198 Second Circle (2/2)

Surrounded by the light floral aroma, the quietness of early morning soothed Lucien's soul. Feeling prepared, he opened the glass tube and drank down the brown turbid potion named Stone.

Spicy, sour and bitter, the potion went down from Lucien’s mouth and burnt his throat and gullet, making Lucien want to throw up, but inside his body, his soul felt calm and powerful.

When the taste faded a bit in his mouth, he closed his eyes. Lucien soon went into the world of meditation. His consciousness went back to the starry sky, in which his Host Star of Destiny was shining, and the three basic powers, fire, wind and water, were contributing to the existence of the meditation world.

Lucien’s consciousness separated from his soul, and started directing the soul. Shining lines extended out from the power of Lucien’s soul and started to construct a relatively complicated spatial model.

Since the model had not involved any complex math theories such as curve, and with some new basic knowledge in arcana, Lucien handled the whole process pretty well.

When the model was completed by the last line of soul, the model burst out dazzling light which dragged Lucien’s consciousness back into his soul, and covered it.

At this time, Lucien noticed the subtle changes happening around him in this meditation world!

Colourful light spots were appearing in the starry sky in a sophisticated and mysterious order, and each of the spot was showing a complicated model. It seemed that these models themselves were new spells that Lucien had never seen before! However, the structure of the models were in such a chaos, and when Lucien was about to take a closer look, his consciousness was overwhelmed by his own great spiritual power brought by this second circle spell in his soul, Mirror.

Like a small boat trying its very best to survive between the furious waves, like a warrior fighting for his hope, Lucien struggled to stay lucid and keep himself in control.

Thankfully, Lucien’s great spiritual power and will passed the test in the end. A shining crystal showed up in his soul, and the level of his spiritual power reached a new record.

”Finally… I’m a second level sorcerer,” said Lucien to himself. As he was saying, Lucien activated Mirror, and a clone was produced beside him.

Mirror, a second circle spell from the school of Illusion. Before it was cracked by any detection spells, such as some spells in Astrology, Mirror could protect its caster until the clone of the person was destroyed.

After testing the spell, Lucien removed the magic and looked back at the starry sky. The colourful particles were now all gone, as if it was just Lucien’s illusion.

However, Lucien was sure that this was definitely not his illusion, so he ventured a guess:

The meditation world was created and also affected by his own knowledge. When he knew more of the truth in the world, correspondingly, more would show up in this meditation world.

Lucien was learning how to arrange elements recently, and although some elements here were different from those of Lucien’s original world, he still could notice some possible orders. Lucien wondered if this was why the meditation world changed when he upgraded. Maybe when Lucien successfully completed the periodic table of elements in this world, the colourful particles would turn into someone else, say, a new magic. However, Lucien had no idea what the magic could be.

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Heidler, the main tower of the Hand of Paleness, in a dark room.

”Mr. Rogerio, good afternoon.” Felipe took out his hands from his jacket and bowed with his right hand on his forehead, ”What can I do for you today?”

Felipe was being this respectful, because Rogerio was not only one of the leaders of the Hand of Paleness, but also the member of Affairs Committee, directed by the highest council.

Rogerio was wearing black suit and white, loose-sleeved shirt, looking the same when he was in Aalto, but now there were three badges in front of his chest: level seven arcana badge, eighth circle sorcerer badge, and a black-fired badge representing the Affairs Committee position.

Unlike many necromancers, Rogerio looked more easy-going, ”How’s your experiment going, Felipe?”

”Not bad, but still needs time.” Felipe sat down in front of Rogerio.

Rogerio slightly nodded, and then said, ”I’ve got some news… about Professor.”