How to Live as a Magician in the Martial Arts World Episode 66
Chapter 16. Rescue (2)
It was an unexpected scene.
If he had just been a passerby, it wouldn’t have left such a strong impression on Dambi’s memory.
Although there was no evidence, Jegal Hyunmong was convinced that the old man in Dam-bi’s memory was the one who had made the spider possessed by evil spirits.
‘No, but that’s not important right now.’
What mattered now was not the old man, but the spider.
The spider in Dam-bi’s memory was huge. It was as big as an average adult’s waist, so it must have looked like a mountain to Dam-bi.
The spider pounced on the civets as if it wanted to vent its anger, and the outcome was obvious.
The raccoon’s mother fought fiercely to protect her children, but it wasn’t enough. She eventually disappeared, and the remaining raccoon family members were relentlessly pursued by the spiders.
It wasn’t that the Inmyeonjiju chased after him. Although the Inmyeonjiju had become stronger, it had suffered many injuries while fighting the raccoon’s mother.
However, although not as much as the Inmyeonjiju, its descendants also exuded stronger venom than before.
The raccoons were chased from place to place and finally destroyed.
That was the last memory that Dambi recalled.
“Spider. Okay.”
Jegal Hyunmong turned around.
But before that, a spirit message from a civet was conveyed.
“You want to go with me? But with that body… … um.”
Dam-bi did her best to preach her usefulness to Jegal Hyun-mong.
Since my physical condition is better than before, it might be helpful when fighting spiders.
‘Huh? I don’t plan on fighting that spider.’
Even though Jegal Hyunmong was a saint and a wizard, he had no intention of fighting a spider the size of a human torso.
I just wanted to quickly rescue Hyang-ah, who was trembling in fear.
The raccoon expressed his pitiful feelings.
Even the wounded one is trying to fight… …!
‘No, Hyang-ah comes first, fighting the spider isn’t the problem… …!’
A somewhat aggrieved thought crossed Jegal Hyunmong’s mind.
And right after that.
‘Wait a minute, if something happens I have to do it alone.’
That’s also burdensome.
After thinking for a moment, Jegal Hyunmong said.
-Okay. Then do you swear to follow and obey my instructions no matter what?
Dam-bi was puzzled by Jegal Hyunmong’s intention, but nodded her head to express her consent.
Of course, I really had no intention of doing as Zhuge Xuanmong had said. I was thinking of doing as I pleased once I was released from prison and gained freedom.
So the raccoon didn’t notice.
Jegal Hyunmong nodded his head with inner satisfaction.
‘You agreed.’
Even if he hid his intentions, Jegal Hyunmong knew anyway.
It was an untamed wild animal. I never thought it would move as I wanted.
Jegal Hyunmong opened our door.
Then, the civet, who had already been prepared, quickly attempted to escape.
That’s what I tried to do.
“… … ?”
But the next moment, the raccoon was slipping through Jegal Hyunmong’s sleeve.
I didn’t know why, but I immediately realized that I had been hurt.
“Squeak?!”
“Be quiet.”
Jegal Hyunmong silenced the raccoon with a single word, then went outside again after sensing the presence of the raccoon.
The village chief had already returned.
“I’ve prepared what you said. Is this okay?”
“Yes, thank you.”
Jegal Hyunmong nodded and accepted the items the village chief handed him.
“Then I will go first. If Master Danggon comes, please let him follow me immediately.”
“Oh, I see. But are you really okay being alone?”
“Don’t worry.”
Jegal Hyeonmong left the village chief behind and headed straight for the mountain.
Jegal Hyunmong arrived at the entrance of the mountain and released the civet.
As soon as it landed on the ground, the civet flinched as if trying to run away, but soon realized it was impossible and began glaring at Jegal Hyunmong.
“Don’t look at me like that. Didn’t we both agree? That you would do as I say.”
Oaths. Restrictions. Conventions.
Whether she had other intentions or not, Dam-bi agreed to the proposal.
And Jegal Hyunmong used that agreement to establish a ritual and complete the contract.
The oath that the raccoon made itself became a magical constraint.
Dam-bi looked very aggrieved because things didn’t go her way, but Jegal Hyun-mong spoke gently.
“Once this is over, I will release you from your contract. So for now, you need to find Hyang-ah.”
Jegal Hyeonmong once again handed the hem of Hyang-ah’s clothes to Dambi.
“Now, please find the place where the scent of the van is.”
The raccoon looked at Jegal Hyunmong with eyes that looked like the most foolish person in the world.
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Although not as good as dogs, civets have a keen sense of smell. But even so, is it possible to find a person in this vast mountain by the scent left on the hem of their clothes?
‘Can’t it be done? Then.’
If you make it happen, it will work.
Fortunately, there is no need to create a recipe from scratch. By applying the magic of physical enhancement, I have enhanced my sense of smell and linked it to my sense of sight.
After completing the ritual, Jegal Hyunmong immediately gave magic to the dam-bi.
“… … !”
“Can you see it now? Let’s go.”
Before he could even be shocked by the sudden change in his body, Dam-bi’s body began to move as Jegal Hyun-mong had intended.
The raccoon was shocked by this strange phenomenon of ‘seeing smells’, but then thought to himself:
If this is possible, why don’t you just bet on yourself?
“There’s no time to waste thinking about useless things. Shouldn’t we find Hyang-ah quickly?!”
Jegal Hyunmong, who had achieved the feat of bursting the clothes of a dumb beast without even knowing it, soon began to chase after the civet that was running after its tracks.
Soon, we faced an unexpected hardship.
“Gasp, gasp, gasp, gasp.”
