"That's really Ice Magic!"
"It's not compound magic, it's genuine Ice attribute magic energy."
"Amazing."
As soon as Dak demonstrated the Ice attribute energy, the students immediately became excited.
They had truly witnessed the emergence of the sixth major magical system, beyond the established five. They were witnesses to a significant historical moment and also the first batch of people with the chance to become 'Ice' mages.
"Teacher! Can we see even stronger Ice Magic?"
One student eagerly asked.
The other students all looked at Dak with expectant eyes.
In short, they wanted to see how Ice Magic compared to the other four common magical systems.
"Of course."
Dak nodded and waved his hand. "Step back to the school building over there."
The students were momentarily stunned by Dak's words.
They were currently at the center of Westley Plaza, and the school building was two hundred meters away.
"Is it really necessary to be that far away?"
The students' faces showed puzzled expressions, but they didn't argue and obediently retreated to the base of the school building.
"Hah."
Dak didn't explain.
They would soon understand why he had asked them to step back two hundred meters.
Right now, Dak was still in the process of researching magic incantations.
Apart from special or emergency spells, most magic required chanting incantations to be effective.
This was similar to how ninjutsu in the Shinobi world required hand signs. Only a very few individuals could cast spells without incantations or hand signs.
Most people, even after spending their entire lives, could at most simplify the incantations or signs to just one sign or a single syllable.
Dak himself didn't need to use hand signs for ninjutsu.
But that wasn't because of his mastery of ninjutsu; rather, it was due to his Aura abilities and psychic powers that allowed him to effortlessly control the energy within his body.
As long as he understood the chakra flow pattern of a jutsu, he could directly manipulate the chakra in his body without the need for hand signs.
But magic was different.
Dak was far too inexperienced with magic and had only a vague understanding of how magic energy flowed within his body. Therefore, he couldn't use magic without chanting incantations.
Furthermore, Dak hadn't learned many magic incantations.
And when it came to Ice Magic, there were no incantations available for reference whatsoever.
No Ice Magic existed before, which meant Dak had to create Ice Magic incantations himself.
Therefore, the current situation was that he had to use Ice Release ninjutsu to demonstrate the effects of Ice Magic. After all, the visual effects of both were practically the same.
There were two reasons why he had asked the students to step back two hundred meters:
To prevent the students from seeing that he wasn't chanting any incantations. The area of effect for an Ice Release ninjutsu unleashed at full power by someone at the Kage level was approximately a 200-meter-radius circle.
Of course, if special energy was used to enhance the technique, the range could easily exceed a thousand meters, as was the case when he demonstrated for Esdeath before.
But Dak didn't plan to do that now. That kind of power would be too exaggerated in this world and would be classified as 'Six-Point Star' level forbidden magic. The current area wasn't large enough for such a display.
The next move he would perform would be pure Ice Release ninjutsu.
"Super-Rank Magic · Ice Age."
As Dak guided the chakra flow within his body, he came up with a name for this move.
So that if the students asked about it later, he could have something to answer with.
In the world of Zero no Tsukaima, magic was divided into six levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Super, Ultimate, and Forbidden Spells.
This conveniently corresponded to the six ranks of mages.
It also perfectly matched the rankings in the Shinobi world: E, D, C, B, A, and S.
The magic shot earlier with the basic incantation was the lowest level, Beginner Magic, corresponding to E-rank ninjutsu— the first spell all magic apprentices were taught.
The guiding process seemed to take a while, but that was because Dak wanted the students to believe he was chanting an incantation.
The more powerful the magic, the more complex and lengthy the incantation. So Dak intentionally made his 'chanting' take a bit longer.
About five seconds later, Dak suddenly thrust his hand toward the ground.
Whoosh!
The moment the wand struck the ground, all of Westley Plaza underwent a massive transformation.
At the point where the wand met the ground, layers of frost rapidly formed, spreading outward. From time to time, massive icicles would suddenly burst from the ground, shooting skyward.
In just two seconds, a circular ice field with a radius of two hundred meters appeared before the students' eyes. The edge of the ice field stopped precisely near where the students were standing.
The students were utterly dumbfounded.
Their minds couldn't even process what had just happened.
It felt as if, in the blink of an eye, one moment they were standing in the academy's plaza, and the next, they had been transported to the freezing northern tundra of Halkeginia.
"This... this... this..."
"Is this Ice Magic?"
