Reincarnated as a chicken

The Problem is......

Day 25

Magic! The creative manipulation of mana to produce some blah, blah, blah and then create some big booms and bams and basically be a badass.

Today was spent practicing just that.

I had the agent explain to me exactly what it was and like I said, Magic was basically the manipulation of certain mana particles to create certain effects. For instance, if one wanted to use Fire magic, one would need to control fire mana particles to do this. However, if one is not able to control these fire mana particles, this person will not be able to produce fire magic. It was basically impossible to possess an affinity for all the elements. (I will fight you if you call me out!)

I practiced using [Basic Fire Magic]. It was quite easy and felt natural.

Next on the board was magic spells. If magic was the power, magic spells were what it took to control the power to create desired effects. They were basically techniques that allowed for better control of magic. This may not make sense to some but it does to me so I'm good with that.

Trying magic spells was a bit trickier than using raw magic, but it didn't take long for me to get the gist of it. All I needed to do was visualize the kind of spell I wished to create. The direction in which I wished the mana particles to flow and the sort of shape they should form. It didn't take long for me to create a ball of fire.

I shot the fire ball to a tree, but it wasn't really effective. I also developed the [Fire Magic: Fire Ball] skill but it was level 1. It didn't use much mana. With the familia skill [Mana Share], I was siphoning the mana of my members who actually possessed mana. Sure I was doing it without their permission, but at least they were helping me get magic skills.

After much research, I found out that I really was a genius when it came to magic. Apparently, whenever a person started using magic, their magic power ranges from 5 to 10. I straight up started with 50 so I was already above normal. And creating magic spells like I was doing was also out of the norm since it would take people years to create new magic spells even when they've thought out the outline. Because, magic power 50 was the magic power those at the low intermediary level had. I felt really special after hearing that, but my mana reserves were quite low in my opinion. Of course that was out of the standard for people who just started.

I took an apple then threw it to the sky. Quickly I shot a lightning bolt through it and it went pop.

'Hmm... that ain't right. Hmmm... Hmmmmmmmmmm... Um... let's try this then.'

I threw some weirdly shaped fruit into the sky, then used Wind blades to sever it into perfect slices. My precision was off and power behind it was too much. The wind blade just made the apple go pop as well.

'Ah. That's a problem. Agent, is there no way for me to minimize the magic power in one use?'

My reason for asking this was that, 50 magic power was just a big use of mana especially for simple spells. I needed to minimize the energy use for a matter as simple as cutting an apple.

<<Affirmative>>

The agent then proceeded to explain the whole ordeal in some bull shit. In my terms, I possessed mana circuits. Mana circuits were like a pipe that generated mana over time. Ok, they were actually collecting mana from the environment into them, much like solar panels. Anyway, these mana circuits had various valves where the mana they've accumulated can flow out of. These valves increase with the owners of these mana circuits. The valves were the control system for magic power. They managed the flow of magic power. So if one's valve was on 1, that person wouldn't be able to produce a good amount of mana or magic power. However, the bigger the valve, the quicker the mana supply is depleted as well as the more powerful it comes out. So I switched my valve to something lower.