Chapter 22

How the magic works

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Authors Note

Hey guys hope you enjoyed so far

Also give me feedback if the spells are too > OP <

Updated Character sheet in the Stats and Misc section

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Currently in the underground maze atop the win mountain peaks of the plains of Ergoth. Sturm was sittin on a frozen bolder and meditating. This was the order the godess gave him as she giggled and returned to the offering bowl.

" Stupid , godess. Stupid Ai. Stupid game. " Sturm said while meditating.

A loud sigh was formed behind him and with slight pain on his skull he hab been hit. This happend every time Sturm said anything and ' broke ' his concentration. Another order from the godess.

As she was still entrapped she could only create a illusion of herself over the offering bowl and had no physical body so she couldn't oversee the ' practice ' Sturm was undergoing.

" Don't forget what she said. Feel if anything is different than the magic will come to you. " The voice behind him said.

This was the dwarf that had coughed so often , which annoyed Sturm to no end. But no , instead of defusing his anger , he was making the grudge Sturm held towards him only worse.

" Yeah , yeah. I have no idea how this magic stuff works in here anways. " Sturm said as he took a normal sitting position instead of the yoga pose for meditation.

Now the dwarf called over the little girl. She hesitated at the start but she came over even though her steps made it clear she forced herself in coming over. The small girl was looking at her feet while the dwarf talked to her.

" Iz , tell him how you work magic. Maybe that will help. " The dwarf said.

She was still looking at her feet and she mumbled something under her breath. As Sturm grew frustrated he just spoke without thinking.

" Don't know if that will help me anyways. The magic i use is different. " Sturm blurted out.

The girl was still in a state of avoiding Sturms gaze but he couldn't care less , but the dwarf decided to meddle anyways.

" Listen now , maybe if you understand how the real magic works you can get what to do. " The dwarf argued.

Sturm sighed , placed his hand over his eyes and rubbed the corners of them very slowly and carefully. He knew by instinct this dwarf was the person that could not just stand-by and watch over people. And Sturm hated meddlesome people.

Why break into someones personal space , if you don't even know them , and probe around through what MAKES those people. Sturm hated it to rely on others from the beginning , since he was still trying to overcome the cocoon he built around himself. But this person kept meddling.

" Mister Dwarf , stop interfering. I can do this with my own strength. " Sturm said in a stern voice.

With furrowed brows the dwarf was about to open his mouth again but Sturm stopped him.

" Okay heres the deal. Get out of my sight. " Sturms last strain of patience had gotten to strained and it ripped.

Now the dwarfs face turned a deep crimson color and he was about to pull his weapon out , but the human with the curly hair placed her hand over the dwarfs arm so he couldn't unsheat his sword.

The dwarf mumbled and ran off with his arms raised into the air. As he to was frustrated he stormed of and everytime he stomped with his foot , be it unconscious or not , his metal armor rustled and panged around with the sound of metal coliding with each other.

A slight chuckle escaped Sturms lips at the scene and soon it was followed by both the girls which were standing behind him now.

" Sorry , i just can't handle people who meddle in my affairs. " Sturm said apologetic.

Both girls nodded but to Sturms suprise the smaller one of the two now stood directly in his line of sight as he set himself back into the yoga pose for meditation.

" You ... want ... a .... kickstart? " The girl brought out while tremblin slightly.

Now Sturm was really confused. Kickstart could mean many different things but what he thought of was a car. Connecting one cars full battery with a cars empty battery to give it a jolt so the motor can start up.

" Like in cars? " Sturm asked straight out.

The Girl bobbed her head up and down heavily and Sturm took it as a nod.

" Just relax i will take some mana from the air around us convert it into inner mana and release it through my palm into your body. It could hurt though. " She told him and placed her hand on his back.

Instantly Sturms mind began to work and he started to understand how the phenomenon was created with normal wizards or magicians. They took mana , which is a natural resource in the world , from the outside and stored it inside of them.

