Dragon Order of Flame

Volume 1

Chapter 5 Part 3

After the subjugation of the Orcs, the daily routine for Marvin seemed to have changed. To be exact, his relationship with Luke was what had changed. For the 2 people who had lived together in the same house, yet never saw each other, were now seeing each other face to face at least once a day.

Marvin was currently on his way to Luke's secret spot within the forest.

Although he had a displeased expression, because he had to go visit Luke, Marvin did not reject the idea of it.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Having reached his destination, Marvin was surprised to notice a fire burning and smoke rising into the air. However, he soon realized that it was a campfire and released a breath of relief.

Sitting in front of the campfire, Luke had his hands out and his eyes closed. As if responding to Marvin's shout, Luke flipped over his hands and released the breath that he had been holding in for a while. As he did, something amazing happened.

Hwaaaaaaaaaaaak!

The fire suddenly grew by two folds and the tip grew long, as it rushed towards Luke. As soon as Marvin decided to rush forward in surprise, Luke opened his eyes and swung his arm.

Hoooooooooo!

Suddenly, the fire that had been rushing towards Luke followed the movement of his arm, drew a circle in the air and disappeared. Returning his arm back to its original position, Luke evened out his breathing and the campfire went back to its original state.

Luke smiled and muttered to himself.

"Sigh, I can finally control it somewhat."

"What is that?"

Marvin asked dumbfoundedly. Judging from what had happened moments before, it seemed like Luke was controlling the fire's movements.

Luke stared at Marvin and spoke.

"This? This is a form of application of gangchesul. Every school has different names for it, but the most common name would be 'Fire Control'. It's a very useful skill if you want to block a type of fire skill or want to escape out of a field of fire."

"There's a skill like that?"

"Gangchesul is very profound. The things that you've learned thus far is similar to picking up a pebble against the side of a mountain. The gangchesul that the Knights practice are specialized towards battle, so it's a bit stiff. But, I'm sure father can easily do something like this."

Volkar spoke as if he was disgusted. Of course, Luke had ignored him because Marvin was standing in front of him.

Moments before, the thing that Luke had done was not an application of gangchesul. It was an elementary usage of his attribute powers that he had gained against his fight with the Giant Lizard. Although there really was a skill called 'Fire Control' amongst the many applications of gangchesul, it was impossible for one to strengthen the power of fire, or handle the fire so freely.

Staring at the campfire, Luke lightly muttered. From Marvin's point of view, it seemed like Luke was talking to himself, but he was speaking with Volkar.

"Hmm. It's so weak. Although it's easy to control or amplify an existing fire, if I start a fire out of a nothing, it becomes nothing but tiny embers.."