Chapter 9: The Irregulars(Part 4)
"Okay, here goes...[Greater Heal]," Chanted Raven, before grimacing and letting out a sigh, "No good, it's still way too slow. Well, nothing to do but keep practicing, I suppose...I am able to cast it a lot faster now than I could at first, at least, so that's something."
A month had passed since Raven joined The Irregulars, and he'd continued training under each of them on a rotational basis, with the exception of Aster, who was often away from the hideout.
About a week after he first began training, Aster brought him a Recovery Magic Grimmoire with Level 2 Spells, and he'd been working on those in between his training sessions.
He'd learned a number of new and more powerful Recovery Spells, but he hadn't mastered any of them yet. The visualization process was more complex for the higher level Spells, and he'd been having trouble figuring them out.
"Hey, kid, how's it going?" Came Aster's voice, as he knocked on the open door and walked in.
"Oh, hey, Aster. It could be going better...I think I'm close to being able to cast Greater Heal properly now, but I'm having trouble with the other Level 2 Spells. Area Heal is really tricky though I'm starting to figure it out, and I'm also starting to get the hang of Stamina Recovery and Mana Recovery, but I'm really struggling with Antidote and Remedy, they're completely different from Heal and Greater Heal," Sighed Raven, looking a bit frustrated.
Another point of frustration was the fact that he hadn't been able to practice with the Mana Recovery Spell much since it was a Spell that's dangerous to use too frequently. When activated, it replenishes Mana by drawing in natural Mana from the surroundings, but it also puts a heavy strain on the user's Mana circuits, and if the Spell is overused, it could even damage the circuits.
With damaged Mana circuits, casting Spells becomes difficult and painful, and depending on the severity of the damage, it could take days, even weeks, to recover from the damage.
That said, the Mana circuits grow stronger afterwards, in the same way that muscles get stronger. However, the more Spells you cast with damaged Mana circuits, the longer it'll take for the circuits to recover. And with so many other Spells he needed to master, Raven couldn't afford to waste time doing that.