How to Live as a Magician in the Martial Arts World Episode 62
Chapter 15. Party Agreement (3)
Setting up the formation took longer than expected.
“Then, we will go first and do a preliminary investigation.”
While saying that, Danggon and Dang Hwa-ryeong climbed the mountain first.
It’s a situation where you don’t know what poison is where.
Because Jegal Hyunmong could have easily become a burden.
Not climbing the mountain was a welcome development even for Zhuge Xuanmong.
‘But this is also difficult.’
In order to set up a formation, you have to go around the village and create a starting point for the formation.
Usually, it could be replaced with oracle bone script, but sometimes it was necessary to have something to contain the spell.
The problem is that the villagers are not very happy with Jegal Hyeonmong wandering around.
“Are you there?”
Jegal Hyunmong knocked on the door, but it was shut tightly and did not budge.
‘There are sounds inside, though.’
It wasn’t a gate, so I could have easily opened it by just gently pushing the latch with my magic wand, but it was morally impossible to do so.
Right now, you’re just an outsider, but if you do that, won’t you become an outsider who can easily open your own door?
Jegal Xuanmong had no choice but to go around and set up his camp as he could.
This was quite tiring work.
In the past, when I installed a pre-installation system near my house, I installed it little by little whenever I had time.
‘I could come and go from my neighbor’s house as if it were my own, so it didn’t feel that difficult… … .’
“Phew.”
Sweat was running down his face, so Jegal Hyunmong wiped it off as he walked down the street.
That was when.
“Cough.”
“hmm?”
Jegal Hyunmong turned his gaze towards the sound.
Even so, a commotion broke out, and the sound of children making noise could be heard.
“Ah, I got caught! Run away!”
“I’m being eaten by outsiders!”
A thud thud sound.
“Oh, brothers. Knock knock! Together, together! Go!”
Bang!
The sound of someone falling.
Jegal Hyeonmong roughly realized what the situation was.
‘Did an outsider come and get curious?’
Of course, since it is a village that outsiders do not visit often, it is only natural that it would attract the attention of children.
After taking a few steps, there was a child who had fallen to the floor and was crying, unable to even think about getting up.
“Are you okay?”
“Hee, heeing.”
‘You’re so annoying.’
The child, who was even more frightened by the silent observation, began to cry.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Uh, that, so… … you stole it?”
“There’s no particular crime in peeping. So I don’t think that’s a good reason to apologize. Would you like to give me another reason?”
The child looked as if he had been hit by Jegal Hyunmong’s words.
‘What is this guy?’
It wasn’t like I had said anything difficult, but I became confused the moment I heard those few words.
“Oh, I told you not to approach the adults, but you did?”
“I think that’s a reason to apologize to other adults.”
“Oh, oh. Then I’m not sorry… … .”
“Yes. You don’t have to be sorry.”
The child had stopped crying at some point.
I couldn’t quite figure out whether it was because it was so absurd or not.
“Cough.”
‘You’re coughing again.’
It could be because of the muddy appearance, but it didn’t seem to be the only reason.
It must be because of the poison that has accumulated in this town.
Because the poison has the property of settling on the floor, children were easily poisoned.
Jegal Hyunmong picked up his magic wand and re-cast the magic he had used at the village chief’s house earlier.
However, this time he aimed his magic wand at the child, and a considerable amount of wind, not just a gentle breeze, blew across the child’s body.
“Huh? How did you do that?”
“I didn’t do anything. It was just a windy day. By the way, is your cough feeling any better?”
The wind alone couldn’t wash away the dirt on my clothes, but it did blow the poison away like dust, so I won’t cough anymore.
“By the way, are there any places to buy food around here?”
“There it is! It’s a place that the villagers often go to. But… … Dang? The Great Swordsman tells us not to use that water if possible. That’s why we don’t go there often.”
“It looks like the water source is coming down from the mountain.”
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Jegal Hyunmong nodded.
Even though the toxins in the air are unavoidable, water poisoning can be avoided with a little caution, so that’s probably why they gave such instructions.
“Yeah, I take good care of my house! That’s why. I have to walk a long way to get water, but it’s far, so I don’t go often.”
“Isn’t there anything like a well?”
“I have it! Shall I teach you?”
The child took the lead, smiling brightly.
Originally, this was a village at the foot of a mountain, so water was abundant.
However, there is also the problem of preparing medicinal herbs, and since water is used for various purposes, it is common to have a well even in villages at the foot of the mountain.
but.
When Zhuge Xuanmong arrived at the well, he could see why people were not using it.
‘You’re skinny.’
As Jegal Hyunmong thought about that, he glanced at the children who had gathered around him and said.
“Can someone please be the first to tell me why this well has dried up?”
“Me! Me!”
“That’s what the adults did! There was a time when the ground would go boom!”
“The water suddenly stopped coming out. I often said that it was comfortable at that time!”
“He tried to dig the ground again, but a rock that wasn’t there before got in the way, so he gave up! Right!”
“The waterway has disappeared! But there is a jar in our house.”
The children’s rambling stories made Jegal Hyunmong hold on to his mind, which was starting to dizzy.
‘To summarize the story, one day an earthquake occurred, and the flow of water was interrupted.’
Sacheon is a place with quite frequent earthquakes.
And it’s not uncommon for water veins to change due to an earthquake. This was probably one of those times.
Jegal Hyunmong crouched down and scratched the ground with his magic wand.
“Brother, what are you doing? What are you doing?”
“Where are you from? Is it true that you are Zhuge Liang? Then is that big guy from before Zhang Fei?”
“… … .”
Although his concentration was a little erratic, Jegal Hyunmong managed to stay focused and was able to confirm it.
As the children said, the place where the water vein originally flowed was dry.
