"Your light attack uses too much mana," he tells her plainly.
"Yes, it's not ideal, but light isn't exactly the most ideal attacking magic," she said, not only seeming to not care about his blunt criticism but was appreciative of it.
"Then why are you attacking like that? Why not have a different way of fighting?" He asked her curiously.
"Because I usually don't have to worry about mana when there are plenty of light sources around," she explained.
I remember now, the others were explaining to me a while ago.
"You have the bloodline thingy right?"
"Yes, I have that 'bloodline thingy'. That thingy also allows me to regenerate mana extremely fast, so I usually don't have to worry about that. I suspect that's why they chose to set the teleportation location to another labyrinth, where I can't use it."
"Wait, they were able to choose a labyrinth as the location on purpose?"
"Kind of. It would actually be easier if they did since there are already several teleportation relays set up in a labyrinth because of the teleportation traps. They would just need to put the specification for transportation as a labyrinth relay and it would just send us to one nearby."
Interesting, so the fact that we were transported to another labyrinth wasn't pure chance then?
"Do you have any other thoughts of what I could be doing better?" She asked him while he was in thought.
"Do you need to make your lances of light that thick?" He asked.
"No, but if I don't I won't have enough power behind them," she argued.
He put his hand on his chin. "How's your physical enhancement skill?"
"It's pretty good. It's better with some light for me to use, but even without it, the skill is pretty effective."
"So why not use that? It's not like you need to fight as a mage," he said to her.
She looked kind of embarrassed. "I haven't really practiced fighting up close," she admitted.
"What? Why not?" He asked confused at her statement.
He was even more confused as she explained why. Apparently, her tutors when she was growing up didn't force her to learn how to fight up close. For one, the younger version of herself didn't want to and secondly, they didn't seem to see the need for a princess to get down and dirty.
That seemed kind of stupid to Julius. But he wasn't exactly the expert on smart decision making. He couldn't expect everyone to train their children to become the best fighters. Some parents just wanted their children to grow up happy.
Look at Declan's family. His children weren't elite fighters like their father but were still very happy with their life.
Still, it wouldn't be a bad thing for her to learn. And what's a better time than now?
The next group they came across was the largest one yet. This group had almost a dozen monsters.
He didn't waste his time trying to stop them with kinetic energy, but instead just launched a bunch of spikes at them before they could notice him. He took out the head honcho looking one first and the rest followed.
He made sure to keep one of them alive for Reinera to handle on her own. Once he made sure nothing could interfere, he handed the sword that he conjured to her. Well, it wasn't a sword anymore. It was more like a spear, he thought it would be easier for someone like her to use a spear over a sword for her first time.
Surprisingly, she didn't shirk away and dashed toward the monster right away. It was a little sloppy and he could see that she didn't have much experience. Her physical enhancement skill was pretty good. It was definitely one of the better ones he had seen from his peers, allowing her to keep up with the undead wolf.
It was why he thought it was kind of a waste that nobody taught her close combat fighting with skill like that.
He was impressed at how well she used her binding skill. The skill itself didn't use that much mana and she could keep on using it without worry.
Whenever the wolf wanted to attack her, she manipulated the ropes of light to interfere. This allowed her to dart in and out safely, scoring some wounds to the monster. Unfortunately, it was still an undead creature, so the wounds didn't affect it that much. She would need to either destroy its core or cut off its head.
After a few minutes of harassing the poor wolf, she managed to score a lucky hit that pierced the core of the beast. He had only needed to use his kinetic restriction technique to help her a single time.
She was a little breathless, but a proud smile was on her face.
He congratulated her but what took his attention was what was behind the group of wolves. He had noticed it when he spotted them. It was a medium sized room, but inside there was something that he was very excited to see.
It was a silver chest that glowed softly in the dim light.
Haha, I knew there would be treasure in here!