In the mental landscape created by the count's coffin, Rigel was grinning from ear to ear, he was clearly a little taller than months before, having grown somewhat, but not enough for his clothes to be too tight.
The smile on his face had an obvious reason, before him stood a reddish figure, a lamia, the upper body of a woman, the lower body a snake, but instead of being a ghostly figure like Diabolus, the red figure was entirely made of phosphorescent red water.
With the talent granted by his King Triton bloodline, he can use water-based magic directly without needing a wand, furthermore, transforming and creating water-based spells is much easier for him.
Of course, "easier" is relative, Rigel himself took months from the idea of transforming 'Diabolus' into a water spell to finally reaching a conclusion.
The Lamia ahead of him is the result.
Lamia had a weak consciousness, capable of fighting on its own, just like Diabolus, but although similar, its power was different.
That's because Rigel had to change the spell, the reason he could use Diabolus, which requires an intense emotion of sadness, was because it was a reward from the Adventure Book, and he could continue using it without being influenced by it.
But even though this water lamia was based on the Diabolus, it was already a different spell. Rigel didn't want to feel intense sadness every time he used it, even if the count's coffin could heal any damage caused by dark magic, it wasn't a good feeling to have during a fight.
Instead, Rigel focused on anger, it was a much easier emotion to use and one of the few emotions Rigel had in abundance.
Rigel manipulated the dream to change location, appearing in a clearing with an adult fire dragon, a Hungarian Horntail. The dragon roared with rage, attacking Rigel. The Lamia let out its own scream, perhaps due to its form, its scream sounded incredibly high-pitched, and Rigel even had to cover his ears.
Lamia raised its hands as a torrent of pressurized water shot out of them, heading directly against the dragon's fire. The fire didn't stand a chance, extinguished by the force of the water, and continued its path straight to the dragon's open mouth. But while he expected the water to melt the dragon or something, he was surprised when a hole opened directly in the dragon's head. The dragon fell to the ground with a deep thud.
Rigel was stunned, it didn't look like acid at all, instead it looked like the hole a bullet would leave.
Curious, he changed the scenery, this time they appeared beside a huge rock wall. Rigel controlled the Lamia to attack the wall with its water.
Again, the water, although not appearing incredibly fast, made a huge hole as soon as it hit the wall, throwing rocks everywhere.
Rigel stared at it, stunned and still confused. He made the Lamia stop, looking at the hole. It was too uneven to be considered a "clearing", gravel and cracks were everywhere. So he made the Lamia pour some water directly onto his hand.
As soon as the water touched his skin, Rigel was slightly surprised, there should only have been a maximum of 50 ml in his hand, but Rigel felt like he was holding a bowling ball!
This water is incredibly heavy!
No, Rigel realized it wasn't the weight itself, the red water slowly lost its shine in his hand, becoming lighter and lighter until it was just ordinary water.
Rigel stood there, gazing at the water for a long time. The water seemed to constantly emit energy, yet it was incredibly pure, only giving a sensation of heaviness. He even tried to drink some, but nothing happened to him except for a heavy feeling in his stomach, which passed quickly.
"Mechanical energy?" Rigel wondered, but in the end he received no answer. In the end, it was magic. Rigel controlled the Lamia to punch the wall. The punch was incredibly powerful, breaking a large piece of the stone. This Lamia, along with the fluidity of water, was practically the perfect physical combatant.
Rigel believes that this 'ability' comes from his anger and the feeling he focused on while creating the spell, a pure will to destroy the source of his anger, resulting in a strong destructive power.
Rigel looked at her, noticing that her face resembled Calypso's as well, but it was her face when she was furious, Rigel even felt as if she were ready to break something.
Rigel stared at the figure in silence for a moment, sensing that Calypso would bother him again when she saw this. He let out a tired sigh, but there was no real frustration there, he quickly dismissed it.
He conducted a few more tests, increasing the flow of magic or increasing his anger. He noticed that the angrier he got, the redder the Lamia became and the more powerful its water was, increasing magic increased the amount of water, which in turn also increased its power.
The incantation of the spell? There wasn't one, because he skipped straight through the wand movement and word focusing stages, all he did was channel his anger into the water, shaping it in the same way he did with the Diabolus.
The result was evident, which also made this magic obviously a form of Dark magic, not because of the effect itself, but because of what this magic did to the caster. When using it, Rigel himself felt a strong destructive urge to destroy everything that irritated him, much like the Fiendfyre.
If it weren't for the effect of the coffin, it would have even changed his mind over time, making him aggressive and temperamental.
His practice with the Fiendfyre didn't stop either, instead, he became increasingly better at controlling it. He could now use it fluidly, although after the fire reached a certain point, it still slipped out of his control, fortunately, the amount of fire that Rigel could withstand at a time was constantly increasing. Now, with the Lamia, Rigel felt he no longer needed to focus so much on the Fiendfyre.
Also, dealing with so much Dark magic was like having his mind constantly bombarded by intrusive thoughts, with the constant repetition, even Rigel's Occlumency grew quite a bit, which was an unexpected bonus.
Before leaving the dream, Rigel thought of a name for the spell, although he didn't have an incantation, a name was still necessary.
Rigel named it in Latin, Ira Maris, which in English means Wrath of the Sea. Although he will still usually call it Lamia.