"The fire elf mage didn't stand out in the eyes of the nobles either, she didn't stand out in combat or leadership. She even fell under the influence of that magic tool of the illusion element, young Soran was very brave to infiltrate the group of elves and sabotage them using the illusion tool, until the end of the test the elves didn't distrust him."
"The elf mage was really disappointing, I expected more from her, but young Soran just got lucky, Frey. If the elf hadn't already been affected by the matrix, that low-level trinket wouldn't have been able to affect the elf's mind that much, at the end of the fight she was only a few steps away from attacking her allies."
So, the illusion element that affected Flora came from Soran, he was probably about to complete it with Noel. Their plan was probably to attack the elves after they crushed the alliance, with Soran screwing up Flora's mind and making her turn against the other elves after the battle and after the infighting he would attack the elves along with Noel's team.
"What kind of magical tool did he use to affect Flora's mind?"
"It was a shell, its functioning was the same as the girl's necklace, they use sound waves to affect their targets' minds, but the difference between them is that the shell Soran used emitted a sound wave that is not audible by the our ears, this kind of sound is good to prevent your target from noticing your influence, but it also means that your influence on him is small, if the elf were not in combat or being affected by the rune matrix the shell effect would be very small. "
"Honestly most of the potential stars of this test didn't do anything special on the test, Ulric. I was a bit disappointing, the only one among the protagonists who gave a good impression was Caliban, he fought very well and led the team well, but it's a shame he didn't have much authority, if he had the fight, it would have been much more building for your side."
"James is right, the only strong student who was able to overcome his previous limits was Caliban, but when you look at the rest of the students the person who stands out the most is the mage Ryas, her corrosion ability had a big impact on those who watched the test. She should receive several invitations this week, clotheslines noble houses must be interested in the girl."
"I was funny when the mirror focused on her shocked face, I discovered one of the characteristics of her elements in this kind of situation is very lucky. It's a shame she doesn't have the wind element in her body she will probably have to seek outside help in order to strengthen her magic."
"That's not really a problem, Dimas. By demonstrating the effect that the addition of the wind element had on Ryas's magic and only needed a small amount of energy from the wind element, she'll have to do some tests to find out how much wind element she needs to improve her magic and we've only seen that the wind element strengthened her black rain, she must have other favorite moves. I'm really excited to see her perform in the next round of testing."
"Is her situation unusual? Or is it because of the corroding effect on her aria, that kind of magic shouldn't be something new."
"It is neither new nor rare, but it is still a little difficult to find a magician who decided to follow this path, even if the magician has all the characteristics to follow this specialization they tend to follow different paths, as this path does not have great explosive power, as you saw during the exam and it takes time for it to take effect and even when the mage focuses on a single enemy and he uses a more direct way to erode his target's defenses, he is still not able to do damage in little time."
"That's a pretty incomplete explanation, Frey. The reason there are few mages of this type is because their mana consumption is quite severe and their role ends up being short, no matter if they are targeting several enemies with a diluted spell like you saw on the test or when the spell is concentrated and generally it takes the form of tying a single strong target. Wizards run out of mana quickly tend to be easy targets for assassins and generally the wizard who has little mana on the battlefield end up dying more often."
"The second student who stood out was the pair of Orion and Amael, I was surprised they both had such skill in manipulating their composite element, you were very lucky to be able to recruit a good wizard like Amael at the beginning of the exam, without him your fights would have been much more complicated."
"I have no problem admitting that I was very lucky to recruit Amael so easily, I was really shocked when he used light magic so easily, I can barely manifest my composite element outside of my body, use it in a functional strike in a fight just as Amael is far from my current capabilities."
The three masters are shocked by my statement.
"When did you start practicing your composite element, Ulric? And since you've managed to dominate at this level, I remember you having an affinity with the lightning element, but being able to create it is very difficult."
"I was lucky, a while ago I got a good experience that helped me understand the lightning element, but it's really hard to control it."
"Hard to control it's a good way to describe the lightning element, young man. The lightning element is one of the most difficult composite elements to control, among the composite elements those that are pure energy are much harder to manipulate, but once you get the hang of it you will be able to use it in battle without much difficulty the only problem that you will have to face and that the consumption of elementary energy is high."
"I know, I saw firsthand when Vanessa fought during the test, she was running low on mana after using a few hits at her maximum power, taking away elemental gear has some way to reduce elemental energy consumption."
They all got pensive faces, it seems like lowering elemental energy consumption is quite complicated for a warrior. The first to break the silence was Master James.
"The easiest way to do this is to simply raise your core level, the quality of your elemental seed increases every time you advance your core. When you advance to the green core your elemental energy consumption will decrease, but you can also release more elemental energy at once, so you won't notice a big difference in your elemental energy consumption, Ulric, but when you reach the yellow core, you will feel that you are spending almost half of what you used to spend in the final stage of the green core."
Before Master James told me the second method or I had to ask about the difference in the core levels of a warrior.
"I know the changes the core undergoes are different at each level, not only is it increasing its aura and elemental energy storage capabilities, but why does it seem like the green and yellow cores are so different?"
"This is mainly because the green core is the final core for new fighters, having a yellow core makes the fighter be classified as a full fighter. This difference appears when a warrior advances to the silver core, some call these warriors advanced warriors, but it is more common to call them elites or aura masters, silver core warriors are famous because when they reach this level the warriors are able to rip open space with their aura or even fly by simply relying on their pure aura without even a technique, artifact or art, they're only a few steps from the demigods every three levels the cores undergo a big change, Ulric.
"But back to the previous topic, the second easiest way to reduce your elemental power consumption is to temper it using an external elemental source, but that's pretty dangerous. You just have to find an elemental source that is compatible with you, as well as having to get an alchemist to purify it the purer it is the less problems you will have obi sipping it. It's also the one secret I know that can help you improve this method, using matrices to focus the elemental energy around you and within your body the process of absorbing the elemental source will be more efficient, but it's difficult to do that because the matrix it has to be set up by you and the ingredients used in it must be compatible with the elemental source."
"This is not something Ulric can do alone, James. He may have an abnormal knowledge and insight into runes, but he still doesn't have a great ability to make rune arrays, let alone a small matrix like this, it will take him a few years to use this method."
Well, I've already achieved a new goal, but I hope that by the time I get all the ingredients for this ritual I have already achieved the necessary skills to create this small rune matrix.
"There is no other method more compatible with my current abilities and power."
"No."
"No."
"No."
This one is not very strong when the three say it at the same time.
"Any other method has various side effects, Ulric. You shouldn't turn to them no matter how many people try to convince you or dubious evidence they present to you, strengthening anyone's core is extremely difficult and always has many hidden dangers."
"Well lunchtime is coming you better go get something to eat Ulric before it's all over, I doubt you're in the mood to walk into town right now."