Chapter 81: One Month
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"I pick this one. [Mouth of Adephagia]."
.......
The magic spell was perfect for him!
The name spoke well of it. Adephagia, the beast of gluttony!
Adephagia was a titan that was infamous for ravaging anything that had energy. It had a mouth that could swallow any arcadia city in an instant.
The magic spell was named after Sage Valentine entered the belly of the beast. She studied its anatomy and mouth which gave her the inspiration for the spell.
Basically, [Mouth of Adephagia] absorbed energy brutally. It only consumed raw pure energy which could be harmful to the caster, but Reve's anatomy could negate that.
"[Mouth of Adephagia], huh. I remember Valentine going on and off about the spell back then. Good choice" commended Circe.
Since long ago, whatever Circe says failed to shock him. The fact that she knew Sage Valentine was something he had come to accept years ago. However, the fact that she was present during the creation of the spell was still mildly unexpected.
Reve shook his head and focused on the task, "I suppose you are in possession of the spell model?"
A spell model contained the magic circles unique to the spell. It was usually contained in scrolls or grimoires. In Arcadia, magic spells were either public or private. Some mages kept their self-created magic spells to themselves. However, most times, before a mages' death, if they didn't have an inheritor, they would arrange for their grimoire to be released to the world.
Sage Valentine was one such mage. She didn't have an inheritor. So, when her grimoire was released to the world, it caused a war that extended to all parts of the world.
Labyrinth, Pact of Delusions.
Nonetheless, it was speculated that there were some special magic spells that were not included in the grimoire.
If Reve remembered well, [Mouth of Adaphagria] was listed as one of those special magic spells.
"Affirmative. Here's the spell model," offered Circe.
A book appeared in the air and moved closer to Reve. The cover of the book was ragged. Reve could tell that it was made from an ancient wood but most of its glory had shimmered due to the sea of time.
The book was already open by the time it landed in front of Reve. On the right page was the drawing of various magic circles. They were different from each other and some of the spell nodes were something Reve had never seen before.
However, the cat was more concerned about the book, "This is Circe's grimoire!"
He rarely ever saw his teacher's grimoire. The only time he saw it was when he studied the spell model of [Winter Rose] and [Ice Fantasy]!
The temptation to open the other pages of the grimoire rang intensely in his mind. Any spell written in the grimoire was probably great. However, Reve steeled his mind and decisively distanced himself from temptation.
He faced the page with [Mouth of Adephagia]'s spell model. What he didn't know was that Circe was watching his every expression and when he focused on studying, she smiled brightly for a second.
........
Five hours later.
"Ahhh. I hate this!"
A scream filled the courtyard. It belonged to Reve.
Having been immersed in the feeling of victory, he had forgotten the difficult process of learning a spell. For five hours, he had still not memorized the magic circles.
He thought to himself, 'At this rate, it would take me a month to learn this.'
Reve was ignorant!
He had no idea that his learning speed was superb. Taking a month to learn a grand spell was beyond unimaginable. It was only possible for geniuses with promising futures.
A voice reached out to him, "Now that you understand, let's continue."
Reve narrowed his eyes at what Circe said, "What do you mean?"
"I never expected you to learn the spell model in a day. It took Valentine years to create. It would be abnormal if you can easily learn it. I just needed you to understand that it would be a long process."
Not giving him a chance to retort, Circe went on, "You are to study the spell every day for three days. Now, onto the next topic; [Ethereal Linking Spell]."
Once again, Circe showed him a list of magic spells under that spell archetype. Eventually, Reve decided on a spell called [Hex of Secrets].
To understand the uniqueness of the magic spell, one needed to understand the spell archetype itself.
[Ethereal Linking Spells] was the opposite of [Energy Absorption Spells]. Whereas, [Energy Absorption Spells] was the containment of energy, [Ethereal Linking Spells] dealt with giving the said containment a destination.
It would set up a magical link between the [Energy Absorption Spell] and the caster, which would serve as the mode of transportation for the contained energy. It was immensely difficult as a lot of things could go wrong practically.
