After dinner, Ben uses the A.I Chip to scan the spell books that he has bought. With more samples, it will be easier to make his new spells. A.I Chip works using data, so Ben needs to collect them. With more data, A.I Chip can make better spells or improve his own spells.
'You're really my lucky charm, A.I Chip.' - Ben
\[Glad that you understand it.\]
'..... You're a lucky charm, but you sure are irritating sometimes.' - Ben
\[A.I Chip is a personalized computer A.I system, so my personality is actually yours and made to be compatible with you. So the irritating side is learned from you.\]
'..... Let's just continue our work, shall we?' - Ben
Ben is irritated, but at least he doesn't have a boring robotic assistant. He leaves the thought and continues to scan the spell books. He can't scan all the books tonight and can only scan 20. He needs to scan every page to get full data after all; that's why it will take time.
Ben continues to scan the next day and focuses on it. He also gets Roubaul's spell collection that has been gathered in one book. Surprisingly, the book is only the size of a normal thick book, unlike the previous book that he gave to Ben.
"I thought it would be very thick again." - Ben
"Well, I don't have that many spells actually because I was more focused on the knowledge of magic itself. Without too many spells to learn, I can improve my existing spells a lot." - Roubaul
"That's alright. Your improvement method on magic spells is better than the spells themselves." - Ben grins
"I know you will think like that." - Roubaul smiles
Ben takes the book and leaves to continue his scanning. He finally finishes scanning every book at night, including the book from Roubaul. A.I Chip processes the data and stores them in the database but doesn't transfer it to Ben's brain.
Ben had realized that he doesn't need to take everything that A.I Chip has. He just needs to know the important stuff and let A.I Chip handle the details. He can always access the data from A.I Chip every time he needs it, after all.
'A.I Chip, try to formulate a defensive spell for AOE attack.' - Ben
\[Understood. Task time estimation: 12 hours.\]
'Alright, let's check it tomorrow.' - Ben
The next day, Ben decides to check on the list of spells that have been scanned by A.I Chip. He tries to find an interesting spell that he might want to learn. He scrolls through the spells and reads their descriptions.
"Hmm, transformation magic. It's common magic, but it seems to be very useful and can be used in many situations. There are 3 stages: basic, intermediate, and advanced. Okay, let's learn it." - Ben
Ben decides to learn transformation magic while waiting for A.I Chip to finish the new spell. Transformation magic will be useful in many situations, especially at infiltration jobs. He can also use it to fool his opponent if needed.
There is an even more advanced level of Transformation magic, which is known as Take Over magic. However, Ben didn't plan to reach that level. He plans to learn this magic up to advanced level but won't learn Take Over.
Take Over needs someone to understand the creature they want to transform into. It will also make the user able to use the creature's magic. Normal advanced transformation just changes the appearance and gives physical traits, not magical traits.
So Take Over Magic is for those who want to specialize in transformation magic. However, Ben has his own magic, so he doesn't need magical creatures' magic. What he needs is the physical transformation for many purposes in jobs.
"Bella, go play with Wendy & Carla, okay? I want to try a new magic." - Ben
"Okay." - Bella goes to play with Wendy & Carla on the side
Ben reads through the spell information, and it's pretty simple for the basic. Ben tries it but fails on his first attempt. He tries again and finally succeeds on his 3rd attempt. He is still at the basic level, so it's not that hard, and he understands it in 2 tries.
"Hmm, basic level just changes my appearance and didn't change clothes or voice. Intermediate can change clothes & voice. Advance can change all physical traits to be exactly the same as what I transform into." - Ben
Ben currently transforms into Roubaul, but his clothes & voice didn't change. Ben then tries to transform into a bull, and the only thing that changes is his skin. He is not as big as a bull, and he still stands on 2 legs. He is basically a demi-human-bull, with the size of a 12 y.o.
