Episode 76
Kang Jin-hyeok found Lucia on the bottom floor of the dungeon.
She was on her way to the tent, settling down and examining the site of the dragon temple.
It would have been understandable for Lucia to have been shocked when the massive structure disappeared overnight like a mirage.
Kang Jin-hyeok walked over to Lucia, who was absorbed in her work, and tapped her shoulder with his finger.
Contrary to expectations that she would be surprised, Lucia reacted indifferently.
“Are you here?”
Lucia realized that it was Kang Jin-hyuk who had touched her without even turning her head.
It’s also thanks to her excellent five senses.
In fact, it was a natural reaction since Kang Jin-hyeok was the only human who could come here.
“Have you been doing this all along?”
“Yeah. If I look into it a little more, I think I’ll get the general idea.”
After the old man wrote something to Kang Jin-hyeok, the Dragon Temple disappeared from here.
Lucia, who witnessed this, was convinced that the Dragon Temple had returned to its original dimension.
The magic circle left at the site of the Dragon Temple lends credence to that claim.
“How many weeks does it take to examine just one magic circle?”
“It’s a much more sophisticated magic circle than the one used by that stone-throwing wizard who blew up the dungeon. If even one spell is off, you never know what might happen.”
Lucia planned to figure out the principle of this magic circle and reproduce it to open the door to the original world.
Kang Jin-hyeok wanted to cheer Lucia on, but at the same time, he felt lonely.
‘If we go back to where we came from, there’s no reason to come back here.’
For Kang Jin-hyeok’s benefit, it was right to interfere with Lucia’s actions.
But I couldn’t in good conscience do such a terrible thing to her who had helped me so much up until now.
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“I need something, but I can’t ask you for it.”
“Why? Because you can’t stand it?”
“There’s no way you wouldn’t be able to do it. You even passed the test at the temple.”
Lucia had already noticed that Kang Jinhyuk had gained strength that was incomparable to before.
I tried my best to hide it.
In Lucia’s eyes, the intense divine power emanating from Kang Jinhyuk’s body was clearly visible.
“You are my equal or greater now.”
“… … I became that strong?”
“If you don’t believe me, do you want to try it out?”
When Lucia said this with a playful smile, Kang Jin-hyeok was startled and waved his hand.
“I’m tired of fighting for my life.”
“Haha, you’re whining because of all the hard work you did?”
Lucia said as if it was ridiculous.
I lived as a half-elf for hundreds of years and spent half of that life as an adventurer.
The number of fights Lucia had been through was something that Kang Jin-hyuk would have a hard time keeping up with in his entire life.
So, from Lucia’s perspective, Kang Jin-hyeok’s words were nothing more than a child’s tantrum.
“Looking at the way you act, it seems like we’re going to have to fight a few more times.”
“Ugh… … . Don’t be ridiculous. I’m already dying because there’s no one there.”
“There are no people?”
“There is literally no talent to use.”
Kang Jin-hyeok explained to Lucia what happened outside.
I’ve told you the story of Seo Sang-ho, who almost died from internal division, before.
It started with helping him defeat two S-class hunters and creating a new guild.
Even though the story was long and couldn’t be finished in a short time, Lucia listened to Kang Jin-hyeok’s words with a look of interest.
As time passed and Kang Jin-hyeok finished his short epic, Lucia applauded softly.
“I told you I couldn’t see your face, but you’ve been running around quite a bit?”
“I wasn’t doing it right, I was running around like I was going to die.”
Kang Jin-hyeok grumbled, half-jokingly, that it would have been easier if someone had helped him.
Lucia heard that and laughed.
“That’s right. If I had known it would be so much fun, I would have joined~”
Lucia said with regret.
Kang Jin-hyeok couldn’t tell if she was serious or just joking.
“Then why did you come here when you’re busy with guild work?”
“I’m going to try out some newly enchanted features.”
“That’s too bad. I’m periodically subduing the monsters around here.”
As Lucia said, there was no sign of any monsters around.
I took out the radar just in case and checked, but the result was the same.
“I’ve also put up a barrier around here so the magic circle can’t be damaged. If you want to hunt, it’s better to go somewhere else.”
“Hmm… … . It was okay because the monsters here were relatively strong. What a pity.”
The monsters on other floors were ones that would be torn to pieces just by touching them.
It was impossible to conduct any experiments on those types of people.
“What do you want to test that makes you look for a sturdy monster?”
“I was wondering what would happen if I released all the stored MP at once.”
Kang Jin-hyeok continued speaking and held out a baseball bat.
Lucia, who had been tilting her head, changed her expression when she saw the baseball bat.
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“What is this… … .”
A large amount of MP stored in the baseball bat entered Lucia’s line of sight, where she could see the flow of mana.
The mana was so concentrated that it looked like a deep blue light, so much so that it could be believed to be the heart of a great wizard.
“Can I borrow this for a minute?”
Lucia looked very excited as she brought her face closer.
Kang Jin-hyeok, surprised by her sudden reaction, took a step back while sweating profusely.
“Rain, you want to borrow it?”
“Yes, this is what I was looking for! An artifact that stores a large amount of mana!”
Even if you could perfectly interpret the dimensional magic circle that sent the Dragon Temple back, you would need a huge amount of mana to use it.
