Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1336

Chapter 1336 - Artificial Mana Flow (Part 2)

’It’s a big deal to me!’ Lith and Solus thought as one as their mind was suddenly filled with doubts.

’F.u.c.k me sideways. I knew it was too good to be true. Before throwing the towel, I’m going to master a single element and try to apply what I learn in the process to regular Spirit Magic. If my discoveries don’t work on natural mana, then I’ll stop wasting my time.’ They thought in unison.

He now focused on the darkness element because it was one of his affinities while Solus focused on earth.

"I’ve got a question. How do I know that I’m doing it right?" Friya asked.

"You’ll know because your first magic will have the same elemental properties of the aspect you enhanced." Faluel replied. "Heat for fire, cold for water, and so on."

"Fire it is." Friya put a bit of dry grass near the tip of her wand so that she could notice the slightest hint of heat.

Tista and Nalrond whistled in approval and followed her example.

Soon it was clear that Lith’s and Solus’s method presented different issues from that of the others. The former had to keep the elemental balance whereas the latter had to break it.

On top of that, while Lith and Solus had the issue of keeping a single element from going haywire, the others had to find them first. The perfect balance of mana made it so uniform that without Faluel’s earlier demonstration they would have never realized its true nature.

They spent the whole time before lunch emitting pure mana and trying to identify the element of their choosing. Lith, instead, after grasping how to keep the elements balanced, discovered that real mana was too stable for his technique to work.

"Dammit! I’ve just wasted a lot of time." He grumbled with all of his might.

"I’m not so sure about that." Faluel said to him and Solus.

"One of the most difficult things that you’ll have to learn once you can manifest more than one element is to keep the mana balanced. You are taking a different route from others. Your start might be slower, but you might be able to pick up the pace later."

She suddenly Hushed them before saying:

"On top of that, I think it might help you to master Domination. That kind of balance is akin to that you have to reach in order to take control of a spell without bursting it."

Lith looked at Solus for answers since she was the one who had come up with that technique after retrieving the Hands of Menadion.

"Beats me. The only way to know is to keep practicing. It’s worth a shot." She shrugged.

Using pure mana consumed a lot of energy. Even with the aid of Faluel’s wands, the non-Awakened needed Invigoration as much as the Awakened, and all of them ate like famished trolls.

"If you get tired of magic, you could always open up a restaurant. I would gladly fund the project and take food as my share of the profits." Phloria said.

’At a first glance, it might seem a fool’s errand, but it’s far from it.’ He thought. ’Just like the others, I can’t make heads or tails of the natural mana flow. Yet unlike them, I need but a thought to enhance a single elemental aspect of the artificial flow.

’My ability to twist the balance of the artificial flow at will allows me to learn how mana reacts when you do things right.

’This way, once I move on normal Spirit Magic, I can easily find the best method to enhance all elemental aspects and know on the first try if I’m actually making progress or not.’