CHAPTER 860: CHAPTER 669: LOST TRUTH

"Tweet tweet..."

The clear sound of birds suddenly reached Reiger’s ears, awakening him from his dreamy and groggy state.

"Mmm..."

Reiger groggily murmured in his sleep, and then it was as if a white light was imprinted in his view, causing him to reflexively close his eyes again and raise a hand to shield himself.

"...Sun?"

His gradually waking mind made Reiger sway as he got up, finally realizing the identity of that white light.

It was none other than the sunlight streaming in from outside the window.

"It’s daybreak?"

Now fully awake, Reiger saw the sky outside the window turned into daylight, and also saw the birds leisurely stretching their wings on the windowsill, feeling a sense of wonder.

He had fallen asleep at his room’s desk, the magic stone lamp beside him still lit, indicating that he had spent the entire night slumped over the table.

"Oh yes, the magic book."

His peripheral vision caught sight of the magic book spread open on the desk, reminding Reiger what he had been doing here last night.

He instinctively pulled the magic book in front of him, looked closely, and found that this magic book no longer emitted any magical power, reduced to a bizarre book marked with strange symbols.

This is the ultimate fate of a used magic book.

A magic book’s effects are limited to one use only, solely effective the moment of the first page’s opening. Regardless of whether Magic is forcibly manifested or not, the book loses its power entirely after that, becoming a useless book.

"Does this mean I’ve successfully awakened my second Magic?"

Thinking this, Reiger took out Loki’s Divine Blood from the dimensional cube storage space.

This bottle of Loki’s Divine Blood was now replenished.

On his return, Reiger asked Loki for a considerable amount of Divine Blood to replenish the past consumption.

Now, Reiger took out the bottle filled with Divine Blood, dropped a droplet on his forehead, and adeptly updated his ability values.

With this update, Reiger immediately noticed a new slot appearing beneath [Omnipotent] in what originally should have been the skill section.

Occupying this slot was a new Magic.

"I succeeded?"

Reiger examined it with some surprise.

...

[Lost Truth]

·Transmutation Magic.

·Limited to the types he can use.

·Duration and cooldown time determined by level.

·Chant: Subvert the old truth, create the new life.

...

Indeed.

Reiger succeeded.

He successfully used a high-grade magic book as a medium to not only expand a second Magic slot but also make his second Magic manifest.

[Lost Truth] — That’s the new Magic Reiger obtained.

"Transmutation Magic?"

Reiger was puzzled at first, then seemed to realize something as his eyes brightened.

"Could it be..."

With a possibility in mind, Reiger couldn’t stay still. He first turned off the magic stone lamp on the table and put away the used-up magic book along with two intact ones, then activated his Magic.

"[Advanced Teleportation]."

In the next moment, Reiger’s figure disappeared from the room, vanished without a trace.

...

Maze City Orario, north.

Here lies a mountain city called the Biou Mountains.

This place features peaks and ridges with numerous steep slopes and treacherous paths. Due to its proximity to Maze City Orario, before the Babel Tower covered the underground city in ancient times, many monsters emerged from great caverns and settled here. Thus, this area became not only a geographically challenging zone but also a dangerous territory ravaged by monsters, with only a few adventurers daring to venture.

Yet today, in this mountainous region deemed a Magic Mountain, a figure appeared out of thin air.

It was none other than Reiger, transported from Orario.

"This should be the right place."

After surveying his surroundings, Reiger decided to try out his newly acquired Magic on the gray rock plates and exposed dirt surface.

"[Subvert the old truth, create the new life.]"

He chanted this short range of words, unfolding an Array.

It was a transparent Array.

The Array was white with a silver tint, exuding a sparkling brilliance and appearing very pleasing, with an indescribable mystery and beauty.

"[Lost Truth]."

Reiger activated the Magic, causing the Array to shatter like glass and float around him.

In this moment, Reiger distinctly felt it.

He felt that all the Magic he mastered experienced an indescribable transformation.

It wasn’t an evolution nor a sudden change, but a feeling of having mysterious components injected, remodelled into a different appearance.

Following this sensation, Reiger activated the first Magic he mastered through [Omnipotent].

"[Awaken]."

Undoubtedly, it was Ais’ personally taught auxiliary Magic — [Wind Spirit Swift Walk].

However, if Ais herself were here, or someone who had seen Ais’ [Wind Spirit Swift Walk], they would be greatly astonished by the upcoming phenomenon.

Because as the Magic was activated, no familiar wind force appeared.

The atmosphere did not envelop Reiger’s body.

The storm did not wrap around Reiger.

Instead, it was replaced by a mass of flame.

Yes, flames.

Blazing fiery flames appeared on Reiger’s body like a flaming red garment.

"Boom!"

Soon, the flames erupted like a volcano, engulfing Reiger entirely.