Chapter 371: Chapter 371: Innate Magic
The once fearless magic beasts instinctively felt fear for an unknown reason. They wonder as to why they felt such an emotion in front of a mere human mage that is not even at the peak of the Junior Rank.
However, soon, their fears were justified. As if he were crazy, Rezen charged at the magic beasts with a loud, seemingly beastly cry.
He slapped a magic beast that was not able to dodge in time. The magic beast’s body was thrown in the air before its body also started to transform.
Just like the magic beast from earlier, its skin began to turn black, and it became slightly translucent. A magic beast that was once an enemy of humanity suddenly became an enemy of its own kind.
It didn’t lose much fighting power, and it started attacking its fellow magic beasts, which were taken aback, causing some of them to die before they attacked the transformed magic beast and ripped it to shreds.
However, things do not end there. Rezen continued his indiscriminate attack against the magic beasts, and more and more of them started to transform.
As long as the ghost berries made physical contact with them, resistance is no different than no resistance at all. They were immediately transformed into a ghost-like entity and became a partner of humanity.
"This... what happened?"
"Is this magic? But I can’t sense any magic fluctuations. Those berries look like Ghost Berries, but I also don’t sense that he retrieved them from a spatial ring."
"Not only that, Ghost Berries are also not this potent. It can definitely be resisted, and there’s a high chance of failure."
"What is happening? How can he do such a thing?"
"It doesn’t matter! Help him and the Senior Mage! Let’s annihilate these dirty magic beasts!"
"That’s right! Kill! Avenge our fallen comrades!"
"Kill!"
The surrounding mages were at first astonished by Rezen’s performance, but for now, it was not that important. The most important and pressing thing is that they kill the magic beasts around.
"Treen, do you know what kind of ability Rezen was using?" Theon can’t help but ask.
While there are magic spells that can enslave magic beasts, they are often not as effective as what Rezen was doing. And if the spell is a temporary control only, typically, mages cannot also control this large number of magic beasts.
Since Treen was the closest among them to Rezen, they thought that he might know something.
"No... I also didn’t know that he had this kind of magic. But, this is Rezen were are talking about. He has always been amazing!" Treen replied with blind idolism.
He is Rezen’s close friend and also his fan. In his eyes, whatever Rezen does is possible because he is that amazing!
It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to say that Treen thinks Rezen has the potential to become a Great Mage!
"It doesn’t matter what magic he is using; let us go and kill these magic beasts!" Porenz said as she charged at the magic beasts after drinking a healing potion.
"Wait up! You’re still exhausted from earlier, don’t push yourself!" Theon said in worry, and he went in the same direction as Porenz did.
This woman’s soul was still suffering due to excessive use of magic, yet her ferocious personality still doesn’t change.
"Wait... argh! Why did you guys leave me here alone? I am scared!" Treen almost cried out.
He was just a puny little mage, as weak as a chicken. How can he survive here on his own?
With an aggrieved heart, Treen took out more magic scrolls from his spatial ring to be used to defend himself.
At first, the number of magic beasts that Rezen controlled was only one, then it turned into two, and it didn’t take long before the number grew into tens of magic beasts and even a hundred magic beasts!
Wherever he went, magic beasts would turn into ghosts using his berries, and more and more mages noticed him.
It was also to the point that Alchemist Fuchk noticed him, and while using his flying stick, he approached Rezen.
"Rezen, calm down" he said, and a giant hand made from mana grabbed Rezen’s body, stopping his crazed act.
As of the moment, his entire body is already riddled with wounds. He was almost literally bathing in his own blood.
If he doesn’t stop, he might lose consciousness due to excessive blood loss and, at worst, even die!
Of course, Rezen didn’t actually lose his mind. He was just ’acting’. He wants people to think that he temporarily lost his mind due to the awakening of his special superpowers.
With the mana hand grabbing him, it helped Rezen’s mind regain ’clarity’ and he showed a look of bewilderment.
"A-Alchemist Fuchk?" Rezen called out the Alchemist nodded his head.
"Take this first" Alchemist Fuchk gently said and handed a healing potion to Rezen.
Considering the volume of blood he lost, Rezen didn’t stand on ceremony and he accepted the potion and immediately consumed it.
A warm current immediately spread from his stomach, and his wound stopped bleeding. The potion was definitely more effective than the common healing potions on the market.
"We will talk after this" The Alchemist said before he flew again using his flying stick.
With a Senior Mage’s help, it didn’t take that long before all the magic beasts died. The few remaining survivors returned inside the forest-type resource point, not daring to come out.
Alchemist Fuchk didn’t bother to chase them. Inside the forest, there are a lot of places where these magic beasts can hide.
He doesn’t have the time or the energy to scout the entire forest and wipe out all the magic beasts. As soon as the magic beasts retreated, he also stopped attacking.
In any case, without the Senior Rank magic beasts and with almost all the Junior Beasts dead, there is almost no danger in this resource point.
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"I see. It seems like you are lucky; you awakened an Innate Spell." Alchemist Fuchk judged after Rezen recounted the ’experience’ he had.
Currently, they are inside one of the rooms on the Headmaster’s Tower, and in this room, there are only four people in total.
One is Alchemist Fuchk, one is Rezen, and the rest were the Headmaster and Treen, that were flirting with each other.
These two really knows no shame. They are being flirty and touchy despite the presence of other people even when the topic was serious.
The way they act was like throwing lemon water to people’s eyes. It stang too much!
"Innate Magic? Is this the same Innate Magic that I read from magic books?" Rezen inquired ’innocently’.
The special superpower that humans sometimes awakened was called Innate Magic and these magic does not comform to the established rankings.
Even a 1st cycle Junior Mage might be able to affect a Senior Mage as long as their Innate Magic was special enough.
Rezen’s plan worked. He doesn’t even need to proactively lie that he awakened an Innate Magic. With his explanation (lie), Alchemist Fuchk already came to that conclusion.
"You’re correct. And the Innate Magic you awakened seems to be very special. Until now, the ghost-like magic beasts you converted are still alive and none of them showed any aggression. Your ability would definitely help humanity. I would appreciate it if you can explain more to us about your ability"
This was exactly the effect that Rezen wants and he didn’t hold back at all.
"Yes... after I awakened, I felt I can create these berries but it has a price..." Rezen said and from his spatial ring, he retrieved a small pile of low-grade magic stones.
"I can use magic stones and in exchange..." Rezen trailed and the magic stones he took out suddenly vanished with a wave of his hand and after that, a few modified ghost berries that look like skulls rather than fruits appeared.
"In exchange for magic stones, these things similar to Ghost Berries appeared and as long as it touches any magic beast, their color will turn black and they will also become translucent. After that, I can order control them easily"
"I also instinctively feel like they can last for a few months, and if I want them to exist longer then..." Rezen trailed off again, and another pile of low-grade magic stones appeared before he waved his hand, and they vanished.
This time, the magic stones were not exchanged for the ghost berries, but instead, black blades of grass filled with dark-type mana appeared.
This is Rezen’s new crop, the Dark Vismian Grass! Indeed, it was the familiar and common vismian grass that is the main ingredient for potions.
Normal visman grass has a neutral mana without any elemental properties, but the mana from the Dark Vismian Grass was completely of the darkness type!
It was a result of his ’breeding’ with another type of Spirit Plant, and these grasses can help his controlled ghostly magic beasts to continue existing!