Before falling asleep. I opened the basic magic book I received from Benny with high expectations.
Foreword.
Once, magic was a miracle.
Just as a blacksmith lts stone to extract iron, the God of Magic bestowed mortals with the thod to extract phenona from the mana that fills the world.
We called this magic.
However, no one is unaware of the significant difference between magic and blacksmithing. It is universality.
Blacksmithing can be learned by anyone (though one must be born with talent to reach a high level. I do not intend to dean craftsn), but magic could only be handled by a chosen few.
It is natural. Mana is scattered throughout the world, but the sense to handle it is bestowed only by the God of Magic.
Our brains, or hearts, or perhaps sowhere in our souls, this magical organ did not originally exist.
It was bestowed upon us by the God of Magic.
Therefore, magic was a miracle.
A miracle that reshaped the world as we desired, following the tools and answers provided by the God.
But today’s magic is not like that.
The God of Magic could not escape the flas of the War of the Fallen Gods and perished, casting the final great spell at the cost of its existence.
Thus began the era where even dogs and cows are born with magical organs (truly, even dogs and cows are born with them; they just can’t use them properly).
Therefore, today’s magic is not a miracle, but a technology.
However, do not be disappointed. The inherent beauty of magic has not disappeared, and the layers upon layers of technology have beco a shortcut to the truth.
Rember that knowledge with a system is superior to an unexpressed enlightennt.
The Magic Tower is not composed of outstanding individuals, but of pioneers bearing the mission to lead all of humanity to the truth.
If you diligently absorb the contents of this book, you too will beco one of us.
First of all…
“…What’s this?”
It’s filled with seemingly profound words that are actually hollow, and the unnecessary author’s notes interspersed throughout make it quite cumberso to read.
And what about the content? Isn’t it just brimming with elitism?
This book isn’t written to be read by others, but rather indulges the author’s own whims, making it fundantally flawed.
“Sigh…”
I suppressed the professional fervor boiling within , trying to calm my anger.
Right. It’s common knowledge that mages are stuck up, and this book isn’t even a novel to begin with. So, this much is fine. What’s important is the content of the main text, not the preface.
After taking a deep breath, I continued reading the book. And then.
Thud!
Even after skimming through it to the end, there wasn’t much of a difference.
It’s hard to understand what it’s saying, and it tells to rotate the circle, but I have no idea what that circle even is in the first place.
I know that magic is concentrated in the heart, but it naturally forming a ring? What kind of nonsense is that?
After staring at the elegant cover of the book and contemplating for a while, I nodded.
“Yeah. Maybe I should just try my luck with gacha.”
This is the way for …
With a deep sigh, I used the magic book as a stand and placed the fully upgraded Goddess statue on top of it.
With its usual benevolent expression, it was in a pose as if praying to soone. There must have been nothing to sulk about today.
I sighed while patting the shimring hair of the Goddess statue.
“Sigh. I’m working so hard just to get rid of so heretics…you know?”
Wooong-!
The Goddess statue emitted a rough divine power as if in protest, but it only glimred softly.
“Why! Did I ask for a 5-star? The magic category itself rarely appears, but it was just a 1-star!”
Woooong…!
“Do it! Do it, do it! If you don’t, I’ll keep you locked in a subspace all day and only take you out when needed!”
Woooong…
“…No, don’t get so down. Instead, if you do it, I’ll, huh? Hug you like a beloved doll for a while. How about it? Isn’t that a fair deal?”
Paaat!
Cool! The entire room lit up brightly as if the statue of the Goddess was shouting.
I opened the gacha system with a wry smile, thinking it now even does sothing similar to communication.
Ding!
[Normal Draw]
-Consu cash or equivalent Magic Stones to randomly obtain items and skills between 1 to 5 stars.
[Single Draw] [10 1 Draw]
“Let’s gooooo!”
Today, I earned about 30 silver in the Labyrinth. I put it all along with the 10 silver I received from Benny into the gacha.
My money pouch beca light in an instant. I could hear the sound of dice rolling, audible only to , and soon a translucent window unfolded before my eyes.
Ding!
[☆: Well-dried Magic Herb]
[☆: Processed Healing Herb]
[☆: Platypus Bone Shard]
[☆: Well-dried Magic Herb]
[☆: Well-dried Magic Herb]
[☆: Processed Healing Herb]
[☆: Well-dried Magic Herb]
[☆☆: Magic – Intense Fla]
[☆: Lowest-grade Healing Potion]
[☆: Wooden Arrow]
[☆: Well-dried Magic Herb]
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[☆: Aura – Enhanced Senses]
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[☆: Magic – Mana Discharge]
The items fell to the floor half a beat later. But that wasn’t important right now. After all, they were all 1-star junk items.
