22 Chapter Five - 5 || Magical Authority (1/2)
After explaining this, Lachlan continued with supplementary knowledge.
”All living creatures have excess magic which makes them alive. This excess magic is enumerated by regular m'u. Anything living which has less than ten m'u risks death. Fifteen m'u is best for survival, and twenty is adequate for everyday living.
”Each day, you regenerate your quantity of regular m'u up to a limit called a magic capacity. This is essentially the amount of the magic you can store inside your body before it dissipates into the air.
”For humans, the amount is roughly double of your regular m'u. And with each magic class increase, it's double plus another half. Therefore, S classes can theoretically store four times their regular m'u.
”For elementals, it's the same except they can store four times plus one for each class level. Demons and spirits below third tier cannot store any magic besides their regular m'u, and those that can store the same way as humans.
”Additionally, you can handle or cast an even greater amount of magic than your magic capacity. This quantity, called your magic control, is double of your magic capacity. For demons and spirits, it's also double, but for elementals, it's quadruple.
”And lastly, anyone can store items in their personal magic cache. But people with higher regular m'u can store more items as well as larger ones. It's a rather simple and handy inventory system.
”Of course, inventories can also be synthetically produced inside gemstones with large magical capacities. These are the same stones which are commonly used by mages as amulets for storing m'u.
”Now, the quantity of regular m'u someone has is initially innate, but it can be increased through physical or magical training. Of course, the rate at which m'u increases varies by person and will naturally be easier for some and harder for others. Magical ability can be strengthened in the same way; however, it relies more on inherent talent.”
Lachlan paused in his explanations to gesture toward Darren.
”Take you for example, you have a sizable amount of regular m'u already, but your magical ability was overwhelmed in the presence of Essairyn's that I detected it only after being near you for some time. She also has a higher regular m'u as most with considerable magical ability usually do.
”You would typically be considered a nonmagical human; although, most nonmagical humans don't even have a trace of magical ability as you have. With training, you could increase your magical ability to be able to cast basic spells.”
Darren listened with slightly scrunched brows and nodded in understanding. Since humans in general lacked substantial magical ability, he wasn't surprised to hear that he couldn't use magic. It made sense that humans would have the least amount of magical power as they originated from the magic-less Earth.
Although, in a similar fashion, demons and spirits which had evolved from humans shouldn't innately have much magical ability either. Lachlan attributed this apparent inconsistency to demons and spirits having been born in a magical world.
And further substantiating this speculation, the percentage of humans with inborn magical ability increased slightly from generation to generation. Children became stronger than their predecessors.
Nevertheless, Darren was still a little disappointed, but he felt better knowing that he could eventually strengthen his magical ability to be able to cast spells.
However, that did make him question why Essairyn could wield magic so naturally. He wondered if her enthusiasm about this world and nonchalance about leaving their world had anything to do with it. Or if certain humans were brought over to Sol'h'meyr for a reason. He asked Lachlan about this.
The man pondered a moment before answering, ”Originally, the humans were forced into Sol'h'meyr during the Great Elemental War, so it would seem that it was just an unfortunate, unseen consequence.
”However, some travelers have acclimated well and are almost glad to have left Earth. Of course, others haven't and became distraught, but then they're brought to Neu'arth and soon feel right at home because of its similarity to Earth.