[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-magus-infinite":3,"chapter-magus-infinite-magus-infinite-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","MAGUS INFINITE",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},1526233,1977,"Chapter 1: Up, Up, Lazy Cur","magus-infinite-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>TO EVERY MAN UPON THIS EARTH... DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AND HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FOR THE ASHES OF HIS FATHER,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AND THE TEMPLE OF HIS GODS?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-HORATIO\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if... stay with me here, what if that man cannot die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-ELRIC VOSS\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was six years old when I first had the dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would find myself walking along a beach covered with bones, and the water that pooled on my feet was boiling hot, but the pain never registered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sight of the water running through the empty eyes of the skulls that resembled tears that always got to me. Why would the dead still weep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will find myself screaming and running in fear, and like all dreams tend to do, I will find myself somewhere else, but now I know this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a small cave back in the mountains, and from within it a red light would shine rhythmically, as if it were breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fear like nothing I have ever known would seize me, because I could hear its call... like a thousand stabbing blades inside my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I always wake up screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My parents learned to comfort me after this spell of nightmares, which happened unfailingly to me every last day of the month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like always, when the day breaks, I forget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Up, up, lazy cur. Elric, I say, wake up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost did not respond; my focus was held by the flashing blue light that seemed to be pressed beneath my eyelids and the remnants of a dream that stayed with me for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of my younger sister entered my ears. She had learned this new word the last time that I saw her, and she was looking for every opportunity to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m up... I’m up,\" I replied lazily as I yawned, reaching back to scratch the side of my neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dismissed the blue light against my vision and opened my eyes to see a tiny silver orb floating by my head, my alarm clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some might say it said something of my mental state that I had the voice of my little sister screaming in my ears in the morning to wake me up, and I will reply to them that they had never met my sister... That little munchkin is one of the most dangerous people I have ever met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching out for the floating orb, I grabbed it from the air and carefully tucked it in the cupboard next to my cot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the morning sun was shining through the walls of my tent, and the sound of activities around the camp suddenly became louder in my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was always a deep sleeper, and even though I knew I should have been awake earlier, the long and tiring journey up to this place had placed a heavy burden on my endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, I was a bit relieved that the long journey had come to an end and we had finally reached our destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four months ago, I was very lucky and edged out most of my classmates to be one of the four Acolytes chosen on this expedition to visit one of the largest known sky-fallen pyramids on the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand years ago, they had fallen from the sky, thirty-one of them, distributed across the known world at intervals that no Mage has been able to explain as coincidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academies call them the Caelith or sky-bones in normal speech, and they have never been opened, because every serious expedition to attempt it has ended without explanation after years of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This expedition was most likely not going to change anything in this regard, but for me, it may as well change my life because there were several Adept-level Mages on this expedition, and this was a chance for me to learn from them without the pressure of having thousands of young Acolytes all vying for their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to get up earlier, so I can make a good impression, else I am sure Rex would find a way to spoil my name before the teachers,\" I muttered to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rex, Bari, Dara, and I were the chosen Acolytes, and I was selected last as all of them had better qualifications than I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did not see it as a bad thing; in fact, it was a thing of pride for me because I was the only Acolyte here that did not come from a noble house or a rich family, and I was able to reach this position on my own merits alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinking my eyes, I called up my status screen to show me what two years of study and practice in the Academy had given me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Elric Voss]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Age: 16]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title: Acolyte]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Available Titles: —]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Anima Depth: 34 (Acolyte)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Disciplines:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Threadwork 38 (Acolyte)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surge 31 (Acolyte)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spark 9 (Initiate) — Surge sub-skill\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Auxiliary Skills:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concentration 27 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anima Sensitivity 24 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Observation 21 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inscription 19 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meditation 14 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endurance 13 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooking 12 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First Aid 8 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cartography 6 (Initiate)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessings: —]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Soul Condition: Stable]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look at my status screen with a bit of pride. In two years, I have been able to become an Acolyte as my manipulation of Anima had risen through the ranks of Initiate all the way to Acolyte, and I had Threadwork, this discipline, to thank for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Threadwork was the manipulation of Anima into fine, precise shapes, and I learned that I had a particular talent for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father was a leatherworker, and my mother was a seamstress. From an early age, I had nimble fingers and keen eyesight, so my stitching was both delicate and precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The years of experience working for my parents did not go to waste when my talent for manipulating Anima was discovered by an Acolyte passing through the town; one thing led to another, and I found myself at the Aldenmere Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind focused on my core stat, which was Anima Depth, which was at 34, and I nodded in satisfaction. It had been 33 last month, and if things continued in this manner, it was only a matter of time before I reached the peak of the Acolyte grade.\u003C\u002Fp>",1060,"2026-06-06T05:51:16.404Z","novelbin.me","c7ecfd920713a2f6990ad74dc568775873a781e68b0f3c2120857d5fd8b4c64d","magus-infinite-chapter-2","magus-infinite-chapter-117",117,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmagus-infinite-cover.jpg"]