If he increased the amount of ti mana too much, it would beco harder to control, and sotis the overwhelming amount of ti mana would collide with the space circle, resulting in the destruction of the mana circle in space. But if he wanted the spell to last longer, he needed to supply more ti mana to the delay spell.
In the end, it all ca down to maintaining the perfect amount of ti mana—not too much to make it harder to control or to overwhelm and collide with the space circle, and not too little to shorten the duration of the delay spell.
[Delay spell cast successfully]
[Mastery of the delay spell at 100%]
After a few more tries, Auran managed to achieve one hundred percent mastery of the delay spell. At that point, it took him one minute to cast the spell, and it lasted for two minutes and thirty seconds, delaying everything thrown at it.
At one hundred percent mastery, it was the peak of what Auran could achieve. But that was only because he was still an apprentice magician—he hadn’t graduated yet and wasn’t bound to ti magic. There was a possibility of improving the basic spell’s capability once he beca more skilled in the ti field.
After finishing the delay spell, it was ti to move on to the other spells. But first, Auran took a break. It had taken longer than he expected to learn just one spell. Looking at the golden sky outside his window, painted by the slowly setting sun, Auran knew the day had co to an end.
He was exhausted physically and ntally, but it was nothing like the pain he had endured as a worthless failure who once walked a dood path. Rembering those tis—and how he now had a clear path ahead—a rush of happiness and excitent overwheld him. As a result, he continued his work without bothering about the world outside his door.
"Second basic spell, let’s see."
Eyes tightly shut, Auran browsed through the notebook and read the instructions for the second basic spell.
Unlike the first one, which could be used in creative ways, the second was an offensive spell.
"A ti-based offensive spell nad Blade of Ti."
Reading the na of the spell, Auran was excited. Usually, in every magic field, there were at least two or three basic spells that could be used for offense, and this Blade of Ti was the first ti-based offensive spell Auran learn in his field. Now, he didn’t have to rely on offensive abilities from other fields for duels—which was a bit of a shaful thing for a magician after choosing his own field.
Auran continued to dive into the description of the spell and extended his hand to cast it as instructed.
"Hmm, seems my judgnt was correct. The space field and ti field are constantly entangled with each other, even when casting spells."
It was a thought that ca to Auran’s mind as he read the description. To cast Blade of Ti, he had to use both space mana and ti mana in constant balance. Thankfully, the space mana used in the spell still belonged to the basic field and did not extend into the advanced field.
Just like before, the first step was to draw out the mana circle to channel ti mana. However, unlike when casting Delay, the space circle for Blade of Ti was a bit larger. After the ti mana flowed out, Auran drew another circle in front of the previous one. He controlled the ti mana and guided it toward the new circle. Once the mana reached it, Auran shaped the ti blade. The ti blade that reached the new circle gradually transford into a half-moon-shaped blade, which stayed in a frozen-like state above the circle.
Auran knew he had to act quickly. Looking around his room, he soon found a target. From his snack bucket, he took an apple and placed it on his working table. Then, he turned the direction of the space circle toward the apple and released the spell.
Swish!
Crack!
A mont after he released the spell, the perfectly fine apple sliced in half at a speed Auran couldn’t even catch with his eyes.
"Is this really a basic spell?"
The effect of the Blade of Ti even scared the caster himself. Now, witnessing it firsthand, Auran finally understood why everyone admired the ti field as one of the most terrifying and effective ones there was.
[Blade of Ti cast successfully]
[Mastery of the basic spell Blade of Ti at 10%]
Afterward, Auran continued his work, nonstop using Blade of Ti and steadily increasing his mastery. Sotis, he took breaks to recover from the loss of empty mana in his body, then started again until the mont he reached full mastery.
Similar to the Delay spell, Auran managed to increase his mastery to seventy percent when he was able to narrow down the casting ti of Blade of Ti to just one second. Then, after a few more rounds of experintation, he learned that in order to increase mastery further, he had to increase the length of the Blade of Ti.
But that ca with risk. If he increased the length of the ti blade beyond its normal range, the spell would beco unstable, and the ti mana could collide with the space circle—resulting in the spell breaking.
So, in the end, perfect balance was necessary to master it fully. After achieving this, Auran did not stop. He continued with the third basic spell and practiced through the whole night until dawn ca.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
At the Malckoy Family Academy, there was a specific, enormous hall where the head committee of the academy gathered.
The purpose of this hall was to test whether a theory submitted by a student was valid or not. The hall had a massive pillar structure with eight seats surrounding a circular stage where the student would stand. It was the student’s responsibility to demonstrate the effects of their theory in the center of this circle.
At that mont, all eight seats on the pillars were occupied by unidentified figures, each with the upper half of their bodies hidden in shadow. In the circle surrounded by them stood Henry Malckoy, holding a piece of paper in his hand.
On the paper was the theory he had written. After reading it aloud, Henry lifted his head and gazed up at the highest point of the pillars.
"Should I begin?"
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