Chapter 108 - 107 The Essence of Arcane—Controlling the Rules!
Chapter 108: Chapter 107 The Essence of Arcane—Controlling the Rules!
“After traveling for so long, it is only when I return that I can rest properly. Don’t mind it, Lis.”
Fran leaned back on the sofa with a relaxed expression, enjoying the black tea and desserts, and said with a smile,
“Of course not, Mr. Stephens.”
Although Lis had not expected his first lesson to be in the form of a tea party, he certainly wouldn’t refuse given the Legendary Mage’s genial attitude.
“You started as a Bronze Level Arcanist, and now you have already been promoted to Silver Level, haven’t you?”
“Yes, teacher.”
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Lis’s strength naturally couldn’t be hidden from the Legendary Mage before him, so he straightforwardly admitted it.
“Since you’ve already transitioned to an Arcanist, I won’t ask about those basics.”
Fran nodded and said,
“Straight to the point, then. What do you think arcane magic is?”
Lis pondered for a moment and stated earnestly,
“I believe that arcane magic is essentially about researching and managing the properties of Magic Elements, developing unique Spells based on one’s own traits. The key lies in how to better control the power of Magic Elements.”
“Hmm, that’s a decent understanding,”
Fran said with a smile, quickly adding,
“But you haven’t grasped the essence of arcane.”
“Teacher, what is the essence of arcane?”
Lis looked puzzledly at Fran, waiting for the Legendary Mage to enlighten him.
“This so-called control over the power of Magic Elements is actually about mastering the Laws of the World.”
“Why do the characteristics of the Fire Element include heat, ascension, and explosion?”
“Why do the characteristics of the Water Element include coolness, flow, and change?”
“Why does the Wind Element represent Light Spirit, while the Earth Element signifies heaviness?”
“These are the World Laws that were defined at the birth of the Gaia Great World, and as the world became more complete, more and more Laws have continually precipitated, emerged, and stabilized.”
“It is also because of these World Laws that we have the world we live in now.”
As he spoke, with the movement of Fran’s fingers, various elements like fire, water, wind, and earth manifested around Lis, continuously demonstrating their characteristics.
“Of course, as the Gaia World continues to develop and progress, new World Laws appear, such as Punishment, Hunting, Slaughter, and other higher-level World Laws, which are also the domains of those deities.”
“However, those have nothing to do with us Arcanists. Our goal is to master the World Laws represented by Magic Elements, which are also known as Foundation Principles.”
“Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, these most basic and common elements, as well as Shadow, Light, Death, Life, Space, and so on, all of these are our targets.”
Fran revealed step by step to Lis the most critical and grand secrets of the Arcanists. This is the advantage of having a legacy, allowing you to have a clear direction forward, avoiding missteps.
“So, teacher, the exclusive arcane we create is merely a means and process for us to explore and master the World Laws, not the end goal, right?”
“Right, you’re very intelligent,” Fran said, clapping his hands and laughing.
“Many Spells today are merely accidental findings from our predecessors’ exploration of the mysteries of the elements.”
“You must have created quite a few exclusive arcane yourself. How do you feel about that?”
Recalling his own previous insights, Lis said with a furrowed brow,
“I feel like I was just messing around before. If I accidentally created a new arcane, I would feel proud, but it was only later that I woke up to that.”
“Right, that’s a common mistake for young people who transition to Arcanist roles prematurely. If they had already been promoted to a Golden Mage, they wouldn’t do this.”
Fran waved his hand, and another ordinary Small Fireball appeared in front of him. He pointed at it and asked,
“Do you notice anything different about this fireball?”
Lis observed the fireball carefully, filled with the Fire Element, hot and dangerous, but that was it.
Seeing Lis shake his head, Fran narrowed his eyes and condensed another reddish sphere, asking,
“What about now?”
Lis looked at the new Fireball Fran had formed, which, although also manifested from the Fire Element, lacked the intense, explosive heat of the Fire Element and instead gave a cool, gentle sensation.
Lis thought his perception was misled and reached out to touch it doubtingly.
Indeed, it was just as he felt before, clearly the Fire Element, but it felt like he was facing the Water Element.
Watching the puzzled expression on Lis’s face, Fran laughed, dissipated the two fiery orbs in front of him, and took a sip of his tea.
“As I said earlier, we are Arcanists, people who explore the laws of elements and master the Foundation Principles, but that is what we need to do before becoming a legend, and after advancing to a legend?”
“After controlling the laws is… changing the laws?”
A spark of enlightenment flashed through Lis’s mind as he answered.
“Exactly!”
Fran looked at Lis with some surprise, not expecting the boy to be so perceptive.
“The second Fireball just now, I formed it through the Fire Element too, but I altered the laws of the Fire Element within it, making it behave like the Water Element.”
“This is also the ability an Arcanist possesses after advancing to a legend or, let’s say, the payoff for our exploration and mastery of the world’s Foundation Principles.”
“I can make the Fire Element more explosive, or gentle like water, and similarly, I can change the properties of other Magic Elements.”
“The extent to which we can alter Magic Elements entirely depends on our mastery of the elemental laws.”
“So, do you now understand what the ultimate goal of an Arcanist is?”
Facing Fran’s question, Lis pondered deep in his mind.
Honestly, today’s teachings by the Legendary Mage completely overturned Lis’s previous understanding of Arcanists; Lis felt as though he were standing at a higher level, overlooking the problems he had encountered before.
At this moment, Lis was very glad that after his rebirth, he gave up other professions that seemed more powerful and chose to switch to being an Arcanist.
He had not expected to touch upon such a magnificent and grand secret of the world.
Control laws, change laws!
What aspirational and thrilling terms they were!
As for Fran’s question, Lis already had his own answer in his heart at this moment.
“Create laws!”
“Exactly!”
Fran was genuinely surprised this time; he hadn’t expected Lis to think this far, as when he himself had just switched to being an Arcanist, he hadn’t been able to answer his teacher’s question.
This boy, truly a genius who completed the Arcanist switch on his own, indeed had talent.
“This is the dream of all Arcanists, to create laws of our own.”
“But unfortunately, so far, no one has succeeded.”
“You must have noticed, the altered Fire Element I just changed, returned completely to its original state once it left my control.”
Fran continued to explain to Lis.