〈 Episode 325 〉 Turn over the board (3)
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Stars often give blessings to humans.
Some people are loved by the stars, some become apostles chosen by the stars, and some become faithful priests who serve the stars.
“If you could have one of those, what talent would you like to have, Gray Wizard?”
This is a question I was asked while I was on the battlefield.
If you could choose just one blessing out of so many, what would you choose? Raniel answered that question without any hesitation.
Watcher, one who reads context.
That is the talent that Raniel hoped for and hoped for.
‘I whined at the star every day, but it never gave up. How much mana was stolen from me? A bastard without conscience…’
Grumbling inwardly, Raniel thinks about the Watcher.
As befits the title of one who reads context, the Watcher penetrates into the essence of all things. It reads the flow of mana, and even if it is a sight-reading circuit, it can immediately grasp the flow.
Up to this point, it’s an incredible talent.
Although it is a talent that all wizards covet, Raniel knows that a Watcher’s talents do not stop there. It has to be that way. Because Raniel knows of a fully blooming Watcher.
An ancient dragon wizard.
Jormun Van Dragonic.
He is the most famous wizard in history, and the only wizard who fully developed the talent of a Watcher. He only once showed what it meant to be a ‘reader of context’ in front of Raniel.
“Take a good look.”
“This is my magic.”
Was it a tribute to Raniel who defeated the black dragon?
Was it a lesson from a senior looking at his distant junior? The intention is unknown, but the sight he saw that day was deeply ingrained in Raniel’s mind.
God of wizards.
Because it was a sight worthy of that maddening name.
“…Originally, I was going to teach you a little later.”
Raniel looks at the girl in front of him.
“I thought it was too early for you. To be honest, it’s hard for me too. Because this is not something an ordinary person can endure. So he tried to check the liver some more…”
A child born with the talent of a watcher.
A child who is like a junior, succeeding him and sitting in the position of the next gray magic tower lord. Looking at the child, Raniel let out a long sigh.
“Unfortunately, I don’t have time.”
So, let me ask you in advance.
Raniel looked straight at Lesti and asked a question.
“It’s hard on your body. It will be a bit dizzy. You may not be able to open your eyes properly for a while. If it’s still okay…”
“are you okay.”
Resty answers without any hesitation.
“As long as I can learn it in time, I can do anything.”
These are the eyes of someone who has already made a decision.
Raniel nodded with satisfaction as his eyes showed strong determination. After he left, his magic tower was filled with gray, mindless idiots…
‘As expected, he is my junior.’
Resty is an exception.
‘A wizard of the Gray Magic Tower should be like this.’
Raniel gestured to Resti.
“Close your eyes.”
Resty closed his eyes.
Raniel stretched out his hands and covered Resty’s eyes.
Because the Watcher’s talent was concentrated in the pupils, Raniel could feel the stream of starlight flowing beneath his palms.
“You know that the true value of your talent lies in seeing and understanding, right?”
“I know. “Because you told me last time.”
I said it once.
Resty’s talent is not limited to ‘seeing’, but lies in ‘understanding’ the essence of what he encounters.
“By the way, have you ever felt anything strange?”
“yes?”
“I look at the stars and read the flow of mana, and its essence is very easy to understand. “Isn’t it a little strange that something that wizards have been exploring for hundreds or thousands of years can be understood in an instant?”
A question I’ve never had before.
This is the moment when Resty is about to answer something.
“What you saw was just a scratch.”
Raniel touched the flow of mana.
“So, let’s look into the abyss now.”
The flow over Resty’s eyes begins to change. Resty shuddered as she felt insects crawling over her eyelids.
“Remember this now. “I’ll do it for you once, but next time, you’ll have to do it yourself.”
Resty slowly answered yes.
Eventually, Raniel slowly removed his hand from covering Lesty’s eyes. And then he took a step out of the way of Resty’s line of sight.
“Before you open your eyes, let me warn you.”
Raniel said.
“What I just did was disarm the protection mechanism in your eyes.”
“…Protection mechanism?”
“okay. “By nature, your eyes can see and understand more, but they are limited.”
Why are there restrictions?
It seemed like Resty had such a question, so Raniel smiled bitterly and touched his eye.
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“I see too much.”
simple.
Because it shows too much.
Because many things are understood in an instant.
