Otherworld Adventure 88 Spirit Sage

He didn't look like the scary elder that Velicia had . He only seemed liked the friendly next door grandpa that watched over the kids with a gentle smile.

"Hey! What's up? Come in and sit down! Elder Sage here was kind enough to lend me his ear and we've been exchanging magic knowledge!"

"..."

Their silence only caused Cecil to tilt his head in confusion.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, Instructor Jin dashed into the room. He saw Lucia's group and saw the Sage and Cecil sitting together around a small table.

"H-Honorable Elder!"

Instructor Jin's presence caused the Elder to frown a little.

"What is it?"

"apologies! W-we apologize for brazenly intruding on your private s.p.a.ce! W-we're going to head back out now! and please do forgive Cecil for what he's done!"

Instructor Jin bowed down deeply, he turned to the side and saw Lucia's group staring back at him in a daze. He hastily made his way over to them and began pus.h.i.+ng down everyone's heads, making them bow towards the Sage.

Just as he was about to push down Lucia's head he stopped seeing the stinging glare she was giving him.

"Lucia, please bow and apolo–"

"Enough."

"E-elder?"

"I'll handle the children, you may go out now." The Sage said plainly.

"B-but Elder!"

"I said, you may go now."

"Ugh..."

The Sage's authoritative tone caused Instructor Jin to hesitate. Seeing as he could do nothing, he only bowed once more and said, "As you wish, Elder. But, please they're just–"

"Tsk."

Hearing the Sage click his tongue caused the instructor to halt his words. He quickly turned around and walked out of the room.

Seeing the instructor exit the premises, Lucia's group only stared at each other before turning their eyes towards Cecil and the Sage.

The old man sighed and said, "Finally. The nuisance is out of the way."

"?"

Hearing the old man's words caused Lucia's group to do a double take.

'Nuisance? The instructor?'

"Now, kids. Please, come, sit." The Elder gestured gently with a smile.

Everyone hesitated at first. It didn't take too much deliberation before they walked forward and began taking their seats around Cecil and the Sage.

The gentle expression on the Elder's face was what caused them to stop hesitating and take the friendly gesture. Only Lucia was still standing and she continued to glare back at the Sage.

"Oh? Is something wrong little one?" The Elder asked.

Seeing the gentle way the Elder addressed her despite her giving him a death glare, Lucia hesitated a bit and asked.

"...Uhm... Cecil's not in trouble... is he?"

"Ohohoho, no. No, little one. He was before, but not anymore. So there's no need for you to worry. Please, sit."

Lucia stopped glaring at the Sage and instead directed a glare at Cecil who was innocently smiling back at her. Her glare caused Cecil to flinch.

'c.r.a.p!'

Lucia deactivated Elemental Burst and the dark scarlet aura that was wrapping around her dissipated.

"Ho~oh..." The Elder exclaimed in mild surprise.

Lucia walked forwards and sat herself beside Cecil.

Cecil was coldly sweating inside when he saw the dark expression on Lucia's face after she glared at him.

And just as he expected, the girl began pinching his sides harshly when she sat herself down beside him.

Cecil could only grimace in response, it was his fault indeed since he caused Lucia to worry for him.

The thought of being taken away by one of the 12 Sages of Urrugdrasil because he disrespected him was a frightening.

It was no wonder Lucia was now angry at him since the sage did say he was in trouble before.

After Lucia had her fill of pinching, she turned her eyes towards the Elder in front of her.

Spirit Sage, the old man sitting in front of her was one of the 12 Sages. Sage was a t.i.tle given to the people of a generation who had attained a transcendent level as a spellcaster. By transcendent level, it meant they had attained the pinnacle stage of mana cultivation as well as earned themselves the power to contend against kingdoms singlehandedly and were counted as apocalyptic level beings.

Back on Earth they would be termed as strategic level weapons, like a nuclear warhead.

The Sages were people who attained the pinnacle in the area they specialized in. The 12 Sages were the most respected and feared existences in the continent. These Sages were also there to protect their continent from attacks from catastrophe level monsters and attacks from other continents.

On Urrugdrasil, the transcendent level mages were called Sages. The transcendent level fighters were called Braves.

Below them were the 8 Arch Mages, 10 Weapon Kings, and 10 Shamans, totalling 28 individuals, that were spread throughout the continent tasked with the same mission as the transcendants; the protection of their continent.

These 40 people were the main force against other continents. Although intercontinental wars rarely happened since each continent had similar individuals which served as huge deterrent.

Incidentally, each continent had their own unique t.i.tles of transcendent level beings. Midgard's t.i.tle for Mages were Arcanes while fighters were called Champions.

