Sword Emperor Reincarnated as a Sword Master Chapter 58

Geomje reincarnated as a swordsmith (58)

It’s absurd.

The moment he learned the logic of what constitutes the source of magic, that was the thought that passed through Leonard’s mind.

It was arrogant to think that humans could reduce the inexhaustible flow of all things to mere consciousness and use that to achieve omniscience and omnipotence.

The logic that even the Heavenly Demon Danmokjin had harshly criticized as being impossible was Sipjeon (十全), the perfect number, but magic was not the goal, but the possibility was confirmed from the starting point.

“Well, it’s not a story for a fourth-tier wizard or something like that to discuss.”

Esther, perhaps aware of his thoughts, extinguished the flame on her finger and continued speaking.

“The importance of the ceremony is certainly absolute, but so is the power of the circle. “Depending on how much area can be interfered with by Circleling, the type and level of expressions that the wizard can use are determined.”

“Circling?”

Esther, who realized “Ah,” said Leonard’s question.

“You forgot to explain the circle. “Sorry, it was my mistake.”

For the wizard, the circle was like the level that the knights’ mana practice had surpassed.

Unlike Mana practice, which is divided into large and small boundaries in detail, the division of the circles themselves was very simple. This is because it was enough to count the number of rings created in the heart from 1 to 10.

Circle 1, equivalent to beginners.

Circle 2, equivalent to beginners.

From the 3rd circle, which is equivalent to the apprentice level, the 4th circle begins to be treated as a wizard in earnest.

It is said that from here on, the treatment becomes similar to the external power of Mana Practice, and its usability as power increases significantly. It was also a section where the skill gap widened significantly even if the number of circles was the same.

“And from the 5th circle… The distinction between hierarchy and circle becomes blurred.”

People who don’t know much often confuse hierarchy and circles as the same concept, but in reality, there is a big difference.

The wizard’s hierarchy refers to the level of the formula, and the circle refers to the ability to activate the formula.

“Hierarchy is a higher concept than circles.”

Leonard said.

“A high-level wizard would have completed a circle to activate the magic, but just because there are many circles does not guarantee that the level will be high.”

“I understand. “Do you think your head turns quickly?”

Esther agreed and continued her explanation.

“The 4th circle is an area that anyone can reach with enough money and time. However, starting from the 5th circle, if your understanding of food and the world is low, it becomes very difficult to form the circle itself. “Circle 6 is almost impossible, let alone circle 7.”

“Then the 5th circle is no different from the 5th rank.”

“In rare cases, mercenary wizards who operate outside the magic tower or in the wild who have not received proper teachings, 5th circle wizards other than the 5th rank appear. “It’s the result of clumsily climbing the next staircase due to my own realization.”

The reason was similar to the reason why the disciples of the famous sect and the ronin were not equal in their achievements and skills, even if their level was the same.

Martial arts was not just a way to move the body and energy, but a way to explore the world based on one’s body. If you ignore that and just follow what’s in front of you, you’ll end up stagnating for decades.

Esther put her hands on the table as she explained this.

“There is a way to understand more clearly than explaining it in words like this. “It’s a direct experience rather than an indirect experience.”

“What is that?”

“I’m trying to get into magic. “It’s easy to create and use just one circle.”

Leonard, who received the offer, looked embarrassed.

It was a long way from reaching the ultimate level with martial arts alone, and it was difficult to enter a completely new area.

“I have no intention of becoming a magic swordsman.”

“why? “I think it will interfere with my mana practice?”

Esther, who had been anticipating his reaction, smiled.

“don’t worry. “If it’s Circle 1, you can create and destroy it at any time, so all you have to do is get a taste of the magic and get out.”

“Is it that easy to become a wizard?”

“It’s like the 1st stage of Yeonchegyeong. You can easily break through by just absorbing a few Yawn Spirit Stones, right? Wizards also need a minimum amount of stamina, so it is quite common for them to break through if they are at level 2 or 3.”

“indeed.”

Rather than seriously pursuing the path of becoming a magic swordsman, his stance was to only gain benefits by training in the basic stages of both fields.

Since Leonard himself had mastered all kinds of catching techniques, he knew very well how useful it was to have abilities in other fields, even if only at a superficial level.

“And Esther?”

