The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 22

In fact, all elemental forces, including the earth force, have their own special powers. But as a Saint level Grand Magus of the earth style, it was only natural that Doehring Cowart would greatly praise the earth style. Eight-year-old Linley, upon hearing Doehring's words, was filled with desire.

“Kakek Doehring, hurry up and test me and see if I have the talent to become an earth-style magus. "Linley was feeling very anxious.

Doehring Cowart started laughing. "Well, I'll test you soon. ”

“First, let me tell you that the test for magic ability is a two-part test, so the test I manage will also have two parts. ”Doehring Cowart is being very generous. After being trapped in the Coiling Dragon Ring for five thousand years, naturally he was now in a beautiful mood when faced with such a cute little boy.

“Magic prowess is divided into two parts – the power of one's magical affinity for certain elements, and the power of one's mental energy. ”Doehring Cowart begins to explain the basics of the exam.

"Are these two parts good for?" Linley asked in curiosity.

Doehring Cowart said in a friendly voice, "Linley, before answering this, let me ask you, if a magus is about to cast a spell, what does he rely on?"

"Magic spell!" Linley immediately said.

Linley had seen how the magus riding the Velocidragon first muttered many magic words before saying his spell.

"Wrong. ”

"I've seen magi cast spells. They all cast magic spells first. "Linley immediately argued.

Doehring Cowart stroked his white beard, and contentedly said, “When using a spell, the most important thing for a magus is its 'magic power' and its 'mental energy. If his mental energy was strong enough, he could even cast a spell, without the need for a spell. Magical spells serve only an additional function. ”

"Oh? An instacast? "Linley stared wonderfully at Doehring Cowart. Linley felt as if suddenly, a huge magic world slowly opened before his eyes, but it still remained hazy and indistinct. Doehring Cowart, however, banishes the mysterious facade behind this magical world.

Smiling, Doehring Cowart nodded. "really. In order to cast a spell, your body must be able to provide a sufficient amount of mageforce, and then use mental energy to control that mageforce to summon enough elemental essence to mold it into a spell! ”

"Elementary essence?" Linley. "Grandfather Doehring, are you saying that in order to cast a magic spell, we need to make use of the external elemental essence?"

"Ha ha . Of course . Linley, do you think that a powerful magus can only rely on the elemental essence already in its body? Impossible! Let's take a look at the forbidden level magic spells. The mageforce in a Saint-level magus body can only provide 1% of the required amount of essence. The other 99% can only be provided by natural, elemental essences. ”

"Let me tell you like this .. The magus called 'mageforce' is really just pure, very subtle elemental essence. Mageforce can be described as 'general', while the essence of the natural element is army. A magus summons its mageforce and uses it to direct the essence of the natural elements to form an amazing spell. Got it? "Doehring Cowart smiled as he looked at Linley.

Linley could not help but frown.

"Oh I understand . "Linley laughed and nodded. "'Mageforce' inside the magus is somewhat like Uncle Hillman, while the elemental essence is like our group of children. Uncle Hillman, alone, directs our entire group in training, or in attacking, or engaging in battle! "

Doehring Cowart smiled and nodded. "really. Therefore, the 'mageforce' of the magus is very important. If he didn't have enough magic power, he wouldn't be able to cast a spell. ”

Linley nodded.

"Compared to mageforce, mental energy was even more important!" Doehring Cowart smiled as he spoke. "Now, you should realize that the so-called mental energy is really spiritual energy, a form of controlling energy!"

"Linley, a large amount of mageforce expended a greater amount of elemental essence. If a large amount of power is not controlled by spiritual energy ... what do you think is the end result? "Doehring Cowart stroked his white beard as he silently watched Linley.

Linley frowned, pondering.

