The 1.000 year Great Sage - Completed

Chapter 7.1 – Bandits – part 1.1

When the carriage got near the bandits that were still looking at their partners inside the Water Cage, Seya jumped and did a twirl, landing near them with his Naginata pointing at them. Anna was standing on top of the carriage, with a lot of Magic gathered on her hands,

waiting.

One of the bandits yelled to the other that was still looking surprised. “A kid? … And a Mage woman watching?... Let's kill everyone for what they did!”

…

The two bandits were trying to s***h Seya, but every time one of them did a downward s***h, Seya avoided by quickly moving to one side. If they tried a side attack, Seya jumped. He just used the pole of the Naginata to defend from an attack, once or twice, and he was still wondering if he would ever need to use the sword side of the Naginata because that fighting was getting boring.

“||... Are all Humans as slow as these two? They are not even using Body Strengthening Magic... and the swordsmanship is baby's level...knockout one... and there's two...|| … “Weird... very weird…”

Anna dispersed her Magic when she realized that the fight ended. “Well, that was fast! Why that look on your face? You seem like a child who just lost his toy!”

Seya was scratching his head, looking rather annoyed. “It was just too strange! They were slow, not using any Magic, and even the way they held their swords was weird...”

Anna got off from the carriage, and walked to meet Seya while taking a glimpse at the bandits still inside the Water Cage, that were looking dumbfounded at him. “Seems that because you are always fighting with Sully and Null, your fighting skills are very high. Sully is an extraordinary fighter and you can already defeat him, so I suppose normal people like those two are not even a challenge for you.”

Seya was putting the Naginata inside his Compressed Dimension, still feeling disappointed. “… I suppose... Now, after burying those who died, what can we do with the ones that are still alive?”

“These two, the ones that I caught with Water Cage and the three that you shoot with your bow... either we kill them, or we bring them with us. I suppose we can tie them and lay them on the top of the carriage and deliver them to the next village.”

“Better to tie them. Can we check those Mages? There’s something I want to confirm.”

“What? Do you think they are still alive after those two Ice Spears? Mine was strong, but yours was frightening!”

Seya approached the three dead Mages while talking to his mother. He started to look around the neck and under the collars of each of them, searching for something. “They are dead, alright. But when I sensed them, the Magic on them was strange. There was a strange Magic Flow coming from their necks... Here, what’s this?”

Anna shouted, pointing at what Seya had on his hands. “I know what those are! They are of a very good size. I bet they are expensive. What you have there are three beautiful Magic Crystals. That explains the strange Magic Flow that you felt. I think those three were Mages of low level, but they were using Magic Crystals to increase their Magic.”

Seya put the three Crystals against the sunlight, trying to look at the inside. “A Magic Crystal can be used like that? I thought that they were only used inside a Magic Tool or equipment.”

“Normally it’s like that. For instance, a Communicator Device has a Magic Crystal inside, to work. Normally, no one uses Magic Crystals to increase their Magic because they are expensive. I think these two robbed these Crystals from someone and they were using them like that, to increase their chances of attacking people.”

“I see... mother, can I keep one of these? I want to study it.”

Anna took one of the Crystals, evaluating and sensing the Magic that they should have. “Let me see them... They are almost out of Magic. I guess there’s no problem. You can have all of them if you like. But when they run out of Magic, you can put some of your own Magic inside of them, to refill the Crystal. There’s a special Magical Chant for that.

“Amazing... can you show me that chant?”

“Let me see if I remember correctly... I am going to try Light Magic, okay? ... “Oh, Light from the Goddess, hear my call! Gather on me, fill me with your light, so that I can fill with your blessing this Crystal. Crystal Refill!”

Seya was sensing the Magic Flow of his mother, realizing the increase, the movement to the Crystal, the Magic stopping inside of the Crystal, and staying there. “||...I see, it’s just a matter of using our own Magic Flow and imprinting it on the Crystal...||... “Let me try on this one...”

Seya tried to do the same thing that his mother did, making his own Flow of Dark Magic going to the Crystal. “... I think it’s done. And the other one...”

Then, he did the same thing, but this time, using Fire Magic on the Crystal. “And another one. That’s very easy. One Magic Crystal with Dark Magic and one Crystal with Fire Magic.”

