Chapter 17 Processing

Finally, Leylin had the information he wanted from Victor. 'Collate and Display all known information of the subject. Use the wmw.pdf to estimate spiritual force and magic power,' he commanded mentally.

[Beep!....Collating and displaying all relevant information about the subject]

[Beep! Name: Victor Frey Gender: Male Age:36

Strength: 0.1 Agility: 0.2, Vitality: 0.35 spiritual force: 2-3(simulated) magic power: 2-3(simulated)

Status: Permanently Disabled, Loss of left arm and leg, severe mobility degradation, Third-degree burns in over 20% of the body, 30% of the subject's body is covered in scar tissue, High levels of radiation poisoning life expectancy decreased.

Background: A rank 2 Acolyte with a grade two spiritual aptitude. He used an incomplete meditation technique passed down by his master, the meditation technique allowing an acolyte to reach rank 3 while also boosting the agility of the user. The subject's master was a wandering rank 3 acolyte who obtained a magical artefact and meditation technique from a ruin on the south coast. He found Victor and passed on his inheritance to the subject before he passed.

]

"Save the document as subject 1: Victor and display all sources of information that induced a negative reaction from subject 1."

[Beep!!.... Listing information that elicited a positive signal based on the model]

[Beep!! Listing Dairy entries

Entry no. 132: small magi market in crystal city in Kislev

Entry no. 478: the location lost laboratory of a rank 3 acolyte

Entry no. 562: Magi gathering site in Mercantile union of the Great rapids

Entry no. 1074: Spiritual tomb of starry wisdom in Brettonia

]

Leylin spent a few days researching the books he had relieved from Victor. Leylin scanned each and every word and tried to cross-reference everything he found with WMW.pdf.

In his time in this world, he realised that there were slight discrepancies between the Magus world as described in WMW.pdf and the world he happened to reside in. Nevertheless, it was still an exceptional resource he planned to use fully.

Finally, now armed with this knowledge, he knew how to access the empty book which stored the null wind scripture. The clear book was an ingenious method to pass on magical legacies. Only a magus can activate it. This way, only a magus can initiate another magus, and legacies can't be stolen by non-magus.

Had he been a magus, he could have used his spiritual force, but given that Leylin was not, he would have to set it aside; for now, it would have utility when he becomes a magus.

"Maybe…" Leylin whispered.

'Analyse the empty book and simulate the possibility of activating it with spirit stones,' Leylin commanded mentally.

[Task Established:... Scanning radiation source... Estimated Time:3 Days]

With that done, Leylin decided to have a bath. He was confident the stench in the room was due to him being cooped in the southern tower for 2 weeks.

Once he exited the privy, Leylin sat in front of the fireplace, deep in thought. He knew he couldn't afford another operation that nearly went off the rails. He had to proceed with extreme caution. He could bet his survival on plot armour and dumb luck. He gazed into the fire, and it struck him. 'Pull up WMW.pdf and search for any mention of spiritual aptitude,' Leylin commanded mentally.

[Beep!...Task Established….Task complete…. Found 147 mentions]

'Refine the results to search for instances with a delta in aptitude is mentioned. Save those chapters into a separate file, ap01.pdf and transmit it to me,' Leylin instructed

[Beep!...Task Established…Task complete…Found 3 instances…new file created ap01.pdf…..data dump initiated]

After going through the three chapters, "Shit," Leylin sighed. If aptitude is a matter of the soul, he and Leylin aren't the same person given that, so he couldn't follow Fang's path. While this meant he could have a higher aptitude than Fang, he could also have a lower aptitude. His elements could be out of wack; plenty of things increasingly pointed to the fact that he may not be able to just follow Fang's path.

A terrifying thought came to his mind what if he doesn't have any aptitude for magic? He needed to learn more about spiritual talent urgently.