Next Life Vol 1 Chapter 2

Second day since reincarnation.
Yesterday, magic that was higher than 5th cla.s.s magic was thoroughly tested one-by-one, all that can be used have been confirmed, eventually he found that a slight adjustment of his magic has been unsuccessful so far, because of that he ended up sleeping in the middle of the forest without a fire and also without light.
As a precaution, he had set a protective barrier in the surrounding area, but it also was not trespa.s.sed by anything.
Just as he thought there seemed to be no living creatures in the vicinity.
Morning, two suns go up, birdsongs… never happened.
Only with those fruits had his belly been filled, as for the matter of nutritional balance there is a big question mark.
The fruits name and effect had been appraised many time but he couldn’t understand it.
If possible he also wanted to find different kinds of food.
Marius got up and did a big stretch.
He felt that his body’s joints were aching less than he thought they would.
The rest of leftover fruits from yesterday were brought to his mouth.
The taste is good, stomach decently filled, his present condition was quite satisfactory.
If allowed to saying it, this fruits name can’t be known even had been appraised.
Perhaps things that are harvested that can’t be gathered in FAO are unable to have their appraisal results shown.
Tree and herb name simply came out, perhaps due to knowing the name in the appraisal, Marius himself needed to have the necessary knowledge.
The crux of the matter is that this here is definitely not the Barnam continent, it may be better to not mind that fact though.
Nevertheless, feeling that this is much better than being dead, Makes him feel much stronger.

(Today’s goal is, lowering power more than yesterday.)

Someday he will go to a human settlement, causing disaster with the lowest cla.s.s magic would be unpleasant.
To make matters worse, his knowledge about this world is insufficient.
He wanted to avoid a situation where he was considered to be criminal or other similar problems that may occur.
After finis.h.i.+ng his meal, seeds and skin peelings on the ground were ignored, and he began walking towards the lake.
Fruit skin peelings will become fertilizer, he remembered somebody telling him that.
If he had it wrong — there is such a thought, however if he kept think like that there would be no end to it.
The human called Marius, will put aside thinking such things that are unlikely to bring such results, instead he will continue to face forward and think positively.
The thinking would be haphazard if said negatively, and resourceful in quickly switching his thoughts if said positively.*
Was.h.i.+ng his face with water from the lake, and quenching his thirst, he starts to walk to the right.
There are no living creatures in left-side of the lake — then right-side was?
Marius had thought that.

“[Fire]”

Without equipment, reciting while pointing his right-hand’s index-finger towards the sky then, a red thing, a fist-sized fire ball flew towards the sky.
Compared to when it was used for the first time, the power had significantly decreased.
But it had yet to decrease to a level where it could be used as an alternative light source.
If it’s released towards the sky, at least damage towards the forest and lake would be absent, he realized it after using ‘Wind’ to drop fruits.
But, when witnessed from faraway, it’s a sight that could lead to various misunderstandings.
To Marius, he had no choice but to continuing training while praying not to be noticed.

“[Fire]”

Released once again, a slightly smaller fire ball flew towards the sky.
For now it’s going well.
Less power, Marius chanted and the spell power dropped more.
Rather the first one was maybe just too powerful.

(This time, he tries the spell completely chantless)

Chantless magic is done without saying the magic’s name, just thinking of it in the mind will enable magic to be used, this is a technique above omitted chant.
Fire, without saying it out loud it was said in his mind.
Then a fireball two sizes smaller than the fist sized fireball came out, flying from the fingers point high up into the air.

(It succeeded.)

Omitted chant can be done, it’s not strange if chant-less can also be done.
In the game only magic that had been set could be activated like this, however it seems that in this world it can be done with his own intentions.
There is no trick to set it in advance, perhaps it was inevitable.

(Well, now what should I do?)

In the game there was no change in magical power consumption, just that power had been reduced, doing it with the chantless method reduced it even more.
Regarding this issue, having compared yesterday and today had proven it doesn’t change the amount of magic power consumed.
On the other hand the difficulty to use it also increased, among players that acquired the chantless technique there were not many that used it.
Besides the fact it can be activated instantly, since the power significantly drops the application of the magic done becomes limited.
As long as you were not a solo player, it was only used in emergencies.
Now, for Marius it was a thing that held great value, when going to a human settlement without it he may be viewed as a heretic.
More than that there is danger, he can’t abandon practicing so that he can become more accustomed to chantless magic.
Because Marius doesn’t have knowledge of these lands, he can’t deny the possibility that chantless magic was this world’s fundamental technique, but…

(Well, let’s leave it be for now until omitted chant can be controlled.)

Marius stopped worrying, he decided to resume practicing.
 
 
 
Wandering counter-clockwise around the lake, he proceeded.

“[Fire] [Water] [Light] [Wind]”

It’s because his status is high, magic of lower-cla.s.s can be barraged easily.
However, while continuing spell usage while walking, his breathe started to slightly quicken.
Even checking his status, Life Points were not reduced.
Apparently apart from the Life Points, the concept of stamina also existed.
The problem it status can’t confirmed made is annoying.
When his breathe quickened to some extent, he stopped to concentrate on adjusting his breath.

“[Fire]”

The Fire ball that came out from fingertip, was as weak as using it chantless.
If used in disordered state breath, the power of magic seemed to lower.
Now he tried using chantless [Fire].
The Fire ball that came out, was about the same as the omitted chant.
Apparently using it chantlessly, the power had not dropped.
The fact that when tired it’s better to use chantless magic was a good find.
Suddenly the region around his neck started to feel like it was burning, Marius had a bad premonition.
In manga and novels, it was the sign of an enemy approaching.

