Evan had finished drawing the Magic Circle of the level zero spell, "Magic Missile". Considering that today was the first ti he'd ever done it, he did it pretty quickly. Just a few tries and the Magic Circle was drawn.
"Now, that it's done, I think I'll put it to the test." After saying that, Evan took the parchnt scroll and turned it with the Magic Circle side toward the wall.
Whoosh.
Evan concentrated and his "Warp" began to spin and mana slowly flowed to the scroll. Since he used a small amount of "Azure Stone", not much mana was needed.
Whoosh.
The Magic Circle on the scroll glowed brightly, another confirmation that Evan had done everything right. The next mont, a ray flew out of the center of the Magic Circle, which dissipated a mont later.
"As expected, I`ve wasted almost no mana, but this spell can hardly do any damage." Evan muttered contentedly, looking at the scroll in his hands.
He had diluted the "Azure Stone" powder with the paint and so the spell was weak. You could even call it an idle spell: it didn't take much mana, it had no power, but it was perfect for research.
Evan had found an old diary of a magician in the library, detailing how to draw Magic Circles. He would have learned it later, but fate had decided otherwise. Usually novice magicians shouldn't take on such things so early.
The journal had many pages torn out or ruined, but that didn't stop Evan from understanding the general gist. After so trial and error, he`d got through the first stage. Now it was ti to move on to the second, more interesting stage.
Evan drew the Magic Circle of the "Magic Missile" for practice, because this spell had been chosen as an example in an old journal.
Evan realized that the owner of the diary apparently hadn`t attended the Academy of Magic and learned everything on his own. The reason was that the first half of the book was devoted to trying to draw a Magic Circle, and the second half to "Transforming of Spells" Evan didn't know if that was the author's decision or if the reason was in other circumstances.
Evan had dealt with the first part and was about to move on to the second. "Transforming of Spells" is the process by which a magician changes the structure of a spell, naly replacing so Runes in small Magical Circles, with others.
The information in the journal was inaccurate and sketchy, but Evan understood roughly what the author ant. The thing is, he had actually known what the Magical Circle of the "Magical Missile" looked like before he found the diary. In every spell book, there was a drawing of the Magic Circle, so Evan knew exactly what the Magic Circle of all three of his spells looked like. When a magician learns a spell he must morize its Magic Circle, it is necessary in order to use the spell correctly.
Evan didn't know how to draw Magic Circles so he had to learn it. Of course, the vast majority of the ti scrolls are not needed for spells, but for experintation.
Evan could start "Transforming of Spells" without drawing a Magic Circle on a parchnt scroll, but that option had many disadvantages.
First, if you dilute the "Azure Stone" powder, the scrolls require much less mana. Secondly, for greater effect, it is necessary to see all changes with your own eyes. Thirdly, a mage can cause damage to his body by making a mistake during a "Transforming of Spells".
This is why all magicians use the scrolls as consumables to bring the Magic Circle of their spells to the right form. Particularly strong mages didn't use scrolls, they had their own techniques, but Evan was a long way from that level.
"Okay, it's ti to get started, and I'll also check sothing." Evan said calmly, looking at the Magic Circle scroll.
He had read in his diary about a thod that could be used to remove the Magic Circle from the scroll. The essence of the thod is quite simple - it`s necessary to channel more mana than required. Then the dust from the "Azure Stone" will not withstand such a strain and the Magic Circle will disappear. There will be no trace of the paint either, as it`s homogeneous with the blue powder.
Evan concentrated and his "Warp" began to spin, the mana was imdiately going to the scroll and its flow did not stop. The Magic Circle glowed, but instead of activating the spell, it began to fade away. After a few seconds there was nothing left on the scroll, it looked as good as new one.
Evan had spent less mana than it would have taken to cast a full-blown spell, but considerably more than to simply activate the scroll. He wouldn't do it again, because he still had plenty of blank parchnt scrolls, and there was no point in wasting mana. This ti he just wanted to see if he could erase the Magic Circles.
This trick only works on Magic Circles that were drawn with "Azure Stone" powder. If you draw a Magic Circle using only "Azure Stone", the Magic Circle will disappear after the first use.
"Great, now we can get to the main thing."
Evan laid out the scroll on the table and began to draw the Magic Circle of "Ice Veil". Drawing the Magic Circle of the "Summon Thorny Ivy" was pointless. Evan had only reached the first stage of "Awareness" with "Ice Veil," which ant that only that spell had the first cell of five unlocked.
The "Awareness" of a spell was very important, because as many as two factors depended on it. The first is the passive amplification of the spell. In the battle with Fien, Evan had given her a very serious frostbite just because his "Awareness" of the "Ice Veil" had reached the first stage. The second is the opportunity to engage in the "Transforming of Spells."
By increasing his "Awareness" of a spell, the magician not only greatly enhances the spell itself, but also gets the opportunity to adjust it to himself using the "Transforming of Spells".
Evan already had a little experience in drawing Magic Circles, so the process was slow but steady. Nevertheless, he had to decide which Runes he would replace with which ones.
Whoosh.
Evan practically finished drawing the Magic Circle, but he stopped at creating the last small Magic Circle. He pondered how he should use the Runes and if he needed to change the spell at all.
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