17 Magical Laws (1/2)

After heading to the first floor of the Inn, Jonathan quickly located Uncle Kil and the Wilderwolf soldier's in the middle of a discussion. Food was already laid out waiting to be grabbed and when Jonathan and the little kitten got settled, the little kitten went immediately to work on the various foods.

”Uncle, so this Thunder Mountain Hunt is a month away, how long does it take to travel there from here?” Jonathan asked before taking a swig of his drink.

”Hmm. Right now, we're situated in the upper parts of the East of Falcio and it'll only take a few days to reach the North. From there it'll take around a week and a half to reach Thunder Mountain. So in total, it should take around two weeks to reach our destination. This leaves us one week of free time so feel free to spend this next week enjoying your time in this city and then one week from now, we are set to head off towards Thunder Mountain!”

”Yes, Sir!”

”Got it, Uncle!”

”Meow!”

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A week passed by quite quickly and the little kitten spent that time peering her consciousness into the last two Echo Stones. These last two Echo Stones were for Magical Arts and were somewhat different compared to Echo Stones for spells.

For Magical Arts, the Echo Stone would limit the viewers vision at a certain point, disallowing them from seeing too far past their Magical Rank. In the case of these two Magical Arts, the little kitten could only see the spells available at the Minor Magical Beast Rank. When the little kitten makes a breakthrough into Major Rank, only then could she see learn the higher ranking spells associated with that rank. However, the Echo Stones still contain some information on their respective Magical Arts and gave the Little Kitten an understanding at the level of requirement needed for every spell.

The first Magical Art she studied was 'The Dance of the Flames' Art. This Art uses the element of fire as it's main attribute and is a very strong offensive spell. This Art was split into five spells, each an evolution of its predecessor. The Echo Stone gave a list of the spells and there requirements:

Middle Stage Minor Rank - Living Spark

Late Stage Minor Rank - Wandering Glow

Early Stage Major Rank - Ravaging Blaze

Mid Stage Major Rank - Dominating Blaze

Late Stage Major Rank - Dragon Inferno

All the spells in this Art are similar to each other and every level seemed to evolve in strength. The next Art was the 'Arrow Shattering Sky Art'. This Art used the element of Metal to unleash fast and far reaching attacks in the form of various arrows. Instead of being split up in Spells, the 'Arrow Shattering Sky Art' is separated into five stages, with each stage having several spells. The information given in the Echo Stone only told her of the spells available in the Stages of the Minor Rank and only told her of the titles of the later Stages. The 'Arrow Shattering Sky Art' was presented as such:

First Stage: Foundation Stage - Late Stage Minor Rank

First Spell - Sky Piercing Arrow

Second Spell - Sky Piercing Bolt

Second Stage: Duplication Stage - Early-Mid Stage Major Rank

Third Stage: Variation Stage - Late Stage Major Rank

Fourth Stage: Combination Stage - Early-Mid Stage Minor Transcendence Rank

Fifth Stage: Formation Stage - Late Stage Minor Transcendence Rank

The aspect that amazed the little kitten the most was at the end of both Echo Stones was that a flurry of information was transferred from the stone to her mind and gave her a bunch of knowledge that furthered her knowledge of these arts. She was amazed that in but a flash, she had gained a whole books worth of knowledge. All with the benefit of not having to read!

One of the most valuable pieces of knowledge she gained in both of these Echo Stones was about Magical Laws! In magic, the elements all contain the natural laws of the world and to gain better knowledge of their own elements, Magician's and Magical Beast's alike need constant study into these laws. What surprised the little kitten the most was that one could study the Magical Laws of elements that they are not aligned to and even put them into practice!