8 Chapter 8: Another Great Time Skip

(6k words. Sorry, a bit tight on time lately due to work.)

It Was another 6 months after the boot camp. I managed to graduate as the 12th Knight of the Twelve Knights which is basically the top twelve students of each year during the graduation. Tanya is the 4th apparently with how excellent she is, basically the epitome of an exemplary Empire soldier.

Right now, I was lounging in the office while staring at Tanya who is swamped with mountains of paperworks for recruitment. To explain this, we must go back to approximately a month before today.

Tanya was invited to lunch with the General Staff. She was presented with her promotion to Captain rank and simultaneously her new assignment to form a flight mage wing. She even gets a massive promotion later to Major rank once the recruitment is completed. Meanwhile, for no reason but to keep me in eyesight. Zettour said that I will be assigned under Tanya. Not even as her adjutant. I am here for absolutely no reason at all since I am not even involved with Tanya's assignment until she put my name into the selection list out of spite, knowing Zettour will accept it without any issue.

Back to the present. Here I am, freely training my abilities and spells without need for secrecy while looking at Tanya slowly descending into madness over the continuously growing pile of applicants' documents. With a sigh, I stopped condensing my mana and gave Tanya a little help before she turned feral and pointed all her stress at me.

"Tanya."

"What do you want, Ray? Can't you see I am busy over here? If you want someone to entertain you, go bother that hot chick that is assigned to be your adjutant, Second Lieutenant." Tanya replied but her eyes and hand were working in synchronization to validate the documents but just a second later, another officer walked in to put down another thick stack of documents that made Tanya winced.

"Actually, it's you that should go and bother your adjutant. Aren't you assigned one too? Also, I am quite sure you can get dozens of MPs to help sift through those paperworks instead of you alone." Instantly I heard the sound of a pen dropping on the ground. Probably Tanya came into realization that she had been dumb by the countless thoughts clouding her mind since two days ago.

I activated my Operation Orb and connected to my adjutant. As Tanya said, is a hot chick or rather someone that fits my taste really well that I feel creeped out how Zettour can find out my taste or was this all a coincidence. It's obvious as daylight, the intention of Zettour assigning someone to be my adjutant although I had yet to reach Captain rank to receive one.

Charlotte, although more of a French or Francoise Republicans name but due to both nations being basically neighbors. It is inevitable for some similarities to pop up just like Tanya's name actually believed to be of Russy Federation origin, a soon-to-be former ally of the Empire.

She had natural silver white hair and was short with very round yellowish green pupils. An odd combination I should say. Then a slender and petite physique at only around 150 cm in height. Quite shorter than the average of 160 cm but compared to me… I have no comment. The assets I should say are medium top and bottom. Though, don't take my words as is because I judge it from 'anime' proportions.

"Char, go to the Military Police and request as many members as you can. Preferably two dozen to assist Captain Tanya von Degurechaff to sort her paperworks." I gave my order through secured magic transmission between mine and Charlotte's Orb.

"Yes sir! I will carry out the order immediately." I heard her reply before she went silent. She probably bored to death these last two days with no duty other than the occasional order I gave her.

When speaking of her personality, she is quite afraid of me. I guess probably the direct order from someone as high as the General Staff made her think her new post is very important and the fact I am a nobility on paper. Not like Tanya's non hereditary nobility, a real hereditary nobility that Zettor bullshit his way through and able to fake Einzbern as ancient magi clan that was part of the previous royal house that survived till now and on decline as I am the last heir and no one else in the family can be qualified as one. Once I reach age 16, I will automatically become Head of Einzbern nobility house.

Her scared and timid attitude toward me is probably due to unsavory rumors regarding sicons and heirs of nobility abuses their power to have female adjutant assigned to them and sexually abused the adjutant. Nothing the authority can do since it matters of the nobility caste. She practically avoided me as best as she could.

She in fact worried for something completely stupid if I should say. My physical age is merely 9 while my official documents said 11. I am not even at the age of puberty and fearlessly I admit that my magic stick ain't gonna function even if I wanted to. It is barely even one and a half inches long when standing. Anyway we are getting off topic here.

"Anyway, I lend the help I can. I am returning to my office if you need me." I said before waking up from the couch to walk out the office.

