An hour of lofty theory did little to resonate with the Spiritual Apprentices listening to Leovis, a 2nd Ring Arcane Mage.
Fortunately, Leovis seemed to have finished the theoretical section as well.
For the next hour, he changed the subject and began explaining the specifics of the Arcane Trajectory. This instantly roused the drowsy Spiritual Apprentices.
The Spiritual Apprentices who came to the Spirit Society for lessons all yearned to advance to become Arcane Mages.
They found the theory dull, but they were fervently interested in details that could deepen their understanding of the Arcane Trajectory, because those details might truly improve their abilities.
"An energy line."
On the blackboard, Leovis casually drew a line with chalk to represent an energy line in the Spirit Sea.
"Have you ever considered why your understanding of spirituality and the Arcane Trajectory ultimately forms a line like this in the Spirit Sea?"
"Actually, it's very simple to explain. Many of you may have heard it before."
"There's no other reason. The place where spirituality passes through the void is the Arcane Trajectory. We recreate it, and thus we have a line like this."
"An energy line!"
"Because spirituality contains wondrous and powerful energy, it's called an energy line. Even a trace left behind by spirituality remains immensely powerful when reproduced. Why? Because 'spirituality passing through' is a concept, and concepts require no passage of time to be defined."
"In the past, present, or future, spirituality can pass through at any point in time, leaving behind an Arcane Trajectory, which we then condense into an energy line."
"In other words, we use the energy line to trap spirituality."
"In reality, we haven't trapped anything. It's the concept that generates the energy... Of course, you don't need to know that. It's a subject studied by