Magic

Magic (魔力, Maryoku, lit. "Magical Power") is the mental energy for using abilities as a Blazer.

Summary

Stella manifesting flames through magic.

Abilities (異能, Inō, lit. "Superpower"), also known as Blazer Abilities and later coined Magic, is an irregular kind of power that surpasses logic and is in essence the supernatural power that Blazers have access to that is powered and activated through their mana, also known as magic power. Among the powers, a Blazer's abilities are classified into four different categories, whether strengthening physical abilities, manipulating and controlling natural forces, manipulating concepts, and manipulating causation itself.

Despite these supernatural abilities, their mana itself is noted as being fixed at birth, meaning that it cannot be increased no matter what kind of training a Blazer subjects themselves to. This limit is referred to as their Destiny (運命(うんめい), Unmei, lit. "Fate"), something which Edelweiss has elaborated as being the potential that the world would permit them. As such, those who have much greater destinies than others such as an A-Rank Blazer like Stella Vermillion compared to an F-Rank Blazer like Ikki Kurogane. In their final battle, after going through decades worth of growth, Ikki found himself being bonded by invisible black chains that represented his destiny. But, at the same time, before all Blazers became prisoners of their destiny, they were also protected by it and would be able to continue living their normal lives.

Pseudo Mana

Although normal Blazers cannot increase their mana unlike Desperados, Blazers who are a part of the Natural Interference System (自然干渉系, Shizen Kanshō-kei) can do so through amassing mana from their respective elements turning it into pseudo-mana, allowing them to use more mana than they normally could.

Desperados

A Blazer reaching its Awakening.

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Those who had surpassed being human, and would fight against each other one day to decide the future of the world.

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—— Edelweiss, Volume 9

However, some individuals ignored their fate, described as ignoring the warning of the gods and stepped outside of their fate; stepping into the domain of demonic beings by reaching their own Brute Soul (覚醒(ブルート・ソウル), Burūto Sōru, lit. "Awakening") becoming a Desperado (魔人(デスペラード), Majin, lit. "Demonic Person"), beings who exist outside of fate and as such are able to increase the upper limits of their mana based on their training.

Usage

Stella's mana protecting her from Intetsu.

Aside from activating their manifesting Devices, powering abilities, and activating Noble Arts, different basic yet versatile abilities are usable for many applications. However, most of these applications are reliant on the amount of mana that a Blazer has, with F-Ranks being incapable of making full use of Mana Defense and Mana Emission as their Mana would be drained after a couple of uses. However, on top of mana capacity, Mana Control (魔力(まりょく)制御(せいぎょ), Maryoku Seigyo, lit. "Magic Control") is the most important factor for Blazers in combat, with the total amount of mana required for these applications being lessened, with even an F-Rank like Ikki having conscious control of Mana Emission and could later use Mana Defense after Edelweiss' training.

• Mana Emission: Even without separately strengthening physical abilities (like Ikki's Physical Ability Doubling), the blazer is able to grant destructive power to the sword and propulsive power to actions by releasing mana. Moreover, the strengthening rate at this time is not just two-times, but five- or even six-times, more so depending on their amount of mana. A prime example of this is Stella, someone who has 30 times the mana of an average Blazer, and often amplifies her physical abilities more than a common Blazer. Mana Emission is a basic application that Blazers unconsciously uses.

• Mana Defense: Another application that lets Blazers defend themselves from attacks, with the overall effectiveness depending on the amount of mana a person has. As such, a Blazer is often provided with continued protection due to their mana, with E-Ranks having nothing short of a bruise from bullets and A-Ranks are often untouchable, requiring one to have equal or greater mana to hurt them. F-Ranks due to their low mana are incapable of using this at all, but Ikki proved that advanced Mana Control and training make it possible to use.

• Device Manipulation: As Devices are the crystallization of mana, learning to better control their mana could let them manipulate and distort its shape. This was first seen by Ikki who would make Intetsu's blade thinner than normal, while their natural nigh-indestructibility made it impossible to break, while being sharper than normal.

Training

Although, there aren't methods for increasing mana, there are several methods for training Mana Control (魔力(まりょく)制御(せいぎょ), Maryoku Seigyo, lit. "Magic Control") to accomplish a wide range of more efficient applications that provide numerous advantages in combat. As such, among Mage-Knight Schools, like Hagun Academy, there are training methods such as molding special clay through their mana, with people such as Shizuku who could mold them into complicated sculptures, one resembling Ikki, proving her superior Mana Control. There is another training method involving Mana Emission requiring one to push a huge machine's pistons using their whole body, which is a basic one. Another one involves running in a pool with the raging current while creating a scaffold extending to the bottom of the pull using mana, which is the most difficult to do.

There is another more difficult one which was developed by Edelweiss herself on Edelberg, where one concentrates mana inside of themselves instead of outside, then balances on the pointed end that has been sharpened from the permafrost, any less protection would pierce their flesh and bone. This is also the most efficient means of enhancing oneself through using Mana and the most essential technique for Body Enhancement-type Blazers. She trained Ikki using this difficult-to-master training method to regulate Ittou Shura, but although he couldn't complete the full hour, she stated he could increase it threefold. Because of this training, he managed to learn to use advanced Mana applications, ranging from Mana Defense and Device Manipulation.