February 26 Year 30,766
A whole week has passed and Cairo turned all of his focus into training to properly control his [Savage Ball] magic and master the principles behind it
With the effects of the Crystal Soul Shard, Cairo's soul improved a lot and that improvement benefited almost everything about him
Cairo is currently standing on the ground that is littered with small pieces of paper. The papers have two different colors, one is blue and one is red
The kid took a deep breath while closing his eyes. After a few moments, Cairo opened his eyes that are now filled with determination
Mana starts gathering on top of Cairo's hand and a small black ball appeared in it. "[Shadow Magic: Savage Ball!]"
Cairo controlled the small ball and it floated in front of him. Unlike the first time that Cairo uses this magic, his situation is now better than before and he can also control its power
Before, this magic can only be used as a last resort but now, Cairo can use an extremely weakened version of his [Savage Ball]
With Cairo's will, the ball starts descending down and Cairo carefully controlled the suction power that it has
Instead of sucking all the pieces of paper, Cairo controlled his magic and only the papers that are blue in color was sucked inside the ball
With the improvements in Cairo's soul, he managed to have this much progress in just a week but the next thing he needs to do is harder than just controlling what his magic will affect
The paper that was sucked starts gathering inside the ball but in the process, some of them were shredded into smaller pieces and Cairo's face starts to pale at that
For the nth time, Cairo failed and he dispelled his magic. What Cairo needs to accomplish was to use the suction power of his magic to selectively affect some things while also preventing the ball from destroying the paper
That is what Cairo desperately needs to accomplish but he failed again
Cairo can only shake his head at that before deciding to try again. However, the result was still the same, it was another failure
"Young Master, do you need some help?" As soon as Del appeared on Cairo's side, he immediately asked the question he wants to know the answer to
Cairo was about to refuse but decided that it is not a bad thing. He might gain some inspirations from a powerful mage like Del
"I have a magic I called Savage Ball, it basically sucks anything close to it and then shreds them. What I need to do is to selectively choose what the magic will suck while also not shredding them in the process" Cairo said and looked at Del hopefully
Although Cairo doesn't mind spending a lot of time at the Acolyte Rank, he still wants to be a full-fledged mage as soon as possible. Becoming a real mage will give him access to stronger powers
Del puts his hands into his chin and starts thinking of something. He wants to help his master and he really racks his brain to think of something
After some time, Del hold out his palm, and a black ball similar to what Cairo uses earlier appeared on it
Although Cairo knows that mages at Del's level are extremely powerful, he was still shocked that his guard manages to mimic the magic that required him time to use
After the ball appeared, Del made it stronger and the ball issued a sucking power. Del only sucks the blue papers too and Cairo's eyes went wide open in shock
Cairo only managed to do that after a week of practice but Del only starts thinking for some time before he achieved the thing that Cairo needs to put a lot of effort into
If that was not enough, Del even successfully did what Cairo was only trying to achieve!
The pieces of paper gathered and condensed into a single spot. That, that is what Cairo needs to achieve!
"H-how did you d-do that ...?" Cairo asked in disbelief and he was once again reminded of the difference between him and the true mage experts
"Young Master, your magic contains two abilities. One is the suction power and the other is the shredding power. If you only need to suck some things without destroying them, why don't you change the nature of your magic? Instead of adding the shredding power, you can only include the suction power in this magic of yours " Del explained patiently and Cairo felt as if a whole new world was opened to him
The Cairo in the past that made the Crystal Soul Shard is far more powerful than the current Cairo. The past one can easily control the [Savage Ball] and prevent it from destroying things that it sucks even though it contained the shredding power
However, the current Cairo is different! His skills are too inferior and if he wants to succeed, he might need several months if he continued doing exactly what the past him does
Del's words really made a lot of sense. He only needs the sucking power, why should he continue including the shredding power?
Cairo immediately closes his eyes and adjusted the 'formula' for his magic so that the unnecessary shredding power will be removed
As soon as Cairo opened his eyes, a black ball immediately appeared on top of his palm and he lowered it
The ball sucks the surrounding blue pieces of papers and they gathered into a single spot just like what Del managed to do earlier
Although Cairo's technique is still clumsy, he at least succeeded now. What he now needs is some time to fully master this ability
"Thank you, Del" Cairo sincerely said and his guard smiled at him. "It is my job" Del replied
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March 5 Year 30,766
Cairo spent another week increasing his control despite the dissatisfaction that his original teachers had. To those people, they think that Cairo is just wasting time
If Cairo becomes a proper mage, he'll be able to comprehend magic easier. Too bad for the teachers that Cairo was focusing all his time and energy on a different thing
After Cairo became satisfied with his control, he then turned his focus on experimenting with the parasites. In fact, this part is easy and Cairo doesn't even need to personally do it
Cairo spent some time learning things about the parasites so that his knowledge will improve but he soon becomes impatient
If Cairo gained the Crystal Soul Shard, he'll be able to comprehend things easier. As a result, Cairo hired several mages that have parasite expertise
The term that Cairo uses is hired but these people are actually slaves of the Royal Family and they are all loyal to him and Kira. Cairo is not worried that they will covet the things he will soon invent
Cairo is currently inside his lab and in front of him was a large table that contained different kinds of parasitic worms. The worms are stored inside a transparent glass and below the glass was the worms' description
Cairo read the descriptions one by one but he still cannot see the same type of worm that he past him uses
Although Cairo knows the worm's name, he was afraid that it is not present in this realm and it might gather some suspicions if he asked for a worm that the Kingdom doesn't have
Thus, Cairo decided to just describe the worm that he wants as it will not gather that much attention
"Is there a worm that can enter one's consciousness realm and can live there for a long time without exiting it?" Cairo asked the experts of parasites
Most parasites will only enter the host's physical body, ones that can enter the consciousness realm are rare. And even if they can enter the consciousness realm, some of them still needs to exit it from time to time to replenish their body nutrients
"Young Master, parasitic worms like that are extremely rare. Your requirement for the worms is that it can be mass breed but consciousness type parasites cannot reproduce like biological lifeforms, they are mostly naturally formed by the world" one the of experts answered truthfully causing Cairo to frown
What Cairo needs are the parasites that don't need to exit the host's spirit sea after entering it. However, in the Kingdom, only consciousness type lifeforms can do that and those things can't reproduce like the life and flesh lifeforms
"Is there a way we can mass-produce parasites that can live inside the host's consciousness realm?" Cairo asked them and the mages looked at each other before answering
"Young Master, we actually had a project like that before. However, the King ordered us to stop in the fear that it might be used to himself. Parasites that are consciousness type lifeforms are extremely rare and because of that, not much is known about them. This causes the late King to raise his guard in case that an unknown will be used against him "