Chapter 282 : Chapter 282
Chapter 282. Fireball Master
Fulan stayed in her dormitory, seated at her desk and writing rapidly across the page with a pen. She was drafting yet another paper.
“Phew!”
After writing the final stroke, Fulan let out the breath she had been holding in her chest. Writing this paper had given her a headache from all the studying it required.
She looked at the latest mathematical paper on Fireball on her desk, then checked her panel.
A notification appeared in her mind.
【You have once again established a scale of analysis for the study of Fireball. Fireball Proficiency +10000】
【Fireball (Extraordinary) (Proficiency: 53690/100000)】
Seeing that Fireball’s proficiency had finally passed the halfway mark, Fulan’s exhausted body felt a little more awake.
She was currently using mathematical results from Earth to grind Fireball proficiency.
Honestly, as long as she learned Earth’s mathematics and then applied it to the analysis of Fireball, the panel kept steadily increasing her proficiency.
Although the panel gave her no improvement in mathematics itself, every time she learned part of a mathematical method and wrote it out, seeing Fireball’s proficiency on the panel climb so rapidly gave her a sense of satisfaction.
She had only recently started using mathematical methods to grind Fireball proficiency. Before that, there had been two reasons she had not done so.
The first was that she had not had the time.
The second was that she had originally planned to save those mathematical methods for later spells.
As long as she attached the label of analyzing those spells and then talked about mathematics in the paper, she would gain proficiency. What a wonderful thing that was.
But after experimenting a few times, she gave up on that idea and instead decided to throw all of her mathematical methods into Fireball.
There were several reasons for doing this.
The first was that she did not know how to distribute those mathematical methods. Logically speaking, saving them for later would be best, since later spells were naturally more powerful.
But by the time she reached the Fifth Tier, would that not already be too late? If she stacked a few more professions, her strength might increase more than if she merely went mad raising a single spell.
And waiting until such a late stage would simply take too long. She could not stand putting something good off for that far in the future.
The second reason was that the higher the spell tier, the more complex its spell structure became.
While using mathematics to analyze them was not especially difficult for Fulan, it still took a great deal of time.
Just analyzing a Second-Tier spell would take her roughly three days, while analyzing Fireball might only require a few hours for her to finish thinking through the general process in her head.
So it was better to save time and use it on a basic spell that was easier to improve.
The third reason was Fireball’s current proficiency. Fireball had already reached over fifty thousand points. She only needed a little more time to push it beyond Extraordinary.
And after that, she would be able to reach the proficiency level above Extraordinary as well, so long as she spent enough time on it.
Fulan herself had always trusted the power the panel granted to highly proficient skills.
So, taking everything together, Fulan had decided to devote every mathematical method she knew to the analysis of Fireball. She was determined to take Fireball’s proficiency as far as possible.
The only thing restricting her now was her own level of mathematics. She first had to truly learn those methods before she could apply them to Fireball.
In her previous life, Fulan had not been some great mathematics genius either. Her current level of mathematics was built entirely through powerful thinking ability and abundant reference materials.
Although she had major advantages when it came to learning mathematics, learning those things still took a very long time.
“Slowly, step by step. That is enough for today.”
After ending today’s mathematics study, Fulan said that to herself.
This painful yet somewhat enjoyable process of study had left her unable to sit still any longer. She could only let herself go do something else first.
She swept her gaze over her panel, then suddenly noticed that there was something new in the Traits section.
【Fireball Master (Your understanding and application of Fireball have left the vast majority of people far behind. When it comes to Fireball, you are truly a master.)】
Fulan looked at the vague description and did not quite understand what exactly this trait had brought her.
But in a situation like this, practice was naturally the most effective course of action.
Right there in her room, she cast Fireball. The moment she used it, she immediately sensed the difference.
Although nothing had changed in terms of the spell’s power or its Mental Power cost, Fulan felt that a qualitative change had taken place in her skill with Fireball.
She no longer had the feeling of merely casting Fireball. Instead, she had the feeling that her Fireball itself had become extremely powerful.
She felt that, without using Mental Power to forcibly achieve Instant Spellcasting, her speed in casting Fireball had increased by a full fifty percent.
And while holding the Fireball, she felt like a master marksman, as though she could send it wherever she wished.
She flipped over the palm supporting the Fireball, and the Fireball moved beneath her hand.
