Chapter 28

Ophelia turned a blind eye to everyone's stares. She was no longer worried. Three spells in a year was not a high standard. Even though she was not a fast learner in elemental magic, she was not worried about being expelled.

In fact, this was only the lowest standard. In the past, very few apprentices were expelled because of this reason. The real reason for the decrease in the number of apprentices was the pressure of multiple courses.

Mage Black spoke with assurance, "Elemental magic is all-encompassing. Your eyes, your senses, and the touch of your mind. Through these methods, you can discover everything that exists in and outside the plane. They are all elemental magic."

"Fire." Mage Black opened his palm. A cluster of flames was burning above his palm.

"Water." The flame disappeared and was replaced by a ball of water.

"Ice." The ball of water froze and turned into a block of ice.

"Earth, light, darkness …" Mage Black showed them one by one. Everyone was mesmerized and immersed in the magic.

"And, wind." The mage waved his hand, and everyone felt a weak wind swirling past their ears.

"These are all elemental phenomena that you can see with your eyes. Elemental magic is the magic that applies them."

Mage Black continued, "In the ancient times, the ancient sorcerers observed day after day. They used a very crude method to transform these phenomena into magic. This method was inefficient because even if they understood magic, they did not understand the principles behind it. This was also why it was very difficult to pass down magic in that era. A type of magic is often unchanging and unstable. There is even the danger of magic backfiring on the sorcerers when they cast it. "

Everyone listened attentively to Mage Black's words. Before they embarked on the path of sorcerers, their intuition about magic and magic came from elemental magic. The great power to control nature was the origin of their worship.

The optical projection behind Mage Black lit up. Three runes that everyone was very familiar with appeared in the projection.

"Fireball. Everyone should be familiar with it."

Everyone nodded, especially the apprentices from the deserted island. The reason they were able to come to the academy alive was because of the power of the Fireball.

"This is the first magic that the Sorcerers have mastered. In the ancient times of the Sorcerers' Plane, humans were slaughtered by all kinds of magical beasts. When they were on the brink of extinction, it was because of the creation of the Fireball Spell that they could barely survive."

Fire was the source of civilization. This seemed to be the case no matter which world it was in, and it was the same on Earth. Weak individuals like humans were able to break away from barbarism because of the use of fire. That was what Adam thought.

"The Fireball Spell back then was different from what it is now. You should know that as long as you master these three runes, the Fireball spell you cast will be successful and stable. However, in ancient times, it was much more dangerous for mages to use magic. "

Wizard Blake paused for a moment. His hand grasped in the air, and a quaint looking magic staff that was almost as tall as a person appeared in his hand. Wizard Blake took out a fire energy stone and placed it on the top of the magic staff. Then, he said to the apprentices.

"The first Sorcerers relied on energy stones and magic staffs to cast spells. They used sound to vibrate their spiritual force and used it to stimulate the low-level energy stored in the energy stone. This was how they cast spells."

Mage Black signaled the apprentices to pay attention. He then opened his mouth and said a few simple syllables. He then waved his magic staff. The energy stone lit up, and an unstable Fireball appeared at the tip of the magic staff.

Adam noticed that although the syllables sounded simple and meaningless, because of the change in tone, it resonated with the spiritual force. This was how the energy stone could be extracted from the energy stone.

The ancient Sorcerers' spellcasting seemed to have nothing to do with Ether and magic.

Mage Black put away his magic staff and held the unstable Fireball with one hand. "This is probably the first Fireball spell. Because it was too long ago, it can no longer be verified. Even modern Sorcerers have no way to completely restore it. Everyone can see that it's unstable and can break at any time. This spell might even dissipate on its own before it hits the enemy. "

Mage Black raised a target in front of him. He waved his hand and threw the Fireball at the target. The target didn't move at all. Then, a number appeared on it — 5.70.

Mage Black spread out his hands. "The power is very low. This spell can't even kill a normal person now."

Adam looked at the target and guessed that it was probably an alchemy product similar to the crystal ball. This method of data analysis was undoubtedly advanced and intuitive. The precise number could accurately show the data, and it was no longer a vague description.

Adam was still thinking about this when he heard Mage Black say, "Next, the improved Fireball spell."

