Book 12: Chapter 8: The Magic of This World (1/3)


    5 days after Halt transmigrated


    Halt-sama. We will be using magic other than fire.


    Yes!


    Tina was teaching 5 year old Halt magic at the annex of the Silveray mansion that had been set-aside as a training hall.


    This might seem sudden, but please answer my question. Please name the four fundamental magic attributes that exist in this world.


    Fire, water, earth, wind  those four, right?


    Correct. The four attributes you just mentioned are known as the [Four Elemental Magic].


    Tina wrote the four elemental magic on the ckboard of the training hall, and she also wrote the corresponding chants for each of them.


    Four Elemental Magic


    Fire  Fire


    Water  Water


    Wind  Wind


    Earth  Earth


    Can you name attributes other than the four elemental magic?


    Yup! The Cosmic Dual Magic  Light and Darkness. The chant for Light Magic is Holy, while for Darkness Magic, its Dark.


    Excellent. Correct.


    Cosmic Dual Magic


    Light (Healing)  Holy


    Dark (Curse)  Dark


    Light Magic is also known as Holy Magic. Healing Magic, like the spell [Heal] is also ssified under Light Magic.


    Curses are ssified under Dark Magic.


    Well then, how about naming theCompound Magicthat you get from fusing the Four Elemental Magic together  in other words, you can use them bybining them together?


    Of course! Fire and Wind Magic will create [mes], Water and Wind will create [Ice], Wind and Earth


    Halt named the magicbination sessively and Tina wrote them all down on the ckboard.


    Compound Magic (Basic)


    Fire + Wind  mes  me


    Water + Wind  Ice  Ice


    Wind + Earth  Lightning  Thunder


    Water + Fire  Fog  Mist (Illusion/Captivation Magic)


    Earth + Water  Trees  Wood


    Earth + Fire  Iron  Iron (Alchemy)


    Yes, everything is correct.


    Tina, youve been reading books about magic to me since a long time ago, so its only natural that Ill remember this much.


    Haruto Saijou, a person from another world, transmigrated into the body of Halt, a five-year old boy in this world. Haruto and Halts souls merged, so Halt has the memories of Haruto, as well as Halts up to the age of five.


    Although he couldnt train in magic until he turned five, Tina made sure that Halt learned about magic by reading books to him.


    Moreover, Halt also has abat upation of Sagethanks to being transmigrated into this world.


    Sages have improved memory and their knowledge about magic would also increase. Moreover, the amount of mana they could use also increases, and they could manipte mana at will.


    It would be very hard for ordinary people to use Compound Magic, but it was just a piece of cake for Halt because hes a Sage.


    He confirmed that he could use all types of Compound Magic bybining the Four Elemental Magic yesterday, the fourth day since he transmigrated.


    But I still dont understand how earth and wind can be thunder magic.


    Halt has knowledge of his previous world, and based on that knowledge, he couldnt help but feel that thebination for making thunder magic didnt seem to fit what he knew.


    He had been secretly testing Compound Magic behind Tinas back, however, for some reason, only Thunder Magic didnt go well. It was far more difficult to use than the other magic during that time.


    Halt thought that it was probably because he couldnt imagine the constituents of that particr magic.


    In this world, the effects of magic heavily depend on the imagination of the caster. If the caster didnt have a clear, concrete image of the spell he wanted to cast, the magic itself wouldnt be activated.


    Halt knew that actual lightning and thunder are caused by the friction of ice in the atmosphere, so he just couldnt picture how earth and wind couldbine to form thunderbolts.


    Indeed. Actually, Lightning Magic is more difficult to usepared to other Fusion Magic.


    I see.


    Yes. Actually, Lightning Magic doesnt simply use Wind Magic as it is. You have to blend Water Magic into Wind Magic and infuse the attribute of Ice Magic in it. As a result, youll be using Wind Magic with hints of Ice Magic.


    Real Lightning Magic


    Wind + Water + Earth  Lightning


    Heh. So, in order to use Lightning Magic, I have to fuse three types of magic, right?


    That is correct. When small particles of ice rub against each other, lightning is produced. That lightning possesses the attribute to move towards the earth. By guiding that thunderbolt towards the ground, right on to the target using Earth Magic, youll be able to produce a Lightning Magic.


    So thats how it is!


    Thanks to Tinas exnation, Halt finally formed a clear image of Lightning Magic in his mind.


    However, even if you have a clear picture of Lightning Magic in your mind, please be reminded thatbining three attributes and blending them together is an extremely difficult feat. Only a handful of people could use it. That limited number of people with the potential for magic are allowed to use this very powerful spell known as the Lightning Magic.


    Only mages who had spent a long period of time studying magic, and the heroes from the other world summoned to defeat the Demon King, were allowed to use this spell.


    Halt might not have been able to visualize it, he still managed to invoke Lightning Magic.


    Thats because Halt was a Sage summoned from the other world by no other than the Evil God.


    He managed to invoke that spell by virtue of his upation as Sage even without being able to imagine how Lightning Magic worked. But now, he was more equipped to produce the perfect power that could create the Lightning Magic, because he could picture it clearly and he also got the skills to do it.


    .


    And so


    Teacher Tina, I want to try Lightning Magic!


    Halt wanted to try, so he dered that he wanted to use Lightning Magic.