Finally, we went to the bookshop. She picked some books, and then, I was done leading her around for the day. It was over a lot faster than I expected.
Yuna went back to the inn to read her news books. I didn’t have anything else to do for the evening, so I picked up the dinner from the inn and decided to go home early. My mom and sister were really happy.
I hope tomorrow is this fun, too.
Chapter 10:
The Bear Practices Magic
I WOKE UP EARLY and headed out of town after breakfast. I was going to practice magic I couldn’t try at the inn.
The gate guard stepped away from his post to greet me. I was pretty sure he was the guy who helped me out a few days ago when I first came to town.
“Oh, miss in the weird clothes from earlier,” he said, “are you going outside?”
“Yeah. Here’s my guild card.”
I showed him my guild card and held it over the crystal panel, like I’d have to even when I was leaving from now on. This one gate was the only way in or out I knew about; nobody came or went without getting their criminal record checked.
“Looks like you’ve become an adventurer,” he said, looking over my card. “What’s with this ‘Class: Bear’ thing?”
“Just ignore that.”
“Well, it’s not wrong.” Saying that, he gave me a pat on my hooded head. “Whoa, it feels real nice to touch.”
“Could you stop it?” I pushed his hand away.
“Yeah, sorry about that. It’s dangerous out there, so be careful.”
“I’m just going to practice magic a little outside.”
“I see. Well, as long as you don’t get close to the woods, you won’t get attacked by monsters, excepting if a pack roams out a ways, and that’s not usual.”
“Okay, I got it.”
I took my guild card back, left the town, and walked until I was sure I’d found a nice, empty spot. I would try out the physical enhancement magic that was written in the book first. It wasn’t that difficult. I just needed to let mana course through my whole body.
In WFO, this sort of buff was used by pure melee tanks and DPS classes. It didn’t last for long, but it was a popular tactic for ramping up your damage output. I gave the mana circulation thing a try, then sprinted for a bit to test it out. Everything blurred around me before I skidded to a stop. I tried jumping.
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
I jumped ten meters straight up without even really trying. When I landed, it didn’t hurt. Was it because of the physical enhancement? I tried testing out all sorts of things, with and without physical enhancement; I dashed, jumped, did a bear punch, and threw a bear kick. My power had definitely increased.
I checked my status screen.
Name: Yuna
Age: 15 years old
Level: 8
Skills: Fantasy World Language, Fantasy World Literacy, Bear Extradimensional Storage, Bear Identification
Magic: Bear Light, Bear Physical Enhancement
GEAR
Right Hand: Black Bear Glove (Nontransferable)
Left Hand: White Bear Glove (Nontransferable)
Right Foot: Black Bear Shoe (Nontransferable)
Left Foot: White Bear Shoe (Nontransferable)
Clothing: Black and White Bear Clothes (Nontransferable)
Underwear: Bear Underwear (Nontransferable)
…Bear Physical Enhancement?
Bear?
Bear Physical Enhancement
Routing mana through the bear gear allows for physical enhancement.
I closed the status screen silently, pretending I hadn’t seen it, and decided to look for a place where I could practice attack magic. I wound up closer to the forest’s edge.
The method in which you used magic in this world was…
Gather your mana.
Create an image of the magic you want to use.
Invoke the spell.
In the game you’d…
Gather your mana.
Invoke the spell.
It was easier in the game, because all you did was collect your mana and recite the incantation. I gathered my mana and could invoke my magic by just incanting “Fire.”
In this world, I needed an image of something. But as someone who’d read a ton of novels and manga, and played all kinds of games, I had a plentiful repertoire of mental images to draw on. I collected my mana in my hands, imagining a blazing ball of fire.
“Fireball.”
There, I thought, that was easy. The bear held a fireball in its mouth. It wasn’t hot. I stretched out my arm, imagining it leaping out. My target was a boulder about ten meters ahead. The fireball streaked from the bear’s mouth and into the boulder, demolishing it.
Just to see if I could do it, I collected my mana and pictured the fireball. It took shape just like before. I confirmed that I could do it without an incantation. Still, it was easier to imagine it when I yelled “Fireball” with my mouth, and it was faster to invoke. You needed an incantation in order to invoke magic in the game, and it was easier to invoke magic in this world by yelling the incantation.
Next, I tried using water magic.
“Waterball.”
Just like before, a ball of water took shape in the bear’s mouth. I took aim at another boulder and released. My target shattered, but far less dramatically than the last boulder did. In that case, I speculated, I could try freezing the water first. I imagined the mass of water turning hard and sharp and loosed another shot at the boulder. Ice arrows flew from my gloved hand and reduced it to shards.
I couldn’t use fire in the woods, so ice was useful. If I had fire and water, wind and earth would make sense to try next, I guess. I wrapped the wind around my hand.
“Air cutter.”
I let the wind blade go and watched it shear the next boulder right in half. Alright, I thought, that leaves earth magic. All my time spent gaming told me it was the sort of thing you’d use to pull a wall out of the
