Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 173 The Essence of Arcane Magic

In the end, Song Zhong decided to tell them, since there were no knowledge confidentiality requirements in the main city of Hei Mai.

Inside the metal pavilion, Songzhong resigned himself to his fate and said, "Etherstone is a unique mineral in our world, and it is the fifth [Shape] element in the world."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. Upon hearing the word "shape," it was as if a key had finally unlocked the secrets of all the unique effects of ether magic.

It turns out that the fifth element is shape.

indeed.

If there is no fifth element, ether, and only the four elements, then what is the difference between the material plane and the energy world, and the elemental world?

The fifth element, ether, gives shape to all elements, forming a powerful material barrier to the material world compared to the elemental and energy planes.

Therefore, crushing the most ordinary aether stone can change the state of an enemy's weapon, because it changes the "shape" of the enemy's weapon.

Therefore, adding aetherite to a potion that enhances mental strength can strengthen the potion's effects and increase its effectiveness in boosting mental strength.

If that's the case, then having access to the underground world and occupying this ether mine would be an incredible bargain.

Song Zhongdao said, "Arcanists in the past discovered the static ether element among the magical elements, and thus developed arcane magic using the ether element."

"The etheric element can [deepen] mental power, making the spell structure more complex than that of ordinary wizards."

"This is arcane magic. Arcane magic is more difficult to cast than ordinary magic because each spell model becomes more complex after being enhanced by the etheric element."

"If ordinary spells are like adding several planar triangles, then arcane magic is like adding several curved solid triangles."

"In this way, the mana consumption of spells can be reduced, and the allocation of mana for spells becomes more reasonable, and the power is also slightly increased. The biggest improvement is the reduction in consumption and the accuracy of attacks."

"Furthermore, every arcanist knows a basic spell called Arcane Absorption."

"We will recover the magic power that has dissipated into the air, minimizing our own consumption."

"Our arcane magic shield is simply the magical energy that dissipates when we use arcane magic. Therefore, our magic shield will automatically deploy and regenerate, requiring almost no mana, although it still consumes some."

"Arcane Blink, on the other hand, is a powerful spell built on ether ore. It can change the shape of our bodies, allow us to pass through air particles, and finally restore our shape to normal a few meters away."

"This is Arcane Blink."

"Spells that only arcanists can use."

A hint of pride played on Song Zhong's lips as he spoke. "Unlike you wizards who consume vast amounts of magic and resources, arcane mages require very little magical resources and cause minimal environmental damage when casting spells."

"Therefore, arcane mages are harmless magicians, while wizards are harmful magicians."

"This fine tradition of arcanists is even based on bloodline and can be passed down to certain members of a family, surpassing that of ordinary wizards in terms of inheritance."

Blom rolled his eyes and said, "A defeated opponent, yet he's still bragging."

"If we follow your line of thinking, we werewolves are even less reliant on magic and consume fewer magical resources. Can I say that werewolves are more powerful than your so-called arcane mages?"

"You're just a prisoner, don't try to brag to me. If you keep bragging, I'll beat you up."

Matsunaka's face turned red and hot from Blom's insults.

She closed her eyes, trying her best not to look at Blom, who had insulted the honor of arcane mages.

Moreover, Matsunaka vaguely felt that Blom's words made sense, but she found it absurd whenever she thought about it.

Su Nan suddenly spoke up: "Clearly, your education has given you this impression. But as I see it, things don't seem to be like that."

The female arcanist lay helplessly on the ground, looking at Su Nan with a puzzled expression.

Su Nan said, "Let me translate what you said for you."

"The reason why arcanists pursue extremely complex spell models, precisely recover the magic power dissipated in the air, and accurately calculate the attack power and required attack intensity of spells is because, when the magical tide recedes, although a certain amount of magical power remains in the underworld, this magical power is no longer sufficient to support a normal wizard."

"So, the wizards of that time, who are the ancestors of you arcane sorcerers, felt that they had found a savior after discovering the aetherite. They began to use the aetherite element to refine their spell models, thereby developing arcane magic that consumed less energy."

"That's why arcane magic focuses on precise attacks, recycling, and less mana consumption."

Matsunaka gritted his teeth. "How could a wizard be the origin of arcane magic? The origin of arcane magic is Lady Rose!"

"And how could arcane magic be a variant of wizarding spells developed simply because magical power has decreased! No, you're kidding me, you're kidding me..."

Su Nan continued recounting the facts inferred from the words she heard.

"But the arcane magic developed in this way naturally has many flaws, so many that, under the circumstances of magical tides, it is far inferior to the magical path of orthodox wizarding society."

"First of all, arcane magic is too complex and too difficult to learn, while its power is not significantly increased. Therefore, higher and higher requirements are needed for apprentices."

"The requirements were so high that the original human race might not have produced enough geniuses to learn this newly discovered category of magic. Thus, a type of magic that quantitatively stores most of arcane magic in the human bloodstream was developed."

"The result of this magical transformation is the drow."

"The so-called arcane race of the Drow is because arcane magic is too complex, so they need to use human modification to lower the threshold for learning arcane magic. In fact, if they don't do this, arcane magic requires a lot of calculations while fighting, and has no combat value."

"So the Drow were created by them."

"I don't know whether the earliest wizards were modified from ordinary humans, or their descendants, or their apprentices, but in any case, I do see traces of magical modification in you, and your ancestors were human, just like the cavemen."

This was actually calculated by the AI.

Song Zhong struggled to get up from the ground to refute Su Nan, her face even contorted with rage. "Absurd! How could the ancestors of us Drow people be cave dwellers?"

"Those cavemen, those scum who help wizards..."

"You actually say that my ancestors and that trashy slave race of the cavemen share the same ancestor? Absurd, absurd! Everything you say is false, it's all lies."

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Songzhong's pupils shrank abruptly, and he stopped struggling.

Su Nan said, "It seems you did discover something related to this before. I have another guess now."

"I suspect that it's completely impossible for an ordinary arcanist to advance to a full-fledged wizard through normal means. Or, as you would say, a grand arcanist."

(End of this chapter)