150: Chapter 150: Choosing the Mage Path 150: Chapter 150: Choosing the Mage Path Seeing Zhao Guang’s eagerness to learn, Ocoro was also very pleased.
After all, he had always been the one being taught; now, to educate someone he respected was an incomparable sense of achievement.
“I’ll talk about the special types, as well as the nature attribute.”
“The so-called nature attribute involves communicating with nature and absorbing its power to compose one’s Magic Power, enabling control over plants for attack, as well as harnessing some natural forces.
However, connecting with nature is not easy.”
“Typically, this ability is possessed by elves and a few Beastmen, which could be considered a racial ability.”
Zhao Guang understood; indeed, there were such types.
He wondered if there were any shape-shifting Druids.
He hadn’t expected that some Beastmen could also achieve this.
Were Humans and nature incompatible?
Considering himself, he shouldn’t think about following this path; he had never heard of anyone on Earth being able to communicate with nature.
“Is there more?” Indeed, Magic seemed far more dazzling than Combat Energy.
“There’s Divine Arts and Evil Magic.
Divine Arts, as they are called, involve praying to Divines and then receiving power from them.
Typically, whatever Spell the Divine grants, that’s what they’ll use, with no other restrictions.”
“Divine Arts are very powerful and quick to invoke, and those practitioners tend to be strong.
However, they are all believers in the Divine, and to expand their influence, Temple folks often do some pretty irrational things.”
Ocoro seemed genuinely dissatisfied with those people.
Right, the struggle between ecclesiastical and royal power, I’m familiar with that.
“What about Evil Magic, is it the opposite of Divine Arts?” Ocoro had just mentioned the two together.
“Not exactly, strictly speaking, Divine Arts are a form of Evil Magic; they are fundamentally the same.
However, believers in different Divines receive entirely different Magic Powers.
They refer to it as Divine Power, and their Spells as Divine Arts.”
“But not all Divines are benevolent; there are many Evil Gods.
To distinguish them, the powers of the Evil God believers are called Evil Magic.
Although they themselves would never see it that way.”
Zhao Guang understood that true villains never see themselves as such.
Especially Divine believers.
They believe everything about the Divine is good, and all commands are correct.
Even if others disapprove or don’t understand, for them, it’s just a matter of following orders.
Such people are completely brainwashed madmen.
Hopefully, I won’t encounter such people in the future; you never know what they might do.
“Alright, I’ve got it.
So, are there any other types?”
Ocoro racked his brains, “Well, there is the soul type.”
“Soul type, how is that different from the mental type?”
“Completely different.
Those with soul-type Magic don’t rely on their own souls but rather on contact with other powerful souls for strength, or by merging with and absorbing soul fragments.”
“Practicing this type of Magic often leads to mental breakdown, or even believing that you are another person.”
“So, this method of cultivation is very dangerous.
And yet, people still choose it?”
“Of course, most who practice this are Beastmen.
Among Beastman Priests, there are nature Priests and Ancestor Priests.
Ancestor Priests worship their ancestors and derive strength from their souls.”
“Because it’s their own ancestors, there are virtually no side effects.
It’s a unique method among Beastmen.”
Beastmen aren’t known for their prowess in Magic but indeed are uniquely skilled in worship.
This is really impressive.
Considering large-scale wars, Beastmen, besides their physical might, seem to be at a disadvantage in all other aspects.
Yet, they often manage to defeat Humans handily, largely thanks to these Priests.
These are also known as War Priests.
Their Spells can significantly enhance the overall Combat Energy of Beastmen.
In this regard, even most Divine Arts cannot compare.
It’s astonishing how they achieve this.
After all, this is about Magic, and since Ocoro isn’t a Mage, his knowledge is limited.
“I can only think of the Dragon Clan’s Magic Power being different due to race.” Ocoro glanced at Zhao, whose Holy Dragon Fighting Energy, strictly speaking, could also be considered a type of Dragon Clan Magic Power.
It’s just that because it uses a Dragon Beast Crystal Core, it doesn’t reach that level.
“In truth, there are many types of Magic Power, but those are the main categories.
I’m not sure about the specifics.
If you want to become a Mage, you have to decide on your path, and once chosen, it’s hard to change.”
It’s not utterly unchangeable; for instance, if one is willing to become a Witch Demon, a change is possible.
“You don’t have to decide so quickly; you have plenty of time to make a choice.”
However, Zhao Guang abruptly stated, “I’ve already decided, if I’m going to learn, I’ll learn the most powerful—spiritual type.”
That’s the weakest,” Ocoro was surprised.
Who could have thought Zhao would choose this?
Illusionist, even throughout the Empire, there aren’t many.
Zhao Guang smiled confidently, “That’s it.
Didn’t you say this was the strongest?”
“In theory, it certainly is the strongest.
Because spiritual Magic Power is very pure, once it’s strong enough, any type of Spell could be used without impediment, and the effects are potent with quick activation.
However, training spiritual Magic Power is very slow.”
“By the time you approach becoming an Advanced Mage in other types of Magic Power, you might not yet have reached the peak of a Junior Mage with spiritual Magic.
And with spiritual type, you won’t even be able to find a mentor; you’ll have to rely on yourself.”
“It’s not like I could find a mentor anyway, so this is it.
You start gathering materials for this type for me.
Oh, and you said all Magic can be used, so I’ll need all the Mage models you can collect.”
“That’ll cost you a lot; think it over.”
Ocoro didn’t want his friend to lack prospects, considering he wasn’t like himself.
“I just want to give it a try; if it doesn’t work out, so be it.” After all, it did seem suitable for him, plus Zhao Guang was already training in top-level Combat Energy.
If the Magic wasn’t strong enough, wouldn’t it fail to complement the Combat Energy?
“You have a point, eventually you’re going to be nobility, and what does it matter if you don’t have the power?
Let’s focus on art together,” Ocoro seemed to reconcile with the thought.
Who wants to focus on art with you, Zhao Guang thought helplessly to himself.