Kochugunshikan Boukensha ni Naru

When I turned around, I saw the two ladies frozen solid where they stood, with stiff-looking expressions.

Um, Alan. On second thought, I think Ill try learning explosion magic at a later time. Im not planning to give up on it, but I think the current me wouldnt be able to handle it yet.

Cleria-sama, I now understand why you said Alan would be able to handle the knights of this country all by himself.

Well, I guess this spell does seem to be a bit too much for you at the moment, Cleria.

We probably wont encounter a lot of situations where we need to use this spell anyway, so I think its better for you to learn something more practical.

Oh yeah, why dont you try teaching Elna magic yourself, Cleria? Youre already familiar with the spell casting method that I use, right? So I think it would be better if you handle teaching Elna. I think shed prefer that as well.

Certainly. Ill teach you what Ive learned from Alan, Elna.

Cleria and Elna started getting absorbed in the discussion, so I decided to do some magic practice myself a little distance away.

I wanted to try something out today. I have been thinking of trying out whether or not I can draw the magicles stored in magic stones in order to cast spells.

Magic tools draw power from magic stones and make use of it to perform certain effects. I was finally able to learn about the exact process during this mornings lesson.

In order to test my theory out, I brought with me a number of magic stones. I took all of them out of my bag.

(So, can you draw out the magicles stored in these magic stones?)

Not possible.

Hm. So how can I draw them out from the stones then? Oh yeah. Didnt the chief say something about magic power being drawn out of the stones only after spell activation? So that means I wouldnt be able to draw out the magicles as long as I dont use a spell, right? Lets try it out.

I tried casting the Water spell while holding a magic stone on one hand.

Water!

Water started pouring out of the empty space in front of me.

(Now, can you switch the magicle source entering my body from the magicles in the atmosphere to the ones inside the stone?)

Testing now.

The water being produced from the Water spell sputtered intermittently for a few moments. After about three minutes, the spell finally stabilized again.

The correct method for switching magicle source confirmed.

(Whoah! You did it!)

However, the source is not completely from the stone itself. The ratio is 95% from the stone and 5% from the atmosphere. Unable to completely switch source to magic stone.

(Whys that?)

Reason unknown. If the 5% inflow from the surrounding atmosphere is stopped, the entire process would come to a halt.

(So, can we store the magicles drawn from the stone inside my body?)

Replenishment of the magicles used up in todays activities complete.

Thats fast. In other words, the amount of magicles in my body has already reached 100% right?

(Can we still store more magicles?)

Not possible. Reason unknown.

Well, theres nothing we can do about it if it cant be done. Im sure its due to the body being unable to take in more than a certain magicle amount. Weve already noted this phenomenon in earlier magic experiments.

But the experiment objective has mostly been achieved. I was mostly able to accomplish what I wanted. Now, as long as I have a steady supply of magic stones on hand, Ill be able to continuously cast spells without worrying about magicle consumption.

Right now, I can only cast up to fifty Fire Ball spells at full tank. I dont think its enough if we ever got surrounded by multiple enemies.

Now, I just have to learn the most effective way to actively take in magicles from the magic stones. I mean, I cant just keep casting spells like Water and soak everything around me just so I can take in magicles from magic stones.

I stopped casting the Water spell.

I cant really cast fire spells when I want to recharge. Wind magic is also out of the question. The safest bet would be light magic.

Well, nows a good time anyway. Lets try casting out some light spells.

I made an internal image of light beaming out and illuminating the surroundings.

Light!

I successfully managed to cast the Light spell. Its midday, so its a bit hard to tell, but there really was a bright beam of light illuminating the ground.

Great. Its a success. I practiced a few more times and confirmed that I could cast this type of spell without any problems.

I wonder if its possible to release light from my palm or something. I made an image and managed to make light come out of my palm without any problems as well.

Great. Lets make this the spell to use when recharging. I picked up another magic stone and released light from my palm.

(Please resupply the magicles.)

Replenishment complete.

(Can we make the process automatic?)

Light came out of my palm without me doing anything in particular.

Automated process completed.

Excellent. It didnt take much imagination to make it work, so Nanom can also accomplish it easily.

Whats left is to find out just how much magicles are stored in this Gray Hound magic stone. I need to decrease the magicle amount in my body for that.

Ill release a Flame Arrow spell on that rock earlier, then. Since its about a hundred meters away, Ill need to put in at least two times the magic power.

I fired off a Flame Arrow spell with two times the magic power.

Flame Arrow!

The arrows of flame hit the target rock directly.

(Ill start releasing continuous Flame Arrow spells at the rock, so once my magicle count drops to an acceptable level, start taking in magicles from the magic stone.)

Acknowledged.

I grabbed another magic stone and started casting Flame Arrows on the rock. The virtual HUD displayed [READY x50] in the corner.

I materialized five shots of the Flame Arrow spell and released them all on the rock. I after repeating the process nine times, my palm finally lit up, and the corner of the virtual HUD displayed [READY x50] once more.

I continued on casting Flame Arrows. It took two times of my palm glowing until the display on the virtual HUD finally changed to [READY x0].

It has become impossible to extract further magicles from the magic stone.

When I took a look at the magic stone in my hand, it already became transparent and glass-like. It looks like the magicles finally ran out.

(How much magicles were we able to take in from the magic stone? Please use the magicle consumption for Fire Ball as reference.)

147 charges all in all.

It looks like a Gray Hounds magic stone has a surprisingly large amount of magicles. Its about three times my current capacity.

With this, Ill be able to take on lots of enemies if I have ten magic stones like this one on hand.

When I looked back after an unexpectedly productive experiment, I again saw Cleria and Elna standing around like stone statues with frozen expressions. Just how long have they been behind me?

Just what was that, Alan?

Uh, Flame Arrow?

Thats not it! Im asking about that continuous spell barrage!

Oh. I tried using the magic stored inside magic stones, and it unexpectedly turned out well.

Eh!? But thats impossible!

That just cant be done!

Well, even if you guys say that I already did it.

After that, I had a hard time pacifying Cleria and Elna, who both made a huge fuss.

Like I said, Im not sure how I did it myself.

Its a method I came up with after repeating various trial and error experiments with Nanom after all. Im sure I wouldnt be able to come up with it on my own.

Anyway, Ill share with you what Ive learned for now.

I told them about the fact that one can draw out magic from magic stones by casting spells first. I also taught them that if one wants to draw the magic stored inside magic stones, one has to use a certain small amount of magic power to keep the process going.

After that, Cleria and Elna tried grabbing magic stones of their own, but they didnt manage to succeed in the end.

Eventually, both of them ran out of magicles. Since we couldnt do any more magic practice today, we decided to come back to the city.

When we entered the gate, the guards persistently asked us if we heard any strange sounds out there. They were probably talking about the explosion caused by the Fire Grenade spell.

It looks like we have to refrain from using magic spells that cause loud sounds from now on.