Chapter 432: Eldrian's questions (1)
"True... It is far better than Observe." Zamia nodded and smiled. When she smiled she was naturally a sight to behold, yet sohow her beauty did not influence Eldrian much. Other than reminding him of when she had visited him while he was still naked after bathing.
He blushed as he thought of her words. 'Are we really as incompatible as you said?' He wondered, causing even his ears to turn red as he recalled the weird thoughts that had entered his mind when she had said it.
Shaking his head to clear it of these strange thoughts, Eldrian asked, "What else should I do then? If I want to not be tricked?"
"A good question, and not one with a simple solution. Becoming stronger is the most straightforward solution to never be kept in the dark."
"Of course, but that is easier said than done." Eldrian countered.
"As is all things in life." She replied before taking another sip, Eldrian suddenly rembering the tea and quickly mirroring her. The tea helping him calm down and think clearer again.
Instead of pressing to move things along, Eldrian enjoyed the tea and the beauty of the surroundings, and company. The glade, illuminated by the moonlight was quite a sight to behold. The spring and waterfalls at the far side reflected the light in a spectacular, beautiful way.
"Why did you co back?" Zamia asked after a few minutes passed.
Eldrian paused on hearing the question, ashad at his true purpose. "At first, I just ca hoping to still bond with Cephaphyr and then return to the war."
"And now?"
"Now..." Eldrian took a sip to help him keep calm and give him ti to think through his response. "Now I am unsure if you still wish for that. My becoming a candidate has placed a massive target on my back and if Ceph joins ... I can't guarantee his survival."
"Indeed," Zamia nodded, not giving Eldrian the answer he desperately craved. He cared little for if it was a yes or no, he just wanted the answer.
"Do you know what being a candidate actually ans?" Zamia asked after a mont of silence and Eldrian truthfully shared what he did know.
"I see. Yes, it is an indication of a unique perception of magic and an indication of having a strong internal drive. Regardless if this is one of kindness or heartlessness."
"But that is just it, and it is also the key to it all. What drives you will be the thing that defines you and the type of candidate you are."
Eldrian nodded and didn't interrupt, but it seed that Zamia was done speaking. Leaving him wondering what his drive was. His strongest conjecture was that it should be linked to his hidden class. 'Protector... Is it because I do not wish to have those close to be hurt and die?'
It was indeed one of the things that he used to push himself beyond his limits ti and ti again. What kept him focused and never slacking. What had allowed him to survive Milgoroth's ambushes.
"It seems you found your drive, your path. That is good..." As Eldrian wanted to share she shook her head and said, "No need to share. It is your aspiration, and yours only. Never let anyone change this, always stay true to it."
Eldrian nodded and asked, "What else did you want to ask ?"
"Not much," Zamia smiled and took a sip, "I am curious about the path you chose for magic. I see that you discarded the elents in your mana."
"Discarded? That is a rather harsh word."
"But it is true. Why did you do it?"
Eldrian took a mont again to gather his thoughts, "I had thought that having my mana be of certain elents would slow down my ability to use other types. That it would limit what I can do."
Zamia nodded and asked, "Then, what did you hope for?"
"That I will be able to alter it at will. To be in control..." Eldrian paused as he realized sothing, sothing he had overlooked after his last breakthrough. "But, I don't need to be in control... It is already , it is part of ..."
Zamia smiled as she saw Eldrian entering contemplation. 'He has changed a great deal, I wonder if he realized the limitation of his approach to magic?'
Eldrian took his ti, diving into ditation and looking at the mana moving along the pathways he had designated for them. 'Not now, I first need her answer.' Eldrian stopped himself from changing them for now, though he knew that it wouldn't be as hard as before.
"You once said that I would find my way of using magic limiting myself." Eldrian said, nearly causing Zamia to choke on her tea. The timing was just too much for her to keep her composure.
"Yes, I recall. You had this unique thod of combining mana control and spell modules to learn spells at an extre speed."
"Yes, I have a few questions regarding this. I do not understand what you ant. However, I am stuck on a few things and they might be what you ant."
Zamia nodded and indicated for him to explain further. To demonstrate what he was getting at, Eldrian cast Frost Needle and kept the icicle floating above the table. "Why is there mana in raw form behind this? I know it is what moves the spell through the air, but why and how. Why is it not the air elent?"
Seeing his near-perfect cast and control over the spell, Zamia took her ti first admiring both. All magical creatures had a unique way of using magic, a way that humans couldn't copy. They also couldn't use magic as humans. They simply weren't made to do it.
Seeing Eldrian's spell, however, Zamia wondered if maybe this wasn't really true. 'He surely deserves his candidacy.' She thought, extrely aware that he had made this much progress in just 4 months. That he had only been in this world for 5.
"What else are you curious about?" Zamia asked, wanting to first gauge how much Eldrian had figured out by himself.
"My other questions are on spell modules, but-"
"While we don't use them, I am aware of how they are used. You should recall."
"Of course," Eldrian nodded, how could he not recall her help. "My first question is why spell modules are fixed. I have already discovered that spells beco unstable if you change them, but they can still cast and exist even if incorrect."
"My question is, why instead of having the spell module of Tier 5 shift from one version to the other. Why must one instead replace the envisioned spell module completely?"
"Oh my," Zamia looked at Eldrian in slight surprise and took a sip of tea to calm herself down. "You are already looking at Tier 5 spells?"
"I've only seen one, and after learning how you are supposed to cast it. I was left with this question a few days later."
"I see... As you said, a spell will beco unstable if the spell module isn't perfect. How would you have it morph without entering an unstable state? The known thod uses only the perfect modules, to keep the spell under control."
Eldrian thought on this and cast Floga while still keeping the icicle floating above the table. Expanding and shrinking the ball of fla while considering how he would form the spell module for the spell.
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