Dollmaker in the DanMachi World

Riveria asked doubtfully, "An adventurer who retained their Falna?"

Adventurers could transfer familias. As long as a god's blood was dripped onto them, their Falna could be changed into a pending-transfer state.

They would still possess the power of Falna, but they needed their new patron deity to drip blood onto them and complete the transfer before they could receive an update.

Or they could use an "Update Potion." Update Potions were made primarily from divine blood and could update an adventurer's status. They were black-market items that could only be produced by those with the development ability of Mystery.

"No, literally someone without a familia."

Ming Ge explained, "I'm not an adventurer. I'm a professional mage, and the defense and attack I used just now were innate magic."

"Living in Orario, I sometimes feel like coming up here to take a look. It also helps train my combat awareness."

Wait, what had she just heard?

Magic used by a non-adventurer had blocked her arrow?

She was a professional mage, but that did not mean she was poor at archery. On the contrary—

Back when she lived in her homeland, she had often hunted in the forest.

Every level an adventurer gained was an elevation of both body and mind. With the arm strength of a Level 3, the power of a drawn bow was absolutely not something an ordinary person could block.

Not to mention...

"How could it possibly be innate magic?!"

Riveria wondered if she had misheard. "Leaving aside why a non-magical race could use innate magic, your casting speed and magical power are both beyond anything innate magic could achieve."

"Wait, could you be a descendant of a hero?"

Fairies were a magical race even closer to nature than elves, and heroes were protected by fairies, possessing a portion of their power.

That power could be inherited, which was why Riveria made such a guess.

"Though rare, I'm not a descendant of a hero. I'm one of the rare 'talented ones' among humans."

Ming Ge smiled. "There are exceptions to everything. It isn't impossible for a non-magical race to use innate magic."

In truth, if Ming Ge had not trained his magic after undergoing the ritual and had instead learned innate magic directly, it would have been impressive if he could now master even one spell.

For a transmigrator, aside from information about the plot, there was also the advantage of a different way of thinking.

Many things the natives could not conceive of were common sense to a transmigrator.

Imagination paired with the right ability to act was what gave Ming Ge his current strength.

"As for the power of my magic... that part is simple."

Ming Ge chuckled. "Research and develop it."

"Research and develop it?"

Riveria could not help repeating the phrase.

"Ordinary people are 0, innate magic is 1, adventurers can acquire magic at levels 1 through 6, while my innate magic is 4."

"The magic slots are indeed useful, and the magic they inspire is powerful. But precisely because of that, even professional mages and magicians tend to overlook the progress of magic itself."

Chapter 20: All One Can Say Is That It's Truly Regrettable

"Excuse me, may I take a look at your back?"

Riveria could not help asking, "I'm sorry, I don't mean to doubt you. But if everything you said is true, then you would have single-handedly opened an unprecedented path for mages."

Gods could generally directly sense whether the people of the Lower World had been engraved with Falna, but humans could not.

Falna was usually engraved on one's back. By checking whether he had Falna, she could determine whether the magic Ming Ge used was truly innate magic.

"Mm, sure."

Ming Ge smiled. "I can understand what you're thinking, more or less."

It was like a six-year-old child developing controllable nuclear fusion at home. Anyone would question whether it was real.

To a Level 3 adventurer, an ordinary person's combat ability was not much different from that of a six-year-old child.

Leaving aside how people would react upon hearing this information, if it were true, it would be enough to shake the entire world.

"Wait a moment. Let me deal with these beastmen first."

Ming Ge raised his head. Several more beastmen had arrived not far away.

He raised a hand, and a spinning circular wind blade appeared at his fingertip.

"Wind Blade Origin Slash."

The large circular blade shot out at incredible speed, effortlessly cutting two beastmen in half at the waist. It then circled once more and split into four medium-sized circular blades.

After bypassing the beastmen's raised arms as they tried to block it, the blades effortlessly wiped out the necks of four more beastmen.

Such godlike magical control was difficult for Riveria to imagine, no matter how she looked at it, as something innate magic could accomplish.

Rather, even acquired magic would require long periods of training to achieve such a feat.

In Ming Ge's view, an adventurer's level-up was a comprehensive evolution, including the brain.

The growth of magic was also the growth of mental power—Mind—and naturally affected the mind.

Training in magic control was likewise a form of developing and applying mental power.

Yet adventurers generally did not train their magic control, not even professional mages.

For adventurers, magic did not need training. They only needed to use their magic slots to cast spells with fixed forms and properties; all they had to do was increase their magic's power.

It was simply too convenient, causing them to neglect the basics.

Thus, Ming Ge's combat awareness, fighting techniques, learning ability, mental calculation ability, and more would gradually surpass those of ordinary adventurers.

"Is this really innate magic?"

Magic stones fell to the ground with a clatter. Riveria simply could not imagine innate magic reaching such a level.