Death, Devotion, Dissonance Chapter 6
Advertisement
"As you can probably guess, these are what's called the World Shards," Leanne said and gestured over the six vials.
"Using it, mages gain access to what we call the Worlds of Magic. Let me explain it to you in more detail. One such example would be Irratas, The World of Fire," she said and hovered her hands above the vial with a bright-orange, almost ethereal substance inside it.
As she did so, the orange substance started to become more active, excitedly growing little wisps of flames above it, seemingly trying to reach out towards the woman's hands. Leanne then whispered something under her breath, and a ball of fire appeared atop her palm.
Evin, Kon and her mother gasped in surprise, as it was their first time seeing magic so close in action. Evin looked over towards his father, but the latter seemed uninterested, seeming more offended, rather than impressed.
the voice commented.
"The World of Fire, as you can probably guess from its name, is a World that allows you to create fire and control heat to a certain degree. If you become a more skilled mage, you'll be able to do much more than just a simple ball of fire like this one," Leanne said and got rid of her spell, and reminded the two children, "But of course, we must always be careful of misusing our powers to hurt anyone else, especially non-mages. Willfully, or accidentally. Both of which will be heavily punishable by the laws of the kingdom."
Evin nodded solemnly. Though he really didn't think he would be mad enough to set someone else on fire, in the first place.
"Well, you'll learn more about these in the Academy, so you don't have to worry about it for now," Leanne said with a smile, before moving over to the next vial.
This one was the most normal out of the six, as it simply looked like water. The only notable difference was that it looked much bluer compared to how normal water would look inside a glass cup. Even when the mage's hands hovered above it, it didn't show any reactions like the previous Shard.
Advertisement
Leanne whispered something else under her breath, and a stream of water materialized out of the air. It danced around the two children playfully, before regathering near Leanne and turning into a chilling icicle.
"Ivelisi, The World of Water. Allows a mage to create and control water and ice."
the voice said, as Leanne went towards the next vial.
It contained a handful of loose, beige-looking sand, which would solidify and climb up towards Leanne's hands as it closed in on it. Like before, Leanne didn't really do anything with the World Shard itself, started chanting, and a thin strand of scattered sand appeared in the room. More and more of it started appearing, before it all solidified into a shield and sword in her hands.
"Tenarak, the World of Earth. As you can see, become strong enough with it, you'll be able to bend the lands to your will. But of course, you'll only be able to raise a handful of sand and dirt using it at first," Lean chuckled.
the voice urged suddenly.
Evin tried to ignore him, but the voice seemed very adamant on this fact.
"Lady Leanne, can you bend metal to your will with that World?" Evin asked finally. Well, he was curious about this fact as well, and it didn't hurt him in any way so he didn't mind indulging the voice a bit.
"Great question. The short answer to that is that you can, eventually. It's just going to take a while for you to get to that point and as far as I know, there aren't any shortcuts to reach that point either. Well, if you study more about the Worlds in the future, you'll see why," Leanne explained and went towards the next vial.
This one was a bit weird, as at a glance, it only looked empty. If only one focused harder on it, they'd see a gas of some sorts swirling inside the vial in a lively manner. With Leanne's chant, a lively breeze ran circles across the room a few times before dying out.
"Seyethe, the World of Air. Sometimes called the Stormfreer's world, as the more well-known mages of this world tend to bring about a storm or a tornado upon the world in a fit of boredom. But of course, most other mages prefer to use it together with another World to fly around or simply create comfortable breezes around themselves."
Advertisement
the voice muttered.
Evin didn't really agree with it, but the idea of flying around in the sky did sound cool.
Leanne held her hands over the next vial, which held a brightly shining white orb of some sorts floating inside. The closer Leanne's hand got, the brighter it shone. Once again, Leanne chanted and a brilliant light appeared inside the room. It shined atop the onlookers, becoming brighter and brighter, as if it was demanding to have everyone around witness its glory.
"Lumiaris, the World of Light. A favorite of the late King Roland. Which makes it a favorite among many young and aspiring mages as well," Leanne chuckled, "As for its use, well, as you could see just now, you can make very bright lights using it. This World is used heavily in lighting our kingdom in the darkness of night."
the voice snarled.
Evin obviously wasn't going to bother caring about the voice's opinions. He ignored it and looked towards the final vial.
