Chapter 127 - Unnamable Mana

Sophinea widened herred eyes like a surprised rabbit. Stiffened, the girl stared at Azriel and rigidly nodded her head.

Azriel got up from her seat. “Then, let’s go.”

“To, where?”

“I think we’ll need a bigger space.”

There was a wide void called ‘the room of moss’ in the underground tower. It was a space where the distant ceiling was full of stalactites and the underground water flowed like a stream. As luminous bluish moss covered the room from the ceiling to the floor, it was dimly bright without a lamp. It was always empty because of the high humidity, and because of that wizards in the society used it to practice their spells from time to time. Azriel entered the room of moss with Sophie. Whenever she stepped on the soft bed of moss, pieces of moss that radiated in blue floated and hovered in the air like dust.

“Just a moment,” Azriel left Sophie standing and began building mana walls around them. She secured as much space as possible.

‘Unnamable mana is the mana that uses gravitation in the first place.’

It was the mana that naturally attracted surrounding mana in the first place, without having to go through a deliberate process of conversion. It was Azriel’s conclusion after reading various reports and observing Sophinea’s mana directly. It would have been a blessing in ancient times. Unlike other wizards, the one with such mana did not need to go through the process of assigning graviation to mana when using magic.

‘That’s why it was a talent that was easy to become an outstanding wizard in ancient times.’

When gravitation was assigned to mana, it became difficult to control. It was the first obstacle one would face when stepping up from conjuring to magic. It was a natural occurrence as one was drawing in the external mana, not only moving one’s own internal mana. It could be compared to a young child who was grabbing a pencil for the first time. It would be difficult for a child to draw a line, when he had just become accustomed to moving his own hands, if a pencil was given to him. Mana with gravitation was like a baby who had an invisible pencil attached to his hand since he was born. Teaching him how to utilize the pencil well would resolve it if he knew that there was an invisible pencil attached. If he would become used to it, he would be able to take out the pencil and put it back freely. However, people of today did not know that they had ‘an invisible pencil’ attached to their hands now that only conjuring was left. If such a child was told to move his hand like an ordinary person, naturally, there would be an odd result. Moreover, if what was attached was not as small as a pencil but as big as a spear, he would become a disaster called a nameless wizard. In addition, mana was not tangible as a pencil and simple tool with a fixed form. It was a force that changed like a living creature from time to time.

‘Of course, it’s difficult to name such mana.’

It would not be easy to tame it like a wild animal. Unlike a dog that would understand only if humans named it at their will and called it, there was no way for a wolf to understand the name that humans called at their will.

‘Unlike other mana, it might need training to make it understand the name we make. Maybe, the process of naming the mana that Rhema talked about was it.’

It was also important to make a name that was suitable and easy to understand. That was the conclusion she made. Azriel went to Sophinea after she finished installing mana walls.

“Sophie, can you try releasing your mana?” Azriel asked.

Sophinea tilted her head. Azriel gave a more detailed explanation. “Sophie, you are always suppressing your mana, aren’t you? Saying, ‘Don’t run out of my body!’”

“Yes,” Sophie replied.

“I’m asking you to stop that and let it run out freely. Can you do it?” Azriel asked.