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By reading a grimoire, one can forcibly awaken and learn magic. Even Roy couldn't help but show excitement the moment he opened the grimoire.
The value of grimoires is extremely high, and they are usually only seen at auctions. They start at 100 million falies and have no upper limit. Even Roy cannot afford them, and they are useless if he buys them before receiving the favor.
Things are different now!
This means he's about to awaken his magic!
Roy retrieved the grimoire from the system.
It was an old-fashioned book, about three fingers thick, and looked quite ordinary on the surface.
Roy took a deep breath, slowly opened the grimoire, and stared intently at its contents. It was neither the common language nor the script used by various races, nor the sacred script of the gods.
The characters, resembling tadpoles or scribbles, were completely incomprehensible to Roy. The more he looked at them, the dizzier he became, and his consciousness gradually blurred.
As if he had eaten a poisonous mushroom, bizarre and colorful images appeared before Roy, his vision narrowed, and his reflection appeared in the glass.
If he were of sound mind, he would definitely complain.
Oh shit, ice!
What kind of magic do you want?
The elusive figure, like a ghost, drifted past Roy, posing a soul-searching question to him.
Without a second thought, following the deepest choice in his heart, Roy murmured, "Destructive power to destroy everything, and the fastest speed in the world!"
“Truly brutal, combining speed and destructive power, only the thunder of nature can satisfy your needs,” the boy who looked exactly like Roy laughed.
"And then? Is that all?"
"We can fight together, and we will never betray each other!"
Do you want companions?
"It might be more appropriate to call it a weapon."
“I understand. There’s always something in this world that no one can solve. You want a weapon that won’t betray you, and it also needs the destructive power and speed of thunder. That’s too greedy. Can your ambition control this power? It’s a double-edged sword!”
"Take it, this is your magic!"
The echo lingered in Roy's ears for a long time.
In a daze, Roy smelled a pleasant fragrance that refreshed his mind and made his tired spirit feel incredibly comfortable. He twitched his nose and greedily inhaled the fragrance as he slowly opened his eyes.
He met a pair of sky-blue eyes.
“Peeping at me while I sleep, Miss Ryu, when did you develop this kind of fetish?” Roy, as always, couldn’t help but tease the elven girl.
But Ryu's reaction was different from usual; her voice was like the cold wind of a winter night, chilling to the bone. "What were you doing on Lady Astrea's bed?"
Roy snapped out of his daze, his pupils widening in shock. He sat up abruptly. He remembered that he had been reading a magic book. Had he successfully awakened his magic?
Reading a magic book doesn't guarantee the awakening of magic; failure is also possible. Here, we must mention a certain fox-girl who consumed all of Fels's magic book, which was worth billions, but still failed to awaken a third spell.
[Magic has awakened!]
[The Lord of Thunder, without incantations, freely manipulates thunder, changing its form. The power of lightning is determined by the amount of mental energy provided, and it can also self-destruct. Manipulating lightning consumes additional mental energy!]
Chapter 47 Feel the Thunder!
When Roy got up, the grimoire he had been pressing down on was revealed. The strange writing on it had disappeared, leaving blank sheets of paper.
Liu's sharp eyes caught it.
"A grimoire?!"
The elven girl, being an experienced adventurer, immediately realized, based on Roy's earlier dizziness, that he had been looking at a magic book.
This boy is too mysterious. At this point, even if he pulled out a magic book worth over a hundred million, the elf girl wouldn't be too surprised, nor would she be interested in finding out the origin of the magic book.
"Did you make it?"
Ryu asked, but seeing the excited expression on Roy's face, she felt there was no need to ask. Out of politeness, she congratulated him, "Congratulations, and now you should get out of Lady Astrea's bed."
It was only after learning that Roy had been reading a grimoire that he collapsed unconscious on the bed of the goddess Astrea.
Her usually cold and aloof face regained its composure.
Although he was reluctant to leave the soft and fragrant bed of the goddess Astraea, the joy of gaining magic outweighed it all. Lost in the moment, Roy didn't notice anything amiss and excitedly ran out of the room.
After dinner, Roy couldn't wait to leave the Star Garden and head to the dungeon, where he didn't know what monsters and demons were watching him on the surface.
It's better to experiment with magic in the dungeon.
Ryu stood by the window, watching Roy, who was faster than a fleeing rabbit, flash past in the darkness.
During the meal, she learned that Roy had reached LV.2 and gained magic. This terrifying rate of growth was unbelievable.
Ryu didn't know when Roy received the blessing, but seeing Roy's ability value increase again and again, she was certain that it took Roy less time to go from LV.1 to LV.2 than Ais Wallenstein.
"Ugh!"
The elven girl sighed helplessly, silently picked up her wooden sword, put on her cloak, left the Star Garden, and followed behind Roy.
Newbies who have just acquired magic often excitedly cast spells indiscriminately, leading to exhaustion of their mental energy and fainting. They are prone to danger in Orario or dungeons at night.
After working together many times, Roy's calm and steady image had become deeply ingrained in her mind, and she thought Roy could control that impulse.
Now it seems that the other person also has a side she didn't know about, and with her overwhelming sense of responsibility, she can't just keep watching.
The mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole follows behind.
The goddess Astraea saw Ryu secretly following and protecting Roy, and a maternal smile appeared on her face.
……
Before the last war game, guild employee Remer came to the Star Garden to confirm Roy's familia status and also helped him get his adventurer status.
Roy can swagger into the dungeon.