As for the old man in front of them, he was the oldest Sage in Urrugdrasil, the Spirit Sage. It was said that the Spirit Sage excelled in nature magic. This was a given since the Spirit Sage was an elf. Moreover, he was a High Elf, the race of elves with the highest affinity with nature magic.

Just like the Spirit Sage said, he did find fault with Cecil at first, but after listening to his explanation and finding out about the unique skill that Cecil used to enhance his cognitive thought process, he was immediately intrigued.

He didn't take Cecil's word for granted since he thought that the boy might lie to him so he tested Cecil. He asked him about the contents of the 67 books that Cecil had read back in the library's inner area.

The Spirit Sage was the owner of all the books inside the library and he memorized all the contents of the books and manuals after 200 years of reading.

So when Cecil recited the main contents of the 67 books that he 'skimmed' through, the Sage was really surprised.

He took out another book for Cecil to read and decided to test him on the spot. The results only stupefied the Elder since Cecil correctly recounted every word with accurate precision after he only spent 1 minute 'reading' the book.

This caused the Elder to ask more about the principles behind Cecil's technique to which Cecil happily responded to. He didn't have to tell anything about his fundamental technique, Mana Burst, and only explained the principle and activation process of Hyper-sensitivity which was a branch skill of Mana Burst.

From there, Cecil and the Spirit Sage kept on with their discussion and lost track of time. The previous altercation and misunderstanding that Cecil caused was thrown to the back of their minds.

They spent their time discussing the various applications and uses that 'Hyper-sensitivity' could bring to the beastkin race, Cecil's application of 'Mana' was also intriguing and it caused the Spirit Sage to be lost in thought.

He proceeded to ask Cecil about how he did about with using mana the way he did. It sounded similar to how monsters used mana, so it was incomprehensible for the Spirit Sage and just as the discussion was about to continue, Lucia and the rest barged in the room.

The Elder Sage waved his hand on his seat and a small treant walked into the room carrying a tea set on its branches. The treant then began serving the 5 newcomers. After its duty was finished it walked to the side of the room and stood there, stationery in place by the wall.

The Spirit Sage smiled and opened his mouth, "Please, relax. Young Cecil and I were just about to continue our discussion on the applications of Mana and the intriguing way Cecil uses mana to speed up his thought process. I'm pretty sure our discussion will have a good influence on you youngsters."

The Lucia and the rest were surprised hearing the Sage talk to Cecil with such high regard. The 2 were actually discussing about theories and applications of Mana? How was Cecil able to keep up with the Sage in this regard?

Lucia however, was surprised for a different reason.

'The intriguing way Cecil uses mana? Does he know?!' Lucia shot a worried look at Cecil only to see him smiling back at her.

"It's okay Lulu, it's only about Hyper-sensitivity."

"Oh!" Lucia sighed in relief. As long as Cecil's secret was kept, anything else didn't matter.

"Now shall we continue, Cecil? You young ones should treat this as an opportunity. Treat it as listening to a listen delivered personally by me!"

"Woah!"

"Y-yes!"

"Thank you Elder!"

The rest expressed their thanks and astonishment to which the Spirit Sage only responded with a light laugh.

"Hahaha, at least you have the courage to come in to check on the well-being of your friend! Not only that you had the courage and guts to confront a Sage! Those other hesitant ones just can't cut it I'm afraid..."

The Elder smiled at the group, then he turned a teasing smile towards Lucia and said, "Especially you, la.s.s. You even kicked open the door and stormed in to look for young Cecil here! Ahahaha~"

"I! Uhm... I! I didn't mean to! It's just... Cecil always causes trouble and I always have to look after him..." Lucia said while blus.h.i.+ng.

"Hahahaha, just like a little brother right?"

"Huh? N-no, not at all... more like a troublesome childhood friend..." Lucia discretely turned her eye towards Cecil who was beside her. He was smiling while munching on a biscuit.

"Ahahahaha!" The Elder only chuckled in response when he saw Lucia correct him.

"Well Elder. Let's continue?"

"Yes! But before that, I should properly introduce myself to your friends!" The Spirit Sage said with a chuckle.

"I am Tohrun Natura, a high elf spell caster. To others however, I'm also known as the Spirit Sage of the 12 Sages of Urrugdrasil."

After his introduction, everyone else began giving introductions as well. When they finished, Elder Tohrun finally addressed his and Cecil's earlier discussions.
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Cecil and the Sage explained what they were discussing to Cecil's friends first so they could be on the same page before

"Now, the way Hyper-sensitivity works, it stimulates the... nerves? In the brain by using mana to speed up the nodes that pa.s.s commands in the form of electrical pulses..."

Their discussion on the inner workings of Cecil's technique continued on for almost half a day. Their group had essentially skipped out on cla.s.ses today and was instead being privately given a lecture by both the Sage and Cecil.