When combining a skill with another that has great synergy they'll create a web that supports each other. Either increasing it's damage, making them last longer, or in some rare cases activating two or more skills with great synergy leads to Fusion. A form of obtaining a powerful skill earlier on, although it is powerful, not many knows a combination of skills, and even if they do they'll keep it for themselves.
[System: You have muted the deity known as the [Forgotten Sage]
Status: Due to the deity being your contracted god, the duration is decreased
Outcome: Your mind feels calm as if a heavy presence has been silenced for a while]
"Augmentation arts; Mystic Engraving," Dozens of tentacles hurled themselves at Christoper Morris but with a simple swing of his dagger he cleanly cleaved through them.
'Combination, Augmentation, Compression, Amplification, and Overclocking these are the skills a mage would one day unlock. Just knowing one these techniques can greatly affect the worth of a magician and even more so makes people forget about the limitation of stats. I didn't randomly chose to be a mage, being a fighter was out of the question since I wasn't very athletic, and with my knowledge it only further enforced me to be a mage,'
The augmented Mystic Slash's glow of his dagger never faded, although it was a spell primarily used to attack. The Augmentation of a spell is rather complex and dangerous to the oblivious and unknowing and the it's drawback stems with the change. Even if you succeed in changing the property of the spell, there's no telling whether or not you have the mana to activate it.
"Curse you and your tricks! I shall end you where you stand, magician! You won't survive this for the second time!" The tentacles the dark sorcerer flung at him werent intended to catch him but stall for an even bigger attack unlike the one before.
"Eldritch Blast- Arghh" Just when the sorcerer was about to fire it's malicious spell, Morris had finally revealed his hidden ace.
"You think healing and protection is the only thing it could do? Tough luck buddy. I can still use it like a normal array," The stone floor beneath the dark sorcerer knocks it off balance enough for the spell to lose its aim and he manages to escape by just applying a normally casted Haste.
[System: You've Overcloked the active spell [Holy Ground]!!!]
Upon Overclocking his fused spell, he gained more control of the stones in his vicinity, reshaping them to a spike. He clasps both of his hands together and the spikes followed in turn, forming a cage for the dark sorcerer, and some spikes even led to pierce it's flesh. In that brief moment of dumbfoundedness, the sorcerer didn't realize the absence of the holy properties of the earth.
[System: The newly acquired skill from fusion [Holy Ground] has been dismantled due to the wishes of the player.
Status: The synergy of your newly combined spells have brought forth the creation of a new spell from it's merge!
Outcome: [Ignite] x [Heal] - Has been transformed into [Purifying Flames] - A flame that has purifying properties that burns stronger when in contact with demonic properties]
"Compression x Amplification x Overclock x Purifying Flames!!!" He withdraw his daggers, replacing it with a faint flickering spark and it grows larger by the second until it became a flame that devoured his right arm.
"I may not be a priest but with this flame I'll make you feel the pain of a violated Church boy after a mass,"
Once his fist makes contact with the sorcerer's body a spark lits up the entire room and fills everything with fire. The flames was relentless to it's opposing force, it clung deeply to the sorcerer, for no matter how much it flails the flame only grew fiercer in time. Christoper Morris on the other hand released most of his overlcoked spells in time and he only suffered a mild headache. He stood motionless in the flames, yet he wasn't burned, although the fire remains present it only burns what it seems evil.
'DAMN IT, MOVE ALREADY! My body's all worned out. I can even barely open my eyes. If I wasn't in a rush I'd savor this moment. I'm doing the superman aura farming pose from the Snyder verse, damn if only I had a camera to record this. Even if I can't see it for myself I might look kind of a badass with all these flames, shit this is getting me a hard on,'
[System: The after effects of Overclocking has passed. You feel tired, but your body can now properly function like before]
"Okay, now let's go and save the princess- Huh? What the hell? Why did the simulation ended? There wasn't even a time limit," Just when he was about to make his way to princesses quarters, the simulation ended and his fatigue disappears.
"Well I didn't expect you to be capable of such advance magical techniques. That's more than enough. I stopped the simulation since I rigged that boss to be incredibly difficult," The limited space collapse and it reverts to Agni's office, and they both sat down to discuss their agreement
"I want the whole package deal. Weapons, Items, and Skills for the two, I have no problem with my sources. Do you agree?"
As Agni heard of Christoper's blunt answer he replied with. "I only have one condition. That half breed... give me your word that he can excel in you tutelage. I had my run ins with someone like him. They're all dead,"
"I'll accept your condition, just don't give me a deadline. I can't rush such a precious gem. I need to carefully remove it's impurities," After the two came to an agreement, a new contract was forged, detailing Agni's full support for Christoper Morris and his group.
'Damn... I may have acted quite ballsy for sure but I wasn't sure I'd win on my first serious attempt. The advance magical technique that I written is working wonders and even covering my shit tier stats. But I shouldn't get cocky, or else I'll die, my memories aren't that good either, I did write the magic formula and even the circles I randomly scribbled. But some of them are a blur to me, heck even the content of my story is a little chaotic in my mind, with that in mind I need a potion,'
[System: The muted deity has now log back in! The [Forgotten Sage] is furious]
[How dare you mute me! Even after I taught you how to do all of those advance techniques. You're such an ungrateful avatar]
So as to not draw the suspicions of his deity, Morris although knowing the techniques asked for a short introduction. His actions made him furious and rageful, however the author had already predicted the short temper of his god. He even advice a punishment that'll greatly help him with his next goal in mind.
"I'm sorry, since I did such a horrible thing, I might take the remembrance punishment thats a nightmare for mages,"
[Are you serious?]
"I'm deeply guilty of what I've done. Please let me do it. I need to be taught a lesson,"
In this world the 'Remembrance' is form of curse that allows the cursed to remember everything down to the minute detail. Flooding them with boundless information, their mind aches in their every wake, and their old memories are fresh as if they had just occured a second ago. For mages it's even worse, as an overload of knowledge can lead to their degredation, thus a remembrance potion is a heavy punishment for them all.
[Now that I think about it this will make things even more interesting. I'll be leaving now. I'll gather the materials]
As the sage left, Morris grin to himself for the bountiful reward he'll be getting at a later date. "That potion is gonna be a hell of an experience if I can't purify it. But luckily for me it's a plot device my main character did. In order to remember every detail of this world, he created a perfected potion. And it only allows you to remember the things you want to ingrain in your mind,"