"It's like wearing a bull skin in a game." - Ben sweatdrops
"Strange bull!" - Bella
"You look like a monster." - Carla
"Hihihihi." - Wendy
"These naughty kids." - Ben has a tick mark, but he ignores them
Ben keeps doing the transformation magic and tries to reach intermediate level. It's not as easy as the basic level, but it's not that hard either. Ben succeeds in reaching intermediate level after 20 tries; it's not that bad.
Ben can transform into Roubaul, complete with the clothes & voice. But when he transforms into a bull, he is still a humanoid bull. Although his body is big, and he doesn't have clothes now.
"It seems the intermediate level can't transform me to have 4 legs like a bull, so it becomes a humanoid bull, but the size is that of a bull. Hmm, I look like a minotaur now." - Ben
Ben keeps trying to increase his mastery and reach advanced level. But it is not as easy as from beginner to intermediate. However, he's lucky that A.I Chip can do some operations at once. A.I Chip scans his transformation and identifies his mistake, making it easier to improve. After many times of trial, Ben succeeds in becoming a real bull in 1 hour.
"Ben bull!" - Bella
"Amazing, you really look like a bull now." - Wendy
"Ooh, this is great, but also uncomfortable. Humans are 2-legged creatures after all. I need to get used to this." - Ben
Ben tries to walk around with his 4 legs to get used to the feeling. But suddenly, the 3 girls jump on his back and ride the bull.
""BULL, GO!"" - Girls
"OI!" - Ben has a tick mark
Ben is a little pissed, so he decides to prank them. He walks faster and then runs wildly like a real bull.
""KYAA!"" - Girls
The girls hold onto him tightly, so they won't fall. Ben finally stops after 5 minutes, and the girls get down dizzily before falling on the grass.
"Hehehe, you shouldn't mess with a bull." - Ben
Ben has gotten used a little to being a 4-legged creature. Now he wants to try being a flying creature. Ben transforms into an eagle, then he tries to fly with his wings. However, it's not that easy to fly even when he has wings. Ben keeps trying to fly and succeeds after 5 minutes.
"Hmm
? It's easier than I thought. Once I get the feeling, flying becomes very easy." - Ben
Ben flies around the training field for some minutes. The girls below are looking at him, and Bella joins him to fly. Wendy gets jealous, so Clara didn't fly and accompany her. Carla isn't strong enough to carry Wendy and fly right now.
"Do you want to fly too?" - Ben gets down
"N-no, I'm okay." - Wendy tries to hide it, but she's not that good at lying
"Then, how about this?" - Ben
Ben transforms his legs into reptilian legs, and hands into giant bat-like wings. His neck elongated, his body is covered with black scales, and his blonde hair grows from head to the back of his neck. Ben also grows a long tail behind, and with a dragon-like head, he transforms into a black wyvern.
"I want to transform into a dragon, but it's still too hard. The most I can do right now is this small-sized wyvern. Turning into a giant dragon needs a very high amount of MP after all." - Ben
Ben's wyvern size is small for a wyvern. His body length from head to tail is just 3 meters. His wing span is also 3 meters; that's a small size for a wyvern in the forest. They've seen a wyvern with a 10 meters length before, after all.
"It's okay, Ben nii-san, even transforming into a wyvern on your first day is really amazing." - Wendy
"Climb up then! Let's fly around the forest." - Ben
"Yes." - Wendy
Wendy then climbs Ben's wyvern back, and the 2 cats also climb.
"You guys too?" - Ben
"We don't have the energy to fly around the forest by ourselves." - Carla
"Tired!" - Bella
"Yes yes, just hold on tightly so you won't fall!" - Ben
Ben takes off, and he flies with the 3 passengers. He flies to the forest at rather high altitude so they can see the trees and the animals below. Ben flies faster, and the passengers get excited.
'Well, it seems my hard training on this magic has been paid already.' - Ben smiles
They fly around the forest for 2 hours before returning to the village. This day has been really fun for them.