Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 14's
Chapter 14: Information.
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(POV Third Person)
Waking up on a clear morning, Akane is greeted by an unfamiliar rooftop scene, before a series of memories of what happened yesterday to her return to her mind.
Of course, by the time that happened, all Akane could do was sigh in exhaustion. Because, even though it is only a little, but the girl is still somewhat hopeful, if what happened yesterday was just her dream.
However, because he woke up in this place, the castle belonging to one of the Demon Lords that might be the reason they were all called, the Vertzlicte girl ended up just being able to trust him alone.
Turning his gaze to the side, he was immediately greeted by the sight of his childhood friend, who, inexplicably, kept calling the name of the transfer student in his sleep.
Honestly speaking, this was the first time the girl had seen something like this, because since that time, the last time they went to sleep together, this Natsuki girl had never been delirious at all in her sleep.
'So, he really likes Bani a lot, yeah.'
At the moment such thoughts appeared in his mind, it did not take long, for Akane to recall the events of yesterday, especially about the right hand of the transfer student who had to break up, as a result of his mistake.
Although he still felt guilty about it, but he immediately decided to ignore it first, because soon he would learn Magic, but he would soon learn Magic, which means he will not be a burden anymore for the teenage boy.
Then, after waking Sora from his sleep, the two people had a little chat, which inexplicably ended up making the atmosphere there very awkward, before they finally decided to go to Dafa.
The two girls then walked out of the room, they both went towards the throne room, where these two girls could see, if there are already two transfer students in there who are talking about something.
"imm? Oho! Good morning, Natsuki, Akane." Rafi became the first to greet the two girls, with Dafa nodding his head.
Of course, the two of them understood this, considering that such a thing was common, let alone considering how rarely these transfer disciples spoke.
Although, indeed, yesterday this teenage boy was a bit too much to talk about, but it was also because he needed to explain something, and if not, then he would always look silent, without saying a word.
That was why, after returning the greeting from Rafi, the two girls then immediately approached them.
"What are you guys doing?" Akane decided to ask this question, just to make small talk.
Where, Rafi was the one who decided to answer him, while Dafa only seemed to focus on something in his left palm.
"We are just talking about the geography of the World, and learning about some of the countries on the Continent."
Upon hearing this, Sora immediately went to sit beside Dafa, who appeared to be sitting on the stairs leading to the throne seat, before he asked anything with a cold-sounding tone of voice.
"By the way, where's the girl?"
"The orb? I told him to buy me some things in a town near here."
Hearing Dafa answer her question, Sora then decided to extend the subject.
"Buy? Bought what?"
Dafa initially only glanced at the girl Natsuki in silence, before he finally decided to reply.
"Just a few things I need, for this right arm of mine."
Then, they all decided to return to the main topic, which is about the discussion of Geography from this World.
After showing a map of the World, obtained by Dafa from Orobas, the young man then began to explain a few things, before anyone could ask anything.
"This world seems to have only one Great Continent, where this Continent has the name Hopheilig. Other than this great Continent, there were only a few islands in the vicinity, with the largest being on the Southwest side of this World, he said, while the place with the most islands is at the Eastern end of this world."
Dafa then pointed towards an almost oval-shaped Continent that was in the middle of the city, before he pointed towards a large island that was on the Southwest side of the map, where he ended up pointing to a group of islands located at the Eastern end of the Map.
"In the Hopheilig Continent itself is divided into seven regions, which seems to be separated due to a very deep abyss, where there are only three accesses, which is only, to go towards every side of this Continent."
This time, Dafa pointed towards the seven rather large lines, which were where the line was seen separating the region from the Continent into seven regions, but still remained connected, he said, because the middle part can be seen not cut by the rather large line.
"The first access is through a large bridge that connects every continent, but not so recommended, considering there are so many unpleasant things, which he said was out of the bottom of the abyss."
Dafa then pointed towards a few small lines, where the small line seemed to connect every region of the Continent that was cut off due to the rather large line that was before.
"Then, the second access through a forest called Groen, where the forest spread across most of the central part of the Continent, but this forest seems very well known as the deadliest place in the world."
