Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 76

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 76

 

 

 

40. 2nd Circle Magic Genius (2)

 

 

“Actually, I was going to tell you this today when you came, Dane.”

Ernest spoke with a very dejected expression.

“To be honest, I was quite embarrassed at the hall.”

“About what?”

“I only received protection!”

I shook my head.

“It’s not because of that. You know that, right?”

The reason I want to teach Ernest how to protect himself is because of Bron’s gang.

It’s something Ernest will have to overcome someday.

“You played your role. If it weren’t for you, Ernest, we wouldn’t have even made it to the hall, and maybe we’d be captured and tortured by now.”

“Still. I can’t just keep receiving protection forever!”

I understand what he means.

Yeah, as Ernest says, that’s good too.

It’s about fostering independence.

“Alright. Then let’s first find out what suits you.”

“Yeah!”

I opened my subspace and first poured out the weapons.

Sword.

Spear.

Axe.

Morning star.

Gauntlet.

And even bow and arrows.

These were all things I had roughly grabbed from the family warehouse.

Thinking I’d use them someday.

“Is there anything you like?”

“Uh, hmm…”

Actually, you can’t tell just by looking.

You only know what you have talent for by holding and trying it.

“…I don’t think it’s a sword, at least.”

Maybe because I’d been through battlefields, I could roughly tell at a glance. A sword didn’t suit Ernest. Same with a spear. An axe or morning star were even less suitable.

“Hmm. Since it’s for self-defense anyway… How about a bow?”

That’s when Leila offered her opinion.

“A bow is good.”

There’s nothing better for support.

Actually, Ernest probably won’t be on the front lines of combat much.

In that sense, teaching basic self-defense while also teaching archery for rear support would be perfect.

He’d naturally build muscle strength during training too.

“I want to learn archery!”

Ernest’s eyes sparkled.

“Yeah. Then come here.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s start with push-ups.”

“…Pu, push-ups?”

I tilted my head.

“Were you planning to shoot arrows right away?”

“N, no?”

“What are you going to do with those flimsy arms.”

People often misunderstand, but archery isn’t about being agile – you need muscle strength backing you up to use it properly.

Stringing and unstringing the bowstring each time, drawing and maintaining the string, not just shooting once and being done but continuously drawing the string whenever needed.

All of this requires muscle strength.

“Want to try?”

And my point was soon proven.

“Wh, why is this…”

Ernest couldn’t even string the bow properly.

Unable to watch anymore, I strung it for him, and Ernest held the bow with an awkward expression.

“Hold the arrow like you’re pinching it with your thumb and index finger. Don’t grip it tight. It might slip. Think of pulling the arrow, not the string, and draw it back. Like that.”

“Nnngh!”

Ernest seemed to be using all his strength to draw the string. For reference, the bow I brought from the family warehouse has quite a bit of tension.

Twang!

But the arrow flew off in the wrong direction.

“…Nothing’s easy.”

“All weapons are like that. Anyway, do you understand what I mean?”

“…Yeah.”

Ernest returned the bow and arrow to me without complaint.

“But Dane, I’m just asking out of curiosity.”

“Yeah?”

“Do you know how to shoot a bow too?”

Wait.

Come to think of it, I had shot a bow a few times in my previous life.

Since I was a soldier, after all.

But in this life, I’ve had almost no opportunity to practice.

“Roughly?”

“Oh, show us once!”

“What, Dane. You shoot bows too?”

Leila also slipped into the conversation.

I strung the bow without difficulty in front of the two watching.

It’s been a really long time.

Well, I can just shoot roughly by feel.

Creak.

I nocked the arrow to the string, then slowly drew it back.

Creak…

The target was a tree not far away.

“What, Dane. You’re good at archery too?”

“No. I’m just trying it once.”

Leila was also looking this way before I knew it.

Actually, I haven’t shot many arrows.

Just occasionally when going on operations to form fire support?

But anyway, something’s a bit strange.

I nocked the arrow to the string and drew it back, but it feels oddly…

Thwang!

…Strong?

Thunk!

I was stunned looking at the arrow that had pierced through a thick tree that seemed to be at least a hundred years old.

“What the hell is this.”

The arrow didn’t just get stuck—it went completely through the tree?

“Wh-whoa… This is insane.”

Ernest’s exclamation came from beside me.

What is this?

Could this be the effect of gaining one more circle?

This was a completely unexpected result.

“…Just go ahead and take everything, Dane. What? You’re just trying it out? This is ridiculous…”

Leila’s dejected voice reached me.

I was thrown into confusion.

 

 

The Drenik Empire, famous for mechanical engineering—the empire I belonged to and fought for in my previous life—also had Hexa-level warriors.

And in my previous life, I witnessed their majesty several times.

Beyond being able to take on a hundred enemies, their majesty was such that even armies of thousands wouldn’t dare attack carelessly, but what people feared and respected about them was their martial prowess that transcended human limits.

It was probably… when we were ambushed by the Alteon Empire.

At that time, Sir Argonis’s unit, who was called the guardian deity of the Drenik Empire, had been surrounded.

Everyone thought it was the end.

But he alone cut down hundreds of soldiers and knights and returned leisurely.

And then I saw it.

The mana swirling around Sir Argonis’s sword and the destructive power that cut through everything it touched—armor, weapons, everything.

Even—

The sight of it taking form and being released to devour everything around it.

“Being able to fight by infusing mana into something other than your body requires at least Penta-level ability.”

Leila was right.

