The Forsaken Hero

Their new magic was a remarkable spell that took our combined knowledge of healing sunpurge and Corruption and pushed it in an entirely new direction. While Requiem focused purely on cleansing the taint and scars from one’s body and soul, it directed that same energy into a large-scale support spell. What’s more, because of its core in Fate Magic, it could lock onto specific souls, differentiating between friend and foe.

Such a feature was unheard of for large-scale buffs. Even Nexus was different, merely distributing a single-target spell to multiple people. True large-scale support magic typically affected an entire area indiscriminately. Using them in battle was risky, as there was a good chance you’d strengthen your enemies as much as your allies.

"I got the inspiration from your Grand Aegis, actually," R’lissea said, beaming with pride. "The ability to lock onto souls is unique to Fate Magic, and you unconsciously built that foundation into Requiem."

I nodded slowly, rapidly reverse-engineering the spell to understand the process they had used to create it. It was an incredible feat of magic, but not overly difficult to grasp. I felt confident I could replicate the spell, though expecting anyone else in Enusia to achieve the same would be unrealistic.

"So it can strengthen either the body," I muttered, tail swishing in thought.

"Hey!" R’lissea giggled as my tail swiped over her folded legs, the tip dragging across her stomach.

I froze, blushing as I realized she was still sitting right behind me, brushing my hair. Apologizing, I quickly snatched my tail and held it in my lap.

"It doesn’t just make your body stronger," Elise added. "It actually strengthens magical techniques! We did a little testing, which made Fable’s fifth-circle attack break through one of R’lissea’s sixth-level shields!"

"My defensive magic’s not the best," the Life Hero admitted, "But the effects are pretty impressive. The only problem is that it takes a lot of mana to sustain, even more, if you’re casting it over a wide area."

I nodded, mind racing with the possibilities. It latched onto the body, linking it directly with fate, or in other words, the weave of the realm itself. It wasn’t so much empowering the technique itself as giving it special "privileges." Mana was used to change the natural order of things to produce incredible effects, but a good deal of a spell or technique went into overcoming the realm’s natural resistance to that change of order. When one is linked with fate, it seemed like the realm recognized the technique as a part of the natural order, thus allowing the full power of the attack to manifest.

I sat back, my tail twitching excitedly to the point it nearly escaped my grip. "Did you try it with souls, too? Or just the physical body?"