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Chapter 97: Magick
Chapter 97: Magick
Chapter 97: Magick
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"Cough..." Adam went behind a corner and tried to cough out the smoke from his lungs.
He then looked back towards the smoking house and wondered what the hell was going on.
'I know that others have claimed to have seen God's pure light, but I have never heard of this happening.
'The light was warm and inviting, like the rumors say, but why was it also painful to look at? Also, why did the light cause the explosion?'
He didn't know the answers to any of that, but he felt like there was something else to that ceremony that he hadn't thought of yet.
"Hey, you there!"
A shout came out of nowhere.
Adam looked towards the end of the alley and saw a group of armored individuals approaching him. They looked like knights with their swords drawn.
'Watchmen of Dawnwatch, this is bad...'
Adam slowly backed off, thinking about his options.
"Don't move an inch!" An armored figure shouted. "Or you'll be treated as the culprit and will face the full force of the law!"
'I am already treated as the culprit.' Adam thought with an ugly expression. 'The law of this world is twisted and corrupt. I am not going to let them take me down without a fight.'
Adam pulled out a long cloak to cover both his face and the armor. It was because he was still wearing his crimson armor.
He couldn't allow the Watchmen to catch a good eye on it; otherwise, it would be pretty easy for them to find out his identity via Crimson Hounds.
"He is planning to fight." A Watchmen said.
"Yeah, I feel it—his attacking intent."
"Take him down; don't kill him. I can sense that he is in the late stages of Mercenaryman. He can just respawn without losing much of anything.
"We'll need to take him alive and force him to get sentenced by the Lawmakers."
"I ain't going down without a fight!" Adam screamed and started running straight towards them.
"What a fool." The Watchmen raised their weapons. "I thought the tutorial taught him not to get ahead of himself."
As Adam was about to launch his attack, his attacking intent suddenly vanished like it never existed, and he disappeared from the eyes of the Watchmen like a ghost.
Their eyes bulged out in shock.
"Where did he go?!"
"I can't sense him anywhere!"
"Go find him!"
"Don't let him escape!"
...
"That was close..." Adam watched from a nearby rooftop as the Watchmen scurried away.
He used his Little God's illusion ability to fake his intent to attack the Watchmen.
While they were under the illusion, Adam simply escaped to a nearby rooftop.
If he planned to run away, he doubted he would be able to outrun the Watchmen-after all, they were rather powerful, much more powerful than him.
If they weren't powerful, they wouldn't be allowed to scout the streets and protect the city in the first place.
Adam, after seeing that the Watchmen had left the area, left the roof and quickly escaped the area as well.
...
Crimson Hound's residence.
"Here." Adam handed over the crimson armor to Digby.
"Oh, you returned it." Digby nodded and put it hanging from a hook on the wall. "So, you remembered that it was only lent to you."
"Mm." Adam nodded. "I am not a full member of Crimson Hounds yet. I know my place." "Good, good..." Digby sat back down and crossed his legs. "How was your first raid? I know it was more troublesome than expected."
"I think it went well," Adam replied.
"I received reports from others, and they all told me one thing..." Digby checked out some reports on the desk and smiled. "That the success of the raid was mainly because of you." "I can't take all the credit." Adam said. "Knoxx was rather a decent leader."
"Did he give you a hard time?" Digby asked.
"At first, but then we worked together."
"Mm." Digby nodded. "It is hard to be a genius. There will always be people who wish for your downfall. Knoxx can be hard-headed, but he is a good kid."
"Mm." Adam nodded.
"What're your plans now?" Digby asked.
"Visit the real world," Adam said.
"Yeah, that's good." Digby nodded wisely. "This world can be addictive, but never forget about the real world. Take a few days to unwind and relax, then get back to work."
"I'll do that." Adam nodded. "May I also get what I asked for?"
"Hmm, sure." Digby rummaged through the drawers and took out a scroll. "I am not sure if this is the wisest thing yet."
"You just learned Kiryoku, and it is wise to understand it before moving to other powers."
"I know and I will, but I want to give it a shot." Adam said and accepted the scroll.
"It is up to you, I guess." Digby said. "However, during our training, I'll only teach you Kiryoku. The other powers can wait until you have learned Kiryoku first."
"I understand."
The conversation soon finished, and Adam left the office and headed straight back to his
quarters.
His quarters looked the same as they did when he first received them. He hadn't done any decorating or personalizing since moving in.
'Before leaving, I wonder if I can do that...'
Adam slipped his feet out of his shoes, put them aside, and left them in a neat row by the
door.
He then sat down on his bed, took a position at the center of it, and then sat cross-legged. Then he took out the worn-out scroll.
It was the main reason why he went to meet Digby after returning to the guild residence.
This scroll was Magick scroll.
With this, he could finally start to learn Magick.
'In my past life, I learned this and became quite decent with Magick. This is different than with Kiryoku, which I was very clueless about.
'I don't have any enlightenment pills, but I still remember learning Magick as if it were just yesterday. I wonder if I can learn this quickly...'
He shrugged his shoulders and then closed his eyes.
The scroll in his eyes glowed with a faint color and entered his head through his forehead.
Just like that, he knew the exact steps to start learning Magick.
'Hmm...' Adam closed his eyes deeply. 'Magick...'
The steps were different from Kiryoku.
He imagined a river of "mana" and materialized it inside his vastness of mind. It would
usually take months to do for newcomers.
However, because he had done this countless times, he managed to do it immediately.
A river of mana flowed through his mind with a strong current.
"Whoo..." Adam breathed out and then imagined that the river of mana was flowing into his
body from the mind.
This was the hardest step.
However, Adam still did it so ridiculously easily.
The river of mana flowed from his mind into his body, filling every vein, every muscle, and
every cell with power.
If anyone else saw what was happening inside his body, they would cough out blood.
What would usually take months took only a few seconds for Adam.
'This is so easy...' Adam thought and softly opened his eyes. 'Can it really be this easy?'
There was one last step.
He needed to be able to control the mana inside his body to be able to use it for spells and
incantations.
"Control..." Adam closed his eyes and imagined the mana flowing through his body to his
fingertips.
He then slowly raised his hands, and a few invisible threads flew out of his fingertips. They flew for a few seconds before vanishing.
As soon as he did that, his body started to feel relaxed and weightless, as if he could just jump
off the bed and float to the end of the room.
Adam's eyes shot wide open.
"I did it... I learned Magick!"
Inside the darkest depths of his mind, a small puddle appeared. It was the Mana Ocean. It completely replaced his previous "sea" that told the state of his current emotions.
Now, the puddle was rippling quite a lot because of Adam's excitement.
The one's Magick strength was determined by how big of the ocean one had in their mind.
When the ocean was depleted, it meant their mana had ran off and couldn't use their Magick skills anymore.
That's why, magicians focus on increasing the size of their Mana Oceans so they could use
more of their skills.
Stronger the skills, more they use the mana.