601 Elemental Eye Part 1 (1/2)

Saleen thought to himself, ”I must have guessed correctly. Joey does not know this electric technique. It is only natural that a powerful mage like him will want to know more when he encounters something that he does not really know.”

”This is a technique that I discovered on my own; eye of lightning,” Saleen replied directly.

Joey kept quiet. Surely he could not ask Saleen to teach him this technique. It was something that Saleen created on his own, which meant that he was the only one in the entire world who would know how to use it. What could Joey use to exchange for this? He had already promised to guide Saleen in his spells. There was no way he could use that to exchange for the technique.

”I want to learn,” Joey said with difficulty. He was a proud person, but in the end he still chose to open his mouth and asked.

”Sir, as you wish,” Saleen smiled. He did not bring up any requests. If he did and Joey was able to fulfil it, the latter would be satisfied. Saleen should not be the one to bring it up. He would have to leave this to Joey.

”Ha,” Joey smiled and shook his head, ”If you had not inherited Sregl Island, I wouldn't mind accepting you as my disciple. Unfortunately, I will be overpowered by the sheer number of people on Sregl Island even if their abilities were mediocre. I cannot afford to offend them. Tell you what, I will teach you a spell that I created, a water element spell.

Saleen did not believe Joey entirely. His inheritance of Sregl Island was now in danger. There were only over thirty sorcerers and none of them were grade-9 sorcerers. If he had not figured out the six elements' space, it was entirely possible that the inheritance of Sregl Island would be lost in the next three-hundred to five-hundred years.

”Do you want to learn a spell for offense or defense?” Joey did not take matters into his own hands. Instead he asked Saleen for his preference. Towards someone like Saleen who could create his own spell, Joey was genuinely fond of him. New spells should constantly be introduced to magic so that there was room for improvement and advancement.

The ancient spells were long gone. If the current generation of mages did not innovate and only wanted to keep recycling from the past, there would never come a day where magic would prosper again.

”What are they?”

”The spell that is used for offense is a grade-6 icy light spear. The spell that is used for defense is a grade-7 darkness shield. The icy light spear is a water element spell combined with light element spell while the darkness shield is advanced from fog of confusion and is combined with dark element spell.”

”I choose the darkness shield.” Saleen made his choice immediately. The icy light spear was definitely powerful, but he already knew crystal finger. Once it reached grade-7, it would almost be on par with the icy light spear. On the other hand, darkness shield was a technique that had advanced from fog of confusion, which was a grade-1 spell.

Saleen's Quickcloud spell included some traits of fog of confusion. If he could combine it together with a darkness shield, he would possess strong defense even while flying.

”A wise choice. When you understand the principles of defense, you will also then know how to attack. In comparison, defense is much harder than offense.” Just like that, Joey began to explain the darkness shield to Saleen.

It was not difficult picking up the darkness shield. Saleen was fully capable of learning grade-7 spells now and his mental strength was also able to support his learning. Long mantras, complicated hand gestures, manipulations of the mental strength, and the many different ways of controlling the elements. They were all easy to pick up because Joey was extremely meticulous in his teaching.

Within a few hours, Saleen had already remembered all the contents of darkness shield. He began to ask questions. The way he asked questions was queer. He asked from the perspective of the spells that he usually used. He wanted to know the effects of using other spells alongside the darkness shield.

By asking questions in this way, it was like Joey was giving Saleen guidance on all his spells. It was interesting and Joey was more than happy to answer them.

Darkness shield was similar to Saleen's water shield in the sense that both spells provided all-around defense. Once this grade-7 spell was cast, a structure shaped like a beehive would envelope the mage. Compared to the water shield, this hexagonal structure was better able to withstand physical attacks.

Since it was a grade-7 spell, the darkness shield was also better able to defend against element spells compared to water shield. The darkness shield would not take effect immediately. It would require at least one-fifth of a second for it to be cast.

Saleen began to discuss with Joey on how to ensure darkness shield would be compatible with the rest of his spells. His idea was to combine the darkness shield with his water shield and Quickcloud spell so that the instantaneity of water shield might cover up darkness shield's weakness of a slight delay before casting.

Joey casually recited a new mantra for Saleen. This mantra combined the three spells together. Saleen used the Figaro Magic Formula to calculate again. After spending a full day's time, he finally managed to rearrange a few simple notes. It was not perfect, but it was still considered a success.