Formless Ascension: My Affinity Is Limitless

And right before Diya’s eyes, slowly — even slower than when she had first begun using her healing magic as a Level 1 Healer Mage — the wound on the rat’s leg began to close up.

Finally, the laceration scabbed over completely. It wasn’t a pristine restoration like the one Diya could perform, but the result was clear and undeniable...

”Congratulations, Uhtred,” Diya said softly. ”You’ve successfully healed a living organism.”

”Ah. Thanks,” Uhtred replied in a quiet tone, far less boisterous than he had assumed he would be after trying all day.

Instead, he felt oddly centered.

Suddenly, a realization dawned on him. Right now, he could sense a subtle, familiar type of essence coursing through his body.

Esoteric magic...

In that moment, Uhtred recognized several distinct facts. The first was that healing magic undeniably carried traces of Esoteric magic. In fact, it likely relied heavily on it.

Diya had mentioned earlier that an ”extra” something separated her from far superior medical minds who ought to have received higher grade classes than hers. Yet that missing thing had allowed her to gain an Epic Grade version of the Healer Mage class instead.

Uhtred now understood that this missing thing was directly tied to Esoteric magic. Yet, Diya’s class didn’t function like the standard Esoteric magics Uhtred had previously encountered.

Esoteric Magic exists on a spectrum, Uhtred realized. In fact, all magic exists on a spectrum. There is no such thing as ”pure” Elemental magic, or ”pure” Esoteric magic, or ”pure” Fundamental laws. They all exist along a sliding scale, leaning closer to one side depending on the ascender’s class...