In the yard of a shrine built deep within the forest of a hill stood two figures remember my warnings Doulos exclaimed self transmutation without any use of mana circles for someone of your level is completely forbidden it has too many risks one wrong mistake and your deformed unable to properly wield magic because your brains melted or intense pain leading to an inability to turn back causing you to die and similarly the action of enhancing your senses is also prohibited it requires more than a surface level enhancement too much stimulation would lead to a exploding brain the brain and the nerves are too complex and require proper studying in order to even make a proper attempt
Theirs another thing I want to remind you on magic has alot to do with perception theirs more to things than its surface for example restraining the way one thinks saying only lightning or light can move at a certain speed or only knives can cut through meat like butter is completely inaccurate theirs a saying magic is an art for the sanely mad do not think of the impossible as impossible think of it as the solvable
At the same time you've progressed Quicker than I expected your more than a Match for the average person just then Doulos raised his arm slightly above his palm a circle of intricate patterns with a book appearing out of it falling vertically Doulos Quickly grasped the bottom of the book presenting it to Darian for now your task is to familiarize yourself with the front portion of spells in the book and practice the creation of mana circles Darian took a bow and said thank you for trusting me with this opportunity master as he held both edges of the book simultaneously Doulos tsked what's with the politeness and don't ! call me that your only allowed to call me that once you become a success you hear me if not just being linked to you may damage my reputation Darian laughed slightly ill definitely make you proud
In one of the castles corridor Darian walked holding a single book as his hand wrapped around it was placed horizontally the book had a rough brown cover with gold edges it had no title as Darian strolled around the castle to try to head to his room he saw sir Claus talking and giving instructions to one of the female maids when Darian walked closer Claus head turned as their gazes met your dismissed Claus said as the maid curtsied and headed to fulfill her duties Darian joined Clauses side as he asked did she do something wrong not really Claus replied your father's been called to the capital by the king again and your mother's handling business there aswell it's unfortunate that only Matilda got to go Claus said as he was deep in thought Darian frowned he handed the book to claus as the two walked side by side What does this have to do with my Question Darian asked
Claus chuckled patting his head well I was trying to imply that the castles maintenance must be upped so that when the lord returns he can be at ease Darian scoffed he knew this was a slight jab Claus was basically saying Darian could not see between the lines but the way Claus scolded the maid although he couldn't hear it the seriousness of the matter was clear Darian ignored it and asked what do you think of Sir Francis his been acting so weird these past 4 months everytime we do sword training his there observing and drawing or the fact I've heard his asked out lady Matilda multiple times his mood seems more cheerful and his relationship with sir Girin is down right scary Darian said with a pondering look both his arms folded
Claus replied well the man was a former navy soldier a ships captain at that ,training in the way of the blade and pistol is expected forgetting such a life is hard since it was the man's passion leaving something one loves is often painful and leads to lingering feelings that manifest in many ways it seems the clashing of swords brings That sense of familiarity as for Matilda both are young and his much better of a man than that Pierce who's eyes dot around as much as a thunder bird flaps it's wings besides at Matildas age solely focusing on our lady could leave her without a family and childless that's not good for a women it's better for her to show an interest in love now her standards might be high but a man showing interest first may melt the heart
Speaking of Girin aren't you supposed to be in his class about now Claus asked his face revealing a puzzled expression not really today's my rest tomorrow full throttle as Darian said this he kept moving his hands into different battle stances kicks in the air and opening his arms wide waving them or running around Claus smiled his mustache slightly raised I see you like your training Darian nodded in agreement speaking on Girin and Francis relationship Claus added its simple the two complete each other in a way Girin represents the power and strength Francis wishes he had while Girin is a beast attempting to assimilate into the social world to each other both have something the other lacks Francis understanding of ethics ,mannerisms,poetry and philosophy really helps in those aspects
As Darian reached his room Claus returned the book as Darian headed in for a rest ,night came causing Darian to wake up when the two lords of the house were not at home nobody would attend lunch at the long table many Doulos thought it blasphemous making others prefer to eat within their own rooms a few minutes later servants knocked on Darians door as they came in with 6 plates of food placing it on a round table near the rooms bookshelf Darian wore a white linen shirt and black shorts after the servants had placed the dishes down covering it so it would not get cold when they left Darian closed all the oil lamps except one which emitted a dim yellow light on his desk
