All of his classmates were undergoing tremendous growth, surpassing him at an alarming pace. If things continued as they were, they would undoubtedly become the most formidable force in the entire nation.
Kelly closed the book he was reading which titled 'The Arduousness of Lightning Magic'. Which honestly, he didn't understand a word of it. Ever since coming to this world they haven't faced any difficulties in communicating with native people or reading the text, well his guess was that's all thanks to their skill 'LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION'. But for whatever reason they can't write the language. Which isn't much of a drawback as most of the populace don't even know how to read. Writing in this world Is beneficial to those with administrative positions mainly Nobels. Since they are heroes and will be fighting on the front lines it wasn't much of a setback.
'But even so it sucks not to be able to write. I kind of feel uneducated!'
Well, maybe that's the modern person inside of him speaking. Anyways, coming back to the topic. Even though kelly is the weakest when it comes to strength wise, however he had no reason to give up because the level of normal people can only be increase so much through training Agawa's level stopped increasing after level 8 hell mine stopped after level 2 the only reason we progressed as much was because of the resources provided by church and by the disparity of levels they were clearly discriminating but it isn't anything to feel bad about after all these resources are scarce as such it's only right they give it to the one with most potential I am even surprised they even spared some for me.
Anyway, after knowing he can't increase his level. He wasn't disheartened as kelly had two of the rarest elements when it comes to magic. Honestly when he first learned that he had lightning magic he was overexcited. Well, it's one of the coolest things you can hope for in isekai anyway, and when kelly came to know it's the hardest to control it didn't discourage him at all as magic in this world depends wholly on one's imagination and people in this world don't even know how lightning is form so, obviously they were going to have difficulty in controlling something when they don't even know how that phenomenon occurs, however that's no problem for him as he was from the world where science rocks.
He knew everything there is to possibly know about lightning even how fast it travels. So, he thought it was going to be a breeze for him to learn lightning magic or so he thought.
'I wanna punch my past self for making that smug expression!'
Obviously, it's not going to be a breeze. It's magic, it doesn't work on facts much less than laws of physics why are only proven in earths environment, here everything is different what's the use of knowing the value of g = 9.8m/s, when someone with gravity magic just negates that whole fact itself, even its existence is a mystery on its own. Anyway, kelly wasn't completely wrong. Imagination is the most important factor, and basic theory of lightning formation is going to be helpful. However, magic in this world is not some fantasy he read about back in his world. Here magic literally gives you the power to control natural phenomenon. Earthquakes, Lightning storms even Tsunamis are in your back and call. Nevertheless, you can't mess around with Mother Nature with just imagination. Back in their world, taking Nature for granted had adverse effects on their whole civilization, as a result of that one of the major things they are battling today is climate change.
So, to control Nature more so in this world where the Nature itself is alive with mana everywhere, they need to have something more, something supernatural. Something that was not present back in their world but here it is. The Power of Mana. Mana the main component that differs this world with theirs. Here mana exists everywhere around them even in the air they breathe, and all living beings of this world are born with it, even after death your body decomposes slowly because of the mana present in your body. But even so it's present in everything that doesn't mean it can be used by everyone it's not easy to control, forget mana in the surroundings even though controlling all the mana inside your body is a great feat to achieve. This mana, a supernatural existence which allows people to achieve superhuman strength is an enigma. Most people don't even question it.
'Well, of course they don't. It's like asking why they have air to breathe or why do they drink water when thirsty. Only people like us will find it weird and try to question the sanity behind it. Well even in our world we didn't question the existence of air in Middle Ages.'
And Kelly sorely lacked mana, the vital energy that fueled magical abilities. His mana reserves were woefully insufficient, limiting him to meager displays of power and the reason his stats are increasing at such a low pace than others. At best, he could generate a feeble electric current around his hand, capable of nothing more than a mild paralysis. However, expecting someone to simply stand still and allow him to make physical contact was nothing short of wishful thinking.
His situation was akin to possessing an AK-47 rifle without knowing how to unlock it.