Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2598

2598 Push Boundaries (Part 2)

"Affecting the elemental energies released by a spell with Void Magic requires so much of my focus that without the tower's defensive measures, my ass would probably be blown to the ground since to be ready to switch light or air I can't even aim properly."

Inoticed." Solus nodded. "Still, it's worth exploring. It's going to be a great addition to our arsenal, but I think right now it's better to focus on tier four and five Void Magic. I'm sorry to admit that I haven't made much progress on that front."

"Me neither." Lith shook his head. "The root of the problem is that the elements that comprise the spell can't be switched one at a time. Doing that destroys the balance that holds them together and makes them fade."

"It's actually worse." Solus pointed out." managed to switch two elements at the same time, but that's not enough to achieve tier four Void Magic. Look."

She weaved a tier four Banefire stored inside the Mouth of Menadion, generating a burst of darkness-infused flames that took the form of a scorching pillar of black fire. Then, turned darkness into light and fire into water, obtaining only a sparkling splash of water.

"What the fuck?" Lith had followed the entire procedure with Life Vision and he was certain that Solus' technique was flawless. Yet her failure didn't have a single silver lining.

"Here's the deal." She had a board appear behind her back, filled with two strings of runes of the color of their respective elements, red and yellow. "If tier four was just casting two tier three spells at the same time, there would be no need for the great academies.

Tier four requires taking runes from different elemental spells and combining them so that they work together to produce something that's greater than the sum of their single parts.

"Unique effects like Full Guard that uses air and fire magic to generate a wide-range heat and motion sensory field. The two strings of runes on the board slithered into each other like snakes, forming the formula to cast Full Guard that Lith recognized.

"Yet what happens if you just switch them?" The red runes turned blue and the yellow ones became orange, changing their shape along with their color.

Suddenly the elegant incantation that allowed for a quick cast had been turned into a Jumbled, nonsensical mess.

Switching a single element into its counterpart always affects the runes as well. For tier three and below this is nigh-unnoticeable because any mage capable of performing Void Magic can also adjust the runes in accordance with the effect they are trying to obtain.

"It's their own mana so it answers to their will and Void Magic gives them all the tools they need to interact with the spell after it has been cast.

"Tier four and above, however, require a further step. At the moment of the switch, you have to already have in mind another tier four spell comprised of at least one of the complementary elements and whose effects can be drawn from the original runes.

"Another possibility is to switch both the elements and then rearrange the runes as well, but that requires a focus and skill that only a master of Void Magic or someone who isn't risking their life on the battlefield can achieve."

"When you put it this way, it sounds nigh-impossible, but I don't think that the situation is as dire as you paint it." Lith replied.