Chapter 82: Tedious work
Sylara came for Calen and Elira herself in the morning, and led them straight to the farm, where a rudimentary training arena was set up, right next to a pen capable of hosting one animal.
"Seems like you were right." Calen whispered to Elira.
"I mean, it was the only logical solution." She whispered back.
"So I’m guessing you already know how this is going to work - I’m going to purify an animal with Calen, and then teach Elita while he recuperates." Sylara smiled. "Any questions?"
"Just one." Calen nodded. "What will you do once I get the hang of it and don’t need to rest between purifications?"
"That’s easy, if we can do it continuously we’ll finish the batch planned for the day earlier, and I’ll be left with time to just teach Elira."
Since the number of animals they had to purify per day was rather large, the farmhands didn’t waste any time and left the first animal in the fenced area.
This time there was no need for magical restraints, since the creatures have been simply sedated into near unconsciousness - it was going to make his job a bit easier, since it meant that the animal’s will won’t be actively going against him while he uses the flame.
"While we do this first one do a warmup - run around the arena, stretch a bit, stuff like that." Sylara instructed Elira, and then entered the pen, followed by Calen.
The first thing he did was scan the animal with his power, just like he did with the mutated beast yesterday - if only to confirm that the only bit of Blight in its body was the small seed attached to its heart.
When he cautiously enveloped it in flame and started chipping away at the tumor, he felt that it was indeed easier than before, as neither the core nor the animal were fighting against his will.
It was easy enough that he could just about manage a conversation without messing up.