Skendus spent a few hours reading through the sixty-page book that he was given, he read through it thoroughly, about three times. He didn’t want to miss any details, because even though it was a book featuring three basic powers, these powers were still one of the greatest things that he had run across! They were bound to be very effective.
The learning process for illusionists was very interesting as well, because new abilities weren't easy to achieve. It wasn't simple.
Skendus had to comprehend the content that he was reading, and he noticed that the moment he understood what he was reading, something unique happened. Not only did he feel more enlightened cognitively, but there was also this pair of eyes that appeared in front of him as a result of his comprehension, and they popped up when he had been reading the first chapter of the book!
The inner mechanics of its appearance was difficult to understand, he couldn’t figure it out. For that matter, he focused on the simpler parts instead, and eventually noticed that this pair of floating eyes kept growing, the more he read!
“Fascinating!” He exclaimed, “They’re really tracking everything I’m doing!”
Although it was very tempting to stare this pair of eyes down, he had to stop paying attention to them eventually, because at that point he had only been on the first chapter. There was plenty more to read, he couldn't get distracted.
Once he fully understood the first chapter, both of the floating eyes had grown to the size of his head, and they looked a bit creepy now. Thankfully, they started dissipating moments after. The pair of eyes collapsed within themselves, and turned into this sparkly, blue mist, and Skendus ended up inhaling this mist afterwards. The huffs he took, allowed the mist to go directly towards his brain, and as a result, he felt enlightened to the point of euphoria!
“Okay, it makes a lot more sense now.” He sighed, and then summoned a bolt on his palm.
Skendus summoned a Blunderous Bolt with ease, and this was the result of reading, and understanding the first chapter of the book that he was given! He twirled the bolt on his palm, and felt very happy that this bolt only cost forty mana points to summon. He was convinced that this ability would be more than useful to him, not only throughout the following days, but forever!
Therefore, he was more than excited to read the rest of the book, and in the end, he had reasons to read through the book multiple times! He enjoyed it thoroughly, and was happy to feel overpowered with abilities that were considered basic in the world of illusion.
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“I've been surviving with the little power I have, for decades even… Anything new is overpowered in my hands, so maybe joining this sect isn't a bad idea after all?” He thought, as he was very contemplative at the end of his studies.
“I have to think about this for a while,” He figured, and then he asked to leave the floating building that he was in. “I never thought that I'd read anything for eight hours straight, nevertheless a modern book. Timothy, and his unbreakable spirit brought me to this city, so that little menace deserves all the respect he gets. Well… I should express my respect for him more often, though, I'd guess that he doesn't even care about who respects him?”
Anyway, he was escorted out of the premises moments later. He was ready to face the world with three new offensive abilities in his arsenal, and he was quite excited about it, but now it was almost night time, so he went to the main Guard Barracks in order to find a bed to sleep in. He did enough work today.
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Arvena spent four hours at the local library, but she was distracted often, so she ended up studying for two hours only. She made good progress nonetheless, and the experience she had with learning a new ability was similar to what Skendus went through, though not identical.
The little goblin lady discovered that while she studied, a certain element monitored her progress. A thin line of fire twirled around her head, and this fire moved around much like a Chinese Dragon!
The fire didn't burn her hair, nor did it harm her in any way, but as she absorbed more knowledge from the book in front of her, the line of fire thickened. In the end, the fire looked as wide as a claymore sword's blade, which hinted that she understood the book's chapter properly, and thoroughly! Her mana quality was decent, so she didn't have to spend too much time in order to learn a new ability, this was a fact, and the Laser Shot was a good example. It was an adept ability, it wasn’t basic, and yet she learned it in just two hours, she officially added it to her arsenal of powers.
“Boring,” She grunted after, as she was not so amused here. “How could the authors of this book comfortably say the word ‘fire’, over four-hundred times in a single chapter?! This is more than boring, I feel mentally abused!”
Plenty of mages would think otherwise if they had the same luck as her, but that was just how she felt right now. She was fairly depressed about losing an entire realm of her mana a couple of days ago, so she didn't want to be bothered to learn something new.
This was very uncharacteristic from her side, because she had gone to extreme lengths for knowledge's sake before, she had risked everything for pure, superior knowledge, but she wasn't as enthusiastic today. She didn't even bother checking out the rest of the book, and walked over to put it back on its shelf.
Arvena had another power to her arsenal now. She had breathed in the fumes of the thick fire that had twirled around her head, and after the fire disappeared, even the euphoria that came from obtaining a new ability, didn't lift her spirits. The fire dissipated, which also meant that she was officially free to explore the town for a while, as she completed her little task here.
“I want duck meat,” She decided, and walked into the town to find a restaurant that sold it.