Next Life Vol 1 Chapter 2

Second day since reincarnation.

As a precaution, he had set a protective barrier in the surrounding area, but it also was not trespassed by anything.

Morning, two suns go up, birdsongs… never happened.

The fruits name and effect had been appraised many time but he couldn’t understand it.

Marius got up and did a big stretch.

The rest of leftover fruits from yesterday were brought to his mouth.

If allowed to saying it, this fruits name can’t be known even had been appraised.

Tree and herb name simply came out, perhaps due to knowing the name in the appraisal, Marius himself needed to have the necessary knowledge.

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 class magic would be unpleasant.

He wanted to avoid a situation where he was considered to be criminal or other similar problems that may occur.

Fruit skin peelings will become fertilizer, he remembered somebody telling him that.

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.

Washing his face with water from the lake, and quenching his thirst, he starts to walk to the right.

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.

But it had yet to decrease to a level where it could be used as an alternative light source.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As long as you were not a solo player, it was only used in emergencies.

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-class can be barraged easily.

Even checking his status, Life Points were not reduced.

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.

Now he tried using chantless [Fire].

Apparently using it chantlessly, the power had not dropped.

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.

Giving a “Wise man” a bad premonition, it must be a formidable enemy.

Glancing to the left and right not even the shadow of the enemy could be seen in his line of sight.

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.

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.

And except for their name, everything else was unanalyzable.

(What the hell…)

[Scan] was located in the 10th-class, magic that specialized in grasping the enemy status.

Most goblins, in this case the stronger one, the king should be around level 50.

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 God Inheritor’s power.

“[Crimson Blaze]”

Having said “Crimson Blaze” in his mind, at that instant the spell was completed.

Allowing chantless magic without stripping its power when activated, moreover since cast severity was absent, it was an item that annihilated a magician weakness.*

Such a thing that overturns such common sense, was an extra-item.

Fire engulfed the goblins instantly and burned until all their equipment had been annihilated.

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 traces of goblins that had become charcoal, Marius was somewhat relieved.

If they still struggled against a few goblins after going all out, he can only run away from every battle in this world.

Marius warned himself, while deciding to search for the goblin nest.

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.

The reason he was not tired must be because the human named Marius, had quite a lot of stamina.

Perhaps because the passage of time was noticed, at this late hour throat and belly insects began their self-assertion.*

Judging that, firstly Marius scooped water in the lake to his mouth.

There might be other world virus existing here, although it surely is not at a level that would harm his health.

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.

However, here the shortcoming of “Detection” appeared.

What and which living creature, can’t be determined.

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.

End of Episode 2.

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