Reading the e-book about Enchant magic, I learned at the end of the page that the magic formulas they use inside the magic circle in the past is written using the letters I learned in my past life. Not ABCs, not Japanese writing, Chinese, Korean, or other writings. They are written in the code that I was taught by the same guy who taught me about the breathing technique in my past life.
In my past life, after leaving college and had no choice but to be a gangster, I showed talent in fighting. After the higher-ups assign me to be their assassin in charge of killing a target, I met a certain man. He looked like an ordinary man. And he was not even my target. But because he witnessed me killing a target, I decided to kill him.
Although I didn't exercise much back then, I was still confident in my athleticism. But that alone was not enough to kill that man as that man easily read my movement and dodged them all. Without any intention in fighting back.
Then he gave me an offer. For him to teach me how to kill. To be my master. I didn't agree at first. And seeing that he didn't care about the killing I did, I decided to leave.
But after that time, I encountered that man several more times. Including when he was infiltrating the base of my gang just to see me.
We might call it a gang. But our size was quite large to just be a gang. It's just that in that place back then, there were only few mafia groups. In my country, we just call it gangs. So even if we don't wear suits, what we did was no different than being in a mafia organization.
Anyway, our base was highly protected with few select people that were allowed to carry guns. Even I had one. But I just prefer to kill with blade.
He infiltrated that base when everyone was away. Even then, it was still highly protected. But no one noticed him other than me.
Of course after seeing how many skills he had, I decided to be his disciple. The only rule he allowed was for me to only obey his every command and teaching.
Then he taught me how to fight and use the breathing technique. My physiques became better and I found my own way of fighting. Using dual knives mainly.
Then he taught me secret codes as well. He said that in case he has to communicate with me secretly. I just agreed to learn it because if I didn't, he will be much harsher in training. It won't be a training to improve myself anymore. But it's simply just punishment.
But that secret code is actually used as magic formula that you can see inside a magic circle? Just who the hell was that guy?
I remember that after he said that I had learned everything, he suddenly disappeared. And I never met him again.
But is he somehow related to this world? Is he perhaps even the person who reincarnated me into this world?
Well, there's no point thinking about it. I can't ask someone who is not here. So let's just focus on what will happen now.
I'm learning about Enchant magic. And previously, I also learned about magic from Bob and also from the app.
It says that in the past, magicians use magic by drawing magic circle on the ground. But that was too inefficient. So they drew magic in the air using a skill called Mana Drawing. As a magician, you can do that as soon as you can use magic. Though it uses mana to do that.
Even Bob sometimes writes something in the air using magic. I've seen him doing that several times.
But even then, drawing magic circle was still too inefficient. Magicians could only rely on warriors to protect them as they prepared their magic. So they made it easier to use magic by speaking the name of the magic.
By teaching magicians about magic, like directly teaching or from magic book, magicians can learn magic and engrave them in their mind. So when they use magic, instead of making a magic circle, they just need to say the name of the magic. Then a magic circle will appear in their mind and activate the magic.
So just by learning it from magic book, you can use magic circle that you had never seen before. It's weird. But it's magic.
For some reason, people started to forget about ancient magic. Magic that people of the past used. So now, many magicians became researchers to be able to use magic in the past. But the method is weird.
This one I learned from Bob. That the way magicians tried to find out about past magic is by shouting a name that could be said to be magic used in the past.
Bob told me that there's even someone shouting to the sky for meteor to come down to Earth. It's their way to find out if it's a magic used in the past or not. Thinking that by shouting something, even without the understanding of the magic, you can use that magic.
I've seen the video of it. Bob showed me. It was hilarious. Though it worked for some other magic. Just not meteor magic.
There's even a video of a rather powerful magician trying to figure out the magic that magicians of the past used to raise a land from the bottom of the sea. Magic that created this country. And he made videos about his progress. He became quite famous. But he failed though.
They're funny videos. But I prefer watching panda videos. Those cute creatures surely can't survive in the wild.
I checked the magic circle about Enchant magic again. And I can read the magic formula. Though I have to remember everything my master taught me again.
It took some times, but I finally recognized all the words.
The magic formula is weird. Because it used for two objects even though it's just one magic circle. Too costly if I have to say.
The magic formula, or should I say the secret codes my master taught me, can be used in all language. English, France, Japanese, Chinese, or any other languages can be written with those codes. They will be written phonetically so it will be a bit weird.
For example, the magic circle in the magic book lets you to cast it on a bladed weapon or your armor by saying Enchant magic. But if I'm right, then magic is actually much simpler than I thought.
The magic circle will make your sword sharper or your armor stronger. Either one of them. Because the formula for the two of them are in one magic circle. That's also why there's no magic to make your blade stronger.
The codes are actually English when I translate it. Broken English.
It's weird because the magic formula says "Sarpa Bled" and "Strongah Armoh" instead of "Sharper Blade" and "Stronger Armor". So it took some time to translate everything. But I slowly remembered everything about the codes.
The codes written not per alphabet. But how the words are pronounced and if there any symbol that can be used to write them. And it's good that it's English. If it's in other language I don't know, then I would never know.
Since that's the case, then I can probably create original magic on my own if I can alter magic circle. But before that, I have to learn magic first.
I reread the magic book again and once I feel that I understand it enough, I use the magic on a cutter I have to see if it becomes sharper.
"Enchant."
That's the word I need to say for the magic to work. They really did make it easier to use rather than drawing magic circles all the time.
I focus the magic on the cutter. If the magic works, I should feel it. That's what Bob said.
The first try was a fail. The cutter didn't become sharper as it couldn't cut through an eraser easily.
It's not like I'm suddenly a genius who can use magic in the first try. So let's try it a second time.
Imagination, I have it. I imagined the cutter to be sharp enough just to cut through an eraser easily.
Understanding, I think I understand enough about the magic from the magic book. So all I need left is talent.
The second try was a fail. The third, fourth, and fifth were failures as well. And even though I'm just sitting and saying "Enchant" five times, I can feel that I'm getting tired.
Then on the sixth tries, I finally did it. I can feel something is moving around inside my body, going through my hand that is holding the cutter, and now I can feel something from the cutter. That must be mana.
And I swing it lightly on an eraser. And the eraser was cleanly cut in two rather smoothly. Without exerting much power.
If it's just a cutter, what about a knife or a sword? It would be great if they can be much sharper.
Though since the cutter is not a piece of armor, its endurance is still bad. So when I put pressure on the side of the blade, it breaks.
And five minutes after I used the magic, I can't feel mana from the cutter anymore. In the magic circle, it also says that the magic will only work for five minutes. So I guess it works according to the magic circle.
As Bob said, a magic circle suddenly appeared on my mind even though I'm not thinking about it. I only thought about the magic and it just appeared exactly the same as the one in the book.
Then I try using the magic again on my clothes. Will it work and consider my clothes as armor?
The result was good because my shirt is harder to cut using an ordinary cutter. It's still sliced but it's harder to cut it compared to when I don't use Enchant magic. My clothes become stronger.
Then next would be a test to see if I can alter the magic circle to my liking. Instead of using the same magic as the one in the book, I want something more efficient.
But I'm too tired now. As a level 1 magician, I don't have that much mana and can only use magic for a bit.
I'll train more tomorrow. For both magic and strength.