Chapter 3 - 5 years later
" The year was 2010 of the era of freedom. Humans and demihumans had now had a 2 millennium long freedom from the clutches of the beasts. The suffering and pain of their forefathers and the unparalleled strength that the beasts had used to dominate the humans now seemed like a fairy tale. Magic had seen great advancements and the power of humanity and increased greatly. Demi humans had the greatest increase in strength with the new found knowledge of their affinity to the magic that their 'marks' colours showed. The overall strength of Yeqall had multiplied many folds and the whole continent had the same sentiment. To defeat the continent of the beasts, to rule their ex rulers, to CONQUER VRALIN! So it began, the first war in 2 milleniums when the 6 kingdoms of Yeqall declared war on Vralin. Their shock attack worked in their favour and in just two years they had conquered 1/10th of the continent of Vralin. It was 2012 eof, when it happened. Humanity had forgotten the true power of the beasts, they had grown over confident. 500 million man went to attack the nearest tribe. None returned, all slaughtered mercilessly by one being - the fire dragon RAZIEL. It was his tribe they had attacked and he showed them true power. He did not stop there. He and just his single tribe pushed humans and demihumans out of Vralin, destroyed two kingdoms of Yeqall and created the new Kingdom of Raziel which is one of the 5 kingdoms that rule Yeqall. Rachel stopped only because he had gotten tired and not because he was afraid of loss- for he could have brought Yeqall to its knees and showed who ruled them once if he wanted to."
Favian closed the book shut as his heart pounding as he imagined how a single tribe of beasts had the ability to turn the remaining four kingdoms into ashes. He was just five years old yet under the guidance of his master, Maxiflo-he had been made to train in Magics ever since the age of three and this had advanced his intellectual capabilities such that he already had a mental age of 10 to 11 years old. What he did not know was that was not the doing of Magics, as the only type of magic that could do that would be time magic but rather the work of his master who wished for him to mature and strengthen quickly.
Favian’s life ever since his birthday a month back had turned from one filled with fun and games to one where he was being trained to be able to properly meet the requirements that were needed of a Prince of the Kingdom. He was taught educational subjects like basic arithmetics, geography and history from the mornings to till lunch time. After lunch he would get an hour of free time before he was dragged along by his mother the queen to learn the proper etiquette that was the minimum requirement for the royal family. After hours of gruelling lessons under his mother,he would finally be let free for dinner. Dinner, was the time when the whole royal family came together and sat down to have a meal together. This was a moment Favian especially enjoyed for he had the chance to feed the newest member of the royal family- Lazarus Aylard or Laz, who was Favian’s younger brother born two years ago. The sight of his younger brother playing his food was the best cure for the tired Favian, as it immediately made him feel more energetic and would lead him to playing around with his brother, whom he could not otherwise meet throughout the day except for his breaks due to his hectic schedule. This energy booster always came at the right time for, after dinner was Favian’s most hated lessons - magics.
Children his age would jump in excitement at the sight of magic and yet Favian hated the very fact that he was learning them. This was mainly caused by two main factors- firstly, it was called a magic lesson but in fact all he did was learn to meditate as spells and combat would still be too much for a boy of 5 years, regardless of his mental capabilities. Meditation was where all he did was to close his eyes and clear his mind of all thoughts, while entering your datian. What this did was to allow the person to absorb the mana he had an affinity of into his body. Not only was it extremely boring, but for a 5 year olds, even with the mental age of ten, to clear his mind of empty thoughts for an hour at least- was something beyond his capabilities. The other factor that caused his hatred for magic was the fact that his master was Maxiflo- who unlike his other teachers, gave no thoughts to his position as prince and severely reprimanded him for mistakes he made during meditation.
Today, however was different- he had been promised by his master to actually learn about the basics of magics. Favian, quickly had a glance at the clock and confirming that it was time, rushed down to find his master. and jumping in excitement by the time he entered the Chambers that were his master's abode.
Maxiflo smiled as he saw Favian shaking in hopes to learn magic. "He probably hopes to learn how to throw fireballs and teleport, when even the best magic he can receive is in no way close to those kind of magics". Maxiflo thought as he walked towards Favian. "Boy today I will teach you about the levels there are in magic and then will teach you about one spell. How good that spell will be depends on how well you answer my this question- how does one use or control magic outside of his datian?"
Favian's face showed a great variety of emotions as he listened to what his master had to say - disappointment as he still had to listen to a lecture, joy that he could learn a spell and horror at the difficulty of the question. How could he answer the question when he all he had done when it came to magic before now was to meditate. He then remembered his datian and how he could control the mana within and answered, "is.. Is it by expelling the mana within the datian and controlling that it?"
