Chương 63: Ch 52 - The Duhurl Alcazarl (Part 1)
"Duhurl Alcazar, Celestial Spirit Possession" muttered the new buff-looking Sigurd.
Suddenly a glowing light came out of Sigurd's body and flew over the top of his head.
It looked like your typical mana orb at the start but soon it started to get bigger and brighter. In mere seconds it was so bright that even after covering my eyes I could still see the light coming through my closed pupils. It was as if the mana orb had turned into a mini sun.
"What the-"
"Get back!"
"I am scared! *sobs*, mom!"
"Hey, close your eyes!"
Both the 2nd tier and 1st tier candidates were all shocked seeing Sigurd suddenly using a spell of such a large scale. I could hear the uproar of everyone's surprised yell, the 1st tier candidates were making quite the ruckus. I couldn't see anything but my ears could make a clear picture of the current situation of the candidates.
I was a bit puzzled. Why was the old fart suddenly using such a powerful skill right off the bat?
I quickly covered my eyes to shield them from the blinding lights.
Spirit Possession is one of the superior abilities that allow mages to infuse their soul with their contracted spirit. This technique requires immense skill and power to utilize it. It also gives mages a temporary buff almost to the state of enlightenment as the divine spirit takes over the host's body. They also receive huge powers, the arsenal skills of the divine spirit, and even a high state of mind and body.
Spirit Possession could only be done by 'True Mages'.
The Mages are divided into two major categories- Mages and True Mages.
First, you must understand the basics of mage tier ranking to learn the difference between the two categories. Let me give a brief summary of how the mages are segregated to let you get a basic understanding of how the mage ranking tier works.
There are about 6 tiers in the basic 'Mage category'
There are the '0 tier' candidates who were able to clear the trials assigned by the ceremony organization but weren't able to manifest mana orbs. Such people are no different from the commoners who failed the trials and were never meant to be a mage. Most of these people who managed to clear the trial will just live an ordinary life like the rest of the commoners.
Then there are the '1st tier' mages, who can create simple mana orbs by using just pure condensed mana. Mana orbs creations are basics to start learning the use of mana arts. These pure mana orbs are only useful for training, generally, these orbs are useless most of the time other than passing free mana to your comrades so they can replenish their mana reserves.
The mana orbs are generally glowing floating fluff balls without a definitive shape. The pure mana creations are generally useless in a combat situation against other fellow mages. If you were to just use pure mana creations in a fight, the opposing mage would be unscathed. Instead of getting hurt, he/she would just assimilate your pure mana creations within their own mana reserves. Rather than defeating your enemy, you are just giving them free mana.
Pure mana creations are not used most of the time except in some situations.
Some skilled mages, like myself, can really concentrate their creation to form sharp objects like knives and blades. It takes a lot of skill to create such things, although blades made of mana can be useful to cut little things like ropes or branches at best. They are still useless against your average mage as they can still absorb your pure mana blades. Not to mention pure mana creation uses much more of your mana reserves compared to your normal mana arts.
To put it in a simpler manner, anyone who manages to create mana orbs fall in the '1st tier' mage. 1st tier mages are not that big of a deal, of course, there are exceptions like myself.
The '2nd tier' mages are those who have finally discovered their affinity towards certain mana arts. Able to create a little spark of fire, your fingernails extending, and able to create objects from thin air, are a few of the basic abilities the '2nd tier' mage starts to display. Only after reaching this stage, 2nd tier mages can people distinguish which category they would eventually fall in; (Elemental, Psychic, and Mutant Mage categories)
2nd tier mages then have to train and sharpen their skills and get familiar with their abilities. They must incorporate their new profound abilities into their daily use until it just feels natural like breathing. Once this is achieved then only they are promoted to the '3rd tier' stage.
The 3rd tier mage then begins to train and gain experience as his/her mana core starts growing until it reaches the maturity point. Once the mana core ripens their growth reaches a standstill, this is the '4th tier' stage. They will not be able to increase their skills any further until their mana core develops further. This stage is also called 'The Great Filter' as the majority of the mages are stuck in this tier.
Once your mature mana core evolves only then will they reach the final tier '5th stage'
There are always a handful of 4th-tier mages blessed by mana whose mana core then evolves into 'A Mana Heart'. This is said to be a rather painful process but it's worth the pain for every 4th tier mage who yearns to reach the next stage. The mages with their new mana core are then ranked as the '5th tier' mage, the last stage of the 'basic mage' category.
The 5th tier mage's power and skill don't change as they are the same as they were in the 4th tier ranking. The only new thing is the mage's 'mana heart', a very crucial piece needed to form a contract with a divine spirit.
Once the 5th-tier mage successfully forms a contract with a divine spirit, he/she finally promotes to the 'True mage' category.
'True mages get a whole new set of powers and fresh new abilities that they acquire from their divine spirit. It's basically the 2nd awakening of their abilities. There are even more stages in the 'True mage' category similar to basic mages.
Although if I start explaining that, this whole chapter will be just one gigantic info dump.
So what I meant to say is that the 'Spirit Possession' can only be done by a true mage of a very high-tier stage.
After waiting for a few minutes, the blinding light eventually faded and I was finally able to open my eyes. I gently opened my eyes, and the first view was kinda fuzzy and blurry. I had to wait a few more seconds to let my vision stabilize to see what just happened.
I looked toward Sigurd, "Is that really the same head mage?"
There stood Sigurd in the flesh, shirtless with a buffed muscular chest and biceps like some professional bodybuilder. There were battle scars scattered all around his body, which just goes to show how much battle experience he possessed as a mage.
But the more shocking change in the head mage was right now his body was surrounded by strange yellow light. It was as if he was wearing an armor of yellow light like some kind of barrier. Sigurd had a serious expression and his eyes were glowing with a yellow light. Right now Sigurd looked like he was a manifestation of god itself.
Not long ago Sigurd was just a hunchback old man with sunken dead eyes, who required staff to walk around. But now look at him, he looks like he just reverted back to his 15-20 years of age and returned back to his prime.
He looks like those badass muscular old grandpa who would mess you up just for upsetting his grandkids.
Although Sigurd's new appearance was really otherworldly, at this moment he wasn't really the center of attention as of now.
"What is that?" asked Jason tilting his head upwards.
Marcia hid behind Jason,
"*sobs* I just want~ want to go home. Mommy!"
The 1st tier candidates seated on the seats who were really noisy quickly fell silent as they watched the arena in a dumbstruck manner. Even the 2nd tier candidates had their jaws wide open as they stared overhead above Sigurd.
There was a big shadow being cast over Sigurd and the place where he was standing.
I slowly followed everyone's gaze to take a look-
A strange rock-like thing floated above Sigurd's head as if it was levitating in the air. I had to squint my eyes to get a better look. That's when I noticed it wasn't just a big floating rock. The thing floating over Sigurd's head was a miniature fortress made of an orangish-white sandstone-like structure.
"What the hell?" I muttered.
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HellerFeed My mom and dad are out of town. I am alone with my brother and have to look after the cooking, which I really am terrible at it. Waking up on my own without breakfast really teaches me how I should value my parents, especially my mom. Been heading office empty stomach, really missing mom's breakfast.
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