“It’s the 3rd stage of Yeonchegyeong. “There’s no way it’s going to be easy to take care of your body if you just stay in a corner of your room and study techniques, right?”

She said that even noble ladies have surpassed the 1st or 2nd level of delinquency, so she picked up excuses that were not excuses.

It was the same as in martial arts, where there were martial arts for beauty purposes, such as Juan Gong.

“… “Then, let’s just experience the first circle.”

“Good idea!”

In the end, Leonard gave in to Esther’s persuasion and raised his hands.

* * *

In Esther’s workshop, there was a space where mana was artificially concentrated to facilitate the manifestation of magic itself.

There were also a mountain of targets and unknown tools that could be used to test attack magic. They were roughly pushed into a corner, and a stone was given to Leonard, who was sitting in the exact center of the room.

It was a stone that looked no bigger than the width of a finger and had a very small and subtle magic circle engraved on it.

“Those are called circle seats.”

Esther read his puzzled expression and explained.

“Initially, the tradition of initiation into the first circle is for the person corresponding to the teacher to directly interfere with the mana in the student’s body and weave the first link. However, since you have broken through the external force realm, even a fourth-level magician can cause serious trouble if he directly interferes with your body.”

“If you accidentally create a repulsion force… .”

“Both of us will die or be seriously injured. It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s that I don’t trust myself either. So, it’s the circle seat’s turn.”

Leonard looked down at the stone in his palm.

“Can I become Circle 1 by taking this?”

“yes. “If you don’t have enough mana in your body, you will have to supplement it with spirit stones, but even if you have only surpassed the 5th level of Yeonchegyeong, you can make it on your own.”

If you think about the amount of energy needed to break through the 1st stage of the Lotus Sutra, the amount of energy required to build a circle would also be about the same.

So Leonard swallowed the circle seat without any worries.

Next, I closed my eyes and sat cross-legged.

“what? “This is a meditation method I’ve never seen before.”

“I will concentrate.”

“Oh, sorry.”

In a word, Esther’s quiet presence disappeared beyond his consciousness, and Leonard soon fell into his own image.

The scene unfolding before his eyes was inside his own body.

The circle stone that passes down the throat immediately disintegrates and turns into a ring-shaped mass of mana. And rather than traveling down the esophagus to the stomach, it was seen burrowing into the blood vessels and taking the shortest route toward the heart.

‘Are we going to settle this ring-shaped mana in the heart and fix it in the shape of a circle? Simple yet well made.’

It reminds me of the magnetic magic technique I saw in my past life.

From a young age, he was a martial artist who ingested finely crushed magnetite to form an inner layer of magnetic force within his body. Since he was a martial arts expert who could use brain energy and iron, he would have been very powerful even if he had become a peak expert, but there was no way he could live long with metal pieces moving around inside his blood vessels.

Compared to that imperfect magic attack, the circle stone was very simple and many times more stable.

Isn’t Leonard’s 90 years of experience being naturally absorbed without any opposition or conflict?

‘The problem must be the peculiarity of my heart.’

Even in the hundreds of years of Cardenas history, there would never have been a case like that.

After receiving a fatal injury, my heart and five mana cores were combined as I was forced to break through the external force mirror. It was a coincidence created by , the secret hidden in the blood, and a large amount of elixir.

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Now it was difficult to even call it a heart, and I found a circle where a multi-colored orb was cautiously approaching.

Ugh?

The bead, which was leisurely circulating its owner’s power, approached the unknown intruder with curiosity.

however.

Crispy.

The circle attached to the was shattered without leaving a single fragment behind.

From the beginning, it seemed like they were scoffing at the different status.

‘I guess it won’t work.’

This cannot be achieved by increasing the quality or quantity of circle stones.

The anti-magic power of was so powerful that it was capable of repelling even fourth-tier auxiliary magic in an instant. If this ‘circle formation’ was taken as an attempt to directly interfere with him, even if a 7th level wizard came, he would not be able to create the first ring.

It was that moment when Leonard, who had resigned himself to understanding his situation, opened his eyes.

Weeeeeeeee——!

The multi-colored orb began to rotate.

It was intended to go beyond circulating Leonard’s inner strength and create power itself. I even felt like I learned the principles of movement from the circles that touched my surface.

Once per second.

Three times a second.

