Chapter 410: 388 ’Magic Chant
Engulfed by night, the lightning that burst from Reiger’s fingertips was like a flash of light that not only tore through the darkness but also shot straight ahead for hundreds of meters, as if neatly cleaving the darkness itself, exceptionally dazzling.
If someone knowledgeable was here to witness this scene, they would surely be astonished, right?
Because the power of the third-tier magic "Thunder Strike" should definitely not reach this extent.
"Whether it’s range, power, or the speed of casting and shooting, everything has greatly improved from before. I estimate it could compete with the fourth tier... no, it’s not much less than the fifth-tier magic," Reiger confirmed this thought and began to test other spells in the desolate, pitch-black wilderness.
Teleportation magic... I can now teleport much farther than before.
Instant death magic... the success rate seems to have increased significantly from before.
Defensive magic... I don’t know if the damage resistance has improved, but the duration of the effect has certainly increased.
Even the effectiveness of creation spells like "High-Tier Item Creation" has improved considerably. The knives that Reiger produced were now harder and sharper than before, and the defensive performance of the clothing had increased significantly; it wouldn’t become tattered as easily as last time.
After trying out one magic after another like this, Reiger finally began to have some conjectures.
"The power and effects of spells have significantly increased, and this is not just because of leveling up, but also because of the developed ability ’Chanting Magic,’ right?"
The effect of ’Chanting Magic’ seemed somewhat similar to that of a ’Swordsman.’
’Swordsmanship’ increases the stats of the user equipped with a sword, and the higher the level of this ability, the greater the augmentation.
It’s the same for ’Chanting Magic.’
"While casting magic, I could distinctly feel a surge of power welling up from within. That must be the power of ’Chanting Magic,’" Reiger mused.
’Chanting Magic’ is a developed ability that enhances one’s powers while they are chanting spells.
Its enhancement is limited to magical abilities only, so it’s not as wide-ranging as ’Swordsman.’
For example, within the five fundamental powers, only ’Magic Power’ benefitted from the enhancement of ’Chanting Magic,’ while the other categories remained unchanged.
However, the scale of enhancement from ’Chanting Magic’ was much greater than that of ’Swordsman,’ and the enhancement wasn’t limited to basic abilities, encompassing developed abilities as well.
In other words, with the developed ability ’Chanting Magic,’ once the user casts spells, it’s not only ’Magic Power’ that gets enhanced – all magic-related abilities also receive a boost.
For instance, the developed ability ’Magic Guide’ benefited from this effect.
’Magic Guide’ is a developed ability that, when using magic, provides various support effects like enhancing magic power, expanding the range of effects, and increasing the efficiency of spiritual power – this is considered a mark of high-level Magic Guides in the Earth Mistake World.
’Chanting Magic’ is capable of enhancing the effects of this developed ability while casting spells, whether it is increasing the degree of magical power, the extent to which the range of effects is amplified, or even the levels of efficiency concerning spiritual power – all aspects are given a significantly higher boost.
Moreover, among the skills that Reiger possessed, such as "Pioneer of the Solar Wheel," which provides enhancement to the power and effects of specific types of magic, their effectiveness seemed to have also increased, allowing fire and light attribute spells to not only double in strength but to also increase in scale even more.
The evidence lay here in the abandoned wilderness, where a scorched crater nearly a hundred meters wide had formed, from which smoke was still billowing.
That was the ultimate fate of the ground that had just been struck by Reiger’s spell "Fireball."
"Now, ’Fireball’ is probably not only comparable to sixth-tier magic but can even surpass some of the eighth-tier magic, right?" Reiger quietly watched the smoking, charred crater on the ground and for a moment considered unleashing the super-tier magic "Skyfall" to test it out.
But considering the consequences, he suppressed that devilish thought.
Before levelling up, Reiger was able to destroy the first to third floors of the Nasalik Underground Tomb, heavily fortified with various defensive mechanisms, with a single cast of "Skyfall," demolishing nearly a third of the base painstakingly created by the Alien Species Guild Ainz Ooal Gown, which was ranked among the top three in "YGGDRASIL."
Now, having not only levelled up but also acquired ’Chanting Magic,’ a developed ability that could significantly enhance all magical capabilities, he feared that using "Skyfall" again could destroy even the first five floors of the Nasalik Underground Tomb – that was surely within the realm of possibility, right?
If such a spell were cast out in the open, the high-ranking officials of the fortress city E-Rantel as well as the Re·Yestijie Kingdom would probably be unable to sleep tonight.
Feeling the kind of magical power that could invoke such a sensation, Reiger murmured to himself.