This time, Dafa pointed towards a forest area that spread across most of the Continent, where the forest spread from the South side of the Continent, until it reached the North side.
"And the latter, at once regarded as the safest place to use, where this third access through the territory of an empire called Avarus."
This time, Dafa pointed towards the region of a sizable Empire, where it was located in the remaining part of the middle of the Continent, which was not occupied by the previous forest area.
After that, Dafa did a question and answer with Sora and Akane, where it was about a very general knowledge of the World, more precisely about its geographical location.
In the midst of the discussion, Orobas returned with a bunch of things that Dafa asked the Demon Lord to buy, before the teenager finally started making his right arm.
Where, while Dafa was busy with making his right arm, on the other hand, Rafi, Sora and Akane, the three people then decided to practice Magic in another room, all of you try to check the Status panel of each of them.
Orobas himself did not go with the three men, perhaps it was because he still only considered Dafa to be his only friend, while these three Demon Lord girls only consider as acquaintances.
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Meanwhile, somewhere else...
"Souji-san, where are we going?" Kyouya immediately asked tiredly, as he tried to keep walking, though not long after, he fell down as well.
Not only Kyouya, but the others looked very exhausted as well, with the exception of Souji, where the teenager still looked perfectly fine.
Souji himself initially glanced at the six people, before he finally decided to explain a little.
"We're going to head to Handel Town, to build a base while we're there."
"Then, how far is it until we get to the city?" This time, the one who asked was Ayano.
Upon hearing the question, Souji seemed immediately pensive, before he quickly retorted.
"Perhaps, about twenty to thirty more kilometers."
Just like that, the long journey of Souji's group began.
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Back to the group side of Dafa, more precisely, Rafi, Sora, and Akane's side...
There, Sora is reading a book, with Akane trying something, while Rafi is trying to use the Magic she used to use on Earth.
Starting from the side of Sora...
Right now, that Natsuki girl was checking out one of the two Unique Skills she possessed, where the Unique Skill was the [Magic Book].
The Unique Skill, it seems like he managed to get from being the first [Sage] in the past century, where it seemed to take the form of a magic book, aka Grimore.
There are several functions of this Unique Skill, ranging from being able to store five types of magic in it, combining various types of magic, to creating a new magic, through various complex processes.
In addition to these things, this Unique Skill also seems to give its users a considerable advantage in battle, because with the help of this Unique Skill, the user no longer needs to go through the process of recording, from a Magic, which usually needs to be done to use it.
While her Unique Skill was another, whose name was [Book Lovers], this Natsuki girl simply ignored it, just because she still did not quite understand the function and how to use it.
Oh yes, thanks to this Unique Skill [Magic Book] as well, Sora was finally able to understand a little, about how Magic works in the World.
Where, it seems that this Magic is the embodiment of an "idea" that produces some effect, in accordance with the law that has been determined.
For example, if Magic releases images that "remove heat" or "burn objects", in the form of energy, and as an additional effect, physical phenomena such as ice and fireballs are produced.
Moreover, since physical phenomena are not the main focus and the main subject is the embodied image, the effect is extended to spiritual life forms.
This magic also seems to be divided into several types, but there are four main types, namely;
Elemental Magic, or Aspectual Magic – It is Magic that is cast directly using Mirumcules. It operates by controlling the magic around it to bend the laws of nature, using the mental powers and spellcaster spells it uses as a medium. Stronger magic will require greater concentration and longer spells.
In addition, because the phenomenon created is not affected by other physical factors – such as, magical fire conjured using elemental magic cannot be extinguished by ordinary water. But, it can be interrupted or disabled by spells and properties that affect magic, such as "Magic Jamming" or "Holy Field".
Continues, there is Spiritual Magic, or Spirit Magic – Where, this thing has many offensive spells similar to Elemental Magic. It also borrows power from Spirits (most commonly Elementals) using a small amount of user energy as a catalyst. Spiritual Magic can still be done, even though it is in an active anti-magic field, because it utilizes creatures whose existence is based on natural phenomena, alias obeys the existing laws of physics.
Not only that, even this Spiritual Magic did not require chanting and anyone could use it, as long as they connected with their contracted Spirit. However, keep in mind, if necessary also to be liked by Spirit to be recognized and form a contract.
