The Wizard Has A Biochip

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Raticati opened his mouth.

His jaw was still trembling from the discharge.

— B-but... master...

He took a deep breath.

— I can... I can give you a magical laboratory!

I stopped.

— What?

— A laboratory belonging to a Level 2 Official Mage!

My attention was immediately captured.

— Where is it?

— In Darkgem City!

My expression changed.

— Fuck!

Raticati trembled.

— Damn rat!

I pointed at him.

— Do you think a Level 3 Acolyte like me can simply enter Darkgem?!

— That is one of the regions where several outlaw Official Mages gather!

I snapped my fingers again.

Raticati panicked.

— Do you want to feel electricity again?

— N-no!

He almost screamed.

— Master! I meant the ruins!

I stopped.

— Ruins?

— Y-yes!

Raticati breathed rapidly.

— I’m not talking about the current Darkgem City!

I lowered my hand.

— Then explain.

Raticati swallowed nervously.

— Darkgem City has already been destroyed three times.

— Whenever the Mages from the surface enter the Subterranean World, they attack the city.

— After it is destroyed, the outlaw Mages simply find another location and build a new city.

— The Darkgem I mentioned is one of the old cities. They are the ruins left behind by the last destruction.

— And the current city?

— It was built afterward.

I remained silent.

— After a mass self-destruction, there is still something left in those ruins?

Raticati immediately began nodding.

— Master!

— Lucary’s laboratory was protected by the strongest magical arrays!

— It may not be intact, but I’m certain that some resources remained!

— Resources belonging to a Level 2 Mage?

— Yes!

Raticati opened his arms.

— Even if only a small part remains, it is still worth it!

My expression became serious.

Then I summoned the Biochip.

— Biochip, analyze the veracity of what Raticati said.

[Beep.]

[Data analysis initiated.]

[Analysis completed.]

[Preliminary results indicate high compatibility between the creature’s accounts and the available historical data.]

[Reference sources: Annals of the Hidden Depths; Mysteries of the Subterranean Beings; Records of the Renegade Arcanists of the Vhal-Zur Catacombs.]

I thought for a few seconds.

Perhaps that laboratory wasn’t just an opportunity to obtain resources, unlike that laboratory I found in the City of Distant Wind when I was carrying out my first mission.

Externally, I smiled.

An extremely gentle smile.

I approached Raticati and lifted him off the ground.

— Raticati.

The rat looked at me.

— As long as you can take me to that laboratory...

I paused dramatically.

— I will set you free.

— And I will also give you a huge amount of magical crystals.

Raticati almost started crying.

— M-master!

— No need to thank me.

I smiled.

— We are companions.

To gain the loyalty of my new servant, I did something quite simple.

I ordered them to prepare a high-quality magical meal for me.

I also ordered them to prepare a meal especially for Raticati.

While I savored my food, feeling the magical energy from the ingredients slowly strengthen my body, Raticati was sitting in a corner.

Total devouring.

He ate like a wolf.

— M-master...

Raticati chewed without stopping.

— This is delicious!

I simply smiled.

After that meal, we reached an agreement.

Raticati would commit himself to serving me in good faith.

But there was one thing that needed to be resolved immediately.

The smell.

I didn’t know how that rat had managed to survive for so long without taking a bath.

In the Subterranean World, resources were extremely scarce.

Those creatures weren’t in the habit of washing themselves regularly.

And Raticati carried such a strong odor that it seemed capable of killing a person.

I simply couldn’t stand it.

I bought an entire bottle of magical deodorant.

Then I pushed Raticati into the bathroom.

After much resistance, I washed Raticati completely.

When it finally ended, he came out of the bathroom.

He really looked like another rat.

With his fur clean, that small brown body looked almost cute.

For some reason, he reminded me of the Pokémon cartoons from my previous world.

— All right.

— Now I want to find out exactly what you are capable of.

— Master, which ability do you want to see first?

— I want to start with the most interesting one.

I pointed at him.

— Show me your Transformation Spell.

Raticati pulled a small wooden staff from his waist.

The object looked old, worn by time and covered in small marks, but, from the careful way he held it, I immediately realized that this piece of wood had some value to him.

He took a deep breath and began reciting an incantation in a low voice.

The magical words were short and strange.

