Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2427

"Thanks to the mines in Jiera, we'll have access to a steady flow of resources that will be used to craft Tablets and trains here in Garlen. Only once the needs of the Kingdom will be satisfied will we use the local mines to further our expansion. Any objections?" The King asked.

Those in the room unanimously shook their heads.

"Any more questions before I adjourn this session?" This time Headmaster Marth raised his hand and Morn nodded for him to speak.

"Just one, Your Majesty. I think I speak for all of my esteemed colleagues when I say that despite the excellent work that Magus Verhen did in writing the Void Magic textbooks, we have failed to grasp its basics."

Duke Marth conjured a sphere of light, the element he had used countless times and for countless hours in his profession as a Healer. As he squinted his eyes in focus, a black dot appeared on the sphere.

Then another and more until it looked like a dalmatian. At that point, light and darkness started to clash and the spell faded away.

"This is the best I can do after training and reading for days in what is supposed to be tier zero magic. Magus Verhen, have you thought about our request for you to give lessons about Void Magic?

"I strongly believe that if Archmages can't understand it, neither will simple students."

"Really?" Sylpha knitted her brows in surprise. "I studied it for much less before achieving much more right after visiting Magus Verhen in the Desert."

She conjured a sphere of light as well, but hers turned into darkness and back, the elements effortlessly ebbing and flowing into each other. Her performance, however, only achieved to humiliate her loyal subjects, Orion included.

He had trained harder than anyone in the hope that Void Magic would help him to Awaken, yet he fared no better than Marth.

"Dear, don't forget that you have outstanding talent." Meron pointed at the colored streaks in her hair. "Also, on the day of our visit, we received a private lesson from Magus Verhen and he gave us a practical demonstration."

"I guess you are right." Sylpha nodded, inwardly admitting that she still needed Domination to perform the most difficult steps of Void Magic. "Magus Verhen, your help would be much appreciated."

"Until yesterday, I would have answered that yes, I thought about it, but my answer is no." The room groaned at those words but Lith raised his palm out to let him continue. "Sadly, after only one day my wife already made it clear that my presence in her workplace is cumbersome to her.

"I'll be glad to give her a bit of respite and hold classes for the students of the fourth year of the academies. The Headmasters, the Royal Forgemasters and whoever is interested can attend in person or just follow the lesson via their amulets."

"The fourth year?" Archmage Tilmann, the Headmaster of the Earth Griffon, asked. "Shouldn't you start with first year students? It's tier zero we are talking about."

"People who attend the first year have no knowledge of magic and need to learn it from the very foundations." Lith shook his head. "Void Magic has already proven to be difficult for Archmages with decades of experience handling the elements.

"Sharing it with beginners would only destroy their self-confidence and further reduce the number of graduates. Fourth years, instead, not only have three years of magical practice, but they also take courses like Theory of Combat Magic and Dimensional Magic.

"During those lessons, the students learn how to put first magic into practice like never before and how to multi cast the elements while keeping them in harmony. The same principles that make it possible to combine two different elements and create a tier four spell can also be applied to Void Magic.

"You may consider it simple, but Void Magic is no different from Dimensional Magic, Necromancy, or Light Mastery. They are all branches of magic of their own and even though the theory behind Dimensional Magic is well-known and established, not everyone can use it.