King of Dungeons (1)
“no.”
It is not common for a firm refusal to come out of Lucy’s mouth.
“You could die.”
I could tell just by looking at him that his clear refusal was a result of worry.
While reading a book while leaning on a tree, Lucy jumped to the floor and her hair bounced once. He looks up at me with blank eyes and brings up the bloody story as if it was nothing special.
“I don’t want to kill you. “High-level magic is not good at controlling power.”
“Of course I don’t want to die either.”
It was so obvious that there was no need to emphasize it.
“Among the magic engineering supplies I made in advance, there is something called the ‘Delheim Hourglass.’ “Once you hold this, you will never be killed in one hit.”
“Your body is hurt.”
“If you can achieve results in a short period of time by taking care of everything you need and being careful about everything, everyone will do it.”
Lucy probably understands my feeling of wanting to increase my growth as quickly as possible.
The resurrection of Seongchangryong Velbrok will not occur as predicted. As was the case with most incidents.
“I don’t have time for that. Please keep sparring with me from now on. At least I’ll have to keep bumping into it until I learn high-level magic. If it were like before, the sparring itself would not have been established… “At least now I never get killed in one hit.”
They say it’s a magical world where experience equals skill, but no one wants to learn it by walking a tightrope, risking their lives. In the first place, there is no wizard who can manifest high-level magic dozens of times.
However, if you are as good as Lucy Mayril, you can do that if you set your mind to it.
When fighting the evil god Mebula, Lucy, who gave her all, manifested over 50 high-ranking magic formations at once and wielded an insane amount of magical power, enough to cast even the highest-ranking magic.
When you wake up from a deep sleep, you can recover the magic power of dozens of people in one night, so there is no better sparring partner than this.
The opportunity to spar without limits with a wizard born with the greatest talent in history does not come to just anyone.
When I had just entered this body, there was a greater possibility that I wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single blow, so I didn’t even dare to try… Now it’s a completely different story. My growth is already on track to some extent.
If you want to learn high-level magic with a body like this that takes a year to even increase magic sensitivity, there will be no other way than to head like crazy.
“On the contrary, if you hold your hand carelessly, you will only hurt yourself and the hourglass will not activate. So, increase your firepower with the intention of launching a harpoon.”
“It’s not difficult, but I still hate it. “I am against it.”
It is truly rare for Lucy to express her opinion so firmly.
“I hope you don’t get hurt.”
“Lucy. Please understand my desperation. “You know.”
“… ”
We stood there making eye contact for a while. The endless snowball fight continued, but there was no sign of either side backing down.
After remaining still for a while, Lucy sighed and pressed down on her large witch hat.
“okay.”
The location is a cliff at the northern end of Aken Island. Tall, strangely shaped cliffs stretch out along the coast. If you stand at the end and look down, it is a sight that gives you goosebumps. Around the time of the student council president election, Heseo was stabbed to death. Even thinking about it now, it wasn’t something I would have done in my right mind.
If you go a little further from the cliff area, an open meadow spreads out. It is the furthest away from the Sylvania site and is not very popular. It was safe to say that there were very few students who made it through the northern forest to this far north.
The wind blowing along the meadow makes my collar flutter.
The hem of Lucy’s skirt, who is facing me from a distance, is also blowing in the wind of the grassland. Lucy, who is looking at me while holding down her hat to keep it from flying off, slowly reveals her magical powers.
I am in perfect condition. Not only my physical condition but also my magical power has been fully recovered, and all the spirits that I can mobilize have been manifested.
A new spirit formula is engraved on the dagger held backwards. To the ceremonial dagger that has already been given Mug’s elemental form, ‘Explosiveness’, this time, Merilda’s elemental form, ‘Headwind’, is added.
This is a dagger that I have been carrying with me ever since I began my life as a survivalist. Not only my weapon proficiency, but also my sensitivity to magical power has reached its limit. I was able to accept the high-ranking spirit’s spirit ceremony without difficulty.
Merilda’s spirit form, ‘Counterwind’, is a skill that creates a release magic that instantly destroys and weakens the enemy’s magical power from the imprinted spirit form.
All magic attacks are fast. It is difficult to manifest spirit consciousness at that timing. Nevertheless, it can be said that the defense performance alone is amazing.
However, it is unknown whether it can block Lucy’s high-level magic. Rather, it is much more likely that Lucy’s magic will easily pierce the spirit ritual. Still, it’s better than getting hit directly.
“… ”
In the blowing wind, Lucy raised one hand.
By casually clenching his fists, he gathers magical power that ordinary wizards can only gather by concentrating their minds until they become exhausted.
From a magician’s perspective, this is such sensitivity and efficiency that it seems unreasonable.
As it was, Lucy didn’t even change her expression──
― Kwakwang!!!!!
Just like that, a lightning strike was struck.
The flow of magic that was manifested was not even visible to the eye. It was largely thanks to reflexes and the appropriate response of Merilda, who had manifested her magic in human form, that prevented it.
– Cooung!!!
– Hwiik!!
– patter
He quickly lifted the dagger he was holding backwards and held on by pressing the hand holding the dagger with his other arm.
