Chapter 19: Ultra-Short Chant Magic
Twilight Manor, Courtyard.
In this small courtyard, shaped like a circle around the central tower, Riezel stepped out from the manor, carrying a slender sword as his main weapon.
Several towers stood side by side, causing the courtyard to be sowhat dimly lit. Despite well-cared-for flowers and plants flourishing around, shadows still lingered.
This resulted in a peculiar situation where, even though it was broad daylight, the light in this place wasn't quite sufficient, making one question if it was still nightti.
Fortunately, the courtyard was equipped with small fountains and magic stone lampposts. The soft glow from the magic stone lamps alleviated the inconvenience, at least to so extent.
Walking through the courtyard, Riezel made his way to the corner.
*Swish—!*
Suddenly, the sound of sothing slicing through the air resonated. It was the sound created by the movent of a sword swinging through the air.
Riezel halted his step, turning his gaze towards the source of the sound. In the next mont, he laid eyes on the girl he was supposed to et here.
The doll-like girl with golden hair held a bright silver sword, engaging in training.
Her calm expression turned indifferent and her eyes beca extrely sharp. With each swing of her sword, she cut through the air sharply, creating flashes of silver light, astonishingly fast.
Chopping vertically, slashing horizontally, cutting diagonally, thrusting forward, and making swift slices—a girl, as beautiful as an Elf and as mysterious as a Goddess, stood on a lush green patch of ground, continuously wielding her beloved sword.
It was as if she perceived an unseen enemy right before her, or perhaps feared that she might co to a standstill. She danced alone in an intense swordplay, lost in the rhythm of her own movents.
Observing this scene, Riezel remained silent, refraining from disturbing her or making any unnecessary moves, simply standing in place and watching with his eyes bright and focused.
He was learning.
Learning her swordsmanship and attempting to understand the trajectory of her sword swings.
Unfortunately, her sword was too fast, to the point where he couldn't keep up with her movents. All he could see were silver streaks dancing in the air, and nothing more.
Despite this, he did not feel bored. He continued to watch attentively until the sunlight descended from the sky, illuminating the entire courtyard.
"Huff..."
Finally, Ais stopped.
She raised her sword upward, then sheathed it. After finishing her exercise, she turned towards Riezel.
"Sorry..." Ais said sowhat apologetically, lowering her eyes slightly. "Made you wait."
"No." Riezel shook his head and calmly responded. "I should thank you for letting
observe your training."
"Really?" Ais tilted her head, seeming a bit puzzled, and hesitated. "Was it helpful for you?"
"Of course..." Riezel paused, then nodded. "After all, as you can see, like you, I also wield a sword."
He raised the weapon in his hand, bringing it into Ais's view.
"A sword..." Ais was sowhat surprised and sowhat astonished. "You're really not a mage?"
"At least, I'm not the kind of pure rearguard mage..." Riezel responded and thought for a mont. "I prefer charging into the enemy directly rather than staying at the back and using magic."
'After all, that's undoubtedly more exciting.' Riezel said the true reason in his mind.
Ais then recalled Loki's remarks from yesterday.
—I think this kid seems to be of the sa type as Ais, both being problem children who won't settle down unless they go on a rampage amid the monsters.
As she thought about that, Ais couldn't help but feel a bit of closeness to him. She just felt that this rookie, highly praised by Loki, was quite similar to herself in various aspects.
Now, he even wanted to learn her magic.
Just thinking about it, Ais couldn't help but feel a complex mix of emotions.
"...Can I ask you a question?"
Driven by these complex emotions, Ais turned her head to Riezel and asked.
"Go ahead."
Riezel seed to have so idea of what Ais was about to ask, with his expression remaining unchanged.
"Why ?" Ais carefully chose her words but ended up saying them sowhat clumsily. "Riveria is willing to teach you. Even with the strongest mage in Orario offering to do so, why choose
when you could learn from her?"
'My magic isn't as flashy as Riveria's or Lefiya's, with powerful effects and range.'
That was how Ais saw her own magic.
Riezel also knew that if he wanted to be powerful, generally accepted magic in line with people's expectations of the term, learning from Riveria would be the best choice. Her magic was known for its firepower, capable of incinerating enemies even higher-leveled than herself, or scorching a large area around.