It was even more difficult to imagine ounces of energy suddenly appearing in one's [Mana Heart].
Hence, the value of [Ethereal Linking Spells] could not be said with words.
[Hex of Secrets] was even more valuable. Just like its name, the exact destination of the link was the caster's mind. To be more specific, the anchor was the mind while the destination was the body's [Mana Heart].
However, to do this would require one to be proficient in the [Path of Secrets] which was borderline impossible. In Arcadia, very few walked this path and they were either gifted with an ability of this path or were merely messing around with the path.
Nonetheless, Reve expected to pull the magic spell off smoothly…..well, it might be a bit rocky, but it should end in success.
After deciding this, Circe skipped [Spatial Spell], as she would be the one to decide, and focused on [Specific Elementals or Spiritas].
After much deliberation, Reve chose his guy. It was an arch-spiritas called Demis.
Demis, the King of Misery.
Unlike the others, Reve felt like he would be able to summon him quite finely. Demis required a ritual called [Rite of Misery].
Rituals usually required an offering and the offering [Rite of Misery] dictated was pain!
The ritualist would undergo a tortuous amount of pain. If he survives it, he would be granted an audience with the King of Misery.
This looked quite easy but there was a problem…
Reve wasn't proficient in the school of ritualism.. He was not a ritualist. Hence, he would have to master the few important points about ritual magic as well as the details of [Rite of Misery] in exactly one month!
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"I pick this one. [Mouth of Adephagia]."
.......
The magic spell was perfect for him!
The name spoke well of it. Adephagia, the beast of gluttony!
Adephagia was a titan that was infamous for ravaging anything that had energy. It had a mouth that could swallow any arcadia city in an instant.
The magic spell was named after Sage Valentine entered the belly of the beast. She studied its anatomy and mouth which gave her the inspiration for the spell.
Basically, [Mouth of Adephagia] absorbed energy brutally. It only consumed raw pure energy which could be harmful to the caster, but Reve's anatomy could negate that.
"[Mouth of Adephagia], huh. I remember Valentine going on and off about the spell back then. Good choice" commended Circe.
Since long ago, whatever Circe says failed to shock him. The fact that she knew Sage Valentine was something he had come to accept years ago. However, the fact that she was present during the creation of the spell was still mildly unexpected.
Reve shook his head and focused on the task, "I suppose you are in possession of the spell model?"
A spell model contained the magic circles unique to the spell. It was usually contained in scrolls or grimoires. In Arcadia, magic spells were either public or private. Some mages kept their self-created magic spells to themselves. However, most times, before a mages' death, if they didn't have an inheritor, they would arrange for their grimoire to be released to the world.
Sage Valentine was one such mage. She didn't have an inheritor. So, when her grimoire was released to the world, it caused a war that extended to all parts of the world.
Labyrinth, Pact of Delusions.
Nonetheless, it was speculated that there were some special magic spells that were not included in the grimoire.
If Reve remembered well, [Mouth of Adaphagria] was listed as one of those special magic spells.
"Affirmative. Here's the spell model," offered Circe.
A book appeared in the air and moved closer to Reve. The cover of the book was ragged. Reve could tell that it was made from an ancient wood but most of its glory had shimmered due to the sea of time.
The book was already open by the time it landed in front of Reve. On the right page was the drawing of various magic circles. They were different from each other and some of the spell nodes were something Reve had never seen before.
However, the cat was more concerned about the book, "This is Circe's grimoire!"
He rarely ever saw his teacher's grimoire. The only time he saw it was when he studied the spell model of [Winter Rose] and [Ice Fantasy]!
The temptation to open the other pages of the grimoire rang intensely in his mind. Any spell written in the grimoire was probably great. However, Reve steeled his mind and decisively distanced himself from temptation.
He faced the page with [Mouth of Adephagia]'s spell model. What he didn't know was that Circe was watching his every expression and when he focused on studying, she smiled brightly for a second.
........
Five hours later.
"Ahhh. I hate this!"
