Chapter 8

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Fortunately, the ring of fire resistance was not very powerful, and the books in the public library were protected to a certain extent. Andrew just had to put the bookshelves back in place, so he did not have to pay a heavy price.

His success this time made his heart leap with joy. When Andrew was young, he had tried to practice the beginner ring of fire resistance countless times, but all his attempts had failed. This time, it was a natural success.

Following that, he turned his gaze to the other magic books.

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‘Trail of flames? This spell is quite unpopular.’

Andrew held a magic book in his hand and silently memorized the way the runes were arranged.

‘Magic power transmission, flame release, magic power attachment, burning and flame survival.’

‘No wonder there are so few people learning this beginner spell. There are so many runes, and yet its power is only average. Who would want to learn it?’

Andrew held the magic book in his hand. A bookmark suddenly dropped from it. It must have been left behind by predecessors.

He picked it up and found the following words written on it: ‘I wonder which great mage or legendary mage invented this beginner spell. Its power was just a beginner level, but the difficulty was ridiculously high. I don’t believe any stupid beginner mage would want to learn this thing!’

Andrew was silent.

He quietly put the bookmark back into the book, muttering in his heart, ‘I will.’

He put the book back into the bookshelf and left the library. By airship, he returned to the residential area and went home first.

“Dad, you’re back.”

Mary came over to support him very attentively. Andrew had already gone to the public library every day for more than half a month, and Tim and Mary were already used to it.

They didn’t know that their father had regained his strength. They just thought that it was good for Andrew to go to the library and kill the time. Staying at home all day long was not good for his health.

Andrew allowed Mary to support him. Then, he took a glance and discovered that Tim and Topa were hiding on the balcony, looking sneaky. At this moment, the two of them had not activated their spiritual communication, so Andrew did not know what they were doing.

‘They are probably preparing for their cultivation,’ he thought to himself.

Soon, the whole family had lunch happily.

After that, while Mary went to take a nap, Andrew quietly walked out of the house and headed towards the deserted mountain on foot. He was already very familiar with this process. This was how he had spent the past half a month.

“I’ll try the few spells that I learned today.”

“The speed is still too slow,” Andrew said softly. 

If anyone else were to come to the deserted mountain, they would probably be angered to death by his words. One had to know that to learn a spell, it would take at least a few days.

Whereas for Andrew, who could learn a few spells in a day, what else was there for him to be dissatisfied about?

“Flame pulse!”

Andrew waved his hand lightly, and immediately, a tree in front of him suffered the continuous attack of about ten waves of flames. The power was enough to char a piece of good wood.

“The power is twice as greater as what was recorded in the book. Has it reached Level 27? Not bad. Next one.”

Andrew nodded.

“Enchanting flame.”

He gently picked up the kitchen knife he brought from home and wiped it with his finger. In the blink of an eye, the blade that was originally flashing with a cold light turned fiery red.

Andrew casually chopped it onto the surrounding rocks. Using the blade that had been blessed with the power of fire, he easily cut the rocks into two halves. Looking at the cutting surface, he could see that some parts of the rocks that came into contact with the blade were almost melted by the fire.

“It was not recorded in the magic book that there would be a melting phenomenon. As expected, the power has increased a lot.”

Andrew nodded his head in satisfaction.

…

“Then the last one—the trail of flames.”

Andrew outlined the set of complicated runes. After that, he felt that his feet seemed to be burning. He took a few steps forward and found that there were flames about half a man high around where he had walked past. 

After sensing the spell’s power, Andrew noticed that its power was around Level 20. What was even more surprising was that the flame had remained on the spot for more than three minutes before slowly dissipating.

“Looks like this spell isn’t that bad. Although it’s a little complicated and its power is only average, its continuous destructive power is very strong. If it is popularized in the army, it will probably have a miraculous effect.”

Andrew was in a good mood.

These days, he went to the library and the barren mountain every day to continuously practice all kinds of beginner spells. To be honest, it was quite boring, so whenever he discovered some magic phenomena that were not recorded in the books, it would get him excited for a long time.

During this process, Andrew had changed his viewpoint on his understanding of fire magic. He could now directly sense the energy level of the spells he released through his own spiritual power.

‘However, this should be the 127th beginner fire spell. I’ve already learned all the beginner fire spells recorded in the library.’

He stretched the physique slightly.

The ‘trail of flames’ spell was difficult. It had consumed a lot of Andrew’s energy, and he was prepared to meditate for a while.

Andrew had just activated his spiritual power when he was surprised to find that the surrounding fire magic power had been completely exhausted after he tried the spells several times. This was actually a normal phenomenon, but a trace of doubt rose in Andrew’s heart.

“Something was wrong with it. Today, I’ve only tested about seven types of spells, which is considered a small number.”

“At most I cast thirteen types of spells in a day. Each time, although I can feel the fire magic power gradually dried up in the air, I can still successfully cast the spells in the end. Why?”

He was slightly puzzled. As a former beginner mage, although Andrew worked hard enough, he was completely unaware of many of the principles behind the spells.

In the past, he might still have been clueless after practicing nearly a hundred fire spells. But at this time, Andrew had vaguely grasped the principle.

‘It seems that every fire spell consists of a rune called fire release, right?’

‘This rune is not that simple.’

Andrew casually outlined this rune in his mind, but it did not form any magic spells.

In an instant, he seemed to have sensed a fluctuation between heaven and earth, but then it slowly disappeared.

‘This shouldn’t be an illusion, right?’

Andrew was mentally prepared. After a short rest, he quickly outlined the rune called fire release again. This time, he directly rushed his spiritual power into the fluctuation caused by the rune.

The next moment, Andrew revealed an extremely shocked expression because his spiritual power had entered a world that was completely made of flames.

This world was not empty. He could sense that many special creatures were in the flames and they were curiously looking at him. Then Andrew sensed that the fluctuations of the runes appeared. And one of the special creatures injected a wave of flames into the fluctuations.

‘So it is.’

Andrew suddenly understood everything.

‘It makes sense! In reality, the runes didn’t convert magic power from the air into flames. Instead, they connected the magic power with this world made of flames. After communication, these creatures would inject power into the fluctuations. Finally, a fire-type magic formed.’

‘That’s why after the magic power in the air is exhausted, I can still cast magic!’

‘The fire spirits in this world are the source of magic that I cast!’

Andrew was satisfied with this revelation. He had originally planned to return to his body from this world.

However, when he looked at those fire-type creatures who could command the flames more easily than him, as well as their bodies that were made of magic power, a bold idea arose in his heart.

Since the creatures all had magic power, would his magic power be further improved if he absorbed these creatures into his magic nodes?