Vol 2 Chapter 16 (1/2)
Once again Luciel woke up before the morning sun rose up.
“Uwah~. Ah~ sleepy. Nothing seems to be swelling up on my body so it was a hallucination after all.”
While doing my stretches, I performed appraisal to check on my magic and basic magic practice.
“Ah, 「Chant Shortening」 level went up. And also 「Remote Magic Circle」 would become level I soon.”
Although I do not use status check every day, I won’t be able to confirm the skill proficiency of Holy Attribute Magic spells that I can’t use right now such as 「Area High Heal」 and 「Dispel」 without checking.
“It’s great that just yesterday alone I got over 800.”
Those that rose were Magic Power Manipulation, Magic Power Control and Holy Attribute Magic but Holy Attribute Magic had grown by far the most.
In terms of skill proficiency, to become level I skill proficiency needs to reach 1000. Later levels would double in skill proficiency requirement.
Level I → 1000 Level II → 2000
Level III → 4000 Level IV → 8000
Level V → 16000 Level VI → 32000
Level VII → 64000 Level VIII → 128000
Level IX → 256000 Level X → 512000
With regards to increasing skill proficiency, depending on the level of magic as well as success in triggering the magic, skill proficiency would rise by at most 5.
For example, in the case of a level I 「Heal」, together with having a target to heal, only by successfully activating the image, magic power control and magic power operation would skill proficiency rise by 5.
Upon reaching level II doing the same thing would give 4, level III would give 3, level IV would give 2 and level V and beyond would give 1.
I read spell books repeatedly, while focusing on 「Magic Circle」 that can trigger magic by chanting and chant shortening, I piled on self-study day-by-day.
For magic skill proficiency, as long as the magic is triggered it will rise. Seeing indicators of growth, I suddenly felt motivated and reach a state of having the best condition. (TL: Confused about the magic skill proficiency part. There has never been an indicator that magic skills had levels as well.)
“If I continue like this, it will become level VIII in half a year. The aim is counter stop by 20 years old!!” (TL: Kansuto/Counter stop in j.a.panese gaming terms refer to when the counter reaches max and can’t continue increasing.)
I went to the dining hall after completing my morning training.
“Good morning. I’d like a heap of servings today as well.”
“Ara Luciel-sama, good morning.”
“Please stop that. It’s fine with just Luciel. Being referred to as -sama somehow makes my shoulder stiff.”
“You are strange after all.”
The aunt laughed while saying so and served me a large serving.
“Please prepare a bento for me today as well. The serving size can be the same as yesterday.”
“Ha~ please don’t push yourself too hard.”
“I’m fine. My current lifestyle is paradise compared to before (encountering the revolving lantern once a day).” (TL: Revolving lantern = He’s referring to seeing his life flash by as he almost dies)
“It’s okay then if that’s the case.”
In this way while I was taking my meal, I looked back upon hearing “Luciel” and saw Lucy-san there.
“Ah, Lucy-san good morning.”
“Morning. Wait, I’ve heard that you have been a.s.signed to be an exorcist?”
“Yeah. You’ve got the news so quickly.”
“Are you alright? I’ve heard that (combat) it’s quite harsh.”
“There’s no problem at all (besides it’s only horror illusions).”
“I see. Since Lumina-sama is worried as well, if anything comes up that we can help with please let us know.”
“Thank you. Ah, in that case, could you please tell me where can I buy parchment, pen and ink?”
“You can find those in abundance in the supplies warehouse.”
“In that case please tell me where is the warehouse.”
“Okay. Before that will it be better if we finish our breakfast?”
“Of course.”
In this manner, I talked with Lucy-san, while she was drawn to the talk about my life in the Adventurer’s Guild, we finished our meal. After that, I was taught the location of the supplies warehouse and while carrying large amounts of parchment, pen and ink, I headed to the Undead Labyrinth.
『Guooooooo』
“Shut up. By the hand of holy healing, by the breath of Mother Earth, I wish for no harm onto my body and myself, return the unclean existence to its original path. Purification.”
While checking the pa.s.sage I’ve memorised yesterday, I drew the map on a piece of parchment.
I walked while defeating illusionary (under his impression) zombies and properly picking up magic stones (illusionary stones).
Spending around 1 hour for one floor, by 3 hours I’ve reached the fourth floor.
“Well then, what kind of monsters will appear now~”
By now, within my heart, I had completely dived into the labyrinth like I was playing a game.
Due to that “Despite not my forte, I’d like to try dual-wielding a short spear similar to those used by Gundam in my left hand and a one-handed sword in my right, if Instructor Broad saw this, I can only imagine the future of him rus.h.i.+ng towards me to slash me in anger.”
Currently, I explored while holding a thick lance in my left hand which can double up as a s.h.i.+eld using it’s short cross guard, and a one-handed sword in my right hand.
“Well if I gained a bad habit Instructor Broad will thoroughly fix me so I’ll play around without disrupting my fundamentals.”