Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King

The commotion surrounding a lecture on magical item creation given by a Saint Level Professor, as the rumours in the room were, drew all the women who had been more interested in chatting with Cassie and Ella away from the side room, leaving the two free to rejoin Wolfe.

Only, they found that he was the Professor in question, and he really was giving them a lecture on magical item creation.

They didn't know what he was planning to teach them, but hopefully, he wouldn't give away too many of the secrets that might lead the people of this world to begin understanding the military technologies of their world. These magic users were still at war with the Demon Realms, and they didn't want to upset their allies at home, or force regional Guardians to return to protect their holdings in the Demon Realm from armed invasion.

That would make this entire trip a disaster, no matter what they might have gained from the Lowest Planes.

He was standing at the front of the room with a whiteboard standing against the wall, and a pointer stick in his hand, almost looking like a professor in the robes that the hotel had provided to them for the event.

He waited until everyone was seated as well as they could be, with the young ladies up front to learn, and the older Nobles sitting in the comfortable smoking lounge chairs further back. They could still see just fine, but it would be somewhat embarrassing for them to be asking questions during a lecture for teenagers, so they had remained further back.

A few of the younger men had joined them, thinking this was something for girls interests, but when Wolfe waved his hand and the title appeared at the top of the whiteboard [Intermediate fixation of runes and inscriptions to magical items] a number of them went to get folding chairs and sit up front.

Cassie and Ella were shown to a pair of chairs at the side of the room, close to the stage, where Petros and the Elders were sitting.

"Greetings, Ladies Noxus. I am Petros, in case I hadn't introduced myself yet. And these are the distinguished Family Heads from the town, of the families Marneus, Niall, Drummond, and Gold. Then, finally, the Marneus Oracle, who insists it is good luck for her to sit exactly where she is."

Cassie smiled at the old woman, who she realized was sitting under the only fan in this corner of the room, and nodded her head. "Indeed, you should never question the wisdom of an Oracle. They see a considerable number of things that others wouldn't expect. I also believe that I know what bit of good luck she was waiting for."

The room was getting unreasonably warm with so many people in it on a warm summer evening, even with the window open, so Cassie activated a [Chill] charm, and activated it under the fan before handing the token to the Oracle.

"For you, Oracle." She whispered.

The old lady smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

"Such a good girl, no wonder he likes you so much." The Oracle replied.

Petros realized right away what had happened, and laughed softly as the witches took their seats.

"Indeed, the Oracle's wisdom has brought her good luck, which is spreading to the rest of us." Petros agreed as Wolfe prepared to begin his lecture.

"Welcome everyone. It looks like magical item creation is quite the hot topic here today. I won't waste any time, as many of you have discussed your concerns about the matter already. The basics you all should already know from your education as Nobles, so I won't bore you with that.

However, I will go over a few tips and tricks today that will help you in your efforts.

First, I will draw out the basic Fire spell, as I have seen it on a number of blades here in the room."

That meant Unholy Fire, as that was the only sort that they could use, but he wasn't crass enough to point that out to them yet. Even the Lightning that they used was an expression of Unholy Magic, formed to look like lightning, but not true Elemental Lightning, which was considerably more powerful at higher ranks.

"Now, you need these seven runes for a fire spell, and the normal way is to arrange them in a circle like this and then focus on the specific target and effect as you activate the item.

But did you know that you can skip that step and put it in the inscription? If you alter the runes like so, you can specify that the target is the caster, and that the fires is defensive armour. So, if you activate it, you will get an effect like this." Wolfe continued, and coated the podium beside him in glowing red magical armour.

"Now, anyone could channel mana into that and cover themselves in fire armour without even knowing what it does.

The same is true for just the form. That is a skill that is necessary for the easy activation of most magical items."

One of the girls raised her hand. "Isn't that an entirely different spell?"

Wolfe shook his head. "No, they're all the same spell. The same seven runes for a fire spell, but modified with the conditions that you put on them. If you look at the basic fire rune and then look at this one, what do you see?"

He drew two dozen additional marks on the board, altering the spell with a black marker instead of red.

"It's a flaming sword inscription. That's, that's..." She stammered.

"Exactly. It's the same spell, but with the additional modifications to the base runes to instruct it to attach to the item, and to coat the desired area in fire. Now, if you change this part, and add these symbols to the fifth rune instead, what do you have?" Wolfe asked.

One of the boys raised his hand. "That's the inscription for a magical bow. It affixes the spell to an item that is touching the enchanted item, in this case, an arrowhead."

Wolfe smiled. "Excellent. If you stop thinking about the spell as a unique symbol and realize that it is actually a group of seven modified symbols, you will have a much easier time with the creation of new magical items."

A girl on the side rolled her eyes. "What good will that do us? I mean, it's seven individual runes, but how am I supposed to know if it's done right? I know the inscriptions for all these spells, so what good is knowing that the runes are individual?"

Wolfe smiled and changed a few runes on the inscription.

"Who can tell me what this inscription does?" He asked.

None of the youngsters raised their hands.

"Anyone in the back?" Wolfe asked.

"It coats the hair of anyone with the Dubois Family's ginger locks with flames." The Oracle laughed.

The girl gasped. "Such an evil spell. Have you been plotting against my Family?"

Wolfe shook his head. "No. Anyone who can actually read Runic and didn't just memorize the shapes by rote can alter inscriptions at will to create the exact effect that they are after.

That is the difference between basic and intermediate enchanting. Once you understand the Runes, and at least some of the modifiers, then you can create much more varied effects."