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Maxiflo just laughed at his answer before replying, "haha, boy even you with your insanely huge amounts of mana would not be able to cast half the low level spells that you could learn today let alone normal mages. To understand the proper method to control magic, first one must understand what the datian does. The datian is where the type of mana that a human or demi human is able to control is stored.The higher the amount of the different types the higher the affinity one would have towards that type. That is why I have been making you only meditate over the past few days, as except for your humongous affinity towards darkness, you still require for your affinity towards your other mana types to grow- so as to counter the personality that your affinity to darkness and shadow will bring about. However, one does not have an affinity to the whole magic type but rather its subtypes.For example, in the case of an affinity to nature- one does not have an affinity to the whole magic type of nature but rather to a subtype of nature like poison or natural healing.
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The reason why one cannot control mana as it is in our surroundings - is because of the countless number of types and subtypes of mana in them and thus you are unable to control mana. Thus there are two very well known ways to control mana. The first is to create a layer of mana, using your own datian’s mana- which would act as a filter, to filter out all types and subtypes of mana except for those you have an affinity for. This would ensure that you would have full control off the mana inside the boundaries of the layer. The second method is Mana eyes- which allow you to actually see specifically the types and subtypes of mana you can control. However this is something you can do only when you become a level 5 mage.The mana layer is a weaker technique than mana eye, because once the mana leaves the boundary- you would lose control over it, unlike mana eye which would allow you to see the mana type and thus control it over surrounding your body, which ensures that as long as you can see the mana, you can control it.
However, this is just part of the answer. The other part refers to your proficiency in controlling mana. This requires great amount of practice and imagination. Practice would be something I will ensure you do in the future. Imagination on the other hand requires you to be able to make precise shapes in your mind quickly and efficiently. This is something that is almost impossible for one to do naturally and this is where spells come in. Spells refer to a scroll which when read would immediately enter certain shapes into the mind for instant casting. For example a fireball spell would ensure that the shape of a ball and the way to move it is imprinted into your brain. This is a brief explanation to magic manipulation that I will give to you today.”
Favian's mind reeled in shock as it tried to process what he had just learned and only after confirming that he at least had a vague understanding of the topic did he nod his head.
" Well for a good try I guess I will let you learn this level 0 spell called water bubbles. Ah yes that reminds me that I have to go through with about the levels as well. Quickly take these books and then I will inform you of the levels that there are in magic. There are two books as one represents chants and the other runes. " Maxiflo stated as he held two books in his hands and passed them to Favian.
Favian's face twisted and looked crestfallen when he realised that the spell master gave him was the weakest water spell there was but he could only reluctantly take them from his master for he knew the consequences of not listening to his master as he remembered what happened when he first came to meet his master. But that folks is a story for another day.
After seeing his disciple reluctantly grab the books and his face Maxiflo couldn't help but chuckle before starting on his next info dump on the young boy, "there are two things that categorise mages one is power standing and the other political standing. I see no need to go into political standing of mages as you are the crown Prince and thus are already higher than me in political standing where I am the high mage and thus most highest politically ranked mage in this Kingdom. There are 11 power levels for mages from 0 to 10. After 10 is already the land of immortals and Gods and thus is something too far for you to think of. Your master is a level 9 mage - the only one in this Kingdom and one out of just three in the four kingdoms of man. However Raziel the Fire Dragon is most likely a high ranking level 10 beast. You see warriors beasts and mages all follow the same rankings where at the same level, warrior < mage < beasts. Each ranking can be further broken down into low, middle, high and peak. That is all I will inform you for today as 'this chapter has already stretched too long and there was meant to be a second part to this chapter as well' (the cracks in the 4th wall have now been repaired). "
Maxiflo then forced teleported Favian out of his Chambers. He turned to look at a man in the shadows who bowed to Maxiflo before informing him," Milord, the rebels in the kingdom of Raziel are doing just as you ordered and plan to kill the Lord of one the kingdoms cities and blast many parts of the city to smithereens. "
" Perfect... Now to clear the evidence linking this back to me ", Maxiflo smiled before the man in front of him who was all of a sudden being consumed by flames and soon all that was left of the man was Ashes.
" This should be enough to get Raziel to finally obliterate the remaining kingdoms or at least this one... I still have use of the other kingdoms" Maxiflo stated as he started to whistle and walk out of his Chambers.