Baron Cullen

Chapter 106 Advancement to Rank 2 Mage!

Helen quickly adjusted her mindset, feeling more curious and amazed.

"Lord Karen, your understanding of magic is indeed the most terrifying I have ever seen."

I can see that you have now completely mastered these three basic first-tier spells, and even I am not as proficient as you…”

Karen smiled modestly.

He could feel that as he fully mastered the three basic first-tier spells, the trace of mage's secret medicine that remained deep within his body was also completely absorbed.

"Thank you very much, Ms. Helen." He looked at Helen and thanked her sincerely. "Without your guidance today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have reached this point so quickly."

Karen understood.

Although his quick comprehension was mainly due to the mysterious runes, he would have needed much more time without Helen's detailed explanations and guidance.

"Lord Karen, your talent is truly astonishing," Helen shook her head and sighed. "So, are you preparing to apply for advancement to a second-tier mage?"

"Yes." Karen nodded, her tone calm. "Now that the secret medicine within me has been fully absorbed, I need to acquire new power as soon as possible."

Helen was not surprised at all.

Given the level of control Karen just demonstrated, advancing to a second-tier mage should be nearly effortless.

"In that case, if you don't mind, let me take you to complete the application." Helen smiled and stood up. "To advance to a second-tier mage, you need to successfully construct your own 'composite magic' in the Illusionary Stone Realm."

This is an extremely difficult step for many mages, but I believe it won't be a problem for you with your talent.

As she spoke, she led Karen toward the area within the association where promotion applications were specifically submitted.

...

The Dharma Masters Association, the Hall of Awakening.

Karen, holding a bottle of the Mage's Key, sat cross-legged on the futon in front of the Mage's Stone, witnessed by Helen.

Then, without hesitation, he drank the secret medicine in his hand.

A complex and mellow flavor immediately blossomed within him.

Immediately, just like when he awakened his mage class before, he could clearly feel the extraordinary elements in the surrounding air constantly converging towards him.

Then, his consciousness seemed to traverse endless void, returning once more to the deep, boundless, and dazzling starry sky.

Beneath their feet lay a smooth, mirror-like void, and above them stretched a vast star field composed of countless magical runes and various elemental points of light.

Here, he saw once again the female phantom clad in a star-patterned robe, radiating an aura of endless mystery.

Bringing her thoughts back, Karen began to organize them.

According to Helen's previous statement, in order to successfully advance to the second-tier mage level, one must construct a stable second-tier composite spell within the illusion using one's own understanding and creativity.

He stood there, pondering the three first-tier spells he had completely mastered.

Casting a single spell is easy for him, but how can he combine two spells?

At this moment, the mysterious runes deep within Karen's right eye swirled rapidly.

From his unique perspective, the slowly flowing magical runes and elemental points of light around him were no longer moving randomly, but rather following some fundamental laws and order.

After taking a deep breath, he began to try.

With a slight thought, a small cluster of blazing flames bloomed in the palm of his right hand, while a few wisps of gently whistling wind swirled around his left hand.

His first idea was to use the wind element as the core, let the fire element surround it, and use the properties of the wind to enhance the intensity of the fire, so as to form a fire whirlwind that could cause area damage.

But just as the two elements in his hands gradually merged into one, the extraordinary element condensed within them quickly became disordered, then unbalanced and eventually dissipated!

But Karen's face remained expressionless.

The moment the two elements dissipated, the mysterious runes in his right eye immediately revealed the reason…

The extraordinary elemental frequencies of the two elements conflict with each other, and forcibly encasing them will only lead to collapse.

"Since this won't work..."

He changed his approach, using fire as the core element and wind as a secondary element.

Although the combination of the two elements is slightly more stable than before, the fire element at the center is prone to instability in the high-speed wind ring and eventually dissipates completely.

Tried again and again, failed again and again.

Later on, he not only experimented with combining fire and wind elements, but also added "Hard Rock Barrier," which belongs to the earth element.

However, without exception, they all collapsed completely due to imbalance during the gradual integration process.

