Chapter 61 - Barrier (1/2)

Evan looked at the three iron chains wrapped around his ”Warp” that hadn`t been there before. Moreover, he didn't understand why one of them was shaking and jingling violently. It seemed as if it was about to be broken.

The young man didn't know what to do, he was just standing and watching this amazing scene. Evan felt strange, but he felt no danger from the situation. It seemed as if everything should be so.

Whoosh. Crack.

While Evan was in ”Nirvana” the blue butterfly had already flown away and at the same moment one of the three chains broke into hundreds of pieces. They turned into dust and scattered all over ”Nirvana”. At the same moment, Evan felt an unusual rush of strength.

He had never experienced anything like that before. He felt as if mana was literally coming out of his ”Warp”. Evan couldn't control it and didn't want to.

Evan smiled as he remembered Zak's words.

<That's what it means to break through the ”Barrier”, it's like dozens of shackles fell in an instant and you're freer>.

The chains that Evan looked at in ”Nirvana” were the ”Barriers” that Zak had told him about before. The ”Barriers” are special obstacles in the way of every magician, and they are the ones that give anyone a chance to break through to the top.

The point is that, neither ”Creation” nor the color of ”Warp” affects whether or not a magician can break through a ”Barrier”. This requires a better understanding of magic and oneself. A magician must understand himself and the way magic works. This is a very vague definition, which makes it incredibly difficult to break the ”Barrier”.

Training, rare artifacts, exceptional talent, and so on are all shattered as soon as they meet the ”Barrier”.

Yes, magicians with Purple ”Warp” are faster at ”Creation” and mana condensation, and easier at learning spells. Talent alone isn't enough to understand the magic itself. Of course, the more time passes, the greater the chance that a magician will be able to break the ”Barrier”. But it was not uncommon for magicians to die of old age before they could climb higher.

Whoosh.

After one of the three chains had been destroyed, the other two quickly went out of sight. They didn't disappear, Evan still had two ”Barriers” to break if he wanted to reach the ”One-Pointed Star”.

Evan smiled and walked out of ”Nirvana” back into the real world.

<А?>. Evan couldn't figure out what was going on.

”What is it...?” Evan muttered to himself looking around.

While Evan was in ”Nirvana” and when one of the three chains was destroyed there was an energy surge. This burst of energy is called - ”Splash”. At that moment, a strange change began to happen to the area next to the young man.

To his left Evan saw thick, tall grass and many flowers blooming in it. To his right, the grass was dry and dead, but a second later Evan noticed something strange. On the left, under the many bright flowers, he saw some dry grass, and under the dead grass on the right, he saw a variety of flower petals.

They were deep under the grass, so the wind couldn't have brought them in, much less in such a short time. It seemed as if the grass was beginning to grow and bloom then, quickly drying up, and it was all happening in a strange order.

A puzzled Evan slowly stood up from the stone ledge he was sitting on.

Crack.

Suddenly part of the rock turned to sand and Evan fell on his back. Evan was dumbfounded by what was happening. He quickly shook off the dust and examined the rock carefully.