Ex-Machina Traveling Through Dimensions Chapter 30

Whether it was someone else's words or writing in a notebook, whenever Xiu Er received information, it would first be translated by the system.

So even if Xiu Er could not learn the language of another world, the system would translate it for her.

Even the symbols in the Magic Guidebook that she had never seen before were translated by the system into meanings Xiu Er could understand.

Within her visual imaging system, the corresponding text automatically overlaid the symbols on the book.

Although this system did not handle combat-related matters, all of Xiu Er's battles so far had been completed by herself.

The system merely served an auxiliary role.

Though she did not really need a function like "language translation," having it was better than not. She could turn it off anyway. Compared to the novels she had read in her previous life, where the protagonist was tossed into another world and then left to fend for themselves, this was much better.

After recording the Magic Guidebook in her hand, Xiu Er casually tossed it to the Doppelganger that had reappeared beside her, then ordered it to throw the book back into the Dungeon.

Honestly, she had no such thing as a system inventory for storing other items.

Besides, the book's contents had already been fully recorded in her database.

There was no need to worry about that knowledge being lost. Other than certain exceptionally rare spells, it was basically impossible for there to be only one Magic Guidebook. If she wanted, she could reproduce one at any time.

Still, the knowledge concerning this Smoke Generation Magic had indeed been completely recorded in the Magic Guidebook.

For Xiu Er, it was like having only the skill book for a skill. One could say that every skill she had used before consumed her "mana bar," but this skill required another kind of energy.

She therefore could not use it, because her body contained no magic power.

In this world, Magic Users had cultivated their own magic power continuously ever since they began learning Magic.

They had always relied on magic power to cast Magic.

Moreover, the most direct way to judge a Magic User's strength was to look at their Magic Power.

The Demon race also judged the strength of others this way.

Demons were born extremely sensitive to magic power, allowing them to easily discern how much Magic Power others possessed.

Fortunately, Xiu Er, who possessed Dimensional Energy, did not need to worry about energy systems at all.

"Energy conversion requirement detected. Beginning conversion..."

"Converted 1% of Dimensional Energy into magic power."

"...Conversion complete."

However, the strength of Magic was not determined solely by the amount of Magic Power.

Apart from technique, experience, and talent, the most important thing was imagination.

To be honest, the Magic of this world was really a world of imagination.

And imagination was not particularly difficult for Xiu Er as a Ex-Machina.

In the Date A Live world, when she had hacked into the national network, she had gone on to infiltrate networks across the entire world.

All kinds of information from the internet had been recorded and stored in her database.

For her, imagining was simply running a simulation.

Xiu Er raised one hand.

"—Codex Opening—Smoke—"

Pfft—

A Magic Circle laced with gold appeared in Xiu Er's palm, producing a massive amount of smoke.

Within just a few seconds, it blanketed an area with a radius of one thousand meters centered on her.

Sitting at the center of the smoke, Xiu Er observed the smoke she had created.

Because the magic power had been converted from Dimensional Energy, it still carried some of Dimensional Energy's properties.

As a result, the smoke Xiu Er released was mixed with golden energy.

Through the data recorded when she successfully cast the spell, Xiu Er had already completely understood how to use this Magic.

With a wave of her small hand, a violent gale scattered all the smoke, and the forest near this Dungeon regained its light.

She stood and patted the dust off her body.

Honestly, it was really inconvenient that a Ex-Machina body was not stain-resistant.

It would be nice if she could obtain Clean Magic.

"Hey, did you see that?"

"Clear as day."

Several burly men in cloth armor hid behind a small grove, whispering among themselves.

They were a small group of bandits.

In this era where Monsters ran rampant, no matter how intense the fighting between humans and Demons became, it would not stop people like them from appearing.

Except in certain extremely dangerous regions ravaged by Demons, where there were no bandits.

In relatively stable places, there would still be people like them robbing passing travelers.

"That was Magic, right?"

