Chapter 1335 - Artificial Mana Flow (Part 1) (1/2)
”Both Spirit Magic and white crystals use all the elements as their own, making the mage or the gem akin to Mogar itself. They possess all the elemental properties and it's up to the mage to enhance what they want to create the same effects of hexaelemental spells.”
The classroom jumped up, unable to stay still while countless questions ran through their minds.
”Hexaelemental spells are impossible.” Quylla said. ”The closest thing to them is Silverwing's Hexagram and it requires a monstrous amount of effort and mana to hold the elements in synch.”
”Indeed.” Faluel nodded. ”Even mages known to have a tower never cast a spell with more than four elements. That's why Spirit Magic is so strong.”
”Wait. If Spirit Magic and white crystals are the same, why is enhancing a single element considered a high-grade Forgemastering technique?” Solus asked.
”Because Spirit Magic comes from you. It's your own mana and it naturally obeys to you. Doing the same to a white crystal is akin to force a powerful mana core to shape its own Spirit Magic according to your will.
”First you need to learn how to gain absolute control over the crystal's mana flow and then you have to become so skilled as to manipulate the world energy as if it's Spirit Magic, which it's not.
”It's a technique difficult beyond what words can express and no one without a violet core can even attempt it so don't waste your time in a fool's errand.” Faluel replied.
”How can you use light magic to give Spirit Spells shape if you don't know Light Mastery?” Nalrond knew that the answer might give away the secrets of his clan, but he was curious beyond the point of caring about it anymore.
”To explain it so as to not reveal your teaching to the rest of the class, just consider that I can use the other elements as a scaffold for the light component. Pillow reshapes the fire and water elements into a napkin, a shield, whatever I want.”
”When you put it like that, Spirit Magic seems too good to be true. It has the properties of all elements, even of Light Mastery, and none of their weaknesses. What's the catch?” Lith asked.
”Easy. Unlike the other kinds of magic, Spirit depends solely on your core. You are the limit. A single tier one spell requires the same mana you would need to cast dozens of elemental spells of the same tier.
”The same applies to all the tiers of Spirit Magic. On top of that, if applied to an artifact, Spirit Magic loses all of its versatility. If you program it as a barrier, you will only have a barrier.
”Enchanting an item to produce your Spirit Magic is impossible without applying a white crystal turned green. You can only craft artifacts capable of storing your Spirit Magic in a specific form with specific properties and they can never be changed.” Faluel said.
”Can you create gravity and dimensional spells as well?” Friya could see endless potential in Spirit Magic.
”Yes, you can, and to make things even juicier, there is no such a thing as a Spirit Sealing Array. Spirit magic cannot be stopped. It's akin to a mage using fusion magic.
”The elements are inside and they cannot be affected by arrays, no matter how powerful they are.” Faluel traced a circle of emerald energy in the air that turned into a small dimensional fissure.
”Are you interested now or do you still consider Poke 'that's it?' material?”
Everyone quickly went back to their desks, eager to stop gawking at Spirit Magic and start learning it.