I used [Conflagrate] and waited until the building heated up enough and the door opened. I made 3 water clones and tossed him inside. The clones followed. I would stay in charge on keeping the building open while my clones would seal this loser away and then scramble the puzzle. First, I need to do something about this divine energy and mana this loser is leaking. My clones made a seal that siphoned this off and used it to make itself stronger. This would be the basis for the seal. There was a lot of energy to divert so all 3 clones worked hard to make sure it became manageable.
After an hour they finished.
“Huh? What’s going on?” My clones augmented themselves and beat him up until he lost consciousness again. What a loser. I decided to make another seal that keeps him unconscious. This was easy because he was already unconscious. At least that’s what I thought. I would just have to snapshot the state he is in and make this state loop. This proved to be quite difficult to do to a god. I managed to get it done before he woke up again. I needed to rest. I had been at it for almost 3 hours. I took some cake out of my bag and it was crushed… I let my clones vent more on this loser. It was still edible. I was unsatisfied with just this cake but it was better than nothing. My water clones were still working on the seal. The building was starting to cool off so I used [Conflagrate].
The next step was to put some reinforcement layers around it. This was easy. Most of his influence had already been sealed away so it was as if I was just sealing away a Misha or a human. I threw in another [Azure Chain] just to be sure. The last layer would be something that would blend well with this building. 2 clones took a good look around in the room. They couldn’t tell me much about what this building was made out of. Only that the images spit out some ice or fire-related monsters after solving a part of the jigsaw. I just decided to put a red shell around it. Now to make sure I can seal this behind an image… The images seemed like some spatiotemporal portal that opens when certain conditions were met. Luckily, I can use spatiotemporal magic! I just have to hack this image.
I opened the mana runic structure of an image. It was not very complex but it was efficient. These ancient civilizations knew exactly what they were doing. It is at a level where I have to be careful because it is on a similar level as to what I would make. It should have some traps. I rerouted mana away from suspicious mana runes and knocked them out. They had a backup system but I caught it in time. This is fun! It’s as if I’m having a conversation with the one who made this! I succeeded in opening the portal and the clones threw the loser in. they did other parts of the puzzle to make the image on the walls change and to rotate the room. I let the clones do that for half an hour before I decided that that was enough. I dispelled the clones and let the building cool down. I blasted the mountain behind it and brought a landslide down on the building completely burying it. I also made sure to erase any traces of mana use in the area.
I went to the destroyed cabin of Ylia and paid my respects to the [Earth Tomb] I had made for her.
“Thank you, thanks to your discovery I was able to seal away a loser god. Rest well…”
It was disrespectful but I went through her destroyed cabin. Maybe there were clues to where Verruka was or how she kills other Misha. I didn’t look for clues the last time I was here. I found 2 books that had survived the destruction. I wiped the dust and debris off them. They were about light magic and were written by Ylia. I found a nice spot on the mountainside far from the ancient building and Ylia’s destroyed cabin and started to read her book. This one was on the basics of light magic. Its strengths and weaknesses. It’s relationship with dark and shadow magic.
Light magic is strong against dark magic but weak against shadow magic. By strengthening their shadows with shadow magic, shadow users can become highly resistant to light attacks. The shadows also absorb light magic better than dark magic does. Dark magic can get overwhelmed more easily. Light magic attacks also seem to be related to how physically fast their user is, the faster the user is, the faster the attacks travel. While some attacks reach the speed of light baseline, most do not and the user needs to be considerably fast to get the attacks to fly that fast.
It then states how Ylia had been working on her condition to become faster to increase the speed of her attacks. And how applying [Slow] to a light user will considerably drop the speed of light-based attacks. Light magic also becomes more effective when the user has a clear mind. While this is true for all magic, light magic users get affected more by deception and illusions. They confuse the mind and further drop the effectiveness. Besides these shortcomings, it is extremely strong offensively but also defensively. It’s only bad matchup is shadow and illusion magic. It is strong against almost anything else.
The book then goes into basic and simple light magic circles. The circles are well put together but highly inefficient. I decided to study these magic circles later. The other book was a cooking book specific to what could be found here in the mountains. How cute. I put both of them in my bag but they didn’t fit. I had to mess with my bag’s volume.
I took a deep breath of air. I had solved one problem. Now just solve the other one and I don’t have to worry about anything! I spotted a small lake and decided to bathe in it. While it was short, the fight was intensive, I had also been walking around in a dusty destroyed house. I stripped and put some magic at work to wash my clothes and dove into the lake. The water was a bit cold. The water was clear and I could see the fish swimming around. I tried to catch fish without magic but I was unskilled in catching them barehanded. My bath turned into an exhausting experience.
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I dragged myself onto shore, dried myself, and dried the clothes that had finished washing. I had made a small camp. I used a small [Explosion] on the lake to catch 5 fish. I can’t eat that many fish… I froze 3 into an ice block and dropped it off in my bag. I hadn’t eaten fish like this since my student years. I reminisced and spent the night in the mountains.
