【…… Mastery is the main way for a mage to become strong. 「」

Whether they are academic mages or battle mages, most of them will study one or two powerful and adaptable spells as their killer skills.

Of course, battlemages tend to copy the paths of their predecessors;

Academic mages, on the other hand, generally study their own unique spells according to their own personal conditions. 】

Lulu, the Warden, who was explaining to Lin An, was the only woman among the Wardens and the second of the five to be recognized as a learned master.

The temptation of the legendary powerhouse to teach in person was too great, and Lin An couldn't refuse.

She knew that the time she had spent in the Tower of Babel was running out, and the knowledge she had gained in this time was just a drop in the ocean of the vast knowledge of the Guardians, and even in the eyes of the Guardians, it was far from being a mantle to impart, and she could use this as a favor for Lin An to stay, so she was not hypocritical and listened attentively.

Stopping a little longer might make her path to magic a little smoother in the future.

Lin An remembered while bowing his head:

[On this point, I have seen similar statements in related books in the past.] 】

Whether it is spiritual power or elemental affinity, it is not immutable in the life of a mage, because of various constraints, the difference in talent that is not obvious during the apprenticeship period will be different after becoming a full-fledged mage.

In this regard, it is relatively easy for battle mages to find precedents of similarities and analogies, while academic mages are completely different, and it is difficult for anyone to copy the path of others, unless the mage himself gives up the uniqueness and innate adaptability of his own spells. 「」

[However, I feel that these books are only general, and I don't feel at all that I am using spells with others.] What are the individual differences. Lin An said.

Of course, there is a difference, and the apprentice with low talent is completely different from Lin An.

But Lin An made an analogy. It was those who were close in talent and strength to her: Andrew, Joshua, and Jacob, among others.

In her opinion, they who have a solid foundation and can also silently send zero-level spells as easily as her, it seems that there is not much difference in strength between them and her, and the auxiliary that they can use, such as magic pets, props, etc., is the main reason for the difference in strength between them.

And if it is purely about the ability to cast spells, they do not seem to show that the future path will be extremely alienated.

[This is normal. Knowledge is priceless, otherwise what would a teacher do?

You are extremely fortunate to have been born in this era. "The advent of paper has brought order to the transmission of civilization and knowledge. There are far more educated people than there were thousands of years ago......

In our time, knowledge needs to be exchanged for bodies, beliefs, and even lives. The price is so expensive that even the nobles may not be able to afford it......]

Lulu smiled, as if caught up in a memory.

Of course, Lin An couldn't understand, because this kind of thing was generally not written on paper, only relying on the teacher's words and deeds and personal demonstrations and explanations, and Kronos, the only one who could explain to Lin An before, only hoped that she would become a battle mage with strength but did not pursue the source of strength, of course, he would not say much about this aspect.

After a while, Lulu came back to her senses. Slowly continue:

[This is actually not difficult to understand. After truly advancing to the mage, everyone will have a first-hand experience. Well, you know the case of elemental affinity polarity, right? 】

Lin An nodded.

The so-called elemental polarity. It is a state where under special conditions, the elements are relatively balanced and one of the elements occupies an absolute advantage, and in this environment, the dominant elemental spell will reduce the difficulty of casting, and the inferior element will be the opposite.

As the name suggests, elemental affinity polarity is a situation in which an element is overwhelmingly dominant in the affinity talents that appear on individual mages - such as fire polarity talents, plant and water polarity talents, etc. 「」

This is not a bad thing for battlemages, and it may even be a supreme talent, helping them to specialize in one way;

However, for academic mages, although it can help them become more powerful on the path of specialization, it also means that they lose the possibility of using and studying other spells.

Of course, the spell systems that are highly dependent on the elements are mainly the Plastic Energy Department, the Protection Department, the Spell System and the Enchantment Department, so the Elemental Talent Polarity is not a dead end.

[Among the polar talents, there is a special case called absolute polarity, that is, the extreme only has an affinity for one element......]

Lin An couldn't help but interrupt:

How is this possible? How could a human being be made of a single element, and not an elemental creature of the elemental plane! 】

――Can you imagine that a person is made up of only water elements, this is not scientific!

[It is possible that only one of the elements will be affinity with one of the elements when the other elements are relatively balanced and cancel each other...... But that's not the point, so I won't delve into it for the time being,]

Lulu was a little depressed, as a master of learning, of course, she had a lot of experience in teaching before, but in her time, no student dared to interrupt the teacher casually, or even question it - as for accepting it all or criticizing it after class, it was the student's own business, and the teacher didn't care. 「」

But Lin An, a student, she can't afford to offend, and even say bad things about Kronos and win over feelings, she has to knock on the side and insinuate, not to mention how aggrieved she is.

