Cap 1424: Brutal Fairyland part 8
The place where we were was more than strange, the fragments of the hall were still scattered and are the only physical aspect of this entire place, the energies flowing trying to imitate other elements was nothing more than an illusion, all it took was a little observation and it was possible to see the energies flowing in the form of these illusions literally imitating.
I didn't know what I had to do, but Layla was forming magic circles that I've never seen, but with all the studying of magic I've done I've realized that they are fundamentally different from every theory I've studied.
Magic by default is based on cause and effect, the "effect" part being the main one as all calculation, energy and theory of magic centers on the effect of a spell, how to create an intended effect, how to control an intended effect, how to cancel an intended effect and how to maintain an intended effect are just some of the theoretical bases of the study of magic.