Chapter 10

After dealing with the golems,

“Were you hiding your power all this time?”

Evan, who had returned to the area where the carriage was and was preparing for camp, couldn’t suppress his curiosity any longer and asked.

“No, not at all.”

“ ... Then, was that really 2nd Rank magic?”

“Yes.”

Evan wore a look of disbelief at Alon’s response.

“I see.”

However, having realized that no matter how much he asked, he wouldn’t get more answers from Alon, Evan sighed and nodded, signaling he understood. He then continued his preparations for the camp.

Watching Evan, Alon kept his outward expression neutral, though he felt somewhat wronged.

After all, Alon himself had no idea why the magic he had just performed turned out the way it did.

‘I knew that using Constraints would make me stronger to some extent, but... ‘

The combat in Psychedelia, the game Alon had played, was turn-based, not real-time. In the game, the hand signs and incantations were used to enhance magic damage by consuming turns.

Depending on the magic being used, the appropriate hand signs would strengthen the spell itself. By selecting the correct incantations from hundreds of options within a limited time, the attributes of the spell could be enhanced.

For example, in the magic he used this time, known as “Chain Lightning” in Psychedelia, he used four specific incantations:

Refraction, Rebound, Blue Light, and Linear Diffraction.

By using these four incantations and hand signs, he enhanced the spell Chain Lightning. Additionally, he placed a constraint on himself to always use hand signs and incantations when casting magic, thus further strengthening the spell.

In other words, Alon had expected the magic to be more than twice as powerful as usual.

‘But it wasn’t supposed to be this strong.’

In Psychedelia, using a hand sign or incantation consumed one turn each.

So, the spell Alon had used this time would have been prepared over the course of five turns in game terms.

‘Even considering that, is it really enough to overkill the golems...?’

As Alon pondered this, he shrugged his shoulders.

In truth, regardless of the specifics, the outcome had gone well according to his plans, and having the magic be more powerful than expected was a good thing.

In fact, beyond simply being pleased, Alon’s mind was now filled with curiosity.

‘I wish I could experiment a bit if I could.’

The hand signs and incantations Alon used this time were ones commonly employed in Psychedelia when raising the protagonist as a “glass cannon” mage, intended for easily handling large-scale enemy encounters with powerful lightning magic.

This meant that Alon had at least ten more incantations and hand signs still intact in his memory that he hadn’t used today.

Moreover, the reason Alon’s curiosity was particularly piqued was due to the noticeable changes in the magic each time he uttered an incantation.

‘In the game, the incantations merely increased damage by 10% whenever the correct type of incantation was chosen, but here, it’s different.’