I made an air rune at the same level as he did
"The level of a rune is basically divided in its color and how strong it emits. Then there are one basic, three mid-level, two high-level and one master rune. This is a basic rune and you can form it with two out of three colors and an average emitting rate.
The better a rune is formed the easier it's to keep it. You should have noticed that while you trained. A rune can only be used by the one it was formed.
There are spells that have a rune as the core or just need the attracted element to materialize. For example, an element ball."
I made the same I did when Mr. Cacklemi had me show him my magical skills, just in better. I formed a mana skin around the rune and made sure that the air element could only go in and not out. Afterwards I shoot it against a tree.
Boom!
It left a hole in the tree.
"This spell uses the rune to fill the ball with the element, a concentrated element has devasting power, but it also takes time to accumulate. You need to make a mana skin around the rune and only let the corresponding element in and not out. After enough of the element accumulated you need to seal the skin and dissolve the rune.
You already have demonstrated the other kind of spell. When you can do it with the air and fire element, I'll teach you Cleansing."
"Will you teach me the runes for the other elements?"
"Probably not, it needs more to form runes than to know how to draw it. It'll help more if you know how to properly use these two elements."
He seemed to contemplate something.
"If I'm fast enough with learning them then you'll teach me the other elements, right?"
"Sight, on at the time, first you need to learn the spell I just showed you, second cleansing and if there is still time then we can talk about another element."
-While he tries, I'll analyses what I just found out about my diagnostic spell. –
I again sat down
-First, I should give it a name, …. How about bridge or three force? They sound terrible. Hmmm… Mana health? That at least doesn't sound as terrible. Alright I'll just go with that. Next would be how exhausting it is to use.
It already takes a lot of focus to connect it to the patient's personal mana, not to mention connecting my personal mana with world mana, furthermore when it's connected it depletes my focus, stamina and personal mana exceptionally fast. I understand the depletion of my focus but the others. I did read about that a complicated/high-level spell can deplete stamina. That probably makes mana health a high-level spell, even though I don't use an element. But why does it use my personal mana? I should pay attention to that the next time I use it.
I should try doing the same but instead of using world mana I'll fuse my personal mana with the light element. Normally personal mana is poisonous if it intrudes another person but if it's fused with darkness or light then the element negates the poisonous effect. But will it connect? It's already hard enough to connect personal mana with world mana so what'll it be like to connect personal mana with personal mana? Zero can you run a simulation? –
[Simulation….]
"Um, I have a question."
"Oh, yes what is it?"
-Right, I still need to help him. –
"When I dissolve the rune then some of the element dissolves to."
"There are two possibilities. First you not only dissolve the rune but also some of the element unconsciously, or you just think that some of the element dissolved but in realty only the emittance of the rune is missing which misleads you.
The solution for the first is, slow down and try to only dissolve the rune this takes time till you master it as for the second, try to feel the rune and the element separate."
He nodded and went back to training.
-Alright where were I. Right, Zero? –
[Probability of success: 3%
If successful most likely fatal for the person with weaker mana]
-I probably shouldn't try that. Zero define weaker mana. –
[Weaker mana: murky, less flexible, more time needed to use.]
-Tim's personal mana seems to be weak but to gauge it better I should try to use mana health on other people to make a scale. It would also be interesting to know if the purity increases with the increase of the proficiency in magic, or with the use of cleansing. If I observe Tim's mana, then I could find some things out but that'll be draining. Maybe I'll get better at it if I use it more? Isn't there a way to make it less draining? Zero? –
[Searching data…
Solution: Mana rune
It attracts mana, can be used to recharge personal mana or for world mana spells.]
-What? Why didn't I hear of that earlier, that would have made my life so much easier? Zero explain more about the mana rune. –
Zero made a hologram of the mana rune that only I could see appear.
[Mana rune is a high-level rune. It attracts world mana which can then be used to replenish the personal mana reserves or for world mana spells.
The rune is hard to form because it requires a sound knowledge of mana and profound us with world mana.
Not many magi manage to form one, it is also a show of might to be able to form on.]
The rune has three different shades of blue but not like the water or ice rune it also has a white frame.
-Ok, I should try to form on later, hopefully it works. Zero really helps a lot without it I wouldn't be as skilled as I'm. It makes my life a lot easier. But why isn't it a master-level rune? Zero. –
[After long debating it was decided to be a high-level one because it doesn't need as much understanding to be formed and it isn't necessary for spells, it only helps and makes it easier.
Even tough other elements can be attracted without a rune, for master-level and some high-level spells the amount of an element needed is mostly impossible to get, without a rune.]
-Interesting. As for another diagnostic spell, I'll just use one that is already invented and use mana health as my trump card, besides I won't gain anything if I just try to invent a lot of spells and worst-case scenario it already exists. Better save my time an learn something else.
Zero how mu… -
"Um, I have another question."
"Yes?"
I looked up at Tim.
"I can't seem to stop complete the leak of the element."
"Just try to make a rather dick and dense mana skin and with training, there'll leak less and less and when nothing leaks anymore than you can try and thin the skin. The thinner the skin the more devasting can the element be, because it doesn't need to destroy the skin first."
"Ok, um by the why what's your name."
"You are right I completely forgot to introduce myself. My name is Naomi, nice to meet you." I stood up and held my hand out for him to shake.
"My name is Tim, nice to meet you too." He shook my hand, afterwards he went straight back to training.
[One hour left till lunch]
-What already? Sight I'll just try it once and shower with magic, that'll take me less than 3 min. Zero my stats. –
[Focus 50%
Stamina: 52%
Mana: 70%]
-Accumulation is great it really accelerates my mana refiling. Zero set alarm for 30 min. –
[Alarm set.]
With that I again tried mana health. First connecting my mana with world mana then connecting it with Tim's mana.
-I connected some of my personal mana with world mana, this time I used less, next I need to connect it with his. Get it into his body….
That already gives me a rough outlay of his body and health condition. Now connecting… connecting…. connecting… conceiting…. –
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…
-It connected! Let's see… His mana. It's fast depleting. He wastes a lot, the restoring of his personal mana with world mana is also rather slow… He a…a…also d…d…doesn't b…breath… -
The connection broke. I gasped for air and Tim looked at me questioningly.
"I too train just something different so don't mind me." With that he focused again on his training.
-Zero status. –
[Focus 3%
Stamina: 5%
Mana: 4%]
-Yeah, that's some bad stats. I'll restore it with Charge and head home afterwards. But it's great that he doesn't notice it, the question is, if he doesn't notice it because he is weak, because he has weak mana ore because of something else. –
…
[30 minutes are offer.]
-What already, I didn't even restore enough for Zeros massages to pop up. But if I don't go now, I'll be late for lunch. –
I stand up. "Tim, I need to go, I'll come again tomorrow."
"Alright see you." He didn't look up.
-Complete concentration. If he is this diligent than he could make something out of himself. Anyways I need to go back home. –
I picked up the basket and ran home.