Episode 63 Bite hard and hold on. (2)
“What, what? Auxiliary magic?”
Alpoy asked in confusion.
3 Circle Master is an advanced power rated at a similar level to a Knight.
On the battlefield, they were treated more highly than knights, as they could wipe out dozens of soldiers at once.
For Alpoy, it was the first insult he had ever experienced in his life, to be treated as a mere auxiliary magician by such wizards.
“There is just something like that. I just know it like that.”
Jiselle clicked her tongue as she looked at the luggage left in the carriage.
“Carry your luggage yourself. Before I destroy the carriage.”
With those words, he turned his horse and headed towards the garrison.
Vanessa fidgeted and didn’t know what to do, then quickly followed behind Giselle.
It seemed like he was afraid of being retaliated against by the wizards.
The mercenaries also put their weapons back and passed by the magicians, each saying a few words.
“Why are these guys blocking the road like this?”
“You’re a mercenary with such a shabby body?”
“Your employer said something about magic. Are you a wizard?”
“Hey, why would a wizard come to a rural area like this? They must just be people who use their brains a little.”
“You look like you have a lot of money. Are you from the upper class?”
Since Giselle and the wizards never mentioned the word magic tower, the mercenaries who overheard the conversation couldn’t properly guess the wizards’ identities.
Alpoy gritted his teeth and glared at the mercenaries.
“These… … vulgar bastards dare… … .”
But since I couldn’t reveal my identity openly, there was nothing I could do right away.
“Let’s just wait and see… …. Because once I become the top lord, I won’t let it go.”
Other wizards would not dare to think of taking revenge on the noble Giselle.
But Alfoy never intended to forget the humiliation he had suffered that day.
He received help from other wizards to heal his ailing body. Fortunately, his bones were not broken, so his body quickly recovered with low-level healing magic.
Even as he ground his teeth at Giselle, Alpoy couldn’t shake off his curiosity.
‘Ugh, how on earth did you manage to hit me so hard?’
Since only the outer skin was damaged, he could not avoid carrying the luggage under the pretext of being injured. Alfoy and the other wizards struggled to unload the luggage.
“Ugh, why is it so heavy!”
Since I came here intending to stay for a year, I had quite a lot of luggage.
Besides, since Vanessa would be moving anyway, the wizards all packed their bags without thinking about the weight.
It was too bulky and heavy for wizards who had never done any physical labor to move.
I could use strength magic, but it was a blow to my pride to use magic just to move things.
Alfoy looked around, found Belinda, and spoke solemnly.
“Call the servants right now and have them move the luggage.”
“You told me to move it myself, Master. Are you okay with the carriage breaking down? It looks expensive.”
“profit……!”
“There are six of us, and we can’t even move that much? Earlier, Vanessa was able to lift and lower it all by herself.”
Belinda grabbed it cheekily.
Alfoy’s face turned red.
Judging from her attire, that woman seems to be nothing more than a maid. Why on earth could she be ignoring my words?
“There are no sane people in this territory! I have never done such trivial things before! Shouldn’t lowly people like you do these things!”
But even though Alfoy was getting hot, Belinda didn’t even blink an eye.
“I don’t want to get scolded by you either. You have such a bad temper.”
“Ugh, just wait and see, just wait and see. You cheeky bastards. I will definitely not let you off the hook.”
Alpoy had no choice but to release his magical power to use strength enhancement magic.
At that moment, two people came out of the castle leading the maids. They were Elena and Gillian’s daughter Rachel.
“Belinda! Are you back now?”
“Oh, Miss! It’s been a while. How have you been, Rachel?”
“Yes, how have you been, Belinda?”
Rachel took her medicine regularly and became healthy, becoming Elena’s companion.
The two people, who happened to be of similar age, quickly became close and were always together wherever they went.
“There was some noise. What’s going on?”
Belinda responded to Elena’s question as if it was nothing.
“They are guests, but their luggage is too heavy to move.”
