Chapter 26 Visitors from the forest 4 (2/2)
”your mana huh...”
”is that weird?”
as Rex was finished with looking over Chloe he laid her on the ground before he turned to Mars and asked him
”you know what is mana right?”
”...the stuff you use for magic?”
hearing Mars's answer Rex gave another sigh and massaged his temples slight before he spoke
”mana is more than just the stuff you use for magic, while nobody really know what mana is, it's the theory that mana is a protection layer or maybe the aura of the soul, mana also have different attributes for person to person like fire, water, earth and air but also in some rare cases a person is born with more than one attribute such as fire and water or a even rare attribute like space, time or lightning”
after silently listening to Rex Mars thought for some time while he was petting Victoria in a daze before he asked Rex
”then mixing mana and being able to use another attribute of magic is weird?”
”...it's more the weird, it's like tearing off your own arm to trade with another arm that you sew that arm on your back and then being able to use the sword skills of the previous owner of the arm perfectly”
hearing Rex's example Mars felt that it certainly was weird or even abnormal and remembered that it was Victoriathat knew how to make the contract and asked her
”Victoria who told you about that contract we made?”
”no... one i... always knew”
”i see...”
Mars sat and thought a little more before he asked Rex another question
”how do one normally use magic?”
”well first one needs to activate or circulate ones mana”
as Rex spoke he started to use his mana
”then determine what kind of spell to use”
then the mana gathered in his hand and formed a small water orb in his hand
”and then you activate the magic”
as Rex spoke he fired the water orb into the dark forest
”and that's how you use magic”
listening to Rex Mars thought back on when he was experimenting with [Shadow magic] and asked Rex
”how do you learn new spells?”
”well there is 3 ways to learn a new spell, first is to have someone to teach you, this is the most common way to learn new spells and depending on talent and the teacher a new spell can be learned in a couple of weeks”
Mars gave a quick nod to Rex confirming he understood
”second way is to make a spell yourself, this can take years or days depending on talent but mostly luck but it i also dangerous as one rick's to destabilize their own mana in the process and cause expositions and permanent mana dispersion that's one of the most painful ways to die”
Hearing what Rex was talking about he remembered what info had told him about soul compatibility and opened his mouth to ask Rex about it but quickly changed his mind as telling a mortal the words of one of the 13 subadministratie could be bad for his health
”the third way is to read a kind of magic book called a grimoire that implants the spell directly in memory but grimoire are often unstable and can cause large mental damage or even insanity, while stable grimoire that have no side effects are often owned by powerful empires and rarely appear on the market”
listening to Rex's explanation Mars felt he had gotten rather lucky with his [Shadow magic] experiment and thought for some time before he noticed Victoria was nodding off and stood up and stretched before turning to Rex
”i see... well then me and Victoria are going to bed, what about you?”
”i'm going to watch over my squad”
”well then good night Rex, come on Victoria”
flowed by a sleepy Victoria Mars walked into the cave and vent to bed leaving Rex alone with his squad outside that stroked his chin while he mumbled
”...a half dragon living god with a shadow death panther cub at his side... i need to get on friendly terms with him for the sake of my home”