GLOSSARY
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Absolute Zero - A forbidden-level water-style spell that can freeze an entire army to death.
Annihilating Tempest - A forbidden-level wind-style spell that can fill the entire sky with blade-like gusts of wind.
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Battle qi - 斗气, a form of internal energy
Black Dragon - A powerful dragon-type magical beast with wings, over a hundred meters long, covered in black scales, breathes black fire. At least of the ninth-rank in power, and possibly even Saint-level in power.
Blue-eyed Thunderhawk - A flying magical beast of the seventh rank.
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Cayley - A minor clan in the country of Fenlai.
Coiling Dragon Ring - A mysterious ring with many special powers, found by Linley Baruch. It contained for a time the spirit of Doehring Cowart, an earth-style Grand Magus.
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Dark Alliance - One of the six principal political organizations, located west of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, let by the Cult of Shadows. Opposed by the Holy Union.
d'Bero shadow diamond - A dark violet gemstone desired by magi, worth 100,000 gold coins.
Delia - A fellow student of Linley's at the Ernst Institute. Wind-style magus and eventual love interest.
Dillon - A Saint-level swordsman who engaged in battle with Rudi in Wushan township. Proved to be inferior to Rudi. Nicknamed the 'Stellar Sword Saint'.
Dixie - The foremost genius of the Ernst Institute, exceptional elemental affinity in two different elements, super exceptional spiritual essence (62 times others).
Doehring Cowart - A Saint-level Grand Magus, earth-style, who lived in the Coiling Dragon Ring. Linley's eventual instructor in earth-style magic.
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Earthguard - A staple earth-style defensive spell, can be used at the fifth rank to cover one's body with stone, at the seventh rank to cover it with jade, eighth rank for crystal jade, ninth rank for platinum, and Saint-level for diamond.
Earth Tremor - A earth-style spell of the first rank, shakes the ground beneath the opponent's feet.
Elemental essence - The energy of nature, which magi absorb into their bodies and use to create spells.
Ernst Institute - The number one magus academy of the Yulan continent, located in the Holy Union. Named after Pope Ernst, a famous leader of the Radiant Church/Holy Union.
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Fenlai - The kingdom which Wushan town belongs to. Main kingdom of the Holy Union.
Forest of Darkness - One of the three dangerous places on the Yulan continent.
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George - One of Linley's three dormmates at the Ernst Institute. A year older than Linley, hails from the Yulan Empire.
Golden Bank of the Four Empires - The premier bank in the world, set up by the Four Great Empires. Offers magicrystal cards.
Griffin - A magical beast of the fourth rank, hybrid of a lion and an eagle.
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Hadley - Friend of Linley.
Hamelin - A Saint-level Grand Magus who ambushed Doehring Cowart along with another Saint-level combatant.
Heaven Collapses, Earth Shatters - A forbidden-level earth-style spell that can cause the earth to roil about, unleashing chasms which will spew countless amounts of magma.
Heavenly Fire Burning the Fields, Earthly Fire Burning the Cities - A forbidden-level fire-style spell which can burn a city to ashes.
Heavenly Lightning of Absolute Destruction - A forbidden-level lightning-style spell which can unleash tens of thousands of thunderbolts.
Heavenly Meteor's Descent - A forbidden-level earth-style spell that can cause countless giant boulders to fall from the sky and reduce a city to rubble.
Heishi - Main kingdom of the Dark Alliance.
Hillman - Warrior of the sixth rank, captain of the guards for the Baruch clan.
Hiri - Housekeeper for the Baruch family.
Holy Union - One of the six principal political organizations, located west of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, led by the Radiant Church. Opposed by the Dark Alliance.
Hogg - Leader of the Baruch clan, and father to protagonist Linley, and his younger brother Wharton.
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Linley - Protagonist of this story, the eldest son and heir to the Baruch clan.
Lomu - A magus who serves Reynolds and his family. Has taught Reynolds magic.
Lorry - Guardsman for the Baruch clan, under Sherman.
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Magus - Term used to describe any individual who can use magic.
