Ezreal glared at them and again held up his abstract painting to Levy-chan. "The way you're using it now is like drawing a cat, but you only draw the head. You want to use a hammer, but you only have the handle and no hammerhead."
Ezreal pointed at the limbs, torso, and head of his abstract cat painting in sequence, then looked at Levy. "That's the problem with your Solid Script Magic; you're only using a part of it each time."
Levy's comprehension and knowledge reserves were absolutely among the top few in the guild. Her eyes lit up. "You mean..."
Ezreal put down his notebook and casually wrote a few ancient characters on it.
"Slash · מ כ ר י ע."
"Lightning · ا ل ر ع د و ا ل ب ر ق."
"Storm · आ ँ ध ी."
"Earthquake · င လ ျ င ်."
Ezreal pointed to the characters in the notebook for Levy-chan to see and continued, "Every time you use magic, you probably quickly write these simple characters with power, but in fact, you can completely expand the characters of a certain power."
Levy pushed up her glasses and instinctively leaned forward on the table. Jet and the others also listened attentively. Even the gluttonous Droy put down his potato chips and quieted down.
Ezreal picked up his pen again. He wrote a few more characters before and after the 'מ כ ר י ע · Slash' characters.
"מ ס פ י ק כ ד י ל פ ת ו ח א ת ה ה ר , ה ח י י ם ש נ פ ג ע ו י ס ב ל ו מ א ו ד."
"A slash powerful enough to cleave a mountain, the life struck will suffer immense pain."
Ezreal looked at Levy. "Now, if the person writing these characters were you, then you would have already unleashed a powerful Solid Script Magic."
Levy hesitated for a moment and shook her head slightly. "No, EZ, your method does make sense, but it's very difficult to construct such long characters in actual combat."
"Solid Script Magic is a convenient, versatile magic that can theoretically do most of what other magic can do, but it requires absolute concentration when constructing characters with magic power."
"In actual combat, things change in an instant, and anything can happen. The enemies I encounter won't give me a chance to construct such long, powerful characters."
"I usually use simple characters of one or two words."
"For example, Speed · מ ה י ר ו ת."
"Strength · כ ו ח."
"Weakness · ח ו ל ש ה."
"I'm more proficient with these and can construct them quickly, which is why they're effective in combat. I rarely even use three-character Solid Script Magic."
Levy's explanation made Jet and the other two nod slightly.
Jet and Droy had been in a team with Levy since childhood, and they had a deep understanding of Solid Script Magic. They even knew a few simple life-support characters.
Jet also said approvingly, "That's right, the construction of Solid Script Magic is similar to a ritual. It requires a sufficiently stable magic power output to be released normally. Long characters are difficult to use in direct combat, except for ambushing enemies in advance."
Droy also nodded. He stretched out his finger and wrote 'Water מ י ם' in the air. The characters in the air appeared transparent, quickly absorbing water elements from the air. A slight ripple appeared in the characters, and then the characters disintegrated, and a small amount of clear water fell from the air.
Droy picked up his water cup and steadily caught the water in the cup. "Most Solid Script Magic casting methods involve the caster mastering dozens of characters proficiently and being able to use them quickly in combat. Combining them also yields decent power."
"The characters Levy has mastered now are those she chose for maximum combat effectiveness and ease of casting."
Levy added, "This is also the most common usage of Solid Script Magic for hundreds of years. Many practical characters have been perfected little by little. What I'm using now is a relatively versatile combat character combination."
Lucy also nodded silently. Although she had never fought, she logically felt that Levy-chan's statement had some truth to it.
Ezreal did not interrupt their rebuttals. After listening to their words in silence, he reached out and pointed at the spellbook in Levy's arms.
Levy froze for a second, then handed over the spellbook.
Ezreal took the spellbook. The thick spellbook contained thousands of common Solid Script Magic characters and detailed explanations of their construction.
Ezreal turned the page and slowly said, "The Black Mage known as the most wicked in four hundred years — Zeref."
"It is rumored that he was called the Black Mage because he created a large number of demons."
"And the true forms of these demons were the Books of Zeref."
Levy looked at the spellbook opened by Ezreal. As the pages were turned by the finger wearing a bronze gauntlet, she felt a thunderclap strike her mind. "Are you saying..."
As intelligent as she was, she had already grasped Ezreal's true intention at this moment.
Ezreal smiled and closed the pages. "I don't know how Zeref created demons, and history doesn't record it, but I'm very certain that Solid Script Magic has the ability to materialize the illusory."
"The guild's Magic Encyclopedia contains an introduction to an ancient lost magic called 'Arc of Embodiment,' which can turn anything imagined into a real existence through magic power."
"The effect of Solid Script Magic is similar to it, except one uses imagination, and the other uses characters. Lidasu's painting magic also works on the same principle."
"Theoretically, the more detailed, rich, and real the content you construct when you write Solid Script Magic as a story, the stronger the power it can unleash."
Levy's eyes were dull. She had already envisioned how bright her future would be if she developed magic in this way.
Ezreal smiled and shook the spellbook in his hand in front of Levy. "Don't you like novels? Coincidentally, you can write complete stories in the form of novels."
"For example, a story about a wandering mage saving the world with powerful magic."
"The entire story would be constructed by your Solid Script Magic. Once you complete the creation, the wandering mage in the book can be materialized to help you in combat, or you can directly gain power from the storybook."
"Long stories would be difficult for your current magic power, but short stories similar to fairy tales should not be a problem to write."
As soon as Ezreal finished speaking, bright light burst from Levy's eyes behind her glasses, and then the bespectacled girl stretched out her hand, and magic power surged out from within her.
Colorless magic power swirled around her fair palm, then transformed into profound and complex ancient characters. These characters intertwined into long chains that rapidly flew around Levy's petite body.
ה ק ל ט א ת ה י ד ע, ה כ ת י ב ה ו ה ק ר י א ה, ל ל מ ו ד א ת ה ח ו כ מ ה ה א י נ ס ו פ י ת ש ל ה מ ק ו ר ש ל ה כ ל
The girl's eyes were as bright as incandescent lamps, and a huge colorless magic circle formed at the front of her palm.
The magic circle was composed of countless densely packed lines of ancient characters, and at the center of the circle was the image of a thick spellbook.
With the appearance of the magic circle, the carriage trembled slightly under the influence of the magic power. Everyone in the caravan was awakened and watched in astonishment.
Levy shouted, "Storybook · ס פ ר ס י פ ו ר!"
The magic circle exploded with a roar, and the shockwave of magic power spread, creating a gale inside the carriage, and a rainbow-colored spellbook entirely shaped by magic power.
The spellbook floated in the air, its pages turning by themselves without wind. Every open page was blank. The pages fluttered, then quickly closed, slowly descending into the girl's hands.
The spellbook was as thick as a large brick. Levy's petite frame even required her to hold the book with both hands.
Ezreal looked at the thick spellbook and praised, "So ambitious, Levy."
Levy sprang up from her seat and bowed deeply to Ezreal with a solemn expression.
"Thank you very much, EZ. I think I already know how to proceed on my path."
Ezreal smiled, placed the spellbook back on the table, leaned back in his chair, and said softly, "Isn't it a coincidence? The place where I used to live has many stories that can give you inspiration."
"How about I tell you the story of Annie, the Dark Child, first?"
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