CHAPTER 859: CHAPTER 668: GRIMOIRE (2)

Undeniably, the reason Reiger could master so much Magic is all because of it———[Omnipotent One].

The memory magic that allows learning others’ Magic, is truly the only magic belonging solely to Reiger.

All of his Magic is reproduced through [Omnipotent One].

The only magic he truly possesses is just [Omnipotent One].

Therefore, after returning to Earth Mistake World, Reiger has often wondered if he should awaken a second or even a third Magic.

That’s why, when encountering that mysterious magician, Reiger proposed receiving a magic book as a reward.

Because his magic slot only has one, no way to awaken a second or third Magic through normal means, right?

To learn new Divine Blessing Magic, Reiger could only increase the number of slots through the magic book and thus force the awakening of Magic.

Originally, Reiger wanted to earn money himself to buy one, but magic books are not so easy to obtain.

First of all, its price can be compared to first-level special armaments, can easily be sold for a price that could be described as astronomical.

Secondly, it’s priceless and won’t ever circulate in the regular market.

Furthermore, it must possess the development abilities of "Mystery" and "Magic Development" to make one, so even the most skilled magician couldn’t craft a magic book without these two abilities.

Such people are rare in Orario, and even in the magic-rich country of Alterna, there are not many.

It can be said that people who can make this kind of magic item book are very few left in this world.

As the saying goes, rarity brings value, due to these various reasons, the transaction price of magic books often exceeds that of first-level special armaments.

Reiger once visited a shop opened by a talented magician, frequently visited by Revilia herself. That magician was said to have connections with people from the magic-rich country Alterna and sometimes acquired magic books through special channels.

And then, Reiger did see a magic book there.

But that magic book was sold via auction, and when Reiger saw it, the price on the sign before it was already no less than nine figures, even continuing to rise, making him daunted.

Yet even so, after wandering through Orario without seeing a second magic book, Reiger could only accept it, planning to buy it once he saved enough money.

"Well, I’ve saved an untold amount of money and labor."

Feeling the faint magic waves emanating from the magic book in his hand, Reiger finally smiled.

Through the magic fluctuations, Reiger confirmed one thing: the quality of this magic book is extremely high, at least much higher than the one he saw in the shop introduced by Revilia.

Magic books do not necessarily allow Magic to manifest. The final success rate varies depending on the quality.

The higher the grade of the magic book, the more likely Magic can manifest. To expand the magic slot, a high-quality magic book is needed; otherwise, the magic book will just be useless.

Furthermore, generally, when using a magic book to force Magic to manifest, whether or not one possesses Magic will equally influence the final success rate.

If it’s someone without any Magic, generally they can use the magic book to manifest Magic.

If one already possesses a Magic and wants the second to manifest, the difficulty is quite a bit higher than the first.

Similarly, if one already possesses two Magic, the difficulty of manifesting the third will be much, much higher.

And advanced magic books can significantly increase this success rate, thus, the more advanced the magic book, the naturally rarer, the higher the price, and harder to acquire.

In such a situation, acquiring some advanced magic books is definitely a stroke of luck akin to pie falling from the sky.

Reiger counted carefully and found there are three magic books in the treasury.

"In other words, I only have three chances?"

After three attempts, if unable to successfully increase the magic slots, and awaken the Magic, he must once again find a way to acquire magic books.

"Let’s go back and try."

Reiger packed up the three magic books and put all those jewels and gold and silver jewelry into the storage space of the dimensional cube.

Afterwards, Reiger left the rented treasury and returned to the main base of the Familia.

...

In the Twilight Manor, Reiger’s room.

After lighting the magic stone lamp by the desk, Reiger sat down and spread three magic books in front of him.

Honestly, he was quite looking forward to it.

At first glance, even if the remaining two magic slots and Magic are awakened, that only adds two more Magic, which for Reiger who can already use a thousand magic spells, two Magic seems insignificant.

However, Magic in the Earth Mistake World is different from other worlds, containing much greater potential.

Speaking of which, like [Omnipotent One], without it, Reiger could not grasp thousands of magic in his hands as he does now.

Ais’s [Wind Spirit Swift Walk] too, in terms of enhancement effects, even now far exceeds other enhancement Magic Reiger has acquired.

There’s also Finn’s [Fierce Demon Spear] type of killer move that can overturn the difference in abilities, and Rephia’s [Elf Ring] that enables her to achieve the renowned title of [Thousand Elves] with her Summoning Magic, plenty of major Magic effects in the Earth Mistake World exist, far stronger than ordinary Magic, even extraordinary.

In the original story, Magic derived from divine blessings is described in this way.

"Magic is the possibility that blooms using divine blessings as a medium, it’s self-realization."

"It has no rules, only infinite divergences, greatly influenced by experience."

"Magic is a matter of interest, this element is particularly pivotal."

"The interest in things, resulting in recognition, hatred, admiration, lamentation, worship, oaths, desires, the triggering factors often lie within oneself, under divine blessings, one’s mind is laid bare."

In conclusion, Magic in this world can be anything, any power, any miracle, weak can be weak, strong can be strong, it all depends on the person.

Holding onto this anticipation, Reiger took one of the magic books and opened it.

What met his eyes first were lines of small text.

It wasn’t common language, nor Holy Text, but a complex and bizarre array of symbols without any shared form.

"Ask if you seek, solve if desired, observe if you aspire, the unyielding and ugly mirror is prepared here."

Vaguely, Reiger seemed to see these strange symbols turn into this sentence.

"To you, what is Magic?"

Reiger felt these words were questioning him like this.

Then naturally thought of all the Magic he had seen until now.

Powerful types capable of world devastation.

Types with effects strange enough to surprise.

Beneficial types to oneself.

Unbeneficial types to others.

Types saving lives.

Types trampling everything.

Kind types.

Evil types.

And so on... countless varieties of Magic.

So, to himself, what is Magic ultimately?

"It, can be everything."

Naturally, Reiger gave this answer.

"To you, what kind of thing is Magic?"

Seems to be transformed into another half-truth sentence in the book.

Immediately, Reiger gave another natural answer.

"It, can be nothing."

The questioning continued.

"What do you desire from Magic?"

"Nothing, just feel it can become my strength."

"What do you expect from Magic?"

"Hope it can bring some surprises."

"It seems, to you, Magic isn’t a necessity?"

"Naturally, it’s just part of my power."

"But you want to have it, don’t you?"

"Yes."

"You’re really selfish."

Seeing this last sentence, Reiger not only felt no anger but smiled instead.

"I am inherently selfish."

On the magic book, those letters finally gathered into a sentence.

"This is you (Magic)."

The words disappeared.

Reiger also felt a wave of sleepiness hit, soon losing consciousness, falling into sleep.