Abium stayed in the Fire temple for the next few months and immersed himself in studying. He continuously memorized the basic level potion formulas and ingredient names and also managed to comprehend the meaning behind the rune words in the second-tier defensive fire spells.
Following that, he started to inscribe spell models on the concrete floors and walls to practice. Although he had hundreds of empty scrolls, he didn't plan on wasting them for practice. Day by day, his inscription speed also got increased by multiple folds. He could feel that these changes were happening because he continually used eidetic memory and Quick thinking spell.
Abium knew it would take at least 10 to 20 years to reach this current level if he was an ordinary mage. By the end of the sixth month, he felt that he could even inscribe in the thin air like Rune mage Ubius!
Although he couldn't be considered an Expert-Level Rune Mage, he had already surpassed the Adept Level.
Abium also managed to create a few first-tier spell scrolls without difficulty and even thought of creating an artifact. But soon, he dismissed that idea.
'Creating an artifact is a time-consuming process.' He thought to himself and decided to put it on hold.
At the same time, he also noticed the rations and water inside his spatial ring were already over.
'Haa! It's time for me to construct the defensive fire spell model.' He muttered inwardly and slowly sat on the floor while eating the last dry wheat bread in his spatial ring. After that, he lightly tapped his spatial ring and took out the precious red-colored Tear of Phoenix.
During the last six months, he already got many ideas about his next fire spell model and finally came up with a new spell that could be used for defense and flying.
He silently closed his amber eyes and swallowed the Tear of Phoenix while activating eidetic memory and casting the 'Quick-thinking' divine spell on himself. The next moment, he felt countless red lines surge from the Tear of Phoenix.
It entered his sea of consciousness like a storm while sending more information about the essential nature of fire. Each line contains multiple rune words with deep meanings. Although Abium couldn't comprehend all the power hidden in those red lines, he still understood some information about fire law and became stunned.
At the same time, he entered into a strange enlightened state and sensed some mystic power was strengthening his fire affinity.
At the same time, he noticed a blue icon appear in front of his eyes.
[Increasing comprehension of Lawful Fire: 0%→0.1%→0.2% →0.3%→0.4%→0.5%→0.6%]
Abium knew this was the right moment, so he immediately inscribed his defensive fire spell using his spirit power. He began to create a more complicated spell model inside his mind using the secrets of fire law power.
By the end of the seventh day, he ultimately finished inscribing the complicated spell model and let the spell model hover above the zero-tier defensive fire spell model.
The next instant, fire-elemental energy started to surge towards his body from every direction and sucked into his body like a tornado. Unlike the time when Abium constructed the fireball spell model, the fire-elemental energy that appeared around his body was ten times stronger. After a few minutes of continuous assimilation, the raging fire finally stopped.
Slowly, Abium opened his eyes and checked the new unique spell model inside his mind.
A broad grin appeared on his face.
"I will name this spell War Angel's wings!" Just as he spoke, two one-meter-long crimson-colored wings materialized behind his back, illuminating the sanctum sanctorum. Unlike other wing spells, Abium felt the red wings were like his own. He could even feel the air-touching sensation and got delighted. He then opened both crimson wings and flapped slowly. But he soon stopped his action as he noticed the ceiling above his head and shook his head.
'You could even block a second-tier spell attack using these wings, kid. It's the first time I have seen a person constructing a first-tier spell model using Fire law power. All those 450 rune letters are more profound, only used to construct second-tier spells.
I didn't expect you would extract those words separately from different spell models and combine them to create a complex spell model. I can guarantee that you wouldn't find this type of complex spell even in the most famous mages family in Arcane Empire. Due to this Tear, your fire elemental affinity also increased from Good to Genius.' Azolla spoke excitingly.
Meanwhile, Abium let out a chuckle and muttered.
'Status'
The next instant, a blue screen popped in front of his eyes.