“I see so much that my brain is overloaded. Your head can’t handle it. That’s why there are restrictions. “I’ve temporarily released it now.”
“then···.”
“You will see too much. So many things will be understood in an instant. So, don’t just grit your teeth and hold on, if you feel like it’s not going to work, close your eyes.”
Otherwise.
“I’m going crazy.”
Resty gulped and swallowed dry saliva.
And then she slowly opens her closed eyes. The moment Resty opened his eyes, he lost his breath for a moment.
see.
I see so many things.
The moment Resty opened his eyes, he realized why Raniel had cleaned out everything in the room. Mana is flowing in this room. It is the mana that naturally flows out when the wizard is in that position.
Resty’s mana, and Raniel’s mana.
Only those two mana are visible to Resti.
Since mana is related to stars, Resti’s eyes recognize it the moment it sees it. I understand. The process takes place the same as before, but the depth is different.
Digging deep into the depths.
I see things that shouldn’t be visible.
The form of mana, its properties, the information recorded in it, all transactions made with this mana, and countless pieces of information were forcibly injected into Resty’s head.
“···Ugh!”
Resty, who was staggering, closed his eyes.
The moment you close your eyes, all your protective mechanisms fall into place with a clicking sound. So, with his vision returning to normal, Resty looked down at the floor.
Toad, toad, toad.
Blood is dripping. My vision turned red.
Blood was dripping from his nose, and drops of blood were also dripping from his eyes. With his head in confusion, Resty barely managed to lift his head.
“What the hell is this…”
“That is the essence of your talent.”
Raniel said.
“If you don’t want to, you can only understand by looking at the surface. That alone is enough talent, but if you want…”
She flicked her finger down.
“It means that you can go to the deepest depths and come out with all the essence taken out of it. That’s truly unbelievable talent. That’s why I coveted it.”
Raniel smiled bitterly and licked his lips.
“A wizard sacrificed his life and walked the magic path his entire life. You can understand it just by looking at it. It means you can make it yours.”
For example, geniuses are expressed this way.
These are people who dismiss the path that others have taken over decades and skip it in an instant. So what about this girl in front of you?
‘You can change a person’s life just by looking at it.’
The world is so terribly unfair.
Raniel grumbled and clapped his hands.
“So, skip it.”
“···yes?”
Resty blinked.
Raniel grinned and laughed.
“What I have built up, my everything.”
She unbuttoned her shirt with a pop.
“Try and steal it. “I’ll show you everything.”
She pressed my chest.
The circuit is spinning like an insect crawling across pure white skin. That circuit is what Raniel is all about. It is the essence of the magic she walked through.
Everything about yourself.
Raniel said, pointing at it.
“For the next month, you can make this yours. “Because this is the way to kill an elder.”
Resty nodded slowly.
Soon, Resty closed his eyes tightly. A clicking sound is heard and the locked protection mechanism is released. Resty slowly exhaled and opened his eyes…
“Ugh.”
He immediately fell to the floor, bleeding from his nose.
It was less than a second.
2.
It’ll take a long time.
That’s what Raniel thought as he looked at the fallen Resty.
Well, it has to be that way.
This circuit was one that even he couldn’t quite remember how he made. A circuit completed unconsciously.
‘What did you do back then?’
At that moment, when half of his life had been devoted, Raniel’s brain was overloaded beyond its limits. Field of view expanded to the limit, perceived time slowed to the limit.
In a world that felt like it had stopped, Raniel wandered around looking for answers. He destroyed everything he had built up and built it up again.
I don’t know how many times I repeated that.
I kept crushing it and kept building it up.
Wizards often say that their life as a wizard ends when they crush their path. To borrow that expression, Raniel must have experienced at least hundreds of deaths there.
Hundreds of deaths experienced as a wizard.
The answer found at the end of death is this circuit.
Raniel had no idea how much time it would take for Resti to understand this circuit.
‘One month won’t be enough.’
Of course I thought that would be the case.
I thought it would be good to just get a feel for it.
But that thought didn’t last long.
The next day, Resty lasted 1 second. Two days later, I lasted 2 seconds, then two days later, I held on for 3 seconds, and then again for 4 seconds…
“Whoa, whoa…”
A day when night and day changed twenty times.
Resty, who had been increasing his time by 1 second every two days, succeeded in holding on for 10 seconds in front of Raniel. She took a deep breath, pressing down on her reddened eyes.