Even the earth , fire or the surrounding air all were ' storages ' for mana. The better description would be that ' mana ' in its raw and natural source was a parasite that attached itself to the elements.

After they had stored it inside their bodys , to be more acurate in their cells , and converted it to the refined and precise mana they needed it remained there for a unlimited time span.

If they wanted to envoke the phenomenons they reverted a bit of the mana back into a raw form. Then they drew their magic circles , or used the raw mana in their language , to ' limit ' the raw mana in a way they had achieved with alot of sweat and work.

Then the ' raw mana mediums ' , be it language or magic formulas , sucked up a set amount of precise mana from their cells and the phenomenon occured.

Why Sturm knew this all of a sudden , was evident to outsiders as his eyes had turned Golden. Not only a sheen his whole eyesockets were burning up in a golden light and soon he noticed something was wrong.

" What? " He asked after his eyes had turned back.

" Your ... your ... eyes .... gold... " The girl with a new attack of shyness replied.

As he thought about this he knew what the next step had to be.

" Shock me with precise mana. " Sturm said.

The girl fidegted around and was wavering about it but as Sturm furrowed his brows she shrieked back a bit before she stretched her hand out towards him.

There was a slight and dull pain running through his hand up to his arm and as it was about to reach his heart , or where he suspected High-elfs had their hearts , the pain intensified by 100 times. He had problems breathing and the small girl looked like a frightend kitten as she ran around.

The pain disappeared as it had appeared , now only a slight and dull stabbing feeling remained and got weaker by the second.

* tring*

Your cells have started to work properly

Update on spells

??? (0/100) -> ??? (5/100)

??? (0/100) -> ??? (1/100)

??? (0/100) -> ??? (1/100)

Another golden light burned in Sturms eyes and now he noticed a slight change in his vision. Microscopic tiny azure crystals were hovering in mid air. Aroun the small girl they formed a vortex and everytime she breathed in the blue crystals got sucked in but as she exhaled they didn't return.

Now Sturm looked at his own breath but as he exhaled the same amount returned out of him as that had entered.

" Show me how you ' create ' a spell. " Sturm ordered the girl in a gentle tone.

She was holding her own arms as if she was even more frightend of him then before but soon she outsretched her palms. Now she used both hands to make certain motions in the air. Sturms eyes turned golden once again and everytime the girl moved her fingers a little bit of azure crystals was released and formed a complicated symbol in mid air.

In the normal air , the particles just got swept away or drifted along the current of the wind , but these particles she let out of her fingertips hovered in mid air until she finished the process.

All in all she moved her fingers about 10 seconds then with a flash of light a Orb appeared inside of her palm. It was just a simple light spell to illuminate the surroundings but this spell that costed close to no mana already took 10 seconds.

Sturm supported his head with his own palm and put a elbow to his knee thinking about everything. He quickly came to a conclusion.

" 10 seconds for such a simple spell , comes not because of the mana reversion from raw mana to precise mana but more because the motions are required. So what if you could make the raw mana in the air form the symbols instead of yourself having to do it? " Sturm thought out loud.

As his eyes glowed Golden again a window appeared with the familiar * tring*

Your understanding of mana has created a new skill

Mana manipulation ( 1 / 100)

This is a skill required to control the mana that lays dormant in the air , water , fire or earth. With a strong will and creative mind you can make the dormant mana be reassembled into whichever thing you desire.

- Completly erases the use of already learned magic formulas as the wielder just tells the mana which effect he wants.

Note : The wielder needs to completly understand the phenomenon he wants to achive.

Note : A battle of will-power will occur with the raw mana this could take some time.

And with another * tring* a new window appeared.

- Your mana cells have started to produce raw mana in itself.

In combination with another skill it has formed Inborn Mana manipulation

* tring*

Inborn Mana manipulation ( 1 / 100)

This is a skill required to control the mana that lays dormant in the air , water , fire or earth. With a strong will and creative mind you can make the dormant mana be reassembled into whatever form you need.

