Chapter 25 The first magic
Since he had successfully meditated and sensed the "starry sky" during his apprenticeship in magic, Lucian immediately suppressed all his doubts and began to find his own "main star of destiny" according to the astrological meditation method.
The starry sky was vast, boundless, dotted with stars, endless, but after combining his soul and spiritual power and extending out, Lucian quickly sensed a familiar taste from countless stars, his own taste, so Lucian fluctuated his spiritual power and slowly moved closer to the still faint star.
I don't know how long it took, but the spiritual power mixed with the soul's feelings finally touched the illusory star, and then Lucian followed the meditation method, blending and connecting the spiritual power with this star little by little.
Suddenly, Lucian's spiritual power swayed violently like a string being struck, causing his soul to begin to shake.
Knowing that this was a necessary process and a critical moment, Lucian kept extending the rest of his spiritual power, stabilizing the spiritual power line that fluctuated so much that it almost broke.
This spiritual power line gradually became stained with a layer of bright starlight, and slowly stabilized, and Lucian's soul was shocked, and there was an additional reflection of a star inside.
Greedily drawing "star" power from the thin starlight spiritual power line to temper the soul and spiritual power, Lucian immersed himself in the astrological meditation method until his soul felt full, and then stopped and switched to the elemental meditation method.
This time, Lucian did not use the surrounding "earth, fire, wind, and water" powers to temper his soul and spiritual power, but only used meditation to enhance the induction of spiritual power and "elements".
When Lucian felt a kind of exhaustion from the depths of his soul, he ended his first meditation and opened his eyes, his deep black pupils filled with excitement and joy.
"Even in a normal state, I can sense the reflection of the main star of destiny in my soul, and if I concentrate, I can even vaguely sense that in the distant sky, there is a star that has a mysterious and inexplicable connection with me, and I can borrow a very small point of its power, and the spiritual power line seems to not exist, in another time and space."
Lucian thought happily, but soon, he noticed something strange, "Wait, I have traveled over, why does this world have my 'main star of destiny'? According to the theory of astrology, if Lucian died in the past, his destiny lord star would fade, slide, or disappear, and the familiar feeling just now was indeed the taste of my summer breeze, why is this happening? What's the reason?"
Unable to think of an explanation, Lucian could only put aside his doubts for the time being.
At the same time, through this meditation and thoroughly interpreting the witch's magic notes, Lucian understood that if he wanted to feel the mental power of others, he had to use the corresponding magic, unless it was not long after he broke through, and his mental power was still unstable.
Of course, there is also corresponding magic to restrain or hide spiritual power.
After a short break, the excited Lucian opened the witch's magic notebook, ready to see what apprentice-level informal magic he could learn at the moment.
With the "Main Star of Destiny", Lucian can already learn the only three apprentice-level magic in astrological magic, which was only learned after the witch became a high-level magic apprentice, and in the apprentice-level magic, it is a very powerful type, but due to the lack of mental power, the effect used by Lucian will be worse, and after using it two or three times, the mental power will dry up.
The division of magic apprentices is based on how much apprentice-level informal magic can be used from the perfect state to the dry state, the apprenticeship is five, the official is ten, and the advanced level is twenty, that is to say, Lucian can only use five apprentice-level magic in a row at a time, and if he wants to use it again, he must rest or take magic potions to restore his mental power, while using the astrological apprentice-level magic, Lucian is likely to only be able to use three in a row.
These three astrological apprentice magics are: "Elementary Astrology", "Starry Eye", and "Circle of Runaway".
According to the witch, even if it is a beginner, it requires a lot of knowledge, such as the laws of the movement of some stars, how to properly choose other stars that match the main star of destiny when divining, etc., etc., it is very complicated, it took her several years to barely be able to use it, but due to insufficient knowledge, the results of astrology are basically inaccurate.
In Lucian's eyes, the most troublesome thing about primary astrology is that he needs a magic crystal ball made of pure and flawless morning light crystal to assist, and he doesn't know where to find it at all, after all, there is only one witch family that has been passed down from generation to generation, but unfortunately she carried it with her and was taken away by the church.