When they had first spotted a little girl sitting at the entrance of a Monster Dungeon, they had thought they had found another score for the day.

She looked like she was merely a traveler.

The fact that she dared travel alone meant she must have been very confident in her own strength.

But who were they?

They were the most vicious bandits in the area. There were five of them—were they supposed to fear one person?

The advantage was theirs!

Looking at her soft skin and tender flesh, though her body had not fully developed yet, with that face, she would surely fetch a lot of money if sold.

But just as they slowly approached and were about to launch their ambush—

A golden channel suddenly opened beside the girl.

The sight terrified them so badly that they instantly shrank back.

Was that a joke? That had to be Magic.

Could that girl be a Demon!?

The bandits trembled all over in fear at the thought.

Then the suddenly appearing smoke engulfed the area. The pitch-black surroundings immediately made them think they had been discovered and that the other side was about to come silence them.

Every last one of them shook like a woman.

Fortunately, the other side had not noticed them in the end.

"Where is that person?"

"Don't know. She probably already left."

The Chief casually pointed at one of his companions.

"You. Go take a look."

"Me?"

The man pointed at himself, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, you."

"No, Chief, that thing is too scary. I'll die."

"What are you afraid of? What if she already left? Go when I tell you to. Don't make me draw my blade."

The Chief did not dare make too much noise as he waved the large saber in his hand, threatening his underling.

With no other choice, the underling shakily poked his head out from the bushes.

His companions hid deeper behind the woods.

He swallowed.

After checking, he found that the other party was indeed no longer at the Dungeon entrance, and there was no sign of that blue-purple-haired girl nearby either.

She had probably left.

Then, immensely relieved, he turned around, intending to report to his brothers.

"Chief, it looks like she left..."

But the moment he turned back, his eyes filled with terror.

He saw that every one of his companions, including the Chief—

Had been tightly bound by strange Golden Chains and lay unconscious on the ground.

And the blue-purple haired girl who had just been standing at the Dungeon entrance was now standing among them.

The thing on her head, which they had originally thought was an ornament, projected a halo like that of an Angel.

No living presence could be sensed from the girl. She was like a doll.

She merely stood there, quietly staring at him with those inorganic eyes that showed no emotion whatsoever...

An Unexpected Gain

Actually, ever since Xiu Er had acquired the system and used it to escape the world of No Game No Life, her survival crisis should have been over.

After all, according to the system's travel mechanism, she could simply remain in other worlds and never return to No Game No Life.

Xiu Er understood that and was well aware of it.

Then why was she in such a hurry to gather power?

After her survival crisis was gone, possessing the ability to travel between worlds naturally made her want to visit other worlds and personally experience their cultures and landscapes.

Thus, from the moment she entered the Dimensional Channel, Xiu Er's goal had changed from a road to survival into a sightseeing journey.

Gathering abilities was merely something she did along the way.

In the end, it was simply her nature.

But thinking about it that way, Xiu Er felt that she had really wronged the Spirit girls from her previous world.

According to the records, her experiences in that world had constantly consisted of "Spirits! Fuck! Spirits! Fight!"

Looking back now, the only one she had really interacted with was Nia Honjou.

But since it was already in the past, Xiu Er would not choose to return and change anything.

She also admitted that it was due to her own personality.

After becoming a Ex-Machina, her personality and memories had not changed. Everything she had done had been of her own will.

Those were the things Xiu Er had been thinking about while sitting at the Dungeon entrance after leaving the Date A Live world, when she came to this world and summoned a Doppelganger to clear the Dungeon.

"I-I-I... I only know that much... C-can you let me go?"

The last Bandit to be captured spoke in a trembling voice. His Chief and companions had already been killed without mercy by the other party.

It had started when the Chief woke up and his first reaction upon seeing that monster was to curse loudly.

Then the other party summoned a Greatsword with something like "Magic" and beheaded the Chief.

He could still hear the other party muttering under her breath