Chapter 58: Flight

Late at night, Daina observed carefully for a long time and finally confirmed that the so-called Minimal Meditation spell was simply the single rune Mana #1.

She opened the Grimoire. The Rune Page showed that this rune was a Lesser Foundation Rune and that other similar-effect Mana #N runes existed in nature, awaiting her discovery.

Shifting her attention to the Spell Page, it still showed Mana #1. It briefly introduced the effect of the Minimal Meditation Spell: at the Lesser Apprentice level, it could effectively enhance mental power, strength, agility, constitution, and perception, with the most noticeable improvements being in mental power and perception.

Below that was a simple guide on how to meditate:

【Enter the state of Mental Overdrive. Follow the light points of the rune on the Grimoire with your mental power. Use mental power to fill in the Lesser Mana #1 in sequence.】

Daina did not immediately follow the prompt to trace the rune with her mental power. She carefully observed the Lesser Mana #1 and realized that the construction of the rune happened to utilize the mathematical knowledge she had been learning in recent months.

The solution using the light points was not the optimal solution, just the most cautious one. Daina’s eyes lit up. This kind of problem is too simple for someone who has been baptized by Mr. Ace’s exercise books.

I can figure out four solutions in minutes.

Daina, driven by a stubborn determination, attempted to trace the rune using her own method, bit by bit. Success!

She successfully constructed the Mana #1 rune on the Grimoire’s Spell Page with her mental power. The rune flickered on the Grimoire’s Spell Page. The surrounding environment pulsed with a strange rhythm, and Mana began to gather.

A line of text appeared on the Grimoire’s Spell Page: 【Please activate the Spell Model immediately. The target of the spell is yourself.】

Daina calmly took a deep breath, then exhaled.

She used her mental power to guide the rune, channeling the Mana onto herself.

A warm, comfortable sensation. Like soaking in a hot spring. Daina immersed herself in this state, slowly siphoning the surrounding Mana.

Accompanied by the siphoning and convergence of Mana, Daina’s body and soul were Mana-“contaminated” and nourished. The strength of both her body and soul was increasing.

The Grimoire also absorbed Daina’s meditating Mana with the flickering of the Minimal Meditation Spell.

Ace, in the hidden room, watched Daina’s figure in the glass sphere and nodded slightly.

Ace had set a small test for Daina here. If Daina followed the prompts, it would suggest that she was very cautious and dependent on authority regarding the unknown supernatural world.

If Daina followed the prompts but later experimented with other methods, it would suggest she was cautious yet innovative.

However, Daina started experimenting immediately, indicating that she possessed inherent self-confidence and a rebellious streak against authority, along with a pioneering spirit—precisely the qualities essential for a Wizard exploring the unknown.

Ace looked at Daina, who was immersed in meditation, and decided to observe her situation for a while longer. If she proved suitable, he would tell her who the Torch-Bearer was and accept her as a true disciple.

The path of Magic desperately needs excellent assistants to handle auxiliary work.

He walked out of the hidden room and activated the Rune Array at the entrance of the hidden room. This was a Suggestion Rune Array that made people feel the place was normal; anyone who approached would quickly leave for various reasons.

Ace stood in the courtyard and leaped onto the roof of the residence.

It was late at night. After Ace’s body had been magified, his overall physical functions were greatly enhanced, becoming increasingly non-human. His physical quality was no different from an ordinary Pseudo-Hero, and perhaps even stronger.

Even in the darkness of the night, his vision was sharp. The on-duty guards were dozing off. Everything was quiet.

Ace suddenly leaped from the rooftop into the sky. It was a new moon, and the sky was pitch black.

He leaped about 30 meters, reaching the limit of his physical ability, and briefly hovered in the air.

The Lesser Airiness Spell, a Lesser Wind Attribute Spell, activated. Ace felt his whole body become light.

He communicated with the Spell Model floating in his Soul Sanctuary: Flash Teleportation!

A large amount of Mana gathered regularly on his body, forming numerous mysterious, flickering patterns on his legs and back.

One flash!

