Ch 26

"I finally have a way! But I don't have the 'key' to enter it, whatever, I finally found a path to Magic"

Cael excitedly roamed around his workshop while he arranged some things on the table.

Magic is nigh-impossible to obtain in this day and age. Each Magic is unique.

Extremely rare people are born with magic but they will not have their sense of self if they use it like Shiki Ryogi.

Even rare people are lucky to be born with magic and face no consequences like Manaka Sayjou.

Some obtain Magic like the fifth true magician by connecting with root to use Magic.

Second, Third, and Fourth True Magic is the 'path' to Root and nothing more. You just have to reach there and return without touching to obtain magic.

A true Magician can only do one thing but the scale is just unfathomable. For instance 'Denial of Nothingness' can create anything from 'nothingness'.

Its creations vary from a small pebble to an unknown scale like the creation of a Universe if you will without any need for prana or reason.

Magecraft on the other hand has infinite potential to do infinite things yet these are always inferior to Magic.

Even with infinite resources and power, Magecraft cannot measure up to Magic.

Some things are beyond Magic. 

Like Avalon of King Arthur. Even the second true magic Kaleidoscope is useless in front of it.

Cael's magic is different, he can tell it's not something that is within five true magics.

He discovered another unknown magic that is not known to man yet or it's just forgotten in the stream of time.

Whatever it might be, for now, he will directly get prana from the root itself as a small side-effect. He didn't need to use magic circuits or divine organs to enact magecraft.

A potent energy is flowing through his being that can do anything. Ichor is being constantly generated in his body as the already potent prana from the root is purified inside his body as Ichor.

He still didn't obtain magic.

He only has the 'Keyhole' to the 'door' called Magic.

He can only get small benefits from the 'keyhole'.

He has to find the 'key' to unlock the 'door', unlocking 'True Magic' for himself.

Most Magus can't even find the 'door' and just go on with their lives. Very Rare Magi ever came close to finding Magic but they divert their attention later due to various reasons.

"I also feel a lot stronger physically compared to before. Let's see, how well my immortality works"

Cael willed the 'Halo of resurrection' to stop working for some time.

He then tried to slice his hand with a knife but the knife broke like a brittle glass.

He used his Gravity jail and it is even more powerful than before.

"Did I gain a Buff in everything? I wonder how I could cut myself to see my rege-Holy shit!!!"

A cut appeared on his arm when Cael once again willed to heal it. It instantly healed itself.

"Does that mean I can morph my body however I like? Wait, why am I stupid all of a sudden, isn't the philosopher stone' main ability transmutation"

Cael willed white wings on his back, and the wings manifested.

"Sweet"

He tried various things with his body, he even became a girl version of himself.

"Ok yeah, I should try transmuting lead into Gold, and then maybe I can transmute the gold into something else"

Cael placed his hand above the materials on the table and used his classic procedures to create a magic circle.

Nothing happened

...

"Right, My 'Magic system' has changed completely, Now I don't need unnecessary stuff like incantations or hypnotize myself to cast spells"

Instead of regular process, Cael placed his hand above the lead and he could tell that, he can transmute it into anything he liked.

"Oh, I can even change the shape, not just composition, and this precision is just Godly"

He transmuted the lead into pure Golden biscuit.

There is no degradation. This is actually real Gold.

"Can I transmute air?"

He tried it and ...it worked.

The Air converted into gold, and jewels and he even managed to transmute the air into a mini sun with less heat on his palm.

"The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand. Argh!!! So cool!!"

Cael felt like a kid with the things he can do.

He then transmuted his workshop into luxurious items like jewels and precious minerals. 

"Can I transmute the air into living things?"

He tried to transmute the air into a butterfly and plants, and it worked.

"Oh, I'm much closer to the realm of magic than I initially thought"

This is infinitely closer to Magic and it can be even called Magic for humans of this era.

Still, This doesn't come under 'Denial of nothingness' as that true magic creates 'something' from 'nothing'.

But here, Cael is doing an equivalent exchange. He's exchanging one thing for another.

It's not really a miracle in Cael's eyes.