This was an action explicitly forbidden by the Elemental School when teaching Fireball.
That was because it was very easy for the Fireball above the hand to lose stability in that position. It would either shoot forward or explode directly in the caster’s hand, injuring the mage’s own palm.
Many mages simply did not possess the level of control needed for Fireball. There were even quite a few who, after reaching the Second Tier, still could not cast Fireball with a clenched fist and absolutely had to keep their palm open.
That was why one of the cautions in Fireball training was that the palm used to release Fireball must never be turned downward.
Fulan had never tried such flashy tricks before. Although she could definitely do it after a few rounds of practice, she had never been motivated to.
What she did next would make any bystander stare in shock, because she began to control the Fireball and move it around her body.
At first, it moved very slowly and only along her arm. But after controlling it slightly, she was soon able to make the Fireball circle her body once per second while remaining tightly pressed against it.
This kind of behavior was also strongly emphasized as forbidden during Fireball training.
That was because, after repeated optimization, the spell model for Fireball had settled on an open palm as the best supportive guidance form. Other methods were all far inferior.
At most, some mages might show off a flashy trick by guiding their Fireball along their arm. Someone capable of that was already considered extremely proficient in Fireball.
In fact, one generally could not reach such a level without having Fireball explode on one’s body several times first.
As for what Fulan was doing now—making Fireball race around her body at high speed—it would make anyone suspect that Fireball must have exploded on her hundreds of times.
Otherwise, how could she possibly have attained such a terrifying level of control?
“This trait is quite good.”
Fulan was very satisfied with the effect this trait had brought.
What she gained from it was not merely methods for controlling Fireball, but a complete set of refined techniques for handling flames.
To put it simply, after gaining this trait, Fulan could practically explain to others how she controlled a Fireball and then teach them to master the same method.
And that was the frightening strength of the 【Fireball Master】 trait. It seemed she had truly become a master in the field of Fireball.
But the trait was not limited to that. Fulan could also sense that it could be applied to other spells as well.
She immediately cast 【Great Fireball】, and a Fireball nearly as large as she was appeared in her hand.
Then, as though she were controlling an ordinary Fireball, she moved the Great Fireball behind her.
“Not bad. This trait also gives me the ability to freely control fire elements.”
Fulan began to sense the fire elements in the air and slightly gathered them into a sphere, forming a Fireball.
This Fireball was not produced by using a spell structure. Instead, it was formed directly by condensing fire elements.
“If I had some spell like Flame Shield, then I could probably master it instantly even without the panel.”
Flame Shield was a spell that, once cast, released flames onto the body. Unlike an ordinary Shield Spell, it only had damage-reduction capabilities and could not completely block incoming attacks.
Moreover, when someone struck you in melee, the flames on your body could travel along their weapon and counterattack. It was a spell from the Sword Chant School.
But Fulan simply had no need for that. She had no time to chant flames into being just to burn others.
Her Dragon Flame would probably reduce the enemy to nothing in an instant anyway, so Fireball was far more practical.
“All right. That is enough for this new trait and the mathematics for now. I will continue researching them later.”
“So what should I do next?”
The first thing Fulan thought of was Runology. She needed to find statues of gods, but when she made that decision earlier, she had underestimated the difficulty of the matter.
She was still in the Northern Society right now and simply could not go elsewhere to search for statues of those gods.
“So I can only look for them in the Spirit Realm?”
Just like the Material Realm, the Spirit Realm also contained many gods. It was only that at the apprentice stage, apprentices were not allowed to know about many domains where gods existed.
Many Spirit Realm professionals who had only just entered the formal tier gradually came to realize through repeated explorations that such gods truly existed in this world.
She could search the Spirit Realm for regions where gods existed, but...
“I do not have any Spirit Realm Guide Item in hand...”
Fulan frowned. The only guide item she currently possessed was the one for Emerald Market, but she did not really dare go to that market right now.
Besides, because it had been attacked, it was currently closed. Even if she wanted to go, she could not.
And even if she wanted to visit those domains where gods existed, she would at least need guide items for those domains. If she had nothing at all, the efficiency would be far too low.
“I should just wait until next week and go with Nora to a new market. I can buy some guide items there, and also see whether they have a guide item for the Sun Domain.”
“But I still have to wait a while before I can go. For now...”
“I can make a few preparations for helping the Lord of Radiance develop believers. I should go find Anna.”