Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 398 Magic Genius
“suoer lie di!”

The language of the elves also possesses ancient magic, with ancient and chant-like words derived from the imitation of ancient dragon language.

Ancient dragon language was a sacred language used by dragon kings as the standard nouns for all things. It is said to have been lost to time. Some of it contained the original names of all things and possessed indescribable special power, which could not be used by species other than the ancient dragon kings (lords of the elements).

The ancient high elves used it as a model to create the ancient Elvish language, a special language that is now only used by a very small number of elven royalty and ancient beings, and is basically only used in ancient magic, forbidden spells, and rituals.

Like the ancient dragon language, it also possesses its own magic, only much weaker.

Reciting these words is a huge drain on the caster.

Modern magic originates from elven magic, and its spells contain a large number of Elven words, but it rarely uses the ancient Elven language which has excessive magical power.

“.sier lu”

Rean continued reciting these ancient words, and even his mentor was surprised by his progress. He had expected Rean to have a week, but he finished in just over an hour.

Rean himself was quite surprised by the mix of sentences in "Abyssal Demon Language", "Demon Language", "Bottom-dwelling Demon Fish Language (a type of mind fish that once established a civilization)", "Elf Language", "Dragon Language", "Elemental Common Language", and "Ancient Elf Language".

This isn't a normal sentence at all; it's more like a grammatically incorrect sentence pieced together from countless magical words. In other words, it's a program sentence cobbled together using different programming languages.

It can function anyway, so just don't touch it to figure out exactly how it works.

"This is the original version of the incantation; it's very difficult to learn. Just reciting it makes me feel like all my magic is drained."

After glancing at the still energetic Rean, Archmage Alcaster was starting to question his own existence.

When he was learning this "shit mountain code," he spent half his time learning and the other half cursing his predecessors for being inhuman. In just a short incantation, at least seven or eight different kinds of magic were manipulated in different languages, and they had to be forcibly pieced together, resulting in an extremely low magic conversion rate.

However, this is the most original version of the "Burning Fire Blade," an ancient incantation passed down from antiquity.

This magic is the origin of the entire Star Shaping School.

Even the entire magic system is derived from it; countless papers and derivative magics originate from it.

Don't ask how it managed to combine seven or eight languages, but in short, it's useful, so future generations should just learn it diligently.
"interesting."

The snake's knowledge of legend (language) allowed Rean to understand the true meaning of the incantation. It was actually a multi-layered incantation. If the incantation was divided into "ABCDE" stages, "AB" had one meaning, "BC" had another meaning, and "ABC" had yet another meaning. This short incantation was actually the superposition of at least a dozen sentences.

"Like compressing files, is this method used to shorten incantations and hide their true secrets? No, this concept of elemental superposition is the essence of this magic."

The term "Burning Fire Blade" refers to its magical property: it can form a large fire blade that can be held in one's "hand".

But when Rean actually finished deciphering the magic incantation, he found that the spell description was not quite right. Even Alcaster couldn't do that; it would require mastery of too many ancient and lost languages, as well as those strange grammars that are no longer useful.

Perhaps only those with a serpentine language privilege can easily complete the analysis of concepts.

"This is actually an incantation for 'elemental compression,' which is divided into several parts, including the stability of time and space, extracting the pointers of elemental planes, and compressing and merging the concept of elements."

This is a "non-combat" spell, or perhaps a component of a higher-level magic, but through inheritance, it has become a so-called offensive spell.

Its function is to transform different elemental flames into the same kind and condense them into a usable "stable state".

"The difficulty is surprisingly low, probably only at the first or second level. It's classified as the third level because most of the computing power is used to record this overly convoluted incantation."

Recording the pronunciation of incantations is not as simple as rote memorization. Because it is composed of multiple sentences, each break and the tone of each character represents a fixed meaning. Simply being able to "read" it is meaningless.

The predecessors like Alcaster probably forcibly memorized the intonation, emphasis, and spacing between words. They were quite rare in magic learning, as they were standard in their pronunciation of each character, the intonation of each word, and the duration of each pause. It was also common practice to memorize first and then understand, but this spell was just too difficult.

"I've pretty much got it down."

Alcaster was also somewhat surprised to see the "pillar of fire" in Rean's hand.

"Uh, why is it a column shape?" "As long as the function is the same, it's fine." Rean also felt something was off, and he didn't want to argue about who was right.

However, spell models are cylindrical, and cylinders are more stable.

The key point isn't whether it's a knife or a stick, because it's not meant for cutting people. The elemental burst damage is the crucial factor. Considering the functionality of this magic, even the output damage isn't the main focus.

"Too."

Alcaster was quite frank, saying that the focus of this magic was not on its offensive capabilities, and its appearance was actually not important.

Rean smiled subtly. It was probably because someone had started calling it a "sword," and the younger generation subconsciously condensed it into a sword shape. In reality, it was just an "elemental cylinder."

"Why does it feel like your cohesion is even better than the standard version? The element conversion rate has also increased. Is it because of the Red Dragon bloodline?" Alcaster was still a little puzzled, but it seemed like a good thing.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Rean couldn't explain it clearly either, so let's just say that's how it is.

Since the model works, there's no need to cause trouble. Some spells might be built on this "bug (error). If you get the beginning right, the later derivatives might not work well.

"It's numb."

Rean sighed. He'd just learn it for now, and adjust it later if problems arose.

The cylinder of fire element gathered in his hand, gradually solidifying into a substance, but it was divided into at least three parts of fire.

One part Dragon Fire, one part Radiant Fire, and one part Magic Fire. This "Flame Blade" was originally used to condense multiple types of flames, and Rean's ability to condense three different types filled Alcaster with joy.

"Condensing fire," or "compressing fire elements," is the core of the "Star Shaping School."

"Your magical control is much stronger than before, and so is your elemental affinity."

Reminded by his mentor, Rean realized that the dragon's essence entering his body wasn't all bad. As a master of the elements, Rean's control over the Emanation spell had also clearly improved.

Three times the headpower, three times the focus, three times the control over elements.
"Perhaps this is also the source of Tiamat's power."

The characteristics of the multi-headed dragon were fully displayed at this moment. On both the physical and mental levels, the addition of a dragon to a dragon greatly increased its potential.

"Snapped!"

Pillars of fire gathered above Rean's head.

This "simple" three-ring spell actually condensed three rings directly above Rean's head!
He could even vaguely sense that these "pillars of fire" could merge with each other. Whether they would explode after merging, or blow him into the sky, was another matter entirely.

"Uh, teacher, what's wrong with you?"

The fact that the tutor instantly teleported to the door shows that this worry was not unfounded.

"Well, it seems you have a talent for Ancient Elvish. Don't worry, I certainly believe you can control it; it's not a high-threat spell."

If you turn off the elemental shield and release the hand seals of the teleportation spell that can be activated at any time, I'll truly believe it.

But what the teacher said was the truth; this "mastery of legends (language proficiency)" would probably be quite useful in learning magic.

As mentioned earlier, this spell is not very difficult, actually only at the level of one and a half rings. However, it is classified as a third ring spell because the computational power and mental power are used to maintain the incantation. In Rean's hands, this may be the consumption of a first ring spell, which means that he can indeed maintain three at the same time!
"The next spell?" Rean asked with interest.

He couldn't help but think of Kuku, whose promise back then, "You may not have the talent, but I can make you a magical genius," had now become a reality.

"Alright, this is also a third-circle spell. The companion to the previous one is 'Fire Rune Burst,' which detonates the fire elemental aggregate."

(End of this chapter)