Chapter 237: Arcane Talent?

Marin took out the book from the cabinet, flipped to the spell for Mage Armor, and said, “Mage Armor is a dragon language spell, so if someone who hasn’t learned the dragon language, even if they replicate the spell as it is recited by someone else, there will be a problem that they won’t be able to notice. That’s why we need to use language learning as a foundation before reciting the spell.”

“You as a Lordaeron should know that to sing Tirisfal hymns one must learn the rules of pronunciation of the ancient Tirisfal language, instead of directly and rigidly memorizing the recitation with the current pronunciation of the common language, and rigidly singing a song that is almost already in another language, which is not only inaccurate and does not express the emotions well, but also inefficient if one wants to learn more repertoire is Terrible. It’s like that for those singing artists, let alone us mages who are far more dangerous.”

“I see.” Jace nodded shyly.

“I have a question, Master, is the dragon language learned in the Sorcerer’s Sanctuary, the true dragon language?”

“Of course it’s the real dragon language, or teach you a fake one?” Marin just said it, as if he realized what Jace meant, and immediately added, “Ah …… you mean, the language of dragons?”

“Yes, the language spoken by dragons.” Jace emphasized.

Malin shook his head and said, ”No, the so-called dragon language of the Sorcerer’s Sanctuary was passed down according to the elves, this dragon language is the carrier of some magic so ancient that it can be traced back to the time of the ancient elven empire or even earlier, it is not really the language of the dragon in the literal sense, it can only be said that there was some correlation in the earliest times. If you meet a dragon next time, don’t try to use this language to talk to him, you might as well just use the universal language. It’s said that any older dragon will use the universal language, I’m not too sure exactly how, after all, I’ve never met an adult dragon either.”

“Young dragons also speak Common.” Jace said, “That black dragon in Southsea Town spoke it pretty standard when he terrorized me.”

Marin nodded in surprise and said, “If that dragon was really forced to need to use language to intimidate you, it’s enough to show that you took an absolutely dominant role in that battle …… Many accounts say that arrogant dragons, especially black dragons, don’t care to speak the language of mortals unless they are furious to the extreme. “

“But then again, Jace, whether or not the young dragon speaks the Common Tongue is still quite a debate at the moment, and quite a number of scholars disagree with that, so if you did hear him speak the Common Tongue, you should make a note of it, and get a few of the parties involved to help you recall it all together, and maybe you, with this material, could be stored in the library of the Wizard’s Sanctuary. “

“I was wondering what would happen if I talked to a dragon in this dragon language?” Jace asked curiously.

“I don’t know.” Marin said, “But a lot of dragon language tutorials have mentioned not to try to communicate with real dragons in that language or it won’t end well, and I’m guessing there must have been some warrior in the past who did that, and it ended badly.”

“Enough of this rambling, time is precious, and you seem to have learned about as much as you can about your Mage Armor, so it would be better if you corrected your enunciation further once you’ve learned the Dragon Language. By the way, Jace, a small detail – I noticed that your mage armor, manifesting resistance to the colors of shadow and flame is particularly bright, what’s up with that? Something to do with the spell utterance?”

“I ……” Jace wasn’t prepared for a second, “have you? I didn’t notice.”

Marin waved his hand and said, “Well, for a variety of reasons, it’s not uncommon for mage armor to have different resistances to different elements, and who can manage to perfectly balance all the elemental forces? Not even a powerful shaman priest. Let’s talk about your next spell.”

Seeing that Marin had fooled himself, Jace hurriedly followed his words to continue the conversation, “Uh, I’d like to learn a bit of offensive spells, and Master Marin is a master of flame magic, isn’t he!”

“In the Wizard’s Sanctum, if you will.” Marin said, “You want to learn flame magic? Yes, it would be good to learn some of the Plasticine School’s tricks for self-defense, so why don’t we start with the most basic Ignite spell?”

Ignite spell, Jace had heard of this magic before, it was like a lighter, wasn’t it a bit of a waste of time to learn it considering the brat already knew how to make sacrifices?

Seeing Jace hesitate for a while, Marin said, “After learning mage armor, you’re starting to look down on these low level spells, aren’t you? Then what do you want to learn, Fireball? Fireball magic is a very difficult magic to control, don’t see many outsiders flirting with fireball magic as if it’s some kind of juggling act …… Amy’s fireball magic can’t even blow up this cupboard, and the Prince of the Sunseeker’s fireball magic might be able to blow off the top of that tall tower outside, I’m serious.”

“But if he did intend to do that, it’s more likely that he’d choose to end the entire mage district with an Inferno Blast.” The old mage said with a raised eyebrow.

