"Uh…no, oh no. Wow. This is crazy." Mikey remarked with shock.
Darius frowned, but remained silent enough for the undead to explain what he was trying to say. Mikey and Joneson were murmuring to themselves for a bit, and in this time, Gunner walked over as he had finished off his victims.
"Uh, boss. Sorry for the mumbling and all that, but it's just too shocking. This shouldn't have ever happened, but it did. So now, we're trying to understand why it did and how it works through the system." Mikey started to explain.
Darius nodded, gesturing for the undead to continue. The undead took a deep breath and spoke. "You see, elements aren't all the same. Some deal damage, some protect, some summon, and some work autonomously."
"Take the Death element's basic spell, Spawn. It's supposed to summon a group of undead to fight on your behalf. It was only due to a fluke concerning Transmutation and the Supreme System that created us. A fluke which probably won't be happening again."
"Then there is also the Gravity element's basic spell, Adjust. You can and have used it to increase or decrease the weight of your targets. This makes them heavier or lighter depending on the configuration you chose. This has the side effect of making them faster or slower, but it doesn't kill foes. It is not an offensive skill."
Mikey took in a deep breath here. "The same thing applies to your Life element's basic spell, Heal. Even the wording of the spell indicates that you can only heal by the percentage of their total HP, not that they would be healed by a percentage of your Intellect stat, which has been the case for your other spells."
"However, the Supreme System is a law of its own, able to overwrite laws of the Faust universe. And, its a law of the Faust universe that the Life element has no offensive capabilities at all, not even as a side effect."
Joneson chipped in here. "Yeah! Otherwise, thems natives would just gather a buncha healers and kill all us undead. Easy peasy amirite? But no, they get the next best thing since the only thing that works for em are priests who deal with the Light element!"
Darius shook. Even Gunner was utterly flabbergasted by what was being revealed, as it blew his mind away. Darius had wondered why the number of healers being sent out had been so limited?
After all, the elemental chart he referred to, which detailed the theory about which elements were diametrically opposite to each other, had been accessible to anyone who could read.
How could the countless Adepts, Masters, and Grandmaster not have realized this? Could it be that they were stupid and only Darius was clever enough to figure this out?
Of course, that would be the epitome of arrogance!
The truth was far simpler, a conflict of laws occurred and the stronger one won. The Supreme System quantified and rewrote existences to fit its mechanics in an area around Darius.
It was so potent and intense that those at the peak of the Adept stage could partially sense its strangeness, and knew that Darius and his Branded Servant were special, to say the least.
Still, this only answered a part of Darius's question.
"I see what you mean, but what I need to know is how this happened and how it was calculated?" Darius asked seriously.
Mikey continued. "Boss, you have to understand, whenever you cast a spell or use a skill, all the processes are channeled through the Supreme System and all you have to do is either point your finger or select a target with your mind. Since the Supreme System is connected to you, it can read your thoughts and amplify spells in any way you want, which is the main cause of your smooth spellcasting journey."
"Putting aside the potency of your spells thanks to Transmutation, your power is only limited by your own allocation of Ability and Skill Points. The more you invest, the more absurd they become compared to the normal ones in Faust. Take Heal, for example. It should only restore 20% of a target's total HP by the time a normal Amateur manages to reach max level in it."
"Some might have it reach slightly stronger or weaker depending on how they learned it, the element they're attuned with, and their own talent, but it should be generally around that range."
"The maximum - in the case of prodigious talent - should be 30% HP restored. However, because of the existence of Transmutation, this skill has been made something almost taboo. At the rate at which it grows, by level 20, it should heal 100% of a target's HP."
"And that is just for a basic spell."
Mikey then pointed at Gunner. "Boss, this is the most important thing and will answer your question. When you target an enemy, the system switches to offensive mode. When you target allies, it switches spells to defensive or support mode. The same holds true for Boss Gunner."
"When you point Sparks at an enemy, it shocks them. You haven't tried it yet, but if you channel Sparks at allies, it does no harm. You have experienced something similar when you killed those animals in the water."
"Remember when you cast Sparks in the water? Although you targeted the other animals, since your hand was submerged, you suffered from the spell's 'Friendly Fire'."
"This is all due to the Supreme System's skill/spell targeting mechanic. Had it been any other native of Faust, they would have ended up hurting themselves as well, no doubt. This mechanic works as you'd expect, but there will always be anomalies."
"For example, if you use Heal on a normal human that is your enemy, you wouldn't harm them, nor would you particularly heal them if you didn't want to, but the spell would still 'strike' them. Just that once it 'hits' it would slide off like a water droplet on a leaf."
Mikey gazed at the ashes of the Wraiths with a strange gaze. "However at the end of the day, it doesn't change the fundamental fact that the spell 'hit'."