(My intuition about these kinds of things is supposedly pretty dense…)

If he had a good intuition, such an event like dying from being caught up in an avalanche wouldn’t have happened.
However, the current him was the “Wise man (Philosopher)” Marius Touban, his new mental att.i.tude has already been created.
Giving a “Wise man” a bad premonition, it must be a formidable enemy.
Stopping his footsteps, he quickly took out his Staff of the Dragon-G.o.d.
Glancing to the left and right not even the shadow of the enemy could be seen in his line of sight.
Therefore, he hastily retrieved the Ring of the G.o.d Inheritor, fitting it on his right-hands index-finger.
At that time, from the right-hand side inside the forest a rustling sound can be heard, multiple shadows showed up.
Green faces, from their temples two small horn grew, wearing simple helmets and armours, monsters with clubs in their right-hand had appeared. They were five goblins.

(Goblin…? at the lake?)

An instant doubt had crossed out, in the forest there is goblin nest, as that was setup in FAO.
Four in left-and-right about same build as Marius, the one in the center one size bigger than in left-and-right.
Seemingly already seize-up Marius, rushed over with eyes filled with hostility.

“[Scan]”

In order to gain information about the enemy he cast probing-system magic.
A goblin that was one size bigger than the rest that was standing in the centre was a goblin leader, the other four were identified as normal goblins.
And except for their name, everything else was una.n.a.lyzable.

(What the h.e.l.l…)

[Scan] was located in the 10th-cla.s.s, magic that specialized in grasping the enemy status.
Since using this can’t discern the stats of the enemy means that either it was an enemy he hadn’t encountered before, or his abilities were antagonizing himself, either one of those two possibilities.
Most goblins, in this case the stronger one, the king should be around level 50.
Level of monsters, except boss-cla.s.s and special monster, level are indication that it can be defeated one-vs-one.
In other words, being level 50 or higher means it’s unlikely to lose to a goblin in one-vs-one fight.
— In the world of FAO.

(Just to be sure, let’s seriously go all out.)

He’s not in Barnam continent, perhaps there are strong goblins he doesn’t know about.
Marius judged that there is a need to use the Ring of the G.o.d Inheritor’s power.

“[Crimson Blaze]”

Having said “Crimson Blaze” in his mind, at that instant the spell was completed.
This was the “culprit of balance breaker” that made his comrades appalled, the Ring of G.o.d Inheritor’s effect.
Allowing chantless magic without stripping its power when activated, moreover since cast severity was absent, it was an item that annihilated a magician weakness.*
In MMO defeating a boss solo was impossible.
Such a thing that overturns such common sense, was an extra-item.
In this world such atrocities don’t change, a colossal white wall of fire occurred in front of his eyes reporting that to Marius.
Fire engulfed the goblins instantly and burned until all their equipment had been annihilated.
“Crimson Blaze” was an AOE magic located in the 5th-cla.s.s.
If an existence of level 150 or higher at least can withstand the power of one attack, in a flock of enemies that drops down to 100 or higher.
Looking at the place where it was tidy up easily, at least this world’s goblins were not a threat to him.
Looking at the traces of goblins that had become charcoal, Marius was somewhat relieved.
Among those that come attacking humans, a goblin’s feebleness comes after Slime-Kobold, it is so feeble that even fledgling adventurer can defeat them.
If they still struggled against a few goblins after going all out, he can only run away from every battle in this world.
Of course, being careless was forbidden.
Marius warned himself, while deciding to search for the goblin nest.
Goblins are carnivorous monsters, humans and herbivorous animals were their staple food, with that kind of habitat their nest must be nearby.
And far from a location where living creature live that can threaten them.
In other words the fact that he encountered goblins means, nearby there are herbivorous animals and humans, also there are no existences that will threaten the goblins.

(Unexpectedly, I had come this far.)

Unexpectedly both of the suns were already overhead, the starting point’s location only appeared faintly in the distance.
Living creatures that he tried to find but couldn’t be found yesterday, having not encountered them isn’t unreasonable.
The reason he was not tired must be because the human named Marius, had quite a lot of stamina.
Essentially he was just a mere magician, he wouldn’t be as st.u.r.dy as vanguard-job, that’s where the extra-player status came to play.
Perhaps because the pa.s.sage of time was noticed, at this late hour throat and belly insects began their self-a.s.sertion.*
Before he stopped moving due to exhaustion, it’s better to quench his thirst and satisfy his belly.
Judging that, firstly Marius scooped water in the lake to his mouth.
He drank it yesterday, and there had not been any abnormalities observed in his body.
There might be other world virus existing here, although it surely is not at a level that would harm his health.
In order to be able to drink in peace, “Detection” was used.
As a result, inside his mind a red blinking circle had been displayed, a short distant away blue blinking circles had been displayed in bulk.

(There, there.)

Marius bore a smile that can’t be broken.
The hope that he waiting for, a living creature response.
However, here the shortcoming of “Detection” appeared.
The presence of living creatures can accurately detected, but the more detailed information was unknown.
What and which living creature, can’t be determined.
Near the point at which the goblin nest was, opponents may flock into the goblins hunting ground, the possibility of this happening was extremely high.
And the goblin had a cliché trait, at least 5 goblins act in a group, moreover the location where animal’s that are small in number appear, will became a goblin’s prey.
However for Marius now, that was enough of a favour.
End of Episode 2.