Chapter 9: The Greatest Foe! (1/2)

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[Day 8]

I think I have found an enemy, an adversary that could slightly compare to my biggest nemesis, snow.

…It is magic!

Why is magic so hard to conjure?

It is horribly taxing.

I always saw characters in anime, light novels, or manga using magic so smoothly!

I should have asked for some cheat that could make it easy for me to conjure magic…

I asked for overpowered magic, but not how to actually wield its power.

But even then, I am having trouble conjuring two different consecutive spells to finally launch a freaking ice knife into the direction I want!

Ugh.

I am an Ice Dragon, so my main affinity is Ice.

In fact, it is the only affinity I have.

When I learned Wind Attribute Magic, I thought things were going to become easy, I would finally be able to launch the damn ice knife.

But no…

Well, I mean… I can actually launch it now.

But not in the direction I want!

Every time I concentrate my mind and imagination into the conjuration and manipulation of a gust of wind, the wind just goes elsewhere.

It is frustrating!

Okay, calm down.

Everything is okay.

I am… progressing.

Yes, let's put it that way.

There is only a single rabbit left.

I do not want to go out yet, every single night wolves are howling outside, and I think this morning I heard an incredibly loud roar that was definitely not a wolf…

It sounded like the roar of a bear, in fact.

I do not want to fight a bear.

And I hope I never meet it.

I feel insecure now.

Although my wounds have finally healed, I am still a weakling.

There is no way of leveling up or anything of the sort, and nourishing my body with Mana is only getting me so far, but it's really not working.

The only tools are my fangs, claws, scales, and magic… well, my breath too.

I have to sharpen them as much as I can.

I think that as long as I eat a ton of ice to fill my stomach and eat the rabbit slowly, I can extend this for three more days.

Three days… is all I have before I am forced to walk outside and find food.

Even with my cheats, I need food to trigger the Skills.

Immortal Body is not an almighty power that does not need the energy to take effect, sadly.

Like any other living being in existence, I require to eat food and accumulate calories.

Snow around the small cave I am staying in is not enough, in fact, it does not give any calories.

Through Ice Absorption, I can absorb a bit of mana and energy, but this energy is temporary, and it dissipates incredibly quickly, it does not fill my stomach, nor it gives me proteins, calories, vitamins, and all the stuff you need to keep… well, living.