Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

"Then how do we restore the trajectory of destiny?"

Mother Earth smiled and replied gently.

"There is no need to restore it, because your existence has already attracted my attention, and I have also analyzed this fate. In short, the part of the script that you destroyed is no longer useful."

Seeing Kato Megumi's puzzled expression, the Earth Mother Goddess explained gently.

"There were fights between gods. Because they were bored and there was no change, they started rolling dice to kill time. It was a good idea, but it didn't take long for the gods to get bored."

"At this time, a god suddenly proposed to use fighting to decide the winner and the loser to kill time. This proposal was quickly accepted by the gods and became popular."

As if she had thought of something, the Earth Mother's tone became deep.

"However, whenever there is a fight, there are always variables. No one expected that as the fight escalated, the gods would attack each other more and more fiercely. Finally, the first god was accidentally killed by another god. The situation began to change unpredictably, and the disaster began from then on."

"The fight brought not only death, but also irrational anger and hatred. As gods died one after another, the situation became more serious, and all the gods began to spontaneously unite and divide into three camps: neutral, chaotic, and lawful."

The radiant Earth Goddess waved her hand gently, and the scene she described instantly appeared in the starry sky before her.

The tall and mighty gods fought each other in the void, and countless divine arts were performed without regard for their lives. The silent void was broken by the ignited fight, the previous tranquility was broken, the storm raged, the blood of gods sprayed, and the entire void was filled with the corpses of gods.

These scenes of fighting made Kato Megumi excited. Is this the fight between gods?

Meanwhile, Mother Earth continued to narrate the history of the gods.

"Hatred and anger filled the hearts of every god. The situation got out of control, and just as the three camps began another war, the Supreme God, "Fantasy" and "Reality" suddenly came out to stop the gods."

"They proposed to use the bodies and blood of the dead gods to create a place for fighting. Then the gods can create the lives they like and give these lives abilities, so that these lives can resolve their fights and decide the winner."

“Is this the origin of this world?”

Kato Hui was a little surprised. The so-called world was just a duel arena for the gods to resolve their conflicts. This was really...

"Yes, so this world has humans, giants, miners, lizardmen and other races."

At this time, the Earth Mother Goddess suddenly turned her head and looked at her, and said softly.

"Each god has his own chess piece. The gods indirectly control the chess pieces and use them to win or lose again and again. I am no exception. Although my original intention is not to fight, I also need a chess piece that I can control when necessary."

"And the priestess you saved is my chess piece, and the man in armor you saw before is the backup of a god who is more powerful than me. According to the plan of the lawful camp, the subsequent plot should be that the two of them meet, and then grow step by step to solve the goblins, and finally completely defeat the goblins and other races supported by the chaotic camp. However, unexpectedly, you appeared..."

As the Earth Mother Goddess spoke, for some reason, Kato Megumi seemed to sense sarcasm and gloating from her tone?

Is this an illusion?

Then the Earth Mother said.

"Because of you, the chess piece is no longer useful"

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 40 Chapter Mother Earth's Explanation

Hearing this, Kato Megumi was shocked, thinking that she had ruined the other party's plan and would make the Earth Mother unhappy.

But when she looked up, she found that the other party had no emotion, as if what she had just said was just something that had nothing to do with her.

Although he had some doubts in his mind, these doubts were quickly answered by Miss Witch's supplement.

"Chess pieces are just chess pieces. If one is discarded, just replace it with another. Do you think the so-called gods will be angry over a chess piece? To them, the world is just a stage, and the creatures on it are just actors. In the end, they are just ants."

Kato Hui's heart moved. She didn't expect that what appeared in her mind this time were not the previous words, but real words. The voice was cold, confident, and gentle...

"Hmm... You should be able to hear the "voice" of my thoughts. I just used the other party's divine power to improve the contract, so you can directly feel my thoughts from now on, without having to use your consciousness to see them."

Miss Witch suddenly added, and Kato Megumi then understood why she could hear the other person's "voice".

Although she didn't know why the other party would use divine power, and whether the Earth Mother Goddess in front of her knew about it, she understood that these were not what she needed to care about, so she didn't ask more questions.

But what Miss Witch said was right. Although the other party was gentle towards her, that was only because that was the other party's true nature, the original appearance of the Earth Mother Goddess. Due to the huge gap between gods and humans, it was almost impossible for gods to be angry or disgusted with them, so it was the way Kato Megumi saw it.

God will not have any emotions towards an ant, even though ants can think and have thoughts, but there is a difference between the two after all. This does not mean that God himself has no desires or humanity, but that God cannot be viewed from a human perspective.

It's like the difference between humans and mantises. The female mantis will eat the male mantis, which is natural for mantises, but not for humans. Can humans eat their other half? If someone does this, they will probably be considered a psychopath! Different dimensions, as well as different abilities and cognitions, the two are always different.

For humans, the sky is blue, fire is hot, food is delicious, and filling the stomach is the source of survival; but for gods, the sky is the barrier of the world, fire is the law of nature, and food is the metabolic product of the world.

