The Attempt to Manifest Barriers!

Xander after leaving his comrade would direct himself to a cave where he would fight, eat and rest for a few weeks. Once he was done and felt it was becomiing boring the Erastoc left it and directed himself to Nostvale. Upon going through the gates he would come accross the Eutrice boy and with a grin, said.
"Hi Mendulas. How are you doing?"

The older teenager was pretty much eager to study the notes about barrier magic. It was time for them to move forward.
(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas gave a soft chuckle. "Not bad, not sore from that.. escapade with the undead and the spirits and that freaking monstority." He mumbled softly a soft crinkle of paper in his pocket as he moved.

"These notes are incomplete.. but by far and beyond the best thing next to asking the man himself.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander slightly arched his back while listening to the boy's talk. At any usual time he would have said that they needed the help of a scholar but in this particular case, it would be a whole lot of trouble. They needed to manage alone and whithout letting any leak toward a potential ennemy. After pondering what the best course of action would be, Xander quickly reply in a whisper.

"The basics of the concept must be there so why don't we try to fuel it with our own style? Meliudas was a holy mage we're occultists so how barriers won't ever be like his. We should begin experimenting right now."
(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas gave a grin. "Isn't occult said to be the similar opposite of Holy? If he can use holy to fuel his barriers, why don't we use darke to fuel ours?" His fan wasn't in his hand, but rather in a pouch under his robe.

"We can begin experimenting now in here and risk that brat coming in along with his lapdog.. or perhaps somewhere more.. private"? He brought his finger to his lips as he glanced around at the citizens.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander's gaze would scrutinize the place. The Erastoc was looking around not only trying to find where the potentials indiscrete ears would be but also to find the Avharain and his lapdog who would certainly prove to be an annoyance although Xander already proved that he could take them. To practice something as elaborate as barrier magic, the teenagers would need a calm environment and the rambling of a stupid brat couldn't be of help.

After realizing those simple facts Xander would nod in approval toward the Eutrice's judgment and say with a beautiful smile.
"Let's go somewhere more private Mendulas. You should lead the way though, I follow you."
Upon saying so, Xander get behind the Eutrice ready to see where they would begin their intense training.

(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas nodded and lead Xander from Nostvale, a short trek to the most calm place he could think of that was nearby, a pond far from monsters rabbits and most of importantly Nostvale.

"How is this place?" He asked, a gaze turned to the pond, not fazed by the beautiful smile, more focused on his own power, slowly he pulled the notes out of his pocket, so meticously folded, reading little parts of it just to remember what the entirety of the documents said.. what incomplete but useful data.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander would start wondering about what the document was talking about. Mendulas in fact never showed him the content of the data which they both get from the laboratory he seemed to be forgetting that alone he couldn’t have make it. Xander would calmly approach the Eutrice and with his usual smile of mischief said.

“You seem to be forgetting to share what this document hold or are you forgetting that it’s not alone that you obtained this? We did it together with Aedghan and although he doesn’t seem to be interested in Barrier magic, I am.”

Upon saying so, the Erastoc would grab his shoulder with the use of his right hand before adding.
“We’re in this together. Never forget it.”
(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas nodded and looked up at Xander. "And let us not forget who got us the location of the documents.. as convoluted as it may have been."

He then looked at the notes once more, open so that Xander could see it also, but it remained firmly in his grasp.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander look at the document with nearly lustful eyes. The text is complicated but not out of his league. It was still understandable and the teenager was trying to unravell any possible information on how he could create a lasting barrier with his dark magic. Wondering how deep Mendulas's understanding of this work was, Xander ask.

"Hey Eutrice, what do you get from all this? Do you have an idea of how we should start?"

(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas gave a soft chuckle. "Well.. From what this text is saying.." He gave a glance over the notes, his eyes narrowing. "It seems Barriers are generally manifested by control. Perhaps we can spread out our darke.. Strength focused on certain points brought to the thinnest slice."

Then he shrugged. "What do you get from this?" He asked, testing the older boy's smarts.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander would shift his gaze toward the sky. He had been thinking about how they would manage to create a lasting barrier but every time he would come to a stop, to a point where he could no longer advance. The Erastoc child simply took off his helmet to get a better feel of the carress provided to him by the wind's gentleness. While rubbing his chin, he would tell Mendulas something that the new data helped him make clear.

"You must have been slacking of buddy because there are a few things you shouldn't forget before dwelling into that realm. We can already create barriers you fool. The only problem we were facing is there length and size. It seemed obvious to me that what we should be focusing on is a mean to properly control the flow of the mana used to create the barrier. Whit such a control we would be able to properly fuel it whit a lasting and stable amount of magical power thus making it last for way longer. A greater control will even allow us to increase the amount of mana we inject and thus allow us to raise way bigger barriers."

Upon saying so, he would once again bring his stare on the Eutrice boy to see if he was understanding what he was trying to say.
(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas then rolled his eyes. "Well I guess we can do it your way if we don't want an abosolute barrier. As in nothing except what you choose gets through right?" He then gave a soft sigh. And rolled those eyes.

"Your way is okay, but I'm interested in the absolution of protection. The barriers we can already manifest allow some harm to come through right?"
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander would glare at Mendulas with a stare that wouldn't let anyone understand what his real feelings were. The boy would simply walk toward the Eutrice and grab his shoulders with his two hands then start shaking him like he was trying to awaken him from a slumber before saying quite bluntly.

"Hi, am I talking to a rock? Of course I want create an absolute barrier but we can't start with nothing and as you will admit those notes aren't as useful as we hoped them to be. You do realize that we can't start from nothing right? Our incomplete and not so great barriers shall only serve as stepping stones. We will use them as the basis of our work and graduately improve them in order to reach what we're both looking for: a genuine absolute field of protection."

Upon saying so, he would take his hands from the crossdresser and await his reaction. It was time for them to really start working.

(Xander Erastoc)
The illusion snapped away. And he was indeed talking to a rock. The crazy person. "So you're saying base it off our insolute barriers? What if an inherent flaw stays even with the absolute end product?" Mendulas asked, stepping from behind the rock.

He wasn't a crossdress.. well maybe a crossdresser. Mendulas looked at Xander. "You should think on that." He offered, stuffing the notes back into his pockets, folding them up so carefully.
(Mendulas Eutrice)
Xander was starting to look a tend bit annoyed. He would roll his eyes backward so that the Eutrice boy couldn't see how pissed he was getting. That annoying man whore was truly getting on his nerve but he was now used to keep his cool. Retaining great control over his feelings and facial features, Xander say stoically.

"Fine, we will do it your way. So how do you wish to start? How do you think we should proceed?"
If he didn't have a better plan the erastoc boy was most likely going to slap him (maybe).

(Xander Erastoc)
Mendulas gave a soft grin. "Don't know and don't care. We'll figure this out shortly." He stretched softly turning from Xander. "This arguing made me bored. I want to do something different for now."
(Mendulas Eutrice)