《Chapter 9》 A New Type Of Astral Magic

After having used up the vast majority of my recovered magical powers, in order to create Huginn and Muninn, I've now felt extremely exhausted all over again.

Immensely weak, and barely able to move my body. It's not something that I haven't gotten used to before.

So I remain seated and continued to practice meditation in order to aide in the recovery of my used up magical power.

The flowing abundance of mana particles in the atmosphere is thereby being forcefully pulled towards my body, and entering the bloodstream through the opened pores of the skin, where it is then circulated around to the rest of the body.

The mana is then processed and slowly converted into magical power by the heart and is then stored inside one's own body.

Mana is magical power in its rawest form of magical energy, and cannot be used in either spell or magic until it is processed.

Like all organisms, mana possesses some form of intelligence to a certain extent, and have an individual personality based upon the elemental attribute that they are associated with.

For instance, holy power is like a fair pure maiden, a personality that is kind of like a tsundere; difficult to handle at first, but when you get acclimated closer, it becomes easier to control.

However, a necromancer's miasma is kind of like a yandere, wanting to be extremely close with you, but with a twisted sense of personality, that doesn't want another individual to approach you.

And pure mana is like a pre-adolescent child, easily influenced by the numerous outside factors that could potentially affect the development of its own personality. [1]

Ding!

System Notice The skill proficiency has reached a designated degree! The skill {Automatic MP Recovery Lv.3} has levelled up and become {Automatic MP Recovery Lv.4}!

The wind blew profusely strong during the night, as the sight of the opaque white moon steadily becomes visible behind the clouds.

The dark black clouds slowly move out of the way, whilst revealing the white moon in the middle of the night sky.

The light that is released off from the moon, passes through the windows of the mud hut and landed upon my small figure.

Due to myself possessing the exclusive skill {Astral Magic}, granted by the system of one of my three blessings, I was able to unlock an entirely new skill branch.

A mysterious form of energy that which originated from the lights of the lunar moon then enters my body.

A droplet of light blue vapour then falls, hitting a transparent large pool, and the light blue vapour then fades away, being slowly consumed by the large transparent pool.

Ding!

System Notice A foreign energy has been detected inside of the host's body! The foreign energy is discovered to be Lunar Energy! System Notice You have unlocked the hidden attribute Lunar Points LP! System Notice Due to possessing the exclusive skill {Astral Magic, you have thereby unlocked the skill branch {Astral - Lunar Magic Lv.1} has been acquired! System Notice For possessing the skill {Astral Lunar Magic Lv.1}, you have automatically learned the magic skill {Tier 1 Lunar Magic: Lesser Snowball Lv.1!

There are four main branches of Astral Magic; Solar (fire), Lunar (ice), Constellation, Spatial.

Solar utilises the fire energies that is radiated from the sun and stars to perform fire magic.

Whilst, Lunar utilities the opposite opposing element to Solar, ice energies that are released from the moon to perform ice magic.

Constellation, the user naturally attuned themselves with one of the Star Constellation within the solar system in order to gain supernatural abilities or power-ups.

Spatial is the comprehension of outer space and the manipulation of temporal space.

'Oh, cool a new skill.' I thought so to myself, 'But why ice magic all of a sudden...'

An Astral Magician is capable of learning two opposing elements, Solar (fire) and Lunar (ice), whilst balancing each other out.

As you progress in both Astral Magic, the difficulty would drastically be increased, and the two possible elements could potentially clash with each and caused some minor set back.

And if the mortal body is not strong enough to handle the two opposing elements, it could literally explode and eventually lead to the host's death.

'Lesser Snowball!' I recited the skill's name out loud inside my head.

A strange feeling, sensing a slight chill, and cold energy is then erupted from my body.

A small snowball, the size of a golf ball, is then formed and materialised floating above my pair of hand.

The small snowball is floating seamlessly above ground, but it takes a small amount of my mana and willpower in order to keep it airborne.

However, due to the hot environment, despite the temperature has cooled down during the middle of the night. The small snowball then began to melt and steadily turned to water.

'Hmmm...' I've begun to think to myself, 'The only way to gain Lunar energy is during the night when the moon is out, then the opposite can be applied to Solar magic as well.'

So I've begun to meditate and absorbed as much Lunar energy as possible during the night when the moon is out.

But sadly, the moon only lasted a couple of minutes, before it is being covered by the clouds again.

The two {Crow Ash Golem} Huginn and Muninn quickly ascended and soared through the night sky, their figures resemble a pair of miniature stars, due to their glowing pair of ember eyes in the middle of the night.

The bird's eye view immediately gave them the advantage of being able to spot the battle that is going on in the distance.

What would usually take about an hour to reach on foot, could be reached in under a couple of minutes with flight.

Meanwhile, Crowley and Silva has been fighting a desperate battle, as their bodies are covered with numerous wounds, dents, scratches, and singed burnt artificial skin.

However, the group of fire imps didn't stop coming, as they keep bringing in more reinforcements, one after another.

And Crowley and Silva are starting to become overwhelmed by the group of fire imps.

The two {Crow Ash Golem}s observed the dire state that their older siblings are in, as they both cawed at the same time. Their bodies ignited, setting ablaze, becoming a flaming arrow, as they then dived towards the nearest group of fire imps.

The pair of burning {Crow Ash Golem}s were like hot steel, as they pierced through the flesh and bodies of numerous fire imps.

Though the {Fire Imp}s may innately possess high resistance against fire attribute attacks. It does not mean that they are undamageable by fire.

The group of {Fire Imp}s, having sensed an impending new threat, as they watched in horror as the new enemies became overly friendly with their current foe.