On the desk was a nameless book when Darian opened it the pages were empty Darian smiled closing the books cover as he said oh book of secrets reveal your content let my site pry into your minds eye cracks appeared on the books cover as the bottom half began to open a tongue slithering out unwrapping Darians left cheek a sense of fear rose up from Darians mind did I say the activation spell wrong did Doulos set me up rows of sharp teeth suddenly pushed forward so fast it could causing Darian to clench his hurt as he palpitated the books tongue retracted
Another boy a skilled beginner but slightly inferior than the last Darian scoffed as he opened the book it had no author and on its first pages were instructions on array contruction but their were 3 things that Darian focused on the most ,one was that this book seemed to be an all purpose book magic wise the Index even had info on different monsters and their weaknesses rank and the spells needed to stand a chance or defeat them also biological info on different races spells were ranked from E to A based on difficulty to learn the individual keys to learning a spell were not ranked
At E =strength enhancement ,D=element manipulation ,C =element creation,body enhancement ,B = neural enhancement
A= Reality manipulation, just to give atleast one for each as an example ofcourse certain abilities increased in difficulty so a 5 to 1 system was used but anything that mainly centered on power the monster system was used the third thing was simple after a certain point the pages would go blank Darian suspected this was done by Doulos in order so that Darian would not skip steps, and to teach him something new without him having to dedicate his time to teaching his student that lazy bastard Darian said softly
After he inspected the book he began his first attempts at construction and forming shapes holding them still while creating another one was the problem each time he would form a few and try one more the others would start vanishing and those were just the necessary necessary shapes within the circle not even the arrays around he wondered how hard the ancients had it since the symbols of each key were invented so a mage could have less trouble instead of forming entire words a symbol was the equivalent of one and as long as the user understood the difference and the meaning the spell worked as expected
He sighed as two hours passed finely closing the book my payment the book said said it's mouth wide open like a dog Darian sighed again as took a fish scooters legs and bowl of soup throwing it in the eyeless books mouth the book returning to normal hmm Darian wondered if I had not given it something to eat would of tried to eat me he chuckled slowly scratching the left side of his hair
The next day early in the morning a calm Girin approached Doulos in his office and asked if the two could make a temporary switch in the time for their respective classes allowing Girin to have Darian earlier in the day Doulos did not mind at all as long as it was for one day Doulos taunted the muscular man ofcourse anything for my junior despite Girins muscular built adding to that his facial hair He was still quite young but Doulos liked that the reason was simple people thought him old despite him also 9nly being in his 20s the similarity was a bond they shared
Light shined threw Darians bedroom window permeating through the curtains he immediately waking him up today was go8ng to be ruff the maids knocked and came into his room placing new clothes for him to wear it was black shoes, long black socks, black shorts ,a white linen formal shirt paired with a black short sleeve vest with a dark green bowtie to pair well with Darians emerald green eyes afterwards Darian ran downstairs to stuff his face an entray of food with all types of pastries he ended up taking a few donutes with different icing and flavors, two fruits some toast eggs and bacon with coffee
In Sir Pierce class he began talking about the history of the palgian people and its neighbors up north since they were located at the continents lower point he talked about how they were barbarians and scoundrels in the past almost siding with the monsters during the norn wars in order to make palgia a monster Country so they could be monster free if not for them being betrayed by the monsters themselves he exclaimed with passion calling them scum no less then scum only below pirates themselves if not for the countries own internal conflicts the kingdom would have already declared war on the upper north which included nations like Tigreese ,Gorrdun's,Palmeia,fortheos , Tian,Gram,Corelius,Statniff,Norius,palmud,Acrecius,Nura ,Dan ,Saltiur, which were the major powers of upper north in Sir Pierce explanation this was why the king raised the funding and the armies promotion he also pointed to the border scuffle that were happening to point to a proxy war being fought with Gorilla tactics that would eventually boil over calling them a coalition of traitors unfit to be called humans
