A Wizard's Secret Chapter 22 - Fireball Spell

Chapter 22: Fireball Spell

Translator: J_Squared Editor: J_Squared

It was chilly outside the castle. Snow was falling heavily and ford a thin layer of frost on the ground. However, rlin could not feel the cold at all. Instead, he felt overly warm. He even took off his thick coat, leaving only a thick shirt on.

The Spell Model of Fireball finally ford in his Awareness. What rlin was about to do now was to test the strength of the Fireball.

rlin scanned the room. His surrounding was not suitable for him to do the Fireball testing, so rlin wore his coat and headed out.

He recalled there was a secret basent in Wilson Castle. It was very hidden and wide. Only Old Wilson, the butler and rlin knew about this basent.

rlin wanted to test the Fireball and the basent was the perfect place for him.

Recalling his mory, rlin went straight to Old Wilson’s room. He pressed a brick on the wall lightly. That was the switch that gave the way to the basent.

“Ka-chak.”

With a creak, a wall in Old Wilson’s room gradually pulled apart from two sides. Dust flew about and fell on the ground.

In a couple of monts, a dark tunnel stood before rlin. He took a candlestick on Old Wilson’s table and lit the candles. With the weak light, he walked into the opening.

The passage was extrely dark as no one had co in for a long ti. There was a heavy and unbearable stench in it. rlin proceeded cautiously without stopping.

This passage headed downward. A long stone staircase led him to a place a hundred ters below ground. At two sides of the passage, there were many candlesticks. Whenever rlin t a candlestick, he would light the candles. Thus, the dark passage turned bright and clear as he walked further.

Walking on for a few minutes, the stone staircase had disappeared and rlin had reached a wide basent.

This basent was just a hall. There were more than ten small rooms storing weapons, shield and armors.

rlin could still recall the few tis he was brought here by Old Wilson when he was ten years old. When Old Wilson was repairing the castle, he had referenced the structure of a few military fortresses. Thus, there was a basent which only allowed one person to enter. If there was any danger, one could simply hide in it.

If one had prepared way beforehand and stocked the basent, the supplies here would be enough to feed a few hundred people for a year.

However, many years had passed. Blackwater City was peaceful without many wars, so the basent was gradually neglected.

Albeit neglected, the basent provided enough space for rlin to test the power of Fireball.

Thus, rlin stood at the center of the underground hall and began to sense the Spell Model in his Awareness quietly.

The Spell Model in his Awareness was still rotating slowly. Even the slightest Fire Elent underground was absorbed into the Spell Model.

The Fire Elent that was absorbed by the Spell Model was the Magic Power of the Spell Caster itself! The longer the ti Spell Model existed, the more the Magic Power it accumulated. So, once the Spell Model was created in the Awareness, one could just leave it alone. The Spell Model would automatically accumulate Magic Power.

rlin read old man Etha’s Spell Manual carefully and was clear about the thod to cast a spell. It was easy where he would need to stimulate the Spell Model with Mind Power.

“Fireball!”

rlin shouted. His Mind Power directly stimulated the Spell Model of Fireball. In the blink of an eye, a fireball which emitted scorching heat appeared from the empty space less than a ter away from rlin.

rlin was filled with elation but he was not able to control his Mind Power, so the fireball dissipated as quickly as it had been ford.

The fireball dissipated because rlin had not controlled his Mind Power properly. Once the fireball was cast, the Spell Caster had to control it with his Mind Power.

Even though he failed the first ti, rlin did not give up. He concluded his experience and lesson and cast another fireball.

This ti, he controlled the fireball well with his Mind Power and began to direct the fireball to fly around in the air.

“Boom!”

The fireball crashed into a stone wall. This fireball in the size of a fist seed to contain a large amount of energy. It caused the tough wall to tremble and burned a half-inch hole in it.

That was not enough to show the true strength of Fireball. rlin took a heavy armor from the storeroom in the basent. This was the standard equipnt of a heavy-armored knight. Once he had this on, even the sharp knight’s spear could not pierce his armor.

It was naturally just right for rlin to use this armor to test the power of Fireball.