"Mhm… just don't forget my magecraft train at four later." Tanya nodded before giving me a reminder as I walked out of the office with a big stride.

I am returning to my self-claimed office because of something I've been doing for the past few months, which is to create better and better fake Gae Bolg to be closer to the Tranced version considering this is the only weapon noble phantasm I can create, enchanted gears and random creations. These are made due to the inevitable involvement of myself with Tanya and her flight mage wing.

Considering battlefield is the easiest place to kill for exp, fame and rank. I find the notion of fighting on the frontline more and more tempting by the day, especially when I need to work to get paid by Zettour. For a flight mage, five confirmed kills on enemy mages will name me as Ace. Twenty five will make me Ace of Ace just like Tanya. Being an Ace of Ace comes with many benefits that I hardly want to miss. Thus, I didn't want to be missed out and started producing weapons and equipment that will help me immensely upon deployment.

I must secure the Ace of Ace title no matter what. That is the easiest and simplest way for me to start gaining recognition and medals. Since all I need to do is to kill an enemy mage that isn't a hard feat for my current self. I can confidently say I can fight against 12 flight mages simultaneously due to my numerous abilities but the main contributor would be [Thought Partition] that allows me to multitask very easily with more than 80+ lines of thoughts available in my head. Then [Thought Acceleration] can allow my mind to process information in speed unprecedented to others. Not to mention, I have various spells in my disposal that I didn't factor in because I still don't know their effectiveness in battle as I never used them in real combat against another mage before.

Shutting the door behind me and activating layers of Bounded Field and wards to turn away most people subconsciously and make this room harder to reach except for selected few.

Then I sat on the chair and Trace the false Crimson Demonic Spear, Gae Bolg. I had been trying to perfect this noble phantasm for a little more than half a year but I was barely able to reach 30% of its original strength. The department I focus the most on is its ability to reverse causality and pierce the heart regardless of distance. I once substituted the effect with altered homing enchantment. However I later changed it to a curse that works better with its con being the effect of the curse that I am easily able to alter to affect the target instead of myself, the wielder.

There were two versions of the curse. One will chase the owner of the blood that stained its blade while another only needs me to have the target locked in my vision. The former have advantage in speed and can be used as long range projectiles meanwhile the latter one only have range limited by distance defined as 'within a step'.

Hours went by and soon I heard a knock at my door.

"Sir, it's almost time for your afternoon training with Captain Tanya." I heard Charlotte reminding me of the training session I promised Tanya.

"Gimme a sec. You can wait at the courtyard with Tanya since you are going to join the training too." I said before dismissing the fake Gae Bolg I have been trying to improvise for the past three hours.

"Eh! I am joining too, sir?" Charlotte asked in a panic and even more so when I opened the door with a mischievous smirk that I usually reserved for Tanya when I had an experiment for her to help.

"Of course, unless you are trying to ignore my order, Corporal Charlotte." Walking over to her, I said with a half serious tone but somehow she took it too seriously and immediately ran to the courtyard while I followed behind her with the normal walking pace. When I reach the courtyard, I immediately meet gaze with Tanya who seems bored as if she already waited for hours when in actuality she had only waited less than a few minutes.

"Still not punctual as usual. However, it's an great improvement that we had only waited for a few minutes instead of the whole hour during the first day. With the presence of Corporal Charlotte, your life had become more well arranged than before, Ray. Perhaps having her as your adjutant isn't that bad of an idea after all." Tanya said while nodding with gratification toward Charlotte for making me less of a lazy bum. Though in my defense, I am not spending time doing nothing but lazing around most of my time. I am learning and improving inside my own mind while my body remains idle.

"Please don't joke, Captain Tanya."Charlotte quickly denied Tanya's joke. Everyone has a round of chuckles including me, except Charlotte.

"Alright alright, enough joking. Now let's get the training started. Where did I stop last time with you, Tanya?" I asked Tanya, my doppelganger who immediately said Reinforcement.

"Reinforcement? Didn't we finish that long ago? Like I remember you are already able to use it quite well I remembered." I asked back in surprise because I remember vividly a month ago Tanya Reinforced her shots too much and well, let's say it didn't end well for us and was even given punishment by the instructor for accidentally blowing up Tanya's room and a few others next to her own room.

