“Gelida fulmina.” Arthur spoke while three bolts made up of ice formed in the same formation as Tri Fire Bolts. With a simple flick of his hand the three bolts flew towards the target ten meters away and struck with excellent force, not unlike that of a real crossbow. Upon contact the bolts left behind a small layer of frost covering about a centimeter round where they each impacted.

Another two weeks had passed since Arthur had successfully cast Tri Fire Bolts, and now he had moved on to the variants of the other tree evocations. The week prior he had learned Tri Earth Bolts and now he was learning Tri Frost Bolts. One other important detail of casting the spell Tri Frost Bolts was knowing how to conjure ice, a small step up from just conjuring water.

Learning how to conjure ice did take up a fair bit of time as he needed to go to the library and look up a few books that detailed how other mages in the past had done it. He would have learned even faster had he been allowed to take the books with him, but unfortunately that was reserved for mages with the rank of evoker and above.

“Gelida fulmina, Gelida fulmina, Gelida fulmina.” Arthur rapidly repeated the spell several times until he felt weak in the legs and forced himself to take a moment to sit and rest.

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Mana : 11/36

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‘Dam, that takes up a lot of mana for each cast. But it is a lot faster and more powerful than manually manipulating every piece of the spell.’

Arthur took a book from his dimensional bag and opened to the earliest blank page and using a bit of hydromancy controlled the ink to write. He had gotten into the habit of writing down all his findings and experiences after practicing for some time. Taking the time to write things down had helped him quite a bit by forcing him to actually think about what he had learned and see things from other angles he might not have initially noticed.

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After class Arthur went straight to the Elder Nymph to continue his apprenticeship with Master Calvus and finally learn about magical alchemy.

Arthur entered through the front door and noticed Aurelio speaking with a customer just off to the side. He gave his fellow apprentice a wave and went upstairs to speak to Master Calvus. Arthur found him hunched over his work station working on something.

Upon hearing his footsteps Master Calvus turned and saw Arthur walking up to him and smiled. “There you are Arthur. How was class?”

“It went quite well, I already know how to cast three different tier one spells.”

“That is wonderful. Can you show me?”

“Sure thing, but we should probably go outside so I don't accidently burn anything.”

The master and apprentice walked outside and to a small range behind the building in a small unkempt yard. Arthur stepped forward and upon standing ten meters from the target he chanted “fulmina terrae.”

Three bolts conjured from earth appeared in the same formation as the other two spells he knew, and with a flick of his wrist he gave them a mental command to strike the nearest target and they followed.

They struck the target with the same amount of force as a real crossbow would and Master Calvus clapped upon the impressive display of his apprentice. “Excellent work Arthur. You have only been a mage for what, three months now? And you already have learned how to properly cast tier one spells.”

“Is it really that impressive? Most of the other students look to be about my age and they can do the same.” Arthur took notice of the other students, with the exception of three they were all in their early twenties like he was. Or they at least looked like they were, he did not know if elves or dwarves aged differently than humans.”

“Very much so. You see those other students have likely been practicing magic for quite some time now, a half year at the minimum. But you have been practicing magic for half that time, that is a wonderful achievement.”

“So do you think I am ready to learn magical alchemy?” Arthur asked, the anticipation growing now that he had Master Clavus’s approval.

“I think you are ready to learn some of the more… basic applications. Then I will watch your progress and award you with more as you improve.”

Arthur followed Master Clavus back into the store and up to Arthur’s workstation where Master Clavus had him wait for him to collect some ingredients and recipes that would be required. Soon he returned with a box full of ingredients and a piece of paper that Arthur presumed was the recipe.

Upon placing the box and paper on the table Master Clavus turned to face Arthur before he spoke. “Now I need you to listen closely to what I say as anything done incorrectly might end up in disaster at your level. The biggest difference between regular alchemy and magical alchemy is that magical alchemy requires special variants of spells to be imbued within the product, in this way it is very similar to enchanting.”

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Master Clavus took the piece of paper and handed it to Arthur, the paper was a detailed recipe with four spells that would be used to create some of the phantom ink he saw on the utility shelves on the store floor.

Each of the three types required its own unique spell but the same ingredient as the rest.