Although their current foe is currently weakened, it actually took several numbers of their dead brethren to have made it thus far.

Retreating now would be an obvious laughing mockery towards their deaths.

However, the {Fire Imp}s species as a whole are quite similar to {Goblin}s, as they are able to quickly reproduced and grow in steady numbers. If you leave them alone for long enough.

Their fertility is almost comparable to a rabbit's libido.

So having lost a considerable number of their respective members of the group, they then immediately deemed it a lost cause and retreated.

Once every single live {Fire Imp}s has left the facility, fearful for their lives, and everything has begun to calm down. Can Crowley and Silva then relax and eased the tension.

There were numerous dead bodies of deceased fire imps littering the ground, dirt and soil, covering the earth in bloody gore.

Crowley then gave out a short low growl, as if implying 'what now?'

And with that many corpses lying around, it is almost completely impossible to transport it back to the base, as it would take too long.

So the group decided to split the spoils of war equally amongst themselves, that they recently acquired, whilst Silva gets the vast majority of the spoils due to her high kill count and heavy contribution to the battle.

Ding!

System Notice The individual named Silva { Sabertooth Jaguar Ash Golem} has consumed the flesh of the deceased {Fire Imp}! The body of the deceased {Fire Imp} has been processed, burned down, and converted into ashes inside the stomach of Silva {Sabertooth Jaguar Ash Golem}! System Notice 12.8 kilograms of ash has been detected inside the host body! Now converting the pile of ash into building material to strengthen the host body! 128 stats points have been acquired! Plus 32 Strength, 16 Defense, 28 Dexterity, 34 Agility, 18 Constitution...

After the consumption of the numerous {Fire Imp} corpses and the conversion of meat into ash, Silva and the others have grown abnormally bigger, beyond their average normal size.

With Silva's body length reaching almost four meters, and that is about twice the average height of a full-grown adult male.

Despite the large increase in mass and body weight, Silva's body is built to be extremely fast and agile, as her legs and muscle parts are well compact and dense, hard like stone.

Whilst, the size of Huginn and Muninn's body, barely changed, except for their wingspan seemingly increased in size.

The two {Crow Ash Golem} are pretty strong enough, to be able to, carry two dead body {Fire Imp} corpses back to the base by themselves, one in each leg.

Author's Notes:

[1] Well, I've got the concept of mana having individual personalities from 'The Max Level Hero Has Returned!'.

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Arslid's Status Screen

Status Screen Name: Arslid Sex: Male Age: 1 Day Old Race: Terrakhan {Rock Demon} Subrace: One Horned Terrakhan Bloodline: N/A Class: N/A Level: 4 State: Malnourished Titles: First Cry Stats/Attributes Health Points: 121.1/121.1 Mana Points: 250/250 Strength: 9 Wisdom: 83 Defense: 10.1 Intelligence: 49 Agility: 11 Willpower: 17 Endurance: 9.1 Spirit: 16 Dexterity: 10.1 Charisma: 8 Constitution: 12 Luck: 6 Available Stats Points: 3 Skill List Active Skill - [Astral Magic Lv1][Golemancy Lv1][Core Creation Lv10][Minor Earth Control Lv4][Thought Acelaration Lv.1][Basic Breathing Exercises Lv.7] Passive Skill - [Automatic MP Recovery Lv2] Racial Traits/Exclusive Skill - [Mineral Absorption Lv1][Interspatial Storage Tier 1]

Grimsly's Status Screen

Status Screen Name: Grimsly Age: 1 day old Race: Ash Golem Golem Type: Beast Subrace: Hellhound Variant Grade: 1-star Core Rank: Bronze Level: Lv1 Titles: Stat/Attributes Health Points: 120/120 Mana Points: 106/106 Strength: 8 Wisdom: 4 Defense: 10 Intelligence: 2 Agility: 4 Willpower: 1 Endurance: 10 Spirit: 1 Dexterity: 6 Charisma: 1 Constitution: 10 Luck: 1 Available Stats Points: 0

Crowley's Status Screen

Status Screen Name: Crowley Age: 1 day old Race: Ash Golem Golem Type: Beast Subrace: Jaguar Variant Grade: 1-star Core Rank: Bronze Level: Lv1 Titles: Stats/Attributes Health Points: 120/120 Mana Points: 106/106 Strength: 6 Wisdom: 6 Defense: 8 Intelligence: 4 Agility: 7 Willpower: 1 Endurance: 10 Spirit: 1 Dexterity: 9 Charisma: 1 Constitution: 10 Luck: 1 Available Stats Points: 0 Skill List Active Skill - [Fire Claw Lv1][Fire Slash Lv1] Passive Skill - [Earth Skin Lv1][Stealth Lv1] Racial Skill/Traits - [Untiredness Lv1]

Silva's Status Screen

Status Screen Name: Silva Age: 1 day old Race: Ash Golem Golem Type: Beast Subrace: Sabertooth Jaguar Variant Grade: 1-star Core Rank: Bronze Level: Lv6 Titles: Stats/Attributes Health Points: 142/142 Mana Points: 138/138 Strength: 64 Wisdom: 16 Defence: 35 Intelligence: 13 Agility: 68 Willpower: 9 Endurance: 21 Spirit: 12 Dexterity: 51 Charisma: 6 Constitution: 40 Luck: 8 Available Stats Points: 5 Skill List Active Skill - [Mana Charge Fangs Lv.1][Fire Claw Lv1][Fire Slash Lv1] Passive Skill - [Earth Skin Lv1][Stealth Lv1][Reinforced Fangs Lv.1][Elongated Fangs Lv.1][Fire Resistance {Z-] Lv.4] Racial Skill/Traits - [Untiredness Lv1]