Kyron waved his hand and the air behind him shimmered, revealing a transparent phantasm of a minotaur over him. The creature looked fierce and angry, but it was clearly an illusion.
“A lot of combat spells used by mages of old relied on people being awed by magic, or unfamiliar with its limitations. Today, every child that went through elementary school knows better than to be scared away by an obvious illusion like this one, much less a professional soldier or a criminal. Most of the spells and tactics you will find in the library are hopelessly obsolete.”
Kyron stopped and rubbed his chin in thought. “Also, it is somewhat hard to focus on spellcasting when someone is actively trying to kill you,” he remarked offhandedly. “As a consequence of all this, nobody casts combat spells as cl
