Chapter 16: It’s hard to recite magic incantation without fumbling on words.
Good morning.
I was able to sleep soundly yesterday.
The inside of my head is strangely clear.
Even though I was crammed with all sort of knowledge, I don’t feel any headaches or fatigue at all.
Dragons sure are amazing.
I grew again in my sleep.
My body just keeps getting bigger.
This might be the effect of absorbing a lot of knowledge.
From what’s written about earth dragon, it will turn anything that it ingests as its own power.
It’s a species that will get bigger the more it eats.
I guess this body grows to match the size of knowledge obtained.
When I got up, somehow, the lithographs I use for futon were crumbling into pieces.
Did I crush it when I was tossing and turning in sleep?
Well, whatever. Everything’s already inside of my head.
There’s nothing to worry about.
That’s right, should I eat decently?
But that would be kind of a waste.
Now then, it’s time for a second round.
Let’s take on the other half of the dome.
The lithograph in the next section is about magic.
Magic.
A fantasy product that I thought exists only in television, games, and manga during my past life.
After all, I only knew about monsters and dungeon recently.
The lithograph of this section is filled with magic knowledge.
And it’s quite detailed too.
First of all, the fundamentals.
The magic fundamentals of this world consist of four elements.
The four main elements are fire, water, earth, and wind.
Just like how monsters are divided into classes, magic strength also has its own ranking system.
It seems to be divided into eight classes with lower-class being the rudiment of magic. As it goes up, the magic becomes more powerful and harder to control.
Magic ranks in order of lowest to highest are lower-class, intermediate-class, advanced-class, General-class, King-class, Pope-class, Saint-class and Soul King-class.
It’s the same as the monster until halfway through that is.
Obviously, the eight rank Soul King-class is the highest rank…..
However, according to this lithograph, there’s actually another one.
It’s written that the ninth rank is the『God-class』.
It is the limit of original magic.
But the word had fallen into disuse since it can’t be handled at all.
Well, that’s probably for the best.
A magic that can immediately vaporize a continent is far more worst than nuclear weapons.
By the way, about the demon and killing a god and also the extra God-class magic a moment ago, this ruin is overflowed with only dangerous knowledge.
Moving on.
People who practice magic are called magician.
Based on the magic expertise, the rank of typical magician ranges from intermediate to advanced. Those who able to wield the King-class magic is considered a genius. Seemingly, a sage for the Pope-class.
Usually, elements can be handled at most is only two.
In other words, those who can use fire and water elements cannot use anything other than that.
The reason why is because the brain isn’t capable of doing so.
The human brain has low resistance against multiple elements. If they try to use more than two, their brain will explode.
However, in such rare cases, which is very rare, there’s a genius that can handle three or even four elements.
Only one genius appears in several hundred years.
Well, there’s nothing to worry about the special case.
It seems that only the first hero and the demon king can utilize all elements.
Not only that, but the demon king can also use Soul King-class magic.
As expected of the demon king.
Still, even they can’t handle the God-class magic.
Also, there is unique magic that can be used only by certain species.
The most obvious one is the Dragon Breath.
Others are slime’s 『Absorption』 and orc’s 『Roar』.
It’s unlikely for the human to possess unique magic as it’s only peculiar to the monster.
Likewise, unique magic can also be used by the demihuman.
Such as elf, dwarf, hobbit, beastmen, and so on.
Although the demihuman resembles much to a human, they entirely belong to a different group as they have different physical such as pointed ears or smaller body.
He~e, this world has something like that?
Ah, by the way, this is from the story of the demon king and the brave hero.
It’s the heartwarming and fluffy episode where the hero helps the demihuman and become friends.
Oh, the hero is building his own harem. Definitely, this is the kind of story Hanada would like.
Damn it.
The elf can use『Spirit Magic』, the dwarf has『Body Strengthing』 and the beastmen with the same『Roar』 as the orc.
Umu, I can’t really tell the difference between a monster and a demihuman.
Although the orc shares the same physical characteristic as the human except for the pig-like head, it is still classified as a monster.
I wonder what makes it different. Did I miss something?
I don’t understand.
Well, let’s not think too much about it.
Since it’s also written how to use and invoke magic, let’s practice them later.
Incidentally, according to the monster picture book (about me), as an earth dragon, it seems that I can use the earth element magic.
Moreover, besides the breath, several kinds of magic are unique only to the dragon.
I’m gonna try each one after this.
Of course, I’ll do it in the underground dome, alright?
I’m gonna hold back because the outside is super scary.
Now that I have finished eating the stone board regarding magic, I’m gonna take a break.
Un, full belly does make me sleepy.
I should take a nap for the time being.
G’night then.