Episode 10
‘… … It’s different after all. Why is it? Is there an overflow of magic here? If not… … .’
I have been practicing Aura every single day for the past month.
Each time, the amount of aura that was in my body was gradually increasing.
This was thanks to the increase in the amount of aura condensed in the danjeon.
However, near the eastern forest, the amount of aura absorbed through training increased.
I calmly analyzed the strange phenomenon that was happening only to me.
“600 meters east, about twenty.”
The scout returned and reported.
Brown looked back at me and I smiled and said,
“Let’s eat together.”
After a short break, we jumped up from our seats.
This time they were divided into two groups, and all the soldiers followed Sir Brown’s orders.
I approached the enemy alone.
“The number is twenty-four, nothing special!”
There were 24 goblins huddled together.
They also seemed to be resting, but as soon as they heard my shout, they jumped up from their seats.
Whoosh whoosh! Whoa whoa! Whoa whoa!
The head of the goblin nearest to him sank.
His head was cracked.
“Twenty-three!”
A horde of goblins, one less than the other, swarmed in.
I took a slight step back and summoned the fire spirit.
“Inferno.”
-What do you want?
“Can I burn the eyes without using any strength? With the flames of a low-level spirit.”
-joy.
Inferno grew to a size of less than 50 centimeters.
His angular upper body was about 40 centimeters tall, but his lower body, which seemed to have just emerged from a lamp, was vague.
The fire spirit dug through the goblins.
The guy didn’t push himself.
It shot up in an instant and burned the goblin’s eyes.
Even if it occasionally fails, the goblin will not be able to open its eyes for a while because of the fire.
Kieeeek!
Goblin screams erupted from all directions.
They didn’t die, but losing their sight on the battlefield was no different than giving up their lives.
“Wow!”
The soldiers of Hebron rushed in.
They charged in in a ‘V’ formation, but the blinded goblins were left confused, unable to even decide on an escape route.
The soldiers quickly closed the gap.
“Inferno!”
Inferno filled the gap in the V-shaped encirclement.
As he flew in a straight line, a wall of red fire rose up.
‘The aura consumption is too great!’
It was a pity.
In any case, the encirclement was completely complete.
Not a single goblin was able to escape, and was killed by the spears of our allies.
The battle ended in a frustratingly simple manner.
Thanks to that, the soldiers’ morale was high.
They wanted more goblin lives.
“When did you learn tactics?”
Brown asked me, and I turned around and smiled.
This was not the first time I had heard this question.
Brown figured out the answer himself.
“… … This is the study of the Baron of Hebron.”
“Why do you keep asking when you already know? Sir Brown, don’t you know very well that I have only left Hebron three times since I was born?”
Since I was sixteen, my only time away from the Hebron estate was on a yearly tax-paying trip.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Did you bring all the daggers?”
“Yes, your highness.”
The goblin’s iron sword was the most expensive by-product.
They would trim it a bit or melt it down and make other weapons.
Hebron had to be as self-sufficient as possible, as it only paid its taxes once a year and bought a large quantity of necessary goods on its way back.
‘I’m already tired.’
Despite the rising morale, the soldiers’ breathing was ragged.
It wasn’t even noon yet, but the soldiers were drenched in sweat.
It was because I hadn’t properly learned the training method.
“I’m going to step back and take a break.”
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“insect!”
The soldiers answered louder than ever before, then stepped back and rested.
During that time, I practiced Aura among the soldiers.
‘Is that so?’
I have figured out the strange phenomenon of my aura.
‘The more creatures you kill, the more magical power you absorb when performing Aura training.’
The reason for this has not yet been discovered.
In the process of sucking out all the magical power through my pores, it seemed like the energy of those I had killed was also absorbed.
The difference was surprisingly large, and after a full-scale hunt like today, I was able to accumulate a large amount of aura in my body.
‘There’s no need to spend a lot of money to get the magic stone.’
The Duke of Breyo used magic stones to increase the efficiency of the training method.
It was a method that could never be used unless money was overflowing.
“Let’s start again.”
The break did not last longer than 20 minutes.
Resting any longer would only make things worse.
We continued to hunt goblins.
After walking for a while like that, we came across a reddish sunset.
“I’m back.”
“insect!”
The soldiers’ breath smelled sweet.
They didn’t make a sound. No, they didn’t have the capacity to.
They trusted me completely in one day.
I thought that because I followed your instructions, not a single casualty occurred.
“Wow! Long live Master Louis!”
When we returned to the territory, the people of the territory welcomed us.
I only brought the goblin’s iron sword, paralyzing needle, and long pole, and those alone filled three sacks.
The number of goblins killed today is close to 300.
It was a feat that would have been difficult to achieve even by hiring a large mercenary force.
Mercenaries may not know the terrain around here, but they don’t fight fiercely, risking their lives.
Among the returning soldiers, there were several who suffered minor injuries.
An old man who acts as the village councilman welcomes the wounded soldiers.
“This is a wound healing remedy mixed in the way you told me. I’ve used it a few times and it works really well.”
The old man brought a wooden barrel filled with remedies, and the village youth assisted in treating the old man.
I poured some water on myself and was about to go to bed, but Sir Brown was waiting for me in front of the bedroom door.
“Are you going to compete again tomorrow?”