"Ice Magic is so powerful! If we were standing in there just now, we would have been frozen solid or pierced by those icicles, right?"
The students' faces were filled with shock and excitement, and for a moment, their chatter was unstoppable.
They wanted to approach Dak and ask him more questions, but they didn't dare to step onto the frozen field, afraid there might still be lingering effects.
"It's not the Ice Magic that's powerful, but Teacher Dak himself."
Tabitha, whose true strength had already reached the 'Triangle' level and could even momentarily reach the 'Rectangle' level when pushed to her limits, naturally had her own judgment and a more mature insight.
She compared this move to the magical blast Dak had demonstrated earlier, then compared it to the magic of other great mages she had witnessed before.
In the end, she came to one conclusion: She couldn't be sure if Ice Magic itself was strong, but Dak was undoubtedly incredibly powerful.
"Tabitha, can you tell what level Teacher Dak is at?"
Louise's opinion of Dak had completely changed at this point. Her gaze was gradually filled with admiration.
Part of this was due to the stunning visual effects of Ice Magic.
For nobles who admired elegance and grandeur, none of the other magic systems could compare to the spectacular appearance of Ice Magic.
To Louise, Dak was now a noble and powerful young mage.
"I don't know, but he's at least at the 'Rectangle' level."
As a 'Triangle' level mage, Tabitha was well aware of her own limits.
Even though Wind Magic was known for its speed and wide area of effect, achieving the same range of influence as Dak's magic would leave almost no power remaining in the end.
Therefore, Tabitha was certain that Dak's level was definitely above 'Triangle.'
"Rectangle?!"
"That's already the highest level normal people can reach, right?"
"The other teachers are only at the Rectangle level, and they're all in their sixties or seventies."
"Teacher Dak is ridiculously strong. He must be an absolute genius mage!"
The surrounding students were once again shocked by Tabitha's assessment.
No one doubted her words. After all, Tabitha's reputation within the academy was very high.
Even though many of the people present were third-year students, that didn't mean their magical level was higher than Tabitha's.
Tabitha, after all, was of royal blood, possessing one of the most magically gifted bloodlines on the continent.
Just because she could reach the 'Triangle' level in her second year didn't mean others could do the same. Most nobles would barely reach the 'Triangle' level by the time they graduated.
Afterwards, the students saw Dak beckoning them over, and they hurriedly ran toward him.
"Teacher, what was that move just now? It was super cool!"
"Teacher Dak, are you married?"
"Teacher Dak, can we really learn Ice Magic?"
As expected, the students bombarded him with questions after witnessing the power of 'Ice Magic.'
Dak smiled slightly, raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and then began answering their questions one by one.
"That was a self-developed Super-Rank Ice Magic called 'Ice Age.'"
Dak glanced at some of the students crouching down to touch the icy ground before continuing, "I'm not married. As for learning Ice Magic, it's extremely difficult. To master it, you need to have deep knowledge in both Wind and Water Magic."
"Speaking of which, Teacher, why did the Ice Magic basics exam include questions about Water and Wind Magic?"
"Because Ice Magic energy is formed by the combination of Water Magic energy and Wind Magic energy."
After Dak answered the question, the students were immediately stunned.
They simply couldn't comprehend what Dak was saying.
Why were the five major magical systems separate from one another?
It was precisely because their energies were difficult to coexist.
Trying to forcibly combine two types of energy usually had only two results.
The first, which was the better outcome, was that one type of energy would overpower and destroy the other, but it would also weaken itself in the process. For instance, when Water energy meets Fire energy, this kind of reaction usually occurs.
The second result was... 'Boom!' — complete and utter destruction.
Therefore, the students found Dak's explanation utterly unbelievable. It completely contradicted the fundamental magical principles they had been taught.
They didn't even know whether to trust their previous knowledge or believe what Dak was saying.
After all, their previous knowledge was built on six thousand years of established theory and was considered the authority of the past. But Dak had indeed demonstrated Ice Magic, creating a new magical system, making him a potential authority of the future.
While everyone else stood frozen in confusion,
Tabitha, the genius girl who had once created pseudo-Ice Magic effects through compound magic, lowered her head, deep in thought.
At the same time, Louise, who was holding her Pokémon egg, also seemed to be in deep contemplation.
This left Dak feeling confused.
He could understand why Tabitha was lost in thought. After all, from his perspective, Tabitha would probably become the first student to master Ice Magic.
But Louise...
What's her deal?
(End of Chapter)
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