Demon's Virtue

Chapter 775 Ancient Language Instruction

"Akita," Eiro's voice sounded out through the lecture hall, and the students repeated after him.

"Polimrust."

Once again, the students repeated after him.

"Dirhais. And all together now; Akita polimrust dirhais."

While the students tried to repeat this sentence, most of them stumbled once they got to the last word. It was like trying to learn a spell's chant; it was something that Eiro himself had never struggled with, luckily. For almost his entire life, the ability of the 'Scholar's Memory' allowed him to remember a chant without worry, but most people needed to comprehend the effect of the chant and the spell itself for it to catch in their mind. That was one of the central struggles of becoming a mage. Since chants were only effective when spoken in the ancient language, due to its innate connection to the essence of magic, it was a rough hurdle to step over. It was the reason why these days there was a lot of value put into the concept of casting spells at full power even without the assistance of chants, and more and more research was being put into this.

But what Eiro was trying to do right now was not to teach the students a new chant; he was trying to get them to learn the 'Ancient Language Comprehension' skill. Not only was this the baseline requirement for being able to learn arcane magic in the first place, but it would also help the students learn new spells. Once they were able to hold onto ancient language somehow, then new chants would stop fading from their minds so easily.

Of course, there was still a question to be asked here. Why exactly was Eiro doing this? Why was he trying to teach the students how to speak the ancient language? He didn't even exactly know it himself all too well, but if he had to say a particular reason, then it was because of a realization he came to recently.

"Now, now, don't laugh. I use the 'Clean' spell almost daily," Eiro explained, and the laughing students slowly stopped. Eiro snapped his finger and summoned Gondos before pulling up his sleeve. This duplicate's form was actually altered at the source to have him appear like a human, so Bavet wasn't actually here, so having spells cast on him carried no trouble at all. The demon had Gondos provide some dirt and quickly covered his arm with it.

"Please, cast the 'clean' spell on me, please."

The student slowly nodded her head. She closed her eyes and concentrated for a few moments, before starting to chant. Eiro knew this student; like that of many others, her chant pronunciation lacked a lot. The aspects that made remembering the ancient language tough also made it hard to hit the right pronunciation and cadence. But in this case, all of a sudden, to a point where the student herself was even surprised, her pronunciation was much, much cleaner. She even almost stumbled over her words when she realized, but the chant flowed out of her mouth so naturally that even her surprise didn't stop her.

The spell was properly activated, and small bubbles of water sweeped over Eiro's arm, picking up the dirt with ease. The student's expression showed clear confusion, though the other students in the room didn't even realize something had happened.

"Do you want to tell the other students what you noticed?"

Eiro smiled, and the student, slowly stuttered out her answer, "It was easier... it was way, way easier to say the chant."

It took the students a few moments to realize what she had just said, until they started whispering amongst themselves again. Stay tuned for updates on empire

"That's correct. If anyone would like to test this out in a moment, you may come down here and speak a weak chant you are familiar with, but before then, let me explain. Even if the system didn't acknowledge this just yet, fact is, you have grown closer to the barrier of the ancient language. Part of it was my guidance to you, of course, but part of it is simply that you pushed past the point of resistance. That is this sensation you are feeling right now," Eiro explained, "Imagine waking up in the morning in complete darkness. You stand up, stumbling through your room, and open the window. The light streams in, blinding you more and more as you open the window to the point where you are just as blind with the light as you are without it. And even if you may rest your eyes for a few moments by pressing them shut, fact is, just because the light is uncomfortable doesn't mean you shut yourself off in darkness. You continue adjusting to the light, until it becomes the norm. That's what you need to do with ancient language. Rest your eyes here and there, but keep persisting, keep pushing through, and you will soon adjust and truly learn how to speak the ancient language. And the results are already showing."