Tier five magic was much stronger than he had anticipated, making all the other spells he had learned so far look like parlour tricks. From what Lith had understood, tier five was capable of borrowing a huge amount of world energy.

No matter how strong a mana core was, just conjuring once those purple flames should have left the mage exhausted, yet the sorceress seemed perfectly fine. To be able to cast such spell twice in a short amount of time, meant that the burden on her body was limited.

– “We have to learn a way to do the same. Otherwise the next time it happens, if our opponent is a little stronger or luckier, we’ll be done for.” –   After a couple hours, he had yet to find a solution, but his communication amulet finally activated. It wasn’t like a phone; it didn’t ring or buzz. When there was an incoming call, the user would experience a pull to his consciousness, like when you suddenly remember something important.

It was a feeling strong enough to wake someone up from the deepest slumber. Lith didn’t answer immediately, he wanted to give the impression of having been unconscious.

“Lith, thanks the gods you are all right!” As predicted, it was Linjos.

“I’ve tried reaching captain Velagros, but to no avail. What happened to you? Why you have yet to reach Kandria?”

“Headmaster?” Lith replied squinting his eyes, acting confused, like he had just woken up.