Users of this Spiritual Magic with higher levels can even summon their contracted Spirit and use their power directly, by commanding them to attack or join the summoner.
Then, there Holy Magic – is basically Magic that manipulates holy energy and purifies Magic through the user's "Faith" power and sometimes "Miracle". This can be considered a type of Spiritual Magic that requires a pact with a Spirit that is "divine".
Holy Magic can be applied to a wide variety of effects, including removing curses, curing diseases, and healing wounds. Although the number of offensive spells was low, they were extremely effective against almost all kinds of monsters.
And lastly, there is Number Magic, or Imaginary Magic – Where, this is the only Magic that Sora can't quite understand, except for fact, if it is somewhat similar to the existing programming system on Earth.
Besides that, it could be said, Sora did not understand anything about it.
Then, in addition to the four main ones, there are also several other branches, such as Runecraft which is somewhat similar to the Nivis Rune which is usually used by Dafa, for example, and Summoning Magic which is usually used to summon a Demon or Spirit.
Where, at this moment Sora was trying to understand Elemental Magic, as well as trying to use it, just so that at the very least, that Natsuki girl could be useful to Dafa, and not just be a burden.
On Akane's own side, he was currently trying to understand one of the functions of the three Unique Skill abilities he possessed.
It's not because he can't understand it. Only, the function of this matter was quite confusing, let alone one of the Unique Skills he possessed.
Oh yes, by the way, this Vertzlicte girl has three Unique Skills, namely [Einherjar], [Conglomerate], and [Reverser], while her own Job Class is [Valkyrie].
In addition to his Unique Skill [Reverser], Akane could be said to quite understand the function of his other Unique Skills.
Like that example, his Unique Skill [Conglomerate], where one of its functions is to make every thing related to business, either in the form of Skills, or actions, or actions, what he took, will be facilitated, and he was given the ability to accelerate the mind up to a thousand times, as well as parallel thought processes.
Actually, there were still some more functions of the Unique Skill, but because she was still much more curious about the first one, so this Vertzlicte girl decided to just ignore it first.
Where, after finding out more, it turns out Unique Skill [Einherjar] that he got this, it is because Akane who became the first [Valkyrie], in the last century.
The main function of Unique Skill is to create a perfect copy of the user, aka an Avatar, but the avatar only has basic statistics that are similar to the user, and could only access Skills up to the level of Extra Skill only, where these avatars could not use magic and Skills at the level of Unique Skill upwards.
In addition to its main function, this Unique Skill has several other functions, such as giving Akane a kind of charisma from a Hero, increasing against evil-type enemies, to increasing her affinity for Holy Magic.
So, the point is, Akane is currently trying to understand the workings of her Unique Skill, so that she does not continue to be a burden to Dafa.
Of course, the Vertzlicte girl was still trying to train her Magic, from Earth Magic, following what Dafa had suggested, before the teenage boy focused on making his arm.
Oh yes, by the way, the three people had actually been given some advice by Dafa, if only they wanted to train, or even learn how to use, Earth-derived Magic.
Where, while Sora who seemed to prefer to explore the Magic that came from that World, on the other hand, Akane and Rafi had the opposite thought, was, where it might be because of their different Job Classes.
After all, Sora's status set was more towards becoming a Witch of this World, while the other two were more towards warriors, like Akane who was a [Valkyrie], and Rafi who is a [Flames Saber].
The point is, the three people then continued to practice, until Dafa came out of the throne room, to tell them, if lunch time had arrived.
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Note Author:
Yayy!! Update again!!!
In this chapter, there is some info about the geography of the World, to the info about Magic that is there, and ended up with some info about Job Class and Unique Skills that the Dafa group girls had, but not with the men.
If anyone asks why the two are not told, then the author can only answer, if it will be pointed, but not now, the time is still not right, but the author can only answer, especially considering the skill that the two people had, it could be said to be a little problematic in the information.
In addition, even in this chapter, we are shown, a group from Souji who seems to be on the way to a place called Handel.
For the city, there may be a little explanation in the next chapter, because in the next chapter will be dominated by the point of view of the Souji group.
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