[Name: Abium
Age: 16
Race: Elf (Bloodline strength- 1%)
Health: Normal
Class: Official mage
Affiliation: Lawful Neutral
Divinity: Time- 1
Attributes
Strength: 4.9
Agility: 4.9
Vitality: 4.9
Mana: 138.0
Spirit: 69.0
Skills: Master Swordsmanship, Pseudo-Master Sword Aura.
Spells-
Zero Tier Spells: Blink, Red Orb, Mirage, Dark bind, Blazing shield, Storage, Seer's Intuition.
First-Tier Spells: Fireball, Mind freeze, War Angel's Wings.
Divine Spells: Quick-thinking.
Law Comprehension: Fire law- 0.6%.
Affinities-
Fire- Good→ Genius
Darkness- High
Space- High
Time- Low]
(Author's note: Affinity levels- Low→Average→High →Good→Genius→ Prodigy→Divine.)
Abium creased his eyebrows as he saw the percentage of Fire law comprehension and soon nodded in understanding.
'Don't think the percentage is too low, lad. Even the third-tier mages would only able to understand 1% of fire law in their peak stage when compared to peak legendary fire mages.'
'Azolla, what is the use of the elemental affinity except for the spell model constructive successive rate?' He asked in confusion.
'Foolish child, if you had Prodigy level fire affinity, you could have already comprehended all the remaining Fire law power and increased your Fire law comprehension rate to 2.2%. Now, do you understand why one needs to increase their affinity higher?' Azolla asked solemnly.
Abium was stunned for a moment and soon nodded his head embarrassingly.
'Anyway, I have to construct other spell models before leaving this Fex Dimension.' He thought to himself and soon walked outside of the fire temple while wearing a new black linen shirt and pants.
'It seems that defensive Sun's glare spell is already on the verge of breaking down.' Abium furrowed his brows and started analyzing the spell for an hour.
After some time, he finally managed to find the weakest spot and moved closer to it.
After that, he instantaneously cast three fireball spells and threw them at that area. The next instant, a raging fire clashed as his fireballs landed on the fire-like dome.
Three massive explosions echoed!
At the same time, only a few cracks appeared around the Sun's glare shield, causing Abium to frown.
'I think I need to take things slowly.' He smiled wryly and sat on the ground to meditate.
After meditating for an hour, he stood up and cast the same fireball spell thrice.
As his fireballs clashed against the Sun's glare spell, he noticed a small hole starting to appear.
This time Abium didn't stop.
Instead, he again cast the Fireball spell thrice.
Silence filled the area, and soon, loud cracks started appearing on the dome-like spell.
At that moment, he knew that the Sun's Glare spell had already reached the time limit and breathed a sigh of relief.
Within a few minutes, the crimson shield that enclosed the whole temple broke into pure fire-elemental energy and completely vanished from there.
Abium again meditated to replenish his mana and spirit and cast his 'War Angel's wings' spell on himself.
Following that, he opened his wings widely and flapped his crimson wings with full force. The next instant, he shot into the sky like a bullet and soon found himself floating 200 meters above the ground.
He also understood how much strength he had to use when merely floating or moving at high speed.
After a few minutes, Abium completely grasped the War Angel's wings spell and flew towards the volcanic mountain that was just a few hundred meters up ahead.
He could tell this spell duration should be only around 90 minutes, so he didn't dare to waste any time. He planned to cross this volcanic mountain range and move towards the forest area on the other side sooner.
But still, he continuously surveyed the surroundings and cautiously flew towards the other side.
Although Abium managed to construct a powerful spell model using fire law, he knew many creatures were lurking in this dimension, which could pose a serious threat to his life. If he somehow bumped into a beast like the Three-eyed Giant Warlock, he would be in deep shit.
For the next three hours, Abium carefully flew in the sky without attracting any creature's attention and finally managed to arrive at the area where the forest region was located.
Slowly, he moved towards the ground while flapping both wings to slow down the movement speed and landed smoothly on the grassy ground. Then, Abium dismissed the wings and searched for food in the woods.
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