I Only Know Forbidden Spells - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Learn Magic From the Beginning

Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL
Examination venue.
Lin An looked a little embarrassed as he said to Susanna, “My family background is a little difficult. I have never learned magic since I was young. If it weren’t for my family insisting that I attend a magic academy, I wouldn’t have come to this place.”
Susanna cast a sympathetic gaze at Lin An’s words.
In a superior environment, Susanna had never thought that someone would have never learned magic since he was young. This was something that he couldn’t imagine.
Susanna said in a friendly manner, “I can help you.”
“Really? That’s great.”
Lin An was also very happy when he heard Susanna’s words.
After all, Lin An was also very confused as he looked at the book in his hand.
Absorbing magical energy?
Lin An knew that he had to absorb magical energy, but how should he absorb it?
Susanna said to Lin An, “Let’s start by absorbing magical energy here. Do you know why magic needs to be absorbed?”
“Of course. Magical energy exists between heaven and earth. Only by absorbing this magical energy can a magic sorcerer release magic.”
This was the basic knowledge that even children knew, so Lin An naturally knew.
He only knew what he knew, but he didn’t know how to put it into practice.
“Yes, you need to absorb the magical energy between heaven and earth. Sorcerers need to meditate in order to absorb magical energy to raise their level of magic. Like us magic apprentices, we also need to absorb magical energy to cast magic.”
“Usually, there are two ways to perform magic: chanting incantations and resonating with the magic energy between the heaven and earth.”
“The second method resonates with the magic energy between the heaven and earth, which is not something that we magic apprentice sorcerers can learn. Only those who have reached the realm of a real sorcerer can use it.”
“The first method is suitable for us magic apprentice sorcerers. We can absorb the magic energy by chanting incantations. In this book, there are incantations in this area.”
After explaining, Susanna suddenly asked Lin An, “Right, do you know which element you have a high affinity with?”
“Elemental affinity?” Lin An thought for a moment and said, “It should be fire element.”
Since he had learned the SSS level fire element forbidden spell, his affinity with fire element should be relatively high.
“Should be? You haven’t tested your affinity with the elements, right?”
Susanna patted her little head, feeling a little headache from Lin An’s ignorance.
Affinity with the elements was something that a sorcerer had to understand.
There were seven types of magic elements between heaven and earth.
Wind, fire, water, earth, light, darkness, and lightning.
Other than these seven types of magic elements, there were other mysterious magic elements.
But in general, almost all sorcerers had a high affinity with these seven types of magic elements.
For example, if a sorcerer had a high affinity with the wind element, then when this sorcerer cast a wind element spell, it would be simpler and the power would be even greater.
But if a sorcerer with a high affinity with the fire element cast a water element spell, the power would be greatly reduced, and he might not even be able to cast it.
This was because the elements would restrain each other, and it would create a huge conflict with the magic shooter himself.
Lin An knew about this.
However…
Testing the affinity for the elements was much more expensive than testing the innate magic power. It cost 100 gold coins.
Lin An’s poor family couldn’t afford such a huge amount of money.
They just wanted to wait until he entered the Magic Academy and test it for free in the academy. This was the choice of many ordinary magic sorcerer apprentices.
Of course, there was another method, which was to test low-level spells of various attributes at home. Whichever element was easier and more convenient to cast, he would have a higher affinity for that element.
However, this was very difficult for Lin An, who knew nothing about magic.
“Since you said that your affinity for fire elements is higher, then you should learn simple fire magic. Otherwise, you might not be able to pass this test.”
Susanna began to explain to Lin An how to chant a spell to absorb the magic energy and then cast a spell.
…
In the examination hall.
The students who had entered the school began to take their seats.
The students who were in puberty obviously had more topics to talk about and were talking to each other.
But they didn’t expect that among the students, there was actually someone who was learning how to chant a spell.
Wasn’t this something that everyone knew?
Was it too late to learn now?
Susanna looked at Lin An, who had just learned a fire element spell, and said helplessly, “Lin An, I can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to successfully cast a spell, but you can only give it a try.”
Moreover, Susanna also knew that Lin An’s innate mana was only at level 3. With such innate mana, it was obviously very difficult for him to learn magic.
This was also because Susanna was kinder. If it were any other arrogant sorcerer-apprentice, they might not even bother with Lin An.
“En, thank you for teaching me how to chant spells.”
Lin An looked at the kindhearted Susanna and was very grateful.
At this moment, at the entrance of the assessment hall, a few men dressed in gorgeous magic robes walked in.
The entire examination hall immediately fell silent.
These few high mages were the upper echelons of the academy, and each of them was extremely powerful.
When they walked to the position of the examiner, the administrator also walked to the podium and shouted using magic, “Today, our academy has changed its past habits and will be re-evaluating.”
“When the assessment begins, the students who have their number read out will go on stage to release magic and attack the magic dummy. The examiner will grade you.”
“If there are any examinees who cheat, they will be directly dismissed and the academy will not accept them for life.”
Lin An heard the manager’s words and felt helpless where the students were sitting.
As expected, the assessment was about to begin.
Initially, Lin An didn’t want to enter the Magic Academy, but his father sold off his family assets and allowed him to undergo the innate magic test.
If he was expelled just like that, he would probably be beaten to death by his father when he returned.
Moreover, after entering the academy, Lin An was also filled with great curiosity towards magic.
This made Lin An extremely eager to pass this assessment.