"Yeah, I can now use Reinforcement on objects but you have yet to teach me how to use it on my body like you always did." I take a seat on a bench with legs folded while looking at the three in front of me.

"Body huh…" I sighed since I did purposely not teach her how to use it on her body. She also avoids trying to experiment on her own because of the gorey result I demonstrate to her if the magecraft goes wrong. "Not that I didn't want to teach you but the risk for you is simply too high. For my case it's different. I have an advantage in learning magecraft and am able to easily shrug off the worst case."

"Right, the Being X blessing you received." Tanya replied with an understanding nod. But both of our adjutants didn't understand what we were talking about at all and had zero clue. None of them dare to ask either but remain silent assuming it is some kind of term only known to me and Tanya.

"Yeah. Though you can start by learning Structural Analysis, I'll guide you through how to stimulate your regeneration using mana too in preparation to learn using Reinforcement to the on your own body." I offered and Tanya accepted it without much question since this will make her stronger.

"As for you two… You are both going to start by learning mana manipulation without using your Orb. Especially you, Char. If you cannot grasp the very basic one then you have no use for me." I declared with a neutral tone but the gravity of my words seems to affect her a lot. Considering how she always tries to escape me, this should be great news to her but the expression on her face is like someone on her way to the guillotine. This made me suspect she is indeed purposely assigned to me by Zettour for some purpose not known to me. I'll get to the depth of this later when we are far from the eyes and influence of Zettour.

After imparting Structural Analysis to Tanya and leaving her to her own device, analyzing whatever she can get her hand on. I focus on the two adjutants and teach them both how to cast spells without fully relying on their Orb. Since both Tanya and I already decided to team up and work together to survive this world, I consider her as an ally. She is also relying on me to break her free from the Being X while she provided herself as a valuable ally to me. Even the flight mage wing she is forming is a shield that she is forming that will serve as a shield to protect us in battle. So, I find it useful to have them become as strong as possible since only a durable shield is a useful shield.

"Before we proceed. This method I am teaching both of you is a secret technique from my family that finds its root from the ancient magi clan. Mastering the method will allow you two to use magic without relying on Operation Orb. I am sure you understand where I am going with this conversation." I said while waiting for both Charlotte and Viktoriya to give a reply. Unsurprisingly, Viktoriya was clueless since she is a conscripted village girl and clueless about the mettle of the mages. Instead, Charlotte is the one answering.

"Every noble family guarded their secret very strongly and only revealed it amongst its members. Very rarely will they be willing to reveal them to outsiders. When comparing common mage to those of nobility, the latter is always superior because they were raised from a very young age in magic and have advantage over others with their own brand of magic." Charlotte replied with a grimace and I noticed her hands gripped into fist and her fists turning white.

"You seem to be very well informed of this matter, Char. Information not just anyone has access to since most people aren't even aware of magic except those commonly available in the academy." I walked closer to get a better look at her face that she tried to hide by lowering.

"Well, I am sure we can have a 'talk' regarding this later. For now, I require both of you to sign this magic contract. This is to ensure none of you will carelessly or on purpose, reveal this secret." I stopped pursuing the matter and Charlotte made a sigh of relief despite knowing she is merely prolonging the inevitable.

"Done!" Viktoriya signed the contract and handed it over to me cheerfully, probably happy to be given such a rare chance to learn a secret technique. Charlotte also handed her own over but without the enthusiasm of her fellow Corporal.

With the contract signed, I proceed to teach them basically the same thing I taught Tanya. Mana Manipulation, Reinforcement, Gradation Air and finally Structural Analysis. Both of them picked it up surprisingly fast where Viktoriya always succeeded in the first attempt and seemed to have great talent for magecraft. Charlotte isn't bad either, only needing two to three tries when normal people take at least a dozen.

Two more hours had passed. It's night time and the recruitment hall is basically our home while it doubles as an office.

"Follow me, Char." I ordered, without giving her a chance to slip away after the training session ended.

Charlotte immediately stiffened as her name was called. She was two steps shy from escaping and bought some more time.

"Yes…, sir." She replied with a salute and followed me from behind like a criminal escorted into the interrogation room. Seeing her being unnecessarily tense, I sighed before stopping and turning back to look at her. After looking at her expression, I took it back. She looks like a death row prisoner on her way to her death.

