Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 152 – Advancements in Technique

Chapter 152 – Advancements in Technique

“I can’t believe I was gotten with what was basically the brute force of Space magic.”

“Maybe you or I can improve upon it after learning each other’s skills.”

Flick let out a long sigh. “It is certainly a different approach than how it was taught to me.”

Anlesa and Flick proceeded with their training session in the morning. Starting well before the children woke up.

They did quickly resupply their waterskins and Eva picked up a few plants she thought would be useful.

Anlesa and Flick had started with what Luna did to stop Flick’s exit. Luna’s teleportation lockdown was, in truth, a simple spell that attempted to teleport the whole area around them using mana anchors to expand the Space mana range. Now, the reason it was referred to as a lockdown and not wide-area teleportation was simply because it was far too expensive to teleport everything. Using it at all was basically asking to go down to no mana reserves.

But it had its use, by covering the whole area there was no need to be delicate in trying to teleport the opponent to try to cancel out their teleportations.

Flick asked as she sighed, “How did you even come up with your method for it?”

Luna began to recount her method, “From my perspective, I only knew of the result, so I had to find a method to reach it, and as you justifiable called it, brute force method was what I chose.”

“I can’t say it was all brute force, your method of creating anchors was very clever. Of course, the utility of your method is exclusively anti-teleportation and can’t be used for much else.” Said Flick, she tried creating an anchor but she was having difficulty forging one, but it was coming together roughly. “How do you do this…”

“I’ve had more practice creating constructs because of my other attribute, so creating a point was easier for me to manage, but it should be possible for you as you are mostly the way there.” Luna gave a few pointers, “You clearly just don’t have the experience in having your mana stabilise outside your body on its own for periods of time which is fair. Again, it was from my experiences using an attribute that did create physical things outside of my body that I was able to come up with my solution.”

“This might be a bit of a stretch but you seem smart, would it be possible to make an automatic anti-teleportation zone?”

Luna paused, “Theoretically, yes, but in practice it is not as simple. To preface, I am not a spell expert; everything I am about to say is based purely on readings I have done. So, theoretically, it could be, but I am unsure how much more expensive it would be, but it would be substantially more expensive. It might not even be possible with another physical device to work the spell off. Then there is the issue that by becoming automatic it could be easier to to escape as all you would have to do is trick it. For normal Space users, this would be fine, but anyone with your skillset, I would see the user of lockdown having their mana empty instead.”

“That is a lot for someone who is apparently not an expert.”

“If you asked this question to an actual spell crafter, then you would get a vastly different answer.”

After a long talk about Luna’s self-made skill. It was time for the reverse.

“So what part do you want to know?”

“Everything specifically, but the big ones would be how you were able to teleport with momentum and how you were able to teleport so many times.”

“You were really watching intently.” Flick sighed.

“Only another Space user would really understand my latter questions.”

“True, which is why it is so frustrating.” Flick could only complain. She knew ‘Syrus’ was better than most people when it came to Space mana control and understanding. Even if the explanation of ‘having another attribute that creates projections outside the body’ did make sense. There was a gap between having an idea and executing it. There was also the fact she zeroed in on the fact that she could keep her momentum, and while other Space users would be able to recognise that, they would still be far more interested in the rapid teleportation.

But if you could repeatedly teleport, then what weakness would an individual want to remove next?

Anlesa, of course, knew there was the chance Flick wouldn’t tell them everything, but as long as the result was cheaper teleportation, they were fine not having the best teleportation.

Eva, Luna, and Syrus did have different wants and reasons when it came to learning the new teleportation.

Flick thought highly of them for even mentioning momentum keeping as an important upside, but in actuality, Luna didn’t personally care for momentum keeping.

If Luna directed the fight, they wouldn’t be near the enemy. She already tried to stay away from the enemy in a fight, and if she could rapidly teleport, then that would be another safety net. She had close-range options, but primarily she was a ranged attacker.

Syrus had the complete opposite approach. From their testing before, teleporting up close was hard because all the momentum was cut off; she needed to basically re-swing her weapon each time. Now, of course, there were plenty of ways around this—she could be in a position ready to swing before teleporting or utilising magic—both of these were too easy options to pick.