I recognized some patterns from the arcane language, but the incantation contained small alterations that seemed to have been made by Raticati himself.

When he finished, he raised the staff and pointed it at his own body.

A magical glow traveled across his skin.

Then, before my eyes, the color of his fur began to change.

The brown gradually disappeared, being replaced by the same grayish-brown shade as the stone floor.

I narrowed my eyes.

Raticati walked toward a corner of the room and lay down on his stomach.

For a few seconds, he simply disappeared from my ordinary perception.

If I hadn’t known he was there, I probably would have completely ignored his presence.

I approached.

My Biochip enhanced my visual perception, analyzing the smallest differences between Raticati’s body and the environment.

There were small irregularities.

The texture of his fur still didn’t perfectly match the stone.

But, for someone without enhanced perception...

It was practically perfect.

— All right, now show me another spell.

Raticati’s ears immediately perked up.

— Yes, master!

He dispelled the previous enchantment and concentrated his mana again.

The wood glowed.

And then...

Raticati’s body began to lose its consistency.

First, his paws became translucent.

Then his torso.

His head.

Until, approximately five seconds later...

He disappeared completely.

A wet mark appeared on the floor.

Then another.

I smiled.

Raticati had taken a bath recently.

The moisture that had remained on his paws was giving away his position.

Impressive.

I really couldn’t deny it.

If Raticati were faster, and if I didn’t possess the Biochip and my elemental perception, it would be extremely difficult to find him.

— Come here.

— Yes, master.

He reappeared.

I picked up a book from the table.

— Now hold this.

I handed the book to him.

Raticati disappeared again.

The book began to float in the air.

It was quite a strange scene.

A book flying by itself.

Five seconds later, however...

The book began to lose its consistency.

First it became translucent.

Then completely intangible.

And then it disappeared.

I raised an eyebrow.

— You can also make objects invisible?

— Yes, master.

— Are there limitations?

Raticati immediately answered:

— Two main ones.

— First, the item I’m carrying cannot be alive.

— Second, it cannot be larger than half my own body.

I remained silent for a few seconds.

It was quite a severe limitation.

But considering the result...

It was acceptable.

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A few days passed.

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During that period, I spent a lot of time thinking about the path I should follow, and I soon arrived at an answer.

I needed to deepen my studies of magic.

More specifically, my affinity with the light element.

The Golems were extremely useful.

In fact, at that moment, they were probably my greatest advantage.

But I couldn’t allow that advantage to become my main path.

For me, there was a clear difference between destiny and method.

In my previous life, I had already learned that achieving a goal and possessing the means to achieve it were two completely different things.

My destiny was to become a light elemental Mage.

That was the path I intended to walk for the rest of my life.

The Golems were merely a method.

A resource that allowed me to survive while I built my true path.

I could use them to crush my enemies.

I could even build an army capable of terrifying my adversaries.

But that wouldn’t change the fact that I still needed to master magic.

Only then could I truly say that I was following my own destiny of becoming a powerful light elemental mage.

The interesting thing was that, for most acolytes, choosing the correct path meant giving up immediate power.

Fortunately, I didn’t have that problem, after all, I possessed a Biochip.

The most time-consuming part of magical research was precisely what I could delegate to it.

I only needed to receive the essence of that knowledge and incorporate it into my own magical path.

Because of that, for me, destiny and method didn’t need to conflict.

While others had to choose between surviving today or building their future...

I could do both.

My mana had already reached the level of a Level 3 Acolyte.

This allowed me to store and work with more magical models within my domain.

But precisely because of this, another problem arose.

Which spell should I study?

After analyzing the possibilities, Light Body particularly caught my attention.

It allowed my body to accommodate a greater amount of light elemental particles.

At the same time, it would considerably increase my resistance to the element itself.

More importantly...

It was one of the steps necessary to achieve an advanced magic related to Light Elemental Modification.

Even so, when I analyzed my current abilities, I realized that Light Body offered something I desperately needed.

Light Body was an area-of-effect magic, after gathering enough elemental particles, an enormous luminous sphere could be created.

The sphere would advance toward the enemy, causing elemental damage and pushing everything in its path.

And, when detonated...

The amount of energy released would be even greater.

It was an offensive area-of-effect spell with multiple functions.

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