Lost Child from Another World

Divine Beast

Edited by: Piamo

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"Atlas looks like he is working hard... What can we do to help him survive in the forest?" Sohtris looked at the floating screen that showed Atlas practicing magic.

Since Atlas didn't want to set the forest on fire, he practiced with water magic. He tried his best to make the water bubble bigger, thinking he could use it to drown some monsters or beasts, but he found it really difficult to get it bigger than a basketball.

The boy was struggling, but slowly, he seemed to be getting the hang of it.

Avlios was sitting next to Sohtris, leaning his head on her neck. "Hmm... Doesn't he have taming magic? Can't we create a divine beast to help him out?"

"That's a good idea! Should we give him a dragon?" She knew a lot of dragons that could help with the job!

"No. It would be really hard for him to bring the dragon around."

"Well, that's a good point... Ah, I know! Didn't he have a dog that he grew up with? Why don't we call the soul of his dog and see if he wants to help Atlas out."

Shortly before Atlas was born, a friend of Atlas' mom whose pitbull had puppies came to the house. She had brought the smallest puppy in the hopes that Atlas' parents would adopt him. He was dark gray and had floppy ears. Atlas's parents could not resist the puppy's cuteness and adopted him immediately, naming him Sir Walter.

Sir Walter was a gentle dog. After Atlas was born, the dog became extremely attached to Atlas. Essentially, the two grew up together.

Over the years, Atlas and his parents took many photos of Sir Walter. They cherished him so much that long after Sir Water had passed away, the dog's photos remained hanging on the walls of their house.

Sir Walter had passed away when Atlas was 16. After that, Atlas didn't have the heart to adopt another dog. Sir Walter was his big brother and protected him all the time. They had done everything together. It was no wonder that, 9 years later, Atlas was still heartbroken.

Sohtris exclaimed, "I'm sure Atlas would be really surprised to meet Sir Walter again!"

Sohtris and Avlios couldn't do much for Atlas. He was trapped in the Great Dragon Forest surrounded by powerful monsters and beasts. Having a companion by his side would make it easier to survive.

The two called Sir Walter's soul and explained the situation.

Soon, Sir Walter and Atlas would meet again...

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It took a few hours, but Atlas was finally able to understand the magical energy—mana—in his body.

He didn't know any of the theories of this world, so he made his own. It was quite simple.

Mana was stored in the solar plexus of the body. It didn't seem like it was in the physical body itself, but the soul's body. There, a mana core was found. Atlas didn't know what the average core size was for most people, but he estimated that it was about twice as big as his head. He didn't know if that was impressive or not.

He would later find out that that was pretty darn impressive.

Atlas realized that the larger his mana core was, the more mana he had at his disposal. The more compact his mana core was, the more mana he could shove into his mana core. If it was loose, there wasn't a lot of room, therefore, not a lot of mana.

According to his made-up theory, anyway.

It was good that he could use magic based on imagination though. As long as he knew the feeling of invoking while imagining, magic was possible. He didn't have to chant, didn't have to say anything out loud. As long as he had a clear image, it was possible to just say it in his mind.