As you have been born with cells that create mana by itself there is no need for a battle of will , as the mana is a natural part of you.

- Completly erases the use of already learned magic formulas as the wielder just tells the mana which effect he wants.

- Completly erased the time needed to form phenomenons

- Different kinds of magic have been unlocked for you

Note : The wielder needs to completly understand the phenomenon he wants to achive.

As expected even another one came.

* tring*

The dormant mana in the frozen particles around you has recognized you as a entity resembling themselves

Update on spells

??? (5/100) -> ??? (10/100)

??? (1/100) -- ??? (1/100)

??? (1/100) -> ??? (10/100)

" Ahh so that is it. You , uhm barbarian over there. Can you give me that icycle thats hanging right besides your head , please? " Sturm tried to hide his excitment but he couldn't contain it properly.

With a loud * hmph* the girl broke of the piece of ice and threw it at Sturm. It was fast and directly aimed at his nose but he caught it without the slightest effort and just smiled warmly at her.

" Now let's see if that helps. " Sturm said his thoughts out loud again.

He closed his eyes and held the icycle in his hand while concentrating his touch and feel on it. The particles from all of his skin took a split of a second to lay around its shape and they started to eat away at the innocent ice.

After the ice had completly disappeared , on a celluar level , the girls were trying to find the puddle that should have remained of the block of frozen water.

* tring*

As your own active mana has consumed a part of the world around you it has begun to discover its own origins and the origins why it is inside of your body

??? (10/100) -> ??? (99/100)

??? (1/100) -- ??? (1/100)

??? (10/100) -> ??? (75/100)

Sturm tried multiple more times to let his own mana ' consume ' the ice but nothing happend. So he came up with another strategy.

He spread out his sense of touch and as the wind brushed by he instantly orderd the active mana to cover and ' consume ' the wind.

* tring*

As your own active mana has consumed a part of the world around you it has begun to discover its own origins and the origins why it is inside of your body

??? (99/100) -> Deep freeze

??? (1/100) -> ??? (25/100)

??? (75/100) -> ??? (80/100)

" Show description , Deep freeze. " Sturm said.

* tring*

Deep freeze (1/100)

[quart=Area of effect,Nature]100 damage to the frozen area,Ice and wind[/quart]

[quart=Mana consumption,cover area]100,1 foot[/quart]

Deep freeze

Freezes a certain area solid regardless of what matter it consists off. This is one of the 3 spells a High-elf gains at birth

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Now with ambition glowing through his golden eyes , Sturm absorbed earth as well. To his surprise nothing much had changed.

*tring*

As your own active mana has consumed a part of the world around you it has begun to discover its own origins and the origins why it is inside of your body

??? (25/100) -> ??? (50/100)

??? (80/100) -- ??? (80/100)

" Do you have something to make a fire with you? " Sturm asked.

The little girl without a word operated a invisible window and suddendly held a few sticks. She stacked them neatly into a pile and with a few motions the sticks started to burn.

Now Sturm covered the flames with his active mana and as it consumed it another window appeared.

* tring*

As your own active mana has consumed a part of the world around you it has begun to discover its own origins and the origins why it is inside of your body

??? (50/100) -> ??? (75/100)

??? (80/100) -- ??? (80/100)

" Dang forgot the most important thing. Can you light it up once again? " Grim said barely able to contain his excitment.

The girl did as she was told , but this time Sturm took a small icycle and placed it besides the fire. It melted quickly and as it was just a puddle of water now the active mana consumed it quickly.

* tring*

As your own active mana has consumed a part of the world around you it has begun to discover its own origins and the origins why it is inside of your body

??? (75/100) -> Barrier

??? (80/100) -> Ice shard

" Show description on Ice shard. " Sturm said out loud.

