Needless to say, magic required extreme concentration and the correct chant to cast.
Generally speaking, the greater a spell's output, the longer its chant, and the more precise the caster's control had to be. Otherwise, the magic power gradually transforming into force could spiral out of control, causing the spell to fail or the magic to explode prematurely, injuring the caster before it injured anyone else.
Therefore, whether they were Mages or anyone else, without exception, people stood still when using magic, focusing on chanting and preparing to cast.
However, there were skilled individuals capable of chanting magic while taking other actions.
They could multitask, handling both chanting and combat at once, becoming high-firepower mobile turrets that calmly and steadily burned all their enemies away.
This dangerous feat of multitasking—fighting while casting magic—was called Parallel Chant.
Even among Upper Class Adventurers, those who could use this technique proficiently were exceedingly rare experts.
It was a dangerous feat akin to defusing a bomb with both hands while fighting at the same time. Anyone could imagine just how difficult it was to master.
But once one mastered this chanting technique, even rear-guard Mages who normally needed many people to protect them in battle could become mobile turrets capable of roaming the entire battlefield, turning into troublesome foes that haunted their enemies' nightmares.
Right now, before the members of the Loki Familia, there was such a troublesome individual displaying this technique.
"Arcing Ray!"
When Riezel once again dodged a jet of Dissolving Liquid at astonishing speed and fired off his completed spell, blasting down a Worm Monster, the Loki Familia's executives had already gone numb.
Attacking, dodging, moving, chanting. Riezel handled all four actions at once, yet his magic showed no sign of disorder as he calmly fired spell after spell, hitting one