"What are you afraid of, Char? You act as if you were guilty of a crime." Using the pet name I decided for her, I look at her with a confused face.

Do I really look that scary to her that in her imagination, I am going to kill her for no reason. What nonsense did Zettour feed this girl's mind to make her terrified of me to this extent that she is literally being obedient out of terror and fear.

Feeling my annoyance start to build up, I take her hand and drag her with my Reinforced strength into my office just a few more meters ahead before triggering the usual Bounded Field and wards to keep disturbance out.

I pull over a chair and take a seat while facing Charlotte that is still shaking in fear.

"I give you ten minutes to spill all the beans on what Zettour wants to assign you as my adjutant and whatever you think is necessary to confess."

Little did I expect, what she told me was not what I expected at all. I assumed she was the eyes and ears of Zettour to keep tabs on me. But her story turned out to be quite pitiful.

Charlotte's parents were from both nations. Her mother is from the François Republic while her father is an Empire citizen. Her family was decently rich as merchants but after the war broke out, they decided to join the stronger side as their family fled to the Empire. However, her eldest brother was dissatisfied with the decision and became a spy for the François Republic and helped leak information to them. He was caught in the act and immediately executed upon discovery. Her Eldest brother's action however doomed the family as they were sent to… 'reeducation camp' and her family's fate were essentially doomed despite being innocent of the act her eldest brother did behind their back.

Though, their future had yet to be sealed when the Empire can give them a pardon as long as one of them serves the Empire faithfully. The details regarding that part isn't divulged by Charlotte but I got the idea of what went down in my head. Since she is still on probation, her loyalty toward the Empire is doubtful. Thus they cannot assign her to an actual duty and conveniently, I exist and they sent her to me instead.

Due to how much importance Zettour put on me, to my own surprise. He seems to trust me a lot to give me great freedom to act as long as I didn't go out of the line.

Charlotte was sent to me to genuinely serve as my adjutant and nothing more according to Charlotte herself. Meanwhile the reason she feared me is because of the title 'von' in my name and how Zettour seems to always mention me and Char thought I was someone important to such a high ranking military officer.

"As I said, your fear is baseless. I'm not going to purposely make your life difficult or anything." I reassured the girl that finally calm enough to not shake in fear and take a seat. "Why are you even afraid of me in the first place? Let me guess, the rumor about how nobles of the Empire usually act?"

Charlotte nodded her head while twirling her fingers nervously.

"Since you only met me for a few days, you don't know about my background. I am actually not born of nobility. I was actually adopted into one." That is what the record says anyway and my fake identity.

Charlotte is surprised and I don't blame her since this kind of situation very rarely happens. A nobility family adopted a nobody into their family.

"The nobility family I'm in right now was a declining one and they found me to have great talent in magic. They adopted me in the hope that I will be able to revive the family. Or at least that is what the record says."

"Does that mean you were lying to the military?" The curious Charlotte asked, and seemed to be very interested to know about myself.

"No, I am not the one lying to the military. Though, I cannot tell you the details since it's a secret." I said before ending the little talk we are having.

Charlotte that was previously calmed down, now feeling nervous again because I was staring at her for a while without saying anything. I am actually thinking if she is worth having. Her loyalty seems to only last because the Empire has her family and she is joining for the sole purpose of regaining freedom. If I can get her family under my thumb, her obedience should shift to me and I can slowly turn her into a useful follower.

From the training session this evening, I discovered Charlotte does have good talent in magecraft. Without noticing, a wide smirk appeared on my face as I am thinking about the future if Charlotte can be nurtured into a capable companion. A strong companion is useless if there's no loyalty and loyalty is one hard thing to earn. By nurturing her myself, I can assure her loyalty to me and simultaneously make her stronger since magecraft that I know is vastly superior to spells in this world with Tanya being the only exception.

"Anyway, you are dismissed. I'll see what I can do about your family's situation." I lifted the wards and Bounded Field and shooed her out of my office since I'm going to resume my research.

"Do you really mean it, sir?!" She excitedly jumped from the chair and almost caught my hand but managed to stop herself from doing it.

"As I said, I'll see what I can do about it. But the price isn't for free." I replied before waving at her to leave.

