41 Knowledge of the Elves (2/2)
In India, a humanoid-elephant race, seemingly made in the image of Ganesha*, they had a technique similar to the Asura, but with four arms instead of six, and three eyes instead of three heads.
Australia was currently being overrun by mutant beasts. It became even more complete chaos when the landmass near them revealed the Demon race. It was a brutal fight that eventually lead the Demons getting beat back and go on the defensive. The introduction of this race lead to a huge amount of pressure off of the Aussies as the mutant beasts focused on their new neighbors.
A race calling themselves ”Seraph,” winged, armored beings emitting holy energy, worked with the Israeli people. Individually these beings were quite strong offensively, but their population was quite small. Nevertheless, after allying with the people from Israel, they managed to finally gain their footing.
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”There are ten ranks in every element. 1 to 3 are considered beginner, 4 to 6 are intermediate, 7 to 9 are advanced, and finally, the rank not even the strongest High Elf in our history has reached, the Legend Rank. Rank 10, absolute mastery.” Elder Aran was currently teaching the human Mages along with Luna.
”Every rank you master not only increases the potency of your element, whether through a spell or an element provided by the <Anito> system, such as <Bathala's Primordial Flame>, increases your proficiency with Energy, Mana, Chakra or however you may want to call it. What this brings is a rise in your overall power, separate from your stats. Increased elemental damage, increased mana pool, increased mana regeneration, and along with all of that, increased physical damage mitigation with the help of mana acting as an extra layer of armor on our skin. We Elves might be more susceptible to physical damage, but the only reason as to why that's our biggest weakness, is because we have such high magical damage mitigation.” Elder Aran looked around to make sure everybody was on the same page before clearing his throat and continuing.
”Not only that, if your comprehension of the laws is a whole Tier above your opponent, example being your opponent being in the beginner category, and yourself being in the intermediate category, your spell, after colliding with theirs, will merely crush theirs and continue it's trajectory towards them, albeit, being weakened a bit. Then, there's the case of the both of you having the same element, but with you being a Tier higher. Let me show you.” Turning towards Apple, Elder Aran smiled and asked. ”Miss Apple, would you be so kind as to cast your strongest skill on me?”
”Eh? Elder Aran, are you sure?” She was aware that the Elder was definitely strong, but she clearly knew how devastating spells could be, especially with her focusing majority of her stats to INT.
”You don't need to be worried, Lady Apple.” Elder Aran smiled.
”Very well then. <Lightning Cloud>!” A familiar looking cloud appeared above Elder Aran, but before it could even completely manifest, it dissipated as if nothing happened.
”As you can see, Lady Apple, once the difference is big enough, what might seemingly be a complex spell to a beginner, can be easily dismantled by a master, rendering it completely useless, and a waste of mana.”
Everyone was in awe. The <Lightning Cloud> was the most devastating area-of-effect skill in a Lightning Mage's arsenal, but it was rendered useless just like that.
”Amazing!”
”Thank you Elder Aran for the lesson!”
Everyone was quite grateful to this Elder for taking the time widen show them that they have been frogs in a well. Right after the lesson, he assigned Elves to each human Mage that were especially proficient in their respective elements. Luna noticed a trend as they were being assigned. Elder Aran had assigned male Elves to the female Mages and female Elves to the male Mages. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Was this old geezer actually trying to play matchmaker?
After thinking about it for a bit, Luna decided it would be for the better if relationships could blossom from these pairs. The smoother the integration of both races, the better.
Luna went over to Elder Aran's side and spoke. ”Hopefully the integration of both our races goes smoothly for majority of the process. Elder Aran, I'd like to assign some Elves to work with Humans in organizing an event to showcase and show our cultures. It would be crucial in removing any ignorance towards each other brought by not knowing each other's culture and history.”
”Ah! A splendid plan, Lord Luna! I'll get on that right away!” Elder Aran was all smiles. He was quite thankful that this human that he pledged his service to was not racist and was actively making sure the integration of both races was as smooth as possible.
In all honesty, Luna was itching to start the conquest of the whole Island, but he knew that a solid foundation was paramount to his Nation's success. If they were all united and not separated as humans or elves, they would be a force to be reckoned with. Conversely, should they not be united there was a possibility of them causing each other's demise. This is why it was imperative that this integration went smoothly.