, magical, talking, know-it-all raven and he was looking forward to it, wondering about what could possible be on the ravens mind and what he was going to learn.
And, finally, as they stood in the middle of a empty opening in the serene, green forest the raven, standing in front of him, started talking about what they were going to do.
"There are multiple problems with the way you have utilized mana during our battle, the most glaring of which was your strategic spell utilization.
When I cast the choking spell and you weren't able to breathe anymore you didn't think about the reason or even of your limitation during the fight if you were to have the need to cast a specific spell, like, as you were trying, the fire breath spell or others of the like.
I cast the spell intending to push you into that very same position. In this case you were forced to use the flame breathing spell because of the fact that it is the most effective method of casting powerful fire spells.
By utilizing the oxygen in ones lungs one can, after all, enhance the flames of a spell or just cast a increased amount of flames, which is also a big reason for the increased power of a monsters fire spells as they mostly use that very technique.
You must start thinking about all the ways you can utilize those facts and everything you can do and can't do with your current weaknesses or advantages.
For example, you were completely correct when firing a wall of flames to break all my illusions but after that you should have continued sending out more and more waves and high impact attacks from a far distance while staying safe."