Chapter 199: Training Begins
Erec hung upside down, wire wrapped around his ankles and digging deep into the skin. His feet throbbed, and the blood rushed to his head; all around him, shadows and fog swirled. Now and again, he caught a suggestion of wolves in the mist, spiraling through the fog in the warehouse Dame Morgana brought them to.
Without straining to listen, Erec heard the cries and grunts of his friends. After a second or two, he’d see a flash of light through the fog that marked the use of lightning magic.
I have to give it to him; they are impressive.
When Colin used his lightning, it cracked through the air with a violent light, cutting through vast swaths of fog and hitting with a force Erec would find difficult to match. Since returning from the expedition, Colin had been working to improve his magic, using his newfound Talent.
But until now, Erec had never seen practical results from the training.
Below, Erec caught a fat squirrel scrambling by, rushing around and avoiding the paws of a foggy wolf; in five seconds, both the squirrel and the wolf returned to the haze that dominated the warehouse once more.
Utter chaos.
A fog wolf appeared right below; jaws extended as it leaped to bite Erec—he curled up, flexing his abs and narrowly avoiding it and consequently not having his face bitten off.
“Come on,” Erec swayed, relaxing as the wolf vanished, moving back and forth to gain momentum and getting himself out of the way of another fog-wolf apparition.