Episode 685
There were various ways for wizards to borrow power from beings from other dimensions.
First, there was a coercive method.
It is about subduing beings from another dimension and then subduing them so that they cannot escape.
It was the simplest and cleanest method if you had the ability to subdue and subdue. The lord of a certain magic school or the head of a certain family often used this method.
Next there was deception.
It was a way to make a contract with a being from another dimension and make a profit for the wizard by incorporating all kinds of complicated tricks into the contract.
This method works well for beings that are greedy and prey on people, like demons.
In the end, if you are greedy, you have no choice but to be deceived.
There were as many devils who were fooled by wizards as there were people who were fooled by devils.
Lastly, there was a contract.
A relationship in which people help each other by building friendship and friendship with beings from other dimensions.
This was a method that was often seen with beings that were friendly and gentle to people, like spirits.
And surprisingly, Direth was attempting to research a quasi-permanent organ using the devil’s magic as a final method.
“Uh, is that possible?”
Lee Han was even more surprised than he had just been.
I didn’t have any particular prejudice against the devil, but basically, the devil was a being that would use any means to achieve its own ends.
Even though the demons seen in the Wardanaz family and Einroguard looked kind and gentle, they were bound by a contract, and it was not strange for them to show their teeth the moment the contract was released.
“It’s not impossible. “I’m having a bit of trouble, but…”
“I think it would be much better to forcibly extract the magic.”
“…Oh, I told you to drag that person away!”
As Yukbeltyre gave advice from afar, Direth shouted in an irritated voice.
* * *
It was after three hours that Lee Han was able to leave the exchange venue.
Recovery didn’t take long. In fact, recovery itself took about 30 minutes before I recovered enough to move.
After that, two hours and thirty minutes passed while talking with the wizards who participated in the exchange meeting.
-Our Magic Tower is researching the extreme horse whale Stökul style. Are you interested?
-I don’t know much about sea creatures.
-haha. That crazy magic power… no, just that enormous magic power is enough. You are very welcome!
-……
-Our guild is researching the Empire’s Spirit Forest and its influence. I really want to invite you, Wardanaz.
-I don’t have a very good relationship with spirits.
-Wow! It’s a joke too! How can someone who borrows the power of such a great spirit not be on good terms with the spirit?
-……
Of course, most of the proposals ended up making Lee Han sad.
Fortunately, there were some attractive suggestions. Lee Han diligently took notes to refer to when he later returned to Einrogard and received requests.
-Ignore the suggestions from the wizards here. I’m making you an offer you can’t refuse. My research…
-No, why does this person keep leaving? Pull it out quickly!
There was a time when senior Jin Sang intervened and started abusing us, but we were able to escape anyway.
“I’m so tired…”
Direth, who had barely managed to bring Lee Han out, muttered in a voice full of fatigue.
When I thought about it, it seemed like it was my first time taking out a junior who was popular with other wizards by force.
Basically, students of the black magic school are quite far from this kind of interest.
I never thought I would be this tired!
“Junior. Come this way.”
“Well, I’m okay now.”
“no.”
Delet spoke firmly.
Although he received help from healing magic as well as his own magic, the aftereffects of becoming one with the Great Spirit were not something to be taken lightly.
Even if he looks fine now, the rebound could suddenly come back and cause him to collapse.
“It’s not just a matter of magical power or physical strength, but the amount of magical information can also cause damage to a wizard’s brain. “When you became one with the Great Spirit, didn’t you feel any magic that was different from usual?”
“!”
Lee Han realized what Delet was saying.
The lightning power that Perkuntra used was completely different from the lightning magic that Lee Han had used so far.
Starting from how to handle the lightning element, to how far magic can be expanded.
That strong memory still remained to some extent even now that integration was resolved.
“It is dangerous to force yourself to practice magic that does not suit your level, but it is even more dangerous to force it into your mind. “You need to be careful for a while.”
“But Professor Bagrek was forcing me to train in magic that wasn’t up to my level. “The principal even forces it into our minds…”
Delet pretended not to hear his junior’s question.
“huh?”
“Professor Bagrek and the principal…”
“what?”
“…it’s nothing.”
Instead of picking on his senior, Lee Han decided to be careful for a while.
It seemed right to take care of myself and not think about the magic that Perkuntra showed me until I was ready.
‘Still, I think you’re a little too worried about this…?’
Lee Han stared at the back of the head of Direth’s summoned beast, a high-class demon carrying him.
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“oh. it’s nothing. “Thank you for carrying me.”
The high-ranking demon nodded with a dull expression. Delet looked at it and said.
“I heard that my junior, I was surprised that you had a kind personality despite your appearance.”
“I often get that misunderstanding. “After all, they are beings who judge people based on their magical power.”
Lee Han said indignantly. Direth was slightly worried if it was just because of magical power.
‘I don’t think I can make a contract with the Great Spirit because I only have a lot of magic power…’
“He’s older than that.”
“Uh, huh? “I didn’t think anything?”
“yes? That’s not it, I thought there were a lot of people gathered on the street over there. Is there a problem?”
“!”
Delet glanced at his junior’s words and was surprised.
The streets of Flaher City are dark as dawn has not yet arrived.
On the street, the lights of magical lamps dimly illuminated the shapes of people.
At first glance, it was not an ordinary number.
