Spells are simply skills. The difference between the two is that spells do not contain any passive ones. Spells are magic-related skills so they rely highly on Mana. Unlike Skills, Spells does not need any execution or requirement on activation, a 1 circled magician could activate an intermediate spell as long as he has enough Mana to activate but it will cause a lot of strain to one's body so it is not recommended to do unless they are in a situation where they need to activate high tiered spells.
To learn Spells, you must have a circle in your Mana core that's why mages are the only ones that can conjure spells.
Just like Skills, Spells are also ranked by Tiers, respectively: Tier 1, 2, 3, 4,6, etc... The higher the tier, the stronger the spell.
They also conduct better with elements, for example, when casting a fire-type spell like a fireball, the effectivity of the fireball can be enhanced depending on how strong your element is with Fire.
Spells don't require the need for weapons, unlike most skills. One must chant the specified word to activate the spell. Most spells do not have a cooldown.
The advantage of spells is that spells can evolve by proficiency. So if you activate fireball successfully, your proficiency can increase by percentage and after it reaches a certain percent of proficiency, it can evolve to either three types: Fire Blast, FireWall, Fire Beam. You can choose which type you want your FireBall to evolve and once it evolves, by increasing your proficiency, it can evolve again up to two times.
Spells can also be stored as scrolls. In this way, you don't need to spend Mana and simply activate the scroll. A spell scroll can also be used by non-mage hunters making it a convenient item to use.
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Ting~
[Book of Screams
Tier- 7
Type- Grimoire
Spell:
[Wailing Cry](AOE/DB)- Generate a deafening scream in a wide area that inflicts CONFUSION and WEAKENING on the targets on the area.
Element- Dark/Sound
Mana cost- 2000]
[DO YOU WISH TO LEARN THE SPELL? Y/N]
"Yes!!"
Ting~
[[Wailing Cry](0%)(AOE/DB)- Generate a deafening scream in a wide area that inflicts CONFUSION and WEAKENING on the targets on the area.
Element- Dark/Sound
Mana cost- 2000]
'I deadass thought that I have to read the entire page but it's just the same as a Runestone huh?'
Xerel watched as the entire book start to wither away and all the contents inside turned into an essence that went inside his core.
"Wow, I could feel the spell being ingrained inside my head! Was it this easy to learn a spell? I heard that mages usually spent months just studying a single book spell yet I could just learn it in an instant. Is it because I'm just that smart or it's the system? Nah, it's probably the system."
[INVULNERABILITY EFFECT 00:00:21:34]
Seeing that the Invulnerability was about to disappear, Xerel quickly scanned each book and learned them.
There were about 10 books that Locafustrous gave. Each one had different uses almost as if Locafustrous was purposely giving Xerel all the types of the spell so he could study it eagerly since he had no experience in this stuff.
These are all the spells he learned:
[[Explosion](0%)(DMG/AOE)- Release a giant beam of flames in a circular wide-area dealing heavy damage and the targets that survived will be inflicted by a BURN effect. The damage can vary on how long you charge the spell and how much Mana you spend.
Element: Fire
Mana Cost: 1000~]
[[Forcefield](0%)(DEF/AOE)- Summon a barrier in a circular area around you that absorbs all attacks. Melee attacks will repel back at the target dealing electric damage and stun them for 2 seconds. Disappears after 2 minutes.
Element- Lightning
Mana Cost- 2000]
[[Rejuvenate](0%)(HEAL)- Heal yourself or a target by 50000 HP and regenerate 2% of the main health for 10 seconds. Healed targets will gain additional defense that greatly increases their physical and magic resistance and immunes them from SLOW effects.
Element- Nature/Wind
Mana Cost- 3000]
[[Magic Missile](0%)(DMG)- Fire a beam of Mana on a target that will deal true damage. Damage increases on how much Mana you spend.
Element- None
Mana Cost- 150~]
[[Spatial Travel](0%)(BLINK)- Teleport in far range. Able to expand the area of teleportation by spending additional Mana. The range of teleportation varies on how much Mana the caster spends.
Element- Space
Mana Cost- 100~]
[[Vanish](0%)(BUFF)- Conceal your physical body, presence, and mana, making you invisible. The duration of the spell depends on the Mana capacity.
Element- Space/Dark
Mana Cost- 5~ per second]
[[Screaming Bull](0%)(DB/DMG)- Lock a target inside an unbreakable hollow bull which heats up the more the target struggles. The bull can be opened if the target is calm for 1 minute or if the caster wishes to open it.
Element- Terra/Fire
Mana Cost- 5000]
[[Silver Darts](0%)(DB/DMG)- Spawn a dozen of homing darts that ignored all types of defense and once it strikes to target, inflict with POISON that greatly decreases their health every second. Decrease their defense and resistance and slows them by a margin. Poison lasts for 5 minutes.
Element- Poison
Mana Cost- 2000]
[[Wooden Familiar](0%)(SUMMON)- Summon a wooden golem that can do various tasks that the caster orders. The wooden golem has the same fighting style as the caster and has 90% of the casters Strength output and 100% of the casters Defense output. Able to summon up to 3 wooden golems but will deduct the strength output by 90%~45%~30%. Defense deducts 100%~70%~50%. The duration of the wooden golem is 24 hours but can expand its lifespan depending on how much mana the caster spends.
Element: Nature
Mana Cost- 5000]
'Now that I've learned all the books, I should kill all those humanoids up the tree. My level should be on the level of a Primordial and added with title effects, dealing with them should be easy. They're also going to be a great target dummy for my spells!'