In the spacious square of the Tower of Babel, Roy felt several gazes fall upon him.
This is not unusual.
Through the war game against the Rudra Familia, Roy became famous overnight. Although he was only LV.1, his fame in Orario was no less than that of some LV.2 adventurers.
Of course, most people treat him as a mere accessory to Ryu. In a war game, a mere LV.1 is just cannon fodder, and no one would consider him useful.
Regardless, he became famous!
Among those gazes, Roy sensed disdain, mockery, and even a hint of malice.
Adventurers are arguably the group of people who value fame and fortune the most, and Roy is like a dark horse, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
The LV.1 adventurer thought, "We're both LV.1, why is Roy getting all the attention?" The LV.2 adventurer was also annoyed that Roy was more famous than them.
Roy wore a mocking smile, completely disregarding these small fry.
The other party didn't dare to make a move against him at all.
If any hothead dared to rush up, Roy would think highly of him, but these seasoned veterans valued their lives above all else and would never have such courage.
Upon entering the dungeon, Roy didn't venture too deep, only reaching the fifth-floor chamber. This time, his purpose was to test his magic, not to explore the dungeon.
Bang!Bang!Bang!
The wall cracked open, and seven or eight goblins and earth spirits jumped out, immediately locking onto Roy.
Lord of Thunder!
Roy's face lit up with an excited smile, and with a thought, he mobilized the magic power within his body.
After awakening magic, the way to use magic immediately appears in the brain, like a biological instinct.
Generally speaking, casting a spell requires chanting and consumes a corresponding amount of mental energy (magic power). The longer the chanting time, the greater the power of the spell.
His magic is extremely rare; it doesn't require chanting, and can be activated simply by mobilizing magical power.
Bah! Bah!
Roy's magic surged, golden lightning crackled on his skin, and he looked like Thor had descended.
At this moment, all the golden lightning on his body converged into one place, forming a golden figure with an outline very similar to his own, and its surface flashing with tiny electric snakes.
“Go, take them down!” Roy said.
The lightning avatar responded to the call and moved like a real bolt of lightning, rushing into the monster horde and unleashing a massacre, quickly killing many monsters.
Roy observed the battle of the lightning avatars.
He consumed 15% of his mental energy. This lightning avatar is equivalent to a LV.1 adventurer with all A-level stats, and its attacks are imbued with lightning attributes.
Dealing with the monsters on the fifth floor is no problem.
Bang!
At that moment, the wall next to Roy cracked open, and three goblins jumped out and pounced on him.
"Change!"
Roy glanced at the goblins, his expression unchanged, his lips barely moving.
The form of the lightning avatar changed instantly, transforming from a human into a giant wolf, standing on all fours, one meter tall, with piercing eyes.
Just as the goblins were about to touch Roy, a golden wolf shadow flashed by, incredibly fast, its ferocious mouth biting off the heads of three goblins.
Roy seemed to realize something, and his smile grew wider. He walked up to the golden giant wolf and placed his large hand on its head.
"Change again!"
Roy imagined the shape of a greatsword.
As expected, the form of the Thunder Wolf changed again, transforming into the greatsword he had imagined, with golden electricity crackling around its massive blade.
Roy wielded the Thunder Greatsword, sweeping through the dungeon monsters as if he had activated the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow skill, dealing 999 damage per strike and instantly killing large numbers of monsters.
Finally, the greatsword transformed into a golden ball of lightning, landing in Roy's hand, which he casually tossed away.
boom! !
The golden lightning ball that fell into the monster horde exploded with a deafening roar, its terrifying power instantly annihilating thirty or forty monsters, leaving not even a trace of magic stones behind.
"Hahahahaha!"
Roy could no longer contain his joy and burst into wild laughter, unleashing his magic to control the thunder.
Lightning can freely transform into any form, and if its magic power is sufficient, it can continuously cast spells and even summon a massive army.
Chapter 48 The Overbearing Apollo Familia
The strength and range of motion of a lightning entity are linked to the amount of magic used. If one prioritizes quality over quantity, and pours all of one's magic power into a single entity, its strength can reach one hundred percent of its original power!
But he could also fall into a coma as a result.
Therefore, the lightning entity's power value can reach a maximum of 90% of its own.
Since it is a spell without incantation, its destructive power is definitely inferior to those spells with extremely long incantations.
However, the advantage of non-chanting magic is that it is fast and consumes little energy. Unlike magicians, you don't need to stand still. Continuous casting can also make up for the difference in power.
Having mastered his magic, Roy left the dungeon with a delighted expression, in a very good mood.
We've just returned to the surface.
Roy found that there were many more people in the spacious square than when he entered.
As a financially savvy and intuitive office worker, Roy sensed something unusual. Now was the perfect time to join the fun. He walked up and peered through the gaps in the crowd to see what was happening inside the encirclement.
Twenty or thirty men and women dressed in the same uniform surrounded a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old.
The girl had short, reddish-brown hair and a petite figure.
Daphne Lalos!
Then the people surrounding her were the Apollo clan!
Roy suddenly understood. Poor kid, he'd been targeted by the Apollo Familia.
The Apollo Familia are usually a well-behaved and honest family, but they have a restless chief god among them.
Once Apollo sets his sights on someone he likes, or an adventurer from another clan, he will stop at nothing to take them away, even at the cost of being punished by the guild.
Even if that person escapes to the ends of the earth, the Apollo clan will pursue them relentlessly, like a persistent leech!