There is a difference between the two after all...

"Then what do you need me to do? What can an ordinary person like me do..."

As soon as Kato Megumi asked, she saw the Earth Mother Goddess staring at her...

"Hmm? Are you sure you are an ordinary person? What ordinary person would carry a weapon that can kill high-level strong men an unlimited number of times... Are you still an ordinary person?"

As she spoke, Kato Megumi felt some vibration in the space, and then the pistol in her storage space appeared in front of the Earth Mother Goddess, catching her off guard and making her a little stunned.

However, the Earth Mother just stretched out her hand and pointed, and the pistol broke into countless parts. With a wave of her hand, the scattered parts returned to their original state.

"These strange and ingenious skills of mortals are very interesting."

The Earth Mother Goddess waved her hand lightly, and the pistol in front of her returned to the storage space. This effortless move made Kato Megumi even more in awe of the power of God.

"What an impolite fellow..."

The witch lady was very dissatisfied with this behavior. Although robbery was not uncommon in the magic world, perhaps because she regarded Kato Megumi as her own person, she was very unhappy with the unreasonable behavior of the Earth Mother.

Kato Megumi felt warmed by this, because the fear brought by the Earth Mother Goddess's actions gradually dissipated.

At this time, the Mother Earth finally put forward her request.

"It's very simple. Because of your interference, fate has come to a standstill. Without the cover of fate, the growth plan of the chess pieces of the lawful camp has been exposed. I believe that the gods of the chaotic camp will speed up their arrangements and will not give humans any time to grow."

"It just so happens that the weapons you brought are very good, and the combat power they created is not low. Moreover, the aura of the other world on you has long dissipated. They can no longer detect your existence and past, so I just need you to repel the team of the Chaos Camp. This is why I am looking for you."

"Since there is no chess piece left, why not find a better one?"

Kato Megumi thought for a moment and didn't expect that this was the reason. Creating a powerful fighting force should be a very simple thing in the eyes of gods, but why choose himself?

Kato Megumi thought about it and realized that if a powerful life was created at random just for the sake of winning or losing, then the world would definitely not be as stable as it is now, with multiple races and full of vitality.

Nowadays, each race does not have so many powerful people, which just shows that the gods cannot directly interfere in the world at all; perhaps it is because the world is out of control and they cannot operate directly, or there is some kind of customary rules among the gods that restrict the gods themselves. In short, it is either not possible or it is not allowed.

Maybe the gods don't like having too many more powerful humans under their control? Maybe the gods don't want to waste their power on such things?

Faced with the heavy responsibility of being the Earth Mother, Kato Megumi had to use an extra mind to speculate with malicious intent.

Hmm...I'm really a little tired.

All kinds of speculations kept emerging in her mind, and Kato Megumi suddenly missed the days in the modern world, the easy days of dealing with those simple guys.

I miss the daily life where I could toy around with Tomoya-kun and Eriri-san at will.

Just as Kato Megumi was pondering what was going on, the Earth Mother Goddess spoke again.

"Of course, I won't let you do this for nothing... I remember you seemed to want to learn magic, right? I can help you... This can also be considered a reward for you."

Kato Megumi's heart skipped a beat, and she seemed to be moved.

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 41 Chapter Magic and Theocracy

When she walked out of the palace, Kato Megumi was still quite dazed and felt like she didn't understand what was going on.

There was an old man in priest's uniform standing in front of her in front of the temple gate. When he saw her come out, his expression did not change. He just said lightly, "Let's go." Kato Megumi involuntarily followed him outside.

She looked back at the open temple door. There was no longer the colorful scene she had seen before. Instead, it was just an ordinary prayer room. It felt as if what she had just experienced was a dream, and it was quite unreal.

However, the golden-orange light in her mind told her clearly that this was not a dream.

"Um... Miss Witch, tell me... why did the Earth Mother choose me?"

Even though the other party gave such an explanation, Kato Megumi still found it hard to believe.

"What? I thought you were too happy to leave... The conditions offered by the other party are very tempting... Divine arts or something."

Kato Megumi was stunned, and always felt that there was a sour taste in the witch lady's words; although she was a little puzzled, Kato Megumi was not stupid or dull, and she would not be like some of the anime male protagonists that Tomoya-kun showed her, who were very fake.

So soon, she understood why Miss Witch was like this. Speaking of which, the content of her previous deal with Miss Witch was magic... Could it be that Miss Witch was afraid that she would be obsessed with the reward given by God, and would forget about Miss Witch's magic and stop studying it carefully?

Thinking of this, Kato Hui smiled in her heart. Is Miss Witch jealous or worried? Or both?

“How could that be… Magic is not something that is given to you, but something that you need to study hard. I will not give up magic just because the other party’s reward is a divine art…”

Kato Megumi straightened her clothes and her attitude became serious.

"I did listen to Miss Witch's advice... Although you asked me to choose divine arts, on the other hand, this was also my own wish. I was not forced. I just agreed with Miss Witch's philosophy."

