"Lord Ganesha has arrived," Ganesha yelled into the library.
Some turned to look at us, but only smiled and shook their heads, it really seemed like the god did this every time he came into a public room. The library was filled with books, and shelves the weird thing however was that all the shelves were made in the form of an elephant and on top of each shelf was a statue of lord Ganesha himself (narcissistic tendencies go brrr).
"Come little Atreus, we must find the perfect magic for you to abuse."
We walked along the library, before reaching a corridor lined with books, there was a woman who looked to be around thirty reading it, she had long pointy ears and was wearing the thing most of Ganesha's followers wore, from little to nothing at all, seriously does no one have any shame in this familia.
"Raza, my dear!" Ganesha shouted. "Come help me."
The elf quickly walked over to us, holding two books under her armpits. "Yes lord Ganesha."
"Show us some of the longest chant magic you can, we need to make this little man as strong as possible."
The elf, Raza, turned to look at me for a moment before turning back to Ganesha. I thought in my head.
'Great Sage, what's her level.'
[Level 4, I won't give stats as I won't have a specific accuracy]
'Thanks, Great Sage.'
[It is my job, Atreus.]
"Lord Ganesha, what is his magic stat at?"
"I 0, he just came in today."
Raza brought her hand to her temple and massaged the bridge of her nose. "Lord Ganesha how many times do I have to tell you that magic doesn't work like this, you can't just-"
"No this one is different, I promise he has a skill that annuls chants and allows him to learn magic and from what I read it seems like it doesn't use a magic slot."
She turned to look at me, her eyes squinting. "Is this true."
"I guess," I replied raising my shoulders.
"Well even so," she said. "Even if he is able to learn long chant magic and annul said chant, his magic stat is still too low, especially for a level 1, he won't be able to cast it until he at least has a B level stat in magic and even then he'd only be able to use it once before his mind runs out."
Lord Ganesha huffed, his elephant mask almost flying from his face. "Well then what do you suggest."
"A short chant magic, the strongest one we can find. He's just gonna spam it," she said a wicked smile forming on her face, somehow while being the one who felt little emotions, I felt a chill run down my back at the smile.
"To the short chant magic aisle then!" Lord Ganesha yelled at the top of his lungs, grabbing me and Raza's arms and speeding away into the library.
We stood in front of a shelf, Raza staring up at the tomes in satisfaction.
"These are the strongest short chant spells, they also have almost mid level chants but don't quite reach it, making the magic power needing to use them only a little higher than most short chant spells."
"Well go on then pick the one you want," Lord Ganesha said pushing me slightly towards the shelf in the form of an elephant.
'Great Sage, pick out the best one.'
[On it sir]
[Scanning all tome titles]
[Found one, at the top level, Black Fire.]
'Okay then thanks Great Sage.'
I walked closer to the shelf and put myself on my tippy toes but I wasn't able to even come close to half the height necessary of reaching the top shelf, I was thinking of just climbing it when-
"Do you need help?" Lord Ganesha asked.
I looked back at him, this was easier.
"Yes Lord Ganesha, I want the one at the top titled Black Fire."
Just as I thought he was going to grab it for me, I felt his hands go under my armpits and raising me high. Well this was embarrassing.
"Well go on then, little Atreus grab it."
"Y-yes, thank you Lord Ganesha." My little hand stretched out and grabbed the tome, pulling it with force into my arms after which Lord Ganesha set me down.
"Oh Black Fire, that's a good one," Raza said, the smile at her lips growing larger.
I opened the tome, and words upon words upon words, stretched before me.
'Great Sage?'
[Yes?]
'Activate, thought acceleration and All of Creation.'
[These skills will put considerable strain, on your brain do you wish to proceed.]
'Do it.'
[Activating thought acceleration and All of Creation]
My mind then went into overdrive, once a thought came in, it was replaced by another, I looked down at the tome. Black Fire, short chant spell, Nox Ignis.
Key word, Nox.
Key word, Ignis.
I read, how the magic should move, the pronunciation, the magic how it worked, everything, it felt like hours, and when I was done, even though I only knew the basics I felt All of Creation take effect filling in the gaps I couldn't figure out.
All of Creation was one of the strongest sub skills from Great Sage, as it allowed me to comprehend anything as long as I had a basic understanding of it and it is perceivable to me. Yeah, again, really op.
Once I finished, my head was killing me and I spoke in my mind.
'Great Sage deactivate thought acceleration, keep All of Creation on though.'
Without even answering I felt my thoughts slow down, the pain in my head was swept away, replaced by my usual thoughts.
I closed the tome and looked up to see both Lord Ganesha staring at me weirdly.
Lord Ganesha spoke first. "Why did you open it, just to close it?"
Huh? It felt like hours had gone by for me, I mean I knew thought acceleration would make my perception of time go slower but I thought it would have been a few minutes in real life. Still i had to reply, I couldn't leave them hanging now could I.
"I learnt it already."
We fell into silence.
Raza remained quiet but Ganesha spoke up in the silence.
"Well then show us, little Atreus."
"In here? Won't the books or shelves burn?"
"Don't worry there are enchantments on everything, just show us."
I shrugged my shoulders and raised my hand to the ceiling.
I didn't even mutter anything, I just thought of it, I felt as the magic tried to mold itself to something.
[Error]
[Magic slot, interfering with skill Chant Annulment]
[Error]
[Error]
[Analyzing Magic slots]
[Error]
[Slot filled]
[Error]
[Sub skill Chant Annulment has been weakened]
[Using excess Falna from awakening]
[Work around found]
[New Sub skill of Great Sage generated, Magic Slot Generation.]
'Yeah, Great Sage was a damn cheat skill.'
With that thought I pulled the magic and formed black fire in my hand before shooting it out.
BOOM
It burst from my hand, and I fell to my knees.
[Host has entered a state of mind down]
Raza and Ganesha both looked up to the ceiling where black fire crackled.
Finally I heard Raza's voice. "Well ain't that something."