“Kakek Doehring's. "Said Linley in a low voice as he frowned. “In some books, I read about some military tactics. In it, one of the things it says is .. to conquer the enemy, first conquer their king. Also, bandits. If you first kill the bandit leader, the bandit army will naturally be smashed to pieces and shattered into pieces. So spiritual energy must serve the same purpose as the 'controlling energy' that the bandit leader gives to his subordinates. Without spiritual energy to control a large amount of magic power and elemental essence, this power would be wild. ”

Doehring Cowart laughing.

"Haha, Linley, you're so smart. ”Doehring Cowart laughs happily.

Linley felt as if a large and important magic principle had suddenly become very clear to him.

Smiling at Linley, Doehring Cowart continued, "Of course, that's just a basic theory. The world of magic is much more complicated than you can imagine! The question of how exactly one used mageforce and elemental essence to form a 'magic', now that was the real problem! ”

"What's the point of having a mageforce, if you don't know exactly how to mold it into a magical spell?" Doehring Cowart gave a long sigh. “The world of magic is a very complicated world. Magical research is very difficult and dangerous. But due to the intra-imperial struggle, countless magi were involved in the research of new types of spells. ”

"Actually, each kingdom researched new ways of using different mageforce matrices and elemental essences to produce different spells! But magic research is very dangerous. The more destructive a spell could potentially be, the harder it was to research. Sometimes, it can even elicit a simultaneous reaction against the researchers. ”

Doehring Cowart laughed as he spoke. “In most magus academies, you can only learn spells up to sixth rank. Spells of the seventh, eighth, and ninth rank, as well as Saint-level spells, were considered secrets. Only if you join the Kingdom will you gain access to that special spell. ”

Linley had read many books and therefore understood this principle.

“If you don't have an instructor? No matter how much power the Witch has or how high your spiritual energy is, you will not be able to perform a single spell! "Doehring Cowart smiled faintly. "The "deep secret of any magical spell lies in how it controls mageforce and elemental essence to form spells. ”

“After countless magic experiments, the magical system has basically been refined. "Groaning his white beard, Doehring Cowart laughed out loud. "Linley, don't worry. In the future, there is no need for you to bend your knees to any kingdom or ruler, because ... I can teach you seventh, eighth, ninth, and even Saint-level spells! ”

Linley took a deep breath.

He could feel himself starting a new path.

Under Grandpa Doehring's guidance, he didn't need to continue following the warrior path. He was now about to embark on a more mysterious and more powerful magus way.

“Come, let's start the test of your elemental affinity power. Sit with your legs crossed, close your eyes, and enter a meditative state. "Doehring Cowart said softly.

"Meditative state?" Linley felt his heartbeat speedier.

What is the affinity level?

"Don't worry. Carefully try and see what you can feel, and whenever you feel something, just tell me. "Doehring Cowart smiled cheeringly towards Linley. Linley immediately closed his eyes and tried to force himself to calm down.

"Don't worry. Just do as I tell you. "Doehring Cowart said in a soft voice.

… .

Meditation is one of the basic foundations of all magus. It takes both to absorb the elemental essence to turn it into magic power, and to increase one's spiritual energy. The first time entering the meditative state was the most difficult and dangerous, but of course, under the guidance of a Saint-level Grand Magus, Linley would not find it too difficult.

After half an hour of instruction, Linley finally entered a meditative state for the first time.

Seeing Linley in a meditative state, Doehring Cowart smiled faintly, then waved his hand.

Immediately…

A large amount of earth essence began to revolve around Linley. Normally, most places only had the density of ordinary earth essence, but currently, Doehring Cowart was using his powerful spiritual energy to increase the density of the earth essence near Linley by a hundredfold.

"If he still could not sense the earth essence around him even under these conditions, then there was no hope at all for him. "Doehring Cowart said to himself.

Even a truly ordinary person would have to sense something, considering the density of the earth essence was a hundred times greater than usual.

Right now, Linley, still in a meditative state, was feeling extremely happy and excited. He never realized .. that around him, there were so many amazing things. Countless patches of earth-colored light floated around him, with a density so high that it was shocking.