Ace averted his falling state, and high-pressure air was ejected, launching him nearly 300 meters backward toward the sky.

The rapid movement created a huge whooshing sound.

The on-duty guards woke up abruptly, drew their short swords, and looked around, but saw no one.

Ace used the Lesser Spell, Gliding Wings. This was a spell he created based on the principles of bird gliding from his past life, studying the gliding state of birds in this world, and combining the Lesser Mana-Crystal Rune and the Lesser Wind Element Rune.

Huge, peculiar wings appeared on his back, composed of Mana Crystals in a simple geometric structure, possessing mathematical beauty.

He had been in this world for almost six years, and this was the first time he experienced the feeling of flight. Humanity always yearns for the sky and the limits of possibility.

Ace glided for about 2,000 meters and started to descend.

He activated the spell again: Second Flash!

Using Flash Teleportation five times consecutively, Ace flew directly near Medimus City-State. A journey that would take a carriage most of the day was completed in just one hour.

“Knowledge is power, and knowledge is efficiency!”

Ace thought calmly. The only issue was how to fuse the knowledge of his past life with the knowledge of this life and completely convert it into his own power.

“In this world, many theories from my past life are invalid. The overall environment is different, and there is the interference of supernatural factors. Only by systematizing supernatural knowledge within this world can I fully utilize the knowledge from my past life.

At this stage, the most important thing is to collect supernatural knowledge and establish a path to the supernatural based on this world. Only through localization can it possess life and vitality!”

Ace reaffirmed his conviction. He activated Flash Teleportation and flew back toward the estate.

“No matter what, the Wizard’s path is the strongest, at least up to and including the Pseudo-Hero level. I possess the physical quality and soul strength that Divine Descendants possess, but I have far more methods at my disposal. According to the records in the Royal Library, except for the descendants of specific Deities, an ordinary Divine Descendant would need to be a Great Hero to achieve flight.”

The wind howled, but Ace’s hair remained undisturbed, as he had activated a variation of the Mana-Crystal Protection Membrane. The protective membrane, composed of Mana Crystals, acted like a second skin, protecting him.

This could perhaps be called Mana-Crystal Skin. In terms of protective strength, it was certainly inferior to the eggshell-shaped Mana-Crystal Protection Membrane, which adheres to the principle of uniform force distribution. However, this spell was superior in convenience and did not impede movement.

Morning dawned, bright with sunlight.

Daina hummed a tune while dressing. Her light steps showed her pleasant mood.

Last night, she meditated for nearly 40 minutes. She felt refreshed and vibrant.

The second page of the Grimoire accurately sensed and scanned her condition, displaying several lines of text:

【Strength 0.3 (0.1↑), Constitution 0.3 (0.1↑), Agility 0.4 (0.1↑), Mental Power 1.3 (0.3↑), Perception 1.1 (0.3↑), Mana 3.9 (0.9↑)】

【The process of your body and soul becoming magified has begun. Your current Inherent Mana is 0.】

Daina was greatly surprised. She had only thought meditation increased mental power and Mana. She hadn’t expected it to enhance her overall physical constitution.

She noticed the prompt about Inherent Mana. She tried to focus her mind on it. The Grimoire flipped to the fifth page, the Magic Diary, and displayed a passage:

【Inherent Mana is the degree of magification gained through meditation, casting, and other means—the degree to which Mana has accumulated in the body and soul. This accumulation is a change in quantity leading to a change in quality. Once the initial magification is complete, Inherent Mana will rapidly grow to about four times the Mental Power.】

After understanding this, she noticed the Grimoire become hot again. The second spell reserved by the Torch-Bearer, along with the runes that compose it, appeared.

Daina’s expression became solemn, almost akin to a worshipful reverence.

It was not a simple single-rune Spell Model like the Minimal Meditation Spell, but a rune structure composed of two Foundation Runes and one Tool Rune!

And it was an offensive spell: Lesser Magic Missile.

Daina flipped open the Rune Page of the Grimoire and found two new runes.

Subsequently, she focused her will on the Spell Page, and a new Spell Model was flashing.