* tring*

Ice shards ( 1 /100)

[quart=Projectile,Nature]200 damage for each projectile,Ice , wind and water[/quart]

[quart=Mana consumption,Projectiles]350,3[/quart]

Deep freeze

Freezes water inside of the air and creates shard like projectiles that will be swept away by wind to damage your foes. This is one of the 3 spells a High-elf gains at birth

" Now show description on Barrier. "

* tring*

Barrier ( 1 /100)

[quart=Area of effect,Nature]Absorbs 300 points of damage,raw mana[/quart]

[quart=Mana consumption,cover area]50,1 foot(touch)[/quart]

Deep freeze

Restricts a area with dormant raw mana. Can absorb or contain physical and magical effects. Can be expanded to 1 foot or contracted to 1 inch radius. This is one of the 3 spells a High-elf gains at birth

* tring*

A skill has reached a new proficiency

Inborn Mana manipulation ( 1 / 100) -> Inborn Mana manipulation ( 100 / 300)

While reaching a new level of Inborn Mana manipulation you have acquired a new spell slot.

Spell slots available 1/4 -> 2/5

" Haha very good my dear champion. " With a giggle the incorporal manifestion of Lilith became visiable again.

Everytime she appeared Sturms mood dropped a bit , but this time it didn't he just was to thrilled to test out his new ' weapons' . He had thought long and hard about the exchange of a mace with a magical power and even without seeing it he had high hopes for this new chance at a > new Beggining <.

" So as you have mastered the basic three , why don't you go ahead and create your own magic. Just think what you want and absorb the proper elements that is enough to create a new spell , but be warned as you have seen just effort isn't enough to be granted more versatility with your spells , choose wisely my Champion. " She giggled and disappeared once again.

Her speech made him wary of creating 2 magic effects now , but he knew in general what she was talking about. As to confirm his theory he initiated conversation with the small girl.

" Iz , was your name right? How many spells do you have at the moment? " He asked politely.

At first she fidgeted around once again and rubbed her hands and knees together but with a almost inaudible voice she spoke.

" About 19 or so. "

Now Sturm began to think. He concluded he would get at lvl 150 , by the looks of her equipment , around 8 spells at maximum. From studying abit on the net he also found out that at lvl 200 a mage could further ' specialize ' his class and gain advantages over 1 of the 4 cardinal elements , namely fire , earth , wind and water.

But this brought disadvantages in the opposite fields. Like fire and water countered each other. So as the power with fire increased the power of water spells would drop. But if a mage or wizard put enough effort in they could even reach a thousand different spells. This was the versatility the regular magic users had.

" How much damage does your highest spell do? And how much mana does it cost? " Sturm asked with a warm smile.

" Show Sturm , description of Fireblast. "

* tring*

Fire blast

[quart=Damage,Mana consumption]1000,750[/quart]

Required time for motions

15 seconds

Effect

Blasts the enemy with a combustion of fire

" Well this is quite obvious. " Sturm spoke his mind.

Sturm once again saw her fidgeting around but with a look of curiosity on her face as she looked at her feet. For some reason she would not look in his face , but Sturm didn't want the poor girl to die of curiosity so he continued to speak his mind without a obvious reason.

" The Fire blast has no skill levels. All of my spells can be ' upgraded ' or leveld. But i have a limited amount. At the moment i have 3 spells but i can ' create ' 2 more. Hmm what to do ... "

Now the little girls face brightend up and she etched closer. As Sturm was lost in thought and had turned in another direction she came closer. As he noticed this he turned his head and instantly she stopped moving as if nothing had happend she stared at her feet.

He looked away once again , but the scraping of her shoes on the frozen flor told him she was coming closer. So he turned his head again , but she stopped once more.

Now he walked over to her firmly , on which she panicked , but Sturm halted just besides her and looked at the same spot he had before without paying her any attention , to make it obvious he would not bite.

" Have ... have ... you ... t-t-thought ... ab-about ... blink? " The girl asked in a shy tone.

" Whats blink? " Sturm asked in confusion.

Now for the first time the little girl looked straight into his eyes and her jaw had dropped. Her eyes were big to begin with but as she had opened them widely almost half of her face was taken over by those big emerald eyes.

