Super Necromancer System Chapter 211 The Chrysalis’s Talents

Chapter 211 The Chrysalis's Talents

"A prodigy?" Aldrich raised a brow, surprised.

In the distance, he heard the Chrysalis marveling at the many large tos, remarking to herself, "Blue book! Red book! Spiky book! Big book!"

"Magic isn't sothing I've ever had to consciously learn," said Aldrich. "The knowledge just funnels into , so I don't know how to tell whether soone is 'good' at using magic or not."

It was an odd phenonon. According to lore, mages had to dedicate years to actually know how to cast magic. They had to spend large amounts of ti ditating to figure out how to control the flow of their mana, and then they had to spend even more ti understanding how to temper that flow and shape it into a reliable spell.

For Aldrich, all of that knowledge was just downloaded into his head. Though, he did note, what he got was a base amount of knowledge that let him use the spell, but using it to its peak capability was sothing he might be able to train for.

The Outer Trait," explained dula.

Aldrich was surprised. He did not know this was sothing that beings from the ga would know about. Or at the very least, it was not sothing he had read about in the lore. He just assud this was convenient ga chanics so that he could cast spells imdiately without having to study them for months.

"It is not a widely known phenonon," continued dula. "Precious few knew of it in our realm of yore. Only those that studied beyond the Starry Veil, gazing upon the infinite dark of the Outer itself, knew of this.

And a pithy few studied beyond the stars. Mortals are too absorbed with magic that could change the present around them while many immortals did not have the patience or capability to study the Outer.

Demons such as myself, however, are not bound to any single realm. We have crossed through the stars before, long ago, and we are long lived. Velen, demon god of knowledge and my forr teacher, was particularly interested in the Outer.

That interest passed down to , hence my penchant for warp magics that can bend the fabric of space"

"And what exactly does this phenonon entail?" Aldrich noted that dula's guard slightly dropped when she got into talking about her knowledge. There was a genuine passion within her not just for obtaining knowledge, but sharing it.

Hence, why she made a good teacher as well.

"There are certain existences that are touched with cosmic power from the Outer that grant them trendous power. One such power being this quaint ability of yours to assimilate the knowledge of spells and skills with little to no training at all."

"There were more people with this ability?" Aldrich perked up, interested. He reasonably assud that he could auto-learn spells because of video ga chanics granted by his system.

dula's words, however, indicated one of two things.

One, that this ability was in fact sothing that naturally occurred.

Or, second, that there were other beings in Elduin that had held a system.

dula nodded curtly. "I suppose the lack of knowledge is largely due to how rare this phenonon is. In the entire history of Elduin, there were precious few existences touched by the Outer.

The primordial dragon who was said to have seeded the origins of many species upon the world, and in death, beca the first Old Spirit.

The Arcane Emperor and the Enlightened One who were said to have spread all of the magic and skills known among Elduin, becoming the first two gods to ever exist.

And, of course-," dula narrowed her eyes at Aldrich. "You. The hero."

"Do you have an idea of what this 'Outer' entails? Where the power cos from?" said Aldrich.

"Prying into my research, are we?" dula shook her head. "But no. I have studied the Outer for the better part of a thousand years, but it is a deep mystery.

My teacher could not parse its secrets either. All we knew was that the Outer was a fundantal force that predated the existence of the Elduin realm. An embodint of the vast, cosmic unknown.

In scope, too, it truly is trendous.

We demons are a nomadic body that travel across realms, across planets, and among the myriad of worlds our history descended upon and devoured, we encountered specin touched by the Outer, indicating that the influence of the Outer reaches far and wide."

"I see," said Aldrich. "And my powers co from there, this 'Outer?'"

"So part of it, most likely. To what extent? I do not know."

"In your expert opinion, do you find it possible that a specific entity has granted this power? An entity with their own reasons and goals?"

"Ah, thinking of whether you are being controlled? Practical." dula just shrugged. "I know little. The Outer is difficult to study. All I know from studying past observations recorded by my teacher is that those touched by the Outer do not seem to lose any autonomy.

Granted, the sample size is low, and the observations rather unreliable when we cannot understand the Outer at a fundantal level to begin with.

But my teacher theorized the Outer was an 'elent' that only a few chosen could harness. It is not sothing with a form or will, an entity as you fear, it is simply sothing that is. Woven into the fabric of all existence at the dawn of creation.

Those touched by the Outer could draw upon it in the sa way a mage with an affinity for fla could call upon fire. A mundane fire mage does not treat fla as an entity, but rather a resource.

The Outer is the sa.

At least, according to my teacher. I myself have had differing opinions, but nothing certain."

"And what were your opinions?"

"I would like to keep that research to myself. It is yet unford and unfinished." dula beca curt again. "Let us return to the matter of the Chrysalis.

There is both good and bad."

"Tell both."

"I was going to regardless of your desire. A guardian should know both the strengths and weaknesses of the one they care for.

The good. As I have said before, she is a prodigy. Specifically in controlling the flow of mana. In the sa way that so beasts know how to hunt and fend for themselves through sheer instinct bred into their being, she can control mana with natural ease.

It may not seem like it now with how much she struggled, but I assure you, that is leagues beyond what an ordinary mage could accomplish even in months of training.

I predict in a few days, she will have near absolute control of her mana flow.

In addition, her mana is colorless. The color of one's mana indicates the elental affinity one has, and a colorless one is mythical in its rarity, for it ans she is naturally attuned to the control of space."

"And the bad?" Aldrich noted a pause from dula.

"She has not inherited your Outer strength," said dula.

"Well, that only ans she has to learn how to cast spells from scratch, no?"

"Beyond simply lacking your Outer trait, it seems she has inverted it. She cannot learn any spell. You are familiar with the concept of magic tos, are you not?"

"Yes." Aldrich knew that in the lore, magic tos had the stored knowledge of spells. By reading the to and linking one's magic with it, it was possible to gain access to using spells within it, though actually being able to cast them involved a long process of training.

It was that training that Aldrich could completely ignore that separated him the most from ordinary mages.

"I tried attempting to instill upon her a few spells from a to, one suited to her colorless mana, but none worked," said dula. "She is incapable of shaping her mana into a spell."

"Do you potentially know why this is the case?"

"I have theories, but nothing set in stone."

Aldrich raised a brow at her, wanting more, and she relented this ti, giving more information.

"My current theory is that it is because she is an existence native to this new realm of yours. Though she has learned to manipulate mana, there is likely so 'gate' that prevents her from accessing the ford spells that originate from Elduin," explained dula.

"Hm. If that's all she can do, then that's concerning. For her own safety." Aldrich put a thinking hand to his chin.

"I would not worry too greatly were I you. She simply cannot access the magic established by the Arcane Emperor," said dula. "But that does not an she is helpless. She can still approximate ancient arts that predate the magic system established by the emperor."

"Do you know of any? If I'm to have her with out there, I want her to be able to fend for herself."

"A few, and these I will teach her. However, none of these arts are particularly useful in combat, if this is your concern." dula sighed. She looked at Aldrich's concerned expression and shrugged. "Soothe those concerns, usurper.

There is another art you are familiar with. One that predates the Arcane Emperor. One suited purely for combat. One that involves the shaping of mana that your daughter is a prodigy at."

"Volantis," realized Aldrich.