175 It seems that I have become even stronger

When a monster was named, sometimes some of them received a certain ability from the one that gave them a name.

Whether it was Benimaru, Souei, or Kurobee, when they received a name, they also received an ability from Rimuru.

Benimaru received a flame manipulation ability.

Souei received the ability to make a clone and a shadow walk.

Meanwhile, Kurobee received the ability to research.

Similarly, Hakurou, Shuna, and Shion also received abilities from Tamazuki.

Hakurou received an accelerated perception ability thousands of times, along with immunity and sword talent. This was why he was so grateful to Tamazuki. By now, as long as he had his sword, he would be able to defeat most of the things.

Meanwhile, Shuna got analyst ability, regenerator, immunity, and also magic talent.

However, the most outrageous one was Shion, as she got strength manipulation, immunity, and beast-like instinct.

Naturally, even if they got some of his skills, it didn't mean that they were stronger than him as they didn't have his learning ability.

Nevertheless, because of this, their potential wasn't something that one could describe.

Still, because of this, whether it was Hakurou, Shuna, or Shion had better strength and also better potential than Benimaru, Souei, and Kurobee. However, Rimuru was the protagonist of this world, and he also had Veldora inside his body, so without a doubt, the three of them would grow even stronger in the future.

However, without a doubt, everyone was speechless when they saw Shion uprooting a giant tree and throwing it a few kilometers away.

"This strength..."

Not only all the Onis but Rimuru and Shizu were dumbfounded since Shion's strength was too strong!

"Fufu!"

Shion showed a smug expression as she put her hands around her waist, raising her chest high, causing her breasts to bounce up and down.

"......"

While everyone was speechless, they knew that Shion might be the strongest among them now.

Strength Manipulation.

This was the ability that she received from Tamazuki. However, unlike Tamazuki, who had mastered this ability with his learning ability, her understanding of this skill was rather shallow. Yet, this was normal as she only got this ability recently.

Yet, "Strength Manipulation" wasn't just to make the user become stronger; it is more than that.

It is an ability that revolves around land, gravity, density, and mass shifting, all of which are centered around the Force of Motion.

Moreover, he could make himself stronger, weaken his targets' strength, or strengthen his allies' strength.

By using this ability, he could make himself bigger as a mass, and density also increased his strength. He could also connect himself with the earth and gravity, causing his strength to become more destructive.

In other words, in every aspect that related to strength, he could control all of them.

Was there a limit? No.

As long as he wished to, he could become as strong as he wished to be.

That is what he was thinking, but that wasn't the case, as everything was related to his stamina. Unlike his magic power, which was infinite as long as he could access the magic from this world or another world, his physical ability definitely wasn't the strongest. His stamina was still limited, so if he used his [Strength Manipulation] without any limit, then he was afraid he would fall into a disadvantageous position and weakness moment.

Still, besides the [Strengt Manipulation], the [Magic Talent] also wasn't bad as it made him able to understand any magic with just a glance. He could also master and develop any magic he wished.

It might not be wrong to say that he was a god of magic.

During his stay in the Blumund Kingdom, he bought many books about magic. Even though it was all about an introduction, as it was a small kingdom, he asked his subordinates to buy all the magic books they could find in every kingdom.

His business had stretched in every direction like tentacles that were about to wrap everything which he could reach.

Nevertheless, if it was before, he might have taken a while to develop magic. After all, even if his talent for magic wasn't bad and his learning skill was awesome, he was like walking on an uncharted path, so in case he made a mistake, he had to return to the previous spot.

However, this [Magic Talent] made everything easier as, in his head, he could think of several ways to develop many types of magic.

Frankly, in this world, there were many types of magic.

The first is the elemental magic. It operates by controlling the surrounding magicules to bend the laws of nature, using the caster's mental power and incantations as a medium.

The created phenomena are unaffected by other physical factors - for example, magical flames conjured using elemental magic cannot be extinguished by ordinary water. However, it can be disrupted or disabled by spells and properties affecting magicules, like "Magic Jamming" or "Holy Field."