Anna was looking at both Crystals that Seya was holding against the sunlight, feeling depressed and at the same time, very proud. “Seya... that's just... Every time I see you using a Magic for the first time ever, without a chant and doing it effortlessly, I always envy you... When I remember that I had to study and practice so much to be able to do this Magic...”

Seya gave a gentle smile to his mother when he noticed her sad look. “And because you studied and became so good at doing this, it's so easy for me to learn from you.”

“If you want, you can sell those Magic Crystals for a lot of money. But considering how rare Dark Magic is and how powerful Fire Magic can become if a Mage uses that stone, it's better if you keep them for yourself. And don't show or speak about these Crystals to anyone. It will bring a lot of questions.”

“Okay, mother. By the way, how do Magic Crystals appear? There's a Magic for creating them?”

“No, all the Magic Crystals that exist were dug from de depths of the mountains in the East. They all come from the Dwarfs Kingdom. Even for them, it's difficult to find a good source, and because of that, the Magic Crystals are not a very important selling product for them. They prefer to trade on weapons or armours that they forge and create, using some rare minerals they dig up.”

“Humm... Is there a Volcano in those mountains?”

“It’s not active nowadays, but it used to be. Why?”

Seya started to think, comparing all the informations that he just received with the memories of his past back on Earth. “||…rare materials coming from inside the World? Or maybe not only that? Maybe pressure and heat also? And does Magic coming from the inside of the World matter in the process? ...||... “Humm...”

“What? You have a very strange and serious look on your face.”

“Sorry, I want to try something...”

Seya used Earth Magic to create a small rock marble on his hand. He then created more rock, making it the size of a ball surrounding the marble. Using Wind Magic to put pressure on the rock ball and by increasing the pressure, the ball shrunk to the size of the marble.

Next, applying heat by Fire Magic and more pressure, the ball broke. “Let me see the inside... Ah, there it is, a small crystal!”

Anna looked at the Crystal that Seya had on his hands, doubting her own eyes. “That's a Magic Crystal? How did you do that?”

“Well, it's a Crystal, but I don't know if it’s a Magic Crystal. Try to put some Magic on it, mother.”

Anna tried to put Magic on the Crystal, using the same amount of Magic Flow and the same chant, without success. “No, it doesn’t stay. It's only a normal Crystal.”

“More difficult than I thought! Let me try again...”

Seya made the same rock marble and the same previous steps, but this time, while applying heat by Fire Magic, he put Magic on the Marble inside the rock ball.

Next, with more pressure, the rock ball broke. “Let me see the inside... Ah, there it is, a small Crystal again! Try again, mother!”

Anna did the same chant to input Magic on the Crystal, but this time… “Okay…? What? It is... a... Magic Crystal! You made a Magic Crystal! And of very good quality and size! How? That's impossible!”

Seya smiled, very pleased with himself. “Seems it's possible to make them, after all. I think that you, father, and father Sully working at the same time will be able to do it. We must try this at home. Father Sully can create the small rock marble and then the small rock ball surrounding the marble. Then father will heat the ball with Fire Magic while mother put Magic power on the marble inside. Then Sully can put more pressure on the ball until it breaks. It was how I did this one. But I did it alone since I can use all those Magics.”

Anna was feeling dizzy, looking at the Crystal on her hand. “But how did you figure this out?”

Seya counted the steps that he thought, using his fingers. “Crystals found in the depths of the mountains, meaning that there were more rocks being created on top of rocks, pressure made by the weight, heat from the volcano, Magic coming from the inside of the World, more pressure because of continuing forming rocks... That's what I thought.”

Anna was looking at the Crystals that the Mages used and comparing with the one that Seya made. They looked exactly the same. “That... Until now no one figured out how these Crystals were formed... There were even some people thinking that the Dwarfs use some unknown Magic to create them...”

“That's strange, they just needed to think a little about it. I am going to make some more, I want to do some experiments with them when we get home.”

Anna was shaking her head strongly, in desperation. “You... just thought of all that like it was... Argh! Okay, use Earth Magic to dig a hole to bury these guys...”