Chapter 54 - Perceiving the Truth (1/2)

Looking at the surroundings around him, he started to conjure a crude magic circle within his Spell Core, consuming only a small part of his SP due to the upgrades to his SP Storage and Energy Core.

”[Spirit Detection (Wind Variant)]!”

Whoosh!

This was the first idea that came into Aurus' mind after fully understanding the current illusion world he was in. Other than [Soul Perception I] that allowed him to see, hear, and sense everything around him, [Spirit Detection (Wind Variant)] was the only other skill...or rather, spell that allowed him to sense anomalies within his surroundings. To be honest, the radius of detection for this spell exceeded the range of his [Soul Perception I] skill, but when compared to the other spells he might learn in the future that could also detect anything within a set radius, it was incomparably small.

Nonetheless, it was the only other spell he had to detect. Closing his sense of vision and rely on the effect of the spell, he noticed that there was no anomaly at all on the ground he was currently standing on...well, lying on. Opening his sense of vision, he couldn't help but frown inwardly. ”Well that's weird, there was a mirage of a large village here a while ago. How could I not sense any anomaly here?”

Thinking about it further, Aurus couldn't help but feel that he was thinking about it the wrong way. He decided to not rely on the memories he had about the game, but instead, relied on the memories he had on what he learned in school.

Although he was only 16 years old before he died, the lessons he learned throughout school also tackled mirages, hence he tried to recall the meaning of a mirage.

”A mirage...is an illusion in itself according to science. It is something that appears to be there while not being there due to light rays being refracted at a weird angle, displacing the view towards a farther distance.”

”Hmm...” Aurus thought about the definition of mirage a bit more and got to a conclusion. ”Ah. To probably escape this illusion world, I must find the origin of this mirage.”

Realizing this, he couldn't help but feel despondent at his hopes of escaping this world at a fast speed.

”Mirages appear extremely far from the origin of their view, which means that this world is extremely large. I've traversed towards the boundary before, but it might be because the distance between me and the boundary I went to is extremely short when compared to the other boundaries, hence taking less time.”

”If only I had a way to see where the light particles that make up the mirage come from,” Aurus couldn't help but sigh in despair. He tried using [Spirit Detection (Wind Variant)] a few more times, but only resulting to naught. He still saw no anomaly around him at all, which couldn't help but let him feel that he was going to take an extremely long time to escape this world.

Slightly going crazy at his current situation, Aurus couldn't help but shout out at the loudest voice he could muster from his soul, ”If only I can see everything!”

Bang!

Screaming at the loudest he could made him feel light-headed, but it sparked a bit of inspiration into Aurus' mind, an idea that instantly blossomed after remembering the description of a certain skill he had.

Although he was uncertain that the description he remembered was true, he had to give it a shot, or else he would truly take a long time to escape.

”I-Identify [Soul Perception I],” Aurus commanded, his voice slightly stuttering at the fear of his hopes being crushed.

Ding!

The ever familiar sound he would hear when the system followed his orders, it felt like a judge's gavel passing out judgement to him at this current moment. Slowly raising his field of vision to look at the screen that appeared in front of him, he read all of the words written on it one by one.

”Yes!” Aurus couldn't help but shout out in joy that his hopes might not be crushed after all!

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[Soul Perception I] (Level 1/5)

Experience: 9/10

A skill obtained by those who are gifted in the soul, this skill allows the user to sense EVERYTHING in their surroundings within a set radius.

Current radius: 5 meters

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The word that he wanted to see became emphasized once he read through the contents of the screen. He knew that the descriptions of the skills would always be true, hence he knew that his idea would be feasible.

Looking at the surroundings around him, he shouted out loud in his mind, ”[Soul Perception I]!”