A scream filled the courtyard. It belonged to Reve.
Having been immersed in the feeling of victory, he had forgotten the difficult process of learning a spell. For five hours, he had still not memorized the magic circles.
He thought to himself, 'At this rate, it would take me a month to learn this.'
Reve was ignorant!
He had no idea that his learning speed was superb. Taking a month to learn a grand spell was beyond unimaginable. It was only possible for geniuses with promising futures.
A voice reached out to him, "Now that you understand, let's continue."
Reve narrowed his eyes at what Circe said, "What do you mean?"
"I never expected you to learn the spell model in a day. It took Valentine years to create. It would be abnormal if you can easily learn it. I just needed you to understand that it would be a long process."
Not giving him a chance to retort, Circe went on, "You are to study the spell every day for three days. Now, onto the next topic; [Ethereal Linking Spell]."
Once again, Circe showed him a list of magic spells under that spell archetype. Eventually, Reve decided on a spell called [Hex of Secrets].
To understand the uniqueness of the magic spell, one needed to understand the spell archetype itself.
[Ethereal Linking Spells] was the opposite of [Energy Absorption Spells]. Whereas, [Energy Absorption Spells] was the containment of energy, [Ethereal Linking Spells] dealt with giving the said containment a destination.
It would set up a magical link between the [Energy Absorption Spell] and the caster, which would serve as the mode of transportation for the contained energy. It was immensely difficult as a lot of things could go wrong practically.
It was even more difficult to imagine ounces of energy suddenly appearing in one's [Mana Heart].
Hence, the value of [Ethereal Linking Spells] could not be said with words.
[Hex of Secrets] was even more valuable. Just like its name, the exact destination of the link was the caster's mind. To be more specific, the anchor was the mind while the destination was the body's [Mana Heart].
However, to do this would require one to be proficient in the [Path of Secrets] which was borderline impossible. In Arcadia, very few walked this path and they were either gifted with an ability of this path or were merely messing around with the path.
Nonetheless, Reve expected to pull the magic spell off smoothly…..well, it might be a bit rocky, but it should end in success.
After deciding this, Circe skipped [Spatial Spell], as she would be the one to decide, and focused on [Specific Elementals or Spiritas].
After much deliberation, Reve chose his guy. It was an arch-spiritas called Demis.
Demis, the King of Misery.
Unlike the others, Reve felt like he would be able to summon him quite finely. Demis required a ritual called [Rite of Misery].
Rituals usually required an offering and the offering [Rite of Misery] dictated was pain!
The ritualist would undergo a tortuous amount of pain. If he survives it, he would be granted an audience with the King of Misery.
This looked quite easy but there was a problem…
Reve wasn't proficient in the school of ritualism.. He was not a ritualist. Hence, he would have to master the few important points about ritual magic as well as the details of [Rite of Misery] in exactly one month!
