Chapter 261 - Magic Circles (1/2)

The incident involving Van had been covered up and it was obvious why. Roland didn't want people to find out that they had allowed one of their students to die in the academy. Lucky for the academy, the student was just some girl from a poor village but if someone like Van had died instead, then the academy would be heavily criticized for allowing such an incident to happen.

So the next best thing to do, was to pretend that it had never happened.

The sad part was Ray was hoping after finding out what happened to Amy, he would be able to use this information to somehow bring Gary back over to his side. If the shadow was behind everything then just maybe it would rationalize Gary's thoughts. Snap him out of being in control.

But with the information he had now, it would only make Gary hate Roland even more.

When Springett had entered the room, the first thing she did was make eye contact with Ray. Immediately Ray could sense the stares, it was as if she was trying to look through him and she wasn't the only one that noticed as well.

”Whoa, what the hell did you do to mess with her?” Max asked.

”I didn't do anything,” Ray replied.

But he knew why. Springett still didn't trust him after the incident that had happened with the middle-class students. Although the principal was convinced, she was not.

”Hello everyone, today I will be your tutor for this evening. Unfortunately, Del is busy making the magic teleportation circle for your upcoming exam. That is why I am here today.” Said Springett, ”On the subject of magic circles, that will be what we will cover in today's lesson.”

Springett then went on the explain in detail about magic circles. How a magic circle was a complex thing that had to be drawn out by hand and would only work if powered by a beast crystal.

The magic circle itself was similar to casting a spell and similar to spells a beast crystal could be used to power it but at the same time mana as well.

A good example of where magic circles were used, were the devices they used in everyday life. The lights they used were powered by Beats crystals but if they were to place a beast crystal down, it would do nothing.

A magic circle would have to be drawn, it acted as a set of instructions for the beast crystal. The stronger the set instructions drawn up, the stronger the beast crystals needed to be.

Of course, the more complex the set of instructions were the more power it needed to power it. In a way, it was a type of programming language that mages had to learn and very few mages specialised in it. But everyone was required to at least know the basics.

It was always handy if a light was to go out in their homes that they could make their own and replace it.

Springett then proceeded to draw a magic circle on the screen but it looked slightly different from the examples she had shown before.

”As you can see, this is an incomplete magic circle, using the pieces of paper in front of you I would like you to complete the magic circle.”

As soon as Springett gave the instructions the students had immediately gone to work. Scribbling away on their pieces of paper but at the back of the class, three students stood there staring at the paper in front of them.