Vol 2 Chapter 4.1 (2/2)

However, now that I’m able to use magic myself… I’ve realized that magic is disadvantageous in close quarters combat.

Even if I a.s.signed a name to the magic in order to sharpen the image, it would take time for it to invoke. If I leisurely tried to invoke the magic while the enemy was within a few m (meters), I would only end up torn into pieces.

A mage is fundamentally suited to be a rearguard.

Oh well. Since I have Sword Arts as well, I can adapt to the situation.

So then, during the practice, I tried to imagine magic.

Inside my mind, I willed for 《Optical Camouflage (Light Hide)》.

Optical Camouflage――I thought I would try it if possible via Light Magic.

The so called 『Invisibility』.

Something I have always longed for.

Don’t misunderstand. I don’t intend to abuse it.

If you’re a man… don’t you agree?

What’s known as Optical Camouflage can either be Image Projection or Light Penetration. I understand the theory somewhat.

Image Projection, in simple terms, is photographing of the surroundings and projecting those photographs in real time through an optical membrane wrapped around the body.

For example, an octopus.

As for Light Penetration, it’s literally light penetration.

When an object is exposed to light, it reflects it. Through the reflected light, the object can be visually recognized.

What if the light completely penetrated the object?

The object would become transparent.

Although that is pus.h.i.+ng the limits, it is what it is.

However, with the image of Light Magic, it’ll be easy.

I imagined light penetrating my body.

I imagined the beams of sunlight, s.h.i.+ning overhead, pa.s.sing completely through my body.

「Alright, I’m able to turn transparent quite smoothly now… however, if I move my body, it’ll get fairly blurred~」

I tried to move my body.

As transparency flickered here and there, my body could be seen.

Through Light Magic, I have to reduce reflectivity to zero. However, while moving, the difficulty seems to increase exponentially.

By the way, if my eyes became transparent, I wouldn’t be able to see, but that’s where the quality of magic lies.

Constant regulation of such a continuation type magic requires a precise image, and the precision seems to increase with the increase in the Magic Skill Lv.

It’s quite difficult…

When it was much needed, it turned out to be difficult.

Let me say it again. I don’t intend to abuse it.

――After repeating the Optical Camouflage exercise several times, I switched to practising Origin Magic.

In the end, creating a composite element with Origin Magic is merely a gimmick which only serves to give birth to dreams.

I’m glad, of course, that I have access to the magic of six elements via only one Skill Slot.

What I initially thought of was to produce Lightning.

If I managed to produce Lightning, I was thinking I would fuse it with Sword Arts and create a finis.h.i.+ng move, like a certain hero whom I was a fan of.

However, I don’t understand the principle of Lightning in depth.

When the atmosphere heats up, water vapours rise to the sky and form clouds.

I know it comes from there.

Water in the clouds freezes which forms ice crystals. Intense air current results in friction which generates electricity.

My memory is shabby about it.

Having given up on imagining the principle, I imagined a thunderbolt generated by a thundercloud. Even though I had shot Fire, Water, and Wind magic up in the sky, nothing happened.

I’ll retry it when my Magic Skill Lv has increased.

In such fas.h.i.+on, I worked hard at fusing Sword Arts and magic in order to create my finis.h.i.+ng move.

Then, I created one.

The greatest and strongest finis.h.i.+ng move.

In my head…

However, when I tried to manifest the image, it didn’t go so well.

Why is that?

「Conflicting elements… no, it’s not that――」

――――Thus pa.s.sed my first day.

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