Countless peach blossoms fell toward Wizard Maklas's shoulders. In an instant, they enclosed him in a spinning pink sphere.
Peach Blossom Curse!
A Peach Blossom Curse enhanced with a Great Magic Rune from Prosperity Tree Great Magic!
The Peach Blossom Curse concentrated Spring Magic and embodied Spring Prosperity. Countless blossoms wrapped around Wizard Maklas, bearing down on him with powerful Magic Pressure.
At that moment, a fiery eye opened on the back of Wizard Maklas's right hand—a Shaping School Star-Ring Spell Model: Eye of Fire!
Through the Eye of Fire, the world before him changed. Spiritual Touch was the hidden interaction among all things. Things that seemed unrelated often exerted invisible, intangible, even immeasurable influences on one another. That was Spiritual Touch.
Now he saw a Spiritual Touch between himself and every blossom, and between each blossom and the others. There were many kinds of Spiritual Touch, not just one.
Some were strong, forging powerful connections between objects, such as elemental-particle coupling or the interactions between elemental particles. Others were weak, such as the peculiar bonds between people known as cause and fate. The Divination School studied those extensively, while the Shaping School focused chiefly on strong Spiritual Touches between matter: the forces that brought things together and pulled them apart.
"I see it."
Flames coiled around Captain Maklas's arm. He swung his hand like a blade. Great Magic: Severing Fire Pillar!
In an instant, every strong Spiritual Touch between Captain Maklas and the countless peach petals broke. The magical energy released far exceeded what he possessed himself.
The countless petals turned to dust.
Amid shattered fragments of space, Captain Maklas looked at Locke. Fire burst from his eyes as he swung his hand again. "Mr. Augustine, this must be your first fight against a Fire Magic wizard of the