Using Magic

It's pretty weird for a potential god candidate to have to go to school but oh well, what do I know. I'm just psyched about the dungeons

“ dungeons dungeons dungeons... And by the way. System? ” I said

“ YES. LOUIS ”

“ you said it was some legendary weapon but this scythe looks all beat up. You know, it doesn't look all that legendary to me. ”

“ CONCERNING THE DOUBTS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE WEAPON'S APPEARANCE, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS IN FACT A LEGENDARY WEAPON, ONE OF THE THIRTEENTH WEAPONS WHICH MAKE UP THE BLOOD WEAPON SERIES ”

“ question. What are blood weapons? ”

“ THAT US SOMETHING I'D RATHER YOU NOT KNOW ”

“ awwwn. quit being such a stick in the mud ”

“ YOU MAY REGRET KNOWING ”

“ even so. I'd be pretty stupid of me to pass up a chance to learn something new. And besides, it might help me fight better ”

“ VERY WELL. AS I SAID THE BLOOD WEAPONS ARE A SET OF THIRTEEN INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS WHICH MAKE UP THE BLOOD WEAPON SERIES. THEY ARE MADE FROM A MATERIAL KNOWN AS BLOOD ORE ”

“ cool, cool but what is blood ore? ”

“ BLOOD ORE IS A MINERAL FORMED BY THE COLOSSAL AMOUNT OF BLOOD CREATED BY THE DYING VICTIMS OF A WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, IN THEY'RE LAST MOMENTS AS THEY DIE, THEY CURSE THEIR FATE AND BECOME EVIL SPIRITS WHO WANDER THE GROUNDS WHICH THEY FELL. BECAUSE OF THIS MALICE THEY HARBOR THEY ARE UNABLE TO ASCEND AND THEIR MALICE TAKES SHAPE IN PHYSICAL FORM AS THE BLOOD WHICH THEY CURSED IS FUSED WITH THE METALS UNDERNEATH THE EARTH ”

“ so that's what this thing is made of ”

“ BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME MALICE THE SOULS HARBOR. THOSE IN POSSESSION OF BLOOD WEAPONS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO KILL INDISCRIMINATELY AS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE WEAPON ”

“ so it drives it's wielder to insanity? ”

“ CORRECT ”

“ is that gonna happen to me too? ”

“ THOUGH THERE IS A POSSIBILITY. THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING ARE VERY LOW ”

“ why's that? ”

“ BECAUSE YOU'RE USING THE WEAPON IN ITS BASE FORM ”

“ what does that mean ”

“ BLOOD WEAPONS H?AVE AN UNUSUAL ABILITY THAT ALLOWS THEN TO EVOLVE. THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THE WEPON EXHIBITS IS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THEY CONSUME ”

“ so it's a weapon that grows stronger the more you kill. It really is cursed ”

I had to wait for school almost the whole day since I can't go dungeon raiding from school. If I do, I get transported back to my point of origin. So like the good little boy I was, I waited patiently for school to end for the day and headed home.

“ system ”

“ YES LOUIS ”

“ permission granted. Take me to a dungeon ”

“ WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO VISIT THE GREAT ABYSS? ”

“ sure why not. I've got some unfinished business anyway ”

“ VERY WELL ” it said before teleporting me.

Being teleported still feels weird. I don't think it's something I'll ever get used to. usually in games you stand in a magic circle and start glowing or you chant a spell. But here I'm just literally disappearing and appearing in the dungeon. One second I'm on earth with my feet on the ground and the next I'm in some grass abyss. Talk about a lack of taste.

“ WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY? ”

“ oh yeah. You said something about that before, ok ”

“ ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY ACTIVATED ”

As it said those words. My reality was shattered and in an instant the way I viewed the world changed. It was almost like a game. I saw the world in sort of a digital way. Like I had a the blueprints of my surroundings in my head.

“ wow... Wow... Wow... It's amazing ”

“ IF YOU THINK THAT'S AMAZING WAIT UNTIL YOU USE THE APPRAISAL SKILL ”

“ huh. What's that? ”

“ IT IS AN SKILL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EVALUATE THE COMBAT ABILITY OR THREAT LEVEL OF AN ENTITY, BE IT A PERSON, MONSTER, WEPON OR A FROM OF MAGIC ”

“ wait. magic? ”

“ IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE SKILLS OF OTHERS ”

“ wait I think you're skipping something really important. You said magic right? ”

“ CORRECT ”

“ so can I use magic? ”

“ OF COURSE ”

“ alright ” I said stretching my hands outward

“ haaa...Huuuh... Kwaaaaa ”

“ WHAT ARE YOU DOING ”

“ oh, eating peas. what does it look like I'm doing!, I'm trying to use my magic ”

“ TO USE MAGIC ONE MUST EITHER HAVE THE FORMULA OF THE SPECIFIC SPELL MEMORISED AS A MAGIC CIRCLE OR CHANT. IT CAN ALSO BE INSCRIBED AS A RUNE AS SEEN ON ENCHANTED WEAPONS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO MANIPULATE MANA DIRECTLY BUT THAT WOULD BE FAR TOO ADVANCED FOR SOMEONE OF YOUR LEVEL... ”

At the time i felt like it was hopeless but unknowingly to me, ever since yesterday, i had slowly been absorbing the mana around me and at the moment my body was completely enveloped in it. And by simply trying to use magic I was releasing the mana.

“ LOUIS ”

“ huh... What? ”

“ I WANT YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME. AND SAY THE WORDS I TELL YOU IN THE EXACT MANNER YOU HEAR THEM ”

“. Why... So serious ”

“ I AM GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO USE MAGIC. IF YOU MAKE ANY MISTAKES YOU MAY DIE ”

“ what! ”

“ SO DO YOU STILL WANT TO LEARN MAGIC ”

“ umm... I ... Well ”

“ OF COURSE IT IS NOT MANDATORY. YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO... ”

“ like hell I am. Quit thinking I'm a pushover, after what I've been through, I've come too far to turn back now. So spill it ”

“ ALRIGHT THEN ”

“ Invoco magnam creationis flammam, *** mea mana in oblatione. Arde, lucens sicut stella matutina, et semitam meam illumina. ”

as I said those words I saw sparks grow into a flame of negligible size appear. Just hovering over my hands

“ huh? ”

“ IMPRESSIVE ”

“ huh. Are you kidding me, you made me say that long incantation and this is it ”

“ IS THERE A PROBLEM? ”

“ are you seriously asking me that. How am I supposed to fight with this ”

“ IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ANGRY. BUT STILL THIS IS A ... ”

“ don't give me that crap ... If it this weak and it takes this long to chant then it's useless to me ”

“ HA HA HAHAHA ”

“ it's the first time I've heard you laugh ”

“ IT'S QUITE FUNNY. MOST HUMAN WOULD BE AMAZED AFTER USING MAGIC, NO MATTER HOW SMALL. BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED ” the system said laughing

“ I'm only stating the obvious. That spell's nothing more than a parlour trick ”

“ I WILL TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN TRAINING YOU ”

“ well. Whatever ”

“ EVEN AMONG HUMANS. YOU REALLY ARE A STRANGE ONE AREN'T YOU. I HAVE A FEELING THINGS ARE GOING TO GET INTERESTING SOON ”

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