The powerful winds of the Scottish highlands swept through my hair as the scent of the sea dominated my senses. The crashing of waves on the island and the sheer breath of life that I could feel all around me reminded me once again of what my world lost because of a handful of people and their greed.
Such beauty, such nature, deserves to be protected. And if I can have my way this time around, I will make sure that this beautiful world will not walk on the same path as my own.
Shaking my head to get rid of those thoughts, I turned back to the huge patch of barren rock that made up the main island between the cluster that I rented out for this day from the local Finfolk.
Supposedly, this land was artificially created after a battle between something called a Boobrie, a native monster in the area, and some kind of lesser Dragon. Since both the creatures left the area soon after, the island fell under the ownership of the Finfolk, who decided to list the place on the supernatural net to make some profit out of it. Which was fair, I guess.
I mean, compared to many other isolated islands that the same group lists on the web for exorbitant prices because of their scenery and some of them having something called leylines (another subject to study later), this place serves well for my purposes.
Spreading out my senses, I made sure that none of those curious Finfolk were close by, I pulled on my mana and invoked the spell that I wanted to cast.
First things first, the fortress.
"[Create Fortress]!"
The Tier-10 spell took hold of reality immediately as the very earth rose from beneath my feet.
The stone morphed like liquid, climbing into the air like living tendrils before taking on a defined shape. The moment it attained the form of a thirty-meter-tall fortress, it solidified into what looked like ordinary brick and mortar. But I knew the truth.
This damned thing is a defensive structure in the same league as the Tier-10 defensive Druid spell, Nature's Shelter.
The only thing that can pierce its defences are absurdly powerful Super-Tier spells specifically designed to destroy defensive magics, like Sword of Damocles.
With the structure created, now it's time for concealment.
"[Mirror World]"
The moment I invoked the spell, a hemispherical barrier sprang into existence around the castle, completely hiding it from the outside world. In some ways, it could be said that this screen acts like an isolating spell, completely separating this island from the outside world in every way.
In the game, it was even capable of absorbing or reflecting a certain percentage of any attacks leveled against it, if it was discovered in the first place, which is hard to do.
With both spells done, now it is time to go inside and take care of this issue immediately and get to work on learning this world's system.
One of the many features of the Create Fortress spell is that it is bigger on the inside than what its outward appearance would suggest, giving me plenty of space to use.
It is a shame that this fortress is temporary and will fade when I will it. If it were a permanent structure, I would not mind trying to buy this island from the Finfolk.
Then again, it is not wise to have my base of operations located in a place that is known to others.
Walking into the massive chamber within the fortress, I unfurled my wings and halo, illuminating the space around me with the holy energy. But what I am more concerned about is the ring on my thumb.
Truthfully speaking, I am very reluctant to use Ouroboros so early. It feels like I am using up one of my few trump cards merely because I am afraid of the adversity I would theoretically face in the future.
But the same thought also leads to the various articles and information I read about the dangerous creatures of this world, and my determination once again grows stronger.
An item is only useful as long as I am alive. What use is a world-breaking artifact if I am no longer there to use it?
So, with my resolve once again going strong, I gritted my teeth and activated Ouroboros, making the ring shatter as a strange effect took place.
The strange roar that felt like a mix of a snake's hiss and a dragon's roar rang out in my mind, followed by a strange dark void enveloping everything in the area, including the fortress.
Good thing I used Mirror World earlier. If not, who knows what kind of beings I would have ended up attracting with such a commotion?
'Alright, enough distractions. Concentrate on the present.'
Closing my eyes, I waited for a few seconds until the phenomenon of activation stabilized. It was only when my instincts told me that the spell was ready that I made my wish out loud.
"I want all restrictions and limits removed from me. I want to be able to continue growing in every way possible without being restricted in any form. I want all level caps removed from all my classes and race classes. I want to be able to learn all the magics and abilities from this world without any kind of restrictions or obstacles getting in my way. No kind of limits, restrictions, obstacles, or caps shall exist on me anymore. I want to be able to gain Exp from anything that I kill in this world."
I blurted out everything that came to my mind without thinking. I don't know how this spell will work in this world, so the safest method that I can think of is to spout out every wish that I have and see what sticks.
I really hate wasting such a precious item even when I have no guarantee that it will work, but I really don't have any other choice. So I simply gritted my teeth and waited for anything to happen after speaking everything out.
Thankfully, it would seem that my loss of a World Item was not in vain, as I felt something within me break.
But the moment it happened, I felt agony as something else tried to reach my very soul!
Whatever it was, my instincts told me that it was pure and filled with holy energy, but I could also tell that it was not a living thing.
Thankfully, whatever it was, it retreated after that initial probe as I flared my mana and Light outward-
'Wait! Am I seeing this right?'
I am sure that my face held a stunned expression as I tried to move my Light energy with my mind, and it easily responded to my thoughts, forming tentrils of energy in the air which I slowly morphed into a spear, a sword, a blade, and then into a ball.
The same energy that resisted my attempts to materialize it in the past was now responding to me as naturally as my mana, as if I were born with the ability to manipulate it.
"It worked. It really worked! Hell yeah!"
I grinned happily as the initial results showed that my gamble was a success.
With this, I can now really start learning about the spells and abilities that he natives have and blend in better.
With the happy grin still on my face, I dissolved the fortress and the Mirror World before taking off back to Kuoh.
Now, all that is left is to earn a steady income for my stay in this world, and I already have an idea of how to do it.
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