Chapter 3: Cybernetic Swift-Horned Panther
Due to their stringent requirements, the Sacred Arts are typically practised by awakeners with fewer spirit veins, unlike spell casting, which requires simple to complex incarnations to cast spells.
To train the ’Mountain Snow Dragon Art’ to great success, an awakener must possess an ice or wind attribute. To train it to its full potential, one must possess both.
It could still be mastered without any of these attributes, but it wouldn’t be as powerful as when it’s mastered by someone possessing these attributes.
Because I had been forced into awakening the Magical Swordsman Path, I was also given a sacred art that wasn’t attuned to my attributes, stunting my growth.
I had also been forced to learn a basic wind spell, and perhaps out of pity for my circumstance, they had let me pick a spell of my choice to learn.
I picked a basic fire spell called fire spark.
Still, I never dared use the spell in public, only training it in secret to avoid eliciting their ire.
I only utilise my wind spell in public.
The only way I could make up for this setback was by training my body to the limit until I awakened my Aura.
Nonetheless, my combat ability as a Magical Swordsman was pathetic for a descendant of a noble clan. Due to this, I failed to obtain a suitable ranking on the entrance exam.
Forced to continue living this kind of life forever wasn’t something I wanted to do.