"Of course, sir. I will do anything to repay your kindness." Charlotte said before leaving with a lightened heart as the burden she was carrying had already been lifted off.

"I take your words for it." I said before returning the function of the Bounded Field and wards.

The reason I'm doing this is because I already planned to nurture her. But her mind is occupied with her family. I freed her from the burden so she can focus on what I want her to do and simultaneously make her indebted to me. Two birds with one stone.

After that I am alone in the room. I open my status screen and see several maxed out skills.I never attempted ability merging other than that one time with [Alteration] because it isn't a guaranteed success and have several factors like the abilities' rarity, its level and the abilities compatibility I am trying to merge.

The one I wanted to try to merge is [Magic Circuit], [Mana Battery] and [Meditation]. What I am trying to achieve is a magic core that is a superior form of Magic Circuit only available to phantasmal species in Fateverse.

[Confirm merging [Magic Circuit], [Mana Battery] and [Meditation] with a success chance of 100%?]

"Confirm."

[Confirmation received. Merging [Magic Circuit], [Mana Battery] and [Meditation].]

[1%... 27%... 53%... 69%... 82%... 100%]

[Congratulations, player obtained new ability, [Pseudo Magic Core]]

[Pseudo Magic Core]

+2000 Max MP

+100 MP growth per rank

+200 MP per level

+100% MP regeneration

Instantly I saw my mana jumped to almost nine thousand. That's like three times the amount an elite mage has and the average only half of that amount.

Not just the growth in my mana pool. I also can feel my body devouring the ambient mana around me like a bottomless hole. Constantly compress the mana automatically into a denser form to keep excess mana.

Continuing, I try to merge [Body Strengthening], [Accelerated Regeneration] and Hyper Regeneration].

[Confirm merging [Body Strengthening], [Accelerated Regeneration] and Hyper Regeneration] with a success chance of 94.57%?]

"Confirm."

[Confirmation received. Merging [Body Strengthening], [Accelerated Regeneration] and Hyper Regeneration].]

[1%... 27%... 53%... 69%... 82%... 100%]

[Congratulations, player obtained new ability, [Supernatural Physique]]

[Supernatural Physique]

Passive

+25 Max HP per level

+100% HP regeneration

+0.5% physical stats per level

Active

+10% HP regeneration per level

Then the final group of abilities to merge is [Thought Partitions], [Thought Acceleration] and [Occlumency]. Though the success rate looks rather low compared to the two from before.

[Confirm merging [Thought Partitions], [Thought Acceleration] and [Occlumency] with a success chance of 83.17%?]

"Confirm."

[Confirmation received. Merging [Thought Partitions], [Thought Acceleration] and [Occlumency].]

[1%... 27%... 53%... 69%... 82%... 100%]

[Congratulations, player obtained new ability, [Enhanced Mind]]

Strangely enough, this ability didn't have its effect listed out and instead was similar to Occlumency that possessed several sub abilities under its wing such as;

-Enhanced Brain Capacity

-Enhanced Calculation

-Enhanced Concentration

-Enhanced Memory

-Heightened Intuition

-Multitasking

-Parallel Processing

-Tactical Analysis

-Tranquil Mind

This ability is basically having a magic supercomputer in your head. However, no matter how great the hardware is. If the software is lagging behind, I wouldn't be able to unlock its full potential. Still, I feel like a person who has been using a default graphic card on a pc and finally upgrading to the latest RTX 4090. My mind instantly feels clearer and I am solving problems I couldn't before instantaneously though still limited with information I have in my head only.

Also, with my upgraded mind. I realized there is still one possible combination I overlooked.

[Confirm merging [Dagger Mastery], [Throwing Mastery] and [Firearm Mastery] with a success chance of 100%?]

"Confirm."

[Confirmation received. Merging [Dagger Mastery], [Throwing Mastery] and [Firearm Mastery].]

[1%... 27%... 53%... 69%... 82%... 100%]

[Congratulations, player obtained new ability, [Combat Mastery]]

[Combat Mastery]

+100% Learning speed for technique under 'combat' category per rank.

+1% damage dealt per level when applying learned technique.

+1% damage growth per rank

This ability does not look remarkable at first glance. But by reaching its maximum rank of Grand Master rank, I will be able to deal double damage passively just by applying techniques I learned and not necessarily have to be mastered.

