Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Leon got close to death two times while he 'trained' with Ilyana. Still, only that had been more than enough for Leon to lose a lot of weight after using Full-Recover. Since there were no animals or organic monsters in that world, it was a bit hard to gain weight only eating fruits and plants... but Leon forced himself to eat a lot of that in order to recover his weight one week later and then resume his training.

"You really came after one week," Ilyana said, visibly impressed. "Just keep your mind focused, and the pain will decrease... However, don't start appreciating the pain."

"I won't... become a masochist," Leon said.

"That is the least of your worries. Things would get complicated if you start to feel something else aside from sexual pleasure from pain," Ilyana frowned. " In fact, it would be convenient if you become just a masochist."

Leon started to wonder if it was convenient for training or if it was because that suited Ilyana's tastes, but soon he shook those thoughts out of his head. Ilyana could read his mind, after all. Besides, all his spirits could hear his thoughts.

Just like before, Ilyana burned and froze Leon, since he endured that two times, she decided to use it a third time. Leon was getting stronger at least mentally, but even though the pain was becoming bearable, the feeling after training was annoying and persistent. To make things worse, his healing spells couldn't help him in that regard.

"We can always help you level up your resistances, Leon," Sylph said.

"It is alright," Leon forced a smile. "It isn't that efficient, and I know that you guys would rather get strong fighting real enemies than just obtaining power like that."

Leon just had to endure that for a while until he learns how to summon golems. After that, things would really start to move because he would use them to create his mana liquid. Since Ilyana's monsters obeyed all her thoughts, Leon was certain that that was possible... but Leon couldn't understand why Ilyana wasn't doing the same thing.

"Most likely, she is already absorbing mana from the ambient, and that is way more efficient."

Leon didn't know the downsides of such skill, but if he could use alongside Fast Conjuration, the amount of mana he would be able to recover would be insane. Leon knew that because Mana-Eater and Mana Absorption were very useful when used with that passive skill.

"Well, everything starts after I increase my intelligence, mana, and control up to the necessary levels."

Congratulations! The skill Explosive Fire Arrow has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Magma Arrow has leveled up.historical

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Magma Punch has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Ice Wall has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Acid Sphere has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Considering his past experiences, Leon was quite surprised that he managed to keep training like that without having any disturbances. However, that was expected since time on Earth passed ten times slower.

After training for a few days, Leon noticed that he didn't have to waste time thinking about new spells unless they are combined spells. He could actually ask for his spirits about the ones that didn't consume a lot of mana. Those were the best spells that could quickly and easily give him status points, after all.

"If you want to obtain status points faster, I would recommend Hail and Ice Arrow Shower," Celsius said. "If you ask that woman, you can easily level them up to level one hundred if you use them on her monsters."

"For the time being, I want to level up my spells only up to the level fifty," Leon said. "So, I guess practicing without hitting anything will be enough. Besides, Ilyana has her own goals. So, I don't want to bother her all that much. I don't know if I will be able to obtain the power to fight against harvesters or even if I live a long life, after all."

"Your lack of confidence depresses me deeply," Celsius said.

Despite her words, Celsius taught Leon the spells. It wasn't as convenient and learning from a tome, but he learned them much faster than he would by trying alone and failing again and again.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Hail.

Cost: 30 mana per second.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Ice Arrow Shower.

Cost: 50 mana per second.

You obtained 01 status points.

"Mmm? I'm pretty sure Hail consumed a lot less mana when I had the sword that granted me the spell." Leon frowned.

"That is probably because the weapon had been enchanted to be like that," Celsius explained. "If you use the spirit of the right monsters, you can create weapons with that kind of effect."

"What about Ice Arrow Shower? The arrows are much smaller than the ones I can create," Leon protested.

"Why don't you try to use that spell and create an Area of Effect spell?" Celsius frowned. "I doubted that you would spend only fifty mana points per second to do something like that."

It was evident that Leon was hoping a little too much for his spells. It was probably because he recalled the same skill being used by some monsters, and the arrows were way bigger... but it made sense the level of those skills wasn't one. Regardless, like usual, Leon practiced both spells until they reached level fifty. It took him a few days, but he was more than satisfied with the result. Although Leon wanted to learn a few other spells from other spirits, unfortunately, it was time for his weekly dose of torment.