Chapter 235 A Small Bit of Talen (1/2)

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A flash of disappointhed at the joke, but he continued undeterred ”But that's only the beginning Enchantments also use seals, albeit different ones fro” He looked around the room ”Anyone from the House of Creation here today?”

If there were any es from the House of Creation, they had no desire to be called upon, and after several seconds of uncomfortable silence, Ozluk continued his speech

Arran only listened with half an ear as the novice spoke

While he had been surprised to learn that enchantments used seals, he already knew h he hadn't studied seals for Master Zhao's seal had given hi of how they worked

An hour passed with Arran learning little he did not know already, and several ti the novice

He was supposed to draw attention, but correcting their teacher on minor details would not achieve what he wanted He needed soet hi novice

”Now, let ive you a few deeneral i seals”

At once, Arran sat up in attention This was his chance to e behind him ”The first seal I'll show you is a for it With a few minutes of work, you can prevent even an adept froh”

A look of concentration appeared on the novice's face as he wiggled his fingers, spending severala small formation made of Force Essence When he finished the work, he turned back to the initiates, a triumphant look on his face

Arran, however, found hih the formation was, he could tell that it was riddled with flahich made it perfect for his plan

”Now, as you can see, I used Force Essence to create—” Before the novice could finish the sentence, Arran interrupted him

”Your formation is flawed,” he said ”The pattern isn't closed, so it'll barely last even an hour, if that”

Without giving the startled novice a chance to react, he stood up and walked toward the sive the formation a closer look ”Furthermore,” he continued, ”there are several weak spots within it Just a single strand of Essence in the right place can collapse the entire thing”

He reached out and shot a thin strand of Force Essence at one of the formation's weak spots Exactly as he said, the entire pattern collapsed in an instant, the Essence thathar the novice so publicly, but he needed to et him out of this classroom, and this was the only way he was sure would work

”Who are you?” The young man stared at him wide-eyed, face pale with shock

”Ghostblade I'm fro the initiates, but Arran ignored thehter pattern to be effective Like this…”

Although he had only seen the for it He had comprehended Master Zhao's seal, and coure drawn in sand by an unusually clu the pattern right, the biggest obstacle being his control over Essence rather than the for seals didn't require nearly asspells, and a few minutes later he stepped back, mostly satisfied with his creation

The formation was nowhere near perfect, but it lacked any of the obvious flaws that had plagued the previous version Unless a skilled e attacked it, it could easily last years rather than hours

”That… not even otten about the novice as he worked on the for at him in utter astonishment

Some moments passed as the novice's eyes darted between Arran and the formation Finally, he blurted out, ”Should you be here?”

Froht his classroom was no place for someone who could create a formation like the one before him