And as they dug deeper, they were blocked by bedrock, so they couldn’t dig any further and gave up.
‘But the soil is rather damp.’
The presence of moisture means that the existing water vein has dried up, but moisture is being supplied through other water veins.
And the distance to that water vein was not that far.
Jegal Hyunmong counted on his fingers for a moment, then nodded.
“Okay, then you guys have a mission.”
“What is it?”
“Would you please run to the village chief first and tell him to bring the sacrificial offerings? Then tell the other adults to come and watch so that I can perform the ritual.”
“ancestral rites?”
“Yes. I will give candy to those who worked the hardest.”
I think it would be okay if it was not my own but Dang Hwa Ryeong’s.
Anyway, at the sound of the word “Danggwa,” the children scattered like the wind. Then, seeing that the girl from before had not left, Jegal Hyunmong asked.
“Aren’t you going, Hyang-ah?”
“I want to watch what you do.”
“Hmm. I guess it’s okay. It’s a secret from everyone else.”
These are the words of a child.
Even if you use some magic right in front of their eyes, they won’t easily believe what they say.
With such evil thoughts in his mind, Jegal Hyunmong straightened his back, stood up, and waved his magic wand.
There was no need to plan the recipe. It just flowed out of nowhere, as if it had been known from the beginning, and was carved into the floor in a shape.
In this way, a battle formation began to be drawn on the floor.
It was a talisman containing a different formula than the one used when setting up a talisman.
Even if there is a water vein nearby, it is not easy to draw it.
If you only use two rings.
Come to think of it, Jegal Hyunmong used various magic techniques by borrowing the energy of the formation.
The most representative example was what happened at Gwigok Mountain Lodge.
At that time, didn’t he succeed in casting a brain spell, which he would not have been able to do originally, by using the negative energy gathered in the formation?
Although not to that extent, it was possible to sufficiently increase the power of the spell by drawing a simple magic circle like this.
“Wow… … .”
Hyang-ah’s eyes sparkled.
Without even touching it, every time Jegal Hyunmong drew his magic wand in the air, lines appeared on the ground, creating beautiful patterns.
Meanwhile, the village chief was being held by the children.
“What is going on?”
“Ah! Village chief. As you may have heard from the children, I intend to offer a sacrifice. With it, I will wash away all the musical instruments in this village and fill the well again as proof.”
“… … ?”
The village chief was speechless when Jegal Hyunmong spoke so confidently.
Jegal Hyeonmong understood the village chief’s reaction.
Because anyone who looked at it would think it was just nonsense that only a cult would say.
But what if the person speaking those words right now is not ordinary?
“Come to think of it, you said I was the reincarnation of Empress Wu… …!”
“As his descendants, I know my own sacrificial rites.”
It wasn’t a lie.
In any case, since we are related by blood, if I offer sacrifices as I was taught by my father, wouldn’t there be some similarity with the sacrifices that Muhu offered?
“Oh! I heard. The Empress Dowager can summon the southeast wind and calm the storm through rituals.”
“Yes. I see that there are a lot of musical instruments piled up in the village. If we offer a sacrifice, we might be able to free some of them.”
“Hmm, if that’s the case.”
As soon as the village chief’s permission was granted, Jegal Hyeonmong began to prepare in earnest.
He arranged the offerings brought by the village chief appropriately and made a decent altar by burning incense.
Meanwhile, villagers began to show up one by one, led by the hands of their children or driven by curiosity.
A sudden feeling of burden.
‘It’s good to have gathered them, but what if they don’t do it?’
I sang it because I was confident that it would be a success, but since it was my first time performing it in front of everyone, I felt a bit of pressure.
Anything that would tarnish his reputation was not on Zhuge Xuanmong’s mind.
But I definitely wanted to succeed.
For the sake of the children whose eyes sparkled with anticipation, and for the sake of the villagers who looked visibly tired after suffering from the poison for a long time.
Flutter-!
He closed his eyes and concentrated to raise his magical power. Even though there was no wind, Jegal Hyunmong’s long robe fluttered.
It was a sight that seemed to be filled with an indescribable, mysterious auspicious energy, even though I simply closed my eyes and concentrated.
The villagers couldn’t take their eyes off Jegal Hyunmong.
Flash.
The moment he opened his eyes, several of the people who had been staring at Jegal Hyunmong flinched.
It was because I had the illusion that light was flashing from my open eyes for a moment.
But that’s it.
‘Let’s just leave it.’
‘You suddenly came here and stirred things up, and now you want to revive the well? That makes sense!’
If a dry well can be revived by offering a sacrifice rather than digging the ground, who would suffer?
People’s twisted gaze was fixed on Jegal Hyeonmong.
“Then, let us begin the sacrifice.”
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“Hey. You, why don’t you just accept the nickname ‘Muhou Jaerim’?”
“Why are you saying such rude things when you suddenly came here?”
Although Jegal Hyunmong was furious, Tang Hwaryeong also had a lot to say.
“It was in the morning when we went to the mountain, right?”
“Yes.”
“The townspeople were quite exclusive towards us.”
“yes.”
“I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a well.”
“Because I was dry. Why have you been talking about such obvious things since earlier?”
When Jegal Hyunmong pouts, Tang Hwaryeong finds it ridiculous.
“So, you filled the dried up well again before the day was over, and with that you gained the absolute trust of the villagers, and with the help of the villagers you almost finished setting up the formation that would normally take over three days, and yet you say that the nickname of ‘Muhujaerim’ doesn’t suit you… … Is that what you’re saying, now?”
“… … Was it a bit too much?”
“The villagers were saying this a while ago. What kind of stone monument are you going to erect?”
“… … .”
Jegal Hyunmong felt dizzy.