Mageforce - Purified, distilled elemental essence which mages absorb into their body, which is then used to direct natural elemental essence to produce spells, under the guidance of spiritual energy.
Mountain Range of Magical Beasts - A mountain range filled with (duh) magical beasts! The largest mountain range on the Yulan continent. One of three dangerous places on the Yulan continent, it bisects the continent, north to south.
Mountain Range of the Setting Sun - The second largest mountain range on the Yulan continent. One of the three dangerous places in the Yulan continent.
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O'Brien Academy - The number one martial academy for warriors, located in the O'Brien Empire, the most militarily powerful empire in the Yulan continent.
O'Brien Empire - One of the six principal political organizations, located east of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Northern empire.
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Philip - A member of a noble clan situated near Wushan town. In sounder financial straits, he often purchases ancestral heirlooms that the Baruch family is forced to sell.
Pouant Empire - An empire that was destroyed nearly five thousand years ago. Doehring Cowart hailed from this empire.
Proulx - A grandmaster stone sculptor, acclaimed throughout the ages.
Pulsating Guard - A forbidden-level earth-style defensive spell that protects a wide area from spells, even some other forbidden-level spells.
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Rand - A fellow 1st grade student when Linley first entered the Ernst Institute. Won the yearly tournament for 1st grade students, then was thrashed by Linley.
Reynolds - One of Linley's three dormmates at the Ernst Institute. One year younger than Linley. Hails from the O'Brien Empire.
Rhine Empire - One of the six principal political organizations, located east of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Southeastern empire.
Rohault Empire - One of the six principal political organizations, located east of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Eastern empire.
Roger - Guardsman for the Baruch clan, under Sherman.
Rudi - A Saint-level earth-element magus who engaged in battle with Dillon in Wushan township. Has a Black Dragon as servant. Proved stronger than Dillon.
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Saint - 圣, a level which exceeds the normal nine ranks of warriors/mages
Shadowmouse - One of two types of rat-type magical beasts, the other being Stoneater Rats. Shadowmice are extremely fast and can range in ranks from 3-8. At rank 5, their fur turns blue, while at rank 7, their fur turns violet. Omnivorous, have sharp teeth, particularly feared for attacking in waves.
Shattered Rocks - A scaling earth style attack spell that has different names and levels of power. Used as a way to 'test' one's strength.
Slaughterer - The name of the ancestral warblade of the Dragonblooded Warrior clan. Sold off many years ago.
Spiritual energy - Mental energy used to shape mageforce and elemental essence into magical spells. A magus needs to have at least 5 times more spiritual energy than an average person.
Stoneater Rat - One of two types of rat-type magical beasts, the other being Shadowmice. Stoneater Rats are extremely tough and can range in ranks from 1-8. At rank 4, their fur turns silver, while at rank 7, their fur turns gold. Omnivorous, have sharp teeth, even sharper than Shadowmice, particularly feared for attacking in waves.
Supersonic - A scaling wind-magic spell that can dramatically increase one's speed.
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Trey - Linley's first instructor in wind magic, a sixth year student at the Ernst Institute.
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Vampiric Iron Bull - A large bull-type creature with blood red eyes, a magical beast of the fifth rank.
Velocidragon - 迅猛龙, aka 'velociraptor', an enormous, dragon-type, 20-30 meter long, two-story building tall magical beast of the seventh rank. Fire type.
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Wendi - Linley's first grade instructor in earth magic. Praised by Doehring Cowart as having solid fundamentals, but still of course inferior to Doehring Cowart.
Wharton - Younger brother of main protagonist Linley, a member of the Baruch clan.
Windscout - A wind-style scouting spell.
World Protector - A forbidden tenth-rank spell of the earth element type. The strongest offensive earth element spell.
Wushan - Mt. Wu, where the protagonist lives.
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Yale - One of Linley's three dormmates at the Ernst Institute. Extremely wealthy, also hails from the Holy Union. One year older than Linley, and the oldest of the four bros.
Yulan continent - The name of the continent where the early parts of the story takes place.
Yulan Empire - One of the six principal political organizations, located east of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Central empire.
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