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Mana tapped her staff around the window, frost forming around the stone edges. Next, she tapped the ledge she was sitting on, below the window. Cold air curled around in swirling patterns before freezing. Mana got off the ledge as the frost reached her legs, cold ice nipping her skin.
"That's cold."
Mana glanced over her little experiment with frost magic. She nodded, looking pleased. Turning around, she was just about to ask Mahado for his approval, when she remembered that the magician had left suddenly early this morning. A tear escaped her soft brown eyes, trickling down her cheek.
"You didn't even say goodbye..." She whispered.
A head peeked around the corner of the door, red eyes searching and observant.
Atem watched Mana cry to herself, feeling a bit sorrowful. 'The least Mahado could've done before leaving would've been to say goodbye to his own apprentice.' Shaking his head, Atem left, giving Mana her space.
The sun beat down overhead, heat waves shimmering in the air. Mahado wasn't bothered though. He strode along, determination rolling off him.
Unbeknownst to him, Ipiria was still following him, using the sun and her height in the air to her advantage. Even if Mahado were to look up, the brightness of the sun made Ipiria's form waver in his eyes, and her exact height in the sky made her look like a bird rather than a Ka.
Mahado thought about the numerous spellbooks stored in the inter-dimensional rift. Flicking his staff, the gem glowed, and a black tear in the air formed. Opening up, the bag floated out. Mahado picked through the bag, riffling through numerous spellbooks before finding the one he wanted.
He closed the rift after putting the bag back in with another twirl of the staff, the gem glowing brighter before fading, the swirling colors dulling a bit.
(He really likes twirling that staff. *Twirl Twirl* :3)
The spellbook he picked was quite elegant. The book cover was a soft yellow. Gold colored metal covering the book binding curled upwards and over the front and back of the book, forming jagged shapes of lighting. A bright stone star with the purest white stones to be found in Egypt was in the middle of the front book cover.
Written in fancy hieroglyphs on the front were the words: The Power Of Pure Lightning And Holy Magic.
Mahado smiled to himself, tucking the book under one arm. Seeing a small cliff to his right, he turned towards it, scaling the rocky cliff with ease. Sitting down near the edge of the cliff, he laid his staff down, pulling out the book from under his arm.
Flipping through the first few pages, he scanned the difffult hieroglyphics written for magicians with an expert eye.
"Hmm. Some require specific events...like a full moon, water from Sobek's Temple, even some that reqire the rare white Full Moon Flower."
(Made it up. It only blooms during the full moon, in the coldest of desert nights.)
Turning the page, he saw one that worked to his advantage. He read it out loud.
"Let's see...The Chain Lightning Spell.
If you know how to create static even in the most worst conditions of air, then this is a spell for you.
When you have filled the air with enough static, focus on the magic flowing through your veins. Imagine it like a running electrical current, sparks flying. The flow of magic will be released from your fingers into the static filled air.
Sparks from your fingers will collide with the sparks swirling in the air. Numerous little currents of lightning will flicker through the air.
If you are a trained magician, you can create bigger currents. With the electricity already flowing from your fingers...
(You have to keep a constant flow of electricity. This will drain your Ba to dangerously low levels. As you know, Ba is the energy we use for summoning Ka. But it can also be used by well trained magicians for powerful spells. The more Ba you have...the more powerful spells, and Ka, you can use.)
...you can attach the strong currents to an object. Most magicians will have some sort of staff or weapon to attach the electricity to. Using the now charged object, whatever it is, you can channel it's energy either into the air, forming stronger currents and even some lighting...or into the ground, where the currents will seek out an object, whether it's a person or not...and electrocute it with powerful shocks.
It doesn't matter if the ground cannot conduct electricity. Since your electricity is not natural because it's formed from your own energy, it will be compatible with whatever situation you're in."
Mahado nodded. "Hmm. Quite simple but requires a constant use of Ba. This shouldn't be too much of a problem, but I still have to be careful. Now. For a Holy Light Spell."
He flipped through a few more pages, scanning the elaborate hieroglyphs. Spotting one, he again, read it out loud.
"Holy Light Spells can differ from being easy, to extremely dangerous and complex. Let's start with one that's in the middle between easy and difficult.
Flip to page 592-600 if you need the harder Holy Light Spells.
For the easier ones...flip to page 576-579.
If you want to keep reading the Holy Light Spells for middle difficulty, stay in the pages between the two aforementioned ones."
Mahado read further down the page.
'Hmm.'
One of the Holy Light Spells required a vast knowledge of the position of the sun. Mahado read it out loud.
"Using a bit of a thin sheet of ice that you have created, use it accordingly to the position of the sun. The light will shine through the ice, creating a light beam. By injecting more Ba into the light now streaming from the ice, you can turn it into powerful blasts, which can cause quite a lot of damage, depending on how much Ba you plan to use.
If the sun is not in an appropriate position in the sky, or if clouds are obscuring you from using the sun's energy, this Spell can be modified.
Instead of using a sheet of ice, you can also concentrate on the molecules of air. By injecting your Ba into the molecules, they will form into sharpened spikes of light.
This will be quite a bit more difficult, so to save yourself from stress, make sure you check the weather ahead of time."
Mahado nodded. "Hmm. Quite interesting. Not too hard. But, in order to conserve my Ba, I'll use these weaker spells until I have been beaten. Only then, shall I perform the forbidden ritual."
Standing up, he grabbed his staff. Concentrating, he imagined his veins coursing with electricity. Feeling the surge of power, he held out the staff in the hand he was concentrating on. Sharp yellow sparks flashed from his fingers, curving around the staff, crackling.
He released some Ba filled with electricity into the air, his Millennium Ring glowing to speed the process up. Now, with static filled air, and the staff, Mahado looked upwards towards the sky. Raising his staff, he shot more Ba into the lightning, fueling it.
The electricity crackled dangerously before flying from the staff into the sky, parting the clouds.
The sky rumbled, before a crackling bolt of lightning shot down onto the ground, splitting the dry rocky ground a bit. Crackling volts still danced madly around Mahado.
Ipiria had landed on the same cliff as Mahado, quite a far way's away. She watched with awestruck wonder at the commanding power of electricity Mahado was wielding.
Isis was equally amazed.
'But that is to be expected.' She thought with a tiny smile.
'Mahado is well known for being one of the most powerful magicians, if not the best. But he shouldn't consume all of his Ba. I shouldn't worry though. Mahado is very intelligent.
But are the spells he's planning to use be enough?
From what I have gathered from my vision of Bakura..he will not be easily defeated. Waiting is not a very good way in the case of Bakura. That boy seems very unpredictable.
Mahado understands that.
Which is why he has made such reckless decisions.'
Isis observed Mahado through Ipiria's eyes, seeing the magician falter a bit from consuming so much energy.
"Be careful..." She murmured.
End Of Chapter Fifteen
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