This one contained something a bit difficult to explain. The vial's inside was pitch black, which disoriented Evin greatly, since his mind was telling him that nothing existed in that spot he was looking at. The only way he could tell its location was through the shimmer that the glass vial emitted. But when Leanne held her hands over the vial, something quite disturbing occurred. The dark, gas-like substance started gathering, creating a chaotic web made of some black, vein-like matter.
Leanne then walked up to the wall next to the window and chanted something like she always did. For a few seconds, nothing seemed to occur, but before Evin could understand what had happened, Leanne disappeared from his sight, as if no one was standing in the corner in the first place.
Evin bend his body to the right, trying to make out the woman's silhouette in the darkness. Through great effort, his eyes finally managed to find the woman's outlines, though Evin was sure that if he wasn't actively searching for her, he wouldn't have seen her.
"Exivear, The World of Darkness," Leanne explained as she reappeared, "If you want to blend in with the shadows, maybe hide out some impending threat, Exivear is for you. When you become strong enough, you can cover an entire area with artificial darkness, so you won't even need to search for a dark spot to become invisible."
the voice stated his verdict.
Evin would've agreed normally, but something about this World of Darkness interested him greatly. Of course, since he couldn't reply to the voice, he could only stare silently at the mage in front of him.
"These six worlds are what's called the Elemental Worlds. There are six more worlds which are classified as Conceptual Worlds, but I won't be able to demonstrate what they can do to you today. If you wish to learn more about them, you can do so here at the Academy later," Leanne smiled. "What I'm going to do, is to help you choose one of these World Shards to absorb, as this will be the first step of your journey as the kingdom's mage."
Evin really wanted to act excited about the prospect, but with his father staring daggers down his back, he could only nod slightly.
"If it was possible, the kingdom would've let the two of you take in all twelve of the World Shards, but of course, these things are rare, especially the Conceptual ones."
the voice ordered.
"How do we get the other Shards for ourselves?" Evin parroted.
"When you start studying in the Academy, you'll have many chances to obtain a World Shard for yourself. Well, you don't have to worry about it now," Leanne waved her hand, "Now, try holding your hands over these six vials, if you're compatible with them, the World Shard inside will try to reach out to you."
Advertisement
Reverse Isekai
An immortal jellyfish is ripped from her home in the sea to a world where her body gets saturated with magic and she gains sentience, a humanoid body, and an army. now on a quest to find the man who brought her to this world she arrived stranded on a world with no magic where she will have to slowly build her strength back up, to find the man who brought her out of her ordinary monotonous life and gave her a new life of fun and excitement. [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 73Balefire - A LitRPG Apocalypse
Mateo wasn't a fan of the blue sun. It froze the air dry, turned the trees around into popsicle sticks, and it had to bring with it a horde of monsters with faces not even a mother could love. Thrust into this world where nowhere was to be safe, maybe uncle Pedro's summer camp wasn't so bad after all. After getting a hold of some–ironically–fire magic, Mateo had all the tools he needed to get back to his family. He just had to learn how to not die first. New chapter posted everyday from Monday to Friday.
8 181Life as an Alpha-Knight
An Oneshot story for my KBN character called Scar. He is known to be one of the heaviest KBN due to him having his armor enhanced with a special material that is heat resistant and unable to crack after multiple hits, but the armor can be compromised by swords made by the same material or its alternative substance. This story is also respectful to Madangel (MadAngel @M_A_C4788Lcl) and Zyes (ZYES @オンライン上映會新作公開予定 @studioHAIROSTA) on twitter. I wish you check them out their content are amazing.
8 129Ned and Conor
High school friends separated by the world. When they encounter each other again....something seems different.
8 191The Holy Dark Dragon King's Resting Place
She was the strongest assassin in the world.She is the most mysterious person in the world.No one knows her origin, no one knows her parents, no one knows how she became like she is, but they all know she is no longer human.With her revenge complete, she wants her eternal rest, but it seems fate doesn't want that and she is summoned to a magical world"""If the gods won't let me rest in their place, I'll rest inside myself"shorter summary: summoned in fantasy world, search for who she is while trying to enjoy her lifeCurrently dropped, my writing method was horrible, I'm gonna rewrite it all eventually, so this is dropped for now
8 1941 am » poetry
when you still have this tiny, tiny bit of hope inside of you that they will learn how to love you again,even if there's this bigger part that knows: they never will.© sushitae-「 highest ranking: #19 in poetry 」
8 350