" Huh , are you serious? Are you a noob or what? Its teleportation! Every mage wants it but nobody has found a rank B quest yet to acquire it or a special item that teaches it. " She blurted out.

As soon as she realized what she had done she covered her mouth and retreated a few steps. Tears were already forming at the corners of her eyes , ready to release the stored waterfall right here and now.

' Interesting special items can teach spells as well , wonder i can upgrade my ' spell pool ' with that too. ' Sturm thought before he spoke.

" Ahh , yeah im a noob. Never played a mmorpg before this or any rpg either. But what do you think on a elemental basis what a teleport does? I only know scientifical stuff about the progress. " Sturm asked.

Now , even though she had a lowered face , she reigned her tears in and had a thoughtful expression. After a few moments she let out a surprised * AHH * and continued.

" I got this from other games but listen. Most ' rogue ' classes have something like a shadow step that literally is the same. " She said while looking at his face.

The girl was still a little scared of him , for some reason , but as Sturm kept his distance the waterfall she was about to let loose was kept in check. Maybe even that they had a real conversation where he wanted her opinion but who understands little girls , Grim thought.

" So a shadow aspect ... hmmm. So teleportation is the disambleance of atoms into a ' broken ' state then gathering and putting them together in another combined with shadows ... Hmmm . " Sturm started.

" Do you think that maybe the ' shadow step ' is a form of making yourself into shadows and wandering through them to appear somewhere else? " Sturm asked for her opinion once again.

" Yeah , yeah , that could be it! " She said excited. " But if you go with that kind of example wouldn't it also be viable to turn into lightning , earth or fire maybe even light itself , then manifest your body in another place? " She finished her train of thoughts.

As Sturm thought about it , the theory this smart little girl had was viable. So he decieded to try it out.

" Do you have a Lighnting spell? " He asked nonchalantly completly immersed in her excitment.

After a heavy nod she came closer to him and summoned lightning. He absorbed it and envisioned himself turning to lightning himself.

* tring*

Lightning archon( 1 /100)

[quart=Transmutation,Nature]50 damage,Lightning[/quart]

[quart=Mana consumption,distance of travel]100,15 yards[/quart]

[quart=Will-power consumption,consecutive uses]10,50% more Will-power[/quart]

[quart=Number of uses in battle,Final Will-power consumption]2,100 Will-power[/quart]

Lightning archon

Turns yourself into lightning , allowing travel at the speed of sound. Will return to normal form after the distance has been travelld. Consecutive uses increase Will-power consumption. When there is 0 or less Will-power left to return to the original form the spell will result in failure killing the user immediatly. If you travel through living objects it will inflict wounds. May cause NPCs to attack you.

* tring* A new Stat has been created > Will-power <

Will-power

It requires a strong will to return to the original form after using transmutation spells. The Will-power stat gave you a new resource just like mana , Mental strength( Every point in Will-power is 10 Mental Strength ). This stat may not be increased with points. With each use of Raw Mana or consumption of Will-power this stat may or may not increase.

Sturm turned his attention to the lower left side of his vision and found a new bar there. The color was purple and it showed 130 / 130. This was definetly a usefull spell to get out of sticky situations but its true use was still a mystery to Sturm.

He thought of the spell and his body became lightning. He travelled in less then a second the 15 yards and was now standing besides the black haired girl. As he thought about it a second time he now stood at the original position again.

" Well that is convinient! " Sturm shouted while celebrating his sucess.

The little girl was baffled at the ' power ' Sturm just showed and even the black haired one was surprised. Soon the Dwarf returned and as he saw Iz talking excitedly with Sturm in a calm manner with a little distance between them he was baffled.

As they discussed something he even heard Iz , the normally shy towards any male , do something he had never expected her to do.

" Hmmph , i didn't try to help your or anything! " She said while turning her head away from Sturm in 45* manner.

Sturm , Damion as well as Erica all started to laugh and Iz's face became deeply crimson colored.