Episode 1167
I checked the surrounding magical power just in case, but there was no change.
If someone had been inhabiting the stone tablet like Saratan, or if there were any traces of magic left, wouldn’t it have been possible to clearly sense the echoes of magic…?
“Senior.”
Lee Han called Catton.
Although he was a man who had faith in his own senses, he was never overconfident.
A prosecutor as high up in the ranks as Catton might have sensed what Lee Han had missed.
“Have you noticed anything strange?”
“Are you talking about my poor interpretation skills?”
Catton answered with a sullen face.
“Not that, but the change in magic power. Around here.”
“I didn’t feel anything like that, junior.”
‘hmm.’
Lee Han wondered if it was his own illusion.
Well, I was so tired from all the things that had happened lately that I might have just been hallucinating.
Could it be that I heard that voice earlier in a distorted form, like the voice of the skeleton principal?
“Saratan. Did you notice any changes in magical power or distortion of dimensions?”
-There was no such thing? Why?
Saratan wondered what nonsense this wizard was talking about.
If there was such a thing, how could such a spirit not have felt it?
“No. It seems that I was mistaken.”
It’s not an illusion, so stop nagging like a child and listen carefully! If you nagging one more time, I’ll put a poison in your skull.
“……”
Lee Han felt sorry.
I should have felt uncomfortable right away when Saratan made that promise…!
“Are you, by any chance, Lady Baquantalana?”
Vaquantalana? Who is that… Oh, you must be confusing me with the wizard who received the stone tablet?
Along with the words, the voice pulled out a transparent poisonous insect from the dimensional rift and tried to insert it into Lee Han’s forehead.
A mortal who wouldn’t listen when told to stay still needed a light lesson.
However, the bug struggled and struggled but was unable to break through Lee Han’s magical power and escaped back into the dimensional rift.
The voice was so absurd that I was speechless for a moment.
“Who are you!”
Caton jumped up, feeling the hairs on his body stand on end.
It was a strange phenomenon I had never experienced before.
I couldn’t detect any kind of magic, yet I felt this creepy feeling.
What the heck?
“Junior. Have you been attacked by anyone?”
“Yes? No.”
“Hmm… I guess I studied magic too hard.”
Caton sat back down and opened the book, <Introduction to Basic Summoning Magic Even First-Year Students Can Understand>.
But the ears were still perked up with alertness.
……
The voice felt even more absurd.
That mortal guy looks like a warrior with no magic at all, but he felt the presence of loneliness?
…Baquantalana says she was just given a spell by this old woman. The stone tablet is a proof of that.
“No, are you saying that Lady Baquantalana shamelessly announced that the magic she received from someone else was her own?!”
Lee Han shouted in great surprise.
How can he shamelessly announce that magic he learned from a being from another dimension was magic he created himself?
Now that I think about it, I’m still a little disappointed even though it wasn’t announced.
Didn’t Baquantalana clearly say that he completed it through his own research in his later years?
A transparent staff appeared in the air and struck Lee Han in the head. Lee Han was taken aback by the attack without any warning.
And the voice was also absurd.
Normally, the magical power of the entire body would be shaken and I would hear all sorts of hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, but it didn’t move at all like a giant rock.
‘What the…’
“No matter how much I think about it, this is it!”
Finally, Catton also jumped up again.
Seriously… let’s get that annoying little warrior out of the way and talk.
The voices were thinly veiled in confusion, as if they had become too lazy to even talk. This veil was also noticeable to Lee Han.
Outside the curtain, Caton was impressed by the sight of Lee Han engrossed in his study of the stone tablets. Strangely, he didn’t blink or breathe, but it suited his junior well.
You said you were under a spell, but you didn’t say it was that spell. This old lady must have told you not to be so noisy.
“sorry.”
You’re being a little nice now. Okay. Can you give me back the slate? That slate originally belonged to my grandmother.
‘indeed.’
Even if he was a non-expert, he would not know, but as the wizard Ainrogard, and among those wizards, Lee Han-in, who had the most contact with extra-dimensional beings, immediately understood the current situation.
This stone tablet was clearly a gift to Vaquantalana from some other dimension that was currently conversing with her.
There was something similar to this. It was the blue stone that the Frost Giant King gave.
Thanks to this, when the frost giants see a stone, they recognize it and say, “Ah! That challenger!” and start a fight…
‘…Should I remove this stone now?’
Lee Han thought about it for a moment, but quickly gave up.
Even if I exclude that stone, I don’t think it will be of much help since the spirit’s pattern and other impressions are so well known.
“Can I just copy down what you wrote and return it to you?”
I see… Do you really think so?
The voice asked with a hint of doubt.
Items from other dimensions were not easily given up. Especially if they were tokens gifted by a powerful being from another dimension.
Besides, the opponent was a wizard. To a wizard, such an item was just a powerful magical tool that could be utilized in any way.
“Yes? Yes.”
If you’re thinking of replacing the slabs, you’d better not do so.
“No, was there such a guy?!”
Lee Han, who was desperate, was shocked.
‘It’s reckless, but creative. And it’s also instructive.’
There was certainly something to learn from the senior wizards.
“How did you switch it? How did you get caught?”
……
“Ah. I will return this stone tablet. However, I am learning it in case I ever need to fool another wizard…”
Why don’t you get greedy? Don’t lie and say you’re not greedy. This old lady can tell the difference between such lies.
