Tears are fighting their way out of my eyes while my sinuses are swollen; they make breathing through my nose harder but not hard enough. It feels wrong to breathe this easily when Im failing.
Four days have passed, and Lord Juler and I hit a slump.
The guiding spell is not working. The [Light] properties are much more obscure and arcane than I had imagined. We lack fundantal research on the nature of the soul-shroud and even though we are now advancing magical theory to new heights, we are still in the dark. The amount of knowledge needed to solve our problem is unavailable to us. More precisely, its like trying to build a gun with scrap iron. The gun would just explode in your hand at first use.
If I dedicated my life to this type of research and consorted with renowned scholars around the world, in less than a decade, I would be able to create thousands of spells like this. But now? This is too much. For . And even for Lord Juler.
The [Supre Archmagus] has been working non-stop on the algorithm responsible for building an image from the data. However, we have barely been able to get a vague shape to appear on our screen. And the progress was so minimal we are not even sure we are on the right path. We might have made so improvents by pure chance. And we both know that.
I leveled.
[Luxmancer Level 29]
And I gained a new class.
[Scholar Level 9]
[Intuitive Understanding] is my most helpful skill so far. It lets understand very complicated matters or simply obscure things to a certain degree. Lets say I have a foreign word or concept I can now glimpse around 20% of its true aning, importance, and usage. Lord Juler said its one of the key skills for a true [Scholar]. And he also said that in ti I should beco a [Scholar of Magic]. During our recesses from research, he started teaching about classes and levels. Apparently, when compatible classes level up together, they fuse. [Scholar of Magic] and its advancents are highly compatible with any branch of magic. He says its actually desirable to receive such a class and that every proper aspiring [Archmage] should level it up to 40.
So, I have finally dived deep enough into magic that Ive gained another class, that Ive expanded my horizons and my responsibilities. But all is for naught.
We need a fresh perspective, student. Our work is becoming stale. This is not simple crafting. More ti wont change the outco. We have explored most of what could sensibly be explored. I can keep that woman alive with my sheer prowess and earn us the ti needed. But that ans you will have to study more than you are comfortable with.
I dont care, Lord Juler, I sigh. I need to cure this evil thing. Cringe, Jesus. What a fucking thing. I have never used the word evil for sothing. But who the hell creates artificial cancer tastases to inflict pain on others? To kill them slowly? JESUS! I have never witnessed such an atrocity. And now, Antoninuss mother could die because of so stupid fucking [Necromancer]. Ill do whatever it takes, Lord Juler. Whatever it takes.
I cant believe that soone would do that. I still cant. Im just angry. Angry and tired. And why are people not more concerned with eradicating these problems? Why do the people at high levels let [Rottenbone] be a thing?
Because to eliminate great evil, you need to be ready to die. [Heroes] of ages past have perished. Even in the great pantheon of the Vanedeni people, where many [Heroes] reside, many more are missing. So are forgotten, and our history cant catch up with them anymore; so are simply secretive, like , or another hidden soul on Ko. A few more might reside here and there, but thats even beyond , Joey Luciani. Im far from being the most competent of my people, rember that. Incredible [Heroes] among us have been tested by the world. One of them, if the legends are true, even ascended to godhood and beca one of the Canti the divine beings.
But uncountable numbers of the Vanedeni have perished while trying. So many have failed. Ten tis, maybe a hundred tis more than those who succeeded. And great deeds require great effort.
I stand up, feeling wobbly. I think I ate a couple of hours ago, and Im watching my diet to avoid losing more energy. But sotis, I just forget to eat if no one brings food upstairs.
The studying has taken a toll on my energy. Im tired beyond relief. Sadly, I agree with Lord Julers first proposition. I need to rest. He needs to find inspiration sowhere else. If we just keep drilling and drilling, we wont find anything.
Its frustrating. Ive always believed that the day I hunkered down and tried, stuff would co easy to . But another part of also knows that this is exactly what I have always been afraid of. Failure. A reality-check.
Even with the new levels, even with the hat. Even with a veritable [Supre Archmagus] on my side, Im far from being able just to do anything. And the problem is that the guide is a more powerful version of the guiding spell needed for a hypothetical [Gamma Knife]. Sure, if I want to blast soones brain, it just takes aiming in the general space inside the skull. I wouldnt need the surgical precision that, instead, I need for Antoninuss mothers procedure.
There are ways that are very un-scholarly to solve this problem, Joey Luciani.
Are there, now?
Levels an much more than anything the best of us could understand. Our world fills in the blanks for us when we have enough pieces. If you can already work out the basics of radiation, you might get a skill after you level up. Given how deadly it would be, its pretty sure that you would get an inferior version of it with many kinks. When I say un-scholarly mind you I an that it doesnt really help you. Its a fast way to do it; its the road that the weak follow. The more you go to the deep end of magic, the bigger the burden on you will be unless you know what you are doing, that is.
Not going into the Dungeon and killing hordes of monsters to have this stupid system finish my research, then.
Well, I didnt say that.
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