An hour after Orion had left Horizon.


    Stella had finally managed to endure the scary thunder, with the help of the twins, and everyone else in the room.


    They were all slightly frightened by the violent sounds, but by encouraging each other, they became able to withstand it, just like little Stella.


    When they were all having a serious discussion about Olivia''s situation with the kelpies, only one woman in the room was playing with the tablet while humming, seemingly in a very good mood.


    Amelia.


    ''Oh! I think I made it!''


    She stood up after placing the tablet on the table in front of her.


    "Amelia?"


    Karteira turned to look at her friend, who hadn''t joined the discussion so far.


    "Are you going somewhere?"


    Henrietta asked her daughter with a frown on her face. Somehow, she seemed to know exactly what Amelia planned to do.


    "Yes. I''m going outside for a little bit."


    Surprise appeared on everyone''s faces.


    "In this weather?! Are you sane?"


    May exclaimed in shock. She was worried about Orion and Senia, while Amelia completely ignored it.


    "She''s right. Aren''t you worried about them too?"


    With a smile on her face, Amelia walked through the room and entered the hallway. She turned around and smiled.


    "We''re talking about Orion. There''s no need to worry about anything."


    "It''s fine to worry, of course. But while he''s away, I want to do what I can. We don''t know what will happen tomorrow."


    She opened the front door and left the house. They looked through the window and saw Amelia walk under the downpour.


    "My daughter... Such a pain when she wants to."


    Henrietta stood up from her chair and followed behind her daughter. Then, someone unexpected also stood up.


    "I have a feeling I won''t be needed, but just in case."


    With a grin on her face, Tetra ran past everyone and caught up with Henrietta.


    "What are they doing?"


    "I have no idea..."


    May and Deveralna observed through the window. With Stella resting on Dramia, the sisters chose to remain inside without questioning anything. In the end, it was the choice of the individual to do whatever they wanted.


    Currently, they were tasked to protect Stella, so they followed it perfectly, so much that she felt comfy next to the twins.


    Karteira kind of agreed with what Amelia said. She was the only one, with Orion, who trained every morning her abilities and new magic.


    While she wasn''t training with him like before because of his healing injuries, he was still sometimes instructing her how to fight. Even in his current state, he was stronger than she in terms of pure strength, yet, she was beginning to get an edge against him with her newfound speed.


    Feeling the need to watch over her friend, she stood up and joined the two at the window.


    May pointed in a particular direction after noticing something.


    "Isn''t Amelia going where that lightning strike keeps falling at? Isn''t that dangerous?"


    Karteira glanced at the tablet on the table and scanned it.


    ''She changed the settings...''


    Turning back toward the window, something incredible happened right after.


    ...


    "Amelia! Are you sure about what you''re doing?"


    Henrietta finally caught up to her daughter, who had stopped tens of meters away from the impact point of the lightning strike.


    With worry on her face, she loudly spoke through the heavy rainfall.


    "I am! This will definitely succeed."


    "I hope so..."


    Both Henrietta and Tetra watched as Amelia proceeded closer to her goal.


    ''Leima. Time to work. Today, we''re making it!''


    A bright white lightning dagger formed in her left hand. It was the representation of Amelia''s hard work during the past month of training.


    Her body, transformed to support the full brunt of the electrical magic, could now endure Leima''s most powerful and deadliest form.


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    It looked incredibly unstable, but only in appearance. The curved blade made of pure lightning was blinding everyone who looked directly at it, similar to a striking bolt of lightning.


    With her dagger in hand, she approached the spot she locked on the tablet.


    Ten steps away... Five... One...


    Amelia stopped. She looked above her, into the dark clouds. Droplets of rain fell on her face, yet she kept her gaze straight.


    *BZZT*


    Feeling her air react to the static emitted by an incoming lightning strike, she immediately reacted.


    Pointing Leima at the sky, she screamed.


    "Come at me!"


    *RUMBLE*


    Engulfed by a bright flash of light, Amelia disappeared from their sight. Henrietta worriedly watched from the distance, but knew that she was probably fine. If she was able to resist her magic, she could endure a lightning strike.


    But she was still a mother, of course she would worry. Tetra simply watched with a frown on her face, waiting for the result.


    A second later, the flash subsided, revealing exactly what Amelia expected.


    "I made it! I really..."


    *Crackle*


    She looked at her hands and body. Lightning enveloped her body before appearing more clearly over the next few seconds.


    *Sigh*


    Henrietta let out a sight of relief, while her friend patted her back in order to help.


    "Really, this is bad for my heart. At least, she finally managed to form her elemental transformation..."


    Thinking on how hard Amelia worked to become stronger, she could only smile looking at her daughter.


    "This is incredible."


    Said Tetra with a shocking expression. In front of her stood Amelia, an anomaly that wielded the five natural elements.


    She was still missing the wind and earth elemental masteries, yet, seeing that she had mastered the most troublesome ones first, nothing would stop her from becoming unrivaled in the future.


    Amelia had long since breached the limits of what humans could master. She was closing the gap with Orion, and with her senior, the Hero Noah, who also used the five elements.


    Now, to what changed with Amelia thanks to her mastery over the lightning element. Similar to her other masteries, her outfit changed completely.


