Vol 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8

Bonds

After fighting le with the bear, I first of all decided to ic

So now I' carefully

Knowing yourself is important

First, there's simply the power

You can say that the results allow ard

The ic of level 4 me has felled the level 10 bear in one strike

Well, I also hit the bear with a lightning strike fro Rod, so another test is required to see if one strike really is enough though

One strike, or not

If I ae

I can't think that the Lightning Rod's lightning strikes are more powerful than my Thunder, so I can defeat bears with two strikes at most, but there's a trap in the cast time and the cooldown

Thunder: 10s cast time, 10s cooldown

If acting in a party, those time s shouldn't cause problems

Of course, that assu up the frontline

”Without a tank, the backline can't shi+ne?”

The firepower is plenty though

So, does a Mage require a party after all?

For argument's sake, let's assuility, but had gone for Endurance 2 and Protection 3

Would I have survived my run-in with the bear?

Endurance 2 is average

Protection 3 is good

And since I can't change Mind 5, Agility would be 0

With that setup, I cannot expect to slip past the earlier paw attacks like I had

So would I have taken the attack and survive?

”An attack from those paws that pulverize horse and cow necks?

That's probably impossible

The level difference was too big, too

So, should I have gone full-out with Protection 5?

That would've changed nothing, either

Nor with Endurance 0

For a Mage going solo, the way I spent

Endurance 2, Protection 5, Mind 3 is an option, too, but decreasing its greatest charhts a little

A Mage equipping a shi+eld and standing on the frontline

Well, there are probably a few of those in this world

(Thunder, activate)

Let's try shooting it at a nearby wall for a test

Actually, I've already tried it before I don't particularly need to target a ic

I can probably use it against humans, too, of course

During the 10s cast tienerate the ic

It doesn'tchant

”Thunder!”

Lightning raced towards the wall

”I see”

And apparently I don't have to say the chant at the end, either

However, the lightning feels darker than when I did say it

I need to test it in practice later, but I can probably think of it having less power, too

And then there is the cooldown

Maybe ic, but at least I feel languid

The cooldown time feels like the time it takes forme

Why? Because even now lightly glowing particles gather aroundbetter

The time that takes? Ten seconds

———so, can I cast another spell before that time is up?

I once ic to activate

The light particles that had still been gathering around ic activation

The cooldoas stopped and enerated from within my body

”Thunder!”

I dropped against the wall again

———theof exhaustion assaulted me

This see the cooldown, in other words the time it takes for my body to naturally recover its mana

Letfor a while and steady my breath

So this is how it feels to run out of gas

But if this is it, I can ignore the cooldohen push comes to shove

There's no need to pushit never hurts

Most importantly, if I'm solo I can only use this as a finisher

If I can't ith it yet er this much, it's over

Applying it to this place I'ainst the bears if I can't defeat them with one hit

I'll still have to work a h

”Hmm”

Then there is the ae a lot with level and Attributes?

Apprentice Mage Level 5

I leveled up earlier, so I'm level 5 now

Sonore the cooldoithout running out of gas

And then———

Magic: Thunder (Proficiency 1)

This Proficiency entry is fairly intriguing

Shooting the wall like I've been doing is not counted

It likely increases by defeating enemies and the like

(Proficiency, huh)

I have various ideas on it, but only time will tell what it exactly does

And with that, I've finished the verifications I can do uess?

What's going to happen once I learn Double Cast and Cast Time Reduction?