Powerful Enchant Magic

Enchant Magic was practically a divine skill!

Aibo's inspiration meter was rising, skyrocketing, exploding! He was high as hell!

"A-Aibo... I really can't anymore. Big sis already... can't go on. We can't continue..."

Mira collapsed on the ground in an embarrassing pose, her butt sticking up. Her limbs ached, her whole body was weak, and she did not want to move at all.

Aibo had just used Mira's body to repeatedly test Enchant Magic, and the results had been extremely gratifying.

After learning Enchant Magic, he already had the illusion that his strength had swelled dramatically.

This magic suited his tastes perfectly.

Enchant Magic could grant all sorts of properties to objects or people. It had no direct damaging effects and was purely a support-type magic.

Even at LV1, it could easily enchant elemental properties. The act of enchanting consumed little magic power, and someone else could provide the magic power needed to maintain the elemental enchantment afterward, so enchanting many people at once was not a problem.

When he enchanted Mira with "fire," flames burned obediently in her hand. Mira had clearly never learned Fire Magic, yet her flames were incredibly hot. Aside from being unable to eat fire, she looked no different from Natsu, that Dragon Slayer Wizard.

Aibo tried several more attributes in succession—wood, ice, wind, lightning, earth, and water. Every single one was immensely powerful, in no way inferior to Elemental Wizards who specialized in those elements.

The "life" property of the wood attribute could even let Mira absorb the life force of trees and store it within her body.

And that was only the first powerful aspect of Enchant Magic.

When Aibo enchanted Mira with a certain attribute, the key factor determining the enchantment's power was not Aibo, the caster, but Mira's own magical strength.

For example, if one of Mira's punches dealt 100 damage, then after Aibo gave her a 1-point light-attribute buff, Mira could throw a light-infused punch dealing as much as 1001 damage.

Enchant Magic was not as simple as one plus one equaling two. It was an absurdly powerful support magic capable of multiplying someone's strength, and it did not even require the Enchant Magic caster to have exceptional mastery over the elements.

That was because leveling elemental magic only increased elemental proficiency. LV3 Light Magic merely improved resistance and made Aibo's control over the light element more effortless.

With the same amount of magic power consumed, there was not much difference in power between LV1 and LV3 Light Magic.

So Aibo did not need to level all those LV1 elemental spells. As long as his magic power was strong enough, he could continuously enjoy the full buffs of Enchant Magic. It was downright cheating.

Instead, what truly limited Enchant Magic's power was the human body. Mira could not withstand acceleration beyond the limits of her physique; flames that were too hot would burn her as well; metallic skin would make her body heavier; and attacks exceeding her limits would still injure her.

However, Enchant Magic did not affect only human bodies. Aibo could enchant objects too!

Aibo enchanted a sword with the light attribute, then used magic power to control it and fire it outward. Its destructive power was no less than that of a small missile!

That was power Mira could not endure at all. Aside from not being particularly accurate, it had no flaws—nothing but damage.

If he enchanted a sword with "fire," then as long as he continuously supplied it with magic power, he could raise its temperature to a terrifying level. The other elements were the same. Enchanted weapons were absurdly strong; aside from draining mana, they had no weaknesses.

In short, every flaw was a problem with people, not magic. Enchant Magic was simply far too overpowered. And this was only LV1 Enchant Magic, its most basic use at that.

Easy to control, cheap to use, and incredibly effective. How was this not nerfed?

This was true high-level magic, wasn't it? What was that damn Crush Magic Gildarts had, which was impossible to control? Never heard of it!

—As long as he enchanted a sword with the crush attribute, it would become the most terrifying weapon possible. Whoever it touched would die, and it would not even go out of control. At most, it would consume a lot of mana, and he would have to worry about accidentally killing someone beyond saving.

The above was merely the most basic application of Enchant Magic. If that were all it could do, Aibo would not be this excited.

The magical effects Enchant Magic could grant had to be abilities Aibo possessed, magic he understood...

If someone else learned Enchant Magic—someone like Natsu, for example—they would definitely keep enchanting themselves with Dragon Force and turn into the ultimate muscle boy.

But in Aibo's hands, this magic could produce far too many tricks, because he did not have much of anything else—except for lots of magic.

Aibo tried enchanting cards with the space attribute. The cards became spatial storage bags and could even lock Mira's entire body inside.