“Hmm, really? Then you should have called the servants. Is it too heavy?”
Elena walked over and lifted up a few of the wizards’ luggage.
“Huh? Are you okay? It’s not that heavy.”
The wizards were astonished to see her carrying her load lightly in both hands.
Belinda clapped her hands and cheered.
“Oh, aren’t you heavy? You must have been working out lately!”
“Oh, don’t do that. It’s not that heavy. I’ll carry it for you. But you’re a guest, so you have to be nice to me.”
When a young lady carries her luggage, how can the maids following her just sit still?
The maids all clung to each other and carried the heavy load with ease. Belinda also had no choice but to help.
After many people helped out, there weren’t many pieces of luggage left.
The wizards gritted their teeth and carried the rest of the luggage, their pride needlessly hurt.
But their thin arms, overworked for the first time since birth, began to tremble even before they could lift the load.
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Eventually, the coachman, who had been watching the whole process with pity, got out of the carriage and blurted out a word.
“I’ll help you out for free. You need to do some exercise.”
The long-term hired coachman came from the Magic Tower City and was not particularly afraid of wizards. This was because he saw the Magic Tower and wizards every day.
‘Ugh, I want to kill them all. It’s all because of that bastard. I will never forgive him.’
Alpoy ground his teeth at the repeated humiliations.
Meanwhile, Giselle arrived at the garrison leading the mercenaries.
The garrison, which was still in the process of being laid just a month ago, was now taking shape.
“Whew, we’ve made quite a bit of progress, huh?”
Jiselle smiled with satisfaction and looked around at the mercenaries.
“For the time being, stay here and guard the forest of demons. I will give you instructions on what to do next as soon as they are ready.”
“All right!”
The mercenaries shouted loudly.
These were all people that Jiselle had gathered while traveling around the northern territories.
The existing mercenaries who entered the Demon Forest also naturally re-signed.
Controlling the new mercenaries wasn’t difficult.
Every time we brought in new members, Gillian and Kaor would step on the guys who rushed in.
The mercenaries who fought alongside him in the Forest of Demons also had high loyalty to Jisel, so the new mercenaries could not bring themselves to attack him.
One thing that was a bit unusual was that the new mercenaries also called Jisel their captain, perhaps because of the atmosphere created by the existing mercenaries.
Jiselle added a word before leaving.
“Take good care of your equipment and horses. I will not forgive you for wasting your money on foolish things like gambling.”
“All right!”
Their armor and horses were all provided by Giselle with her own money.
Since each mercenary prepares their equipment according to their financial situation, the quality of the equipment varies greatly.
But most people just bought cheap, crude weapons, used them roughly, and then replaced them.
Armed like that, even if there were a lot of people, it would be of no use.
So, while she was preparing, Giselle even gave her proper armament.
Giselle left the training, management, and organization of the mercenaries to Gillian and Kaor and headed to the training ground.
“Why are you going to the training ground? You just got back and you’re not resting.”
Gillian looked puzzled.
“You two should rest first. I have something to check on Vanessa.”
As soon as Jiselle entered the training ground, she rolled up her sleeves and said.
“Sit down.”
Vanessa watched nervously for a while, then sat quietly in the middle of the training ground.
“I know you can’t sense mana, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“How much magic did you learn from your master?”
“In theory… … I learned up to the 5th circle.”
Vanessa muttered, uncertain.
Jiselle was a little impressed.
‘It’s just like I heard in my past life. As expected. This is really great.’
Magical techniques aren’t something you can learn by simply memorizing them.
You need to have your own level of enlightenment and understanding, and you need to know how to put your will into it.
To understand the 5th circle technique at such a young age means that you are not an ordinary person.
“Already 5 circles? That’s amazing. You seem to be quite smart.”
“Oh, no. I can’t actually cast it, so I can’t confirm whether what I understood was correct.”
“It’s okay, you can do it from now on.”
“Yes? I have Mana… … .”
