Time goes by and it has been 6 months since Ben arrived in the Magic Library. He has scanned 422,751 Magic books, a lot less than his prediction of more than 475 thousand books. Some issues made him fail to scan that many.
Ben forget to consider that he is still a human, not a robot. He has feelings and can get bored doing the same thing every day. He needs entertainment too, so he left the library a few times to get some entertainment.
"It's not the best result, but it's very good already. I've scanned around 40% of the books here and that's enough. Besides, I've finished scanning all books about my elements, so it's fine. I can always return here anytime in the future too," says Ben.
In the last 4 months, Ben has improved his Clone & Transformation Magic. He can make 7 clones now and they have 7 deadly sins personalities like his prediction. Luckily, Ben can tame them all, so there's no problem at all.
He wanted to make the 8th clone and is very curious about its personality. But it is very difficult and he never has any progress in it since he made the 7th clone last month. He felt like hitting a big wall in his Clone Magic and needs to break it through.
Ben doesn't think much about it and will just improve this magic slowly. He is not in a rush to improve it again and 7 clones are good enough because he knows many Mages can't make more than 4 clones.
As for Teleportation Magic, Ben can teleport up to 5 km now. It can't be said to be long-distance, but it's not short too. He can only increase it from 500 meters to 5 km in the last 4 months because this magic is very difficult to train.
Ben also has duplicated the library's key so he can enter it anytime. He also has learned the library's defense mechanisms and can breach them easily now. He can even build similar defense mechanisms now with all his scanning results.
Other than magic books, Ben also scans other books like magic world's history. Many things in history piqued his interest and give him some enlightenment. Many big events make him happy or sad too.
One such event that makes him sad is about Nirvana. The event happened around his guild's location, so it piqued his interest. Nirvana was made by Nirvits who lived in the forest where his village is located.
The Nirvits have a similar appearance with Roubaul & his guildmates. That's why Ben gets very interested in it. But something doesn't sit right in his heart when he remembers some strange things in the guild & Roubaul's actions.
"Maybe Gramps & the others are their descendants and don't know much about this event. That should be why they never told me about this thing. Well, I'll ask them after I return home," says Ben to stop his thinking.
After packing their belongings and removing their trace from this library, Ben & Bella leave the Magic Library. They resume their journey and walk to the East. There are 3 months left for them to finish their journey, so they need to be fast.
While moving to the east, Ben tries to make some magic items using the new magic that he learned in the library. He experiments every time he rests along the way. Morgbitt's magic items also help him to make better magic items as he also learned them.
The first magic item that he wants to make is a storage magic item. There are storage magic items in different shapes, but their number is not many. That's why they are very expensive even though their spaces are small.
Ben also never saw them and only heard about them because of their rarity. Only a few people have such items as the King or Big Guilds' Masters. A small guild like his will never even see a glimpse of them.
He experimented many times for many days since he left the Magic Library. His experiments make his journey getting slower, but it's not a problem for Ben. There aren't many places to visit in his journey, after all.
Ben has explored the East side of Fiore in the last few years. So he just needs to explore the South & Central sides. Those places can be explored fast and 3 months are enough.
The Southside has a small forest and a wide span of Savana. There's also a big & long river that split it with the West & Central sides. Ben & Bella really enjoy their time there because it is a very peaceful place.
The creatures here are wild, but they're not ferocious and aggressive. They don't attack people and just hunt for prey. So, no creature attacked Ben & Bella while they walk around the South side's forest & Savana.
"Sigh, it's good that this place is peaceful. But doesn't it have anything interesting?" ponders Ben as he lay on the grass relaxedly.
"Milk," says Bella as she raises her milk bottle.
"Yeah, milk is interesting, but it's not from this place," says Ben.
Ben & Bella resume their journey after resting for some minutes. They keep searching for anything interesting as they walk. For hours, they find nothing, but finally, they find something when the sun is almost set.
"Oho, this is a big finding," says Ben excitedly.
What they find is a wide crater on the ground. In the center of this crater is a black shiny stone, it's a meteor. The meteor has the size of a volleyball, so it's big considering that meteor got burnt as they move through the atmosphere.
It's very rare to find a meteor this big because most of them will get burnt to ashes. But it's also strange that such big sized meteor is still placed om where it fell. Usually, people will take it already because it seems to be here for a long time.
"The fall must've created tremor and it should glow very bright as it fell from the sky. Did no one realize it at all?" ponders Ben curiously as he enters the crater.
Ben checks the crater & meteor using AI Chip that scans the place. AI Chil assumed that this crater was created around 9 months ago. It makes Ben even more curious as to why this meteor is still here after 9 months.
"Hmm, maybe no one realizes it and no one came here for months. It's my luck, I guess. AI Chip, scans the meteor," says Ben.
AI Chip scans the meteor and it takes 3 minutes to scan it completely. The scan result surprises Ben to his bone and he smiles like an idiot.
"What a big luck and a bad luck at the same time," says Ben as his smile disappear.
The big luck is that the meteor is made of some rare & good metals & minerals. While the bad luck is the meteor will explode if he lifts it wrongly. The explosion can happen because the meteor fell on a crystal and created a chemical reaction that can create an explosion.
Ben thinks of a way to take the meteor safely. He won't let this chance goes by just because of such hindrance. Meteor is very rare and it even has rare metals & minerals in it.
"Alright, let's do this," says Ben.
Ben takes a deep breath and concentrates. He gathers his MP and activates his Light Mode. Then he grabs the meteor and runs away before teleporting as far & as fast as he can.
A big explosion happens in the crater and creates a big shockwave that reached Ben's location who has teleported to 50 km. If he is still in the crater, then he will get engulfed in the explosion.
"That looks scary, but this is worth it," says Ben as he looks at the meteor happily.
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