"I pick this one. Mouth of Adephagia.".......The magic spell was perfect for him!The name spoke well of it. Adephagia, the beast of gluttony!Adephagia was a titan that was infamous for ravaging anything that had energy. It had a mouth that could swallow any arcadia city in an instant.The magic spell was named after Sage Valentine entered the belly of the beast. She studied its anatomy and mouth which gave her the inspiration for the spell.Basically, Mouth of Adephagia absorbed energy brutally. It only consumed raw pure energy which could be harmful to the caster, but Reve's anatomy could negate that."Mouth of Adephagia, huh. I remember Valentine going on and off about the spell back then. Good choice" commended Circe.Since long ago, whatever Circe says failed to shock him. The fact that she knew Sage Valentine was something he had come to accept years ago. However, the fact that she was present during the creation of the spell was still mildly unexpected.Reve shook his head and focused on the task, "I suppose you are in possession of the spell model?"A spell model contained the magic circles unique to the spell. It was usually contained in scrolls or grimoires. In Arcadia, magic spells were either public or private. Some mages kept their self-created magic spells to themselves. However, most times, before a mages' death, if they didn't have an inheritor, they would arrange for their grimoire to be released to the world.Sage Valentine was one such mage. She didn't have an inheritor. So, when her grimoire was released to the world, it caused a war that extended to all parts of the world.Labyrinth, Pact of Delusions.Nonetheless, it was speculated that there were some special magic spells that were not included in the grimoire.If Reve remembered well, Mouth of Adaphagria was listed as one of those special magic spells."Affirmative. Here's the spell model," offered Circe.A book appeared in the air and moved closer to Reve. The cover of the book was ragged. Reve could tell that it was made from an ancient wood but most of its glory had shimmered due to the sea of time.The book was already open by the time it landed in front of Reve. On the right page was the drawing of various magic circles. They were different from each other and some of the spell nodes were something Reve had never seen before.However, the cat was more concerned about the book, "This is Circe's grimoire!"He rarely ever saw his teacher's grimoire. The only time he saw it was when he studied the spell model of Winter Rose and Ice Fantasy!The temptation to open the other pages of the grimoire rang intensely in his mind. Any spell written in the grimoire was probably great. However, Reve steeled his mind and decisively distanced himself from temptation.He faced the page with Mouth of Adephagia's spell model. What he didn't know was that Circe was watching his every expression and when he focused on studying, she smiled brightly for a second.........Five hours later."Ahhh. I hate this!"A scream filled the courtyard. It belonged to Reve. Having been immersed in the feeling of victory, he had forgotten the difficult process of learning a spell. For five hours, he had still not memorized the magic circles.He thought to himself, 'At this rate, it would take me a month to learn this.'Reve was ignorant!He had no idea that his learning speed was superb. Taking a month to learn a grand spell was beyond unimaginable. It was only possible for geniuses with promising futures.A voice reached out to him, "Now that you understand, let's continue."Reve narrowed his eyes at what Circe said, "What do you mean?""I never expected you to learn the spell model in a day. It took Valentine years to create. It would be abnormal if you can easily learn it. I just needed you to understand that it would be a long process."Not giving him a chance to retort, Circe went on, "You are to study the spell every day for three days. Now, onto the next topic; Ethereal Linking Spell."Once again, Circe showed him a list of magic spells under that spell archetype. Eventually, Reve decided on a spell called Hex of Secrets.To understand the uniqueness of the magic spell, one needed to understand the spell archetype itself.Ethereal Linking Spells was the opposite of Energy Absorption Spells. Whereas, Energy Absorption Spells was the containment of energy, Ethereal Linking Spells dealt with giving the said containment a destination.It would set up a magical link between the Energy Absorption Spell and the caster, which would serve as the mode of transportation for the contained energy. It was immensely difficult as a lot of things could go wrong practically.It was even more difficult to imagine ounces of energy suddenly appearing in one's Mana Heart.Hence, the value of Ethereal Linking Spells could not be said with words.Hex of Secrets was even more valuable. Just like its name, the exact destination of the link was the caster's mind. To be more specific, the anchor was the mind while the destination was the body's Mana Heart.However, to do this would require one to be proficient in the Path of Secrets which was borderline impossible. In Arcadia, very few walked this path and they were either gifted with an ability of this path or were merely messing around with the path.Nonetheless, Reve expected to pull the magic spell off smoothly..well, it might be a bit rocky, but it should end in success.After deciding this, Circe skipped Spatial Spell, as she would be the one to decide, and focused on Specific Elementals or Spiritas.After much deliberation, Reve chose his guy. It was an arch-spiritas called Demis.Demis, the King of Misery.Unlike the others, Reve felt like he would be able to summon him quite finely. Demis required a ritual called Rite of Misery. Rituals usually required an offering and the offering Rite of Misery dictated was pain!The ritualist would undergo a tortuous amount of pain. If he survives it, he would be granted an audience with the King of Misery.This looked quite easy but there was a problemReve wasn't proficient in the school of ritualism.. He was not a ritualist. Hence, he would have to master the few important points about ritual magic as well as the details of Rite of Misery in exactly one month!