But for Syrus, who felt movement and positioning were an essential part of combat, teleporting had allowed for great positioning, but in a way, it also limited her movement. Many would disagree with Syrus's opinion on the matter if they knew, not that she would care, and she felt allowing for momentum to be retained would greatly increase their effectiveness.

Eva cared about the mechanics of this cheap teleportation. As it removed a major weakness from the attribute’s standard toolkit. They all did care about it, but the difference was Luna and Syrus cared about the result, while Eva cared more about how it was done. She was ready to learn and implement everything she could in her own mana-controlling abilities.

Of course, for momentum retention, if it were a separate skill that Luna had to learn, she would learn it; she very clearly understood that it would be beneficial for them as a whole.

Flick began her explanation, “So, a good place to start would be saying that overall, Space is a safe attribute.”

“Safe is an interesting way to phrase it.” Said Luna.

“It is, but it is true as well. I am also not referring to its combative abilities in that statement.” Purple light flashed around Flick, and she teleported, but unlike her previous teleports, the light was far brighter and basically the same colour as Luna’s. It was something they didn’t notice originally, but Flick’s teleports were duller in colour, as if they were less intense.

“That is a standard teleport. Safe as it always will be.” Then Flick teleported around the area a few times in quick succession, there being a four-second gap between each teleport.

“However, that safety comes at a large price. Mana.” Flick sat on the rock by the campfire they were sitting at before. “So you have to destroy that safety, which is a very difficult process.”

Flick gave a slow, thorough explanation of what she called a cliff-jump teleport.

As she said in her quick opening statements. A key aspect of this teleportation was the trading of safety for mana efficiency.

Space mana was used to teleport, spread around the whole body, everything they touched, and the surrounding area to create what Flick called a ‘safe bubble.’ Inside this safe bubble, what was supposed to be teleported could be without any issue. However, the issue was that this safe bubble was extremely expensive and practically unnoticeable.

While on paper this solution may sound simple, it was far more complicated than that. Outside the standard facts of people simply assuming that it was a requirement of how Space magic worked, if they even understood that step.

It wasn’t as simple as just stopping the mana from spreading. Space mana liked to spread out when in use; attempting to stop that flow went against its nature. It was part of the reason Flick had a hard time creating the anchors.

Trying to keep the mana close to the body was something Luna had tried to do before but had no success, as she would end up simply fizzling out her own teleportation.

“There will be a lot of trial and error, but I wouldn’t recommend teleporting until you can get it right. The idea is that we are removing the natural safety mechanism, and that does bring about its own dangers.” She explained the risks. By keeping the mana close, the chance of failure increased as it became easier for the teleportation to be interrupted by physical threats. There was also the issue that if you didn’t align the mana correctly, it was possible to not teleport everything with you, which could lead to dangerous results. However, that nasty result from Flick’s explanation mostly occurred for learners who hadn’t mastered the basics of the technique or masters who, in the pursuit of reaching higher levels of perfection, generate even greater risk.

[The detail she is giving to us is surprising…] (Eva)

[Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.] (Syrus)

[I’m not, I simply figured she would be hiding more..?] (Eva)

[Maybe she is.] Luna said. [We don’t know the full extent of her abilities, and there could be many other reasons she is not worried.]

[Can you list a few? I am curious.] (Eva)

[Sure, Lilly. Outside of the simple ones of this not actually being the more efficient way. She could simply believe that we might learn this skill anyway in the future, even if she didn’t teach us.] (Luna)

[Isn’t that a stretch?] Syrus asked. She did believe in Luna’s abilities, but she did see Luna as a mighty genius. Syrus had seen people from families who had supposedly studied the Space attribute for years and still hadn’t reached a spot close to the result Flick and whoever taught her had.

[Maybe, but with Eva’s help, if we spent a long while purely studying Space magic we might be able to crack something.] (Luna)

[But we don’t have that time.] (Syrus)

[She doesn’t need to know that.] Luna replied, and with her words spoken, they continued to learn as much as they could before everyone woke up, and their journey continued.

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