Gil still wanted to head toward the prey he was hunting. However, with the possibility that he could be better prepared just by stopping to meditate, he decided to follow Zephyrs' orders. His but was already on the ground and he was already mimicking the way he had seen Walker sit. Not to mention, he knew the mud boars were using this area as their territory. They would not be leaving the area any time soon unless something scared them off.
"Your mana isn't leaving your body at all. You should be able to do it just like when you move your mana from your hands to guide the mana for an elemental crystal." Luckily, Zephyr had seen Gil infuse mana from elemental crystals in to the arrows he used. This meant that she knew the way his skill worked better than he did himself. Zephyr had an innate sense for mana afterall.
"I know, I know." Gil was not as frustrated as he sounded. He was just caught up in the challenge of moving his mana in a different way than he was used to. Unlike Walker, Gil lacked any elemental mana manipulation skills. The only reason he could guide mana from an elemental mana crystal at all was a specific skill he got from the arcane marksman system. Without it, he would have been even worse off.
The results were not as immediate as Gil wanted and he was becoming more and more frustrated. This made his heart beat speed up and his face to flush red slightly. Zephyr saw this and caused a soft breeze to start to constantly hit Gil to calm him down and cool him off. At first, Gil was annoyed with this. Yet, when he felt the breeze drifting through his hair he began to realize he had been feeling the wind elemental mana all the time.
The very small feeling of wind moving through his hair had tipped Gil off. The air was all around them and that meant that his entire body was always in contact with wind elemental mana. The realization caused Gil to suddenly push his mana from his body and directly influence the wind elemental mana touching him.
Wind elemental mana was pulled towards Gil and he knew that it was welcoming him. The feeling of being wrapped in the soft breeze he had enjoyed was not more than just through his hair. It was throughout his entire body. His system rarely notified him that anything had changed or that he had gained a skill. He mostly used the skills he had and he would not actively try to learn more other than those that went with firing the arrows.
'The skill wind wrapping has been learned and unlocked.
Wind wrapping- 3 mana cost per minute
The user is able to enhance their agility by making the friction between their body and the wind much much less. The user will also have a sensitivity to the fluctuations in nearby elemental mana. The user will feel lighter and more energetic. This does not erase the users' scent by any means.'
The moment this skill appeared for him, Gil pushed himself to stand and noticed that he was having a bit harder of a time seeing. "Finally, you were like that for hours. I swore you were asleep with your eyes open." Zephyr had originally tried to get Gil's attention back. But, she had realized that Gil was having a small enlightenment and was very happy to just watch over him to ward off danger by releasing small pulses of her elemental mna. This basically kept many of the monsters away since they could sense a powerful mana.
As soon as Gil looked at Zephyr she knew he had managed to get a skill. The main reason was that she turned her way without opening his eyes since he was now able to sense her presence better. It was clear that the condensed being of wind elemental mana was Zephyr.
"Now I know why Walker meditates so much. If he feeling this close to elemental spirits and elemental mana then I need to start doing it more often." Gil was still glancing around a little until he finally managed to ask, "How long did I take? The sun is already setting." This was a little shock to Gil since it had been earlier morning when he had begun to hunt and then ended up meditating.
"You were there forever! But I can feel your mana a lot better." Zephyr was very happy that Gil had a better sense of wind elemental mana. She could also feel the strength through the spirit mark. It was a great influx of mana and would prove to be useful for her when she burned out her own mana using the bows' skills.
Gil knew that it had been a few hours and didn't fault Zephyr for not having an exact time for him. Just sitting around going nowhere was probably very boring for her so it felt like forever. Now he had to set up his little camp. "You know, instead of setting cam[p, we could go night hunting?" This was a very rare thing for most hunters to do. There was more danger in the night predators that came out. The party had not experienced many of the dangers of the forest at night since they had not traveled much at night.
"It's the outer edge of the forest so we can always flee to the open plains near the fields." Gil had his plan out but also wanted to try climbing a few trees in a place that looked well traveled by monsters. "We might even find a star fox if we are lucky." The star fox was a pitch black fox known for its white eyes giving the impression of two stars in the night sky. However, they were dangerous predators of the night that excelled at stealth.