He hung the armor on the wall but he did not continue to cast Fireball. Instead, he sat down for a rest.

rlin rubbed his head with both hands. Since he had cast Fireball for two tis, he realized the Magic Power accumulated in the Spell Model had been emptied. If he wanted to cast it again, he would need to wait for his Magic Power to recover.

Looking at the Spell Model in his Awareness which absorbed the Fire Elent from outside slowly, rlin thought to himself as he murmured, “It seems like the ti is too short since the creation of the Spell Model. I can only cast Fireball for two tis.”

As for lack of Magic Power, rlin could not do anything. The accumulation of Magic Power could only rely on the ti the Spell Model was given to accumulate. There was no shortcut to it.

After an hour, the Spell Model slowly recovered. rlin could cast Fireball once again.

“Go!”

rlin cast it again. This ti, he was already familiar with the casting of Fireball, so he could do it swiftly. He controlled the fireball in front of him and smashed it into the armor on the wall.

“Ssss.”

There was no huge noise as he had imagined. A fist-like hole burnt through the protection of the armor that covered the front chest by the small fireball. The hole was still hissing smoke.

Even rlin had broken into a cold sweat. He was aghast. Even though he had assud the strength of the Fireball would be remarkable, he did not expect it to be this powerful.

This was a heavy armor made from iron. Its defense was top notch among other armor – even the knight’s spear could not pierce it.

However, the Fireball could easily burn a hole in an armor of such defense. The small fireball rlin cast contained a terrifying power and temperature.

“Hmm? What’s this?”

rlin ca back to his senses. When he was checking the Spell Model in his Awareness, he found sothing new. In his Awareness, there was a grey horizontal fra beside the slowly rotating Spell Model.

rlin was worried about the appearance of this grey fra in his Awareness, especially near his Spell Model.

“When does this appear?”

rlin furrowed his eyebrows. He rembered clearly that this grey fra was not there when he built the Spell Model. It must had appeared lately.

Thus, he observed it more closely. He realized half of this grey fra was slightly bright while the other part remained dull.

rlin observed for a long ti but he still did not know what this fra was nor did he know when it had appeared in his Awareness. However, he did not plan to waste his ti studying this fra. He needed to spend a long ti trying to familiarize the process of casting the Fireball.

Thus, rlin released the fireball again. His Mind Power guided the fireball and crashed it into the heavy armor.

“Boom!”

This ti, the whole fireball exploded and flew all over the place. Even the armor with high defense strength was blown into pieces.

This was the effect of Mind Power. Not only could it guide the direction of the spell but also made many changes to it. For example, he could let the fireball explode when it approached the enemy. If he needed to deal with hard objects, he would not let it explode and instead, he would burn a hole through it due to the heat.

These were all techniques used in casting spells. It required long practices and battle experiences to gradually discover all effects of spells.

Since rlin had just built his Spell Model, he would usually empty his Magic Power after casting two Fireballs. He must rest during this ti to wait for his Magic Power to recover.

If he forcefully stimulated the Spell Model, he could cause the Spell Model to fall apart and caused a detrintal effect on the Spell Caster indirectly.

These taboos during the process of casting spells were recorded in detail in old man Etha’s Spell Manual. rlin had morized all by heart.

When he was resting, rlin found that grey fra again in his Awareness. However, the strange thing was that the fra was no longer grey. It had beco red.

Looking at the red fra, rlin had a strange feeling so he tried to touch it with his Mind Power.

“Woom.”

After being stimulated by rlin’s Mind Power, the red fra shone a bright light. The static Spell Model which was slowly recovering suddenly spun in a fast movent.

At the sa ti, the Magic Power that had recovered was rapidly emptied by Spell Model. Before rlin even understood what was going on, a large fireball imdiately appeared in front of him. It slowly hovered in the air and its internal part seed greatly unstable. It seed it was about to explode anyti.

rlin gawked at the large fireball in shock. If his previous fireballs were the size of a fist, then this fireball was almost the size of three to four fists.

“Not good.”

The fireball was not guided by rlin’s Mind Power. Moreover, its internal part seed greatly unstable and seed as if it might explode anyti. rlin felt a sense of danger and imdiately directed the fireball with his Mind Power to collide with the ground.