I’ve only climbed a little bit of the mountain, but I’m already out of breath.
‘It definitely wasn’t this hard last time… … Ah.’
If you think about it, it’s only natural.
Last time I climbed the mountain, I climbed the path that people used, and Danggon and Danghwaryeong showed me an easy way to climb.
But now, we are going down a path that only animals would normally go down.
It’s an urgent situation, so we’re rushing.
Naturally, it is inevitable that a lot of physical strength will be consumed.
Using a magic wand can make walking a little easier, but that alone cannot dramatically reduce stamina consumption.
‘That raccoon doesn’t seem to have any intention of showing any consideration.’
If a beast could laugh at others, that’s exactly what it would look like.
It was truly an ungrateful beast.
I saved you, treated you, and gave you everything you wanted, and yet you reacted like this.
Of course, they forced the contract by exploiting a loophole, but wasn’t that inevitable?
‘I guess there’s nothing I can do.’
Magic also requires stamina.
It was difficult to consume any more than this.
Although he did not want to use magic power, Jegal Hyunmong began to formulate a formula.
What comes to mind while drinking alcohol is the movements of Danggon that I saw a while ago.
‘If you know it’s possible, you can definitely make it work.’
Lightweight technique.
A weapon that lightens the body and allows one to climb onto tree branches.
‘I felt like I was using my qigong to spread my weight into the surrounding space.’
The feeling of your body’s weight slipping out of your skin, making you as light as a cloud.
“Scatter, floating clouds.”
After finishing the plan, formulating the recipe according to the plan, and speaking the initiating words, Jegal Hyunmong’s body began to feel lighter and lighter.
It feels like if you let go of your strength you’ll just float into the air.
When I stepped on the Cheon Ki Mi Ri Bo in that state, the speed increased to a surprising degree.
Shh-
Dam-bi, who had been watching Jegal Hyun-mong for a while, was startled when Jegal Hyun-mong’s new body suddenly flew in with a strange feeling like a ghost.
“What are you doing? Please show me the way.”
There are people like this.
The raccoon flew while thinking that.
And how much time passed?
At some point, I felt something with my sharpened senses.
‘… … !’
The moment he felt it, the raccoon flew away.
Several spiderwebs flew into the place where the civet had been just a moment ago.
A spider web filled with venom.
The raccoon’s fighting spirit reached its peak.
I also saw Jegal Hyeonmong.
A swarm of spiders are waiting for them, weaving countless webs between the trees.
Some were even hanging on spider webs as they came down.
It was a considerable number.
Jegal Hyunmong looked around. It seemed that the human-faced person was not there.
“Then fight now. I will assist you.”
Dam-bi laughed at Jegal Hyeon-mong’s words.
In fact, I wasn’t expecting it in the first place. Wasn’t it Jegal Hyunmong who had no intention of fighting the spider in the first place?
I never thought from the beginning that such a coward would be of any help.
“Then let’s begin.”
As he spoke, Jegal Hyunmong cast a strengthening spell.
Increased strength, increased perception, increased agility, slippery fur to prevent enemy attacks from hitting you directly, and sharpened claws to better tear spider carapace.
‘It’s definitely convenient because there are two rings.’
Previously, you had to wait for the spell to be cast in order to cast a strengthening spell like this, but now you can prepare the spells alternately and cast them on the raccoon.
Jegal Hyunmong, who had cast all the magic he could in one breath, spoke to Dam-bi.
“Go.”
At first, Dambi didn’t understand what had happened to her.
But I knew something had gotten stronger. And the guys in front of me were the enemies of my brothers and sisters.
The civet, emitting a red aura, rushed at the spiders, and the carnage began.
“Keeeeee!”
The spiders were also shocked by the sudden change in the civet’s appearance and tried to distance themselves or fight back. They tried to shoot webs toward nearby tree branches.
Zhuge Liang had already anticipated such a thing.
Jegal Hyeonmong is not Danggon.
It was impossible to pierce the spiders by spraying more than ten stingers at once like a danggon.
‘Then, just do what you can.’
Jegal Hyunmong swung his magic staff wildly.
“Swirling!”
A gust of wind blew the leaves away.
And then, with another flick of his wand, the gust of wind transformed into countless blades, shattering the webs on which the spiders hung.
“… … !”
The raccoon looked at the sight in surprise.
The spiders that had been annoyingly spinning their webs from high up were falling like rain.
And that’s not all.
As Jegal Hyunmong flicked his magic wand, the spider webs that had been cut and scattered began to wrap around the spiders that were falling in reverse, taking away their mobility.
Pubber pubber!
The spiders that fell like that were no longer the civet’s rival.
Some tried to spin their webs again and escape to the trees, but the blades of the wind quickly cut the webs.
Then the spiders gave up spinning their webs and tried to disperse by waving their legs.
‘No matter how small it is, if it knows it can’t fly, it will try to escape by running.’
A pile of dirt rose up in the area pointed at by the magic wand, blocking the spiders’ escape route. It was a cleverly shaped wall that rolled inward the higher you went, making it difficult to climb up.
The raccoon cleverly used the wall to push the spiders against the wall, causing the spiders to try to climb over each other.
So, Jegal Hyeonmong reversed the spell.
The solidly piled dirt began to crumble backwards in an instant.
‘Then it’s a twist again.’
When I turned the magic wand back the other way, the mound of dirt that had collapsed became firmly fixed again, creating numerous spider graveyards.
After a while, all the spiders that had appeared were lying dead. Seeing that sight, Jegal Hyunmong nodded his head as if it was nothing.
“It’s all over. Let’s go.”
Dam-bi blankly stared at Jegal Hyeon-mong, who was walking ahead.
