8 MAGIC TUTORIAL 001 (1/2)

Magic has always been a fascinating thing. Be it the spells in Harry Potter series, the ninja techniques of Naruto and Sasuke or even the cultivation techniques mentioned in popular web novels. Everyone has at least once imitated them, especially when they are alone.

***

It was noon. Four people could be seen in an open space near the Fairy camp.

Param and Madhu had serious faces, and were watching with extreme concentration. In front of them was Claire standing and demonstrating them.

”Magic is a mysterious thing. When magic is used, it forms something called miasma and vice versa. Miasma is harmful for creatures who depend on magic. Also, Profound Energy is magic and miasma both. When we say Profound Energy it means the energy used by a person, it means either magic or miasma depending on the user.”

”Most creatures use magic as their Profound Energy, while Dragons, Beastmen and Humans can use both magic and miasma. Devils are the only race who use miasma exclusively....”

It was fairly easy to understand. If magic was oxygen, then miasma was like carbon dioxide.

Both were polar opposite forms of energy, and their power harnessing techniques seemed to be different.

Claire continued.

”There are myriad of techniques developed to use Profound Energy, such as rituals, formation, spells and cultivation techniques.”

She stopped talking, and took a deep breath. Param couldn't help looking at her chest and sighed. Everyone in this world looks so darn perfect !

She started chanting nasally and guided her hand towards a nearby tree. The tree swayed a little and then stopped as if mocking her : this is it ?

Claire flushed and said, ”That…. The Profound Pressure here is too much. Usually this creates an intangible attack using air, and it's enough to injure a beast.”

”Interesting…” Madhu replied. Indeed it was interesting, if not for the fail show.

Yun Bao was silent all this while and spoke now.

”Let me add a little. Druids were the first Race of this planet, and they were the one who started practicing rituals. As times developed we developed something called as cultivation techniques.”

”Rituals are cumbersome and difficult to perform. But their effects are extremely powerful. Things like changing weather or terrain can become possible using rituals.

Cultivation techniques, on the other hand are the methods to accumulate and condense Profound Energy and nourish the body using it.”

The class ended and Param and Madhu said their thanks.

After they entered their tent Madhu said to him.

”Are we really safe here ?”

Param was worried about the same thing. Although it looked like things were well and peaceful, the both of them were hanging on a tight rope.

Although they were shown what exactly was magic, neither Claire nor the Druid taught them how to exactly perform a magic. They clearly did not want these two to increase their combat strength.

There was something that these people were cautious about, thought Param. He had no idea how his constitution and his boss ”Varaha” had given the others a huge fright.

He assured her that they'll figure something out. They had to figure something out.

***

In another part of the huge forest, corpses laid and blood flowed. Their was a terrible stench of blood in the air. Bits of hands and legs were hanging left and right. There was some amount of newly created magic in the air. This was created using miasma techniques.

Only a few devil soldiers remained standing with general Tengoku Yokusei. Their opponent was an ape looking Sage Beast.

Sage Beasts had intelligence of pre-teen kids. They usually were mischievous but seldom initiated a fight with others. It was the general who coveted the body of the beast.

The general was not at fault : how could anyone let such a treasure walk away ? The blood, flesh and bones of the beast could be used to create extremely high quality healing and nourishing potions.

The Sage Beast was exhausted and irritated. He was just peacefully taking a dump when suddenly this group of despicable people attacked him.

He even tried to communicate with sign language used by his fellow kin to show peace symbol by showing his middle finger, yet their attacks strengthened whenever he did that.

Yokusei was exhausted and irritated. He'd spotted this guy and silently lead his army here- to watch him taking a dump ! Was he to wait for him to finish ? Honestly speaking, he disliked unfair battles. But being a general, he had to consider his soldiers.

The Sage Beast was powerful. Along with his resilient body, he was perhaps able to innately use some Profound techniques.

The irritating part was that this despicable guy kept showing him the middle finger. How dare he !

The Sage beast sprinted towards them with a boom. The ground shook a little and Yokusei wielded his spear. It was time to display his technique.