Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2446

"As for all the other branches of Void Magic, once you understand how every single pair of elements are fueled by the same driving force, learning them will come natural to you. Any final question before you start practicing your favorite elements?"

"I have one." King Meron said. "I must say, this is all very brilliant but also there was nothing like this in the first draft you gave us. How did you make so much progress in the short time since the end of the War of the Griffon?"

"You have to thank my wife for that." Lith shrugged.

"Your wife?" Meron echoed, followed by many shocked Archmages.

"With all due respect, Captain Yehval is no mage and her knowledge of magic is crude at best. Are you telling me that she's actually a genius and she has discovered her talent while helping you with your experiments?"

"Nothing like that." Lith said with a chuckle. "She did help me to prepare this lesson but just like you said, her knowledge is elementary. As I tried to explain Void Magic to her, I had to simplify things one notch at a time until she managed to grasp the concepts I just explained to you.

"She's no genius, but exactly because of that, I was forced to revise everything that until that moment I took for granted. By looking for examples that she could understand and exercises she could practice, my own understanding of Void Magic improved by leaps and bounds.

"To make her take a single step forward, I had to take ten myself and then set a path for her to follow. She was my first and maybe my slowest student, but if not for her, you wouldn't have such clear-cut exercises today.

"By answering her questions that I had never asked myself and clearing her doubts that my mastery of magic made me overlook as insignificant details, I've learned from Kamila more than I taught her.

"Now you'd better start. We have spent over half of the time at our disposal on theory. If you don't solidify what you just learned through practice, by our next lesson everything we said will be nothing but hot air. Pick an exercise and start working."

In the blink of an eye, the whole room became silent as everyone focused on the aspect of Void Magic in which they felt more confident. Lith sat behind his desk, practicing as well.

Yet while his students worked on first magic, he attempted to cast tier four spells.

'If I get to affect arrays with Void Magic, the sky is the limit. By combining it with Domination, I can take control of an enemy spell and then turn it into whatever I want.' He thought.

During the remaining time, talent and experience quickly created a ranking. First the Royals, then the Headmasters, the Professors, and the students dead last. In all fairness, the youths had mere six years of experience against the decades of their competitors.

Yet they had one advantage and no qualms about exploiting it.

The older mages felt in competition not only between themselves, but also with Lith. Their pride was already wounded at the idea that someone so young was ahead of them.

They felt like they had to prove their talent and ingenuity. That the only reason they hadn't discovered Void Magic by themselves was just bad luck and lack of inspiration.

Lith had already planned everything for them. Asking him questions was akin to admitting being no better than Kamila, a civil servant who had never attended one day of academy.