Instead of answering, Lee Han waved his staff. The stone given by the king of the frost giants glowed blue.
An ice-cold headache?
Without stopping there, Lee Han showed the spirit patterns. The voice shouted in great surprise.
Even the loud thunderclaps?
‘It’s a little funny.’
Lee Han felt a little amused.
Every time it was shown, the voice replaced the insult in a novel way.
Could you please introduce me to Principal Skeleton?
“There is also an evil king of the yakshas.”
Ah, that smart young man.
“……”
Lee Han immediately felt resentful.
Of all the characters that just appeared, isn’t the Yaksha King the most evil and vile?
‘Hmm. Perhaps this voice belongs to a character just as eccentric and vile as the Yaksha King.’
Lee Han didn’t realize that he had inadvertently approached the truth.
“Actually, I am carrying many burdens that are difficult to bear right now, so I do not have the confidence to carry this stone slab.”
It looks like that. I can smell the stars. Did you make a contract with the stars? What kind of star oath did you take?
“… guest house …”
I can’t hear you! You. Do you want to get hit one more time by Grandma?
“…You don’t know the guest Arna?”
Suddenly, the other person became silent. Lee Han became anxious for no reason.
…This old lady hit him for no reason! The poor little boy would have burned himself if left alone!
“……”
Lee Han stared at the stone slab.
‘Should I just break it instead of giving it to you?’
The voice, reading my impious thoughts, spoke kindly.
A contract with a guest is not necessarily a bad thing. Even if you are unfortunate, you can still leave your name in history. Heheheehe.
“I haven’t given it to you yet.”
Even his temperament? There must be a reason why he likes the guest.
‘Let’s be patient. We already have a lot of enemies.’
From the strong men of another dimension who are just entangled to the evil gods who are like enemies.
It seemed impossible to increase the number of enemies any further. Furthermore, the personality of the opponent seemed as eccentric as that of the Yaksha King.
Okay! You made this old lady laugh, so I’ll give you some advice in return.
It was a statement that would have shocked the warlocks elsewhere in the citadel if they had heard it.
This greenhorn junior was given the authority to ask the questions they so desperately wanted, so easily.
Of course, from the perspective of Lee Han, who is a junior, he would immediately say, “If you feel wronged, you should sign the contract instead.”
“If you have any advice… is it possible to cancel a contract with a guest?”
I told you to stop laughing. Just be moderately greedy.
‘Hmm. I asked seriously, but it seems impossible.’
Lee Han quietly canceled it without anyone knowing. It seemed like it wouldn’t work out.
“Do you happen to know anything about the dimensional powers?”
If you hadn’t made this old lady laugh, and if you hadn’t swatted away the bug, I would have given you a beating right away.
“A bug?”
You don’t have to know. Anyway, I know very well. This old lady’s hobby is inviting people over to drink tea.
‘I wonder if Brother Arsil was invited too…’
Lee Han changed the subject because he thought asking would make him sad for no reason.
“I have some concerns these days. Can you give me some wise advice?”
There’s nothing this old lady is good at. Tell me about it.
“Actually, one of my teachers ran away.”
…It was a story about magic, but yeah. Let’s continue.
The voice was slightly embarrassed.
I was expecting to ask questions about black magic, or at least other magic, but then suddenly I got life advice?
* * *
Indeed. Extortionists and tentacle-mongers… You’re saying that focusing on just one isn’t enough, but you have a grudge against both of them and it’s a problem?
When Lee Han confessed that he wanted to wipe out the Sanguiros sect, but it was difficult because of all the disasters and the involvement of the Prahgal sect, the voice immediately understood.
At first, I thought he might have stolen something from his master (in which case, I thought it might be the disciple who ran away, not the master), but it turned out to be an interesting question.
Now I know why this mortal was able to make a contract with a guest.
Normally, in a situation like this, a normal wizard would wait quietly and build up his strength, but this guy, as a disciple, was the first to step forward and help his master.
If there are two, it’s not that difficult!
‘I guess I should skip the story about the Ksaksari Valley.’
Lee Han made a promise to himself.
If I talked about the Ksaksarigol Church, I felt like the other person would think I was too strange.
Yeah! A good idea just occurred to me.
“What is that?”
First of all, the disaster is not something you should worry about that much. It was caused by magic and dimensional distortions, so it will soon subside.
It wasn’t a lie, the disaster in the west would naturally subside over time, and the disaster in the north would subside once this stone tablet was recovered.
“When will soon…?”
The important thing is, aren’t these two annoying extortionists and tentacles?
“That’s true.”
This old lady says that when she raises bugs, she puts a lot of thought into how to raise them plump and strong. One of the ways is to make them fight each other.
“Ah. I learned it in black magic. If you gather the bugs together and make them kill each other…”
A transparent staff appeared in the air and was about to strike Lee Han in the head, but then stopped.
I thought, why hit him anyway, it won’t have much effect anyway.
If you interfere one more time while your grandmother is talking, I’ll introduce you to a new evil spirit instead of giving you advice. You don’t want to get involved with that blind, crazy evil spirit again, do you?
“sorry.”
Lee Han thought again that it was a good thing he had not said anything about the Ksaksarigol sect.
Yes, this old lady’s advice is to join hands with one side and hit the other side.
“…I have met the King of the Frost Giants and made a contract with a guest star, but I am by no means an evil wizard. I think you have misunderstood…”
The voice could not hold back and hit his head again with the transparent cane.
