Chapter 9 Powerful Mage
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"Kids, we will now practice your magic." Master Louvre, the Rusalka Village Magic School's teacher, Walking in front of the classroom. "Bring out any item I told you yesterday that you must bring for today's activity and go to the front when I call your name."
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"Yes, Master Louvre."
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"Let's start with Jerome," Master called the thin and short kid in front. He walked towards the side of the room to give way to the kids in front.
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The kid walked to the front, carrying three pieces of chopped driftwoods. Each wood's length is five inches.
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"Tell us first why you brought those woods." Master Louver's eyebrows furrowed.
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"I will try what I discovered yesterday, Master." He bowed before placing the woods on the teacher's table.
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Everyone waited.
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Jerome opened his palms and placed them on top of the woods. He concentrated and focused his gaze on them. His hands released green dust and showered the woods.
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The woods started growing small leaves on their bodies. Everyone in the class clapped their hands, including Master Louvre.
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"That was brilliant! We have an Earth element controller in our village!" Master continued clapping as he praised Jerome. "You are a gem of our village."
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"Thank you, Master Louvre." He took the woods and bowed before sitting to his seat. He and Devan did a high five.
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"I told you, your power is awesome," Devan said.
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"I thought it was useless." Jerome scratched the tip of his nose.
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"That's impossible. We need seeds, crops, growers, farmers and all other things to grow plants and trees. You are all of those," Devan proudly said about what his friend can do.
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"Devan is right, class. All those jobs of one thousand farmers can be done by just one powerful Earth element user." He glanced at Jerome. "We should never tell anyone outside our village about his power or those kingdoms from both sides will take him away for their own benefits." He was referring to Maho Kingdom and Sueno Kingdom.
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The class made a scary noise, afraid of being taken away from their village.
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"Please, I don't want to be kidn*pped!" Jerome exclaimed.
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"Okay, class. Next is Franco," Master called the chubby boy at the back row.
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He stood up and carried a small wooden box. He walked to the front and placed the box on the teacher's table.
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"What is that?" Master Louvre asked.
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'It's gunpowder." He opened it and showed it to everyone. "It's my family's business."
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"What are you going to do with it. That's dangerous to use around your classmates." He became wary of the danger of gunpowder. "You brought too much gun powder."
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"I don't have special magic but I can show my experiment to everyone." He took out two flint rocks and started striking them into one another on top of the gunpowder. He added some sparkling black dust on them. A few more tries and the rocks sparkled. Its sparkle went straight to the gun powder and it started fire, then it exploded.
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Devan's reflex was instant that he quickly jumped over Jerome to cover him towards the ground.
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The other students screamed as the fire and smoke engulfed the entire classroom.
Devan quickly stood up and raised his hand to release magic. A splash of water was thrown over Franco and the fire. He used his wind power to disperse the smoke. The room became clear.
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The blackboard and the table were all burned, and Franco was also on the floor, his arm was burnt. A few students sitting on the floor were also hurt by the explosion. The other students ran towards the back and were scared.
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"Franco!" Master Louvre ran and checked his student. He also looked around to see the other kids lying on the floor. "Oh my..."
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"It's painful, Master," the students in pain said while crying.
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Devan stared at his hands, imagining what else he could do to help his classmates. He didn't overthink and raised his hands, releasing silver dust to the entire room. The blackboard and everything in the room returned to normal as if nothing happened. The kids' injuries healed.
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Master Louvre was in awe while looking around and threw glances at Devan. Even the kids who witnessed what he did were still amazed and could not react. His own wounds were also healed.
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"Devan, you are a powerful mage." Master Louvre stood up. "I think we need to talk to your parents. Kids, do not tell everyone outside our village about what you saw."
The other fifteen kids at the back of the room nodded. "Yes, Master Louvre."
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"Devan! Thank you for saving me there!" Jerome said. "But damn, you have water and wind magic? And you can heal everyone, too! You're amazing!"
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"Devan saved the day!" the class president Greg shouted. Everyone clapped in excitement.
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Devan felt dizzy and weak. He could not hear what they were talking about. He smiled when he saw that everything went back to normal. He slowly fell on the ground.
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"Devan!" Master Louvre ran towards him.
He carried him to the infirmary. Jerome and the other kids quickly followed them, worried about Devan.
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