“I don’t doubt it for a second …… but doesn’t the fireball spell take a long time to cast?” Jace asked.

“It’s long for Ignite and Light spells, but not so long for mage armor.” Marin explained, “But it’s really a good move for the battlefield, and it does seem a bit slow for fast-paced encounters.”

What Jace wanted was something a little faster, a move that would match the close encounters he was now facing on a regular basis; right now he often couldn’t keep up with the overly fast pace of combat when he was chanting a spell as short as the Curse of Weakness, let alone a fireball spell that took a while to chant in place.

“Are there any fast-acting, direct damage ones?”

Marin nodded and said, “The Scorch spell, like you said, takes effect very quickly, but is no more destructive than the Fireball spell, and requires a high level of concentration from the user, after all, he is a very short spell. Long spells, though long, have an advantage, and that is that it is easier for the caster to concentrate during the recitation of the spell.”

Jace says, “That’s it, Master, Searing Spell is easier than Fireball, right? The process of learning mage armor does seem a bit too painful for me, and I’d like to find an easier one to increase my self-confidence, after all, I’m not particularly gifted in the arcane arts ……”

“Don’t be so down on yourself, Mr. Sesso.” The old mage stood up and went to the cabinet behind himself while rummaging through the books, “Your arcane affinity is definitely not the worst among my students …… All in all it’s definitely good enough to get started, and your linguistic talent is considered one of the best even among your many teachers, I really do think so, though You stealing my spells doesn’t make me too happy is all.”

“I’m really sorry ……”

“I’m doing this for your own good.” Marin pulled out a red book, flipped to the first few pages, and said, “Read after me for a moment – Kibimoflossas.”

After following Marin’s reading a few times, Jace could already feel the fluctuation of magic when he recited the spell, did this mean that he already possessed a certain degree of arcane affinity?

Perhaps it is because the number of times he has cast spells has already allowed him to establish a certain connection with the arcane arts, or perhaps it is because of that bottle of water from the Well of the Sun …… In short, now he feels that he is a little different.

After feeling this, the excitement has pressed on.

But if he hadn’t chosen the Path of Shadows at the very beginning, he wouldn’t have had all this gain later on.

He was becoming more and more convinced of his original philosophy that even though he knew the future and much about the world, he couldn’t take advantage of it without being strong enough to use it to his advantage.

One must find ways to improve oneself in order to take advantage of the various opportunities.

“Now, let me show you.”

Marin picked up a copy of Troll’s Love from another bookcase and tossed it into the air, mouthing “Kibimoflossus” with a frown on his face, his palms braced together, and the novel suddenly transformed into a ball of expanding flames in a burst of flames, the unnatural heat and brightness of which caused Jace to shiver and howl. The book disappeared in its entirety, not even many crumbs remaining.

“Ah, I’ve been wanting to fix this waste of pen and ink piece of crap for a long time now, it’s simple magic, Mr. Jace Sesso, now it’s your turn to try it.”

Jace nodded and asked, “What should I cast the spell at?”

Marin stepped into the center, straightened his wrinkled vestments from sitting too long, and said, “Just do it to me!”

“Won’t it hurt you ……,” Jess asked, a little worried.

Marin gave a little smile and said, “Then I’ll write a letter directly to Master Andromas to promote you to Apprentice Mage and transfer you to the School of Plasticity, surely the School of Protection won’t be able to fit your talents, Jace Sesso.”

“Well ……,” Jace said awkwardly, standing up across from Marin and saying, “I’m ready.”

Marin lightly chanted an incantation that Jace had never heard before, a cloud of arcane energy transformed into the red color of flames surrounding him like a crimson lotus flower that was stunning, was this the Flame Protection Boundary?

No wonder Marin said that if Jace could hurt him he could be directly promoted to trainee mage, being able to use a quick spell to break a fire mage like Marin’s magical boundary, this level was probably only found by going to one of Kenrito’s top mages.

“That’ll do, Mr. Sesso.” Marin said.

Jace nodded, thinking over the spell casting poses in the book, then referencing Marin’s casting earlier, and concentrating. “Kibimoflossus!”

Jace felt a wave of unprecedented relief, was this the power of magic? This pain of releasing pressure was something that all the spells before had never given him.

Did he already have the Arcane gift?

Chanting the incantation at the same time, he waved his hand at the old mage in front of him, his palm braced, only to see a dark red fire explode on Marin, but quickly melted into his boundary as if it had never happened, yet Marin frowned ……

The knot quickly disappeared and Marin stumbled a step to lean against the table, his hands panicked as he held on to something around him nearly pushing all the books on the table to the floor, Jace was taken aback and scrambled over to hold him up.

“Guru …… how ……”