The Mecha-Kai Species During Dimensional Travel

He recognized this ability—hadn't the other one just used it on that same species? [Hypnosis Magic]? He had researched mental-type magic extensively; a mere hypnotic suggestion was nothing, he had long since prepared a [Defense Magic] to counter it, it was nowhere near...

"[Announcement]—Speak all that you know."

As Xiu Er's voice reached his ears.

Just like the previous demon, this one followed its companion into the same fate without any suspense.

...Magic Surroundings

A few minutes later—

Dealing with them was surprisingly easy.

These two demons weren't particularly powerful, and the intelligence and magic they possessed were minimal.

What's more, they had no information whatsoever about human towns.

Oh well, he was planning to go there himself anyway.

Hopefully he could gather something useful.

That said, [War Song Diva] really was unexpectedly convenient.

"—[Codex Opening]—[Speed Violation]—"

Still, he had managed to extract the exact direction of the town from those two demons, which made things easier for Xiu Er.

So now, having confirmed the precise bearing, he decided to head that way, flying close to the ground at maximum speed to reach his destination.

In the blink of an eye, Xiu Er transformed into a [Golden Stream] and departed.

After a mere half-minute passed. Magic Surroundings

Xiu Er finally arrived outside the town.

He had slowed down the moment he spotted the town, ultimately drawing no one's attention.

Gazing at the towering city wall before him, and the merchants and travelers gathered at the gate waiting for the guards' inspection, Xiu Er chose not to join the latter's queue.

He walked up to the base of the wall and strode straight toward the stone surface ahead.

If anyone had been watching, they would have surely thought he was about to crash into the wall.

Unfortunately, no one noticed Xiu Er. A golden passage appeared on the wall in front of him.

He stepped into the [Gate], and when he emerged again, he was already inside the town.

The exit was located in an inconspicuous little alley.

Chapter 3: Too Early a Time

He had entered the town with ease, in a way the guards could never have imagined.

Still, this type of magic probably existed, and a town like this should have had countermeasures against it. Magic Surroundings

Unfortunately for them, Xiu Er's method belonged to "technology."

Though it also consumed energy, it wasn't the "magic" of this world, so even if there were devices to detect mana, they couldn't pick him up.

The unit's scanner was always on by default. The moment he stepped out of the gate, the terrain and all living beings in the vicinity had already been surveyed.

This alley seemed to see little foot traffic normally, which made it convenient for Xiu Er to patch up his disguise, which was on the verge of collapsing from using his armaments.

There was no helping it—using any other armament affected the normally stable [Fake Demoness], risking a breakdown of the disguise.

Walking along the town's streets, Xiu Er covered half the area.

A map? He didn't need one; a complete map image was already in his mind.

Now, he arrived at the town's central district.

A central square with a marble statue fountain.

Surrounded by stalls of all kinds of goods, this was where the crowd was thickest.

Xiu Er came here with his own plan in mind. Being at the center helped him cover the entire town with his scanning range more quickly.

"Scan complete. Generating map image..." Magic Surroundings

Xiu Er sat on a bench by the fountain, quietly observing others.

Merchants, women, children, the elderly, nobles, warriors...

All kinds of people passed by, and every single one of them was scanned by Xiu Er.

Physical data, features, weapons—everything was recorded by him.

He also increased the power of his environmental [Receiver], allowing him to sit here and clearly hear the conversations of everyone nearby.

This flood of information was effortlessly sorted by Xiu Er, a member of the [Mecha-Kai species]. He filtered out the useful parts, and the rest was filed under "Miscellaneous."

At present, Xiu Er was located in the northern plains region of this world's continent.

The current state of the world was still before the [Demon King] had been vanquished, and the war between humans and demons was still raging fiercely.

Furthermore, based on the gathered intelligence, there were still quite a few demons and monsters roaming outside this town, attacking passersby.

From the information compiled so far, Xiu Er realized that the timeline she had arrived in seemed to be a bit too early.

But that wasn't a big deal; timelines were never something Xiu Er cared about.

Coming to this world was also for the purpose of learning "Magic." Magic peripherals.

Yes, not [Copy], but [Learn].