In comparison, Ais's magic, though unique, lacked that decisive power and firepower. Therefore, under normal circumstances, one would prefer to learn Riveria's magic.
Unaware of Ais's thoughts, Riezel had his own considerations.
"As I ntioned yesterday, I personally believe that your magic is the most suitable for
at this mont."
He explained while looking directly at her face.
"As everyone knows, all magic in the world shares a common usage requirent—you must recite a fixed chant, also known as chanting."
As she heard his reason, Ais nodded in agreent.
Chanting was the only way to use magic.
It served as the trigger for magic, stabilized one's 'Mind' to smoothly convert the basic ability of 'MAG' into fuel, and released the phenonon known as magic.
This held true in both the main world and this world.
Generally speaking, the longer the chant of magic, the more ti it took to chant, and the more astonishing the power and effects of the said magic.
However, this didn't an that magic with a lengthy chant was a good thing.
"Magic with a long chant may indeed be extrely powerful; on the other hand, the ti it takes to cast becos long, leading to various problems."
That was how Riezel saw it.
"Setting aside interruptions and unexpected events during casting, for the growth of status, having magic with a long chant is not a good thing."
Magic that took ti to cast inevitably had many limitations in its usage, with few opportunities to use it.
And if there were fewer chances to use magic, the growth of 'MAG' beca less optimistic.
Whether it was 'MAG' or other basic abilities like 'STR', 'END', 'DEX', or 'AGI', the way to make them grow was to use them frequently.
If one didn't get the chance to use them regularly, it ant that basic abilities related to the power and effects of magic, such as 'MAG', were challenging to improve.
Because of this, many mages put a lot of effort into finding opportunities to unleash their magic.
However, the power of magic was extraordinary, a supernatural force that could cause massive destruction with just one strike. Inside the city, it was generally difficult to find opportunities to use it.
Even when entering the dungeon and casting magic in it while facing attacks from monsters, whether mages could maintain their composure and focus to smoothly chant their magic was another uncertainty.
Therefore, the improvent of 'MAG' was acknowledged to be more challenging than other basic abilities and considerably more so.
Similarly, once this ability was enhanced, the direct impact was a significant improvent in one's magic power, effects, and more.
The reason Riezel chose Ais's magic was that, in his view, within the entire Loki Familia, only her magic was the easiest to use.
"If I'm not mistaken, your magic should belong to the ultra-short chant type, right?"
Riezel's inquiry was t with a confirming gesture from Ais.
Basically, magic was divided into ultra-short chant, short chant, long chant, and ultra-long chant.
The longer the chant, the stronger the magic, but the usage ti and convenience would decrease. Conversely, the shorter the chant, the weaker the magic, but it would possess the convenience of being able to be activated quickly.
"Ultra-short chant magic is the easiest magic to use."
Riezel stated his purpose clearly.
"I just want to learn magic that's easy to use, magic that can be used frequently. That's the way to train 'MAG'." Riezel calmly smiled and continued. "And once 'MAG' is improved, the scale and effectiveness of magic will also increase. When I learn other magic in the future, the power and effects of the magic won't be limited by the low 'MAG'. They might even show stronger power and effects because my 'MAG' has been improved."
He had long decided that his first magic had to be an ultra-short chant magic. Only by getting a hold of ultra-short chant magic first, could the growth potential of his future magic be ensured.
Of course, this would inevitably cause a problem.
That was, the magic he learned would inevitably not have too much power and effect. However, in the face of the swordswoman before him, this problem did not exist.
Because the only magic Ais possessed, classified as an ultra-short chant magic, actually belonged to an extraordinary type.
Its effects were not only not weak but rather acknowledged as strong.
How strong?
Strong enough that Ais, despite being only Level 5, while there were influential figures at Level 6 and Level 7 above her, could still stand out and beco the strongest swordswoman in everyone's eyes.
Therefore—
"Could you please use your magic?" Riezel requested with an earnest expression.
"..."
After a mont of silence, Ais responded.
"Tempest."
*Whoosh—*
The wind began to swirl around her body.
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