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I woke up the next morning and decided to see if I could learn some light magic. I don’t have an affinity so I can't use it but because I’m so amazing I can force out a weak light affinity from my hat. I practiced and tried to adjust the magic skills to suit me better. This is harder than elemental magic. [Light Ball] just made a short light flash before it disappeared. I had finally managed to make a decent [Light ball] at the end of the day. I shot the [Light Ball] and walked next to it. I could outwalk it… am I this physically slow?
I set a timer and ran 100 meters. it took me 44 seconds to run 100 meters. Hmm, that is very slow. I tried again but this time by augmenting my body. 100 meters in 21 seconds. That’s better! But Ylia’s book said that unaugmented speed is the relevant speed. I sent out another [Light Ball] and outwalked it. This is sad… I can imagine why Ylia went out to work on her condition. Nobody is going to get hit by this… I decided to give up on light magic. I kicked this option from my hat. There is no use for it if I’m never going to use it. Knowing how it works is good enough. I was disappointed though. I wanted to learn light magic.
“Why is light magic so stupid!?” I kicked a pebble.
“And tell me why dear ground crawler, why the most beautiful element is so stupid?”
I turned around and almost got blinded. A woman surrounded by gold and golden light was standing behind me.
“Hey, can you turn that down? My eyes hurt.”
“Bathe in the brilliance of my blinding beauty!”
“No, it’s the light! The light is blinding!”
“Very well I will allow for this ground crawler to admire my unparalleled beauty!”
The lightbulb chick toned the blinding light off and I could see what she looked like. She was beautiful but I was prettier.
“Come on, praise my exquisite brilliance.” She flicked her long black hair.
“Whoa, you must have no friends, what are you doing here in such a dress… wait, you give off a similar feeling as that loser!”
“And who might you be referring to?” I released the mana from my hat. I can’t catch a break, can I?
“Are you, his lover? He did say he had one, he did keep coming on to me, I guess he had enough of you hehe.” This woman’s face turned red. It reminded me of beets
“You dare insult me? I am Biian, the Sarian goddess of light, justice, beauty, and judgment! I will judge you today and condemn you to death!” I blocked a [Lightwave] with my hat because I had no time to dive out of the way or prepare countermeasures. Judging by the speed of these light skills this bitch is fast! I love and hate how Ylia’s book instantly became applicable.
“Hmm, that is strange, I don’t remember you humans having armor this tough.”
“Maybe you should stop being so self-centered and learn about other races! I’m a Misha!” I used [Meteor] and used [Fetch] on my staff and flew away.
Why can’t I just have a quiet life! Does another deity have to come after me after I sealed away another? Is she here for revenge? I do understand why she would want revenge but can she just leave us in the mortal realm alone? I remembered the story Paula told me about Edea and how she made Hourai to hide from humans and gods. I thought I understood why she did that but now I truly do.
I evaded various light attacks. I did get hit by some but I managed to stay on my staff and my [Azure Aura] was saving me big time. I still had more than enough mana to fight this bitch but I had mentally tired from dealing with gods. The Calamity trio did this on a regular basis, I’m tired after dealing with just one. I greatly underestimated them. It made me disappointed in myself.
I scattered thousands of [Azure Petals] to intercept the light attacks flying at me. I also spread out countless [Ice Mirrors] to deflect and reflect the light attacks. I should have done this earlier. No light attack reached me after I had spread out mirrors.
“Don’t underestimate a Misha who looks in the mirror almost every day! I know all the right angles!”
“Ugh! Another obnoxious life form!” She instantly appeared in front of me and I swerved away. “I will forgive you if you lick my feet.”
“Fuck off narcissistic bitch! Leave me alone! Go break your lover out of the prison I have sealed him in. Both of us have better things to do!” This didn’t seem to have worked because her face got redder and she exploded in rage.
“YOU DID WHAT? YOU SEALED MY PET AWAY?”
“Wait pet? I thought he was your lover?”
“As if that loser is worthy of MY affection!”
“So that’s why he wanted to fuck me…”
“You disgust me, are you telling me he wanted to get intimate with you over me?! And that he would rather spend time with you over ME?”
“Hey, I said no such thin..”
“Unacceptable! Congratulations, you have been moved to the top of my list of pests I have to wipe out! It’s always something, first, it was that bitch Chiara, then that bitch Bellia, then those three and nine-tailed furballs that I wiped out and now it is a human with an ugly hat.”
I almost stopped and narrowly evaded a strange light skill.
“Excuse me? You are responsible for the low numbers of the three-tailed shadow cats and the nine-tailed spirit foxes?”
“Oh, you didn’t know, have a look at this coat, isn’t it beautiful? It is 100% natural. Those nine-tailed furballs produce the best quality fur.” I looked at her coat made out of golden fur. The longer I looked at it the more it disgusted me. It was a beautiful coat but it had lost all its beauty at that moment. Anger and disgust welled up in me. I wanted to beat this bitch up but I could easily conclude that this goddess was way stronger than that loser. I had to make a plan to escape but this bitch is fast… I sped up and flew skyward.