“No, I asked for basic magic, so what’s with the 2-star magic and Mana Discharge…? And what’s with the sudden Aura…?”
For a mont, I tilted my head in disbelief at the Goddess statue. But I had to clench my mouth shut as the pain surged in.
“Grrk…!”
My heart pounded madly as if soone was squeezing it with all their might, and my lower abdon burned as if a bullet was lodged deep inside.
Fortunately, the pain didn’t last long. But it wasn’t over yet.
Before the echo of pain even subsided, knowledge directly burrowed into my brain.
A headache that felt like my head was being struck with a hamr. This too was a brief pain, but…it lingered for a long ti.
My vision was dizzy, my head hurts, my heart was sore, and there was a foreign sensation in my lower abdon.
Although it wasn’t as painful as the 4-star skill, Sound-Eating Footsteps, being in pain in multiple places at once made it hard to stay focused.
I pressed the cheeks of the Goddess statue with an aggrieved heart.
“I said basic magic would be enough…”
Woong-
The light was clearly weaker than before. Even the intention within it seed a bit blurry.
Like a doll with a low battery. Or an utterly exhausted human.
“…Could it be that you can’t completely control the gacha either? And you even get tired if you manipulate it?”
-……..
Lacking the energy to respond, the Goddess statue, having completely lost its light, remained silent. However, its current feeble state itself served as an answer.
“Sigh. If I had known it was like this, I wouldn’t have asked for such a thing. It’s not even urgent.”
Thinking back now, after handing the 4-star right before the fight with One Who Devours the Twilight, nothing useful has co out of the gacha since.
Even though I rolled quite a bit, getting nothing is sowhat surprising. Of course, since it’s gacha, it can always be chalked up to bad luck…
Maybe I just used up all my luck in advance. Naturally, the burden fell on the Goddess.
I patted the Goddess statue’s bottom in apology for a mont. Suddenly, a thought struck , and I stopped my hand.
“Huh? Co to think of it, the last ti I summoned 11 Goddess statues at once, they were all fine.”
I squinted my eyes and glared at the Goddess statue. The carved pupils sohow seed to feel aggrieved.
It seems that the other side has its own circumstances. I can roughly guess what it was.
The Goddess of Love was relatively intact whenever she handed down an item related to herself through gacha.
It’s simple to sneak in her own things, but it seems manipulating the gacha itself is not easy.
“Well, thinking about it now doesn’t an anything.”
I can ask the Goddess of Love directly at the bottom of the Labyrinth later.
With a slight laugh, I decided to check the newly drawn items first.
First, the Intense Fla. This is an advanced version of the Weak Fla I used to use.
It’s literally a magic that ignites an intense fla, and since it’s 2-star, its power is quite usable.
In other words, to test it, it should be done in a Labyrinth or a proper training ground, not indoors.
Regrettably, I decided to check the Intense Fla next ti and looked at other things first.
Bam!
The power of mana bursting from my fingertips.
Mana Discharge. This is simple. It emits an invisible shockwave by consuming mana.
It’s too primitive to be called magic… It’s a technique closer to a mana skill.
It consus a lot of mana but has poor power. However, its activation speed is exceptional.
This will depend on how it’s used.
Next is the Aura that was drawn out unexpectedly. Its usage and effect are also simple.
A basic enhancent that sharpens the senses by enveloping the whole body in aura. The sensation of drawing aura from a tiny dantian is unfamiliar, but the difficulty itself is nothing special.
However, as I gained Sound-Eating Footsteps, my senses had already beco more sensitive, so its efficiency has sowhat dropped….
I’ll have to learn the details by using it directly in the Labyrinth.
What I need to do now is….
“I should get rid of the Magic Herbs.”
As always, it’s ti to dispose of junk items.
I stuffed the unknown monster’s bone fragnts deep into the subspace and started chewing on Magic Herbs and Healing Herbs alternately.
After eating enough, I shoved the rest into the drawer carelessly. Then, wiping my mouth that still tasted like herbs, I picked up the fully upgraded statue placed on the altar-like magic book.
“Sigh. A promise is a promise.”
I hugged the statue and lay down on the bed.
The next morning.
Sohow, the skin of the statue looked glossy.
…What did you do while I was sleeping?
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