[Magic; the distinct ability to make the unimaginable possible…...it doesn"t exist. So it pains me greatly to hear our fellow mages calling out art magic, we"re no magicians, we"re mages. Ours is an art that takes the materials of the universe and reshape it, we give it form, new life, new understanding and purpose. When others see the impossible, we see the science of Mana and the patience of Understanding the arcane brought on the fluent script of runes, spell models, wards, and the spoken words of incantation! This my friends! Is magecraft!]
9th CIRCLE MAGE; DRAGON LORD, PROTECTOR OF ALBION, ARCH-MAGE AMBROSE ELOYSIUS MERLIN!
There hours that was how long it took Alex to understand the spell model of the first spell and was ready to cast it. Every spell has two ways of casting it, the first being the simplest for mages without much talent in visualization; and that"s to chant the spell by infusing their words with Mana, it would give the spell shape and alter nature to bring it to life.
Using this method it would be extremely easy for many mages to learn magic, it made it more main stream. Eventually the learn to stop using chants the more familiar they are with it, as their Mana and mind would become familiar with the initiation, application and discharge of the spell.
The other method was the one Alex had chosen and was the hardest, it made things a lot more easier for mages, rather than chanting for a few seconds and giving your opponent the chance to attack, you could imprint the spell model in your mind, and then send Mana into it, to activate it.
The activation was near instant for some spells, and won"t take more than 3 to 15 seconds for the most complex of spells. The spell Alex had chosen was the life element spell conjure thorns.
The spell model had been drawn in his mind with the help of his spirit energy, though honestly he had made mistakes four times. And it wasn"t until he had completed it that he realized he made a mistake, he was supposed to use his Mana to imprint the spell model in his mind, in particular a place called his mindscape, Aka his mantle hall.
It had been three hours of surprise for Alex, he was standing in his mantle of as he had so aptly discovered, his mindscape, looking up at the basketball size spell model for the life element spell; conjure thorns. He looked in the direction of Nezha"s and Xeron"s Arch, but before he could open his mouth to ask, the spirit spoke out.
"Don"t even ask me anything, a have no idea what ma.s.sive blunder you just committed you nitwit! What did you do?" Alex blinked his eyes, guess the G.o.dly spirit was just as confused as Alex himself. Alex looked to the right where the Five Vein Element Treasure was seemingly floating minding it"s own business. The he shifted his eyes back to the spell model, knowing that the five Vein Element Treasure was not responsible, there was no explanation for s.h.i.t like this, he needed more expertise, someone who has lived long enough and knew the secrets of magic...
Well getting to see Arch-Mage Merlin definitely won"t be easy, but seeing as he"s engaged to marry his student he might be able to Squeeze himself in. But that"s not something that could happen immediately, well the spell model was already in the mantle, so it was time to experiment. Alex pulled his mind out of the mantle and for the first time ever, sent the tiny wisp of Mana he had gushing into it, and straight into the dark brown form of the spell model.
(Conjure Thorns)
Alex was still in his office, it was a wide s.p.a.ced room, so there was enough area to practice. The spell model appeared over his hand, this time just a size of a coin, then it expanded till it was the size of a plate, a lot more larger than was required for a basic 0 circle spell. A single vine of stretched out of his hand, and grew thorns on it"s sides. The vine itself was just seven inches long, so it was Practically useless as a spell for anything like offense or defense. You couldn"t even set a trap with it, but this was just to lay a foundation, so it wasn"t too bad of a start.
Alex kept on feeding us spell the abysmal amount of Mana he had, until it ran out and the vine began the wilt, that was when he made his second mistake of the day, since he had used spirit energy to imprint the spell model, then just maybe he could use spirit energy to power it other than Mana, heck he might even be able to use Qi to power it since spirit energy was quite receptive and adaptive to both energy, the result however...
