Chapter 10 (1/2)

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

“I see. That’s how the fire spirit is used.”

Andrew found the crux. At first, he instinctively felt that he could use the power of this fire spirit to increase his magic power and cause more damage.

However, this was not the case in reality. To a mage, although spiritual power and magic power were important, what was more important was knowledge.

Andrew’s spiritual power and magic power had not improved much in the past half a month, but his overall strength had increased by several times with the help of the hundreds of fire-type spells he had learned in the library and the special runes he had obtained through the fire spirit!

‘Just now, when I used the second-rate fireball spell, I used the runes released by the fire to communicate with the fire element world and obtained the knowledge.’

‘What would happen if I tried using another spell?’

Andrew’s heart was filled with anticipation.

“Burning hands,” he muttered.

“Magic attachment, fire release…”

He quickly outlined the runes and then once again activated the power of the fire spirit. As expected, he was once again drawn into the fire element world.

However, when Andrew wanted to memorize the knowledge presented, he felt dizzy. It seemed that after he memorized the ‘blazing light’, the total number of runes that he could remember in a short period had reached the upper limit.

Therefore, after a wave of dizziness, he could only helplessly leave this world. Even the casting of the spell ‘burning hands’ had failed.

‘Alright, although I have temporarily understood the initial usage of this fire spirit, it is indeed not so easy to obtain knowledge without restrictions.’

Andrew shook his head helplessly. Just now, he could have memorized the new runes presented, but it would undoubtedly cause great damage to his spiritual state.

In his opinion, since he had the ability to communicate with the fire elemental world, there was no need to rush.

“I once heard that the level of great mages was the start level of researching magic. The great mages were able to turn ordinary spells into magical ones. Could it be that they obtained new knowledge by communicating with the elemental world via the elemental spirits?”

Andrew’s head was spinning, so he had to have a rest. He sat on the grass and pondered.

His spiritual strength had far exceeded the average strength of his current level, but he was exhausted just after memorizing some runic knowledge.

Therefore, he would have to be an advanced mage or even a great mage in order to communicate effectively with the elemental world.

‘However, I’m not too sure if ‘casting spells across levels’ used by the geniuses in Star Race is the same thing as what I did.’

Although Andrew felt that his guess was somewhat reliable, he was not sure of it. After all, his greatest achievement in the past decades was just becoming a beginner mage. He still knew too little about the world.

‘It’s useless no matter how much I guess here. If I want to verify my guess, I’ll have to go to Magic Association,’ Andrew thought.

‘But if I want to borrow books there, I can’t hide my strength.’

‘All right. I’ll restore my identity as a beginner mage. I’ve made a reservation.’

After that, Andrew stood up and tidied up his clothes. He left the deserted mountain and head to the nearest branch of Magic Association in the residential area.

…

In the Moore Republic, Magic Association was a very important part of the country.

Not only did it have the ability to assess the strength of mages and provide them with allowance, but it also played a role as a local government.

In other words, mages who were strong enough in this country could easily take up official positions. However, Andrew had no interest in taking up any official positions. He only hoped that the resources of Magic Association could help him with his cultivation.

Soon, Andrew arrived at a golden and resplendent gate.

This building in front of him seemed to be out of place with the buildings in the residential areas. It was formed by four mage towers that were about seven to eight stories tall. Above each mage tower elements of different attributes were floating, and the elements intermingled with each other, forming a rather colorful protective barrier.

“Rafax City Magic Association branch.” Andrew slowly read out the words.

The last time he came here, he was like a stray dog. He failed to pass the assessment of a beginner mage and was deprived of his allowance.