At lady Roselles class Darian had been monitoring his teacher as she explained simultaneous equations to him using these opportunities he would ask Questions like when did you first meet master Doulos or do you have someone you like in ,What type of character do you like as a Soulmate ,he was quietly observing her reactions it was like she wondered into another world the quick blushes the scoffs the pondering face the blushing facial features all told a story only a fool could be blind to
In sir Francis Class he recited poetry in song and even gave him some music lessons Darian had not thought when his father meant ethics it was so broad in truth sir Francis was their to simply turn him into a noble like character he also new this teacher of his was being trained by Girin aswell as Claus at times and was already a far stronger magic user than he currently was but obviously below Doulos Darian placed all this info into his thoughts as the great scientific philosopher Joseph Quinten once said the orange sun fruit does not fall from above because it wills itself but nay it falls from above because an outside force has been applied as to that analogy how could our universe expand with no outside force let alone lead to intelligent life This was the philosophy of the day and age speculation drawing conclusions based on analogies to established laws and principals which had worked for the past 50 years should I sing you the war time songs of the norn wars Darian smiled politely refusing
Your late boy Girin sighed as they met each other below the hill what ate we doing today simple patrols Girin gave a short answer that's not a very detailed answer Darian muttered softly the task is simple you will only use magics paired with your physical strength and body using moves and techniques I taught you or if need by for a distraction yes sir Darian bowed showing respect
The two sprinted forward around the capital sometimes their hands at V shaped Girins single jump could cover a few buildings with ease aswell doing parkour in the castle base of knights near the market place a huge explosion appeared then 3 more went off a soldier within the smoke wearing chainmail and brown robe like shirt that went until knee level with a iron helmet and a sword on his side and spear he had been tossed to the side when the explosion went off thanks to his sudden use of enhancement he had managed to survive the sneak attack he Wuickly regained his compusore as he witnessed the dead bodies of his colleagues and sone groaning in pain they've!! escaped ! ,They've!! escaped! his mouth beloved it as he enhanced the sound emitting from his mouth
Behind him near his blind spot as the smoke yet to clear a figure emerged with a speed like wind his colleagues on the floors eyes warning the soldier causing him to instinctively use enhancement as he slightly turned the figure who had corked his blade released a downward swing with a stolen blade on the soldiers shoulder fortunately it got stuck and could not go all the way through the soldier attempted to Pierce the figure with his spear holding back the pain the unknown figure grasped the mans wrist took out a dagger his left calf and proceeded to stab the soldier 8 times in less than a few seconds using the momentum the of the figure loosening it's grip believing it had won the soldier lunged forward his helmet hitting the figure in a headbut leaving the figure dazed he fell back on one of his living subordinates who was still recovering having lost his left arm using his energy to create a barrier protecting the two of them while his subordinate attempted to heal his wounds
Hahaha we don't have time for this the man unknown figure cried out leaving the scene the sound the smell and the giant column of smoke and fire enticed Girin let's go he said as he jumped ahead first covering an entire 300 meters with a few casual jumps Darian could barely keep up managing to arrive in the market place 5minutes later only to see Girin jumping in the air at intense speed laughing himself in the air one hand corked back the other hand horward with both legs high in the sky with a horizontal kick that was about to make contact facing it was a 3meter tall bear it's fur like an orangutan it's claws like mole but longer sharper more Shiney it's mouth like a saber tool with ram horns on its head and red fire like eyes Raaaaaaaawwwwwhhhhhh it's Roars cried out the people screams reaching a crescendo Darian thought it was definitely at a high level demonic ravings type monster or a low evil eye level monster despite it's size and imposing nature a group of hunters could handle it with the correct tools weapons or a Canon
This all happened in a split second as both girins legs lauged themselves into the beasts face releasing a wind up punch completely breaking the sound barrier with a pahh!! Boom !! obliterating and scattering what was left in an instant the creature became a black blob that coalesced all it's pieces to form a bigger one it's a mimic Darian was in shock a level 6 at its most powerful it had a total of 24 forms it could take on with one condition it had to feed on that thing in order to transform into it ,it would start out as a black pool of watery liquid that would move undetected setting up traps feeding on the dead until it reached 24 dead at that point it would gain a level 6 threat level but would later evolve into a true level 6 a shapeshifter it's natural skills were to devour and transform seperate and reform who would of thought today's circumstances would start off with such a bang