Reincarnated As A Chameleon And Eating Everything To Evolve

"Why are we just sitting here, brother Matthew? Isn't it better for us if we use the aura right away and train while we're fighting?" Alexander asked.

'Since when this kid likes fighting very much?' Matthew wandered.

"No Alex, we can't do that for aura training. Maybe we can do that later, but not know when you don't even have a glimpse on how to control your own aura."

"You can't even use aura without using my aura ability, so I don't think going straight into practical learning will be a good idea."

Alex then gave Matthew a nod with a smile on his face, and it doesn't seem that he was bothered at all when his suggestion was rejected and said,

"Okay! Let's start right away, brother Matthew!"

Matthew could only chuckle as he saw that the three kobolds are really eager to learn how to use and control their own aura without using his aura ability.

Despite he had told them earlier that the humans are expanding their grasp into the forest and their time is starting to tick faster as Matthew realized that they didn't have as much time as he thought they had earlier, the three kobolds didn't seem to be thinking about it very much and just focused on the fact that they would be learning how to use aura.

"Alright, let's start," Matthew said to the three kobolds.

The three kobolds, Ethan, Alexander, and Valda then shut their mouth close, opened their ears, and peel their eyes open as they wanted to understand what Matthew is going to explain to them as best as they can.

"First, I will use the aura ability again to cover yourselves with the hazy white aura, then you three need to stay still and try to feel how your own aura moves from your aura core after being guided by my aura ability."

Pointing at a spot around the topside of his stomach, Matthew told the kids that his aura core was located there. Since he was not a real kobold, he didn't know if it would be the same for them. And whether the three kobolds would also have the same spot for their aura core as Matthew, he didn't know. But he still told them just in case it was also the same for them.

Matthew then activated the wolf's aura ability and included the three kobolds in the aura ability. Then just like before, the hazy white aura that was originally only covering Matthew's body started to appear covering the three kobold's bodies.

"Now close your eyes and focus!"

However, Matthew quickly reminded them what they needed to do and to put their focus on feeling their bodies rather than being controlled by the sudden surge of power that filled their bodies.

From seeing the three kobolds, Matthew guessed that Ethan was the first one that succeeded in erasing the distracting thoughts and feelings to focus on his own body to sense the flow of aura that is currently roaming around both inside his body and thinly covering his body on the outside.

'Maybe he's used to training magic so that he can do it so quickly?'

Matthew then turned his head to look at the kobold twins who are still struggling to fully focus on their own bodies as he looked at their frowning faces and the occasional twitch both on their hands and legs as a sign that they are still trying to fight the urge and control their own bodies.

"Try to empty your heads and just focus on the feeling inside your bodies. Trying to think of it will just make it harder for you to feel the aura moving throughout your bodies."

It took about 5 minutes for all three kobolds to be able to finally feel the aura moving in their bodies. And Matthew quickly said to them,

"For now, try to focus on locating your aura core, it is the source of your aura, the place where aura is being gathered and poured out. If you have successfully located where it is in your bodies, then you can move on to the next step."

Matthew waited for a few minutes before the three kobolds told him that they had found the supposedly where the aura core is located in their bodies.

He then proceeds to give them the next step, 

"For now, try to memorize the feel of the aura moving from your aura core towards your hands. Just focus on that first and don't bother trying to memorize the feeling of aura enhancing your whole body. Just focus on that one thing and etch it in your body and mind."

"When you are confident enough that you got it down, raise your hand then I will stop my aura ability on you so that you could train to use your own aura."

The first to raise their hand is Ethan and he stayed in his position, not even opening his closed eyes when Matthew cut off the wolf's aura ability that connected towards him.

Valda is the second to raise her hand, followed by Alexander who is the last to raise his hand, a few minutes after Valda raises her's.

Now that the three kobolds had raised their hands, Matthew deactivated his wolf aura ability and just sat there observing the three kobolds in front of him.