Examples of this magic are flame magic, ice magic, wind magic, water magic, earth magic, spatial magic, etc.

This is also the most common.

The second is spiritual magic. It has a lot of offensive spells that are similar to Elemental Magic. It borrows the power of spirits (most commonly Elementals) by using a small amount of the users' energy as a catalyst; the spirits' powers can be exercised.

Spiritual magic utilizes the power of elementals—beings whose existence is based on natural phenomena, obey the laws of physics and can be cast even when an anti-magic field is active.

Spiritual magic requires no chants, and anyone can use it as long as they are connected with their contracted spirits. However, it is necessary to be liked by spirits in order to be recognized and form a contract. Higher-level users can even summon their contracted spirits and utilize their power directly by ordering them to attack or fusing with the summoner.

The example was, without a doubt, Ifrit with Shizu.

In his case, he should be able to use this magic even if he was a monster, as he was also a human and also received [Spirit Affinity] from Shizu previously. However, he wondered where he should get the spirits.

The third is holy magic. In essence, magic manipulates holy energy and purifies magicules via the power of the "Faith" of the user and sometimes "Miracles." It can be considered a type of spiritual magic that requires making a pact with a spirit that is "Divine" in nature.

Holy Magic can be applied to a wide variety of effects, including dispelling curses, curing illness, and healing wounds. Although the number of offensive spells is low, they're highly effective against almost all monsters.

The fourth is summoning magic. It is a branch of magic that involves summoning a living being from another plane of reality and requires mastery of spatial-type magic to perform. The most commonly used Summoning Magic is that of summoning Daemons, Elementals, and Monsters.

It was also the magic used by the proctor who was in charge of his adventure exam previously.

Those four are the four magic magics, but besides that, there are also other types of magic, such as Engraving Magic, Illusion Magic, and Necromancy.

Now, what can those magics do?

Engraving Magic allows the user to "enchant" people or objects with spells, which allows them to use magic without having related knowledge or skills;

Illusion Magic is a branch of magic that utilizes both Elemental Magic and Spiritual Magic and functions by manipulating the spiritual body of a target or the user themselves to achieve a wide variety of effects. Its effects can range from simple effects that target the senses to more complex offensive magic that directly damages the spiritual body;

Meanwhile, Necromancy is a type of Spiritual Magic that utilizes the negative emotions of evil spirits and the dead. Zombies and other apparitions can be summoned to attack any living being and sap their life energy. However, these creatures are frail to holy magic.

All of those magics were powerful, but they weren't without weakness, as the anti-magic field would block or stop any magic.

Naturally, there was magic that wasn't affected by anti-magic such as Spiritual Magic, which he mentioned before, and also Holy Magic, as this magic could tap into the "Divine Miracles" which allowed for the utilization of "Spiritrons," the basic building block of all magical energy, to perform advanced and powerful magic that wouldn't be blocked by the anti-magic.

Now, what is "Spiritrons"?

Spiritrons are the building block of spiritual energy, most notably Magicules. They ignore the conventional rules of space-time, and the utilization of spiritrons results in extremely powerful magic, such as the miracle class spells of Holy Magic or Nuclear Magic. Due to their erratic and near-unpredictable movement, they can bypass all barriers. The only way to guard against them is to weaponize spiritrons as well.

Nevertheless, he was thinking of creating magic with a purely physical output that was not interfered with or maintained by magicules, so it could bypass any anti-magic defenses.

As he was in the middle of a thought, Shizu was staring at the Onis, especially Shion, and Shuna. Even if they tried to hide it, she could tell that they were glancing at him from time to time with a longing expression. Her expression became thoughtful, and no one really knew what she was thinking, yet if Tamazuki saw this expression, he would be surprised as this expression was rather sly.

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Most of this chapter is an info dump. Nevertheless, this arc will end at the end of the week, and the next arc will be "One Punch Man."

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