Chapter 318: Not Satisfied With The Current Options? Then Create Your Own Spell!

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Riven read the three windows of the possible Spells he could now build within his newly formed Magic Circle.

[Ghostly Sword Garden – Spell Tier 1]

[Abyssal Guillotine – Spell Tier 1]

[Poisonous Snake Swarm – Spell Tier 1]

All three spells seemed pretty great in their own right, with their own unique effects and possibilities.

"Huh, I see. One is for a Domain Creation with a flurry of multiple weak attacks, the other is like turning Abyssal Assault into a Spell that can grow, but all concentrated in one, super strong attack, and the last is pretty much summoning a bunch of familiars... all of them have their uses," he sighed. "Can’t I have all?"

He already knew the answer but still checked the windows one more time just in case.

However, because this power wasn’t under Greed, it seemed he couldn’t just choose them all this time. He shook his head and for a moment, considered what he’d done before, creating his own Spell combining everything before. He sat down and thought about the choices more carefully, weighing which single spell would cover the most gaps in his current fighting style and could help him overcome the challenges ahead.

"Can’t I make my own Spell instead?"

[Affirmative. It is possible for the user to create their own Spell, but without system guidance, the Spell created might result in a weaker form if the user’s own knowledge about spell formation is insufficient. Based in the user’s current knowledge, this is not recommended.]

The warning appeared clearly, but Riven had already decided he would ignore it.

"Thank you for being so considerate, but I already have a good idea."

Combining all three of those spells would only create a disastrous spell not even Riven could figure out what it could do, so he didn’t even try.

He set the three system suggestions aside and focused on the shape he wanted instead.

Instead, he wanted to do something else.

[Understood, initiating Spell Creation Procedure. The user’s consciousness will be teleported to the interior of the Titan Mana Heart.]

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FLASH!

Riven suddenly lost consciousness, finding himself within a vast world of glowing blue, purple, and green crystals everywhere, with no sky on sight.

The sudden shift left him floating in place while he adjusted to the new surroundings.

"What is this place?"

His eyes widened but then remembered the system’s message. He’d been moved here, inside his own Titan Mana Heart.

The crystals stretched in every direction and gave off a steady light that made it easy to see.

"Interesting- Oh?"

Amidst everything, he saw a gigantic, utterly massive magic circle floating in the middle of the Titan Mana Heart, gleaming with a mysterious and beautiful light, exuding bright mana everywhere and sparkling like stars.

He slowly floated toward them, and the runes responded to his presence, flying toward him and gathering around him, resembling stars spinning around a galaxy.

The runes moved on their own and formed loose rings that followed him as he drifted closer.

Even after he learned so much about his origins and the past, he still had so many questions, such as how magic even came to be, what skills really were, and much more.

And perhaps, even more than that, about the mystery behind Authorities and how they were born.

Those questions would have to wait until later.

"For now... I should concentrate on what I need to do now."

With his thoughts alone he aligned the runes into his image, the world around him turned deep black, a dark blue, night and starry sky appeared above, and a garden of white and blue flowers emerged. The crystals in the distance faded away as if they’d never been there as a new scene took shape around him.

As the moon shone brightly above the skies, amidst the flower garden, blood-covered, massive blades the size of the Fenrir’s Fang were all there, piercing the ground tightly while leaking black blood.

The blades stood at different angles and stayed fixed in place while he examined them.

"If I adjust how this Spell works here... and there."

He moved a few of the runes with a thought and watched the blades shift slightly in response.

The Spell formed almost instantly, the image he’d made quickly became permanently imprinted into the magic circle.

The entire scene locked into the circle and stopped changing.

FLAAASH!

And then, a new message appeared.

Ding!

[You have successfully created the Spell: [Abyssal Guillotine Garden – Tier 1 Spell]: When conjured, summon a pseudo spirit domain around you that moves with each one of your steps. Within this abyssal garden there’s 10 to 30 Abyssal Blades that will cut any foe in your way, dealing massive 500% Soul, Spirit, and Physical Damage and ignoring from 10 to 30% of the targeted foe’s defenses. This Spell can continue being triggered the more foes are killed, as their souls are then harvested and used to fuel the pseudo spirit domain, while active the spell can evolve up to two stages more, 10 kills evolve it to Stage 2, increasing Damage by an additional 300% and expanding the range by twice, and after 100 kills, it will evolve into Stage 2, increasing Damage by an additional 500% on top of Stage 2’s bonus, tripling the previous range, and also summoning Sword Guillotines that will do follow-up damage after the initial Abyssal Blades.]

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He read the full description twice to make sure he had not missed any of the conditions.

This Spell was absolutely insane; it was already stretching the limit of what a Tier 1 Spell could even do. Sure, the Stage 1 wasn’t that good, but by placing certain conditions, Riven was able to expand how much power the Spell could achieve. With this, his "Auto-Hunting" strategy had progressed even more.

The scaling based on kills meant the spell could keep growing during a long fight instead of staying fixed at its starting strength.

"Ugh, I’m exhausted..." he sighed. The creation process had drained more energy than he expected, and he could already feel the pull to return to his body.

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