Lightning arcs followed the cat's limbs.
The girl might not have learned spells from her tutor, but her mind and body moved in perfect sync. Closing the distance between Noa and her, she moved without a single wasted breath.
Even the air that her lungs let go blinked.
But it did so with a flicker, like lightning in a night sky.
Noa, meanwhile, was still clutching his sword.
Yes, he had resolved to follow the path of the mind and the body at the same time, but the situation didn't allow him to be a mage.
Not only did he appear to have no elemental affinity, but he couldn't just do something no other human was capable of. So he would be a warrior at Arcane Academy and learn magic in secret.
Every fight he would go through would help him advance on his stagnant threshold.
That's why Noa let Ashe help him from afar.
Anine, on the other hand, was a mage, and the augmentation from her beast doubled her mana capacity, granted a 50% physical boost, and tripled her speed.
