The Blood's will inside Evin begged him to cancel the spell and put it back in his shadows.
"I give up!" Evin shouted to Rith, eyes clenched tightly.
Rith, who cald down after getting her vision back, canceled her spell and the Shadow Zone around Evin disappeared as well.
Rith stopped floating and landed beside Evin. She noticed that she was out of breath sohow, but then she noticed that sothing was wrong with the air around her. She couldn't notice it when her mind was preoccupied with the dangers that lurked inside Evin's shadow, but since everything was over, she could sense that sothing was amiss.
Evin, obviously, used his newly create World of Storms spell on the Cosmic as well.
"I'm sorry about that. Sothing got the better of , and I got a bit too serious at so point," Rith apologized.
"It's okay. I didn't think that sothing like that was going to happen as well," Evin said.
"What was that?" Rith asked with curiosity.
"Apparently, the Beast Lord's blood can give my shadows physical attributes," Evin began and explained the whole thing to Rith.
Evin did not know what the Blood's will had in mind, but after a while, shadowy figures started erging from the ground all around Evin. Rith couldn't see them, but since Evin had perfect vision in the dark, he could definitely make them out. The biggest one was the maw that attacked Rith at first, and that one was the Blood's will. The other claws, eyes and tentacles were the World Sprites that resided inside Evin's shadow.
They also pulled out so of the jagged sorbothium tals from inside Evin's shadow and used them as makeshift fangs and claws. They probably could've attacked without them, but obviously, being ard was much better than being unard.
"So you were thinking of creating an offensive attack with the Dark World and the Blood's will offered this solution for you?" Rith asked.
"Sothing like that, I suppose"
Rith pondered about Evin's answer for a while and then asked.
"Evin, what does darkness an to you?"
"I've thought about this for long ti, but all I can say is that I'm not sure. I understand that you're asking about what kind of special attributes my Dark spells have, but I'm very sure that my latest spell is mostly thanks to the World Sprites and the Blood's will"
"Well, I'd agree with you, usually but you must understand that a mage will never be able to recreate a special attribute that doesn't suit them. But this shows us that you're very compatible with the Vulpine Mother. Perhaps her special attributes work similarly to what your last spell did," Rith explained.
'Does that an that I think of darkness like my ho? Or do I think of darkness like a living being? But I really don't rember having thoughts like that' Evin pondered.
"Well, all in all, it's a great addition to your powers But I suggest you refrain from using that spell with the Beast Lord Blood's will anymore," Rith reminded.
"Why?"
"Let ask you a question. What do you think the World of Space represents to ?"
Evin thought about Rith's specialties, but couldn't quite think of any. She did everything a normal mage of the World of Space did, and she seed quite well-rounded as well. She could easily blink, she could use her portals as an offensive thod and a defensive thod, with that portal armor of hers.
"I'm not sure"
"That's because I never tried to apply what I think my specialty is to my spells. If I thought of the World of Space like my ho, like most other Cosmics, perhaps my spells would start leaning on the controlling, or defensive side. Or if I thought that the World of Space was a great utility World like most humans do, my spells would start leaning towards transport or storage," Rith said.
Evin nodded in response, waiting for Rith to continue.
"But I never bother thinking about those things, since I need to be perfect at the basics before I start thinking about those kinds of things. If a mage starts leaning heavily to one thing from the beginning, like offense, all of their spells of that World start to beco more and more one dinsional. After so point, the rest of their Worlds will also start leaning towards attacking. The mage would soon beco unable to cast any spell that doesn't have an offensive capability," Rith said.
Evin never heard that one would beco outright unable to cast their non-specialty abilities.
"So I suppose it's better to be more well-rounded than specializing in one thing?"
"Generally, yes. Specialization is good if you're part of a dedicated team If you're confident in your teammate's ability to protect you, you can lean towards offense as much as you wish. But that only works for mages who are trained from birth alongside a team. Most mages will need to depend on themselves at so point," Rith explained.
"Well, when can I start specializing?"
"Perhaps when you beco a Lesser-imposer. Before that, just focus on your basics, yeah?" Rith finished.
Evin was left wondering, but didn't linger on it much longer. It was already three or four hours past midnight, as far as Evin could tell. It was still bright as day outside, because of the Sorbothium veins infused with the Luminous World energy.
The next morning, or noon, should we say, Ssatsko took Evin and Arza, to bring them to the Artificer he was talking about.
Going through the city, Evin could see many different people curiously eyeing the red-haired Arza as they walked past. Evin was more inconspicuous, since black hair wasn't as rare in the North as red.
It was a calming experience, compared to walking through the City of Smog. No one trying to rob you, no one eyeing your possessions greedily, and no one looking at you with jealousy.
'But what's with the big contrast between the two cities?' Evin couldn't help but ponder.
With Kena's authority and powers, surely he could've created a better environnt on the City of Smog.
As Evin was thinking about these things, the group reached their destination. Ssatsko opened the door to the place and Evin saw a luxurious interior with a variety of items line up in display. There were another group of people inside that Evin recognized.
"Oh, hello master Hector," Evin said to the familiar one horned man among them.
"Greetings, Evin," the man had seen the newcors in the shop so there was no delay in his response.
"Buying a new channeling artifact?" Evin asked. Parvan's old one was with Arza, after all.
"Sothing like that Hmm, seems you've gotten stronger?" Hector asked after glancing at Evin for a bit.
"A bigshot took a fancy in and helped reach the peak quarter-core stage," Evin explained.
Parvan, who was listening from behind his brother's back, felt his hopes of revenge shattering before his eyes. If he couldn't beat Evin when the latter was at the beginner stage, then he definitely wouldn't be able to do it when commoner mage reached the peak quarter-core stage.
'How do you jump from peak beginner to peak quarter in a three weeks anyway? What kind of person has so much resources?' Parvan thought.
For Parvan himself, he had to bathe in a World of Earth infused water for a week straight to beco a 3 cm (1.2 inch) quarter-core mage. Which ant his maximum capacity was 5 kg (11 lbs) of mana.
The price of a Core shard and the process of liquidizing it for the bath was so much that even Parvan noticed the decrease of riches in the house.
Evin, who noticed the young noble in thought, called out to him.
"Hello, young master Parvan, how were your travels?" Evin's way of speaking turned extrely polite, compared to how he was speaking with Hector.
"It's been well, but I'm sorry, I must choose the specs of my new channeling artifact," Parvan said and steered his face to the items that were displayed in front of him..
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