Chapter 9 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Andrew wasn’t that reckless. First, he observed for a while and then tried to approach a small creature.

The latter didn’t react at all and continued to wander around in this world of fire magic without any scruples.

After observing for about a quarter, Andrew suddenly moved!

Although he was only a beginner mage, he already had spiritual strength that far exceeded that of an intermediate mage.

He instantly erupted with an extremely strong pulling force. To his surprise, the creature called fire spirit did not resist at all. It was pulled out by Andrew from the fire element world and forcefully brought into Andrew’s consciousness.

“It seems that I’ve succeeded!”

A hint of joy flashed across Andrew’s eyes. In the world of the fire spirits just now, he was worried that his rash actions would lead to an attack. But since he could bring the fire spirits to his consciousness easily, he had no worries!

At this moment, the fire spirit finally realized that it had been caught. It struggled desperately to transform into violent flames, wanting to rush out of Andrew’s consciousness.

Andrew didn’t give it a chance at all. He pushed the fire element magic node of his diamond spiritual structure and directly collided with the fire spirit!

“Come in!”

Andrew forcefully patted the fire spirits. The fire spirits shattered into pieces, then Andrew absorbed it into his magic node. In just three breaths, an extremely pure power was completely absorbed into Andrew’s diamond spiritual structure node.

Andrew’s mind was also jolted. He could feel that even though the magical power he had stored did not increase much, its essence seemed to have been enhanced. He could feel that he had a further improvement in his understanding of fire magic.

‘It’s a really good thing.’

Andrew exited the meditative state somewhat excitedly. He then waved his hand and quickly formed a rune of the second-rate fireball spell. A fiery-red ball appeared on his palm. But before it was released, Andrew’s expression froze.

“What’s wrong? The energy level is no different from before.”

Although Andrew could faintly feel that with his hundredfold talent, his magical power had increased, this increase did not seem to have any effect.

‘What happened?’

He calmed himself down and sensed the situation in his magic nodes. He discovered that the body of the fire spirit had dissipated and was floating in the nodes in his consciousness. However, he did not know why he could only mobilize original magic power. He had no way of using the absorbed fire spirit to do anything for him.

‘What’s going on?’ Andrew was a little bewildered.

It seemed like…He had done all this for nothing?

…

Andrew leaned against the bookshelf of the public library, with a book called ‘The Simplified History of the Magic Runes’ in his hand.

He casually flipped through the book. The contents of the book broadened his horizons.

The earliest runes dated back to the observation of some elemental creatures and magical beasts that were born with the ability to use magic.

However, there were too many unuseful parts in these naturally generated runes.

With the development of the mage civilization and through research, people were able to grasp the essence of runes such as the concentration of flames and the persistence of combustion, thus determining the part that brought about magical effects in the runes.

By eliminating the content that was ineffective in the runes and reducing the complexity, mages could use less spiritual energy to cast stronger spells.

‘It’s so amazing. It’s the research of these ancestors that made the magic beasts becoming increasingly unable to contend with us.’

Andrew sighed in admiration and his mind drifted. The book in his hand was just an ordinary book that was not of much help for his cultivation.

He just wanted to find some information about the fire spirits from these popular science books. However, Andrew had been busy for a whole day and still had not found anything helpful.

‘There’s not a single book that records the fire spirit?’

‘That’s impossible. The only explanation is that the relevant knowledge is not available for free.’

As he thought about it, he had a headache.

‘Since the fire spirit can be absorbed into the node, it can’t be useless!’

‘How on earth can I make full use of this spirit? Would they only be affected when I activated the rune of fire release?’

Andrew thought about it. Suddenly, his face froze as he realized something.