Zaos returned ho feeling a bit depressed since the journey ahead of him wasn't much better than the tis he stayed in the north. He had a lot of research to do and too little ti, considering that his goal was to improve his mother's health. As if things weren't bad enough, several things were happening lately, and they were decreasing his free ti.
"I guess I will write a letter to Tyra and ask her if she can do so research using herbs and try to find so way to help with this," Zaos muttered.
Zaos routine continued like that after he wrote and sent the letter. Still, then things changed once again when Zaos received the docunts from Edea. They were too old and too little. When Zaos frowned while looking at her, she just shrugged. A lot of ti had passed since soone tried to make a breakthrough in that field. It was no wonder, considering how expensive magic books were.
After studying the docunts for a few days, Zaos realized that the people before always stopped after hitting the sa wall on their paths. There were too few magic symbols that could help in the developnt of those spells. They tried to mix certain parts of different formulas, but they never made any real progress. At best, they discovered how to decrease the mana consumption and cast two spells at the sa ti. Like the spells that decreased fever and headaches go away, but Zaos already knew how to do that. He just had to draw the symbols of both spells at the sa ti and one above the other. It was the sa thing he does to cast multiple elental swords at the sa ti.
"I guess the problem here is the number of symbols for this type of healing spell," Zaos nodded to himself. "The only way to solve this issue is to find other similar symbols and then try all of them."
Naturally, that was easier said than done. Zaos certainly wasn't the mage who knew most spells by a large margin, and yet, he knew and had morized over two hundred magic symbols to be able to use magic. Those symbols were like another language, so it wasn't like…
"Waif, if those symbols are from another language… I just have to find so books where I can find the sa alphabet," Zaos said.
Zaos imdiately tried to find books in his ho's library that ntioned anything close to an ancient civilization or a lost alphabet. Still, in the end, he didn't find anything. His family had a history of thousands of years, but the books they had weren't that old.
"Shit…" Zaos muttered.
Before Zaos could notice, it seed he lost the notion of ti and skipped lunch… he was already late to teach Aria and Drannor. Still, that might be a good opportunity. Maybe he can find so books that might help him in the royal library. With that in mind, Zaos headed toward the castle, and once he arrived at the garden, he found Aria about to try her spells.
"What did I say about practicing while I am not here?" Zaos asked.
"You are late," Aria said.
"Don't ignore my question," Zaos frowned. "Anyway, why are you trying to cast the spell, didn't I tell you to practice ntally until you can draw the symbols fast enough?"
"I already can do that," Aria said and then cast Wind Sword.
It was true… Aria managed to cast the spell in less than three seconds. That was a lot of progress for only two weeks of practice. Although it was weird considering she dropped magic academy. Apparently, Aria had so talent when it cos to magic. Perhaps even more than Zaos.
"What about you?" Zaos asked Drannor.
"If I try really hard, I can cast the simple healing spell before it fails, but I fail two out of three tis," Drannor said while scratching the back of his head.
At least Drannor succeeded in casting the spell, but it was only obvious since he wasn't a kid who was good at concentrating while sitting still. Regardless, now he could heal himself and get rid of simple wounds that might bother him in a long fight.
"I can't believe that you survived until now after getting beaten up like that using just this spell," Drannor said.
"I used the strongest version and there are other spells that can help nd bones and make sure that your wounds would get infected," Zaos said.
"Did you get beaten down in the last three years?" Aria frowned. "I thought this magic helped you win all the battles easily."
"The battlefield isn't a place a ten years old boy can survive easily just by relying on magic," Zaos said. "Did you show her those spears I gave you?"
"No," Drannor said. "I felt like I relied on them too much in that battle, so I decided to stop using it."
"Anyway… it is important to beco excellent at simple things when it cos to combat," Zaos said and then showed the scar on his left arm. "Perhaps if I were a little better and had practiced more, I wouldn't have this scar right now. Continue practicing."
The scar wasn't so ugly anymore, but Aria couldn't help but feel shivers. Imagine what passed through Zaos's right arm and opened a wound that big. Although Zaos tried to motivate Drannor, Aria soon began to ditate again. Zaos told her that she should be able to at least cast the spell in three seconds, but that was just the minimal requirents. Besides, she could feel her magic getting better with each passing day.
"You can practice drawing the symbols later," Zaos said. "Right now, you can try to customize the spell."
Although it would take a while for Aria to finish the ntal training and then put it into practice, Zaos decided to teach her how she could customize that kind of spell. Once he did that, he entered the castle and looked for the king.
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