The Replica Magic Starting from Black Four

Chapter 20: The drawbacks of replicating moves; three recommended spots!
Will they be favored?
Momo's eyes flickered slightly. With just a slight blessing, they possessed the ability to passively and rapidly restore their magic power. Just how powerful must the elves, who are naturally blessed by magic, be?

No wonder such a powerful race of elves was wiped out.

Even without the demons' scheming, it's likely that over time, the royal family and nobles of the Clover Kingdom would eventually clash with the elves.

No one can ignore the other powerful race that is high above them.

Are elves kind, even helping humans resist disasters?
so what?

After restoring his magic, Miki stood up again from under the shade of the tree.

Let's test the power of magic first.

"Wind Magic - Storm Tower!"

Momoki stretched out his hand, palm outstretched, and his gaze sharpened.

The silver grimoire floated in front of him and flipped open rapidly. A powerful gust of wind instantly gathered in front of him, and then expanded and spun rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a tornado that was nearly four meters high.

Wow!
Blah blah blah!

Under the sweeping force of the powerful winds, a large amount of rotten leaves and soil on the ground were swept up by the tornado, and the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees were constantly being blown and making a "squeaking" sound!
Aside from the caster, Momoki, the entire area around the tornado was affected, and as it continued to influence the surrounding airflow, the tornado even showed a tendency to grow larger!

"What a powerful force!"

A look of shock appeared on Yuki's face. As expected of the magic that combines offense and defense developed by No.

suddenly!

Momoki's expression changed, and he quickly cut off the magic power, canceling the huge tornado in front of him.

boom!
Although the "Storm Tower" was cancelled, the large amount of soil, leaves, and broken branches that had been swept into it were immediately sent flying in all directions without the tornado's restraint.

Having prepared in advance, Mumu immediately activated chain magic, summoning several chains that formed a shield in front of him.

when! when!
The ear-piercing clanging of metal continued to ring out.

After a short while, it finally stopped.

Mogi canceled the chain magic and saw the ground around him that had become dilapidated.

"This spell consumes an excessive amount of magical power."

Momo wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and his eye twitched slightly.

The "Storm Tower" attack just now consumed nearly half of Miki's magical power. Furthermore, maintaining or even increasing its power would require even more magical power.

This is why Miki quickly canceled the spell.

"The magic is powerful, but with my current magical power, I can only use it twice."

"Yuno's magical power is probably more than I expected."

Miki exhaled and sighed softly.

From the moment Yuno casually used this magic when the Magic Knights were selected for the competition in the anime, it can be seen that what was a huge drain on magic power for Yuuki was nothing out of the ordinary in Yuno's eyes.

People really can't be compared to each other.

Miki thought to himself, raised his hand, grabbed the silver grimoire that was floating in the air, and closed it again.

After half a year, Yuki had a thorough understanding of his magic. While replicating techniques saved Yuki time from developing and researching them himself, it also had certain drawbacks.

Nothing in this world is perfect.

A replicated magic move is ultimately just a move. It's not difficult for Mogi to increase the power of magic; he can simply increase the output of magic power. However, it's impossible to make any changes to the move itself.

Just like skills in a game, they only require a click to activate, making them easy to operate. However, players obviously cannot change the skills themselves.

Actually, this can't really be considered a drawback.

What truly made Yuki feel the drawback was that his own magic had no ability to affect anything outside of himself.

For example, in the previous battle with Yuno, when the water fist was broken and splashed up, Yuno could easily manipulate the wind to create airflow and deflect all the splashes.

This isn't some kind of technique; it's simply using one's own magic to create wind.

For example, Rebki, a user of chain magic, can create chains around himself whenever he uses magic. This is not a technique, but something he does purely with his magic.

Most mages can do this.

However, this doesn't apply to Miki. If the replicated magic power isn't transformed into the replicated moves, then the magic power itself cannot have any effect on the outside world.

This means that when dodging minor splashes of water, Yuki either has to use magic to block them, or simply avoid them herself, or get splashed. Using magic to dodge a water droplet is clearly overkill!
Think of this.

Miki increasingly wanted to "completely replicate" a kind of magic.

pity.

A complete replica requires consuming a magic book, and Huiwai is located on the border of the Clover Kingdom, where few outsiders come.

The surrounding villages all know each other and see each other all the time. If someone dies or someone's magic book goes missing, it is easy to find out and even cause a sensation.

This left Miki unable to find a suitable target for half a year.

Miki raised her head and looked up at the azure sky: "It seems that I can only join the Magic Knights and find a suitable target to replicate."

the other side.

Inside the Magic Book Tower.

"Although it took some effort, we finally secured three spots."

The old mage performing the conferment ceremony looked at the priest and Sister Lily with a gentle smile on his wrinkled face.

"Three spots? Don't we only have two nominations per year?"

The priest's voice carried a familiar tone, tinged with surprise.

"That's why I said it took some effort. Who would have thought that a four-leaf clover spellbook would appear in a small place like ours?"

"If that's the case, getting an extra nomination spot shouldn't be a problem."

The old mage spoke with a broad smile.

That's a four-leaf clover spellbook. Even in the entire history of the Clover Kingdom, the number of mages who possess a four-leaf clover spellbook can be counted on one hand.

The emergence of such a genius in one's own territory is a remarkable achievement.

"There are three spots. One is Yuno, one is Yuki, and who is the other one?"

Sister Lily's light blue eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Astar." The old mage uttered a name, causing both the godfather and Sister Lily to show expressions of astonishment.

"What? Asta?"

"Yuno, I can let it go with Yuki, but you're planning to have Asta take the induction exam?"

The priest looked at the old mage with disbelief.

"Well, he wants to participate too. Since he has this opportunity, let him give it a try. As you know, the young people from Haji Village and several surrounding villages have all been defeated by the three little guys from your church."

"To be honest, all three of them are qualified."

The old mage seemed indifferent.

In fact, before the grimoire conferment ceremony, the old mage had two promising young candidates. The third spot he applied for was originally intended for one of the other two young men he favored.

As a result, the two young men went to cause trouble for the three of them, but were severely punished and suffered a lot of setbacks. They gave up their chance to go to the capital, and the extra spot naturally fell to Asta.

"You wouldn't be reluctant to see all three of them leave, would you?"

The old mage chuckled softly, glancing teasingly at the priest.

"That's not the case!"

The priest's expression hardened, and he spoke loudly.

Sister Lily's eyes crinkled slightly as she covered her mouth with her hand and let out a soft laugh.

The old mage noticed the priest's somewhat awkward expression and amusement appeared on his face.

Talk about it.

What exactly is that dirty-looking magic book that Asta obtained, with a somewhat blurry cover?

If he remembered correctly, that magic book had five leaves. Did such a magic book really exist, or had he misread it?

The old mage's half-closed eyes seemed to hold a thoughtful expression.

(End of this chapter)