I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 371
Chapter 371: One Small Step at a Time!
My efforts and talent were recognized by Xiao Mo.
According to Xiao Mo, although talent largely stems from the body, or the “physical” condition, it is useless if the soul cannot keep up.
For example, most elves naturally possess life magic and nature magic, with their elemental magic often being related to wind.
This is a racial characteristic of the elves. However, not all elves love life magic or nature magic from a young age. Some are naturally drawn to fire and lightning, summoning storms and wielding thunder in the forest, even if they are naturally adept at nature magic.
A similar concept applies to Earth, where a cat’s body tends to be agile, but some kittens love to build muscle. It’s a comparable idea.
Xiao Mo explained that even in another world, some people have high talent in certain areas, but they may not necessarily like that talent or be willing to train or study it.
My physical condition is quite complex. Currently, my talents seem to lean towards nature magic, life magic, and water magic. If I awaken to demon-related talents in the future, I might also gain some dark attribute magic. For now, at least, my water magic learning is progressing well.
“The Water Element Domain is a skill different from ordinary magic. It varies from person to person and is considered a skill with strong auxiliary effects,” Xiao Mo explained.
Under the warm sunlight, Xiao Mo and I lay on the grass, with the girl beside me holding my hand while explaining the relevant magical knowledge:
“For instance, the Life Domain can only be unfolded by elves with particularly strong magical abilities. The creatures within this domain experience greatly enhanced recovery abilities. The Dark Domain, on the other hand, is a domain that isolates all light and energy.”
“Because the domain skill doesn’t have specific magic runes for guidance, in most cases, magic apprentices can only understand and master it based on their own experiences.”
“That you, Nuo’er, could comprehend the Water Element Domain so soon after starting to learn magic really surprised me. Typically, these skills require very harsh external conditions to manifest. For example, during wartime, people learn magic extremely quickly, and humans can suddenly grasp new magic skills when facing life-and-death situations.”
Lying on the soft grass, gazing at the sun peeking through the fluffy clouds above, and listening to the murmurs of the beloved girl beside me, I closed my eyes to savor this moment of tranquility. Then I turned my head to look at the large pit Xiao Mo had created earlier.
Our activity had already alerted the nearby people, and now quite a few had driven over. They were gathered around the cave entrance, watching and discussing animatedly.
In a few days, news will likely spread about a “beautiful natural underground cave” formed by a lightning disaster in a high-altitude scenic area.
“Nuo’er, maybe you were just too eager to learn magic, which is why you picked it up so quickly?”
In a daze, Xiao Mo turned her body towards me, wrapped her hands around my wrist, and her slender fingers traced circles on the back of my hand.
“This is the first time I’ve seen someone comprehend domain magic during a drill.”
“Really?”
Feeling the tickling sensation on my hand, I curiously asked, “Is this domain… very powerful?”
“A domain can isolate all elements except water, giving the water element mage within it an overwhelming magical advantage.”
Xiao Mo nodded. “The most important thing is that you’ve always lived in a relatively peaceful environment, so, in theory, you shouldn’t have been able to master magic so quickly…”
I roughly understood.
So, with magic, you generally need to be in a difficult situation or have a strong obsession to learn it well?
Now that I think about it, I remember Xiao Mo mentioning the ecology of their world before.
The biggest difference between magic and technology here is… it’s unstable and varies greatly from person to person.
In Earth’s universe, most scientific principles are constant. For example, in physics and chemistry, the kinetic energy formula is what it is, and when certain chemicals react together, the outcome is predictable. Students just need to remember the experiences of their predecessors and learn more complex things from there.
But magic isn’t 100% certain. It’s like how charcoal and oxygen react to form carbon dioxide—on Earth, this is a constant and can be learned as a principle. However, in the other world, even a grand mage cannot guarantee that using certain magic runes will produce a powerful spell.
This makes magical research a very vague direction. Additionally, differences in talent and constitution mean that the effects of magic vary among individuals, unlike in most fantasy novels where someone develops a super spell or battle energy, writes a book, establishes a sect, and the techniques are divided into levels of heaven, earth, and human, with only the most talented disciples learning the highest ones.
Earth’s technology is stable, allowing humanity to progress slowly, but the other world’s magic is so chaotic that many people never fully understand it.
Even after thousands or millions of years, the world remains largely unchanged: in most royal cities, people live at a level similar to Earth’s cold weapon era.
If you don’t learn magic, you’ll be bullied, so everyone works hard to learn it. However, personal experience doesn’t help future generations, and the overall magical progress of the world is very slow.
“Maybe it’s because I’m so eager to catch up with you, Xiao Mo?”
Grabbing her hand, I smiled. “I’ll take advantage of any relaxation on your part, push myself to catch up, surpass you, and then every day… ahem.”
Come on, pinning down a fierce, all-knowing Miss Grim Reaper and making her meow is incredibly satisfying!
“Oh, really?”
Xiao Mo sat up from the grass. “So I can understand that you’re working so hard because of me?”
“I’m working hard for myself!”
I stood up too, gazing at the sun already rising in the sky. “To be able to protect you in the future!”
“I don’t need you to protect me.”
“Well, you never know.”
I came up behind Xiao Mo and hugged her from behind. “Anyway, I don’t know how that foolish hero did it back then, or what we’ll face in the future. But making myself stronger now through hard work is never wrong.”
“Pfft.”
For some reason, the girl in front seemed to chuckle lightly.
“What’s so funny!”
I protested, “Just because you’ve lived over six thousand years doesn’t mean I’m scared. Give me time, and I’ll work one hour harder than you every day. I’ll catch up to you one day!”
“Alright, alright…”
“Don’t just humor me!”
“Well then…”
Xiao Mo turned around and planted a kiss right on my face. “Rewarding diligent Nuo’er for her effort.”
“Why do I feel like I got the short end of the stick…”
“Well, we’ve seen enough of the scenery here. Let’s move on to the next stop.”
Ignoring my disgruntled look, Xiao Mo took out a map from her travel bag.
“According to the rules we set earlier, after visiting where the dart landed, we head to the nearest major city the next day, right?”
“……”
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