At this time, Lin An had already written down her vague explanation and comprehended something.

【You continue. 】

[If the affinity is divided by the number jù, and the total polarity is 10, then it is roughly divided, and the generally known high talent is 9~6, the medium talent is 5~3, and the low talent is 2~1......]

However, among all the people who have affinity, 70% of them have low affinity, 20% are medium, less than 10% are high, and the rest of the special circumstances are not counted - and among them, 5 to 60% of the spiritual talent is not up to standard or too low, which shows how few excellent mage seedlings are.

【…… When you are still an apprentice, even if you are a mage with only 1~2 water elemental affinity talents, if you have enough magic power, it is not difficult to cast a frost ray through practice;

But once you become a full-fledged mage, you'll find that even if you have ten times more water attribute mana stored in your magic pool, casting a first-level spell that requires a water elemental affinity of 2 is likely to fail. 「」】

【Why!】 】

Lin An was surprised.

[Because the affinity is too low, the mana conversion speed is too slow,]

Seeing Lin An's surprised look, Lulu was greatly satisfied in her heart and continued to ask,

[In your mind, what is the role of the magic pool? 】

Contacting Lulu's previous words, Lin An replied thoughtfully:

【Storing Mana...... And transform the magic? 】

Lulu nodded: it seems that this student is quite good at thinking.

[Affinity not only refers to the storage capacity of the magic pool, but also represents the ability of the magic power in the magic pool to be converted to each other.]

If there is a mage who has an affinity of 2 for each of the four elements of water, fire, terroir, and when his magic pool is sufficient, theoretically, he can cast a spell that requires a 4 affinity for the water elemental -

But in reality, this is impossible, and no mage with an affinity of 2 can cast a spell that requires a 4, unless he wants to explode. 】

- Theoretically, if the magic power is not damaged, the water attribute mana in the magic pool itself is 2, and the speed at which other elements are converted into the mana of the other attributes is 2, it seems that it is possible to cast a spell that requires 4 affinity.

But in fact, it is impossible, because when the water attribute magic power stored and transformed by the magic pool is consumed, and there is no water attribute magic power in the body, it means that the elements are unbalanced, and at the same time, the converted magic power used to make up for the balance is also consumed, so the elements in the body are out of balance, and the light will be backfired, and the body will explode.

This is not difficult to understand, but the previous question has not been explained.

[But why do spells that require 2 fail?] Lin An was puzzled.

[This is because, first, you can't guarantee that your magic pool will be full at all times;

Second, even if your magic pool happens to be full, the one-time output of a single element that is too large will also cause an imbalance in the mana in the body - of course, this slight imbalance can be quickly balanced, because our body instinctively has the ability to automatically coordinate -

But what if you're in the middle of a tense battle, or if you happen to be in an imbalance with the elements? 】

Lulu smiled quietly and said,

[When you were an apprentice, there weren't many external elements that resonated, and spell casting mainly relied on internal magic, so spells that require 2 can be cast for only 2 units of mana.

However, when casting spells above the first level, the magic power of the magic pool is mobilized in order to achieve elemental resonance, and the formation of spells mainly depends on the elements from the outside.

The external elements are unbalanced, then it is likely that you have consumed 2 units of mana in the body, but you can't resonate with enough elements in the outside world, which means that in order to successfully cast the spell, you may need to continue to consume more mana in the body, and the elemental imbalance in the body will further increase, and finally——]

Lulu makes a burst motion, figuratively illustrating the possible outcome of an imbalance of the elements.

[After becoming a full-fledged mage, you generally don't have a personal experience, so the average apprentice doesn't know much about it.

But more than a thousand years ago, in the era we live in, the return of elemental tides was far less obvious, the concentration of elements in the outside world was lower than now, and the failure to cast spells led to an imbalance of elements in the body, which was simply more than the fall of a mage in war.

The previous generation of mages almost used their own corpses as the foundation to explore the knowledge and path that you now share, and after that, please ask us to invent and create the help of props such as elemental balance robes and staffs, so that the mortality rate of spell casting is gradually reduced.

However, even so, it is still very dangerous to cast more advanced spells, so after reaching the official mage, create the most suitable spell for your use, and further develop on top of it, is the path you will take in the future. 】

[The path of a mage is never easy, and every step of deviation and ignorance will cause a mage to fall—]

Lin An was silent.

She thought of Kronos.

He had never told her this, and he had never given her a similar warning about her luck, so did it mean that he had never thought about letting her out of his charges, or even that she would live too long?

Lin An's heart was cold, and he found that his heart was shaken. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the Biquge www.biquge.info (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. )