    An oscillating crown of pure white lightning floated above the right side of her hair. This crown symbolized the link she formed with her element, and its will to make Amelia herself stronger.


    Her hair changed to white, with light blue strands here and there behind her back. From time to time, a strand returned to white, while another turned light blue, as if a current traversed her hair continuously.


    Amelia looked at herself and noticed that her outfit was once again different. Instead of her casual clothes, a white and light purple flower like short dress reached the middle part of her thighs, which replaced her blue jeans.


    Under that dress, white undershorts hid everything from sights. She wore black leather boots that stopped past her ankles, and white knee-high stockings.


    For the first time in her life, Amelia felt embarrassed by her outfit.


    "I-Is it not a little... too white?"


    After she said that, the colors changed completely. Other than her hair remaining the same, the colors turned darker. Instead of a pure white, it turned a light purple.


    "That''s not helping either!"


    She screamed at the dagger in her hand.


    "White is fine! White is... fine."


    Her outfit returned to normal, while she looked defeated. A few seconds later, she shook her head and focused on her new mastery.


    "So... what can we do now?"


    Amelia took a step forward, and vanished.


    *CRACKLE*


    While emitting a crackling electric noise, she traveled a long distance in an instant. In shock, she planted suddenly stopped.


    "Woah! What in the world?!"


    Almost falling forward, she flapped her arms in an attempt to straightened, and succeeded.


    "Close call!"


    She wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, and felt a piercing stare from somewhere. Frantically, she turned around toward her mother and Tetra, but they looked impressed more than anything.


    ''Where?''


    Then, she instantly realized who it was. Someone who loved to fight, and who had developed a knack for speed.


    Slowly, Amelia turned her face toward her house, and looked at the window. She couldn''t see clearly, but she knew Karteira was looking at her with expectations.


    ''Oh... I guess I won''t escape training with her.''


    Amelia resigned herself, and even looked forward to it slightly. But now, finding her other abilities was more important.


    For a moment, she familiarized herself with the fast method of moving around. The subtleties of stopping and seeing where she stepped took some time.


    ...


    After thirty minutes, Amelia just barely managed to stop in front of Henrietta and Tetra without any incident.


    "Haha~ I made it."


    "You still have a long way before perfectly using this power."


    Henrietta was always trying to push Amelia toward improving. Now that she had the opportunity to stay next to her daughter, she was ready to do everything in her power to protect her, even if it meant overseeing over her training.


    "That''s for sure. It looks very dangerous, and we''re on a flat terrain. Imagine, in a forest, you would be crashing all over the place."


    While nodding, Tetra explained while crossing her arms.


    "You''re right. I should first learn more about it before attempting traveling into a forest or a city with this."


    With an embarrassed smile, Amelia scratched the back of her head with her free hand.


    "So, what else can you do? Don''t tell me you just run around rapidly?"


    "No, I kind of got what else I can do."


    Amelia turned around and released her grip on Leima.


    "I can do that too."


    From the dagger''s hilt, a lightning chain formed and wrapped itself around her wrist. A duplicate of Leima formed on the opposite side, forming a second weapon.


    Leima was a very versatile weapon, which could become many things, thanks to the lightning attributes being incredibly volatile. It also meant that the more difficult the order was, the biggest was the strain on the user.


    Yet, it only took this form because Amelia wanted it to, and because she was able to perfectly withstand the drawback of the lightning element.


    Amelia''s next move was to pull on the chains and grab both daggers in her hands. She traveled some distance away, and began to attack an invisible enemy.


    "She''s..."


    "Yes."


    Both Henrietta and Tetra looked at the scene created by Amelia.


    When Amelia released Leima and its copy, she began to ''dance'' around the place. She spun around with the chains and slashed the air multiple times before slamming them on the ground.


    She pulled the chain again, and grabbed Leima while the copy stayed as is.


    *WOOSH* *SLAM*


    With one dagger in hand, she grabbed the chain and moved her wrist to make the copy rapidly spin, before she slammed it on the ground again. The impact of the dagger on the ground sounded exactly like thunder, which surprised everyone who heard it.


    Not done, Amelia began to do the same thing with both daggers. She made them wildly rotate next to her, before throwing the copy above her.


    The dagger traveled upward, before it began to pull her with it. Three meters above ground, Amelia grabbed the copy''s hilt and threw the still spinning Leima toward the ground.


    Leima pierced the dirt, and pulled her right after.


    *Slide*


    Amelia grabbed Leima while sliding on the mud, and released the copy once again. The chain crackled, as she placed her hand on the ground, and flipped forward.


    With the momentum, she pulled the chain with such force that the dagger rapidly caught up behind her, and plunged into the dirt.


    *RUMBLE*


    The moment the dagger touched the ground, a bolt of lightning erupted from the ground and joined the clouds.


    "..."


    "..."


    The spectators could only remain quiet at such a display. Amelia then returned to them.


    "So? What do you think?"


    With a smile, Amelia released her transformation and returned to normal.


    "Oh... Huh?"


    When she did, she suddenly felt dizzy and lost her balance. Just in time, Henrietta and Tetra grabbed her arms, and smiled dryly.


    "First, let''s return home. I''d hate it if you were to catch a cold."


    "You''re... right."


    Exhausted, Amelia nodded while being carried back into her house.