Chapter 3
As I looked at Biffgel with pitying eyes, his face became red .
"What's with those eyes! You looking down on me!"
Nope . I'm pitying you .
For now, I should regard knowing what 『Disqualified Crest』 means and how pointless it is to deal with Biffgel as good results .
I felt like I already knew the later before I talked with him though .
"Oy! Say something!"
This time it seems he's quite displeased at me being quiet .
Even though I think disposing of him in the name of self-defense would be for the benefit of mankind, I'd better not be careless considering I don't know the handling of crime in this world .
And thus, for now I should run away .
I strengthened myself with Physical Reinforcement and immediately increased my speed .
I only walked briskly, but it was already faster than Biffgel running with all his might .
"Damn it, wait! gasp, gasp . . . . Why can't I catch up!"
Isn't that because the magic god chosen one-san couldn't use Physical Reinforcement magic that even a trash who couldn't use magic well could?
That was what I thought, but I didn't say it out loud since I had shaken off Biffgel and entered the forest .
And then I noticed the burden on my body and magic power being lighter than my expectation .
The Fourth Crest is originally a crest well suited for Physical Reinforcement, but this is beyond even my expectation .
"For now, let's hunt some animals . "
Animals in this world have magic power in them even though it's of little amount, as they can be detected by 【Passive Detection】 .
Moreover, magic power of animals and monsters carry a peculiar property, that is, we take their magic power every time we defeat them, strengthening ourselves .
Of course, the growth will be faster if you fight a strong monster, yet on top of being hugely risky, there's only a few that can be hunted so I don't recommend this method .
--By the way, it's not like there isn't a way to strengthen yourself using human's magic power, but it's inefficient on top of requiring a very complex magic, thus its usage is quite limited .
It was a magic developed by the past life me, but I didn't use it much at all in practice .
The first animal I found was a bird . I don't know the name but it's a bit bigger than a chicken .
The bird is perching on about a five meter high branch .
I'll shoot it down with magic at once . . . . is what I'd like to do, but magic range of the Fourth Crest is short .
The me right now probably can't reach that place with magic .
Therefore I picked up a pebble on the ground while erasing my presence .
I concentrate Physical Reinforcement on my legs and take a step forward . Once I had enough momentum, I changed the target of the Physical Reinforcement to my arm and swung it with all my might .
I restricted the Physical Reinforcement like this in order to maximize it to the pebble .
And thus, with the strength and magic power of a six year old, the thrown pebble reached hundreds km/h of speed .
Even though I was hiding my presence, the bird seemingly noticed me after all the movements I did, but it was already too late .
The bird got hit by the stone in its face and fell to the ground .
At the same time, I felt my strength and magic power slightly increased .
Originally it's not something that can be noticed, it's probably because the growth is big in the first battle .
I neatly picked the fallen bird, cut its head and drained its blood .
It's a precious nourishment . Unfortunately I can't exactly say that the meals in my house are enough to sustain this body's growth .
The protein is particularly lacking .
I plan to strengthen my muscle by breaking them before getting to bed with magic then rapidly recovering them with magic, but it'd have the opposite effect without nourishment . That's very troublesome .
The reason for this situation seems to be a lack of ingredients, but I should be able to eat proper stuff if I bring this back home .
I continued to hunt five birds and left the forest afterward . Earning magic power is important, but it's not good to overhunt either .