Although Lucia possessed abundant mana, it was merely an innate ability obtained through inheriting elf blood.
It wasn’t trained to use magic separately, and it wasn’t enough to use dimensional magic.
While she was wondering how to replenish her lack of mana, it was a stroke of luck for Lucia to find Kang Jin-hyeok’s baseball bat enchanted like this.
“I don’t plan on borrowing it for a long time. I only need it once, so just lend it to me for a little while.”
“No, I would like to do that too, but this is something only I can use.”
“ah.”
Lucia sighed as she remembered something she had briefly forgotten.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s baseball bat had a dwarf-engraved enchantment effect.
Since it was the most fundamental function that was first enchanted, it was impossible for even the dwarf himself to remove it.
But Lucia had no intention of kicking away the blessings that had finally rolled in.
If you can’t borrow something, you can just take its owner.
“Sit here.”
Lucia sat down and patted the seat next to her with her hand.
“Huh? Why?”
“Because I have to teach you the basics of magic step by step.”
“No, so why should I learn that?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? I have to go home!”
Lucia grabbed Kang Jin-hyeok by the back of his neck and forced him to sit next to her.
Kang Jin-hyeok desperately tried to escape, but his limbs were tied up by Lucia’s joint machines every time.
Even though they were equal in strength, she was far ahead in experience.
“Eww!”
“Give up and listen carefully! You just need to activate the magic circle, so you only need to know the simple theory!”
“Okay! Okay, stop bending your arm!”
In the end, Kang Jin-hyeok gave up and had to be forcibly indoctrinated with basic theory classes that amounted to 10 books.
I’ve felt this way before, but Lucia’s education was merciless.
At the end of each verse, she asked Kang Jin-hyeok if he remembered the content.
If I made a mistake or stuttered even a little, he repeated the same explanation without hesitation.
“I’ve never had it this hard even at school… … .”
The only way to escape Lucia’s educational fervor was to come to my senses and remember every word of her explanation.
Kang Jin-hyeok listened to Lucia’s explanation with a level of concentration that he had never shown even when he was a third-year high school student.
When you feel like your ears are bleeding and your eyelids are about to droop from fatigue.
Finally, after 17 hours of suffering, the basic theory was completed.
Lucia smiled after confirming that Kang Jin-hyeok had fully understood the content.
“Okay, so now you know the basics?”
Kang Jin-hyeok nodded his head wildly as if he had a motor running, wanting to escape from this hell.
I want to run away to bed right now.
Only that one thought lingered in Kang Jin-hyeok’s head.
But Lucia’s tyranny did not end there.
“Now, let’s move on to more in-depth details.”
“… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who kept his mouth shut like a person whose soul had left his body, focused his aura on both legs.
Then, as if by a spring, he sprang up from his seat and ran away from Lucia’s side.
“That’s… … .”
Lucia, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance, took out her bow and pulled the string.
The moment the tightly pulled bow escaped Lucia’s hand, the arrow pierced Kang Jin-hyeok’s sleeve.
The arrow that pierced the clothes continued to fly without stopping and was embedded deep into the wall, and Kang Jin-hyeok, who was dragged by the arrow, was also fixed to the wall like a picture frame.
“shit!”
Before he could even move his body to escape, another arrow was fired into Kang Jin-hyeok’s remaining limbs.
Even Kang Jin-hyeok was left helpless in front of Lucia’s magic that could accurately pierce through clothes.
Lucia calmly walked towards Kang Jin-hyeok, who was pinned against the wall, holding a small chair in her hand.
Lucia sat down on a chair in front of Kang Jin-hyeok and cleared her throat with a cough.
“If you stay there like that, you won’t be able to escape. I’ll just continue with the class.”
“F*ck… … .”
Lucia didn’t care whether Kang Jin-hyeok swore or vented his anger.
Her goal is for Kang Jin-hyeok to learn the theory of magic enough to be able to cast the magic circle on his own.
If you make even the slightest mistake, the effect of the magic circle can be completely wrong.
Lucia needed to teach Kang Jin-hyeok a harsh lesson in order to safely return to his original world.
“How far have we come? Are we still at the basic stage?”
“Advanced! I said let’s move on to the advanced stage!”
“Oh, really? I don’t quite remember? Let’s just start from the beginning again.”
“Hey you XXX!!”
As Kang Jin-hyeok struggled in anger, Lucia took a towel out of her bag and covered his mouth.
Lucia kindly added an explanation to Kang Jin-hyeok, who had been gagged.
“Don’t worry even if I cover your mouth. I’ll check at the end to see if you understood.”
If you make a mistake, start over from the beginning. That rule hasn’t changed either.
After hearing that, Kang Jin-hyeok pleaded that he would rather be killed.
But only groans come out from my blocked mouth.
Lucia interpreted it as enthusiasm for education.
“Originally, this kind of theoretical education is something precious that you can’t get even with money. So, listen with a grateful heart.”
Kang Jin-hyeok stayed up all night for several days, holding onto the wall and listening to the precious education he didn’t even want.
The flow of mana and the principles of magic.
When you are forcefully indoctrinated with the essential theoretical processes required to activate the magic circle.
A message appeared before Kang Jin-hyeok’s eyes.
[I have learned the theory of magic.]
[You have acquired the skill.]
