Episode 24.1 (2/2)
”No point in learning more than that really. Go polish up <Flame Spear>, <Lightning> and <Ice Bullet>. That's your path to strength.”
In Shira's classification, <Water Blade> is Space type, <Ice Bullet> is both Light and Heat and Space type, but both use water to attack. At their highest level, <Ice Bullet> has an overwhelmingly higher penetrating power than <Water Blade>, thus Lecan was told to forget <Water Blade> and work on <Ice Bullet> instead.
Next, he learned <Concealment>. The request to learn it came from Lecan himself.
According to Shira, there's nothing in Perception type magic Lecan should learn. Lecan's detection is so advanced he doesn't need <Clairaudience> and <Amplification>, and <Concealment> doesn't fit well with Lecan's character and battle style, it's pointless, she said.
”Can you imagine a hulking monstrosity like you trying to sneakily slip into someone's house. You cannae' even stand motionlessly bating your breath for half an hour, can you?”
She got a point, realized Lecan.
Lecan was interested in <Analysis> of Perception type, but it's a kind of magic that cannot be learned unless you are equipped with specialized knowledge and crafts for it. The Lecan now could probably activate <Analysis> on medical plants, but unless he gained even deeper understanding, the <Analysis> won't be as precise, and it's not like he'll be able to make better medicine that he can make now even if he manage.
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As such, Lecan was done with Perception skill study, and yet he still wished to learn <Concealment>.
Asking for more info, he found out that <Concealment> magic is unlike the skill assassins learn as it can be used on objects other than yourself.
In other word, it can be cast on other people and objects.
People, objects and animals that have been put under <Concealment> will be harder to recognize by other people. Your awareness of seeing them disappears even when they're right in front of your eyes. <Concealment> is effective on animals and magic beasts to a degree, but it's fundamentally an interpersonal magic.
Since it sounded quite convenient, Lecan insisted that he should learn it and Shira eventually relented.
Shira herself wanted Lecan to learn <Barrier>.
There's two types of <Barrier>, physical and magical, Shira wants Lecan to learn the magical one.
”Yes you might have <Necklace of Intuador> on you. But you should never leave it all to one equipment. You won't find something that handy again if you lose it, you know.”
She's exactly right.
”You likely will never find yourself at the end of multiple physical attacks that deal huge damage coming at you all at once. But a downpour of magic capable of dealing huge damage on you is not out of question.”
She's right and all, but just what kind of opponent does Shira imagine Lecan is going up against.
Despite being in Perception type like <Appraisal>, the nature of <Concealment> magic differs quite a bit from it, in fact, it's more closely related to Mind type magic. As Lecan has no aptitude in Mind type magic, he's not having any success learning this magic.
One day, a messenger from Chaney Company dropped by to deliver his repaired vest and trousers, as well as brand new undergarment, trousers and shirts. Lecan is wearing a vest made of Thousands Rock Spider material he brought from his former world until his light armor is done. As for trousers, he's wearing the new one and put away the old one from his former world in <Storage>.
The undergarment made from spider materials feels unexpectedly comfortable. Eda was delighted as well, saying she could wear them.
On month eight, they went out to gather herbs for about ten days. Along with Eda. Eda looked like she was having so much fun.
Lecan barely gathered herbs and spent all his time practicing magic.
He was told to have completed Heat and Light type magic study, but he still didn't get how to use <Lightning> well, thus he got some guidance. Shira demonstrated how to cast <Lighting> in a specified area that dealt specified damage only to specified targets.
Lecan kept on practicing <Concealment> but he couldn't grasp the knack. However, he was told that he had potential for it.
When they got back at town, there was a summon from the town lord.
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