For a common or average Magus from Age of Man, this is considered 'Magic' but For Cael whose magecraft surpassed the Age of Man, it is just something 'closer to Magic'.

"Still, this isn't anything amazing compared to Magic that can do the impossible"

"Right, how is my body so hollow now? Is it the power of 'Ichor', In the myths, Ichor is the ethereal lifeblood of gods, that is making the gods immortal. Nothing much is mentioned, Considering it should stay a mystery, it makes sense. In a way, I'm not a human anymore"

He went for the tests again and found that his capabilities exceeded his previous self.

First, his Ichor is extremely potent and it doesn't follow the general rules of prana.

Generally, one has a prana limit and this limited prana is used up when a spell is cast.

It's like using fuel to start a car. It will be exhausted and need to be refilled.

But now, he has 'Ichor' , it is ever existing and ever flowing ethereal energy in his body that 'interferes' with the reality if he wishes so.

"This reminds me of witchcraft system but without the fairy tales part "

Witchcraft is a magic system that is used by witches. They don't use magic circuits and stuff like divine organs. Witches pass on their destiny and fate to their children and pass away creating another witch.

They 'warp reality' with the help of fairy tales that are told by everyone. They can create 'fairy lands' by just willing it but the condition is that fairy tales should be remembered by the general population.

"In Servant terms, My Mana stat went from C to EX"

He found his physical capabilities also increased drastically. He can't quantify them but physically he surpassed his previous limits, not because of his pure physical stats but because it's due to another factor..

"Now then, time for the 'Gravity Jail'"

His eyes glowed but now, he can feel its core and full control over the sacred gear.

He accessed it and gained the knowledge of new abilities and more than that, it became passive and he gained 360° vision.

"I can now control the direction of gravity, I can create 'Zero Gravity', and the increase in gravity is extremely high, It creates a 'Black hole' like effect but it's not a true black hole. This vision is also impeccable, I can see around  360° and the distance I can see is also several kilometers long."

Cael liked the 360° sight more. Combined with his powerful Mind's eyes, if he focused on Close combat, he's unbeatable in closed-ranged combat.

He can lift things no matter the weight and he can move at top speeds with the Gravity Jail's Zero gravity effect.

"I can give a part of my consciousness to this sight and Mind's eye. I should do something about the Glowing eye part though and If I focus enough, I can develop Clairvoyance mystic eyes like Merlin"

"The sheer amount of things I can do now, I want to see how potent my new magecraft is but I still have to improve and test that staff"

Cael's eyes landed on the blue staff. With Sakura's Imaginary space attribute, he's able to study the imaginary space and with Soren's Ether which can create anything, he created the imaginary space inside the staff.

"Let me give you a glow-up and modifications"

He transformed the staff into a more pretty version of it, he transmuted the staff into a combination of Gold, its base has a sharp Turquoise tip and its head is transmuted into a crescent moon-shaped turquoise crystal with a turquoise grip.

"Now, for the enchantments"

He enchanted it making it extremely durable and ability to mana burst.

He connected it to his being making it attached to him.

"Now, for the power source"

He transmuted another philosopher stone out of the air and merged it with the staff. Since it is connected to his being, his power is constantly purified into the staff.

This philosopher's stone is an 'inferior' version of the true stone. It purifies matter or even the space itself into Prana. That's it.

Since the imaginary space is infinite, The staff can generate infinite prana by itself, although it doesn't mean it always has infinite prana, the prana just keeps on accumulating in the staff forever.

After modifying it. He looked at his new creation.

"The staff  is complete, I should name it something cool, how about 'visionary of Moon', it's cool"



"Now let's try its main ability"

He tapped on the ground and his workshop changed into another bedroom.

Its main ability is bringing his imagination into reality.

"Soren, you are the only human I can appreciate in this world. Without you, I couldn't create this staff or that philosopher stone. Sadly, I exhausted all the resources you 'gave' me, Thank you for everything"

He made everything normal and willed the staff to disappear.

"Sadly, I'm restricted to use this in a limited way, the counter force will slaughter me if I used this on a wide scale or do changes that are too massive "

"Whatever, I will continue this peaceful life for a while"