Cylix glared back at Novius, who just told Gabriel to learn the High Tier Spell of Light faster to prove that Darkness was more special and more complex to grasp than Light.
He understood why Novius wanted him to learn that spell faster. Since he laughed at the fact that Gabriel learned the Paradise of Darkness so easily, Novius wanted to do the same when Gabriel showed that the spell of Light was even less complex. The two never dropped their friendly competition.
"My dear friend, it's not going to be that easy. I'm not sure how long he will take to learn that spell, but it definitely won't be faster than yours," Cylix scoffed in response.
He had faith in his spell, and he knew how hard that was to master. He didn't believe Gabriel was going to learn that in less than an hour like he did with Novius' spell.
"What if he does?" Novius smirked, trying to push Cylix a bit. He knew that Cylix was a prideful person, and that was his biggest weakness, if there was any.
Novius knew that his allure of prize could motivate Gabriel into learning this spell faster, but at the same time, he wanted the added push... A push that only Cylix could give. Only he could hurt Gabriel's pride by claiming that it was impossible for him to achieve it.
At the same time, he also knew that Cylix had so much faith in his spell that he was most probably going to place a prize on line as well in the form of a bet, which could give Gabriel even more incentive to learn it faster.
He wanted to use Cylix to get Gabriel to defeat Cylix!
Cylix also fell straight into the trap. "Alright. If he can learn my spell in less time than yours and master it accordingly, then I'll accept my defeat! I'll also give all my Soul Healing Pills to him!"
"Deal." Novius took up the offer.
"You heard, young man?" he addressed Gabriel. "You will need Soul Healing Pills in the future, and they are already supposed to be extinct in the outside world. If you want to take them back, you better master this Spell fast!"
Gabriel was already excited to learn that spell. He didn't want to waste a single second, but it was as if every second, his rewards were increasing. First, he was going to get a reward from Novius, and now the Soul Healing Pills from Cylix?
That was perfect! Those Soul Healing Pills were going to come in really handy in his battle against them and even in the outside world!
Just for the pills, he wanted to achieve this task!
"Wait... Did you just... use me?" It was only now that he realized that Novius had played him, noticing the smug look on his face. "It doesn't matter. There's no way he can..."
He still didn't lose faith in his spell. Even he himself wouldn't have mastered this spell so fast. He knew the complexities of this spell. There was no way Gabriel could.
He brought a spell scroll and tossed it to Gabriel. "There, you have an hour to learn it. Give it your best try."
Gabriel caught the scroll and opened it to get his first glimpse of the spell.
"High Blessing of Light?"
The scroll was not only longer than the scroll of Darkness, but it also had more content as well. Just reading itself alone was going to consume more time than before, let alone mastering it.
"I told you, it's not possible," Cylix smirked. "Don't worry about the bet. Take your sweet time learning it. You might be able to learn it in a few days."
Even though Cylix was normally talking, for Gabriel, it was like he was being taunted. He couldn't afford to fail. If he wanted to win in a battle against them, he needed the ability to cast High Grade Spells more than once, and he could only do that if he had those pills now!
Gabriel didn't know that they were going to give him the pills in any case. They weren't going to send him back without the pills. For them, these pills were already useless. Instead, all they craved for was eternal sleep.
Still, it worked as a good motivation without letting Gabriel feel as if they were doing a favor to him.
From the beginning, Cylix and Novius made it seem as if they weren't doing any favors on Gabriel and just making things more interesting for themselves.
Gabriel sat on the ground and started going through the spell. He couldn't waste even a single second as he was in a race against time.
Fortunately, even though the spell was longer, for some reason, it wasn't as complicated as he had expected. Even he hadn't realized it yet that ever since he lost his consciousness in the Prison of Darkness, his comprehension had increased by multiple folds.
He just had to read a line once or twice to understand its essence. Even though the scroll has many such lines, the more Gabriel read, the faster he became.
"There's no way." Cylix still didn't believe that Gabriel was going to win this. Still, he had already prepared to console Gabriel after he lost.
He had already decided that he was going to give a few pills as compensation for now before giving him everything else when he was at death's door.
"Don't underestimate him, Cylix." Novius appeared next to him. "I made the same mistake, and he managed to surprise me. We shouldn't treat him like an ordinary Mage."
"Even if he isn't an ordinary Mage, it's still impossible. I know your spell. Even though I can't use it, I know it's slightly easier to comprehend since it just deals with the inner element of a person," Cylix responded. "Meanwhile, my spell deals mainly with the main forces of the nature without connecting them to the caster."
"I also want him to succeed, but I know that it'll be really unlikely in this case."
"We shall see."
"That was good." Gabriel stood up in less than twenty minutes after going through the entire spell.
"Don't tell me that you...?" Cylix refused to believe it. Just what was this nonsense? How could he learn it so fast? And he was calling it easy?
Novius felt like laughing out loud, but he controlled himself. Gabriel had to use the spell first to see if he actually learned it.
"Go ahead. Prove it then." Cylix stepped back to test Gabriel. "Use it on me!"
Gabriel also didn't hesitate. He had only learned the basic laws of the spell and how to use it, but he still hadn't used it, so he didn't know if there were any flaws like before or not, but he gave it a try.
"High Blessing of Light!"
