章 171: I'm Beginning To Regret My Decision

[Black Veil lvl1: 0.99>0.03]

It was a consequence he had anticipated, but he hadn't expected the regression to be so steep. His previous Black Veil was about to be promoted to level 2 and awaken passive properties, but now that he had greatly increased the standard of the spell he had to grind everything from scratch.

"You can now see why even prodigies steer clear of overly ambitious spells." Magnus sighed as the boy reported the changes in his status. "Such spells have a high demand on the caster's talent, but they also improve abysmally slowly. Look at you Ikaris. Even a genius like you with uncommon Soul Strength only managed to condense the most basic Spark despite three near-perfect spells and the resort to self-torture to augment its performance. Was it worth it?"