Billy tried to find some similarities between the lifestyle of the elementalists and the points they obtained the power to control mana, but he didn't find any. After that, he dueled with some of them and asked at the same time. One learned when he was playing with food, the other while she was playing with other kids, when they were sleeping they suddenly woke up in a bed made of earth…
In the end, after a full day of duels and lessons, he didn't learn anything new. However, he still had a hypothesis, what if the elementalists get used to controlling mana after seeing other people do so for many years? While he was just an average dude in his previous life, he became quite adept at that after leaving with a tribe of spearmen for ten years. It seemed too simplistic, but it was the only thing that Billy concluded.
In any case, after going home, nothing changed, even though his parents had heard that Billy spent the day with the elementalists. They connected the dots after the meeting with the lord, after all. Also, Billy told his father to hold the spear for as long as possible, and he obeyed, even though he couldn't see the point. On the next day, though, Drew felt a lot better.
"This spear is… a magic spear?" Drew said. "Did you know that, Billy?"
"I assumed that was the case since I felt pretty good while carrying that around," Billy replied. "It was a gift from the lord."
"Yeah… I had seen it in his office a few times," Drew said. "I didn't think you had impressed him so much to the point where he would give you this so readily. I am sure he knew the effects that this spear had."
"Anyway, it doesn't matter, just stick with it to get better as soon as possible," Billy said.
Billy had checked on the skill shop for the ability recovery, but he didn't find anything… even though he had 145 skill points. Considering its effects, it wouldn't be weird if that cost five hundred skill points, after all. Still, it would be worth it since Billy would be able to improve its effectiveness several times on a single day.
After breakfast, Billy found his friends on the way to their guard duty, and aside from Alexander, who looked troubled, Lily and Natalie looked displeased.
"What is your goal in hanging out with those people?" Lily asked.
"They almost creeped your father, Billy," Natalie said.
Billy wondered if they would keep their mouths shut if he told them the truth. If they manage that, it will be fine, but his whole mission will be destroyed if they don't. Still, after thinking for a while, he came up with a solution to that problem. He told them what Edward mentioned about the past…
"I want to avoid that kind of thing from repeating itself," Billy said. "Besides, they could become good allies."
Billy didn't say that he wanted to help on the bridge plan or the fact that he wanted to learn their magic because if that spreads, things will indeed get complicated, and nothing else that Bille does will be able to solve the problem.
"Hmm… if lord Edward says that, then it is probably true," Alexander said. "What would he gain by lying about that?"
"I guess so…" Lily said.
"I still don't like this," Natalie said. "They can't receive special treatment just because they can do something that no one else does!"
After saying that, Natalie hurried to leave the others behind. She still was a kid, so she couldn't separate her emotions from her logical side. She was smart enough to know that they would benefit a lot from turning their elementalists into allies, but not enough to realize that they should move on and forget the past.
"Oh, well, I suppose it can't be helped," Lily shrugged, and then she went to her post with Alexander.
Billy wanted to know what couldn't be helped, but he had more important business to deal with in the end. For some odd reason, the elementalists looked less haggard that day. Even the ones who used a lot of mana to duel with Billy. Maybe Edward decided to give them enough food since Billy was already putting his plan into motion. In any case, he had a few different plans today, but even though she lost yesterday, the black-haired girl still was ready for another round.
"You sure are stubborn… What was your name again?" Billy asked. "Come to think of it, I never gave mine. I am Billy."
"My name doesn't matter… I am the one who will kill you," The girl said.
"Wow, so edgy…" Billy frowned. "Oh, well, I guess it is fine."
They dueled again, and this time, the girl had some countermeasures for Billy. When she tried to impale him with four spears, and he made one not show up, she fired some wind projectile. Billy didn't feel the changes in the air when that happened, so that confirmed his previous suspicions…
However, Billy still dodged the projectile that was aimed at his head by moving his neck to the side because he never moved his eyes away from the girl.
"It seems you can't combine the elements, that is a bit disappointing…" Billy said.
Being looked down enraged the girl, to the point where she created a Fireball with all her mana. Not only that, the massive sphere was so big and hot that it began to make everyone around sweat bullets. That was something Billy couldn't defend or dodge…
"Do you want to kill your friends?" Billy asked.
The girl finally calmed down a little and noticed dozens of arrows being pointed at her tribe, not to mention, she also noticed that her fireball was wounding the people around her.. In the end, she quickly made the fireball disappear… even though she didn't recover any of the mana.