'It's fortunate that my aura reserve did expand exponentially every time I evolved that I can afford to use them like this and still have a lot of juice left. I wonder how much it will expand after my fourth evolution.' Matthew thought to himself.

'After they succeeded in using their own aura, I guess I can try to go slightly deeper into the forest. Fighting one level 15 deer that can enhance its antlers with aura will probably be manageable soon when seeing their rate of growth that is certainly not considered slow at all.'

'And it's not like we can avoid fighting stronger enemies forever. On the contrary, we need to defeat them as soon as possible and gain more power for ourselves.'

'Well, even though I said this, it's only true for the three kobolds. Level 15 deers won't be a challenge for the current me. I need to fight something else. Something stronger.'

'Although I can't get any more levels before I evolve, I don't think that many beasts can threaten me as long as I have my solid aura. Fighting stronger enemies to train and improve my fighting technique, stock up on bionutrients, and possibly finding new beasts to collect their monster data is basically hitting three birds with one stone.'

'Yes, I should do that. I can't let my self-growth stagnant while the humans keep getting stronger and expanding their reach into the forest. From what Mutt had said before, there are several demi-humans living in this forest. If the humans catch them and absorb them into their army, then it will only make it harder for me to reach my goal. I need to at least warn them about the upcoming threat.'

'I guess that settles my plan for my next move. After getting the three kobolds strong enough to be able to hunt the deer or the boars on their own, I will venture alone deeper into the forest.'

While Matthew was still busy with his thoughts, he suddenly caught something in his eyes.

He saw that just for a split second, a similar hazy white aura appeared covering Ethan's right hand before disappearing again the next moment as if it was just his hallucination. 

However, Matthew knew that he wasn't hallucinating and Ethan had probably almost figured out how to control his own aura albeit only for a moment.

"Ethan, whatever you were doing just now, it's working. You almost got it."

Ethan didn't reply to Matthew's words, instead, he focused more on the inside of his body and tried his best to replicate the feeling when his hands were covered by the hazy white aura.

As his visualization about the aura pouring out from his aura core into his hands became more and more vivid and his willpower was firm enough to command the aura to move out of his aura core, his right hand was once again covered by the hazy white aura. And this time, it stayed there for a couple of seconds before disappearing again.

Ethan clicked his tongue as he felt the empowering feeling on his right hand disappear again after only a few seconds of him putting all his focus on trying to control the aura.

But Matthew didn't have the same reaction as him as he half-jumped from his seat and held Ethan's shoulder while saying,

"You did it!"

"Eh? Really? But I only succeeded in keeping the aura in my hands for a few seconds."

"Those few seconds is enough for you to do a fatal blow to your enemies if you use them correctly! Congratulations Ethan!"

"Well, it's quite similar to feeling the magic elements around me. The small difference is that instead of focusing on my environment, I need to focus on my own body." Ethan said, trying to be humble.

Matthew was about to say more, but realizing that he bothered the twins while they were concentrating, he swallowed the words he wanted to say back into his stomach and quietly said,

"Now you need to get used to controlling the aura to appear on your hands and train so that you can use it whenever you want to without pouring all your focus into it."

Ethan then nodded before going back into practice.

About 15 minutes later, another shout, this time not from Matthew was heard.

"I DID IT!"

Alex jerked his eyes open the moment he felt aura pouring into his hands and it was not disappointing for him as he saw the hazy white aura covering his right hand for a full second before disappearing.

But still, he was feeling ecstatic that he had succeeded in using his own aura and Matthew didn't undermine his accomplishment and complimented him as well.

"With this, I can definitely defeat little sis-"

Alex was about to challenge his sister to another duel as soon as possible before she was able to learn aura, but before he was able to finish his sentence, he saw the hazy white aura also appear on Valda's left hand.

"NOO!!!!!" He shouted.

"Congratulations team! Now we can all use aura!!" Matthew said before pulling the three kobolds together to a group hug.

"Now, it's time to start grinding levels!" He said to the three smiling kobolds.