Reincarnated as a... Completely Average Person?

Chapter 21 Magical Musician?

She decided to challenge larger monsters.

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Bad idea.

She still wasn't strong enough to kill the king lizard from previously without help. To be quite honest, the thought frustrated Kotori quite a bit. Once again the strange urge to kill the beast arose in her again and she resolved herself that she would kill it. This time she didn't have help.

The only one who would help her was Shu but even then he didn't have much offensive power.

Shu noticed her resolve and gave her pleading eyes to not try it again.

Kotori could only sigh and resolve herself to trying to get stronger.

First things she had to develop her [Magical Musician skill]. Honestly, Kotori had been developing skills at a rate that was unusual for most of the people of this world. Most people only developed around 5-10 skills and that was only over the course of their entire lives. Kotori's case was unusual and when she asked the boss what her skills meant. The boss was unsure of what they did.

Incidentally, the boss had a very simple skill called [heavy strike]. It's very self-explanatory but it let the boss hit things VERY HARD. Quite, an apt skill for someone with the boss's predilection towards brute-forcing obstacles.

Thus Kotori began to develop her skills

Here's what she knew about the magical musician

It would allow her to essentially use mana to cast spells through song.

Yep, that was basically it.

Kotori didn't know the nature of the songs that were cast or what it would allow her besides things she had already done before. Like using it for entertainment or a simple damage spell.

[I guess now's a good time as any to test it]

The first thing that came to Kotori's thought was fire, and thus she tried to cast a "fireball" like a stereotypical wizard, but when she tried to blow her flute nothing came out and no mana was channeled despite her best efforts.

[That weird?]

So maybe [Magical Musician] was not an omnipotent spell?

This time Kotori tried something different

[Maybe an icicle?]

Once again she raised her flute to her mouth and nothing happened.

It seemed Kotori's dreams of being an all-powerful wizard were destroyed as quickly as they came.

She looked at Shu who was looking at her with puzzled eyes. From Shu's perspective, all it looked like was her playing the flute and it doing nothing.

[Well what do you want me to do?] She asked

Shu sent an image from when Kotori still lived in the village and she played melodies for her family.

[Ah you miss those?]

It had been a while since Kotori had played for recreation, since arriving in the wood elf village most of her life had been a struggle.

She began to play one of the songs her father often played for them. Apparently, this was a battle song used long ago. It was a fairy tale about rings and an evil king. The song was a very rousing song and her father would often play it while telling the fairy tale. Kotori quite liked it. So she began to play it.

As Kotori played the song she began to remember the tale. A tale of a small group who was able to overcome insurmountable odds.

The tune changed and it became a song that was different from the song her father had taught her. The sound grew deeper and an irregular orchestral sound began to come from her flute. Mana began to outpour from her at a large rate. Kotori knew that her [Magical Musician] skill was activating but she was very careful. Once she reached the limits of her mana she stopped the song. The Rolling orchestra came to a stop and she finished the song panting.

She felt a strange surge within her. She felt... Energized. She quickly said "status!"

Sato Kotori

Race: [Human] Age: 8

HP: 40 (+19!)

Mana: 1/20

Agility: 32 (+19!)

Strength: 29 (+19!)

Defense: 26(+19!)

Karma: -100,009,647 (+21!)

Skills: [Magic Musician], [Hunter], [Desire of Monte Cristo](Removed)

Traits: [Spirit Seer], [Monte Cristo] [MANA BUFF] (TEMPORARY 5:59)

[Wow!]

Her stats had grown massively

[Hey isn't this a little overpowered?]

She spent 19 points on mana and turned it into a massive buff!

Shu gave a happy bark and she quickly checked his status

Dirt Spirit (Shu)

Race: [Spirit] Age: 2

HP: 34 (+19)

Mana: 10 (+0)!

Agility: 26 (+19)!

Strength: 24 (+19)!

Defense: 24 (+19)!

Karma: 10

Skills: [Rock Bullet](New!)

Traits: [Earth Spirit] (Evolved!) [MANA BUFF] (TEMPORARY 5:59)

Shu who was listen had also gained the buff.

Kotori now realized that her original usage of [Magic Musician] was all wrong. Her time spent with Mari and others just meant all she had to do was last hit monsters and she didn't think about developing her skills further.

[Wait isn't this almost enough]

With these stats, it was almost possible for her to kill the king lizard alone. All she had to do was work on her mana pool.

Kotori licked her lips in anticipation

[Get ready to die shitty lizard!]

Author note: Thank you all for the support!

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