Xerel used his telekinesis to fly up the tree, as he reached midway, Estophel appeared on the bark of the tree briefly stopping him.
"Oh, it is nice to see you again Mr. Dryad."
"I'm surprised..."
"Ah, it's probably because I'm still alive after I asked you to kill me...haha, well I'm still here."
Xerel revealed an awkward smile as he scratch his head.
"No, no, I already sense that you'd return but I'm quite surprised at the speed of your growth, the last time I saw you, you were just a cub who has yet to grow his fangs, and now, you're an adult lion."
"T-thanks?"
"Also this is for you."
Estophel gave Xerel a yellow marble radiating warm light.
Ting~
[Sun Stone
Rank- Mythic
Type- Elemental Stone
EFFECTS-
+10 SUN ELEMENT]
"What's this for?"
"It's a Sun Stone, if you absorb it, you'll gain the sun element which I could see that you already contain that element coming from your ring."
"Oh, this?"
Xerel showed him the ring he was wearing to Estophel which when it came close to the Sun Stone, absorbed the stone until it turned to a simple marble.
Ting~
[+10 Sun Element]
"You see...that ring contains the power of Sol, the god of all creations. I'm guessing you're going to the top to slay those entities right?"
"Yeah? What does it connect with the God, Sol? Am I not allowed to fly up in the tree and kill those monsters."
"Oh no! It's the opposite. You see, the god of all creations, Sol has a brother, the god of destruction, Void. Void wishes to destroy everything that Sol has created but with the creation of the 8 worlds, he was sealed from entering the Enneaverse. For trillions of years he has been silent and a million years ago, he started to make his move. Although he is unable to enter the verse, he can spread his corruptive power in the world by using their emotions and dire mentality as it is when a person is very vulnerable. I assume that you've already encountered one right?"
"That Chimera Ant was corrupted, so Void spread its corruptive power to the ant right?"
"Correct!"
"But, I have a corruptive element in me too...does that mean I'm being controlled by the God of Destruction?"
"That's what baffled my beliefs too. Having even an ounce of that element could turn even a deity of an otherworldly evil and violent. Yet you don't seem to be affected by the corruption at all. Do you realize that your vessel contains multiple elements when a vessel could hardly contain four elements that's already a great achievement! Seeing that the solar element and corruption element are coexisting with each other tells me that you're one of a kind."
"What does that mean? I'm confused. Other than the added enhancement when I'm using skills and spells, I don't know anything else about elements."
"It means that your body can absorb all types of elements without having your vessel break down since you're very compatible with all the elements. The only one that is near the number of elements that you have is that Sorcerer you fought."
"Master also has multiple elements?"
"Yes! He has about 8 elements but he had to stabilize their flow in his vessel to avoid the interwinding of elements in his body. If you want to know more about elements, you should ask that Sorcerer."
"Thank you, but why do you allow me to kill those monsters above the tree?"
"Do you know what's a termite right?"
"Yes?"
"Those entities high up the tree are just like termites, they wish to eat down the barks and slowly eat the trunks until the tree is destroyed entirely. Do you know why they'll stay on the tree despite knowing they can't go up?"
"No, why exactly?'
"The humanoids that you've seen before you fell are former challengers of the tree. Their failure and greed forced them to climb up the tree to find another way to obtain the fruit but knowing that they are unable to climb higher due to their limitations, the god of destruction spread his corruption unto them. Although they were able to become stronger, they were still unable to climb up. Years passed and the corruption had fully absorbed them, now they are simply violent monsters spreading the corruption hoping to destroy the tree in this way."
"Ah, so that's why the atmosphere in that place was so vile and toxic and all of the humanoids look evil and tainted."
"As the overseer of the tree, I am asking for your assistance. I have asked for the challenger's help too and would promise to give them rewards but knowing that the risk was high, nobody accepted, now that you've arrived, exterminating those corrupted monsters will be a great help for me and the tree. I'll give you rewards depending on how many monsters you can slay."
Ting~
[QUEST
As requested by Estophel, exterminate the corrupted monsters that are settling on the World Tree.
Difficulty- SSS
Rewards- ???
Penalty- None
Duration- None]
[DO YOU WISH TO ACCEPT THE QUEST? Y/N]
"Anything for the sake of the World Tree, I'll do it!"
Ting~
[YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE QUEST!]
"Since you'll be fighting corrupted monsters, the most effective way to deal with them is the power of the Sun Element, and just like an Antivenom, fighting corruption with corruption also proves to be very effective."
"Thanks for the heads-up, I'll go now."
Xerel flew up in the tree and reached the clouds. He started to feel the faint pressure of the invisible force from the tree but continued to soar higher. Soon he reached a blanket in the air and as he pierced through this invisible blanket, he arrived at a place filled with rotten and vile aura spreading around. The tree barks were turning gray, the leaves dried up and the skies were purple.
[INVULNERABILITY EFFECT 00:00:17:56]
'It seems like becoming stronger also affected the Invulnerability. Looking at their gothic forms, and this familiar energy that they are exuding, they're corrupted to the core.'
The corrupted humanoids didn't show any sign of hostility against Xerel since they could sense the Corrupted element in him causing Xerel to grin.
'If I was black, then this would be like a fight between a Democrat and black Republicans; same species but different beliefs.'
Xerel summoned his sickles as he changed them to a scythe. Brimming with a Murderous aura, the corrupted monsters were quickly on alert. They bared their weapons ready to fight. He simply grinned in the thrill as he dashed towards them.
"Let's do this!"