*BOOOOOM!*
Granted he used a little too much spirit energy, and maybe it was not a good idea to have mixed in that ma.s.sive chunk of Qi, but the results were not bad per say. If you choose to ignore the fact that there was a meter thick and over right meters long tree, or thorn vine stretched out of his hand and stabbing into the ceiling. The body of the vine seemed to hover between being illusory, and being extremely gnarly and brittle on the other side like the body of an ancient tree. Qi and spirit energy combine to power a spell that"s supposed to be powered by Mana.
"d.a.m.n! I"m good!"
"h.e.l.lo! Knock knock! Is this Alex? This is your ego speaking, I"m afraid I"ve gotten too big for your head to contain"
"Shut up Khan!" Alex backed at the Kamaitachi that he hadn"t noticed had come into the room and was watching him, not too far behind was Devonte with a surprised look on his face.
"That shouldn"t be possible master, we felt the change in your mindscape and we rushed over, but there"s..... why"s there a spell model in the mantle hall? And why?.... Oh! That"s a surprise, wow!"
Alex watched at first as Devonte casted the same spell, using the same spell model, creating a vine that was just as big as Alex"s, though he"s was more illusory, showing he had used spirit energy. Khan swiftly followed behind, conjuring a black ma.s.sive vine that was also illusory, but had an eerie feeling to it. Alex was gob smacked and left speechless with shock by the sudden turn of events, but it didn"t mean he was the only one as Both Devonte and Khan were also besides themselves with surprise.
Though Khan"s vine was smaller, all three of them had successfully pierced the ceiling not the room, using a 0 circle spell, to cause damage a 2nd circle or 3rd circle spell would cause. It was unspeakable, and even worse was the fact three individuals were using the same spell model to simultaneously cast a spell, each drawing from their own energy pool, but seemingly sharing the same mindscape.
"This is so weird..." Khan suddenly said as they stood side by side looking up at the destroyed ceiling.
"Yep!"
"You can say that again." Alex and Devonte answered at the same time.
"Master I could have sworn that"s a 0 circle spell, but it was so d.a.m.n powerful. I"ve tried studying magic before, but I never could learn how to use Mana, it was just so viscous, like syrup. But Qi was easy, like way too easy for me to pick up, and I"ve been able to integrate my spirit energy into it, however this is the first time I ever casted a spell, how is this possible?" Devonte asked, Alex might still be as clueless, but somethings were now obvious to him, so he had more answers than Devonte.
"Qi and Mana are the two extremes of spirit energy, Qi is Yang and Mana is Yin, hard and soft. Frankly speaking, you can do not have a talent for one or the other, even if you"re a spirit and was h.o.r.n.y capable of using Spirit energy. I"m just a freak of nature, but never the less, I had made a mistake when inscribing the spell model in my mindscape, which as it turns out, is that same as my mantle Hall.
I used spirit energy instead of Mana, and since spirit energy is the progenitor of Mana and Qi, in theory it"s entirely possible that, Qi, and Mana skills can be executed using Spirit energy. I"ve managed to combine Qi and Spirit energy before, and have combined Qi and Mana attribute materials before when forging. So when using Spirit energy to inscribe instead of Mana, the spell model became capable of being cast by any energy source, and it"s because I used spirit energy that you or Khan can also cast the spell.
We"re bonded, all of us! Even Nezha, Xeron and Ébié isn"t excluded from this connection, and the Nexus of that connection seems to be the mantle hall, or rather my mind scape. With that in play, I think we can even bring forth more power than any single one of us is capable of, which means, you guys can probably use the masks too, and take on the power of Xeron, Nezha and Ébié. And from what we"ve seen, if I use spirit energy to inscribed every spell model, then..."
"You all become capable of casting it! That"s insane!" all three of them turned to see Victoria, Anya and Louis behind them with varying degrees of shock on their faces, Alex didn"t know what to say, but Khan did, he always did.
"Yo princess! Beautiful afternoon we have here ain"t it? Got any food for your dawg?"