It was true that creating theories and principles from scratch was troublesome, but if he just copied the explanations from anime, he could indeed easily create similar “magic.” For instance, taking the “Kido” spells from Bleach, he spent a month writing and fine-tuning the incantations.
He did his best to replicate the appearance and effects.
For anything he didn’t understand, he filled in the gaps with his own guesses.
He couldn’t reproduce some abilities with special effects due to his lack of knowledge about this world’s magic and principles, so he could only create approximations.
However, he had successfully written most of the Kido spells used for attack and binding.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to write original moves with incredibly overpowered effects; it was just that he couldn’t do it at his current level.
Things like spatial cutting, mind control, or time stopping – within the rules of magic in this world, he couldn’t even imagine how these spells could be realized, so he couldn’t even begin to write them.
At this stage, being able to write Kido spells was already a result of him recreating the effects shown in the anime he had watched.
As for the incantations, he could honestly forget about them.
After all these years, just remembering the names of the Kido spells was good enough.
Besides, he was only recreating the moves within his own understanding, not copying them verbatim.
Adding incantations would just be holding himself back.
Instantaneous casting was the fastest way to deal with enemies.
As for whether he should shout out the names of his moves loudly during a fight, well, that depended on the situation.
After finishing the Kido series, he temporarily stopped.
There’s a saying that you can’t chew more than you can bite.
He didn’t plan on developing too many attack methods for now.
If the goal was just to destroy and defeat enemies, the Kido series was more than enough.
What he needed to do next was to continue training himself until using his Kido spells felt as natural as breathing.
And most importantly, he needed to train and increase the magic power within him.
For this, he had specialized in creating a spell to increase magic power.
After countless trial and error, he developed two passive skill spells: The first type: Increased magic power recovery speed.
The second type: Continuously consumes magic power to gradually increase magic power capacity, with increased efficiency during meditation.
Although they seemed overpowered, the increase was very small.
These were the maximum enhancement methods he could achieve at the moment, much like cultivation in Xianxia novels, except these were active 24 hours a day.
He experimented for a long time to balance these two passive effects, so that the surplus from the increased recovery rate equaled the amount consumed.
Once he felt he had a certain level of self-preservation ability, he would head to a big city and find a way to learn functional magic, starting from its principles, and then integrate these functional spells into his own abilities.
With a goal in mind, Ethan clearly became more diligent.
He was the first to wake up every day.
In the mornings, he exercised his body, as pure Kido would still lead to death if someone got close.
At least he had to ensure he wouldn’t be instantly killed by a warrior getting close.
In the afternoons, he practiced Kido, aiming to use them as effortlessly as breathing.
However, there were some interesting small developments amidst his efforts to become stronger.
That would be the little sister of the Üffie family, Übel, gradually growing up.
When Ethan was twelve, the little girl was just four.
She had emerald green hair and a rosy little face.
From a young age, she was quiet and didn’t fuss, making her very easy to care for.
But this also made Üffie and her parents worried that their child might become reclusive.
What they didn’t expect was that the child seemed to have a particular fondness for Ethan.
From the age of three, whenever Ethan visited their home, she would toddle over to him, cling to his legs, and stare at him with her big eyes until Ethan held out his hand.
Only then would she let go, allowing Ethan to pick her up.
At that moment, she would flash a smile befitting her age.
Despite being a mere toddler, she already knew how to be affectionate, which surprised her parents.
However, since Ethan was like Übel’s older brother in their home, the couple never stopped their daughter from playing with Ethan.
Ethan, too, was very interested in Übel.
It wasn’t just because of her magical talent, but more significantly, because of how his notebook had reacted to Übel back then.
Ethan still remembered it clearly.
Whatever the reason, Übel was the one who initiated his path of growth, so Ethan would take good care of her.
Moreover, she was the sister of Üffie, who had taken care of him.
With these two reasons combined, Ethan would dote on her even more.
Just like his own little sister.
Time passed.
Perhaps it was because of the unrestricted growth of his magic power, even though the increase was limited, Ethan found himself getting better and better at physical training.
He was far stronger than when he had no magic power within him.
“One thousand one hundred and thirty-three, one thousand one hundred and thirty-four…” Ethan swung his wood-cutting axe, listening to the young, milky voice beside him, feeling a little helpless.
From the age of five, Übel was given free rein by her parents.
Every morning, full of energy, she followed Ethan around, just like he had done back then.
But then he thought about how similar it was to when he followed Üffie.
Not to mention that he was much, much stronger than Üffie was back then, so protecting a five-year-old child was easy.
Übel-chan’s favorite thing was to sit on a rock, watch Ethan train, and count for him, as if it were the most enjoyable thing in the world.
Ethan found it monotonous, but Übel took great pleasure in it, especially brightening up whenever she counted to a full hundred or a thousand.
Seriously, it felt like she was developing into a weirdo at such a young age.
This wouldn’t do; the negative influence on child education was immeasurable.
When Übel-chan reached one thousand one hundred and ninety-seven, Ethan stopped what he was doing and turned to her.
The little girl, unable to count to a full hundred, looked slightly stiff, but she was too young, and her attention was quickly drawn to Ethan, who had come closer.
Although only thirteen, Ethan had already grown to over 1.75 meters, and his height was still increasing daily.
To Übel-chan, he was practically a giant.
He picked up the unresisted Übel-chan and placed her on his shoulders before speaking.
“Übel, I heard you’ll be going to magic school soon?” Given Übel’s talent, she was already eligible for admission without an exam, and could enjoy certain tuition fee reductions.
If that wasn’t enough, there were interest-free loans from the Continental Magic Association; her future was truly limitless.
Übel lowered her head, her small hands tightening around Ethan’s head.
Her young voice was filled with determination: “I want to go with Ethan.” “Of course, Brother will take you to school.” Besides Ethan, no one else in the village could escort her.
After all, the destination was the royal capital of the Central Kingdom, and the journey was not entirely safe.
Normally, one would need to hire escorts, but with Ethan there, this expense could be saved.
Those mercenaries charged quite frightening fees.
And the villagers had long accepted the fact that Ethan was now strong as a monster.
From the age of eleven, Ethan had been bringing back animals the size of houses to the village for everyone to have a hearty meal every so often.
His strength was already trustworthy.
“Yes, Übel, stay with Ethan forever.”