What is [Copied] will ultimately fail to reach 100% and may cause changes in effect, while what is truly [Learned] will be genuine, complete power.

In this world, "Magic" is something any race can learn; the only difference lies in how talent affects one's suitability for different types of magic.

Some might be more suited to fire magic, making that the magic they improve fastest in.

Regarding talent, Xiu Er wasn't sure if she, as a member of the Mecha-Kai species, had such issues.

But based on the characteristics of the Mecha-Kai species, she speculated that she likely had no such limitations.

Either she had none at all, or she was all-capable—only these two possibilities.

So, in this era, where should one go to learn magic?

The answer was: seek out the strongest magic user in history, the great mage born in the Mythological Era, who had compiled nearly all magic throughout history, equivalent to a living grimoire, the magic user closest to the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess on this land.

In later times, she would be the pinnacle of human magic users, the founder of the Continental Magic Association—the Elf, Sariel.

In the original work, a ceiling-level existence.

If one wanted to learn magic, seeking out Sariel was the most efficient choice. Magic peripherals.

But currently, Xiu Er did not know where Sariel was.

The intelligence gathered in the central plaza also contained no information on this matter.

The [Codex of the Whispers] was still analyzing the world and could not yet take effect.

So what to do?

Wing it.

Even for Xiu Er, who pursued efficiency, it was impossible to waste energy without a target.

That said, the only option was to wait until the [Codex of the Whispers] finished its process.

And while waiting, Xiu Er naturally wouldn't just sit idle.

In this era, "Magic" on the human side had not been made public.

That strongest human mage, "Volumen," had not yet appeared—at least, that was the case based on the intelligence gathered here.

Human magic users were extremely scarce, so Xiu Er wouldn't choose to learn from humans.

That would be too much of a waste of time. Magic peripherals.

By the way, it should be mentioned that in this world, Elves and Dwarves are also classified as "Humans."

So, who should one seek out to learn magic?

Boom!!!

The collapsed wall stirred up a cloud of dust.

Whoosh—

A sudden gale appeared within the room, dispersing the mist and the layer of dust.

A purple-haired figure emerged from the mist, ignoring the monsters around her that were gradually turning to ash, and walked straight toward the treasure chest in front of her.

"[Notification] Commander Unit, dungeon exploration complete, reward acquired, mission accomplished."

"..." Magic peripherals.

"Acknowledged."

The next second, a Golden Passage opened behind "Xiu Er," swallowing her up.

Xiu Er sat on a stone block in front of the dungeon gate, sitting quietly as if waiting for something.

Then, a Golden Passage appeared to her right rear, and another "Xiu Er," identical to her, stepped out of it.

The other came before Xiu Er and handed her a book.

Xiu Er took the book and immediately began reading.

But calling it reading was actually...

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She pressed one hand against the edge of the book, letting the pages flip rapidly.

As a member of the Mecha-Kai species, Xiu Er relied on her own traits to record the contents of the magic tome in her hands at an extremely high speed.

This world really was peculiar.

It even had dungeon instances, just like the RPG games she played in her past life, complete with treasure chests as rewards along the path and after clearing them.

And right now, the magic tome she had just finished flipping through was one of the probability-based prizes that could drop.

"Smoke Generation Magic?"

So, who exactly put these things in there?

Xiu Er lifted her head, gazing at the azure sky. She knew that gods existed in this world.

Could it be that these rewards placed in treasure chests were the work of the Goddess?

Without an answer, Xiu Er didn't really care what the true answer was.

Anyway, among her upcoming mission objectives, dungeon farming had already been included...

Chapter 4: Magic

Language barrier.

This issue was actually the main problem for Xiu Er, who would later travel to different worlds.

But for the Mecha-Kai species, this wasn't a problem at all.

The strength of the Mecha-Kai wasn't limited to just their replication ability; they also possessed extremely efficient learning capabilities.

It was merely a foreign language. As early as when she was gathering information in the town center, Xiu Er had already observed the body language and expressions of others during their conversations.

Combined with a large amount of data, it only took a few minutes to organize and summarize, and she smoothly learned the language of this world.

Besides that, though, the system also had an automatic translation function.