Magic was a phenomenon that used the magic energy present in all living beings as fuel, and it was generally separated into four categories.
Fire was an attribute that interfered with temperature, meaning things like flames or freezing.
Wind was an attribute that interfered with the atmosphere, meaning things like gusts of wind or wind blades.
Water was an attribute that interfered with humidity, meaning things like manifesting liquids.
Earth was an attribute that interfered with nature, meaning it could create minerals classified as ground.
Depending on the user’s abilities, it was also possible to combine them and create unprecedented magic. Whether they were mages or swordsmen, magic was key to making it in this world.
Speaking of abilities, magic was dependent on each individual’s abilities, and Qualia’s were the worst. That was the biggest reason why he was ostracized in the Sandbox home.
“Magic, initiate learning.”
Ina was not too knowledgeable about magic either, so Qualia was scanning a magic book brought to him to learn more detailed information.
When Qualia was left alone, he memorized twenty pages of the ten thousand page book every second.
It was trivial with the computation abilities of artificial intelligence, and despite the downgrade from a CPU to a brain, he was still fast enough.
Five hundred seconds later, the sound of the ten thousand page magic book closing could be heard.
“Magic, learning complete.”
He was done learning magic, and scanning all the possibilities of what he could do, but that alone did not mean he could use magic.
He needed both knowledge and the magic energy tied to one’s individual talent, but Qualia had no way to create magic energy from nothing.
“Executing magic test.”
Qualia stood alone in the backyard at night.
He controlled magic energy just like the magic book said, and tried casting beginner level fire magic.
“Flare Arrow.”
But no flaming arrow appeared, only sparks that could hardly be called flames.
It was a cruel result, but Qualia’s expression stayed the same. He simply accepted it as feedback.
“Situation understood. Qualia’s magic energy is fatally lacking.”
Basically, this hardware was unable to resist against stronger threats by enhancing its magic.
“Analyzing situation.”
Qualia performed calculations alone in the backyard, looking for the optimal solution.
A few seconds later, he reached a conclusion.
“Conclusion. Equip this body with a 5D printer function.”
Qualia’s solution was to change his body, meaning to install a function the humanoid autonomous combat android Shutdown had.
“Tuning ‘earth’ magic.”
Qualia focused on the earth element. Depending on the magic energy circuits, it could freely create matter.
One of the advantages of the earth attribute that the magic book listed was that it could create minerals with as much mass as needed. Crushing enemies with super heavy minerals was the earth attribute’s theory in battle.
From this point of view, Qualia, who could only shoot out small pebbles, was a failure.
But that was actually enough. He just had to create the matter he wanted, and the size did not matter.
Qualia thought back to the design data of the humanoid autonomous combat android Shutdown. To the precise materials of every single piece, and how all the parts connected.
If he could use earth magic to trace those features and manifest matter, he could theoretically create a 5D printer, a mechanism to freely create all sorts of matter from an atomic level. And he would assimilate it to the human body.
The magic book Qualia read earlier explained the human body in terms of magic energy circuits.
Qualia used this information to calculate how to adapt the human body to a 5D printer.
“Calculating optimal solution.”
The calculation of the custom data was complete.
How to describe the binary data of earth magic, how to program it, how to put everything together, how to create the application called 5D printer… He performed calculations a normal human would never complete in a trillion years.
Qualia placed the palm of his left hand on his right arm, and performed magic to revive super technology.
“Installing 5D printer function…!?”
Signals were being transmitted. An abnormality called pain.
Qualia’s eyes were open so wide, it looked as though they would pop out of their sockets.
“Gu, ga, ga, ah… Gu, uu…!!”
But Qualia did not reconsider or slow down.
This body remodeling was tied by minute operations and calculations.
Cells being replaced was something that produced a reaction of rejection, but that was within Qualia’s expectations.
Muscle tissue ruptured, and blood evaporated like mist, but that was within Qualia’s expectations.
His right arm and the brain connected to it were beginning to drift away from being human, but that was within Qualia’s expectations.
Everything was finished.
“Ah, aah, ahhhhh… Hnn!”
The pain stopped. Sweat dripped from the reworked right hand.
“Installation… Complete… Testing 5D printer function.”
Qualia mumbled a log with a trembling voice, as he sent electric signals to the 5D printer in his right hand to put it into operation.
From the five fingers, a pale faint light appeared, and at the edge of this light, matter in the air gathered into one and changed.
A cylindrical object appeared.
“Testing complete. Photon weapon complete.”
A weapon from the era of the humanoid autonomous combat android Shutdown.
It emitted special charged particle beams to melt targets by destroying them on a molecular level. It was the worst kind of weapon.
“Type SWORD.”
He grabbed the tube called a sword by the automatic voice, and the pure white flash of light took the form of a blade.
He cut at a nearby tree, and it easily went through the thick trunk, making a heavy sound echo as the tree went down.
“Type GUN.”
The handle changed shape again into a gun, and the moment Qualia pulled the trigger, a ray of light cut through the darkness.
When he lowered the photon weapon, he saw a hole in the large tree in front of him.
However, it still did not match Shutdown’s heyday, and Qualia was not entirely satisfied.
“5D printer restoration rate 21%. Will work to restructure hardware further around 5D printer.”
Qualia wanted more power. He thirsted for power more than when he was just an artificial intelligence.
It was not the duty of the humanoid autonomous combat android Shutdown, but Qualia wanted to be stronger. At this time, he still did not understand where this desire came from.
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And now they should be practicly unbeatable, though I wanna see where it goes from here
Did…did he just made a working 5D printer from scratch from pure force of will!?
The Power of love.
Thought it’s not like MC has understand it.
I mean it’s probably more like science ;P.