Vol 2 Chapter 9.2 (2/2)
Dean Nina clapped her hands together and said, “You may use the next few days before school officially begins to make arrangements and practice as you wish. As for you four, come with me.”
Dean Nina led the partic.i.p.ants into the Spiritual Magic education center—which was located on the first floor. This was an even larger cla.s.sroom that was capable of holding up to a hundred people. The interior walls of the cla.s.sroom were made up of a special material, which improved the room’s acoustics.
“Good tools are required to do a good job. The reason I brought all of you here today was to help you choose instruments for yourselves. This will be the first time the Divine Music division partic.i.p.ates in the Freshman Compet.i.tion. We absolutely must not suffer a crus.h.i.+ng defeat.” Nina appeared to be somewhat pained as she said this. She sighed and continued, “Perhaps our Divine Music division shouldn’t be cla.s.sified under magical arts. Almost every student who comes here has a love for music. Due to the lack of offensive power, however, the students and teachers from the other divisions always seem to hate us, despite us being Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts’ best division superficially. Although Yin Zhu’s earlier incident was accidental, I still want to use this chance to let the other divisions know that what they a.s.sume about our division is wrong. All of you will be shouldering the glory of the Divine Music division.”
Lan Xi hesitantly spoke up, “But Dean Nina… can we really win? Our music magic…”
Nina interrupted her and said indifferently, “Until now, almost everyone believed that the Divine Music division didn’t have a single redeeming feature. They are actually gravely mistaken. A genuine Divine Music mage is incomparably powerful. In fact, they are even the most powerful type of spiritual mage. It’s just that cultivating as a Divine Music mage is simply too challenging. Which is why only a few people are aware of this secret. On the mainland, a single Divine Music mage is capable of simultaneously defeating six other mages from different divisions. Aside from Spiritual mages, our Divine Music mages are the bane of all other divisions. Who can tell me what it means to be a Divine Music mage?”
Kong Que spoke up, “It means to imbue spiritual power inside music in order to resonate with other people.”
Nina said, “Correct. Through our music, spiritual power can be released on a large-scale. You can say that Divine Music mages are the only ones with magic of this nature. In addition, music is pervasive; it isn’t something that you can protect yourself from or resist. You can only stop it by moving out of the range of the emitted sounds. As long as you have enough spiritual power, you can rely on music to control your opponent’s mood. With this, there is no need compare ourselves to others. Under normal circ.u.mstances, the only ones able to even hold a candle to our level of spiritual strength are other Spiritual division mages. The mages from the other divisions don’t stand a chance. Ye Yin Zhu, tell me: what is the weakness of a Divine Music mage?”
“It lies in the duration of the musical performance. Generally speaking, a Divine Music mage must be at least a third of the way into the song before the music imbued with spiritual power can show its effects. Compared to the incantations of other division’s mages, which can be cast instantly, we are too slow.” This was the explanation Qin Shang gave to him. Yin Zhu remembered it awfully well.
His words surprised Nina. “One third? You spoke inaccurately. Unless you are Cyan Rank or higher, you need to be at least halfway through the song for the effects to show.” Yin Zhu was an exception to this, however, as he was cultivating the Pure Zither Heart. Because of this, he only needed to play a third of a song on the zither for the effects to arise. But how was Nina to know this?
“At the Freshman Compet.i.tion, the magic level of each division’s chosen candidates are generally between the Advanced Level Red Rank and the Primary Level Yellow Rank. Furthermore, the team’s leader cannot exceed the Advanced Level Yellow Rank. As a result, so long as you settle the issue with how long it takes to compose music, then under Hai Yang’s lead you’ll definitely have a chance. Even if the opposing mages are one to two levels above Hai Yang, they will still have a hard time surpa.s.sing her in spiritual power. Which is why you’ll need to work as a team to battle your opponents in the compet.i.tion. You four need to hinder your opponents until Hai Yang’s music comes into effect. They must not be allowed to disturb Hai Yang.” Nina’s eyes flickered with light. She had evidently thought up these tactics long ago.
“No, I am not cannon fodder. As a n.o.ble Divine Music mage, I will never be cannon fodder.” Kong Que pridefully stuck out her large chest. Undeniably, she had the best figure among the new students.
Nina wrinkled her brows. “You really think you’re better than Hai Yang? Kong Que, if you cannot lead the team to victory and earn first place, then you need not partic.i.p.ate in this Freshman Compet.i.tion.” The intangible imposing aura she released made the arrogant Kong Que falter.
Nina walked behind the platform and stood in front of the magical Six-Point Star painting. She extended her right hand and pressed the center of the Six-Point Star while quietly reciting a rhythmic incantation. Ye Yin Zhu and the other four girls, however, were unable to make out what Nina was chanting. Intense cyan rays of light emerged from the Dean’s hand, rendering the Six-Point Star completely cyan in an instant. This was, to say the least, a Mid-Grade Magic Transmittance Emblem. Even if you searched the entirety of the mainland, you would still be hard pressed to find any Divine Music mages who had cultivated to such a level.
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