"Have I perhaps reached the level of a strategic-class magician on the Akasha continent?"
On this, Reiger was truly unsure.
If that were truly the case, he would have quite the conundrum on his hands.
"To wield the power to destroy a city with a single strike, is this overwhelming strength really within my control?" Reiger did not know whether to be joyous or worried and forced himself to temporarily put aside that thought.
"I should first think about how to deal with the condition of this body."
Reiger moved his body slightly, only to feel that every action was filled with unnaturalness.
Clearly, just like before, his body had become uncoordinated due to the abrupt increase in power.
"I need to get used to this body well, so I can unleash one hundred percent of its power."
Thinking this, the next second Reiger suddenly smiled, as if struck by a thought.
"It seems that we’ll be dealing with each other for a while longer, Bones of the Abyss..."
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The next day, early morning.
In front of the Golden Shining Pavilion, Reiger and his group gathered once again.
"So, we are heading back to the capital."
Lakyus, along with Iveyer, Gegran, Tia, Tina, and the rest of the [Blue Roses] members, stood in front of Reiger and Brian, as if to bid them farewell.
Next, they intended to use teleportation magic to return directly to the capital.
The effect of the fifth-tier magic [Teleportation] allowed for long-distance point-to-point movement, carrying multiple people at once, but required a marker to be set up in advance at the destination, that is, a so-called teleportation point.
Iveyer possessed this magic and also had a teleportation point in the capital, so she could instantly bring all the members of [Blue Roses] back to the capital without spending a long time on the road.
The seventh-tier magic [Greater Teleportation] also had this effect, and it could carry more people than the fifth-tier [Teleportation], with an almost zero failure rate, it’s just that no one in this world had mastered magic of that tier.
Reiger did master this magic, but he didn’t leave a teleportation point anywhere in this world.
He hadn’t been to many places and hardly thought about returning to any, so for this world, he was just a passerby; therefore, unless necessary, Reiger generally didn’t leave teleportation points at specific locations.
Of course, this was also because Reiger had the highest tier teleportation magic [Gate].
[Gate] was a teleportation magic that didn’t require any teleportation points at the destination—one only needed to know the location’s position and the nearby geographic environment to create a gate that allowed anyone to travel freely back and forth between any location for a certain period.
This teleportation magic had an unlimited effective distance and a zero failure rate, so even if one wanted to go to the ends of the world, to the other side of the continent, it could be done.
Therefore, [Gate] was the highest-level teleportation magic, the most reliable space transfer ability—the only drawback being that it took some time to activate, and the created gate couldn’t be moved, making it completely unusable in battle.
For this reason, even in the Nasalik Underground Tomb, only a handful of people learned this magic, including Ainz and Shalltear.
Reiger also learned this magic, hence he didn’t leave teleportation points anywhere.
If it really was an emergency and he needed to hurry, he could use [Gate] to go to any place he had been before, including but not limited to the Nasalik Underground Tomb.
However, the Nasalik Underground Tomb had mechanisms that could interfere with teleportation, and Reiger could at most teleport to its surface part, the cemetery.
As for Iveyer, she could only use the fifth-tier [Teleportation] which required a teleportation point and could carry a limited number of people; if Reiger and Brian needed also to go to the capital, she might not be able to take everyone.
So, after confirming that Reiger and Brian didn’t need a ride, Iveyer decided to use [Teleportation] to fly directly back to the capital.
"Are you really not coming back with us?"
Iveyer still asked Reiger, just in case.
"No," Reiger shook his head, smiling calmly, "We’ll meet again if it’s meant to be."
Hearing this, Iveyer didn’t say more.
Brian then spoke out.
"I’m staying here to learn from Master Brilliant for a while; anyway, you can’t take me with you, and I’m just a nobody in the kingdom, with or without me, it’s all the same."
Brian appeared to plan on bowing out after accomplishing his task.
He was just a nomadic mercenary, with no intentions of pledging his life to the kingdom.
With this, his journey with [Blue Roses] also came to an end.
Lakyus and the others, of course, understood this, and they all nodded together, signaling their acknowledgement.
"Go on," Reiger finally said, "Go do what you want to do."
Lakyus and the others nodded deeply again.
"[Teleportation]."
The next moment, Iveyer, along with Lakyus and the others, disappeared, returning to the capital.
"Let’s go too,"
Reiger turned and spoke to Brian.
"Yes!"
Brian stood straight and responded loudly.
And so, Reiger saw off the ladies of [Blue Roses], leaving only Brian by his side.
Soon, Brian also departed.
Reiger was left alone, with his sword, once again heading towards the great plains.