Imagine the magic power gathering in your finger and draw a word. An effect in accordance with the meaning of the word is brought forth. It is a unique magic with the phenomenal power to apprehend and contort the underlying principles. ≪Single Chain unlocked≫ refers to the possible chain length of words. This magic was once ?%&GR!&*
For some reason the last part was corrupted and unreadable. He was quite bothered about it, but he somehow understood this magic. Still, he wouldn’t know if he was right unless he actually tried out the magic.
(So it’s called Word Magic. Let’s try it for now)
With that in mind, he took a deep breath and concentrated magic power in his fingertip in the same way as in front of the old woman. Before it took him a little while, but on his second try, his finger lighted up with magic power rather smoothly.
(A word, huh… Will anything do? But since it’s manifesting the word…)
He drew on the ground with his finger. Upon that, the pattern glowed in a pale light. He had written the kanji for “hard” while imagining the ground hardening. It was easier to imagine with kanji.
And the moment he recited ≪Activate≫ in his mind, the magic power from the word flowed into the ground while making sizzling sounds like on an electric discharge.
(Did that do it…?)
He knocked onto the ground. It was hard. Incredible hard. Pretty much like concrete. Until a moment ago, it had been loose dirt without a doubt.
He went around, checking the range of effect.
Clonk, Clonk, Clonk…Splat.
The ground was hardened in an area roughly 6.5m² wide.
The glowing word dispersed and vanished too. It was quite convenient that it left no traces behind, because it lowered the likelihood of his magic getting exposed. Then he reverted it with the kanji for “Origin”.
The electrical discharge happened again and the ground returned to how it had been before.