Chapter 142 - The Teachers House (2/2)
”Yes, it is. It all depends on the situation, the magician himself and his emotions. It's all very complicated.”
”I see.” Evan answered briefly and took another sip. He was surprised that such power existed in this world.
motion is a real weapon here, it's amazing.> Thought Evan.
”Speaking of which, there's something else I'd like to talk to you about. Evan, did you break through your second ”Barrier” during the test right?” Draven calmly said.
Evan understood that it was not unusual for a powerful magician like Draven to realize that Evan had broken through the ”Barrier.” But, Draven said exactly which ”Barrier” Evan had breached.
”AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, don't make that face. In terms of magic, you're like an open book to me. I want to talk to you about the ”Splash.”
”Аh?”. This was the second unfamiliar term Evan had heard in the last few minutes.
”It's a phenomenon that happens when a magician breaks through the ”Barrier”. It looks different for every magician. It's too early for you to think seriously about it now, but I advise you to pay attention to what happens around you during the ”Splash.”
Draven continued: ”You could say that ”Splash” is part of your essence and the power you get in the future if you get stronger. It can either change over time, or it can always look the same.”
”Hmm, that's pretty hard to understand. Can I give you an example?” Evan said calmly.
”Well... you know that Zak mostly uses fire element spells, right?” Draven slowly said.
The young man nodded. In all his time in Mossy Vulture he had never once seen Zak use any spells other than fire spells.
”Now, as far as I know, once when Zak broke through one of his ”Barriers”, he was in the woods. That's when the fire spread throughout the grove and the forest burned to the ground.”
Evan didn't answer anything. Then he remembered his battle with Roland and how a small lake suddenly appeared beside him. Evan thought it was some kind of spell, but it looked like he was wrong.
<Hmm, water appeared next to Roland during the ”Splash”, and Zak's ”Splash” caused the whole forest to burn, that's...>.
”Why do you say it's too early for me to talk about ”Splash”, isn't it just an outburst of the elements?”
Based on Draven's words and the fight with Roland, Evan decided that ”Splash” was some kind of indicator of the element that best suited the magician. Zak had told Evan that every magician chose the element he liked best, so Evan thought that ”Splash” might indicate that.
Draven smiled and calmly replied, ”That's why I'm saying it's too early for you to think about it. Of course, you could say that during the ”Splash” the magician emits mana that transforms into a certain element. But, to say ”element” is not quite right. When you get strong enough you'll understand.”
Evan answered nothing and continued to listen to Draven.
”As I said earlier, you should be paying close attention to what's going on around you during the ”Splash”. Since you're a newbie magician, the changes shouldn't be severe. Perhaps fire will erupt around you, the wind will increase, or streams of water will appear, and so on.”
<Hmm, then what happened the two times I broke through the ”Barrier”? It wasn't at all like what Draven is talking about.>