Shifting her attention from Asher, Helena looked at the whole class. Of course, she would favor her grandson, but this visit was formal, so she didn't want to appear too partial.
"As you all know, each person with Black Elent affinity has a different specialty," Helena said.
"But let's sit down first," Helena snapped her fingers, and various black-colored chairs appeared for each student to sit down.
The students were surprised as they looked at the black-colored seats. They appeared hard and uncomfortable, but they didn't find them uncomfortable when they sat on them.
Arman himself was looking forward to Helena's lecture as he looked up to her.
"Do you know why we call this elent by the term 'Black'?" Helena asked.
Asher was quiet, but the other students looked confused. Even Lishia found it hard to answer correctly.
"Let's go back to the basics," Helena said as she summoned a black orb.
"Although only Lightning and Space elents are considered advanced elents, I consider Black Elent a pseudo-advanced elent," she said.
"Although we nad this elent 'black' maybe just because of the color associated with most of the abilities derived from this elent, that was not the only reason such a vague na was given," Helena said.
"As I said before, each person with an affinity for Black Elent has a different specialty," Helena said.
"As for mine, as you can see, it is control over the shadows, or what we term Darkness," The orb in her hand dissipated.
"But that's not the only specialty in Black Elent; movent techniques, inducing emotions in enemies, and what I did earlier was Illusion," Helena said.
"Although I can do all of them, you will never go beyond Tier 3 outside of your specialty," she said.
"Now, coming back to my question, the term 'black' was given due to the nature of all abilities of this elent, regardless of your specialty," Helena explained.
"As you know, every elent has a counter elent to it that helps neutralize it," Helena said.
"But Black Elent is the only elent that is not affected by other elents and can be used against them, but the downside to using it is the extre mana cost and needed control," she explained.
Although all elents could be used against the Black Elent, the abilities gained through Black Elent were independent of other elents.
"But despite that, don't underestimate other elents," Helena said.
"I have seen many with advanced elents lose to those with just basic elents," Helena reminded them.
After all, it was all about mastery of the elent itself. Even a person with Fire Elent affinity could beat soone with an advanced elent because they could conjure higher-tier spells.
"And Black Elent is one of those elents that people never reached the realm to create Tier 6 spells," Helena said.
Tier 6 spells were equivalent to many special weapon techniques in this world. Even Silvus Grandus, who was given the title of the Archmage, was the only one who could achieve Tier 6, but it was only in the Basic Elents.
Helena had only a few Tier 5 spells, which were quite mana-consuming, considering the elent she had mastered.
"So the first step for learning Black Elent is finding your specialty, and it can only be done by trying out various spells," Helena said.
"So I think you will be able to find your specialty after learning more about spell weaving and Black Elent after a few months," she said, and this was the only way to find your specialty.
Helena looked at Arman, who nodded at her.
"This will be your first assignnt. Find the books in the Great Library and try to learn all the Tier 1 spells on your own, and if you cannot find your specialty, I will help you in the next class," Arman said.
Helena started showing various Tier 2 or 3 spells, nothing too much that could harm the students. After that, it was a long 2-hour lecture where the students listened to Helena, who talked about various theories that helped them as mages.
"This is all for today. I hope you all can find sothing aningful in this session," Helena said.
The students thanked Helena for the session; eting and learning from her was an excellent opportunity.
"You can stay behind for now," Helena said to Asher.
Asher looked at Arman, who clicked on his phone and confird Helena's schedule here.
"I will wait outside the arena," Arman said as he looked at Helena.
He knew that Helena would have wanted to teach Asher sothing, so he didn't want to stop her. Farnus, watching their interactions, didn't interfere because he could not tell Helena not to teach Asher about the black elent.
The World Academy was there only to teach the students, not restrict them.
"First, let's cut off the eyes on us," Helena snapped her fingers as a black barrier ford around them.
Asher could easily see through the barrier, but from an outside perspective, soone couldn't hear or see them unless they broke it.
"Why are you trying to beco a mage?" Helena asked, knowing that Asher was brilliant at swordsmanship.
She had seen his recorded footage of the Representative Tournant, so she could see how talented Asher was in swordsmanship.
"I am just trying it out," Asher replied as Helena stared at him.
At first, she wanted to tell Asher to change his course back to Swords Art, but due to her misunderstanding, she thought Asher's talent in Black magic was higher than hers.
"It's a pity that you were born a swordsman just like Ivar, or you might have surpassed ," she said.
"But let's not focus on what we can't control. You know about the Great Library, right?" Helena asked.
"Yes," Asher replied.
"You will find many books, and knowing that you are Rank 1, you can access all those books. I will teach you the spells you can practice now, but try to learn from them." Unfortunately, Helena's schedule was too busy to teach Asher personally about every single spell she mastered.
Learning from books was a significant part of a Mage's life, and she wanted Asher to experience it himself.
Listening to Helena, Asher didn't tell her that his body could beco a mage.
"You probably have the sa specialty as , so try to learn the Tier 2 spell, [Shadow Control], for now," Helena said.
Helena raised her hands as black shackles erupted from the ground.
"You have reached D Rank, so this spell will be perfect for you," Helena told him.
Asher looked around him and could feel Helena's perfect control over her spells.
"Give your hand," Helena said as Asher took his right hand.
"This spell is sothing I created, and it will help you learn from spells and even create ones in the future," Helena said.
"I will weave the spells on your palm; try rembering this feeling," Helena flared her mana slightly.
Asher could feel the complex lines Helena's mana was drawing. His mind started to comprehend Helena's spell. He followed each step Helena did with his mana, replicating the spell.
"Rember to control your mana so that the spell doesn't break," Helena was slow in her demonstration.
She estimated that it would take Asher at least days, even with his talent, to fully master this spell and hours to learn how to do it.
"I will give all the possible variations I have made for this spell," Helena said as she started displaying various spell structures she had created herself.
In 40 minutes, she had shown more than 58 variations of the sa spell and how she used them to improve her control.
She removed her hand as she looked at Asher, who stood still, trying to move his mana in that order.
[ Host has learned Shadow Control Rank D ]
It was easier for Asher to follow through Helena's complex spell due to his high intelligence stat.
Asher opened his eyes as he looked at the power behind this Tier 2 spell, comparable to many Tier 3 spells.
"Should I demonstrate the spell one more ti?" Helena asked.
"No, it's fine," Asher replied.
Although Helena doubted Asher could learn this quickly, she had all the ti in the future to teach Asher if he failed now. She had even made plans to train, especially when the First Year Vacations would co.
Helena didn't teach him much right now because she was still skeptical whether Asher would continue learning as a mage.
"I will go talk with the principal for a bit. Tell Alia I will et her before returning," Helena said as she removed the barrier.
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