What's Inside? [Hero Quest]

That Blut Vene was fairly impressive to The Angel of The Ice. If it were a few notches stronger, she could most certainly see it being quite the effective tool for him to use in combat. So, this would be saved for later when they got deeper into his training. For now, it seemed that he was going hurled against the force of Cirno's hit and landed straight into the summer section of The Hero Summit. Thus, it appeared that this battle was changing scenarios at a fast pace and this then allowed the boy to adapt to the high-speed style of combat that most of his enemies would undoubtedly give him.

And, as they were hurdling through the skies of The Hero Summit, it seemed that the Quincy was intent on keeping the heat on Cirno. Since as her oceanic eyes leered to each of her sides, The Angel would soon notice that a flurry of shots had been fired to her right and left sides. Then, with a glance ahead, there was another row of projectiles fired at The Celestial and coming down a straight path towards her.

"You gotta be faster than that!"

With a triumphant tone of voice, The Angel of The Ice would hold out each of her hands and fire off two waves of crystal hued energy in order to deflect and neutralize all of the shots aimed at her right and left sides. Meanwhile, the bullets aimed in front of her would be vaporized on sight as all six tips of Cirno's frozen wings shot off narrow beams of energy which negated all of the blows in a dazzling display of white light for the citizens of The Hero Summit tow watch in awe.

As thunder roared across the skies and the earth below quaked under their power, Cirno was feeling pretty damn good about this and the smell of smoke and fire got her senses going something fierce. However, she got a bit too gung-ho about things and seemed to be taken a bit back by the Tempest Blast. Since, when she was ready to go in for the kill, the male had erupted a brutal burst of wind that caused The Angel of The Ice to go flying backwards into the ground.

In the process of doing so, her dress and hair got dirtied up, a few light scratches appeared across her legs and she was left feeling a bit shaken up. It was enough to make the girl give a fierce grin and feel revved up to go in for another round. As, in an eruption of white light, The Celestial powered herself up and had more of her suppressed energy come to the surface. At least, as much as it could at a 2-5 level, anyway.

"That's it. Become faster in your combo's, read your opponent and get risky. You won't get anywhere playing it safe all of the time. So, here, take this!"

Without wasting much time after speaking those words, The Angel of The Ice would hold out each of her palms, summon up a cluster of Aether Energy and unleash a powerful wave of blizzard like element upon Kuhn. Gusting winds would overpower a twenty meter radius in all directions, while the air would take a sudden dip towards sub-zero temperatures. The impact from the raging winds could send The Quincy hurdling for quite some distance, while the supernaturally empowered ice could begin to freeze portions of his body and induce hypothermia and frostbite upon the male.

All the while, the defying sounds would reek havoc upon the male's hearing and the pressure from the wind pressing against his body could be enough to strain bones, muscles and organs with how hard of a punch this attack was packing. Therefore, he had better have been prepared to deal with such a fearsome blow. As, following that, The Angel Of The Ice shot off six more beams of lights from her wings towards The Quincy in order to keep him further busy.

These six shots of energy would then scatter and form into a cluster of five dozen smaller spheres of light no bigger than your ordinary basketball. They would then disperse and attempt to surround the male at all sides. Once they got into formation, these spheres would then aim to gang up on Kuhn and take him out in a hell fire of cold energy burst.

As, with each shot that could hit him, the further his body would freeze over until it reached a point of freezing over his internals and inducing a metaphysical effect of chilling over his energy. This, in turn, could potentially cause complications in the way of the pathways of energy flowing through The Quincy becoming clogged. For he could potentially find it quite hard to summon his supernatural attacks due to the fact that it would have a freezing effect on his energy and attempt to stun him for one to three post depending on how potent this assault was.

And, all the while, Cirno herself would take off from her ground position and begin flying towards the location where Kuhn was with a fiery grin across her face. Though, it was not because she was putting the pressure on the male. No. It was because her holy magic was influencing the area and the male would feel himself becoming stronger the further his body was pressed to the limit.

You see, since he was being put to the test, her celestial powers were able to mark his body and allow him a form of experience boosting. By being challenged by this Angel, Kuhn would undoubtedly begin to have his abilities advance bit by bit until she cracked his shell and unlocked the next stage of tier upgrade for him during this run. Although, she was curious if he could even be aware of the holy particles of energy being spread when he himself was being pushed so hard.

Oh well. It didn't matter. All that mattered was seeing how he would react to all this and Cirno couldn't wait for the smoke to clear whilst she prepared for her next series of attacks against the male.

Snow, winter and ice all clashed together in the battle arena and it was becoming clear that this was beginning wane, wear down and tire out the male. Cirno would not do a single thing to prevent him from utilizing his abilities against her. She wanted him to push his body, force it to do things he thought was once impossible and to remember this experience as one which would mold his expectations as to what to expect from these monstrous beings of the world.

So, with that lesson beginning to be imprinted into the male, The Angel Of The Ice coated herself in a camouflage light and mended herself into the winter element around the battle field. With her lightning fast speed and reflexes, it didn't take her long to bridge the gap between herself and where The Quincy fell to. Since, as soon as he was done firing off the shots from his gun, The Celestial emerged behind Kuhn and gently placed her hand upon the males neck.

In that action, a sharp impulse of Aether Energy would be embed into the male in order to paralyze him where he stood with a heavy release of her power being brought out through the woman's frigid fingertips. This was done to show them how quick these fights could end and how quickly he needed to capitalize on improving his speed. So long as your mind, body and powers were swift -- one would often have the advantage in combat. It didn't matter if your opponent had hulk like strength, if they couldn't catch you, one could still have the advantage and plan carefully orchestrated attacks to capitalize in the gap of speed between opponents.

Therefore, this shot of energy was also done in order to unleash a miracle. Since the male had been put through a catalyst event of being pushed to the brink, Cirno invoked a blessing which harnessed these desperate energies in the atmosphere around them and turned them back on her pupils body. With this desire for great change filling the battlefield, The Angel Of The Ice intended to create a miracle with her holy aether which would allow the male to see notable boosts in his minds processing ability, his bodies reflexes and the overall time it took to summon his attacks.

In essence, his speed would be on par with an advanced user because of this training. And that is the only thing which Cirno wished to bestow upon him with that action. Thus, she would utter these words out to them when all was said and done:

"Do you see my point now, Hero? You need to have a fast mind and body to keep up with your opponents. It doesn't matter if there is a power gap, so long as you have speed, you can make that up and keep track of any and anything on the battlefield. That is one of the core elements of making you stronger in this world."

With that said, The Angel Of The Ice would then dispel most of her attacks and have the rays of sunlight begin to ooze back into the environment around them. All that mattered now was allowing him time to recover and heal from his injuries. So, she would utilize her Holy Aether once more in order to begin healing the lost energies, stamina and injuries of the male so that he could stand on his two feet again and not feel as if his breathing were labored any further.

"It is why I pushed you to the brink of your limits and infused those elements of this lesson into your body. After today, I'm certain you will seed a gain in your speed and overall energy. You have a lot to work on, but this should be the jump start you need to get you where you are going."

And with that, The Angel Of The Ice would then continue to spread an illuminous white light across his body and the male should begin to feel as if he were back at peak energy soon enough. When that moment occurred, Cirno would then begin the next phase of their training.