[Tidal Wave]. [Water Prison]. [Aqua Resonance].
All three were High-Tier Bronze Resonance techniques. Theron had also received quite a few Silver Resonance techniques, and two Gold Resonance techniques that came from the Thistles themselves, but he directly ignored them all.
Originally, he only planned on picking two more techniques to round out his Bronze Resonance methods, but he changed his mind, adding [Aqua Resonance] when he otherwise wouldn’t.
[Tidal Wave] was an area control method. It formed a wave of water that doubled as a method to increase the Water Mana concentration in the region.
Honestly, it was a very rarely used technique. The requirements for sheer Mana quantity meant that it was only cost-effective for Silver Mancers.
As one might imagine, forming a wave of water required a lot of, well… water.
Even right now, to use it at the Entry Boundary, it would require half of Theron’s Mana to use effectively. And, unlike with [Water Wrap] and [Water Scythe], Theron didn’t get an immediate boost in comprehension to it either because it was too different from the others he had used.
However, at the Adept Boundary, there was a change.
At Adept, [Tidal Wave] could be used on existing water and gained control and chaining aspects to it. Meaning, you could use a small amount of water to control much larger amounts to act in the same way.
[Water Prison], though, reached the Proficient Boundary instantly. It formed a sphere of water to trap opponents and had many foundational runes to it that mirror the runes found in [Bursting Water Shield].
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At the Entry Boundary, it would easily take up 30% of Theron’s current Mana reserves to cast and likely wouldn’t be very effective in trapping anyone of decent strength.
If Theron wanted it to be somewhat effective, he would probably have to compensate with more Mana, so it would end up needing around 50% of his Mana to cast, much like the current [Tidal Wave].
But, at the Adept Boundary, rather than being a normal sphere of water, [Water Prison] became more like a maze of currents, and it also ground down on anyone trapped within, stifling their Mana usage, crushing their bodies, and making it very difficult for them to slice or swim their way out.
And finally, there was the one technique that Theron had had no intention of choosing.
[Aqua Resonance].
It was the most powerful Water Mancy healing type technique of the Bronze Resonance.
Theron honestly didn’t feel like wasting time on this was worth the foundation he was trying to build in Water Mancy comprehension. But this new experience made him realize that if he didn’t pay more attention to how Water Mana could resonate and help the body, he would only continue to have more questions.
In fact, although [Aqua Resonance] was the main headliner, he had picked out five lesser healing techniques as well.
This all sounded very foolish on Theron’s part. Not the choice to pay so much attention to healing now, but rather instead that he had ignored it before.
There was a good reason for this.
Theron wasn’t the type to leave stones unturned. The reason he had ignored this path of Water Mancy was because it was an inferior path. Water Mancers weren’t good at combat, so they slowly carved out another road to follow for themselves. But Water Mancers would never be as good at healing as Soul Mancy alchemists were, and certainly never as good as Light Mancers. ȒÂꞐỒ฿Εṣ
Due to this, Theron chose to focus his attention on what he felt Water Mana was actually the best at…
Control.
He was slowly building up a foundation for himself, but this mystery in his body had made him realize that maybe he was wrong. And the best path to see just what secret connections Water Mana might hold with the body was to delve into this Path of Water Mancy Healing.
Theron seemed to have forgotten that he had added [Tidal Wave] and [Water Prison] to his arsenal, focusing the entire rest of the night on his healing techniques.
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Theron left the Vermouth Clan compound the next morning, returning to the Imperial Academy as though nothing at all had happened the previous day.
The looks he received this time were very different. There was a wide berth around him, and a dense amount of fear in many who stepped by his side.
It seemed that the Thistles had finally done at least something correctly, but he was still unmoved by it all.
He was sure that by now there were pieces and details everyone was putting together.
Just 14 years old… just at the Eighth Resonance… and yet all of these accomplishments on his shoulders.
Even the youngest he had faced, Easton, was only about his age, while the strongest were not only Quasi-Silver, but easily 16 years old if not older.
So much of this context, lost in the moment, was revealed one after another.
Just how powerful would Theron be when he reached Ninth Resonance? Was he Quasi-Silver?
…
Theron entered his dorm room, his gaze sharpening.
’I wonder how long it will take the Thistle Marquise to realize that Burne is dead
Nothing out of the ordinary had happened, but Theron knew that this rare instance of peace was his chance to do things without being monitored.
It was a risk to kill Burne, but it was also a necessity. That old fogie would have never left him alone, and Dean Thistle probably knew that.
The fact the man’s Soul Lamp hadn’t gone out yet would only buy him so much time. But that much was fine.
Soon, he was betting that Dean Thistle would call him for matters related to the Verdant Bloomstone. So, before that…
He would have to figure out just what it was Beifong was hiding.
With a thought, the outer sect disciple’s corpse appeared on the ground of Theron’s basement, and he pulled his spatial ring off of his finger.