Pestilence: Rise Of The Pure Undead

As the months passed, as the day of the field trip grew closer, the intensity and duration of Rosemary's classes increased exponentially, studying the various applications of magic in as much details as was sensible, some like Marl, the talented cleric, focused more on the applications of the holy obviously, which Rosemary was also knowledgeable enough to teach him in.

Today however, it was about three particular techniques shared amongst all energies, the techniques in question could actually be considered as one split into three steps, although most wouldn't go past the first, and even more would not be touching upon the third.

"The first step is called 'Vertex', it refers to the utilisation of mana at the maximum possible power you can manage, as well as pushing the limit, the additional mana you can add, it is nothing but pure energy used in its most bare form, it can only be considered as truly learned when you can maintain it, due to its nature, it can hardly be used as projectile, and is mostly reserved for physical reinforcement, be careful however, it can cause a toll if you use it for too long without proper training" she explained, the concept was well-known, so it was nothing new to the students but she still made certain to remind them the dangers.

Although it sounded simple on paper, managing to maintain both one's output and limit to the constant peak possible required a certain finesse, which could only be achieved with ample training and experience, after all, such a technique was most useful in combat, so even if technically mastered by simply training, once in an actual situation, it wouldn't hold up for even a second.

"You don't need to actually learn vertex, this exercise is only meant to improve your control over the output of your spells, though, if you do manage to learn it, I'll add points to the next few exams" she shined a smile at them, making them all grumble, that was such an obvious to bait to force them to try even harder than usual, but despite this, they all gobbled it up because she had promised that the tests that would come after the field trip would be much more difficult, and Rosemary never lied, to them at least.

Milo steeled his focus, knowing that power and limit were his bread and butter, he had to spend a lot of time learning to control his outrageously potent mana, he had more experience than his classmates in that regard, he just add to find the right balance.

Controlling and keeping his mana at its maximum, coursing through his body was achieved rather easily, so the rest of this lesson was spent to truly discover the utmost height of his limit, meaning the additional mana he could add on top of this, like layers, each would need to be at maximum power as well, and this is when he began to realise that it would be a difficult affair.

As it turns out, he could add a hefty amount of additional mana to his reinforcement, meaning that accomplishing vertex would be more difficult, one with a subpar output and limit but good enough manipulation would be able to do vertex more easily.

That was a good thing however, the greater those two aspects were, the more impressive the results would be, Milo's vertex was set to be exceptionally potent.

Everyone was progressing at their own pace, some attempting it immediately, others like Milo testing the grounds beforehand, others trying to mimic a vertex, simply doing the opposite and using the minimum power and only a single layer of additional mana to try and get a good idea of what the balance should be like.

Helena belonged to the third group, her impressive manipulation allowing her to easily maintain it together with much more ease, then slowly working her way up, there were no methods that were better than the other, only methods best suited to individuals.

"The two lovebirds are very talented despite not having noble upbringings, especially that Helena girl, although Milo's element is rather peculiar"

"Indeed, they are quite good, but each of my students have their strong points, Griar is very lucky to have the sword element, he is already surprisingly good at infusing his sword, perhaps we'll get to see the rise of someone capable of giving Pierre-Ornée a run for his money, in a few dozen years" Rosemary rubbed her chin, a proud smile on her face, even with how good and famous she was, not every students she had taught had become good, certain people were simply not meant to become mages, like Marl and some of the other talent holders, but they had predetermined paths they could always fall back on.

"But if I may ask, do you have any idea what Milo's element is all about? I have never seen or heard anything like it before?"

"My apologies Mary, I do not, I can only feel the fact that something about it is odd"

"If some of them manage to properly learn vertex by then, would you consider teaching them about apex and transcend?" he then asked, seemingly quite interested.

"I wouldn't mind, but beyond vertex, it gets a bit too dangerous" shaking her head, she remembered her very first attempts at both of those, it was a good thing she knew how to heal.

"I can't police what they do in their free time anyways, the path of magic is filled with dangers, those who attempt to circulate their mana without proper guidance or knowledge tend to die or cripple themselves in some way, apex and transcend are even more dangerous, and there is no real way of doing it without risking injuries, even vertex can be a bit dangerous"

Silence befell the entire area, only groans and low cursing words sometimes coming from the students filled the air, Osworth and Rosemary just observed in silence, their efforts as unfruitful as could be expected on their first attempts.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

A few more lessons passed by without anyone managing to do it, though, a few were getting very close, standing just next to the edge, one more step and they would manage to accomplish their first vertex.

"Would you look at this Mary, seems like you might have to give out free points"