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Hold it right there evil demon!

I, the hero, will put an end to your evil schemes!

HAAA!!

The sound of rattling can be heard as I swing down a golden sword decorated with expensive-looking jewels down onto an armour stand wearing a loosely fitted helmet, causing it to fall over and tumble into the pile of gold beneath it.

For the last hour, from the moment I entered this room, I've been messing around with whatever I can find and role-playing.

I know it's immature but...who wouldn't play around if they found something like this!?

Though if anyone ever saw me playing around like this I would, without a doubt, run to find a hole and attempt to bury myself in it out of shame.

After losing interest and chucking away the golden sword, I floated towards a nearby chest and began rummaging through its contents.

Oh! This looks interesting!

An expensive-looking monocle can be seen as I slowly pulled it out of the chest. All of the parts except the lens were made from gold and it had a thin chain attached to the side of it.

After fiddling with it and swinging it around in circles by the chain, I proceeded to look around the area for something to do.

Soon I spot a full-length mirror decorated with gold leaning against a large pillar.

Perfect.

Floating up towards the mirror, I began to play around with the monocle and held it in front of my left eye.

Even though I can't wear it since it'll just pass through me, I can still hold it in place with telekinesis and make it look like I am.

Hehe. I look smart.

WAH!

Suddenly, through the monocle, a window displaying the status of the mirror pops up in a see-through light blue colour.

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Object: Large mirror

Enchantments: None

Description: A high-quality full-size mirror made framed with gold.

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No way. This is...appraisal?

In many of the novels I've read in my previous life, appraisal was an ability to gather information about items and creatures just by looking at them.

I don't get how it works but at this point, I've given up on normal logic.

Wait, could I use the monocle to appraise itself through the mirror?

Thinking about this, I float up closer to the mirror and stared at the reflection of the monocle through its glass.

Soon enough, another window full of stats appears.

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Object: Elnour's Monocle

Enchantments:「Appraisal」

Description: A magic item once owned by a famous appraiser who lived a long time ago. Allows the user to view information about objects within line of sight.

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This expensive-looking monocle is a magic item? It also says appraisal in its enchantments.

That means this thing should be special right?

Come to think of it, I'm also detecting a tingly feeling from this thing through my sixth sense.

But compared to the vault door back at the solar, it feels more...delicate?

What is this tingly feeling anyway?

Maybe its some sort of energy?

I also found a few other items in this place with a similar tingly feeling on it but didn't know what it was so I just chucked them back into the piles of gold after fiddling with it.

As I continue to look around and contemplate different things, a new idea springs up in my mind.

...what if I appraise myself?

Pulling up the monocle to my eye once more, I stared at my reflection in the mirror as a new window appears.

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Name: None

Race: Energy life form

Title: Reincarnator from another world

Element magic: Light, Dark

Unique magic: Psychic, Construction, General

Skills:「Magic Extraction」,「Metaphysical Calculation」,「Magic Sense」

,「Telekinesis」,「Ancient Tool Construction」

Race Skills:「Energy Life」

Resistances:「Physical Immunity」,「Thermal Resistance」

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My mind goes blank as I read the information about myself.

My race and title I've already figured out since that weird female voice told me but...this is something else.

Element magic? Unique magic? and what's with these skills?

As if answering my question, a new window pops up in the monocle and displays information about my skills.

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Skills:

「Magic Extraction」- General

Allows the user to extract magic and enchantments from objects and utilize them. The effects of the extracted magic may change depending on the subject.

「Metaphysical Calculation」- General

Grants the user powerful calculative abilities and enables them to gain a deeper understanding of magic and science through analysis.

「Magic Sense」- Sensory

The user can perceive surrounding magical energy and calculate the appearance and physical positions of nearby objects.

「Telekinesis」- Psychic

The user can interact with objects and physical matter with their mind.

「Ancient Tool Construction」- Construction

Allows the user to create objects using desired materials and magic at their disposal. Any tool with practical use created with this skill will be crafted with techniques of an advanced ancient civilization that have been long lost.

