Shadow Aura

Also known as Shadow Copy Aura, Shadow Aura essentially reconfigures the Shadow Copy spell by generating a nearly invisible aura around the user that tethers strongly to any new holographic copies made of the wielder. The intent is not to make several copies that act in synchronicity to the user, but rather one instant copy of the wielder that also has the ability to act independently according to the user's own imagination while using matter transference to evade an existing attack all within the blink of an eye.

The results: The wielder will end up out of view of their foe, leaving no potential trace that they have moved or left a copy of themself behind. The foe then attacks the false copy, causing that copy to glitch and degenerated by blinking in and out of existence. During this moment, the real wielder attacks their target from a blind spot. Once a single copy is made and degenerated, the aura around the wielder still remains active, and can continue making copies for as long as MP energy is gradually delivered to this aura. This means that the user of this ability can keep up this effective evasion tactic so long as there is MP energy in the supply of that wielder, while the strain to magical circuits during the use of this aura only varies between 11%-21%, giving free room to use magical attacks at the same time separate from the primary aura. Creating multiple copies using this specific ability is nearly impossible and would waste energy.

Predecessor Spells: Shadow Copy
Evolutionary Forms: None

Effect

Support Form: Illusion Duplication and Molecular Projection
Support Type: Support Aura
Glyphring: False

Manifestation

See description above.

Source

Personal MP
Passive MP Drain per second: 0.7%

MP Drain per Copy Generation: 9%

Discovery

Shadow Aura is difficult to duplicate in practice just by seeing it. Alyssa Valor is the one who invented this particular aura, maximizing the power to make an instant holographic copy of herself while using matter transference at the same time to appear somewhere else, ideally out of sight of the enemy. The use of this tactic is to intentionally dodge a powerful attack using this method. However, it also appears that when only controlling a single copy tethered to this invisible aura of the real wielder, that copy can act differently as pre-programmed by that user instead of being synchronized to the user's own actions, increasing the plausibility that the copy will seem more realistic and independent.

Effect Duration

False copies have a maximum duration of 60 seconds. Passive aura lasts for as long as MP energy can be applied.

Effect Casting Time

Instant

Range

100 Meters

Level

N/A