Ten times per second.

As the rotational speed increases by three times in an instant, the centrifugal force emitted from takes over the world around the body. Leonard, who felt an unusual force, desperately tried to suppress it.

and.

‘——It was dangerous.’

Leonard felt cold sweat running down his spine.

It had to be that way.

The control that momentarily escaped his control not only engulfed the entire mana collection room, but also almost eroded the inside of the magic tower beyond Esther’s attack area.

What if the Magic Tower’s defense system recognized it and raised an alarm, and what Leonard did was discovered?

‘It is an area that is not protected by Cardenas. ‘He could have been captured by high-ranking figures in the Magic Tower and become a test subject.’

It was a moment when something I did with a light heart almost turned into a more fatal situation than [mass teleportation].

Without knowing Leonard’s agitation, Esther, seeing him widen his eyes, spoke to him.

“Did you make circle 1? “It’s a little faster than I expected.”

“… Yes, it was successful.”

As a result, forming the circle itself failed, but it was possible to obtain control that corresponds to the essential conditions for magic.

The power to change the world with the rotation of the circle, the power to dominate!

Due to their nature, battles between wizards and wizards rarely occur at close range, but when they do occur, they are often fought based on each other’s control rather than magic. It was one-sided since the side that lost control would not be able to use magic.

Esther may not have realized it, but even she couldn’t use magic within Leonard’s control. This means that the control demonstrated by the was stronger than that of the 4th rank magician.

‘You now have a weapon that can be used when dealing with wizards… If I have something to show for it, I’ll definitely have to get rid of it. ‘I’ve gone beyond the level of being able to disclose it to anyone.’

Leonard’s eyes cooled for a moment as he realized this peculiarity, but then calmed down as he looked back at Esther.

“Okay, then I’ll teach you the formula for the first-tier magic [Magic Missile], so let’s use it. “With your mana capacity, you won’t run out of mana even if you fail dozens of times.”

This is Circle 1, which corresponds to the beginner level.

Of course, there was no magic that could be used with a single circle, and there was no magic formula that could be considered great at the first level. Anyone could use them, and because anyone could use them, most of them were magic formulas with low value.

[Magic Missile] was one of them.

A projective type of magic that gathers unattributed mana like a snowball, sets the direction, and fires it out at a slow speed.

“First of all, it is classified as an offensive magic, but no one thinks that it can be used in actual combat. Regardless of the user’s circle, the power and speed of [Magic Missile] are the same, and it is only weaker than a sling.”

“Like this,” muttered Esther, stretching her fingers.

“[Magic Missile].”

phut! The mana bullet was fired and hit one target.

Although it is said to be a target with a reinforcing spell, rather than being scratched, it scatters without even being able to properly convey the impact.

It wasn’t called 1st circle test magic for nothing.

“I’ll call you the formula. “It’s okay if you don’t remember it all at once, so ask as many times as you want.”

“All right.”

However, despite Esther’s consideration, Leonard was accustomed to the extremely long and complicated martial arts techniques.

Leonard, who immediately remembered the formula for [Magic Missile], went with the flow and induced power with control.

No, more accurately, ‘I was trying to induce you’.

‘… what?’

It was very successful in digging into the surface of the world with control and inducing mana in the process.

The problem started after that.

The moment I was about to activate the [Magic Missile] formula, changed several places as if pointing out the flaws of the formula. This is much better, and even without Leonard asking for it, they ended up optimizing it on their own.

Moreover, the optimized [Magic Missile] activated immediately.

Pot! Pot! Pot! Pot! Pot!

Not one, but five magic bullets, clustered together with a clearer density than Esther’s, appear at the same time.

Leonard, who saw this, subconsciously thought that the ball-like shape was too inefficient. If it were in the form of a dagger with a sharp and thin front, like the sword used in martial arts, it would be able to fly faster and its killing power would be higher.

The magic formula of [Magic Missile] accepted the request.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

The five [Magic Missiles] transformed into a sleek dagger shape, flew at high speed like arrows, and hit the target. It was completely different from Esther’s [Magic Missile], which disappeared with a bang.

Leonard was puzzled by the results and asked Esther a question.

“Is this how you do it?”

“… … … … .”

There was no answer, so Leonard turned around and saw Esther with an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

fantasy,