Chapter 119 (1/2)
Chapter 119: Link’s Machine Gun
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Many Magicians had left the academy to join the army, though Link took no notice of this as he was busy in a mid-level Elemental Pool. He was skillfully manipulating the magic seal and was engrossed in his spell experiments.
Just as its name would suggest, the Elemental Pool’s appearance resembled that of a pool. There were five of them, each housing the five basic elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
Each of the elements was of a distinct color and the colorful pools were placed around the perimeter of the expansive room along with the controlling magic seal. Once the magic seal was triggered by the presence of active Mana, a Level-5 Guarding Barrier would then be instantly activated.
A layer of thin translucent barrier enveloped Link’s body. It might seem fragile, but it was indeed powerful enough to protect him from any magic spells that were below Level-5. This meant that even Flame Blast wouldn’t be able to do anything to him now.
Link had the power to manipulate the five elements as he wished through the controlling magic seal, into which he then began to pour his Mana into.
By now, a week had passed since the day he was poisoned by the Mana potion and all symptoms had basically disappeared. Thus, Link could now cast any spells without holding back.
The controlling magic seal then guided Link’s Mana out of the barrier and into the center of the room. Link was then able to remotely control his Mana and construct any spell structure he wished from it. This time, he’d chosen to experiment with Flame Blast. He’d been using the spell ever since Gladstone’s days, yet it was only recently that he truly learned its structure.
He had now received 60 Omni Points for advancing to Level-4, but time had been scarce lately and the spell structure of Flame Blast had been too complicated. So, Link had only been able to master the standard version of the spell.
Because Link wasn’t using a wand, the spellcasting was slower than normal. Plus, the spell structure was quite intricate because he had added some of his own modifications to it, so in the end the whole spellcasting process took 3.5 seconds to complete.
Once the spell structure was fully formed, it then attracted the fire element. Under Link’s control, it flowed slowly into the spell structure and permeated through it before it began to form a fireball.
This time the experiment was still in its rudimentary stage, so Link’s control of the fire element was still very limited. Thus, the explosive power of the resulting Flame Blast was only one-tenth of its full potential.
Once the spellcasting was complete, Link detonated the resulting Flame Blast immediately.
Bang!
A tiny explosion went off and a shockwave spread out through the air. But as Link was protected by the Guarding Barrier, he was completely unaffected by it.
So far, everything went as expected.
But a second later, something strange happened. There was a bizarre Mana fluctuation when the Flame Blast exploded and then, right after the explosion subsided, another Flame Blast emerged.
The new Flame Blast then began to attract fire elements, which immediately filled in the spell structure just as the previous Flame Blast did.
This was a mystery to Link, as he hadn’t made any effort to cast a new Flame Blast at all. The only thing he did was keep the flow of his Mana into the magic seal constant.
The newly-emerged Flame Blast then exploded and within a fraction of a second, one more Flame Blast appeared. Link burst into laughter at the sight before him – his experiment was a success!
Then, a notification appeared on the interface.
Player attained a new Supreme Magical Skill. 10 Omni Points rewarded. Please name the name spell.
“I think I’ll call it Machine Gun,” said Link.
Naming of new spell successful.
Machine Gun
General Supreme Magical Skill
Scope: Any spell below Level-5.
Effects: Allows the spellcaster to cast one type of spell in close succession. The spellcaster needs only to construct the spell structure once, as it would automatically emerge from the Mana residue of the previous casting.
(Note: Link’s Machine Gun is a high-speed spellcasting technique.)
The real state of Gibraltar involved the engraving of the spellcaster’s soul onto the magic seal, which was undoubtedly a complex and esoteric operation. Not to mention it was a risky one because there was a good chance that a single mistake might lead to the damage of the soul. In fact, parts of the knowledge associated with this state were purportedly so evil that it could be classified as black magic.
Link’s magic skills hadn’t yet reached this level, though. His spellcasting techniques were only a shadow of the real thing and were only an application of parts of the theories that described the state of Gibraltar.
With this Supreme Magical Skill, the most time was spent on the first spellcasting as there would be no time wasted on spell structure construction in the subsequent castings. The higher the spell level, the faster it would work and if it was used in conjunction with the Domingo crystal, it was possible to virtually cast spells in an instant.
This is amazing! thought Link, All I need now is a slight upper hand in battles and there would be no way anyone could defeat me!
Link thought of how much time this skill would save him. With the help of the Domingo crystal, he realized that he could unleash Flame Blast in the time it took to blink an eye!
With a high-speed Flame Blast, and several of it in quick successions to boot – Link was thrilled at the thought of possessing such a formidable power!
And if he used it on Glass Orbs, he could virtually unleash an unending string of them without using much of his energy at all – what a power that would be!
This would certainly come in handy on the battlefield. If he was ever faced with a never-ending onslaught of enemies, with the help of a few Warriors around him, he could effectively form a magic fort with this skill!
Once he’d truly mastered it, he was sure he would use it so frequently that it would become second nature to him.