Race Skills:

「Energy Life」

The host's body is purely made up of energy and has high compatibility with any supernatural source of energy. If the energy of the host runs out, the host will die.

Resistances:

「Physical Immunity」

The user's body is completely immune to physical attacks.

「Thermal Resistance」

The user's body is resistant to hot and cold attacks.

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...What the heck?

Ok. Let's think for a second.

It didn't tell me what element and unique magic is but it did tell me about my skills.

So from what I can understand, skills are like abilities that I can use.

My「Telekinesis」skill is something I'm already familiar with and my sixth sense turned out to be「Magic Sense」.

Most of my skills are fairly easy to understand but my race skill,「Energy Life」, is the one that perplexes me the most.

If I run out of energy...I'll die?

If I were to put this in a game sense, doesn't that mean my mp and hp bar have been merged?

Does that mean I'll die if something drains my mp?

Crap, that's scary. I'll think about it later...

For now, I think I'll experiment a little with my skills.

Let's start with「Magic Extraction」since It looks like the most straightforward one that I haven't used yet.

But...how do I use it?

Do I use the same sensation as「Telekinesis」where I just use imagination?

Soon, after concentrating and visualizing, information about the skill and how to use it flows into my mind.

...I need something to extract magic from.

I guess I'll try extracting from the monocle first.

Following the instructions in my mind, I bring the monocle closer to my body before activating my skill on it.

Soon, information and details about the appraisal skill enter my mind as the tingly feeling coming from the monocle gets dimmer and dimmer before finally disappearing completely.

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「Appraisal」

Allows the user to view information of focused object within the user's perspective.

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It worked!

Also, appraisal seems to have changed after being extracted.

When it was still on the monocle, the user could only appraise things through the magic item. Now it just has to be within my perspective.

If we're talking about perspective then I should be able to use the skill on things outside my line of sight since I'm able to perceive things around me using magic sense.

I should also be able to appraise myself without looking in the mirror as well.

I take a few seconds to test my theories which prove to be correct.

This「Magic Extraction」skill is so amazing. I can extract abilities from objects and use them for myself.

Does this mean I've become a floating recycling machine?

After admiring my skill for the next few minutes, I snap back to reality before floating upwards and looking around for more things to recycle.

Some distance from where I am currently at, a large blue chest neatly positioned on a stone slab can be seen. The area around the chest was clear of the gold coins and treasures that can be seen in almost every inch of this huge room.

Looks important.

As I floated closer towards it, another tingly feeling similar to the vault door starts to emanate from the chest.

Every detail of this chest is so elaborate, it was edged with gold and had a lock in the shape of a dragon's head. Its practically screaming the fact that it has something important inside.

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Object: Royal blue chest

Enchantments:「Tamper Proof」,「Magic Reinforcement」

Description: A chest magic item reinforced with magic and enchanted with measures against pick locking and unlocking spells.

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Instead of appearing as a window, now my new appraisal skill sends information directly into my mind which saves me the trouble of reading things.

I can't open the chest no matter how much I try to pull open the lid which means that it's locked.

While I do wanna see what's inside, I also don't feel like squeezing through it since its so uncomfortable.

Passing through the vault door by force was already a terrible experience.

Let's try using「Magic Extraction」.

Activating my skill, the tingly feeling starts to get dimmer and dimmer. After a few minutes the extraction finally finishes, leaving the chest with no enchantments.

The chest also seems to have unlocked itself since there is was no resistance when I opened it.

...wow.

The sight of a magnificent looking sword laying across the middle at the bottom of the chest on a cushion leaves me in awe as I continue to stare in admiration.

It looked just like something straight out of a fairy tale.

It was a large broadsword with an elaborate hilt. The guard and pommel of the sword were covered in a gold-like material and the grip was made from a red material similar to leather. The blade itself was mostly a teal-green colour and a slight tint of blue could be seen glowing on the edges of the blade.

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Name: Arondite

Enchantments:「Razor Edge」,「Advanced Magic Reinforcement」,

「Anti-Magic」,「Energy blast」

Description: A legendary sword once used by a hero to slay a dragon and was created through the combined efforts of talented blacksmiths and mages. Has an extremely sharp and durable edge that can cut steel like paper and erases any magic it comes into contact with below tier 3. User can charge the sword with mana to release a ranged energy attack, the amount of power depends on the amount of energy charged.

