Chapter 77 – Brightening Technique (I)

Marin said, “Elves are prone to complacency and eye-rolling, and those that aren’t proud enough are prone to becoming progressively more self-conscious and mournful over the long years, gradually losing their drive to do anything. Excessive age makes them become unimaginably cautious, dragging down their aggressiveness, while these older people who are often thousands of years old have terrible authority, plus the closed Quel’thalas again limits their vision …… But if they don’t have these shortcomings, human beings don’t have the possibility of outwitting them along with magic. “

“Even so, a lifespan of seventy to eighty years is too short, elves can live for more than a thousand years, and the Sun King Anastria once established a covenant with the empire’s founder, Thoradin the Great, to teach magic to humans, and that was already 2,800 years ago. For humans to reach such a lifespan, there is only one possibility as of now, and that is to become a Tirisfal Guardian, but with just one person, it would not be able to compete with the Quel’Saras School which has a large number of members, not to mention that after the disbanding of the Tirisfal Council, the Guardians would have been the biggest threat to Kenrito and the entire magical world by now.”

Speaking of this, Marin shook his head and added, “Of course, it’s pointless to pursue this now, with Azeroth facing the greatest threat in centuries, it’s an anachronism to maintain the old traditions of the bygone era of peace. But everyone has gotten used to this pattern, haven’t they?”

“Enough about that, let’s get straight to the point. For you to learn magic, you must first master communicating with the magic net. Those children who are gifted this process may have been done in their mother’s womb, whereas you must practice consistently.”

“What am I going to do.” Jace asked.

“Contact with the magical webs is a difficult sensation to describe.” Marin said, “You need to expend a great deal of energy to feel their pulse, like probing the heartbeat in the chest of an invisible person in the void. It is sometimes surging, sometimes subdued, sometimes rapid, sometimes slow, while countless other energies that exist in the spirit world disturb you, causing you to mistake them for the real heartbeat, but if you are truly misled, you will lose contact with the magic web and fall back into reality, and in the worst case scenario, it may even lead to unforeseen disasters.”

Jace listened to Marin’s words, but had a sense of déjà vu.

Isn’t that what he experiences when he casts fear spells?

Only every time he recited the Shadow Spell, it wasn’t some heartbeat in the void that he probed, but the real …… heartbeat from within himself, a heartbeat that wasn’t really the beating of a heart, but rather one of those forces of darkness that traveled through his body, and which Jace had to seek out and mobilize for his own use.

Marin said, “I can teach you a very basic and simple spell, Luminosity. It is a spell that collects stray arcane energies to glow, and this spell can help you feel the subtle connection between those stray arcane energies and the entire magic web, thus guiding you to gradually touch the magic web itself.”

“I almost got it.” Jace said.

“Ah …… I still can’t wait to get you on the path of magic soon, Mr. Sesso.” Marin stood up and said, “Why don’t we start the first introductory lesson now, and the formalities and such can be added later.” He walked around the table to the center of the study, looked at his distance from the bookshelves, and raised his right hand.

“Ljosa!”

There was a boom like the wind drumming, and then flying out with the wind was a string of wind chime-like soft tones, and Jace remembered the movement of the Kid Saeuno when he disappeared and appeared, that imp must have also utilized arcane passages to get in and out of the different realms as well.

A point of light rose in Marin’s hand, and though the bright spot was not as blinding in the morning sun, it would surely be the most conspicuous focal point for two miles if emitted in the midst of Elwyn at night.

The old mage pinched this point of light off with two fingers as he looked to Jace and said, “You can try now.”

“Is it as simple as that, Ljosa?”

Words just finished, Jace hands suddenly sprang out a burst of fire, he was completely unprepared shocked to fling his hand, the result is that the fire actually directly lit a few books in hand!

Marin’s eyes widened in shock immediately took out his wand from his waist and pointed it at the bookshelf, and the entire bookshelf was immediately covered in a layer of frost, and the flames gradually dispersed into a wisp of white smoke.

He ran over to the bookshelf to haze off the layer of frost and kept touching the basic book, trying to see what damage the flames had done.

Upon reading the words on the spine, Marin raised his eyebrows and said to himself, “So it’s these two books, just burn them.”

Jace stammered, “Is …… this some kind of fire magic?”

“No, it’s arcane ignited.” Marin raised his head, held up the mirror, and said, “Didn’t Amy say you had no magical talent? Why ……”

He suddenly said as if he understood something, ”You may not have an innate induction with the magic net, but your incantations …… you pronounce them …… very accurately, and last time Dushan also mentioned this matter, he said that you imitated others when you were Orcish pronunciation, the imitation is very similar. He also told me that it would be better if you could meet a real orc, it would improve you much more.”

Jace thought to himself real orcs have been seen but whether they are good or not is another story.

Marin went on to say, “Magic nets and arcane arts, and even all other powers, have their own wills, of course, they have their own likes and dislikes, their own personalities, and will pick their own users. And the fastest way to create an affinity with them is to make a sound that they find pleasing to their ears, not only to make them understand your commands, but also to make them like your commands, and even like you as a person, which can be said to be an important part of magical affinity.”

“Of course, some complex magic can’t be pronounced just by knowing the incantation, there are other conditions for casting the spell, such as gestures, the environment, the way and depth of contact with the magic web, your mental power, etc., arcane energies not only need to be summoned and commanded, but also need more guidance to produce more changes according to your will, you can try it again. “

Jace tried to lift his hand away from the bookshelf and recited “Lil Yusa” again.

It was like he felt something, and like he didn’t. Thinking back to that simple test he had done with Amy earlier, Jace felt a little discouraged. But that fire just now, in the end, meant that he had at least caused some kind of reaction, it had to be some kind of connection with the magic web to have the effect, right?

With that thought, he concentrated on the fingertips in front of him, recalling the drive he had felt when he had once successfully cast a fear spell.

Ljosa!

Pale white flashes of light flickered from his fingertips, like a lighter that had run out of gas.

“It’s a done deal?” Jess asked, “Is this …… this considered a done deal?”

“Probably sort of, at least a little bit.” Marin said, “However, it’s already too much stronger than I expected, and unsurprisingly you’ll be noticeably tired, so wait for a day’s rest before making more attempts. Mental ‘overexertion’ is one of the most important lessons for every mage, to avoid having to overexert yourself to cause permanent damage to your mind and body.”

Jace laughed to himself, but in reality he wasn’t tired at all.