Published at 20th of November 2020 09:24:21 PM
Chapter 34.2: 34.2
When I turned around, I saw the two ladies frozen solid where they stood, with stiff-looking expressions .
“……Um, Alan . On second thought, I think I’ll try learning explosion magic at a later time . I’m not planning to give up on it, but I think the current me wouldn’t be able to handle it yet . ”
“Clerisama, I now understand why you said Alan would be able to handle the knights of this country all by himself . ”
“Well, I guess this spell does seem to be a bit too much for you at the moment, Cleria .
We probably won’t encounter a lot of situations where we need to use this spell anyway, so I think it’s better for you to learn something more practical .
Oh yeah, why don’t you try teaching Elna magic yourself, Cleria? You’re already familiar with the spell casting method that I use, right? So I think it would be better if you handle teaching Elna . I think she’d prefer that as well . ”
“Certainly . I’ll teach you what I’ve learned from Alan, Elna . ”
Cleria and Elna started getting absorbed in the discussion, so I decided to do some magic practice myself a little distance away .
I wanted to try something out today . I have been thinking of trying out whether or not I can draw the magicles stored in magic stones in order to cast spells .
Magic tools draw power from magic stones and make use of it to perform certain effects . I was finally able to learn about the exact process during this morning’s lesson .
In order to test my theory out, I brought with me a number of magic stones . I took all of them out of my bag .
(So, can you draw out the magicles stored in these magic stones?)
『Not possible . 』
Hm . So how can I draw them out from the stones then? Oh yeah . Didn’t the chief say something about magic power being drawn out of the stones only after spell activation? So that means I wouldn’t be able to draw out the magicles as long as I don’t use a spell, right? Let’s try it out .
I tried casting the Water spell while holding a magic stone on one hand .
Water!
Water started pouring out of the empty space in front of me .
(Now, can you switch the magicle source entering my body from the magicles in the atmosphere to the ones inside the stone?)
『Testing now . 』
The water being produced from the Water spell sputtered intermittently for a few moments . After about three minutes, the spell finally stabilized again .
『The correct method for switching magicle source confirmed . 』
(Whoah! You did it!)
『However, the source is not completely from the stone itself . The ratio is 95% from the stone and 5% from the atmosphere . Unable to completely switch source to magic stone . 』
(Why’s that?)
『Reason unknown . If the 5% inflow from the surrounding atmosphere is stopped, the entire process would come to a halt . 』
(So, can we store the magicles drawn from the stone inside my body?)
『Replenishment of the magicles used up in today’s activities complete . 』
That’s fast . In other words, the amount of magicles in my body has already reached 100% right?
(Can we still store more magicles?)
『Not possible . Reason unknown . 』
Well, there’s nothing we can do about it if it can’t be done . I’m sure it’s due to the body being unable to take in more than a certain magicle amount . We’ve already noted this phenomenon in earlier magic experiments .
But the experiment objective has mostly been achieved . I was mostly able to accomplish what I wanted . Now, as long as I have a steady supply of magic stones on hand, I’ll be able to continuously cast spells without worrying about magicle consumption .
Right now, I can only cast up to fifty Fire Ball spells at full tank . I don’t think it’s enough if we ever got surrounded by multiple enemies .
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Now, I just have to learn the most effective way to actively take in magicles from the magic stones . I mean, I can’t just keep casting spells like Water and soak everything around me just so I can take in magicles from magic stones .
I stopped casting the Water spell .
I can’t really cast fire spells when I want to recharge . Wind magic is also out of the question . The safest bet would be light magic .
Well, now’s a good time anyway . Let’s try casting out some light spells .
I made an internal image of light beaming out and illuminating the surroundings .
Light!
I successfully managed to cast the Light spell . It’s midday, so it’s a bit hard to tell, but there really was a bright beam of light illuminating the ground .
Great . It’s a success . I practiced a few more times and confirmed that I could cast this type of spell without any problems .
I wonder if it’s possible to release light from my palm or something . I made an image and managed to make light come out of my palm without any problems as well .
Great . Let’s make this the spell to use when recharging . I picked up another magic stone and released light from my palm .
(Please resupply the magicles . )
『Replenishment complete . 』
(Can we make the process automatic?)
Light came out of my palm without me doing anything in particular .
『Automated process completed . 』
Excellent . It didn’t take much imagination to make it work, so Nanom can also accomplish it easily .
What’s left is to find out just how much magicles are stored in this Gray Hound magic stone . I need to decrease the magicle amount in my body for that .
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I’ll release a Flame Arrow spell on that rock earlier, then . Since it’s about a hundred meters away, I’ll need to put in at least two times the magic power .
I fired off a Flame Arrow spell with two times the magic power .
Flame Arrow!
The arrows of flame hit the target rock directly .
(I’ll start releasing continuous Flame Arrow spells at the rock, so once my magicle count drops to an acceptable level, start taking in magicles from the magic stone . )
『Acknowledged . 』
I grabbed another magic stone and started casting Flame Arrows on the rock . The virtual HUD displayed [READY x50] in the corner .
I materialized five shots of the Flame Arrow spell and released them all on the rock . I after repeating the process nine times, my palm finally lit up, and the corner of the virtual HUD displayed [READY x50] once more .
I continued on casting Flame Arrows . It took two times of my palm glowing until the display on the virtual HUD finally changed to [READY x0] .
『It has become impossible to extract further magicles from the magic stone . 』
When I took a look at the magic stone in my hand, it already became transparent and glass-like . It looks like the magicles finally ran out .
(How much magicles were we able to take in from the magic stone? Please use the magicle consumption for Fire Ball as reference . )
『147 charges all in all . 』
It looks like a Gray Hound’s magic stone has a surprisingly large amount of magicles . It’s about three times my current capacity .
With this, I’ll be able to take on lots of enemies if I have ten magic stones like this one on hand .
When I looked back after an unexpectedly productive experiment, I again saw Cleria and Elna standing around like stone statues with frozen expressions . Just how long have they been behind me?
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“……Just what was that, Alan?”
“Uh, Flame Arrow?”
“That’s not it! I’m asking about that continuous spell barrage!”
“Oh . I tried using the magic stored inside magic stones, and it unexpectedly turned out well . ”
“Eh!? But that’s impossible!”
“That just can’t be done!”
“Well, even if you guys say that… I already did it . ”
After that, I had a hard time pacifying Cleria and Elna, who both made a huge fuss .
“Like I said, I’m not sure how I did it myself . ”
It’s a method I came up with after repeating various trial and error experiments with Nanom after all . I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to come up with it on my own .
“Anyway, I’ll share with you what I’ve learned for now . ”
I told them about the fact that one can draw out magic from magic stones by casting spells first . I also taught them that if one wants to draw the magic stored inside magic stones, one has to use a certain small amount of magic power to keep the process going .
After that, Cleria and Elna tried grabbing magic stones of their own, but they didn’t manage to succeed in the end .
Eventually, both of them ran out of magicles . Since we couldn’t do any more magic practice today, we decided to come back to the city .
When we entered the gate, the guards persistently asked us if we heard any strange sounds out there . They were probably talking about the explosion caused by the Fire Grenade spell .
It looks like we have to refrain from using magic spells that cause loud sounds from now on .