Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Leon tried to increase his control over Mana Magnetism in order not to drain the mana of his golems, but just as he had expected because he learned the skill using a tome, he couldn't target only his enemies and the ambient. To do so, he would have to learn the skill the hard way. Still, that was a plan for the future.

"Now that I used all the coins I saved up until now, things will slow down a little bit," Leon said. "But I guess that is for the best, and even though it is a pain, I need to train my creativity."

Putting such thoughts aside, Leon decided to study his skill list. Although it wouldn't be easy, the best way to create new spells was to make some variations in the current spells Leon had, and now that he thought about it, Leon didn't find any of those variations in Ilyana's vault.

"... She probably only stored 'basic' tomes there," Leon rubbed his chin. "For a magician, creativity is important. Otherwise, it would be difficult to prepare accordingly to some battles."

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Poison Mist.

Cost: 50 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Earth Pressure.

Cost: 50 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Infrared Perception.

Cost: 30 mana per second

Cooldown time: 10 seconds

You obtained 01 status points.

In the end, Leon learned two spells before he had enough coins to buy the Infrared Perception. By heating and cooling down the poison Leon created using Poison Generation, Leon learned Poison Mist. Although such skill caused him some headache, the fact that he could control the mist at will made everything worth the hassle. On the other hand, Earth Pressure had been really easy to learn. That skill was just a variation of Flamethrower, after all.

"Mmm... it is kind of weird keep Infrared Perception active," Leon said. "While it is useful at night to give me a clear view of everything alive around me, it wouldn't be useful if the enemies are like my magma golems."

Using Infrared Perception in a fire monster was like trying to look at the sun... Fortunately, it only made Leon feel some headaches and didn't cause any damage to his eyes and mind.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Spinning Mana Arrow.

Cost: 40 mana

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Mana Lance.

Cost: 60 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Spinning Mana Lance.

Cost: 80 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

"This isn't as hard as I thought it would be..." Leon rubbed his chin.

Although adding rotation to his spells was a pretty basic thing, Leon forgot to do that until now. Probably because he never had much time to think about things, but mostly because he was an idiot. Regardless, even though that kind of action was good to learn new spells, it was impossible to keep the surprise factor in using that kind of attack. The mana in non-elemental attacks was hard to be seen, but the more powerful the attack was, the more noticeable it would become.

"... It looks like Ilyana prepared her vault knowing exactly the skills I had," Leon said after checking the shop Ilyana created. "Although there are some simple spells, the vast majority are complicated ones. That will help me to save time..."

Leon couldn't help but wonder if he didn't have been a bit unfair to Ilyana. Although she was difficult to deal with, she helped Leon in many ways, and the vault she connected to that run on his arm also saved Leon from many problems. Still, Leon couldn't help but feel conflicted about her.

"The fact that she hides too many things prevents me from trusting her too much. In the end, that is for the best, I guess."

Regardless, putting aside a few exceptions, Mana Magnetism help Leon level up his new spells much faster than before, and since he didn't have to concentrate in order to keep such spell active, he found a loophole in the system. By combining Mana Magnetism and Mana Zone at the same time, he could drain and restore the mana from his golems. That way, he could train both skills at an astonishing speed without sacrificing anything, and that was very suspicious.

"I knew that something like this was bound to appear considering that everyone pretty much can learn everything, but this is far crazier than I imagined..." Leon frowned. "This is the environment, Ilyana's vault, Sekundez's power... and now this skill. I know that Ilyana knew about this beforehand and prepare everything to help me reach this situation, but something still feels out of place."

Although there were some risks involved and the price to obtain power in that place was high, everything looked a bit too convenient... at least for Leon's standards. Leon knew that he wouldn't relax until he gets rid of that annoying feeling, but for the time being, he decided to avoid thinking about that as much as possible. He had a long way ahead of him in that dimension, and he wouldn't confirm anything until he succeeds in Sekundez's trial... it was better to keep his doubts to himself, for the time being.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Fire Storm.

Cost: 300 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Snow Storm.

Cost: 300 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Thunder Storm.

Cost: 300 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

The best way for Leon to forget his doubts was to use massive area of effect spells, and so he did it.