Burning Soul

“Umm, it’s delicious, you can cook too!

Damn,

I’m jealous!” Aeneas seemed to be enjoying the meal.

“Well, the creatures here are quite similar to those you can find outside with the difference being their attributes and features, and…”

Before Lumiere could continue Aeneas stuffed a piece of meat in his mouth shutting him up,

“Argh!

Can’t you pipe down a bit while eating, kid pass me some more!”

seeing him like this was a bit humorous.

“Huh!

Anyways, now it’s your job to always catch the hunt, but remember,

just like today, they’ll come after you if you catch any one of them,

catch more and get more aggressive.

You were lucky today as you got to hold onto only one hunt, but that won’t be enough tomorrow!”

Lumiere warned Theo of what was coming next while chugging down the piece of meat Aeneas stuffed his mouth with.

It was now the nighttime and even though the light was long gone, the surrounding was fairly visible.

In the hut, Aeneas was lazing around after eating up his dinner, as for Theo, he was sitting outside looking at the end of the cave.

“What are you thinking kid?” Lumiere standing on his back asked him, startling him for a sec.

“Nothing!

I was wondering where I’m lacking!

I never really liked fighting and war and stuff like that, but the times are difficult, and I’m not ready yet!”

Hearing him say Lumiere sat down beside him while putting his hand on him back while replying,

“Life’s never easy on anyone.

No one always wants a war!

It doesn’t matter if you didn’t like all this, now that you are here, you should give whatever it takes.

Do you have a resolve to fight?

Any reason?” Hearing him Theo shot back.

“Why would you ask!

Of course, I have.

I want to save people at my home!”

Hearing him Lumiere let out a laugh and stood up from where he was, dusting off his back he turned and replied,

“If that’s all you wanted, you didn’t need to leave your home, did you?

If you don’t find a reason, you’ll be just another average fighter!”

leaving him behind he got Theo, question himself.

…

The next morning Lumiere and Aeneas asked Theo to join in with him.

He wasn’t clear about why as yesterday they were fixated on him doing it alone, maybe they had some plans for him, he didn’t ask them about it.

“Even though we are accompanying you

we won’t help you

and do note, these creatures attack only those who harm them

so, we are safe here!”

Hearing Lumiere say so Theo gave an awkward smile.

“Let’s get going then

we have a lot to cover today!” Saying so Lumiere started walking.

The real intentions of him going with him was a little different

he wanted to see what voice he was really hearing, and if he was correct, his helper would be able to understand what was going on.

This time Lumiere was going to train Theo on how he can work his way around without getting caught by the creatures,

Although it may seem like it was useful only in this world, circumnavigation is important no matter what world.

“You see,

Yesterday you were able to prey one, but there’s a catch.

You hunt one and the others begin chasing you, but did you notice something?”

Hearing Lumiere say so, he pondered over it,

“They were quite fast; I couldn’t see them very well, but they all seemed to have the same Mana trace.

While running I noticed it!

They gave off the same feeling.”

Hearing his explanation Lumiere replied,

“It’s not going to be so easy, but you need to get better, running away won’t save you forever, also your speed ain’t enough, which spell did you use to speed up?”

“Boost!

I used it twice but ran out of mana too soon, I got tired!”

His explanation was valid though, after running through the forest he ran out of his stamina.

“Let’s work on your stamina, but here’s a tip.

Have you ever heard of the spell ‘Accel’?”

Hearing this spell Theo tried recollecting if he had ever heard the word.

About a moment later he remembered his sister using it often

At some time, he was lost in the forest and she came looking for him, after finding him she realized that there were some wild dogs trying to hunt him, to save him she had helped him run from there.

That time the spell she used sounded something just like that.

“I have heard it once but can’t really remember or use it.”

“Wait are you sure?” Aeneas seemed to have another opinion

“Yeah, I don’t recall using it!” Though Theo still wasn’t able to recall anything

‘That is strange!’ It got him thinking

“It’s not going to be so easy but if you can, you’ll be able to boost your attributes a few points for a few seconds.”

Lumiere’s explanation was a bit news to him,

“A few seconds, how can it help much, Boost lasts for a minute!”

Hearing him complain Lumiere let out a laugh,

“Kid,

as you learn fighting

you’ll know even a second of boost will decide whether you’ll live or die!

Let’s get you to learn this spell first”

Lumiere took the lead heading in the forest followed by Aeneas and Theodore.

…