The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 10] by Harunohi Biyori

Author:Harunohi Biyori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 13: The Cranky Blacksmith

“Thrust!”

My combat technique lodged my knife in the trunk of a tree one meter away. Combat techniques were non-elemental magic, activated through simple incantations and using a weapon as a medium—like special attacks for melee fighters. Using them consumed aether and could unleash an attack several times more powerful than an ordinary strike.

Though easy to use, they were restricted, and the higher their level, the more aether they consumed and the harder they became to pull off. One’s body also grew rigid immediately after using a combat technique, and mana accumulated in the muscles; it felt almost like a fever. Using a technique again before this heat dissipated could cause muscle injury, and while the muscles themselves could be healed with Cure, the pain lasted a while. Continuing to use Cure to bypass this cooldown period could result in one being unable to raise one’s arm for several days.

The Rank 1 combat technique for the Dagger Mastery skill was called Thrust. It involved thrusting the knife forward with one hand, then releasing it, doubling its impact. It could have a range of over one meter beyond the tip of the blade depending on the skill of the user and was a very useful technique to compensate for the short reach and low power of a dagger.

I’d thought it would be difficult for me to learn combat techniques because I lacked appropriate knowledge about them, but Viro had taught me the form and demonstrated how to execute it, and I’d been able to get the gist in less than the scheduled hour.

Thrust was just a form of magic that released non-elemental aether in the shape of a blade. Conscious of the fact that it was magic and not sorcery, I used it by visualizing the blade extending rather than shooting out aether, reproducing the flow of mana Viro had shown me. My experience learning (albeit crudely) all forms of practical magic had served me well here, although I did think it would have taken me longer had I not learned Aether Manipulation.

“Well done, Alia,” said the receptionist, clapping. “Splendid technique. I welcome you to our Guild as a Rank 1 adventurer.” She handed me an identification tag. Normally, I would’ve needed to wait a while after passing the test, but it seemed that since I had Light Mastery as well, she’d gone ahead and gotten my tag ready in advance. She handed it to me with a warm smile before her expression did a one-eighty and she glared daggers at the man behind me. “Mr. Viro, hurry and pay the two silver for the use of our training grounds plus the registration fee.”

“How come Alia gets treated way better than me?!” Viro protested.

“Alia is young and cute. You’re practically an old man. Obviously the treatment you get will be different.”

“Dammit! I can’t even argue with that!”

Is this really okay? I wondered. Maybe I could just think of it as banter...

“C’mon, Alia. Let’s get moving to our next stop,” Viro said as he grumpily walked out of the Adventurers’ Guild.

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