This time, there was no casting action. An orange Fireball appeared out of thin air and steadily floated in front of Mage Black.

"I'm only using the spiritual force of an Apprentice. This Fireball is no different from the one you cast. Pay attention."

With a bang, the Fireball hit the rake and exploded. This time, the number displayed on the screen was 6.

"The lowest power of a modern spell supported by knowledge and constructed by runes is one. The same low-level spell can be four times more powerful than ancient spells."

"This is the power of knowledge," Mage Black concluded.

Most people did not know the meaning of the word 'knowledge' that the mages always talked about. Even now, they still did not understand it. However, this did not affect their yearning for knowledge. It turned out that the mages were not some mysterious profession. As long as they had 'knowledge', they could do the same thing as the mages.

"The essence of Fireball is burning. The source of its power is temperature. It's an exothermic reaction caused by the reaction of combustible and incendiary. In Fireball and most other fire spells, the combustible is Ether, and the incendiary is mana. The mana triggers Ether to release the spell. "

Adam felt that Mage Black didn't fully explain the principle of Fireball. At least, he didn't introduce Ether, the mysterious and great substance. According to the saying on Earth, combustion was an exothermic reaction caused by the reaction of combustible and incendiary. In the Sorcerers' world, Ether replaced these two conditions.

So, rather than saying that the power of a Sorcerer came from knowledge, it was better to say that it came from Ether?

Adam listened to Mage Black's explanation while recording it down in a way that he could understand. Obviously, in this kind of world, there was no difference in the basic physical parameters. The biggest reason that this kind of world had supernatural power was the mysterious Ether.

"No, we also have to add spiritual force. In other words, other than the four basic forces that we don't know about, there's also the fifth basic force, spiritual force, and the sixth basic force, Ether. The six basic forces together created this high-magic world. "

Mage Black didn't show any other magic or teach any other knowledge. He was still introducing Ether based on Fireball, which made Adam even more certain of the importance of Ether.

"Then, can we say that everything in this world was created and integrated by Ether? Sorcerers are just exploring Ether through knowledge? "

Adam knew that with his current shallow understanding of this world, it was impossible for him to study the nature of this world. He didn't even know if the question itself had any practical significance. But now, he was completely sure of one thing.

That is, the value of the fragmented knowledge obtained from the 'virus' had once again decreased. Due to the existence of ether, the unique magical engineering science of this world and Earth's science had gone down different paths from the very beginning. It was uncertain whether that knowledge could be used in this world, and perhaps it could only be used as a reference?

At the end of the lesson, Mage Blake released three sets of rune groups consisting of three sets of runes. They were the Water Curtain, which was a defensive spell, the Wind Blade, which was the spell that William had used a magic item to activate on the ship, and the Earth Spike, which was an offensive spell.

"The free elemental knowledge for the first year won't teach you any advanced knowledge. Your task for this year is to learn three types of elemental magic. You can also choose to pay for other low-level elemental magic rune groups in the library. However, three types of elemental magic is the minimum requirement."

"In the next lesson, you can ask me any questions you encounter when you're constructing runes. Of course, don't waste my time with stupid questions. I bet you don't want to bear the consequences."

Mage Black finished his speech and left the classroom. This time, the apprentices were even more excited than before. Unlike the meditation in the morning, they were more excited to see the power of magic, especially when they had the opportunity to master this power.

This kind of simple magic was not difficult for Adam. He found a common point in all the rune groups, including the Fireball spell. There was one rune that was similar or even identical, and that was the one that guided the magic power.

"As expected, Ether is the origin of magic."

In the following week, the apprentices listened to all the free classes once. Every instructor had their own requirements, and those who failed to meet them would be expelled. Although it was not difficult, it was still a huge challenge for some of the less intelligent apprentices.

Of course, it was not difficult for Adam at all. He also found the meaning of the first year of study. This was similar to the preparatory classes on Earth. It was used to select the good seedlings from the apprentices who had enough power of the will to become a mage, and then return the defective ones.

Because of the pressure, the apprentices were all nervous. The atmosphere of learning was unprecedentedly high. In this situation where everyone was learning, Adam was once again the odd one out. The apprentices all thought that he had given up on himself.