The method of infusing mana into weapons to increase destructive power is impossible unless you’re a high-level warrior.

It involves moving the mana that exists within your body outside and maintaining it, which is naturally extremely difficult.

For reference, in my previous life, I had almost reached that stage.

The problem is that I’ve now reached the stage of skipping that entire process and infusing and launching it.

“Similarly, the method of infusing mana into weapons and launching them is the same.”

Like what I just accomplished.

However—

“But this is even more difficult.”

What I just accomplished is more difficult than fighting by infusing mana into weapons held in hand.

“Why?”

To Ernest’s question, Leila answered cleanly.

“Theoretically, you can’t control it. More precisely, it’s impossible to maintain. You need to continuously release mana while in contact with your body, but if it completely leaves your hand, how would you keep infusing mana?”

Unless the arrow is enchanted with magic, there are limits to its destructive power and penetration.

No, even if it were enchanted with magic, it doesn’t make sense for it to pierce through such a thick tree and keep flying.

“We just witnessed something impossible.”

Leila looked at me as if she didn’t like it.

“What exactly are you?”

“I don’t know either.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

I was surprised too.

I just shot it without thinking. Actually, I did feel like some mana was going into it, but I didn’t deliberately control it.

But who would have thought it would turn out like that.

“…Maybe it’s only possible because it’s Dane?”

“But this is a bit too much!”

Leila was fuming.

Is this a situation where I should apologize?

“Who in the world shoots an arrow and pierces through a tree? Dane, this is really a different realm! Can you pierce through rocks too?”

“Let’s try it.”

Since it came up, I nocked another arrow on the string and pulled it back, aiming at a rock. And that strange feeling from before began to return.

Earlier it happened unconsciously so I couldn’t tell what was happening, but this time I can feel it clearly.

This feeling of my mana flowing into the arrow.

Twang!

The moment I released the string.

Whiiiish!

The mana-infused arrow flew and embedded itself in the rock.

Crack!

Fragments scattered and stone dust flew.

And I could see it.

“…Wooow.”

“…Is this the Academy?”

The arrow that had almost completely pierced through the rock.

“…This is no joke?”

This hadn’t worked before.

It’s completely new and unfamiliar.

Two circles of ancient mana.

Their power was truly excellent.

Let me organize this.

With one circle, I began to see the flow of mana.

And with two circles, I became able to infuse and contain mana in objects.

I’ll need to try more to know for sure, but my current conclusion is that I contain a certain amount of mana in an object, then launch it and make it explode upon impact.

This was a concept from a completely different realm.

After all, unless it’s a magical item or bomb ‘made’ that way, it shouldn’t be possible with an arrow made of wood, iron, and feathers without even a detonator.

“Does this work too?”

Just in case, I picked up a small stone.

And threw it.

Bang!

…It works.

It lacks sharpness so it’s not as powerful as the arrow, but it has enough power to make the stone shatter completely.

“It’s not just bows.”

This opens up infinite possibilities for application.

Of course, I probably can’t use it frequently.

Mana injection requires much stronger concentration than I thought.

Still…

This is no joke.

I think I could use this sufficiently for dagger throwing too.

If two circles are this powerful, what kind of ability will I have when I get another ancient mana concentrator and have three circles?

Generally, gaining additional circles in magic doesn’t feel like climbing steps, but rather just serves as proof of qualification.

But ancient mana is definitely different.

At this point, I’m getting curious too.

“What kind of place was Arcana exactly?”

What would you have to do to create mana with this kind of power and purity, and gain this kind of strength each time a circle increases?

No wonder everyone yearns for it like an ideal paradise.

It’s no wonder that Big Sister, who had made a name for herself as a mage, was shocked and fell over.

I should go to the library soon and examine the ancient documents again.

Since I gained another circle, the number of characters I can decode should have increased too.

And one more thing.

“Ernest. You said back then that Saul Hanston designed the hall, right?”

“Oh, yeah! Huff! Saint Aimar built it, but the design was by Saul Hanston!”

The legendary mage, Saul Hanston.

Since he was mentioned when we decoded the map, I should investigate him as well.

Maybe he’s related to the Arcana.

A legendary mage—something smells fishy about that.

The clues are still scattered like fragments here and there, but having some fragments is better than nothing, right?

“Um… Dane. Huff! But, huff. How long do I have to… huff! keep doing this?”

Meanwhile, Ernest was groaning while doing the push-ups I had assigned him.

“You’ve done three sets, right? Let’s do one more set.”

“O-one more set?”

“Yeah.”

A strong spirit dwells in a strong body.

Ernest, who can’t even properly string a bow, needs body modification first.

Whatever you’re learning, the foundation is what’s important.

“C-can’t I learn mana first…? Ugh!”

“Body first rather than that. Right now you’re too thin. You look like a twig.”

“O-okay…”

Ernest made a tearful face.

The Bodybuilding Club members suddenly came to mind.

If I had sent Ernest to those guys, would body modification have been possible?

Anyway, it’s just the beginning now.

I can find the clues one by one.

It feels like I have more energy since I got another goal, doesn’t it?

“Oh right, Dane. Do you have a lecture this afternoon?”

Then Leila, who had finished training and was playing with Karnas, asked me.

“Yeah. Spear Arts class. Why?”

“Then let’s go look at club rooms this evening. I asked the seniors this morning, and they said you have to claim empty club rooms quickly.”

“Ah. That’s right.”

We did make a club, so we should have a base of operations.

Perfect timing.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————