The Long Path of Studying Arcane Magic [C99]
Time passed quickly until Shu Himo was 12 years old, when he ultimately heard a familiar, *Ding* from the system.
[Quest Partial Success: Learn and Use Arcane Magic!]
[You now have knowledge about Arcane Magic. Create a new Arcane Magic and display it to the world!]
[Quest Difficulty: SS+]
[Quest Reward(Learn): 250 BS points.]
[You now have 349 BS points!]
[Next Quest Reward(Use): 250 BS points.]
[Quest Failure Penitence: none.]
[Note: With the quest partial success obtained, new quests can start again.]
Feeling the magic circle in his dantian Shu Himo smiled, it had been five years since he began studying Arcane Magic...
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Initially, his days were divided into three parts, wherein the morning he trained with Aura Azusa for an hour, then recorded books from the libraries, and lastly studied Arcane Magic during the evening.
The sections from the libraries he recorded comprehended: Magic section, Formation section, Alchemist section, Beast Taming section, Blacksmith section, and the Healer section.
At this time, Shu Himo was trying to perceive all the runes, but in many weeks he only managed to observe less than fifty runes.
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Only three months later did Shu Himo manage to record all the books, since compared to the number of books a D class student could read, the amount for S class was exponentially higher.
Having recorded all the books, Shu Himo's days divided into:
Training with Aura Azusa for an hour during the morning;
Studying the books in the afternoon;
And lastly, studying Arcane Magic during the evening.
At this time, Shu Himo managed to perceive around five hundred runes.
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After 6 months, Shu Himo completely studied all the books regarding formations.
At this time, he could perceive around 1500 runes, so he decided to begin trying to combine them in a magic circle, but he found out that control the runes into binding them together was harder than he thought.
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After a year, Shu Himo managed to bind only fifty runes together, but did not give up and continued trying further combinations.
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Two and half years later, Shu Himo finally managed to devise a magic circle and began to cultivate it.
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Right now, Shu Himo just finished cultivating a magic circle, completing the first part of the quest.
"System, you believed I could not do it, did you?"
[The User just took way too much time.]
Smiling, Shu Himo continued talking, "Since it was the first time I made an Arcane Magic I needed a lot of time, but the next time I will need way less."
Standing up, Shu Himo's long white hair slightly moved, revealing his wolflike white ears. His gaze seemed sharp, capable to give an invisible pressure emanated just from looking into his deep dark eyes. The radiant white fur of his tail could be seen as the tail accompanied his movement.
He then walked over at a table and started to pour a bit of tea in a cup.
*Prrr*
While hearing the relaxing sound of the tea falling in the cup, Shu Himo softly said, "Status."
[Shu Himo, 12 Years old]
[Hp: 100%] [Mp: 0000/2500]
[Strength: 250] [Resistence: 250] [Agility: 250]
[Dexterity: 250] [Intelligence: 250] [Wisdom: 250]
[Realm: Dantian Core Formation] [Stage: 2nd String]
[Skills: [Intimidation lv_1], [Hopper lv_3].]
[Unique Skills: [Steal Illusion].]
[Arcane Magics: [/Catastrophe/](-2500Mp).]
[State: Hurry up and level up!]
[The maximum stats for the 2nd String is 250!]
[Hopper lv_3]
[Allows creating an invisible solid platform mid-air to stand. It can also be used as a way of propulsion, creating a "double-jump". Limited uses in mid-air based on level, max consecutive uses at lv_3: 4]
Seeing the status Shu Himo smiled, "It's quite a lot of time that I already maxed everything..."
[It was more than four years ago, right now the only thing that limits the User's body is the cultivation realm. High chance to possess maxed out stats even after breakthrough to the next strings.]
"Let's test it then, as I have 349 BS points, I will buy the fragment of the Legendary Myriad of Ways cultivation technique of the 3rd string."
[Detracting 200 BS points...]
[Thanks for your patronage!]
[You now have 149 BS points!]
Feeling the string of information entering his mind, Shu Himo calmly drank the tea and seated once again on the bed to cultivate.
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An hour later.
*Crk*
Accompanied by the sound of raising Shu Himo's cultivation to the third string, the entire mansion reverberated due to the pressure caused by the breakthrough.
Suddenly, someone came closer, running and smiling, "Master, did you breakthrough?"
It was Phylia, she was also not morphing into a little girl of about 10 years old anymore, but had morphed into a 12 years old girl instead. Both her long white hair and her white tail seemed to float, while her black eyes seemed to be filled with worry toward her master.
She was emitting a strong pressure on the surroundings, as she also reached the third string due to the seal binding her cultivation to the same level of Shu Himo.
Seeing her, Shu Himo broke into a smile, "Yeah, I just reached the 3rd string... now that I completely cultivated the magic circle we can focus again on the cultivation level."
Hearing the last sentence, Phylia stood up in joy and jumped into his arms, hugging him. Meanwhile, as if he expected it Shu Himo smiled and hugged her back, stroking her head.
He then thought, 'Status.'
[Shu Himo, 12 Years old]
[Hp: 100%] [Mp: 1000/3500]
[Strength: 350] [Resistence: 350] [Agility: 350]
[Dexterity: 350] [Intelligence: 350] [Wisdom: 350]
[Realm: Dantian Core Formation] [Stage: 3rd String]
[Skills: [Intimidation lv_1], [Hopper lv_3].]
[Unique Skills: [Steal Illusion].]
[Arcane Magics: [/Catastrophe/](-2500Mp).]
[State: Hurry up and level up!]
[The maximum stats for the 3rd String is 350!]
Seeing the status screen Shu Himo tightened his fist in joy while screaming internally, 'YES!'
[The User really should stop getting so excited over such small things...]