31. Magic

As the system said, magic circles were something humans didn't know of. When Abraham read the story during his previous life, only at the far end that some details about magic circles were mentioned. But on top of the story "vampire system", Abraham had also read about another one; "My Dragon system".

The main character of the dragon system was the great ancestor of Abraham; Ray Talen. The story happened thousands of years before the dalki war and during that time, magic and magic circles were present among humans. It was far before the industrial age of humanity and at that time magic was common among humans. Magic beasts were present among humans on earth bringing along beast crystals. Using those crystals, humans were able to power up magic circles and have them run autonomously. Magic circles had many utilities, from providing light to teleporting humans all around the earth. People who were able to wield magic were known as mages and the magical energy was referred to as mana.

Thanks to reading that book, Abraham had some general knowledge about magic. Similar to Qi energy, Mana could also be gathered inside the body, but unlike Qi which was energy already present inside a human, a user is required to gather mana from his surrounding and make it his own.

While every human had Qi energy, mana was not. That was also the reason why not everyone was able to have an ability. In theory, an ability was a form of magic. Abraham had tried gathering mana, but he found it impossible. He decided to give it a try later on.

Right now, Abraham had a bright idea, something that wasn't done in the original book.

He activated his shadow control and slowly he made a circle all around him with him in the middle. He then replicated each symbol from the portal using the shadow. To do so, he elevated the shadow so as to separate the symbol from the mass of shadow present under his foot.

Finally, it was the moment of truth.

Abraham activated his shadow Travel skill and sank into the shadows. Abraham felt his body moving extremely fast while everything in front of Abraham's eyes was void of color.

[-1000MC]

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On earth, inside the room of a particular portal, something strange was happening. Just in front of a red portal, shadows started to form on the ground and a second after, a body emerged from it. Abraham's mouth was drawn back into a smirk of triumph as he found himself back on earth.

[Ding]

[New skill: Shadow Teleport]

[Shadow Teleport: A combination of shadow control and shadow travel. By forming a teleport magic circle using the shadow, the user can use the shadow travel to teleport to the target destination. Cost: -1000Mc].

Abraham felt a rush of happiness envelop him as this was the first time he felt special. This was a unique skill that he has created which didn't exist in the original work. There were other skills that allowed teleportation but many of them had major limitations.

Now Abraham had to just learn the knowledge of magic circle and he would be able to just to any place as long as he had enough MC.

Looking at the portal present in the room, Abraham found additional symbols that were not present on the other side.

"System, do you know what each symbol represents?" Abraham could only think about the system, for now, to teach him about the magic circle. After all, the system was based on Edward Eno, Abraham's many-generation great grandfather who was a researcher.

"hehe, I'm not a super expert on magic circles but I do have much knowledge about them." The system then showed a virtual screen in front of Abraham with each symbol classified with their respective explanation.

It looked like a coding language used on machines to implement certain logic. The magic circle contained information like the target and source location, and the color of the portal. The portal on earth also included some symbols that allowed the random location in proximity of 20m when reaching the target portal. There was also a power switch that allowed a temporary turn-off of the portal.

"System is it possible to create a new tab `location` that store the magic circle and the corresponding planet?" Abraham tried asking as this was not something that was done in the original book.

Immediately, Abraham found a new tab named location with a list containing only one value. It was the name of the planet Pioletic.

After viewing the system a few more times, Abraham exited the room through the elevator and got out of the building. He was welcomed with a sight that he had not seen in over three months. Humans were patrolling inside the large room. They were the military personnel that was always present inside the building containing all the portals.

Abraham showed them his traveler's card and he exited the building without being questioned. As soon as he got out of the building, Abraham felt a sensation that he was void of during his stay on the beast planet.

[You are being hit by direct sunlight]

[All stats will be reduced by 70 percent]

Instantly the effect of the sun hit him. The ray's affected him more than ever, and a pounding feeling was heard in his head. Compared to the 50% reduction in stats he felt during his halfling days, now the sun affected him more being a vampire. He immediately activated his 2nd Qi stage and coated his body.

[The sunlight is being blocked, all stats will return to normal]

"It is still a mystery to me how you are able to survive the sunlight using that strange energy. Normally vampires would wear full clothing or a special ring to neglect the effect of the sun." said the system.

"Thanks for saying that I'm better than everyone." Abraham could not help but give a boosting reply to the system. Since the system was the only one Abraham could interact with during his stay on the foreign planet, they were talking more frequently.

"One great feat and you feel like the best in the world. I was one of the best researchers in my time helping both humans and vampires reach high ground." The system started providing his comeback.

"Yet you were not able to solve the vampire's weakness like me." Abraham didn't let the system have the victory.

"Cheeky brat." The system decided to end the conversation.

After exiting the building, Abraham found himself surrounded by aircraft, and behind them were some buildings. The last time when Abraham was dropped off by the Green family airship, it was at the exact location he was present.

As he was in a hurry the last time, he didn't spend much time looking around. Abraham found the building to be made of soil indicating the use of earth ability to construct them. There were tents here and there near those buildings. After that, Abraham found a big metallic fence separating the area from the outside. The outside consisted of rows and rows of smaller tents.

After analyzing the terrain, Abraham approached a man in a military uniform who indicate Abraham to the building of travelers. While getting near the building, more and more humans carrying beast weapons were seen. Abraham entered the large building and he was greeted with loud murmuring noise.

Men and women were talking and drinking in groups all around the room. Abraham could hear some people talking about the dalki, some were talking about the planet they had just returned from.

Abraham walked toward the end of the room where a receptionist was present behind a large table. Abraham asked for a computer and after paying using his credit point, another person showed Abraham the way to another room.

The new room was divided into small sections each with a dedicated space. Abraham got inside one and after inserting his traveler card inside the device, he call a number.