Fortunately, the mysterious runes in his right eye constantly analyzed the reasons for each failure.

Despite experiencing countless failures, Karen was not discouraged.

At this moment, he was like a highly focused craftsman, constantly adjusting his work with the help of mysterious runes.

"No matter how you try, it will cause an imbalance in one of the elements, and once a true balance is not achieved, it is impossible to construct composite magic."

What should I do?

Karen's right eye was fixed intently on the three elements in her hand.

At that moment, he suddenly recalled the scene of receiving guidance from Fiona...

At the time, he thought that the integration of various combat skills was simply to speed up the execution of each skill, but that only shortened the interval between skills.

Under Fiona's guidance, he finally gained some insight and created a special combat technique called "Soaring Dragon," which allows him to use different combat skills simultaneously and seamlessly connect them.

What if... different spells were cast at the same time?

Suddenly, Karen remembered that when Helen was explaining the key points of basic magic in the office earlier, she mentioned that "magic of different elements can run simultaneously in the circuit."

As pieces of knowledge resurfaced in his mind, he felt that he finally had an idea!

Why must it be based on a certain element?

Why can't it be two elements interlocking to form a new and symbiotic stable structure?

With that in mind, Karen once again channeled the wind element in her hand.

He no longer tries to wrap or surround, but compresses along an extremely introverted spiral trajectory, forming an extremely dense and stable "core".

He then carefully guided the fire element, as if drawing a precise circuit, to fill the spiral trajectory inside the "core".

The flames were stretched out in the rapidly spinning, dense vortex, turning into countless extremely fine threads of flame.

These flame threads are tightly connected to the central "core" in a spiral trajectory!

The intensity of the fire element is constantly restrained and guided by the spiraling winds, but this also endows the fire element with a continuous characteristic!

A brand new and stable magical model is gradually taking shape within Karen's body!

It is neither a single type of magic, nor a crude and simple combination of two types of magic…

Instead, as he had previously thought, he guided both elements simultaneously and then used the characteristics of the different elements to complement each other.

Then, a strange creation with a violently rotating cyan cyclone at its core and spiraling crimson fire patterns embedded inside was born from his palm!

The edge of this two-colored cyclone, due to its continuous high-speed rotation, occasionally flits out two-colored debris that combines the cutting properties of "wind blades" with the burning properties of "fireballs".

But he knew very well that even these seemingly insignificant fragments still possessed considerable power!

"This second-tier composite spell is called..." Karen murmured, looking at the spell in her palm, "Fragment of Blazing Flames!"

Soon, just as he was completely solidifying the model of this composite magic in his mind, a sudden change occurred!

The vast, dazzling star field above his head seemed to resonate with something and suddenly began to tremble violently!

In the center of the star field, the female phantom clad in a star robe and radiating endless arcane energy seemed to tremble slightly!

That wasn't a real action; it was more like a recognition and resonance that transcended time, space, and dimensions, originating from the rules themselves!

As the phantom of the magic god trembled, a small patch of exceptionally brilliant stars was stripped away from the star field…

Then, as if drawn by an attraction, it transformed into a gentle and pure torrent, ignoring spatial distance and pouring directly into Karen's body!

boom!

Suddenly, Karen felt like a piece of ore thrown into a furnace, and the stars were like molten iron at high temperature.

Under the constant washing of molten iron, the impurities in his body were removed one by one, and every corner underwent tempering and refinement, ultimately achieving sublimation.

At this moment, he felt that his perception and understanding of each element had never been so clear!

In particular, the magic model in his mind that belonged to the second-order composite magic "Flame Remnant" became extremely stable under the influence of this power!

Clearly, the promotion is complete!

Moreover, Karen could vaguely sense that this advancement far surpassed that of an ordinary second-tier mage!

Soon, the surrounding illusory star field began to fade away.

As consciousness returned, Karen opened her eyes.

His eyes seemed to shimmer with starlight, as if carrying endless arcane glimmers, but they quickly returned to their usual deep calm.

From this moment on, he is a true second-tier mage!