Distorted World: Rise Of The Black One - Volume 2 Chapter 85 40
In a dark room a boy was drawing a formation on the ground with liquid silver and chalk
“As: just a few more details…”
About 5 meters away from him a girl was chanting out what she’s reading in a book and purring blood from her a cut on her fingers onto the formation reddening the drawings
“E: Omnia enim terrarum factus est hac quidem participant motum, sicut caelum, et longe lateque quam mare magicae Domine da mihi potestatem, et flectere ad ICTUS in eorum fundamental aedificium cuneos creaturae voluntatem meam
et velut artifex et fiet vobis paintings quod creatio PENICILLUM mea fiet mihi in pariete”
As she finishes her chant the blood that she poured changed the color of the formation on the ground into a faint red, with glowing light illuminating the room
From that circle a physical amorphous mass appeared and began changing in a cycle like pattern
It began by forming the shape of a flower and solidified
Then the flower was shattered into thousands of small dust like fragments
After that the dust liquified again and vaporized creating a blueish fire and turning into smoke
After that the smoke disappeared and another amorphous mass appeared
“As: nice…”
“E: we did it!”
Elise happily shouted fisting the sky
(As: the Regulus magic formula created by Ducibus Debebantur Alchimia Regulus is one of the higher level of magic one can practice)
(As: it’s basic function is a sort of “map” or instruction manual on the fundamental particles of matter and magic granting one the ability to defy the conservative laws of energy and matter by using the correlation between the physical and the supernatural to manipulate particles on the most basic quantum scale)
(As: since it’s pretty high level proficient spell, it took both of us 30 or so tries to perfect it)
(As: the plan was pretty simple, I would do the meta-calculations and formation while Elise handled the comprehension and visualization)
“E: we’ve exhausted much of our materials and magic but do you still wanna move to phase 2?”
Tired, Elise asked
“As: how much magicol do you have left?”
“E: not much, if I’m being honest I’m like this close to passing out”
“As: then let’s leave it here for now, although I would preferred it if we’d go all the way but being tired lowers our probability of success by too much of a margin”
“E: yeah okay, we don’t have to hand in results until Thursday so I guess we can call it quits for now”
Elise said cancelling the spell
Looking at all the parchments, potions and other junk lying around Asher breathed a sign of relieve
“As:…we were gonna be broke if this time didn’t succeed”
Asher wipes the sweat off his forehead
“E: yeah…but luckily we did!”
Elise was laying on the ground gasping for air like a goldfish
“As: Ducibus Debebantur Alchimia Regulus, the originator of alchemy and the father of philosophy some said he was the first one after the mage king himself to develop magic, he’s also known as the Architect for the amount of divine constructs and magic weapons attributed to his name, he was also the mage king’s first apprentice”
Asher said picking up one the books on the ground
“E: but after the mysterious great corruption of the first generation of mages he became a materialistic man who started building temples and castles out of gold and expensive gemstones with his alchemy”
Elise explained
“E: he also helped the mage king start the infinite crusade which expanded not only across Ziost but many other dimensions and planets as well”
Elise had a somber look on her face
“As:…well, the bigger you are the harder you fall I guess”
“E:…so true”
Elise turned on her back, releasing a deep sign
“As: so, with this said goal that you have in mind, we’re ready to do it as soon as we have our magic back right?”
Asher asked writing notes
“E: yes…”
“E:…well anyway, what time is it?”
“As: don’t know, let’s see here”
“As: horologium magnam (overclock)”
A hologram screen appeared displaying time
“As: it’s 8:23 P.M”
“E: that’s nearly 3.5 hours since we started”
“As: yeah I guess we were too invested into it to notice”
Asher said finishing his research notes
(As:…researching new topics with someone, how nostalgic)
Asher thought remembering his time as a weapons developer back on earth
(As: the only difference is that now I’m studying a subject that I actually like)
When Asher was lost in thought Elise approached him without him even noticing
Only when her face was 5 feet from his does he notice
Asher immediately reacts the way his old self (Murokume) would
He grabs her hands and neck and pins her down to the ground Brazilian Jiu jitsu style
(U.A: you have gained a new skill: martial arts (master))
“As: oh crap! Sorry”
Realising what he just did Asher lets go and apologises
“E: he…you have a really bad habit of pinning girls to the ground”
“As: sorry, it’s an old habit”
Asher bowed regretfully
“E: that was quite a move, I didn’t know there were mages out there who practiced self defence like that”
“As: well a mage’s mind is his greatest weapon but his body is still his greatest tool”
Asher explained
“E: well said”
Elise rose up and did some stretches
“E: and you don’t need to apologise it was my fault for scaring you, I was just curious”
Elise reassures Asher
“As: curious about what?”
“E: about why you get lost in thought so much”
“E: I mean seriously it’s like you’re an old man constantly reminiscing the past”
Elise said jokingly
“As: huh, I never noticed that”
(As: she’s not wrong, I was about to go into my 30s before I kick the bucket and combined with the times I’ve spent here I’m an old man compared to her, spiritually at least)
(As: glad I had my revenge before suffering from midlife crisis)
Asher breathed a sigh of relieve before putting his past behind him again like he always does
“As: I guess I just age faster than you guys that’s all”
“E: than stop it”
Elise suddenly dropped her voice tone
“As: huh?”
“E: you’re young and you should use this time to enjoy life as much as possible, It’s a role may people would kill for”
Elise has a dark expression
“As: I…understand”
Asher said with an even more soulless voice than his usual one
“E: good then let’s end it here”
Elise light tone returned
(As: it’s not like I don’t get what she means…)
Asher pondered
At that moment in another section of Avalon…
