True to her words, Mabel handed Yuki a few spell scrolls for him to read and morize. These scrolls seed to be more battle orientated from what Yuki could see. They weren’t the most powerful ones or the strongest ones, but they had the fastest cast ti he had seen in all of the scrolls he had been given before.
‘I guess these are the optimized spells. I see enchantnts on here that are similar to the ones that I already know.’
The main difference was that these consud more mana in exchange for a faster cast ti. They were also stronger but with the trade off of being harder to use. With the spells Yuki learned morized before, one normally would need to chant the entire spell which could range from seconds to a minute depending on how complicated the spells were.
‘Of course, I never did that since it was a waste of ti. These new spells are closer to what I actually do.’
They required more concentration since the caster would need to visualize more of the components themselves. They still weren’t as quick as Yuki’s own adjustnts, but they seed considerably faster than previous spells.
‘Maybe I can take sothing from this.’
The chants were still longer than Yuki would have liked to just cast a simple strength enhancent but it did give him a sample for how shortening the chant increases mana usage and concentration.
‘I can figure out a relationship then go from there. If I can make the chants short enough where it wouldn’t hinder
and lower the necessary concentration to where I can focus on other things in combat, that would benefit
greatly.’
The bell rang, signaling the end of the day, and Yuki placed the scrolls back in the drawer where they were normally kept. Mabel waved to him as he left and headed back ho.
‘I really need to look through my Ancestral Knowledge more thoroughly. I’ve only been looking at very specific information lately.’
He made his way to the Junction transportation station and was promptly teleported to Fenrir. Then he walked back to the house he rented with Akira and Erica. They were inside, watching television, and turned their heads toward the door as he walked in.
“Hey~,” Erica greeted, waving.
“Welco back, Yuki,” Akira said.
“Hello,” he replied. “I’ll be in my room for a bit, but we’ll go out shopping after for your class crystal.”
“That’s fine.”
“Can I co with you guys?” Erica asked.
“That’s up to Akira,” Yuki said as he walked to the room he shared with Akira. “I’ll be in the bedroom.”
He shut the door. As he walked to the bed, he felt a small vibration on his wrist. Raising his arm, a ssage popped out of his watch.
‘Yuna.’
He read the ssage and typed out a brief response.
‘Asking
to be her teammate already. The tournant isn’t until three months from now. But it’s fine. I’ll join her team.’
He closed his watch. Then he sat on top of the bed and closed his eyes, his mind drifting away until the towering shelves and brightly lit halls of Ancestral Knowledge ford before him. A little to his right, Sophie was glancing through a few books.
“Hello there, Yuki,” she said, not looking up. “How may I help you?”
“Nothing very big today,” Yuki replied. “I just want to find so information. A few books at most.”
“I can help with that,” she said. She stood up and closed the book she held in her hand. “What exactly are you searching for?”
“Books on general magic spells, combat spells, and skills. I’ve been trying to find class skills for too long.”
“Would three books suffice or do you need more?”
“Three would be perfect for now. I’ll ask for more if I need them.”
“Then I know just the right ones for you,” Sophie smiled. She clapped her hands and three books appeared in the air with a small flash. “Here they are. Have fun and call
when you need .”
Yuki took them and gave Sophie a nod before heading off to a desk. He placed two of the books on the desk and cracked open the first one that was titled Anthology of Spells Vol. 1. True to its na, it was a collection of spells and diagrams of the spells. Explanations as to the effects of the spell were included along with a few tips sprinkled here and there were included.
‘The only thing I can complain about so far is how the book was written.’
The language was understandable but the grammar sounded archaic and the writer seed to ramble often. The font also seed as if the book was hand written and was sotis barely legible.
‘But it’s still bearable. Let’s begin, shall we.’
He sat there quietly as he imrsed himself into the book. It wasn’t the most interesting of books he had read, but the information in it was quite new. Most of the spells in the book were ones more orientated for everyday life. There were a few that dealt with house cleaning and others that were used for detecting things like poison. The one that struck him as the most useful was a tracking spell that sticks onto a person and by focusing you mind on the spell, you’ll be able to locate where they were.
‘There are also so alterations to the spell as well. I can make soone glow in my eyes so I can find them in a crowd. If I combine these, then it would be hard for people to escape .’
So other spells in the book was one that generated a small orb of light that the author said was for nightti reading. Another was a simple fire spell that was to be used for things like camping and cooking if soone didn’t have a fire affinity.
‘Not as useful for , but I might still find so uses. Triggering a spell uses less mana than creating fire yourself.’
