Chapter 280 Golems and Sorcery (2/2)

”Alright… Golem, stand up.” Stahl commanded, before the wooden parts began to rattle and the Golem perked the center of its body up, although it was standing four-legged right now.

”Golem, Copy how I'm standing.” With a loud sigh, Stahl corrected the golem, and it soon tried to stand up like Stahl was, although, as it was doing so quite clunkily, it fell a few times and showed a nice, peculiar ability.

Because it was made of multiple parts simple pressed together, it could de-tach parts of itself and then quite simply re-attach them. Stahl would most likely even be able to switch the different body parts over time to make the golem stronger as well.

And while Stahl was thinking about this, the Golem finally managed to stand up straight on its two legs. ”Good enough, I guess?” The young man muttered out as he looked at the slumped-over figure and then turned to Xenia, who did seem quite curious about this type of golem.

”What are we doing next?” Stahl asked, to get her out of her hypnosis-like state where she couldn't think of anything else but what was in front of her, before the High-Elf perked her head up in a bit of surprise.

”Oh, right… Well, next is Sorcery. We'll figure out proper spells once you get your element, so until then, you should use these to cause strong effects. And in general as well, because Sorcery lets you be a lot more all-rounded than by only using your element, because it can quite simply support every type of action. It just depends on the magic circle.” She explained, so Stahl slowly nodded his head as Xenia swiftly demonstrated what Sorcery really was once she grabbed her wand.

With a few swift motions, she formed a large circle in the air with her pure mana. Then, she created a pentagram inside of that circle, filling each of the five triangles out with different runes, before then adding runes to the outer ring as well. And at last, she simply tapped the center of the pentagram, before the Magic circle shattered into pieces as if it was glass, and those pieces then began to envelop Stahl. And a few moments later, the pieces simply disappeared.

[Your INT and WIS stats have temporarily been enhanced by 10 points each]

”Oh? You gave me a boost?” Stahl asked surprised, and Xenia nodded her head. ”It's only going to last for about half an hour though, so it's nothing too special. But as you could see, a Magic Circle works much in the same way as an enchantment circle, just that the Magic Circle disappears after one use.” She explained, so Stahl nodded his head, although he was a bit confused about something.

”Then why didn't you need to sketch the effect into the center of the Pentagram?” He asked, and Xenia swiftly explained.

”First, it's a Pentacle, the base of quite a few basic magic circles that are supposed to cause an effect.” She said, and Stahl sighed loudly. ”Right, Pentacle… Don't know the difference, but go on please.” He replied, so Xenia continued to explain.

”Well, quite clearly, because it wasn't necessary. An enchantment is something constant that continues to exist after many uses. It's always the same no matter what you do with it. That's why it needs a directly specified image, because borrowing one from the user might cause some issues. But a Magic Circle isn't something that can be 'saved'. It's a one-use thing, so it's enough to use your own mental image while you're activating it. That actually helps it be specialized toward every situation. If you have something that shoots a 'bullet' it, lets you aim more precisely, for example.”

”Huh… Got it. And just wondering, is this something that has different 'styles' as well? Brody told me a bit about it, and that any skill that gets an upgrade at Rank 5 has different 'styles', although it's usually called other things. Does sorcery have that as well, depending on what kind of Magic Circles you usually draw?” Stahl inquired curiously, and Xenia nodded her head with a bit of surprise.

”Oh, good that you already knew! Exactly, yes. There's a few different ways to cast sorcery. Evalia is actually trying to use her element to make 'Sorcery Painting', so that's most likely going to turn her sorcery skill to become something like 'Art Sorcery'. Some Scribes had their Sorcery turn into 'Word Sorcery'. It all depends on what you do with it.” She answered with a smile, so Stahl crossed his arms with a grin on his face.

”Interesting… So Sorcery also has free-form things like enchanting does?” Stahl asked, so Xenia swiftly answered. ”Yes, although there are a lot of forms known to be quite good for certain types of effects. Such as the Pentacle is something amazing for boost sorcery.” She answered, before Stahl took the simple wand that Xenia had prepared for him and poured his mana inside of it before holding it in front of himself.

”Then I'll play around a little now!”