‘···It’s really poisonous.’
Looking at Resty like that, Raniel stuck out his tongue.
A lot of information will flood your mind, and it will be difficult to stay sane. Resty endured the pain and lasted 10 seconds.
It was a mentality that made me want to tell Kalt, who immediately screamed when he twisted his limbs, to watch and learn.
“It’s a little bit, but I think I’m getting the hang of it.”
Just as Raniel was surprised by Resty, Resty was also surprised to see Raniel’s circuit. I’m trying to dig into the deepest part of the world to retrieve information, but I just can’t reach it.
It’s so deep.
The information contained in that one circuit, and the path that wizard has walked, is very rough and rough. I can’t even imagine what kind of life he lived.
“···Professor.”
Resty asked.
“How on earth did you make this?”
“well.”
Raniel laughed bitterly.
“I did it and it worked out.”
Same thing as always.
Resty bursts out laughing at those words, which seem to make him nostalgic. Since Raniel was also joking, she gave the correct answer again.
“Crush it. “I crushed it again and again.”
Common sense, the path you have built, everything about yourself.
“Even if you crush it, something useful comes out. I picked them out one by one and kept matching them. “Like putting together a puzzle.”
Hundreds of towers were built, and hundreds of towers were torn down. He took out only the usable pieces from the numerous piles of stones on the ground and built a tower.
‘···Something like that.’
I am showing it to myself now.
A wizard’s most precious treasure.
Resty bowed his head to Raniel, feeling grateful once again. Ran El waved his hand as if he was satisfied and said to Resty.
“Go. “I have to spend dinner with the elder.”
Resty nodded and left the lab.
Resty was spending his days teaching Raniel during the day and talking with the elder at night.
The longest month of her life.
Without wasting even a single second, Resty lived each day in small chunks. That time was now slowly approaching its end.
3.
“Elder, I’m here.”
“So, are you here? Resty.”
The sunset is fading.
A scarlet shadow rippled across the top floor of the Magic Tower.
“Come closer and talk. “I can’t hear very well anymore.”
The elder’s voice has no strength.
The time given to the elder was coming to an end, and the elder’s condition was getting worse day by day. Resty bit his lip.
Even if you are mentally prepared, pain is inevitable. Resty exhaled with difficulty.
“wait a minute. “I’m going to change some plants.”
“I guess so.”
The air in the room is unusually thick today.
It looks like the magical flower that was left for purification didn’t work properly. With that thought in mind, Resty walked towards the flower placed by the window.
This is the moment to reach for the magical flower.
Stop.
Resty’s hand stopped in midair.
“······.”
The flower was black, dried, and twisted.
Resty’s eyes narrowed.
She slowly raised her head. The window came into her sight. The window illuminates the elder reclining on the bed.
The elder was smiling.
Lesti swallowed dryly at that strange laugh.
“···Today, I learned magic from the professor.”
Resty said, turning his back to the elder.
Pretending to change the plants, she closed her eyes. There was a sound of something loosening. Resty slowly caught his breath.
Then, he turned around with his eyes closed.
This is the moment when Resty opens his eyes.
“It seems like you noticed.”
A thumping sound rang out.
The bed is smashed. The ground shakes. A hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed Resty’s neck.
“Those eyes.”
Resty opened his eyes with difficulty.
What you see is not an elder.
“You look like that damned ancient dragon.”
Resty’s eyes capture the strange being that has swallowed the elder’s body and become one with him. However, the process that would normally follow does not occur.
saw.
However, I don’t understand.
There is something there that I cannot understand. Blood flowed from Resty’s eyes. With a clang, the protective mechanism arbitrarily blocked Resty’s vision.
“you···.”
Resty spoke in a thin voice that was caught in his throat.
“who are you.”
The corner of the elder’s mouth was torn apart by that question.
“Who is it? He is the teacher and father you respect. “Why don’t you call me father, Resty?”
Something that swallowed the elder calls out to Resty in a soft voice, borrowing the elder’s memories. The call disgusts Lesti.
“Did you ask who I was?”
The elder’s eyes look at Resty.
Those eyes are like an endless abyss. The shadow wriggling inside whispered to Resty.
【The first madman.】
he laughs
【The one who lost his name.】
Gwangso echoed.
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