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'[CAT] show me all the spells that you manage to derive.'

Lance closed his eyes. Inside his mind, strings of words began to appear as [CAT] began to transfer all that information to him.

Tier 1 Spells:

Push (All elements) – Conjures a 10-meter force that pushes all the things in its range backward.

Mana Barrier (All elements)- Conjures a barrier of mana around the user. It can be maintained as long as there is sufficient mana. (Warning: Every damage taken by the barrier consumes more mana)

Tier 2 Spells:

Sensor (All elements) – Mana wave capable of discerning threats and sorts in a range of 20 meters from the user.

Stealth (All elements) – By using mana to restrict all the sounds and life signs inside of the user, it made it possible to prevent any enemy from finding the user. (Warning: It only works against targets of the same levels or weaker. Stronger targets can easily find the user)

Float (All elements) – Conjures a weak flow of mana outwards of the user's body, enabling the user to float 1-2 meters above the ground.

Mana Missile (All elements) – Mana missile capable of damaging a target till 10 meters weakening if further.

Feather Fall (All elements) – Enables the user to fall to his death by slowing down any fall.

Paralyzing Touch (Lightning element) – Touching the target using the electricity to paralyze all the muscles.

Reaction Boost (Lightning element) – By boosting the electrical response of the neurons, the physical capabilities improve, especially reflexes. (Warning: Using this spell will lead to serious injuries to the body. After using it will give a weakness feeling to the user for 1 hour)

Lightning Missile (Lightning element) – Mana missile but with lightning mana. May cause paralysis.

Most of the spells were basic ones, while some others were completely new. Lance was a bit disappointed by the small number of spells but he knew that without more advanced magical tomes and books, not even [CAT] would be able to derive spells for him.

He exited his office and went to an isolated room with a glass ceiling in Ragnarok, specially created for his use. There, he closed his eyes and muttered, "Sensor."

Everything in a range of 20 meters appeared inside of his mind. He knew that 5 meters outside the door of this room there were many guards looking for any possible threats. He could see Lina in a room under his taking a shower.

He was a little trapped in watching that mesmerizing view when he noticed that his mana was being spent fast. He approved this spell although he felt that the possibilities of it were very good the mana spent was huge.

After that slip, he tried all the tier one and tier two spells directed to all the elements. He liked most of the spells and felt that they had huge potential for development.

The lightning element spells were alright by his standards but he knew that the damage and the utility that they could have in a battle were very small.

Reaction Boost was a very good spell that enables a rookie without any prior fighting experience a chance of getting out alive of a dangerous situation, while the downs were that after using that spell the body would need rest.

Paralyzing Touch was a very useful spell for close quarters while the downwards was the lack of range that was compensated by the Lightning Missiles spell.

Lance spent some of the time reflecting on the possible scenarios of using the various spells. He knew that with time as he would get stronger the usefulness of these spells would decrease but he knew that he could upgrade some of these spells and use them for a long time.

Spells were divided into three categories: Body Spells, Target Spells, and Offering Spells.

Body Spells are those spells that directly affect the user's body just like Reaction Boost. These spells are the faster to activate and lower cost of mana in comparison to the others since it affects the user's body but it also has the problem of causing almost every time a side effect.

Target Spells are those spells that have a target like Mana Missiles. These spells have a higher cost of mana and are slower to activate than the Body Spells but they don't have side effects since the spells were made to target everything but the user.

Offering Spells are a special case of spells. They are spells that to be used the caster needs to comply with various characteristics, like offerings, time, location, a combination of words, and more. Most of these spells are only used when the need surpasses the cost since most of them have serious costs. One of the most famous Offering Spells, Ryte of Salvation, is like this. This spell needs no more than 10 healing element casters to give their lives to activate it. Although the cost is enormous the effect is also surprising, when this spell is used with success it can cure any wound, disease, anything that may be causing physiologic problems to the target.

Lance only had managed to use some Body and Target Spells but because of the limited information [CAT] couldn't find or derive Offering Spells. He wanted to improve is spell casting and at the same time find a way to turn them more efficiently like those novels on earth that used silent magic casting.

To do that he had to find some more advanced magic books or find a mage of higher level. But Lance couldn't think about that has it would take a long time before he had the need to use that kind of spells.

He had to hurry and improve both his body and his magic as fast as he could. He had the feeling like something would put in risk everything that he had built till now.

He gazed at the sky through the glass ceiling steeling his resolve and turned back to training.

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A week later, many things had happened in BlackCrime City. A series of medium gangs had multiple changes in leadership. Many of the information brokers had a feeling that it was all connected to those two mysterious groups, Ragnarok and Valhalla, but they couldn't find any sort of evidence that they were working together or even if this wasn't just a work of any of them.

But the thing that gathered most of the attention was the appearance of a brothel called 'Otherworldly Desires'. Since the opening, the men and women couldn't help but enter and indulge in their desires without any fear of being killed in their sleep. They didn't fear it because they had the backing of the Atrium of Desires and everybody knew the behemoth behind Smitty.

Lance had to take the brothel to another level because most of the customers were the low rabble and not the top one. For that, he had [CAT] formulate some beauty solutions and some apparels that could change appearances. With the help of the dwarves, those machines and solutions were quickly made and put into practice. With many guinea pigs to test the machines, the 'Otherworldly Desires' welcomed some goddesses.

When the word that angels and goddesses had descended and were currently in the brothel happy to stay for a night with the one the spent the most coin, soon some of the rabbles from the top gangs began to go to the brothel.

Lance was satisfied with the effectiveness of the brothel in gathering information, completely focusing on improving his strength.

Inside of the secret room, the floor was no longer immaculate but filled with holes just like the walls, only the glass ceiling remained with any scratch. In the center of the room, a man without with only black pants was standing there with his left hand on the sheath and his right hand on the hilt of the sword. Every other time, one could see the salient muscle in his back and chest tightening like he moving but the man still didn't move a step from his spot. Every time the muscles moved, small electric arcs could be seen emerging from his body. After some time, his body was covered with electric arcs.

The heat was so powerful that the air surrounding him was beginning to distort. Suddenly, all the arcs were absorbed into his body as the man slashed upwards. The sword wasn't overwhelmingly fast but it seemed to move in a certain rhythm that made anyone that saw it to become confused.

After slashing upwards, Lance opened his eyes while using his mana to remove his body of any sweat. He put his sword in the sheat and exited the room.

That day the people in the city saw a terrifying thing. On the sky, like a god had used its own hands to gaze at the ants below his feet, the clouds that were always covering the city were cut apart in a terrifying slit.