Looking at my current progress, I would say I have done a decent job since my arrival to this world. Now, I can confidently say nothing short of an Archmage can pose a threat to me. What's an Archmage you ask?

Archmage is the elite among the already elite Ace of Ace mage. A single mage that can change the tide of a battle single handedly. Not someone that will be deployed randomly unless in a grand battle or desperate moment. Other than that, my abilities are enough to guarantee my survival in each battle.

Now, time for the last set of abilities to merge. This one was my most anticipated ability to obtain a Reactor Magic Core. The difference between this and normal Magic Core is it's a reactor that self-products mana instead of absorbing the ambient mana and mixing with my innate energy or Od to produce MP or Prana. The one advantage of producing my own mana is I am unaffected by the lack of ambient mana while others like magus during Age of Men will suffer from the lack of mana while I will regenerate twice the speed because I can absorb and produce my own mana.

I deftly select the skills and tap 'Done' on the screen.

[Confirm merging [Pseudo Magic Core], [Mana Conversion] and [Mana Amplification] with a success chance of 78.33%?]

"Confirm."

[Selected abilities contain Supreme rank ability. Do player want to proceed with merging?]

"Yes!" I said with an annoyed tone because of the notification. I wouldn't select it if I don't want to merge them.

[Confirmation received. Merging [Pseudo Magic Core], [Mana Conversion] and [Mana Amplification].]

[1%... 27%... 53%... 69%... 71%... 76%... 82%... 98%... 100%]

[Merging completion halted at 89% progress. 30% EXP lost due to premature merging.]

[Congratulations, player obtained new ability, [Pseudo Reactor Core]]

[Pseudo Reactor Core]

Passive

+4000 Max MP

+100 MP growth per rank

+200 MP per level

+2 MP regeneration per level (Player)

+50% MP regeneration per rank

Active

+100% total MP regeneration

-1% HP per second

[Congratulations player for obtaining his first Legendary rarity ability and obtaining an achievement. Player will be given a reward.]

[Ghost King Blade]

Backstab [C+]

Ethereal Edge [D]

Ghastly Blade [D]

Unbreakable [D]

The Ghost King Blade is quite an interesting weapon to behold. A metallic wrist brace that felt very cold to touch like touching ice but once I put on the wrist brace, it no longer felt unbearably cold and instead felt comfortable. The brace also has an ethereal and ghostly glow on it that occasionally looks like the face of a ghost. The blade however was nowhere to be seen until I did something and a semi transparent blade appeared and extended from my forearm for at least a meter long. The blade's edge is also fully serrated from start to end and feels very ominous. I can't put my finger on what it is but my mind is telling me that getting injured by the blade is a very bad idea.

After a while I figured out that the blade responded to my will. If I will it to appear and the blade will appear and the opposite when I willed it to become hidden. Also, since it's only a wrist band when in hidden mode, I can equip it 24/7 and use it to defend myself with it if necessary. Now, my skill merged and I also unexpectedly obtained a magical weapon though I hoped it was a ranged weapon instead since people in this world fight from long range instead of getting close to their opponents like in Fateverse. But I am grateful for it. Better something than nothing.

"Now, it's time to continue my research." I said before Trace the false Gae Bolg. Instead of trying to regain its history, why not rewrite it and make it similar instead of wasting time trying to make a copy that forever remains inferior to the original. Instead of trying to recreate the original Gae Bolg, better if I just create my own and use Gradation Air and [Alteration] to make my own prototype Gae Bolg. I have my [Enhanced Mind] to thank for this epiphany.

Few hours passed and I couldn't help but laugh in joy because I was finally able to create a trump card. I managed to create an original Gae Bolg of my own instead of trying to copy an existing one. I will have to thank the main contributor, [Enhanced Mind]. It was very wonderful that I estimated I made a year's worth of progress in a span of three hours. Three hours!

With the help of heightened intuition, focus and memory I was able to dig back to my past memories and remembered Scathach who made the spear once said the causality reversal effect was the real ability of the noble phantasm Gae Bolg and not the spear itself. She can deploy the noble phantasm even without needing the spear and can use anything else as a substitute.

