Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 40: Chapter 36: New Spell

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Chapter 36: New Spell Chapter 36: New Spell Despite both of their strength stats being the same -at a base of five- Alex knew he was stronger than Garret currently, due to the Refined Body ability he just gained. So he had to at least attempt to break out of the cage himself. Alex grabbed a bar with both of his hands and pulled. His muscles strained, bulging against his skin under the armor he wore. He felt the power in his arms, far more than he ever thought he could achieve back home on earth. Alex really was at the peak of humanity. He'd outdo any strongman or power-lifter of his previous world despite still having a slim -albeit impressively chiseled- body build. Despite this, Alex couldn't budge the bars. They held firm in their stone recesses regardless of the grunts and huffs Alex made during his attempts to bend them. After a grueling thirty seconds, he gave up and stepped back. "Told ya," Garret said. "I know, I know," Alex leaned forward and took the time to examine the bars for once. At first glance, they seemed like rather typical wrought iron metal. Dark grey, not even a bit of shine to them. The surface was rough, but not from the pot-marks of a forging process, something else gave the metal a textured look. What are those? Alex's eyes strained in the dim light to focus on the metal texture. There were lines on the metal, etched on the surface in an intricate pattern. He traced the lines along the bar in vision, watching it curve and intersect to make various tiny designs. It's covered in glyphs. He realized. The bars were indeed a basic metal after all. They were enhanced with some sort of [Glyphcraft], no doubt giving them a massive increase in their sturdiness. Alex only knew a few basic glyphs and lines in the enchanting method thanks to Celeste's elemental circle he had learned. A lot of what he saw he didn't recognize, but some of it he did. Earth glyphs, and they're all connected through other symbols up and down the surface. Makes sense, the earth element would provide strength and stability. Alex's observations were rewarded with a popup. Skills: Glyphcraft: Beginner 4.0% He improved his skill by studying the glyphs in front of him. That was interesting to know. If Alex came across other instances of this type of enchanting, he could potentially study it to increase his skill's rank without having to buy expensive tomes or pay someone to teach him. All more stuff to worry about later. For now, he understood that no one on his team would be able to just break through these cages. Not at their current level of power anyway. So they needed to figure out something else. His attention went to the lock that kept the cage closed. It was of the same metal as the bars and also covered in glyph lines. So breaking it wouldn't be an option. The same went for the thing's hinges. "Anyone know how to pick locks?" Alex asked. "We tried that. No luck." Eric replied. "Damn," Alex sat down cross-legged to think. What else could they do to get out of this? Allie's spell didn't help in this situation. It didn't damage anything, just created light. Wait, spells! Come on, Alex! He nearly facepalmed. His notification said he had earned a new spell from completing the badger quest. He quickly pulled up his menus and found the description of his first ever magic spell. Spell: Flare Type: Transmitter Element: Fire Rank: Beginner Effect: Creates a blast of fire centered on yourself in a five-meter radius. This spell does not distinguish between allies and enemies. Power and damage are determined by spell rank, your intelligence stat, and Core rank. Burn it, burn it all. It was an impressive spell. Alex didn't know what the Transmitter type meant, but he knew the spell's rank of beginner was the lowest. They increased in rank or tier the same as a mage's core did. A beginner spell was at the bottom. That didn't matter too much though, apparently even a beginner spell cast by a Sage tier mage was still very powerful. Unfortunately, t