Enchanting Mira with zero gravity let him easily fly while carrying her.

Enchanting a pen with Aibo's soul even let it write books by itself.

He enchanted himself with a meditation buff and directly entered an automated training mode. Aside from being a little tiring, it had zero side effects.

Until... Aibo used the Word Magic he excelled at.

"Word Magic: [Heal], status enchantment."

Aibo wrote a glowing green Chinese character in the air, then used Enchant Magic to imprint it on Mira's forehead.

"Huh? Huh?! W-Wait, Aibo! My magic power is about to run out!"

Mira, covered in injuries, sprang up from the ground. Some of the small wounds on her body visibly healed, but her face became extremely exhausted.

"It only consumes magic power?"

"Ah, it feels like... the energy I just absorbed from the trees was consumed too."

"It consumes life force too? That's fine. We can use them together."

Aibo could barely suppress the upward curve of his lips as he laughed madly inside.

Who said healing magic had been lost?! Didn't I just unlock it?!

Oh, it was a new magic I created. Then never mind.

But he still had plenty of ideas left to test. Aibo picked up an ordinary wooden sword and began.

"Word Magic: [Sharp], status enchantment."

A character appeared on the wooden sword. He stabbed it toward a large rock beside him, and the entire blade slid in with ease. Calling it capable of slicing through iron like mud would not be an exaggeration—and this was a wooden sword.

"Better than using Word Magic alone, and it consumes less magic power too..."

The magical states created by Word Magic could actually be further enchanted. That meant there were even more things Aibo could do.

"Since the meditation state can be enchanted too, can I automate my workouts this way? Make my muscles train themselves?"

Another idea lit up, and Aibo was so excited that he could not stop.

Mira, who had recovered somewhat, dispelled the enchanted character from her forehead and carefully said, "Um... Big sis's injuries are healed! But I'm so tired, Aibo. How about we stop here for today?"

"No, you can't leave yet."

"Aibo, I really don't have a single drop of magic power left!"

"Mira~ Didn't you promise to help me test magic for an entire day? You wouldn't break a promise to your little brother, would you?"

"Ugh... but..."

"It's fine. Next, we'll test some things that don't consume magic power. If you don't have enough magic power, I'll replenish it with Link Magic."

"Phew... all right."

"Word Magic: [Exercise], status enchantment."

The two characters drifted onto Mira's forehead, and she suddenly jolted before starting to run uncontrollably.

"Huh? Huh?! Why can't I stop?!"

Mira ran circles around Aibo, sweating profusely in panic.

"Looks like that's not right. This is no different from using Word Magic alone."

Aibo canceled the two characters and fell into thought.

At its core, muscle training was controlled damage to the body, forcing the body to trigger its "supercompensation" mechanism and thus become stronger.

Moreover, strength training and endurance training were not quite the same. One was "tear and repair," while the other was "exhaustion and adaptation." If he wanted to become stronger overall, he needed not only to consider the breakdown and rebuilding of muscle fibers, but also meticulously strengthen the mitochondria and capillaries within the body...

Ah, actually, wouldn't it be enough to get injured and then heal afterward?

Aibo's eyes lit up as he came up with an idea.

"Mira, come on. Let's go absorb some life force from the trees first."

"Huh?"

Mira dazedly followed Aibo into the forest...

"AAAAAHHHH! IT HURTS SO MUCH!"

Mira's agonized screams rang out from the small grove.

—Some time later—

"Mm, that's enough testing for today. We gathered some good data... Mira, you can go back first. Come help me test magic again tomorrow."

The anxiety had vanished from Mira's eyes. Ravaged until her whole body trembled, she lay collapsed to one side like a rag doll.

At those words, she shuddered violently, raised her head, and forced a smile.

"Ahaha, I-I have to go do a job tomorrow. Next time, next time for sure!"

Mira ran away without looking back. She swore she would never help Aibo test magic again!

Aibo smiled smugly. It seemed there had been an unexpected benefit too. Mira probably would not like pestering him anymore. With a thought, he sent his voice into Mira's head.

[Until my new magic is complete, you're not allowed to run away at the last minute. You won't leave me all alone, right, Mira?]

"Uwaaaah! Noooo!!! ˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚"

Mira: sobs uncontrollably