“No, let’s rest tomorrow and go out on the next day. However, we must not let our guard down, as the goblins might invade. Control the work of the fields tomorrow.”
“Yes, your highness.”
“wait for a sec.”
I took a handful of herbs from the storeroom of the manor house and gave them to Brown.
“Have this fed to the wounded soldier. Chew it slowly and swallow it thoroughly with warm water.”
“What kind of herb is this?”
“Urcho. It’s good for tetanus. Goblins don’t have proper weapon management, so they have rusty iron swords.”
“Oh, thank you for paying attention to such small details.”
It was fortunate that I had learned medicine.
Once tetanus has set in, it cannot be cured without a healing potion or a priest’s blessing.
The Hebron soldiers were better off chewing on Urzog in many ways.
“Oh, and I ordered the talented Yeongjimin to do it… … .”
He gave various instructions to Brown.
He remembered my words as he chased away the sleepiness.
After Brown left, I sat upright on the mattress.
I was tired too, but I couldn’t fall asleep like this. It was because I hadn’t practiced Aura since noon.
Since then, I’ve killed over 50 goblins by my hands.
I practiced aura.
‘also!’
As I expected, a large amount of magical power rushed into me.
Quagwaquagwaqua!
It was such a large amount that it made my skin all over my body tingle.
But I could handle the energy.
No, even if it couldn’t be done, I had to make it happen.
Crack!
I gritted my teeth and held on. That was the only way I could overcome myself.
After a while, I regained my composure. Fatigue came rushing in.
‘Is this also my talent?’
It was as if I was absorbing the power of the ghost that had attached itself to my body.
The more people I killed, and the higher the level of those I killed, the more magic power I absorbed.
Thanks to that, my danjeon has become bigger than before.
‘We might be able to try it sooner than expected. Maybe we can make it happen right now.’
I closed my eyes for a moment because of the fatigue that was coming on me. I didn’t fall asleep for long. It seemed like the fatigue had gone away quickly thanks to the magical power overflowing from inside and outside.
When I opened my eyes again, it was dawn and moonlight was streaming in through the window.
‘Let’s try that.’
I was tired of just drawing it in my head. I wanted to try, even if it meant failing. Now that I was free from the despair of never being able to succeed, I had to make the most of the opportunities that were given to me.
Although not common, there have been attempts to imbue auras with attributes. From ancient times to the present, aura training methods for fire, water, and wind attributes have been created, and some have been successful.
‘The Knight of Fire, Sailor, the Knight of Water, Annes, and the Knight of Wind, Paloma.’
It wasn’t a very high-level article. It was just given a special title simply because it added attributes to Aura.
In the study of the Duke of Braio, there was also a book that recorded their training methods.
They were classified as level 3 secret, but anyone who was a vassal could read them.
‘It wasn’t really a big secret. It didn’t increase the efficiency of the aura. The wizard’s magic is much more useful for creating fire, water, or wind.’
If the person who learned the attribute aura was a ‘spirit inspector’, then the story would be different.
There is no record of a spirit inspector being active in the history of the Zenon Kingdom, and the only famous spirit inspector was the knight novel
‘The theory was established a long time ago.’
There was a modified version of the training method that was created in a previous life, not the current one.
I modified the Antaria Aura training method a little to fit this variation.
Since the method of cultivation wasn’t engraved on my body at all, I was able to easily manipulate the path of the aura flowing within my body.
‘It’s not much different from magic. Just like the ancient magic circle that created the wind, I’m carving a magic circle inside me. There’s no need to overdo it. If the fire is too strong, all of my internal organs will burn. It’s just at the level of taking the form of fire… ‘
How much time has passed?
I practiced Aura in a state of no-mind.
As the hot heat that started in my danjeon spread throughout my body, a sharp sound was heard from somewhere.
Deeng! Deeng! Deng! Deng!
My mind suddenly snapped. Before I could even feel the heat in my body, I jumped up from my seat and ran to the eastern wall.
The signal fires there were lit one after another.
It meant that an invader had appeared in the east.
The moment I climbed up the wall, I discovered a group of people filling the fields.
It was a goblin.
“Inferno!”
-Can I use my strength?
“As much as you want!”
The aura of the danjeon has expanded.
The quality of the aura has also changed.
As the fire attribute aura heated up the magical power passing through my dantian, the intermediate fire spirit Inferno, which had sucked in my aura, went wild as if it had swallowed efficient fuel.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Inferno, who had grown larger than me, ran through the fields, showing off his strong upper body.
Everywhere he passed, intermediate fire spirit flames shot up.
A group of goblins, numbering in the hundreds, were engulfed in flames.
Kieeeek!
A goblin’s scream broke the silence of the night.
It seemed that not many of them could reach the walls.
“The field… … !”
The soldier on the wall looked at the flickering flames with a blank expression.
The spirit fire could be extinguished by the spirit’s will.
However, it was impossible to restore the already burned fields and rice paddies.
Hebron’s population was about 400.
More than half of them were relatives, and the rest were close enough to know each other’s circumstances.
I said.
“This year is unavoidable. But next year will be different. After we kill them all, life after that will definitely be different. Look to the future, not now. Until then, Hebron will feed you. So today, let’s finish them off!”
“insect!”
Soldiers with bows came up the wall.