Yuki shut the book and put it off to the side. He decided that he’ll take it out into the real world and read it when he had more ti. He grabbed the next book in the pile, the one about combat spells, and opened it up. It was smaller than the general magic one but was quite detailed in its diagrams, descriptions, and explanations. It also seed to be hand written, but the language was more understandable and the font was neat.
In the front page of a book, a disclair warned any readers that the book only contained information on basic spells that everyone could utilize. There were no class spells or elental techniques.
‘Understandable. I’ll have to look at different books to find things related to my classes. But it is unfortunate that I can’t find anything specific on Assassin. I don’t think any of my ancestors had that class before.’
As he read this new book, Yuki found that it provided information much more important to his current situation. Enchantnts, utility spells, and even so skills were docunted in the book. The one that stood out the most to Yuki was the barrier. That one spell had a dedicated section for itself that spanned multiple pages. The basic barrier could be created with a single word and the strength of the barrier relied on the amount of mana the caster had and their will strength.
‘Barriers are extrely useful if my fight with Firestorm taught
anything. He erected one to stop
from interfering with his spell. Though, he didn’t use a chant. He more or less just threw mana in front of him and condensed it.’
The books ntioned such a technique later on in the section and referred to it as a quick but inefficient thod. The barrier spell, once morized, had a casting speed just as fast but was also stronger and conserved mana.
‘I guess that makes sense.’
The section went on to describe alterations to the barrier spell that could be made based on what the caster wanted. It included various shapes, thickness, and lengths. It also told Yuki how one could infuse other properties into the barrier. One example it gave was infusing a barrier with fire in order to create a protective surface that burned anything that struck it.
‘That’s useful for unard combat.’
Another one made the barrier feel as if it was made of steel. A third made the barrier flexible, like a bubble, which increased the durability while giving up so protection.
‘These are all really good. I should have looked at these things earlier.’
Flipping through the rest of the book, Yuki found magic traps, basic weapon and gear enchantnts, basic attacks, and even a few body enhancents that had similar effects to the ones that Mabel had given to him in class. But there was one pattern that Yuki noticed in all of these spells.
‘They’re mostly one to two word chants. A few of the longer ones rarely extend beyond five.’
He closed the book at stood up. It was ti for him to test so of the spells that he had just learned. He raised his hand and lightly spread his fingers as he pictured the barrier he wanted.
“Shield,” he ordered.
A circled flared in front of his fingertips and a shimring barrier expanded out from it until it was roughly the size of a wall. He closed his hand, the circle disappearing, but the barrier still stood tall as he continued to channel a steady stream of mana into it. He pushed his hand on it, feeling it bend back a bit. With a bit of a stronger push, his hand went through.
‘Hmm.’
He stepped back a bit and with his other hand summoned a small rock. Then he threw it with all his might at the opaque wall before him. The rock hurtled forward before eting the barrier, the wall shimring as a ripple of light spread outward from the area of impact. Yuki felt his mana get drained a bit as he watched the rock bounce off lightly from the wall.
‘So I can get through it since I’m the caster. I see.’
He walked around the barrier and examined it more closely. The wall of mana seed to be completely smooth and uniform, around an inch thick. With so concentration, Yuki willed it to thicken and the barrier responded until it doubled to two inches. Then Yuki did the opposite and it slimd until it was a centiter in width.
‘That’s not that hard to do. Let
try sothing more complicated.’
He pictured in his mind small spikes and painted them across the entire surface of the barrier. Mana was sucked out of him as he watched tiny spikes elongate out of the shimring surface until the entire wall was covered in them. Yuki pressed his hand against it lightly and felt it trying to stab through his palm.
‘That’s quite sharp. What if I try to alter the properties?’
“Glass,” he said quietly.
The barrier responded and almost vanished from sight. If Yuki looked at it head on, it looked as if there was nothing there. But at angles, he could see the light reflecting off of it.
‘Nice. I just need to experint with how fast I can throw these out now. Then I can test out different things I can do with them.’
[A New Magic Technique Has Been Detected]
‘Oh, what’s this?’
[{Barrier} Has Been Added To Magic Techniques.]
‘That’s good.’
[Potential Skills Have Been Detected. Lack Of Information Has Prevented Recognition.]
‘What?’
Yuki had never seen that type of notification before. Normally, the UR would only tell him when he went up a tier or when it recognized a new skill. Now that he thought
about it, the UR had been very quiet the last few weeks.
‘I haven’t been checking my status as well. I might as well do it now since I’ll be sharing it with the others later when we organize our training regins.’
He closed his eyes and called up the screen and stared at it quietly for a bit.
‘What is this?’
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