15 Magic Theory Class (2/2)

Nora couldn't help feeling rather mixed. Mage Glenn had been a good teacher in her previous class but he was really unmotivated. Surprisingly Mage Glenn seemed to be rather focused on the task at hand and began the lesson.

”All of the students present here are part of the Mage course. As any Mage would tell you, the beginning of any mages adventure all begins with a basic step...” the eyes of Mage Glenn catching a student dozing off in the back of the classroom which quickly interrupted his focus. ”You in the back, focus! This is what your entire future depends on, focus!” the words of Mage Glenn containing a very faint trace of residual mana, causing the young boy who had begun to fall asleep to immediately awaken.

”As I was saying...”, Mage Glenn slow exhaled in an attempt to calm himself before continuing, ”All mages must begin their journey by accumulating Mana and creating a Mana Pool.”

Mage Glenn then walked to a chalkboard behind his desk and drew a diagram. ”Those with the ability to manipulate Mana can focus said Mana in a specific spot to create the foundation of the Mana Pool.”

Mage Glenn pointed at the human diagram he had drawn and emphasized a spot between the lower ribs and naval.

”Only when one can accumulate enough Mana can one properly create a Mana Pool. The process itself requiring one to have enough control with their affinity to force the accumulation of Mana to turn into a perpetually rotating Mana Pool. Only then will one qualify as an Initiate Mage. The true starting point of the Mage classifications. I myself am a Mage. I have already gone through the steps of an Initiate Mage, Apprentice Mage, and I am now growing ever closer to becoming a Great Mage.”

After taking a brief pause to ensure that everyone had understood the lesson so far, Mage Glenn continued, ”For the first few classes we will undergo communal meditation with a focus on teaching and showing you all how to begin accumulating Mana.” While gesticulating Mage Glenn continued, ”Can everyone close their eyes,” his eye's scanning the room, ensuring everyone closed their eye's. ”Try to feel the Mana in the air around you. Imagine the Mana moving towards you. Picture the colour of the Mana and how it comes to rest inside of you”

Instead of jumping headfirst into the accumulation of Mana, Nora sensed around at the progress of other students near her. A small fraction of students had already begun to accumulate Mana beforehand and already had a small quantity of Mana within themselves. Nora then sensed the different quantities of Mana each student were managing to pull towards themselves.

Some of the people who had never learned how to accumulate Mana learned quickly while those with lower abilities to manipulate Mana struggled onwards.

Having gauged that this was a very individual process, which was highly constricted based on one's ability to manipulate mana, decided that she would begin attempting to accumulate Mana herself.

Before Nora could properly begin, she heard the old man return to the class. ”I have returned!” the old man proudly shouting. Nora noted the robes of the old man were no longer grey. They had become a bright white. The hair that the old man once possessed had also turned white.

Mage Glenn greeted him, ”Mage Incanus, what are you doing back, you've barely been healed” the contemplative noise of Mage Incanus sounded quiet as he muttered, ”Oh yes... that was what they used to call me... Mage Incanus. That was my name...”