“I intend to teach you the Mana training method.”
Vanessa’s face darkened slightly.
“Don’t you know the Mana training method?”
She shook her head and answered.
“The Master taught me a simple Mana training method. But it was of no use.”
“Hmm, indeed… … . You did try.”
Jiselle nodded as if she understood.
I also heard this briefly in my previous life. I also tried the Mana training method.
If you can’t feel mana in the first place, mana cultivation methods are useless.
Shouldn’t you feel the mana so that you can accept it and accumulate it within your body?
Besides, there was no way the wizard could have properly understood the mana cultivation method.
“It’s okay. I’ll teach you a little differently. Should I feel Mana first?”
“yes?”
Jiselle asked in a serious tone.
“Do you still want to learn magic?”
Vanessa lowered her eyes to hide her trembling gaze.
Of course I wanted to do that.
The reason I kept an eye on Jiselle was because I wanted to get permission to learn magic later.
She swallowed dryly and nodded.
“Yes, I want to continue studying.”
“Okay. Then bite down hard and hold on. If you do something wrong, you will die and I will not.”
“What is that… … .”
“It starts.”
Without explaining in detail, Giselle placed her palm on her back.
Wooooow!
Mana began to enter Vanessa’s body through Giselle’s palm.
Jiselle moved Mana carefully.
The mana that had been circulating through every nook and cranny of her body began to pool below her navel.
“This is… … .”
Vanessa opened her eyes wide at the feeling she had never felt before.
“Shut your mouth. What you just entered is my mana. You must feel how the mana moves without missing it.”
Vanessa now realized that she had been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.
She closed her eyes tightly and tried to feel the alien energy entering her body.
Wooooow!
As the flow of mana stabilized, Giselle let out a sigh of relief.
‘For now, it’s a success.’
Jiselle created a temporary, very small mana core in her body.
Vanessa didn’t know it, but the method Giselle was trying now required delicate mana management skills and tremendous concentration.
It was a method that no one would dare even think of attempting unless they were a ‘top 7 powerhouse’.
The original method was to feel mana, learn breathing techniques, and create your own core.
But there was no way to know when Vanessa would succeed that way. Right now, making her feel Mana was the priority.
Since it is a core made of Jiselle’s mana, it will disperse again over time.
Before that, you need to be able to feel and absorb mana yourself, even if it’s just a little bit.
Woohoo.
As Giselle moved her mana with her will, the core created in Vanessa’s body began to spin violently and absorb the mana.
Rather than naturally absorbing mana through breathing, it circulates mana and forcibly sucks in mana from the surrounding area.
“Ugh.”
Vanessa gritted her teeth in pain, but somehow managed to endure it.
It was the mana I had dreamed of.
It was a painful, yet ecstatic sensation that I felt for the first time in my life.
‘Just a little more.’
Vanessa wanted this feeling to continue, but Giselle was slowly getting ready to end her mana induction.
Flash!
At that moment, Vanessa suddenly remembered the numerous magical techniques she had learned over the years.
Those things that had always lingered in my head struggled to jump out into the world when they encountered a single thread of mana.
Vanessa was in a state of ecstasy, experiencing mana for the first time.
Zing! Zing! Zing! Zing!
A magic circle began to appear in the air.
She unknowingly cast spells as if something she had been suppressing had burst out.
The magic circle, which had been increasing one by one, soon exceeded five.
“You’re already doing multiple chanting?”
Jiselle was startled and reduced the amount of mana she was blowing in.
The magic circles were being created by madly devouring not only Vanessa’s tiny mana, but also Giselle’s mana.
If I let go without thinking, Vanessa would be in danger, so I slowly reduced the mana… …
When Jiselle cut off Mana, another problem arose.
Phuss …
Vanessa’s hair began to turn white, starting at the ends.
As her mana runs low, she is draining her life force.
“Damn it! Come on!”
I couldn’t let my life force burn out. Jiselle screamed again, spewing out mana.
