Attribute-less Magic

―7673 years after the start of the game.

When I had just started reading the grimoire, I had to drink elixir every five

minutes due to extreme headache.

As I continued reading, I acquired a skill whose function I couldn't

understand. It was called [Magic Poison Resistance]. However, after I

got that skill, the pain I experienced when reading the grimoire decreased a

lot. This increased my reading efficiency by miles. In the end, I acquired

[Magic Poisoning Invalid]. Now, I could read the grimoire just fine

without experiencing a headache again.

Although the grimoire's letters were nothing more than incomprehensible

symbols in my eyes, translating them was not a big deal for me. After all,

one of the treasure boxes I found in the dungeon contained magic letters'

translations.

After understanding the contents of the grimoire, I found an extremely

important fact, a fact that I couldn't use normal magic.

At this point, I had a general understanding of attribute magic. This

attribute of magic was what is generally known as "magic."

It was composed of general attribute magic and special attribute magic.

The general attribute magic was composed of four basic elements, namely

fire, water, wind, and earth; besides them, there were four advanced

elements: ice, thunder, light, and darkness. All of them made eight attributes

in total. "Special attribute" was a term used for anything outside of those

eight elements.

This attribute magic couldn't be acquired unless one had a certain amount

of talent. This included the talent to make a contract with a grimoire. The

so-called talent mentioned here was apparently unrelated to a gift or a skill.

If one couldn't form a pact with a grimoire, they wouldn't be able to

acquire the magic in that grimoire no matter how hard they trained.

Consequently, I, who had no redeeming talent, couldn't form a contract

with any of those grimoires. This might make one wonder whether I had

spent the last sixty years in vain or not.

There was actually another kind of magic called attribute-less magic. To put

it simply, this magic aimed for a certain effect by applying mana in one's

body or something else. Since one only needed to control their mana, it

didn't require any particular talent. In short, it was the most suitable magic

for me.

At this point, the books I had acquired from the treasure box weren't just

grimoires. The total number of books I had collected had until now

surpassed tens of thousands. And this included books of various fields

outside of magic. As a result of carefully reading all those books in the last

sixty years, I found that attribute-less magic was extremely inefficient.

I noticed this when I read a book containing medical knowledge.

The human body is composed of countless tiny cells. The gathering of those

small cells is called a tissue, and the gathering of those tissues is an organ.

Each organ had its own function. These organs I mentioned were none other

than human internal organs. The grimoire of [Super-Physical

Strengthening] and [Super-Fast Recovery], attribute-less magic, was

loading several tissues with mana. Ideally, with loading one mana per cell,

their effect would quite literally shoot through the roof. However, this

requires precise control of mana. In addition, as long as I master control of

mana, I should be able to gain my first long-range attack too.

The effort I had to put in to achieve that goal simply couldn't be compared

to before. It was far more steep and difficult since I had no target of

comparison.

「This is it. This is what I'm looking for! ANOTHER

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAL!! I CAN STILL BECOME STRONGER!!」

Thus, my mana manipulation training began along with a strange yet

delighted laugh.