Supreme Magus novel Chapter 269

Lith spent the last days preparing Tista’s homework during his absence and studying once again Lochra Silverwing’s book "The basics of magic".

Archmage Deirus’s words had inspired him, making Lith suspect that maybe there was something he had overlooked for all those years. If Solus was right about Lochra being an Awakened Magus of the past, then her book could contain part of her legacy or at least point him to its location.

’After all, everything she explains about first magic in her book can also be applied to true magic. I learned every word of the book, but I think I failed to comprehend its full purpose until now.

’As Yurial’s dad said, Gravity magic is an obscure subject because of its difficulty, but the same can be said about Silverwing’s Hexagram. What if they are both legacies left from past Magi about true magic?

’Back when I first learned how to perform the Hexagram, I had no idea arrays existed. Now, the more I look at it, the more I’m certain it’s not just a parlor trick to impress the academy’s old fogeys.

’If I’m right, it’s not only the first true magic array I learned, but it’s also part of the legacy of one of the most powerful mages in the history of the Griffon Kingdom.’ _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}

Lith’s experiments lead him to discover that he could enlarge and empower the Hexagram at will. There were two major difficulties in the process, though.

The first was that the bigger the array grew, the harder it was to keep all the six elements in perfect balance. To achieve stability the spell required for each element to receive exactly the same amount of mana and for them to have their energies flow as one.

The second was that he had no idea what it was supposed to do. Being a pessimist by nature, Lith suspected it could also just be an elaborate prank from a long dead magician. If Lochra was really dead, of course.

’According to Kalla’s words, she may still be alive. So either I find her and ask Lochra an explanation or I need to bang my head until I crack open this mystery.’

At his arrival at the academy, Lith was in for a surprise. The fifth floor of the White Griffon academy was almost identical to the fourth one. The only major changes were that his new room was in a different position and it was much bigger than the previous one.

It was also equipped with a forgemastering laboratory and a healer’s office. Fifth years students were fewer in numbers compared to their juniors. In a good year, they would be around one hundred and fifty.

Because of the recent events, between those who died during the attack and the ones that had failed due to the anti mana toxin, there were less than one hundred students attending the fifth year.

It left a lot of free space, granting those who had made it much more liberties.

Each room was customized for their needs so that a Healer could receive patients from outside the academy or a Mage Knight practice their swordsmanship.

Having only one specialization, Phloria’s apartment was entirely dedicated to sword practice. It had a soundproof room complete with golems as training dummies. Thanks to their magical nature, they were made of materials which density was identical to the human body.

They could also be programmed to assume different shapes and sizes, mimicking all the creatures that her Mage Knight course would cover.

The golems were also equipped with a sort of Artificial Intelligence. It allowed them to retaliate to the student’s attacks by following the most common combat patterns of the various creatures the golem replicated.

The students were allowed to personalize their training dummies’ AI to further increase the difficulty level. The first thing Phloria did was to input her own style to practice against herself and find the flaws in her execution.

"It’s the first time I’m actually happy to have only one specialization." Phloria said while showing Lith her personal training facility.