The study of the derivative runes of fire magic took place faster than Ron expected.
On the one hand, his spiritual strength has increased. Almost incessant attempts to form a rune, but the spiritual strength consumed at the same time is minimal, plus basic recovery can quickly compensate for the expense.
On the other hand, there is experience in the removal of runes of wind. Now Ron has avoided many obvious mistakes and moved directly to important points.
It only took three days, he got two derivative runes.
But suddenly Ron failed. No matter how he tried to combine the two derivative runes with the main rune, all combinations failed. It is impossible to form the magic of the 2nd order with this combination of runes.
Bach!
Three runes break down and dissipate. A bouquet of flames gushed forward, it looked like a firework explosion, then it dissipated into the sea.
"The last option also failed."
Looking at this scene, Ron's face showed disappointment, he did not expect that having received two derivative runes, he still will not be able to master the magic of fire of the 2nd order.
It seems that such a quick combination for the magic of the 2nd order wind was his luck. Having received only two derivative runes, immediately was able to create the magic of the wind of the 2nd order, now that began to study the fire such luck was not.
"Then we need to withdraw another one."
Ron sighed helplessly, now it remains only to explore the third ave. Rune.
Fortunately, now it is even more skillful in the breeding of runes, even to obtain all eight derivative runes of the same magic, it should be required no more than a crescent moon. Either way, sooner or later it has to be done, he'll just do it a little sooner than expected.
On the morning of the fourth day, Ron was pleasantly surprised, with just the seventh attempt he was able to get a third derivative rune.
It doesn't depend on experience, just luck.
"Oh, it seems a failure is always followed by luck."
Watching as in the pearl on top of the elven stick, there was a new version of the derivative rune and shone with golden light, Ron's mood could not help but rise.
It was a pleasant surprise right after waking up.
During these three days of meditative practice, he also increased spiritual strength by almost one unit.
For the present Ron, at any moment it is easy to determine the increase of spiritual strength, after he so many times raised the characteristic of the spirit with the help of OD.
Even if the overall characteristic of the spirit is not displayed in the interface of the achievement system, showing only the increase brought by the points of achievement, he can easily calculate his overall characteristic of the spirit.
"So... options that I have now..."
Ron thought and scrolled through in his mind all possible combinations of four runes, then postponed those that had already been tested earlier.
Another round of analysis, several options weeded out.
In combination, there must be one main rune, you can discard combinations consisting only of derivative runes, so there are only four options left. To the main and third runes need to add all runes one by one, the main, the first, the second, the third.
Ron looked at the sea, there was no shadow of the village of Kokoyashi. I have to try to make it! He quickly started checking the combinations.
The main...
After five attempts, the failure is confirmed.
The main...
After four attempts, the failure is confirmed.
Two consecutive setbacks, it made Ron a little helpless. If having four runes he can not get the magicians of the 2nd order, it's a bit too much ...
And the fact that the shadow of the island is already vaguely visible, it is estimated that it will take an hour or two. By then, he should be in perfect condition.
"I have to check the remaining options."
Ron sighed, after regulating his mental state, proceeded to the next option.
Failure doesn't really matter, the magic of the 2nd order wind should be enough to kill Arlong with one punch. Of course, it would be a shame to spend so much time on the magic of fire, but get nothing.
Buzzing.
Inside the pearl there are three points of light, they begin to form many lines and gradually intertwine.
At the beginning of the formation it seemed that runes are completely separate structures, but at the moment when they intertwine with each other, they seem to become one whole, any defects are absent. A single, larger magical array is being formed.
"It worked!"
By the time the merger was complete, Ron knew it worked. His look was bright, showing the color of anticipation. Without lingering a second he waved his wand towards the sea.
Boom!
Runes in the elven pearl erupted, the element of fire quickly formed, above the wand formed an arrow of flame and shot towards the sea.
The size of this fiery arrow was even smaller than that of a fireball, but the speed of flight is comparable to the magic of the wind. A powerful explosion occurred in a collision with the sea, the flames violently broke out and flew in all directions, it enveloped the circle with a radius of several meters.
With the flames exploding, Ron heard the system's clue.
[Hint: You have mastered the magic of fire of the 2nd order, explosive ignition]
"Explosive ignition, great, great."
Watching the explosion in the sea, Ron could not help but be surprised. If you compare the damage at one point, it should be even stronger than the fierce wind blade!
The fierce blade of the wind though very strong, but in the end it dissipates its strength into several blades and affects a small area. Explosive ignition is similar to a bomb, compresses all its flames into one small arrow, after a collision at the time of the explosion, the damage at one point is undoubtedly higher than that of a fierce wind blade.
If we talk about damage on a small area, it is undoubtedly worse than a fierce wind blade. Explosive ignition causes its main damage at the point of collision at the moment of explosion, and the scattered flames cause damage hardly stronger than a normal fireball.
The key point is that the explosive ignition is very fast, not slower than the magic of the wind. Therefore, it does not need to be combined with the magic of the wind, explosive ignition itself is an extremely powerful magic for point damage.
After identifying the pros and cons, Ron immediately began to practice new magic.
The current one does not need long training, to master the new magic. Even the magic of the 2nd order, only 4-5 applications and the speed of the caste is reduced to one second.