บท 460: Interlude: Vali VII. - Magic and Thrill

Now that he had drunk that potion that the devil gave him, he noticed that aside from his mind being clearer, his personality started reversing bit by bit after the effects of the Love Potion started disappearing, as he was listening to the explanations of the devil before him.

"Another type of civilization is the one based on science and technology, which we could call Scientific Civilization. On the contrary to the ones which are based on Supernatural Energy and have people reshaping worlds with a flick of their hands sometimes, the Scientific Civilizations often don't have capabilities like this, but they have always come with means to contend against even the most powerful Magical Civilization in the Endless Void... the question you are asking, why?"

Vali then made a small pause before he proceeded to continue with his explanation once more.

"The answer is relatively simple... the scientific civilizations are continuously advancing further, never stagnating as their society and entire civilization is based on the pursuit of knowledge and advancing further. Contrary to the Magical Civilization, where they need to wait for some genius to appear who would advance the entire civilization by leaps and bounds to advance even a bit, the situation here is different. While the same occurrence could happen in scientific civilizations, but contrary to Energy-Based ones where the stagnation comes after the person disappears, in the Scientific ones, there are countless people who would take over and bring the work of the said genius to greater heights, thus continuously advancing further, because contrary to previous one, they are not depended on the anomalies popping out and advancing their civilization."

Vali finished the explanation about the two fundamental types of civilizations across the Endless Void before he proceeded to the next matter on hand.

"As you see, your society is the typical magical one and what it needs to advance; when I came here and based on the information provided, you are currently not facing only stagnation, but your society is in a constant state of degeneration. We should first start with the inner circle of your most loyal followers. How are you with the loyalty?"

Vali asked as the young wizard in front of him flinched in annoyance a bit.

"There are a few who are unquestionably loyal and there are some whose loyalty is basically a thing of personal gains and nothing more."

Tom Riddle knew that some of his followers were following him only because they had much to gain, despite the risk they were undergoing. Then there were some who were following him from fear rather than devotion to his ideals or anything else.

"Call the ones whom you think are the really loyal and faithful... we will start with them. Aside from that, for the next few days, we will be going through the basics of the Magic Principles of Human Magic."

Vali stated as he planned to teach them a Human Calculation Magic, which was created in the Draconic Deus by Merlin Ambrosius based on observations of the Devil Magic System and various Runic Magic Systems mashed up together.

"Also, take in mind that I am not the best teacher around and I have never properly studied Art of Magic beyond the Master Rank."

Vali stated as this piqued the interest of the human wizard before him. If there was one thing that filled the entire life of Tom Riddle and what was his sole pursuit, it was Magic.

He loved learning about it, about various types and spells, mastering everything he could and understanding its principles; it was that that made him one of the most powerful wizards of the present age.

"I sometimes forget that I am in a backward world... Basically, Empire has a classification of Mastery over Magic, where there are several Ranks depending on how much one has mastered the Magic System they have been practicing and studying. The lowest of the lowest is the Novice Rank, basically, those who mastered some simple spells and attained rudimentary proficiency with Magic. Then there is Adept Rank; those are magicians who attained some sort of knowledge and could use Miagc more fluidly and actively in combat; basically, Adept-Ranked Magician could blast apart entire skyscrapers with little effort. Then there is the Expert Rank, Magicians who attained expertise over some parts of their Magic Systems and could be called powerful practitioners of Magic on their own where even basic spells used by them destroy entire cities. Master Ranked Magicians is a person who completely mastered his Magic System and can wipe out entire mountain ranges and even larger islands with his spells. After Masters, there are Grandmasters, people who dedicate their life to Magic and adjust the Magic System they have mastered to suit themselves, basically creating something unique; Grandmasters in any Magic System could destroy entire Continents with their Spells and sometimes even smaller astral objects like huge asteroids and smaller planets... and that should be enough of that. I am Grandmaster in Tier Magic System, Master in Devil Magic System and Grandmaster in Dragon Chant Magic."

This revelation caused the wizard to look at the devil with great fear... because such concept of destructive power was absolutely unheard of in the Wizarding World.

Even the strongest wizards that ever existed didn't have the firepower behind their spells to level up entire mountains or reshape landscapes as they wished.

Yet the devil before him could do it probably faster than he could brandish his wand. It was fascinating to hear that one could get so powerful with Magic, which could cause so much destruction with even the simplest spells around.

Like any other power-hungry person, he was thrilled at the idea of obtaining so much power that would allow him to rule this world however he wished.

Vali would impart him with some basics of the Human Calculation Magic and teach him how to use Magic Circles.

From what he saw, their own Magic System, which he termed as Wizardcraft, was incredibly versatile, but that came with a weakness that it lacked offensive capabilities.

The Devil Magic System had a similar problem when it was compared to other Magic Systems that existed in the Draconic Deus.