The core concept of the noble phantasm is the conceptual effect which enforces the term 'delivering fatal attack'. Once the true name of the demonic spear is invoked, the conceptual effect will be enforced by twisting the law of causality to ensure the effect will happen regardless of the cause. In which, the effect is the death of the opponent that is already set in stone the moment the noble phantasm is invoked. This means the attack already pierced the heart the instant Gae Bolg is invoked as stated by the destiny and the visual of the spear moving toward the heart and stabbing is merely the formality as the destiny stated so. There is no escape and only immense luck can help rewrite the destiny to evade the fatal strike.

So, guess how I am able to create an original Gae Bolg of my own?

Don't know? Well, I was inspired by Archer Emiya with his ability to turn Hrunting into an arrow to be fired from a bow and how he used Alteration to achieve that feat.

Since Gaia isn't here to suppress my magecraft, I can use Alteration and other magecraft to a height the original user couldn't achieve before. Since Gradation Air and Alteration can allow me to create basically anything as long as I have a clear image and detailed information, sort of like Wishcraft. I create the very conceptual effect itself by supplying copious amount of mana that left me drained that I have to keep both Pseudo Reactor Core and Supernatural Physique active skill active to keep up with the mana demand while suffering pain like acid is melting by body from the inside as the Reactor Core is basically devouring my flesh or aka HP to produce mana. Thankfully Tranquil Mind allows me to keep my focus and coding the conceptual effect into a formula using Alteration.

The final result is an enhancement that or a software I can apply on an object that will execute the program like a hardware. But its effectiveness varied with different types of object I apply the enhancement on. For example, I tried applying it to three objects. First is a sword I traced and second is a throwing dagger and the last one is a spear. On the sword, it appears as (Nameless Enhancement [E]). For the dagger it's [C] and the spear is [A]. My immediate theory is that a normal broadsword is less suitable as a piercing weapon compared to a spear since the code for the enhancement formula was made with the script 'weapon that piercing with death' in mind. Thus the spear is more compatible for the enhancement since spears are made to penetrate stuff while sword slash stuff. The dagger however is made to do both and thus compatible with the enhancement formula as 'weapon that pierce'.

What I do next after this is try to put the enhancement into bullets since they are also 'weapons that pierce' and thus compatible with the enhancement to end up with rank [B]. This is the entirety of what I manage to achieve tonight and will be a really awesome night since my reincarnation if I can peacefully retire to my bed and have a good nap before morning comes but I doubt that because the time suddenly stopped while I was stretching my body to pop a few bones.

"So, what business do you have that you have to disturb me in the dead of night, O God of Reincarnation of this world. Or should I address you as Being X also?" I said without a hint of panic and still trying to stretch a few more unpopped stiff bones on my back with a carefree expression because I doubt he wanted to kill me as he never seemed to directly manipulate any action and relied on proxy instead.

"Anomalous soul… You are reincarnated into this world under my watch yet not by my own hand. An anomalous existence indeed, reincarnator." Being X said with tone slowly turning grave with each word he uttered.

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Status

[Name: Rayark

Age: 9

Level: 49 (77%)

Main Class: Magus

Support Class: Technomagi

Title: Novice Magus

HP: 1370 (1 VIT= 10HP, Base 200 & 5/Lvl)

HP Regen: 60 HP/Min (1 VIT= 1HP/M)

MP: 9595 (1 WIS= 5MP, Base 150)

MP Regen: 420 MP/Min (1 Wis 1MP/M)

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STR: 30+12.5% = 33.75

VIT: 30+12.5% = 33.75

AGI: 30+12.5% = 33.75

DEX: 30+12.5% = 33.75

INT: 83+40% = 116.2

WIS: 80+40% = 112

LUK: 14

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Stat Point: 0

Abilities:

Fiction Adaptation LV -

Mana Manipulation LV 34/- (GrandMaster)

Pseudo Reactor Core LV 21/60 (Master)

Alteration LV 24/50 (Master) [+7]

Combat Mastery LV 22/40 (Master)

Tracing LV 45/50 (GrandMaster) [+18]

Quickstep LV 38/40 (GrandMaster)

Supernatural Physique LV 25/50 (Master)

Pickpocket LV 25/30 (Master)

Enhanced Mind LV 22/50 (Master)

Time Alter LV 14/50 (Adept) [+5]

Every 10 levels is one rank.

Bouta enter real plot next chap.