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I picked up the sword using my telekinesis and continue to inspect it before giving it a few swings in curiosity. Arcs of blue light can be seen trailing behind the blade every time I swing it and sounds of air being cut echos around me.

Not only does it look cool, but it's super easy to swing. I've never actually held a sword before but anyone could tell that this is a good sword just by holding it.

As expected of a legendary sword.

After swinging it a few more times, I bring my attention back to the chest to see if anything else is in it.

Apart from the Arondite sword that I am currently holding, there were two other items in the chest.

One is a rich-looking duffel bag made from leather and the other being a piece of parchment about the size of an A3 paper.

My「Magic Sense」has picked up a tingly feeling from everything that was in this chest including the sword. At this point, I think its safe to assume that anything with this tingly feeling is enchanted in some way.

For now, I'll just call these things magic items, just like in RPG games.

After gently lowering Arondite onto the stone tiles, I picked up the duffel bag from inside the chest to appraise it.

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Object: Spacial magic bag

Enchantments:「Dimensional Storage」

Description: A bag that stores items placed into it in a separate dimension and weighs the same no matter how much is placed inside; can store up to one thousand kilograms worth of items. Any item placed inside will be perfectly preserved until it is taken out.

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Ohhh!

This is the same as the inventory function in games, super convenient!

After thinking for a moment, I activate my「Magic Extraction」on the bag as information about the「Dimensional Storage」enchantment enters my mind and becomes usable for me.

Soon the extraction completes, turning the spacial bag into a normal bag.

The one thousand kilogram limit on the skill was also removed when I extracted it.

I checked if there was anything inside the storage but it seems to be empty.

Would have been nice if you left something in here for me you know?

How inconsiderate.

Next comes the piece of parchment.

At first glance, it doesn't look like anything special, but the fact that it's in the chest makes it worth checking out.

A few seconds after I picked up the piece of parchment to inspect it, thin black lines began to appear at the bottom and stretched their way upwards. Each line made its path, some paralleled with each other while others intersected and spread out.

This is...a magical map!

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Object: Explorer's map

Enchantments:「Arcane Mapping」,「Life Form Detector」

Description: A magical document that displays areas that have been recorded in it. Not only does it show every inch of the areas recorded but also reveals the current location of any significant being along with their name as long as their stealth skill does not exceed this item's detection ability.

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...Where have I seen this before?

The large oval-shaped room in the middle of the map is probably the treasury I'm currently in and the small room connected to it must be the solar I was in. Since the map can also mark the location of beings, that means the little grey dot in the treasury must be me!

Instead of a name, a question mark hovers next to my location on the map. That's probably because I don't have a name.

After extracting the enchantments from the map, information about all the areas mapped on it gets displayed in my mind.

I take a moment to digest the information and begin to think.

This place had about 4 levels in total with the top-level being connected to a cave. My suspicion of this place being underground was right but I didn't expect it to be this deep. Judging by the map, I'm probably a few kilometres below ground level.

There's a lot of areas recorded on the map but my main focus, for now, is the palace I'm currently in.

Each room and area in the palace had a tag on it to indicate what it was which was convenient. But, what caught my attention were two rooms that were next to each other and not far away from the solar.

The first room that was closer to me was the king's office and was about the same size as the solar. The other room was the library of the palace and was fairly large, about a quarter of the treasury in size.

If I go there I might be able to find information about this place!

I probably won't be able to read anything since the written language here is one I've never seen before...but there should still be some hope!

Maybe!

Hopefully!

With my next destination decided, I begin to think of anything I should do in this place before I leave.

Wait...since the weight limit on my「Dimensional Storage」got removed, can't I just collect all the treasures in this room?

Hehehe, this is gonna be fun.

Stealing? What do you mean?

It's not a crime if you're not caught.

After spending the next hour emptying the treasury and placing it in my storage, I headed out of the treasury and began to make my way to my next destination.

First stop, King's office.