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Leus closed the book and thought about everything he read

'It was a pretty long book, but it was very interesting'

'I'm a little upset how Sal was made to look evil in it but it can't be helped, That's how the world views him.'

'I wonder, Why are these Lords not ruling the world? Hmm'

'If I take Sal as an example it's because he's too busy with his own goals, Perhaps they're all like him?'

' ... Maybe that's for the best, There are countless strange beings in this world, I wouldn't want a monster to rule over us.'

'If one of the Lords ever gets angry maybe the world as I know will end, It's quite scary when I look at it that way,

Everything is fine just because they simply don't care enough about it ... But if one of them decides to attack or take any action, There would be no one to stop them'

Leus scratched his chin in thought

'Sal told me that I can become a King Level being ... Should I strive for that?

'Hmm ...'

'I honestly think it'd take long and be bothersome ...'

'For now, I'll just focus on the current objective.'

'I need to begin learning Third Tier spells'

'Now how to start that?'

Leus got up, walked toward the bookshelf, and skimmed through the books

'History, Politics ... That's many abstracts? I guess there's one for each element? Whatever ..'

He kept on skimming through the books until he found what he wants

(A Compilation of Third Tier Spells)

'That's ... Not exactly a book is it?'

Leus opened the book and skimmed through it, confirming his guess

'It's not a book, It's just like the first book Arno gave me, A collection of spells put together ... I think Arno made them'

Leus took the book and went to his desk

'It's time to get serious'

Leus decided that he'd learn the spells one by one

'It'll probably be harder, so I won't be able to learn 2 or 3 spells at the same time like before, It'll be easier to learn them one by one'

Leus started reading about the first spell

(Water and Earth:

Mud: Create a Quagmire, Can be used as a trap to ambush your prey or to make it challenging for opponents to approach.)

'That's quite simple, But the chant is long. Well, It shouldn't be a problem'

Leus noticed that the incantation for the spell is longer than usual, Which means that it'll take more time to cast in combat .. Making it not the most optimal option in some situations

'If I master silently casting it as I did with the other spells, This too shouldn't be an issue'

It took some time for Leus to memorize the incantation ... It was longer and more complicated than anything he has learned so far, Nevertheless, He was able to do it after a bit of time

He activated the barrier and stood in the middle of it

Leus focused on the Mana around him and said the incantation

He felt his own Mana influence the World Mana around him into transforming from Neutral to Elemental, Then he felt his control over a complex spell

'Two Elements at the same time, That's new'

Leus felt his control over the size of the quagmire, and the spell consumed much more mana than regular spells, But compared to Leus' mana pool it wasn't a big issue

Leus tried to release the spell but he faced some issues

'The spell loses shape quickly, It requires finer control, It's also difficult to maintain and requires a lot of concentration'

'I need more training'

For a while, Leus kept trying to manipulate and adjust the spell, All the concentration was putting a slight strain on his mind, But he ignored it and never stopped casting the spell.

Leus used the spell numerous times, Every time he used it he felt that he was improving but he realized something

'I think these spells are unique.'

'It's not about learning to control Water and Earth elements, but more about first learning how to combine both Elements together, then learning to control the spell through using the combined Elements in a specific way.'

'Which means that learning one spell isn't necessarily going to help me with the other spells, Even if it's using the same elements'

It didn't take Leus long to be able to have mediocre control over the spell

'I don't know how much time has passed but it's probably around a day or so'

His goal wasn't to be proficient in chanting it, Just to be good enough that he'd be able to start silently casting it

'But before I do that, I need to go back home, check on everyone, and come back'

Leus washed himself and then left the training room, It was the middle of the day and the library was lively

'Now everyone here will see the guards salute and do all these awkward moves'

' ... Nope I'm running out of here'

Leus slowly walked towards the door.

When the door was in front of him, and before the guards saw him, he stopped.

'The Escape Artist is my new idol.'

Leus took a deep breath and Whoosh, He ran forward as fast as he could without using mana.

Both the guards looked at each other in confusion

"Does he think we didn't know he was behind us?"

The other guard shrugged

"Maybe he forgot about our Domain"

The guards chuckled watching Leus back run further away

Leus reached home and as usual, Spent the day with his family

There wasn't anything new or unusual, Everyone was fine and things were just as always, So he spent a casual day at home

At the end of the day, he went to his room and lay down on the bed

'From tomorrow, I'll start training on silently casting Third Tier spells'

'I'm excited'

'It will be something I have never tried before'

With an excited smile on his face, Leus slept