[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-not-goblin-slayer":3,"chapter-i-am-not-goblin-slayer-i-am-not-goblin-slayer-chapter-54":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Am Not Goblin Slayer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1030708,1343,"Chapter 54: Familiar Feeling","i-am-not-goblin-slayer-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>Gauss focused intently on sensing the “protection” lost by the Mage Armor this time, gaining deeper understanding in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This loss was much greater than the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between the two was that the first time, he had only cautiously dragged his finger a very short distance, but this time he had dragged about ten centimeters across the back of his hand with much greater force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the same weapon, different ranges and force of impact would cause varying degrees of armor loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it was impossible to simply quantify the protection of Mage Armor by how many attacks it could withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It still had to be judged based on personal feeling and experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss continued testing for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he felt the effect of Mage Armor had grown very faint, he carefully placed the blade back on his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Applying slight force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the protective force field of the Mage Armor surrounding him shattered explosively!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss quickly lifted the blade to avoid cutting himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mage Armor shattered...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the surrounding magical fluctuations disappearing, Gauss nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the Mage Armor’s effect was weak, it couldn’t be relied on to absorb damage because there was basically no strong protective effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If necessary, he could dispel the spell and cast a fresh layer of Mage Armor again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, enemies wouldn’t stop their blades just because they sensed the Mage Armor shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mage Armor proficiency +1”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level 1 Circle Mage Armor (2\u002F10)”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the prompt pop up, Gauss raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So not only does a successful first cast grant proficiency, but subsequent testing and damage taken also increase proficiency?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that in the future, practice would require not only successful casting but also continuous training through receiving hits and damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss was a little surprised to see the proficiency on the panel jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mage Hand and Magic Missile did not provide this kind of “process-based” proficiency accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like this spell would improve quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And unlike Magic Missile, Mage Armor could be practiced anytime, even inside a town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come out specifically today out of caution, considering it was the first time practicing this spell, so choosing an open, deserted area felt safer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seemed this spell’s practice wouldn’t cause any damage to the surroundings, so it basically had no requirements for the practice location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Gauss’s mood brightened quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Mage Armor had started later, it didn’t look too difficult to practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he would continue practicing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His internal magical power was still more than half full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was enough for him to keep practicing, and Gauss had no intention of resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When doing something, you must keep the momentum going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riding the wave of the spellcasting feeling and drive he just found, he pushed proficiency forward in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the first experience, Gauss tried several more times; the bone staff surged with magic and successfully released a second Mage Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following operations followed the same process as the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued testing various damage types, including but not limited to dagger, rapier, fist attacks, wrestling falls, and other drop damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final conclusion was that various physical attacks could all be protected against by Mage Armor before it shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just wasn’t sure about its ability to withstand magical attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That part, he couldn’t test for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Mage Hand was a magical effect, its attack method was still physical in nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Magic Missile, it was impossible to test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, objectively, he couldn’t target the spellcasting at himself, so the action itself was unfeasible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, Magic Missile seemed a bit dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Mage Armor had only just begun practice; even if he had a way to test with Magic Missile, he didn’t intend to do so for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his unskilled Mage Armor failed to withstand Magic Missile, he’d end up dying by his own hand as a spellcaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be far too frustrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When busy, time always passed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, several days had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level 1 Circle Mage Armor lv2 (8\u002F20)”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss glanced at the Mage Armor proficiency, then looked at the bald middle-aged man beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s end today’s practice here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is today’s payment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss took out several copper coins and handed them to the bald middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching him repeatedly thank him and then hurry away, Gauss couldn’t help but shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first day, he had pushed Mage Armor proficiency to lv1 (10\u002F10), successfully entering lv2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although skipping the beginner learning phase usually allowed his spells to improve quickly at lv1, Mage Armor’s speed was undoubtedly the fastest so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Level 1 spell was even slightly faster in practice speed than Mage Hand, which was a level 0 cantrip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were multiple reasons: his overall spellcasting quality had been steadily improving over time, and his magical power’s strength and quantity had increased quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Gauss’s feeling, level 1 proficiency meant barely able to cast but not very skilled, unable to guarantee success every time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 2 proficiency meant that when focused and free from external interference, he could basically maintain a high success rate. The higher the proficiency, the stronger the resistance to interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for level 3 proficiency, he didn’t know yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His other two spells’ proficiencies were Mage Hand lv2 (18\u002F20) and Magic Missile lv2 (10\u002F20).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mage Armor proficiency reached lv2, Gauss specifically hired a laborer to assist with training, paying only a few copper coins per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found that being attacked by someone else was much more effective for training Mage Armor than attacking himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why Mage Armor proficiency continued to grow quickly after reaching lv2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unfortunately, the effect is gradually weakening.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a full day of practice today, though most of the time was spent recovering magical power, proficiency only reached lv2 (8\u002F20).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss actually had a vague suspicion about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled the knowledge about professionals introduced by Grom, the blacksmith shop owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important point was that Rank was a rule product formed by the world; to follow a professional path, one must constantly and humbly practice the corresponding road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professionals were like this, so as their prerequisite stage, professional apprentices probably experienced a similar influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, self-attack training, which was safest, had the lowest efficiency. Hiring an ordinary person who obeyed him but posed no real threat to his life to attack him was somewhat better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only real combat training would yield the best skill training results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so difficult for ordinary people to become professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if others didn’t have a permanent adventurer’s manual panel like him, if mechanical training alone could steadily improve experience, despite ups and downs, it would still accumulate over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, reality was that most apprentices found it hard to advance to professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A world full of malicious rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To become strong, did one have to constantly put oneself in danger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was this invisible rule guiding living beings to fight and slaughter each other?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss put down his staff and looked up at the sky. For some reason, a familiar feeling quietly welled up inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one responded to his inexplicable emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After staring for a long time, he withdrew his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that’s the case, I can only keep moving forward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next target: the fifth monster encyclopedia entry.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-03T09:23:13.438Z","2026-06-03T09:23:16.563Z",1,"novelbin.me","d8db76d38162b255b8f33fa0602018192ca142c6a91f99038dde1fa88a293bcf","i-am-not-goblin-slayer-chapter-55","i-am-not-goblin-slayer-chapter-53",414,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-not-goblin-slayer-cover.jpg"]