“We’re in big trouble!”
“Are they suspicious people? “Are you anti-magic?”
“…They are not that suspicious! “Those are wizards.”
“What wizards?”
“Wizards who heard rumors of an exchange meeting!”
Since Flaher City is a large city, there were many wizards, and among them, there were many more wizards who did not participate in the exchange meeting.
Not all wizards are interested in exchange meetings.
But sometimes there are exceptions.
When there was a rumor that would make even the wizards sitting in the mansion jump up, there was a situation where wizards came rushing in like this.
“Tsk. “I did it because my senior told me to give Senior Yukveltyre a punch…”
“…I didn’t know it would take this much! “How could anyone expect that!”
Delet also found this really unfair.
No professor would have expected something like this to happen in that situation.
“Can’t we just go through?”
“There are too many numbers for that. Even if we exchanged just one word, it would take several hours. Junior. Research is important if you want to work as a wizard for a long time, but…”
“The ability to win research funding is also important, right?”
“…Oh, no. “Not that one.”
Delet was taken aback when his junior gave an answer that was more realistic than expected.
Direth did not yet know that the junior in front of him had been praised by the skeleton principal as a ‘bureaucracy annihilator’ during the vacation.
“That’s important, but the lesson I wanted to convey was don’t hang out with strange wizards.”
“aha.”
Lee Han nodded.
That was definitely true.
“Are you talking about people like Professor Verdus or Senior Yukveltyre?”
“…no… people who are stranger than those two.”
Delet almost answered yes for a moment, but shook his head and came to his senses.
It wasn’t something an Einrogard student would say, but there were a lot of strange people among wizards.
It would have been better if he was simply a wizard crazy about research.
A swindler who has no interest in magic but tries to trick others into stealing gold coins, a criminal who uses magic to make a fortune, a bargainer who tries to get a fee by introducing a wizard to another guild or magic tower…
As the path to magic is difficult, there are surprisingly few wizards who are willing to take it seriously.
Therefore, wizards who seriously walk the path of magic should not associate with suspicious people.
If you get involved for no reason, you will only be wasting your time!
“There used to be one senior who was popular like that.”
“Are you from the black magic school?”
“no. Another school… hey. “What did you mean now?”
“I was just asking to confirm.”
“Anyway, that senior person often had people like that come to him and make suggestions, and I think there was one among them that was tempting. He accepted the offer and said we would do something together.”
“What happened?”
“It was reported in the imperial newspaper that a wizard from Einrogard was caught cheating with magic…”
Delet spoke in a sullen voice.
Time passed, but it was still a painful memory.
At that time, I still vividly remember how the headmaster got angry and searched and confiscated the students.
‘That’s it.’
Lee Han listened even more intently as it was no one else’s business. He himself had a dream of starting a business.
‘You definitely have to be careful.’
“It’s better if you’re a wizard who can participate in an exchange meeting. There’s no need to hang out with every single one of those wizards.”
“for a moment. “Isn’t that senior Yukbeltire over there?”
“what? “What nonsense…”
Delet narrowed his eyes at Lee Han’s words and looked ahead.
Yukveltire was standing on the main street with his guards.
“If you find it, explain my research and make a suggestion.”
“yes. All right.”
“The wizards here are in the way. “Buy those who can.”
“……”
Direth lowered his head as he saw that, as a senior, he was unable to disperse miscellaneous merchants for his juniors, but was trying to buy them off and use them for himself.
He was a friend whom he was ashamed of no matter where he was shown.
“Let’s go back… There’s an alley over there…”
“…Cheer up.”
“I’m okay…”
Even so, Delet’s wings felt particularly floppy today.
* * *
-Why on earth are wizards doing this in the middle of the night? Citizens are afraid.
-We’re just trying to find someone right now…
“I can’t do it. “Let’s go inside.”
Delet chose to just enter the building as there were more wizards than expected.
When day comes, they too will give up and disperse.
“Do you know of any place?”
“There’s a workshop nearby.”
As the exchange venue itself was located in the wizard district of Flaher City, there were several guild and magic tower workshops nearby. The same was true for the workshop established by Einrogard’s school.
‘hmm?’
Lee Han smiled and then paused.
When I thought about it, I wondered if it would be okay for the black magic school’s workshop to be here.
Even though it’s called a wizard area, shouldn’t it be in a quiet place on the outskirts, near the graveyard?
“Is this the workshop of the Black Magic School?”
“Alchemy School.”
“aha.”
“…Okay, whatever. “The black magic school shouldn’t even have a workshop here.”
“no. senior. Why are you like that? They thought the location was not appropriate because of the supply of reagents. Rather, it is a workshop of the alchemy school. Can we enter?”
“I’m relatively close with the kids from the alchemy school… I even got permission to enter from Professor Thunderwalk. And there will be no one inside.”
Direth memorized the spell. Then the door to the workshop opened with a clanking sound. Inside, there was a pungent smell of various reagents mixed together.
-who?
“…ruined.”
Delet muttered quietly. Lee Han asked as he got off the upper demon’s back.
“Why are you doing that?”
“There is a junior who I am not close with. It’s called Illendil… Oh. for a moment. Junior.”
Delet, who belatedly recalled the memory, looked at Lee Han expectantly.
Lee Han answered firmly.
“I’m not close either.”