On the contrary, the witch found it complicated and troublesome, and the knowledge related to elementary astrology was difficult to understand, but Lucian found it relatively easy, and a large part of it was the chaotic descriptions of celestial mechanics at the high school level, as well as the hand-drawn astrological charts that relied on memory.
Of course, Lucian had to learn slowly in the selection of the main star and the stars, because this was the part that his knowledge could not understand, just like he did not understand why the stars represented fate.
However, thinking that he would hold a magic crystal ball to perform astrology in the future, Lucian had a subtle feeling that if he wore a black magic robe with a pullover, he would feel even more like an evil magician.
The "Starry Eye" is hypnotic and trance-like magic, requiring the other party to look at their pupils, and I don't know why they are divided into star systems.
In Lucian's view, the "Ring of Runaway" borrows the gravity of the stars to form a three-dimensional ring about 20 centimeters thick that can manipulate the slight change in gravity, which is mainly used for defense.
After a short break, Lucian decided to learn the first magic of his life, aiming for the "Ring of Runaway".
This is because the Starry Eye requires the spellcasting material "Night Star Grass" powder, and the same is true for other elemental apprentice-level informal magics, such as "Frost Ray" requires "Cryolite" powder, "Acid Sputter" requires "Brimstone", and so on.
Currently, there are very few magics that do not require casting materials, and they are basically magic from other factions, such as the hands of mages in the transformation system.
Although Lucian can also learn magic from other factions, the apprentice meditation method is astrological and elemental, so it is relatively easy for him to learn these two types of magic.
According to the witch's magic notebook, Lucian focused his mind on the star in the night sky and the almost imperceptible power it hung down through the "star of fate" in his soul, and then whispered the spell, awkward and strange.
This time, after Lucian recited the spell, he clearly sensed that as his voice vibrated, his spiritual power fluctuated accordingly, and wonderful changes appeared, beginning to combine with the gravity of the stars.
So Lucian quickly changed his mental power according to the simple rune shape of the "Ring of Runaway".
Unfortunately, due to his lack of skill, Lucian had not yet transformed into a rune, and the combination of spiritual power and star gravity was terminated, and the spell casting failed.
After two breaks to regain his mental strength, Lucian finally succeeded in changing the rune pattern after failing five times.
A faint light that could not be seen successfully appeared on the repaired wooden table under Lucian's will, leaving the candlestick within the scope of magic.
With Lucian's manipulation, the flames on the candlestick suddenly pressed low, and suddenly rose, reflecting the hut in a light and dark way, creating an eerie and terrifying feeling, and it was not until two minutes later that the flames returned to normal.
Lucian clasped his hands and pondered: "The range of gravity change is too small, which can only make the attacker feel that the weapon is out of control and the weight is uncertain, and it cannot make the weapon fall to the ground or fly into the air.
"And the casting time is too long, it took a full five seconds, but after becoming proficient, it should be able to compress to about three seconds."
"Anyway, this is my first magic." Lucian didn't expect that he could learn the "Ring of Runaway" so quickly, when the witch was learning this magic, it took a full month, so she was quite happy, "According to the witch's own records, she couldn't analyze the structure of this magic in a short period of time because she couldn't understand why 'star power' could cause the disorder of the earth element, so she relied on practice over and over again, forcibly analyzed it, and accepted the fact of the effect, and I was just the opposite, it seems that in this world, sometimes, knowledge equals power."
While having fun, Lucian carefully recalled the process of casting the spell just now, looking for a way to shorten the casting time: "The function of the spell seems to be to generate a specific frequency, causing the spiritual power to vibrate with it. If successful, you can save the time to chant the spell and control the casting time to about two seconds, but in this way, it seems that the requirements for mental power control are higher."
After an unknown number of times, when Lucian felt that the short rest could no longer restore his mental strength, the casting time of the "Runaway Ring" had been reduced to more than three seconds, and the specific frequency of this spell was roughly recorded.
"Experiment with a spellless spell tomorrow morning, and then go buy some common, unsuspecting spellcasting materials and magic potion materials." Before the tired Lucian fell asleep, he thought in a daze that for a magician, magic experiments can help analyze the structure of spells, master magic, etc., so it is essential, even if the future development path is not to be an alchemist.
(End of this chapter)