“Now I will show you how to create a simple but useful item, phantom ink. Phantom ink is used to hide secret messages that can only be revealed under certain light sources. Each vial will go for about five or six copper pieces each, but that doesn’t mean that it is easy to create.”

Master Clavus gave a small chuckle at the surprise on Arthur’s face before he continued.

“First you will require some basic ink.” Master Clavus took a vial of ink from the box. “Next you will need a glow bulb for every 5 milliliters.” Master Clavus plucked a small bulb from a vine in the box that reminded Arthur of grapes. “And finally you will require the light source that you wish the ink to react to. In this case it will be fire.”

Master Clavus reached into his bag and pulled out a candle and lit it with his pyromancy skill. The small flame danced on its little stem as Master Clavus mashed up the glow bulbs and mixed in the ink. Once the ink and mashed bulbs were thoroughly mixed he used Arthur’s alembic to distil the mixture. Once that was done and in a small dish with a small spout Master Clavus placed the candle next to the bowl and began to cast the spell.

It took him a whole minute to cast the spell, Arthur tried to keep up with all the hand signs and magic words but it was a bit overwhelming for him as he didn’t actually know what they meant.

With a tiny flash the ink went almost invisible in its small dish and Master Clavus held the candle up close, the ink instantly became easily visible and had a dim glow allowing it to be easily seen. Master Clavus then poured the rest of the ink into a five milliliter vial and placed a cork to keep the ink from spilling.

Arthur who just watched the process was blown away by how incredible it was. ‘Holy crap, that was incredible. Real magic alchemy. I can only Imagine what I will learn next, it might even be powerful healing potions.’

“You can keep the box and the ingredients inside, consider it a gift for your progress. They should last you for quite some time.”

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Arthur did not hesitate to begin creating phantom ink. He started with a single vial of five milliliters of ink and one glow bulb that he mashed together in the mortar and pestle. Once they were nice and mixed he placed the mixture into the alembic to begin distilling it into another small dish with a spout.

‘Now what type of phantom ink should I make.’ Arthur held the recipe in his hands and looked over the three different options. Since it was still day out he could easily create the sun light variant, with pyromancy he could easily create the fire light variant by conjuring some fire or light a candle.

The only two types out of his reach for now were the moon light variant because it was still daytime, and the magic light variant because he didn’t know how to create magical light. Magical light wasn’t the same as pyromancy as it still behaved like regular fire needing fuel and air to burn and create light.

‘I wonder what magical light falls under. It would have to be either illusion or alteration based on what I know about them.’

Seeing as the fire light variant would likely be more useful than the sun light variant Arthur elected to create a vial of it. Following the spell written on the recipe he chanted and performed the hand signs for a whole minute. As he performed the spell he felt his mana slowly building up in between his hands into a small invisible spherical shape.

Upon finishing the spell the small sphere flew towards the ink at Arthur’s will and created a tiny flash before the ink went almost invisible. Arthur let out a laugh of joy as he succeeded on his first attempt and conjured a small flame in the palm of his hand that he then placed next to the almost invisible ink.

The ink reappeared and glowed slightly dimmer than the five milliliters Master Clavus made, but it was a good outcome for a first attempt.

But he did not stop there, for a good two hours he continued creating more and more phantom ink of the fire light variant until he ran out of mana and needed to stop. For the rest of the day he chose to simply brew more non magical potions while he thought about all the things he had learned in the past two weeks.

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Name : Arthur

Level 12

Exp : 10000

Next Level at : 11400

Mana : 36/36

Class : The All Knowing

Class Bonuses :

Advanced Learning

Photographic memory

Jack of All Trades

Attributes :

Strength 25

Dexterity 30

Vitality 20

Constitution 30

Intellect 30

Perception 20

Charisma 10

Arcane 25

Faith 10 (Locked)

Devotion 10 (Locked)

Available points : 0

Skills :

Block Level 10

Long Blades Level 12

Polearms Level 12

Unarmed Level 23

Wrestling Level 20

Heavy Armour Level 11

Throwing Level 0

Mana Manipulation Level 22

Hydromancy Level 15

Geomancy Level 17

Pyromancy Level 13

Aeromancy Level 10

Alchemy Level 5

Tactics - Level 5

Leadership Level 5

Sneaking Level 5

Assassination Level 0

Running Level 7

Scavenging Level 0

Foraging Level 5

Cooking Level 6

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