Next Life Vol 1 Chapter 4

Both of the suns disappeared into the horizon.

There were two different suns, so the sunset color should be in a different color too. Marius was quite surprised to find this fault.

Magic below 1st-class has all been briefly tested and he had confirmed all of it could be used.

If he was not careful, the surrounding environment would become devastated.

In his sight, about one-tenth were fallen trees.

Even though Marius keep pounding magic, his magic power never ran out thanks to his high status and equipments. Besides that, he was expecting the presence of somebody to come closer and see.

However, regarding the latter part, the possibility to make a difference had yet to come out.

Or perhaps the one that noticed the surrounding anomalies hired a person and that person has yet come.

(There’s no choice other than search to search for them myself.)

Luckily, he found a goblin nest.

Getting in touch with a person, or perhaps a group was fine.

It can be said he wanted to increase chances to make contact with people of this land, but it can also be said that he arbitrarily gave them a big reason to make him their enemy.

He didn’t know how long this kind of livelihood would continue. It’s was much better to have many choices.

(But it’s best if I train a little more.)

Not being able to control when using 5th-class or higher magic made him worried.

Even he isn’t poking his neck in the midst of battle, it didn’t mean he couldn’t get involved.

Although in the loneliness of an environment without living creatures, it was suitable as a location for practicing magic.

Yesterday a blue half-moon had climbed up, “Blue and silver moons can be seen in turns”, it looks like the FAO setting was still active.

While looking at the moon shining brightly in silver, that kind of thought flashed.

It’s also happened yesterday, perhaps the star in this world did not amount to much.

Only that was squeezed out from Marius judgment.

In the original world, it was like spring’s or autumn’s climate.

But yesterday and today, Marius had confirmed that there was no kind of such animals in surrounding.

(Lets try to confirm it there.)

The location where he hasn’t confirmed last night.

Still not sleepy.

It would probably be just collecting battle experience at best.
Nevertheless,  even just a bit, he wanted some information.

“[Teleport]”

Imagining the place where the armor deer was slain, he casted the spell.
In an instant, he moved there.

“Ho-ho-”

Immediately a sound like a bird’s cry can be heard.
Look like there were nocturnal animals here.

“[Detection]”

Confirming it with magic, there was several responses.

(Assuming this, why was there none in this vicinity?)

Living creatures were absent, he could not think of a reason for this frightening thing
It was a fact that Marius was safe, but still, reasons filled with poison came out.

(Panicking now doesn’t change anything.)

Switching immediately, Marius prepared his equipment and was approaching to where the creature’s presence is.

It was the same sensation when he discover some goblins that other time.

The moonlight could not be said to be strong enough to illuminate everything.

“[Light]”

He create light ball about fist-sized to illuminate his surroundings.

When he heard small groan, the sound of something falling followed.

That was in his calculations ,but a snake-type monster jumping from the side was out of Marius’s expectation.

(Shit!)

Reflexively using “Warp”.

The Space-and-time-system magic, Warp.
The user transferred to a visible surrounding, located in 7th-class magic for emergency avoidance for magicians.

(Glad I had practice I it.)

If he not had tested this being able to be used by thoughts only and if not experiencing an actual battle with goblins, he doubted that he could have avoided the surprise attack.

Even if the level wasn’t high, the opponent was still a monster with unknown special abilities.

It was about how a lion would use all of it ability to bring down a rabbit.

Marius’s current thought process lead to that.

In other words, it can be said that the wild beast also had that mental state.

It had excellent detection ability.

Apparently, there was no time to use “Scan”.

As if matching to it, the snake-type monster jumped too.

But the simultaneous attack from the air and ground was favorable for Marius.

“[Fire Storm]”

releasing a magic using the same image as during noon, he reproduced a fire pillar with the same size.

Easily ending the battle, Marius didn’t think of it tasteless.

Moreover, he did not recognize the bird and snake monsters.
Finishing it in one attack was a thing to be relieved about.

(But wait.)

If it was looking for any material that may come out, at least its name can be seen.

Of course, there may be a pattern just like the fruits that he didn’t know about because he didn’t have the knowledge.

“[Detection]”

Trying to scout with magic, there were no monsters nearby.

While clicking his tongue, Marius took out the dagger taken from the goblin leader.

It may have been known because it was equipped, or it may be because it was goblin’s thing.
The results could be mixed-up so that it couldn’t be judged.

(“Damn it!”)

It wasn’t like when he was in-game, nothing dropped from the goblins.
Monster in this world didn’t drop items, if he did not strip it from carcass, nothing would be gotten.

If it came to that, burning it away with fire-system magic became a beginner’s mistake.

He didn’t think about using magic to light the walk-path in the dark forest.

When fighting monster, from now on he decided to use only wind-system or earth-system magic. While thinking that, using “Teleport” Marius got back to base.
End of Episode 4

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