Chapter 264: A Peek of the Future
As Sage Astra kept explaining to us how Louie developed his own version of "time magic," she moved on to tell us about the use of the crystal ball.
After Louie became a sage, Astra studied his time magic and read about the crystal ball relic in an ancient tome.
She said that it had been hidden in a cave in the frozen wastes of the Northern Empire and that it had taken her an entire year to find it.
Once she had it, she returned to the tower with it and practiced Louie’s magic on it. She read on the tome that only magic that could control time would work on it, so she kept trying until she got the results she wanted.
"Louie’s magic can only bring a person to a past state, but not years. At most, he can bring them ten minutes to the past..." she said.
’Well, that sounds logical. Making someone’s body go back a few years to make them younger would probably require an excessive amount of MP...’ I thought.
"In other words, it’s good to fix quick mistakes but not long-term decisions..." said Melina.
"Correct. That’s why I had to tweak his spell quite a bit to make it work on the crystal ball..." Astra affirmed.
When she placed her hand on the crystal ball, green energy began emanating from it, turning into a liquid substance that revolved around the inside of the glass.
"This relic allows us to peek into the future, but only little snippets of it..." she said, adding more MP to the relic.
After a few seconds, we all focused on the crystal ball as it began to show different images.