"Divine arts are, after all, arts created by God. Even if I can use them, I can't use them to explore the truth, right? The upper limit of divine arts has already been reached."

Yes, in fact, the Earth Mother gave Kato Megumi two choices, one was divine magic, and the other was the lost ancient magic.

Regarding these two choices, Kato Megumi discussed with Miss Witch and finally decided to choose divine arts.

According to Miss Witch, divine arts rely on faith, while magic focuses on knowledge; one is spiritual and the other is knowledge. Although some of their methods are similar, the roots of their performance are not the same. Magic is the embodiment of knowledge and is realized through magic power, while divine arts rely purely on the embodiment of spiritual power.

Knowledge containing truth cannot be expressed orally and can only be passed down from generation to generation or through specially made magic books. This is why Patchouli has not taught Kato Megumi magic until now.

Although contracts can transfer things, they require huge amounts of energy. After all, cross-border transmission is not something that can be accomplished with just words, and Patchouli is simply unable to pass on the magic book containing the knowledge of truth, so learning magic through the magic book is not an option.

The rest can only be passed on through the spirit, but spiritual inheritance requires strong mental power to achieve. Even the simplest magic requires mental power that is more than ten times higher than that of ordinary people, so... Patchouli suggested that Kato Megumi choose divine magic.

After all, she could teach her the knowledge herself, but as for the spiritual application, divine arts were better; the god of her own world had long ceased to appear before the world.

Moreover, what Kato Megumi needs is not the divine art itself, but the way to use mental power. With the use of mental power, her mental power will become stronger and stronger.

However, Kato Megumi has a question about this.

"I remember some novels mentioned that magic involves some kind of meditation method? Doesn't Miss Witch have that... or are the novels just a lie?"

Then she received Patchouli's disdain.

"Yes... but you can't learn it... the starting point is too high and your aptitude is too average."

Through Patchouli's narration, Kato Megumi realized that in order to become a magician, one must have qualifications, and the qualifications of a magician are determined by how high his mental power is.

The higher the mental power, the more thorough the understanding of knowledge, the more you learn, and you can make small leaps within a limited lifespan, which is commonly known as upgrading.

"Qualifications? What kind of qualifications are required?"

Kato Megumi asked.

"Normally, a magician must have a mental power fifty times higher than that of an ordinary person. This is the minimum qualification. Otherwise, given the limited life span and poor understanding of humans, the knowledge and accumulation that humans have learned in this lifetime will probably never be enough to get started, unless there is an opportunity."

After all, a genius can remember everything he reads in a book, while an ordinary person needs to spend dozens of times more time and, most importantly, fifty times more mental strength to have a chance to comprehend the knowledge containing the truth. If it is below this limit, it is just a simple memory.

The lower limit of meditation is 50 times...

Witches like Patchouli are geniuses in the magic world. Not only are they born with a wealth of magic power and knowledge, but their mental power is ten thousand times higher than that of ordinary people. Therefore, they can learn magic at a rapid pace and entered the "shaping" stage at the age of ten.

“I see… Aren’t divine arts supposed to be magic techniques bestowed by God? If I don’t have faith, then I can’t use divine arts? And divine arts seem to be more of a supportive role. Why is that?”

Kato Megumi asked curiously. After all, in her opinion, divine arts could only be learned by the most sincere believers. She did not believe in God, so how could she learn divine arts?

"Don't worry. Since they've promised you, they'll naturally find a way for you to learn... There's a big difference between divine arts and magic. Divine arts strengthen the spirit through faith, while magic expands the spirit through the accumulation of knowledge. Since you can't reach the minimum standard for learning magic, you can only use divine arts to achieve this basic condition first."

"The root of divine arts lies in mental power, and mental power originates from the human body, so its effects are more inclined towards healing and assistance, and will not repel the human body. But magic is different. In essence, magic is the magician using external energy to manifest his own knowledge. External energy is strange and violent, and it repel the human body, so it is more aggressive, and the magic produced is also inclined to attack."

Kato Megumi nodded in sudden realization. So that's how it is.

"The core of divine arts is to enhance spiritual power through faith, but I don't know the specifics of how it works."

"Of course, strong mental power can only determine the speed in the early stage. In the later stage, the advantage brought by mental power will gradually weaken. The later stage still depends on chance, understanding and accumulation of knowledge. The formation you used before is a formation used to improve mental power."

The better the formation materials, the more mental power can be improved. However, the formation materials that Kato Megumi had prepared before only met the most basic conditions, so the increase in mental power was not so ideal, and it was still a little bit away from the basic mental power. The formation can only be used once, so there is no way to do it again.

But she did not regret it. If she had not gained more spiritual power, she would not have been able to speak through the medium in the Soul Web, and she would not have been separated from that world.

"We're here...come in!"

At this time, the priest leading the way spoke, and Kato Megumi also came to a temple.

Is this where you learn divine arts?

With anticipation, Kato Megumi slowly pushed open the door of the palace.

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