Although it is said to be in human form to improve magic efficiency, it is still a high-ranking spirit. Merilda, with her white hair flying and quickly injecting her magic power into her elemental consciousness, was slowly shedding a cold sweat.
It was blocked accurately. It was a surprisingly perfect response.
However, just because it was blocked doesn’t mean it wasn’t shocking.
Although I couldn’t defend myself more perfectly than this, I felt every bone in my body shaking from the recoil.
A trace of smoke rising cracklingly. Due to the impact of magic, the fluttering collar and hair returned to their original places… My legs were shaking from shock.
“Ugh… ”
I frowned and looked at the hand tightly gripping the dagger. Magical power was leaking from the overloaded elemental ritual.
“still… It’s easier to endure than I thought… ”
Was the result of the past years of training not in vain? Even if it is a high-level magic used by a rare genius wizard, it is not enough to kill in one hit.
That thought… It was still too early.
“That’s not high level magic.”
“… ”
“I used the lieutenant magic first to get an estimate.”
Lieutenant Lightning Magic ‘Lightning Spear’
A mid-level magic that fires a spear of lightning and pierces the opponent. Now that I think about it, it seems like it may have taken that form. It was so fast that I couldn’t see it.
The aftereffects of the impact went beyond me, and all the grass within a few meters radius was completely blackened. It is not the power of a normal lightning spear.
Even though it is the same middle-level magic, the middle-level magic used by Lucy Mayril is of a different class. I knew that fact.
“now… Goes… ”
Lucy looked very reluctant, but since she had decided to join in, she was determined to do it right.
High-ranking lightning magic ‘Never Punishment’. High-level explosion magic ‘Destruction’, high-level freezing magic ‘Permafrost’, high-level fire magic ‘Scorching Ball’, high-level light magic ‘Cutting Light’, high-level dark magic ‘Nightmare Swamp’, high-level earth magic ‘Ant Hell’, high-level wind magic. ‘Eye of the typhoon’…
These are magics that are said to have raised a wizard to a level worthy of everyone’s respect if they master even just one of them.
Unless you receive it yourself, you cannot easily embody the flow or principle of that magic power.
I laughed out loud. Although it may be reckless, there was no surer way than this.
Eventually, as he slowly closed and opened his eyes, his smile disappeared. He narrowed his eyebrows, clenched his teeth, and raised his poisonous eyes.
The hand holding the dagger was strained with a crunching sound.
*― Thank you all for your hard work during the festival preparation period. Starting tomorrow, the Crestor Grand Festival will finally begin.
― Let’s work closely with the academics to finish this happy event well to avoid any unpleasant incidents during the festival.
The Obelgwan Building, located right next to the student square and boasting an old-fashioned appearance, is a relatively recently built building.
As the building was built to provide a new space for student council activities with ever-increasing authority and responsibility… The interior was mainly filled with practical spaces.
Among them, in the conference room where all the student members were gathered, President Tanya spoke to the student members using loudspeaker magic.
Everyone worked hard to prepare for the festival last month, so let’s enjoy the Crestol Festival and do our duty as student members. It was roughly like that.
The student members gathered around Tanya, the student council president, clapped and cheered together. The hellish preparation period for the festival has finally come to an end, so as long as we can somehow get through this grand festival that continues all week, we can return to our daily lives.
Time goes by so quickly.
Ziggs, who was standing with his arms crossed against the wall at the back of the conference room, muttered those words to himself.
Indeed, this month, with the preparation period for the festival, was so busy that I couldn’t even breathe.
We had to follow the class curriculum according to the curriculum, review each club department’s festival progress plan, provide support for areas to be supported, resolve any conflicts that arose, and even check the external visit schedule.
At the same time, he must not neglect Elka’s sick care, so Ziggs was so busy moving around that it made you wonder if he really had two bodies. I just feel grateful to Elka, who tags along whenever she has student council schedules.
“Senior Ziggs. Thank you for your hard work during the preparation period.”
The student council president, Tanya, came down from the podium after being welcomed by the students and spoke while shaking off the hem of her old-fashioned skirt.
While you and I were all fighting and exchanging wills, Tanya was on her way to the Trix building with Anise for the next schedule.
“no. The chairman suffered the most. And the things that need to be dealt with from now on are the most important.”
“Huh… As expected… In any case, senior action committee members shouldn’t relax either. Because His Majesty Emperor Cloel is planning to visit in person… ”
“Have you finished reviewing your visit schedule?”
“yes… Two days later, I plan to come in the morning, have lunch, then inspect the school, participate in an event, give a speech, and see the integrated sparring in person. “Senior Felbrain will be in charge of reviewing the luncheon menu, and Senior Clenic and Senior Anis will be in charge of checking the inspection route.”
“Then I guess I’ll just have to review the integrated sparring schedule one more time.”
“yes. To ensure that the event progresses without a hitch, please review the participant schedule once again and announce everything that needs to be announced.”
“All right. President Tanya.”
Ziggs nodded with his arms crossed, and then he spoke with a grin on his face.
“Anyway, you look good these days. Chairman Tanya. I think the division of work was very effective.”
“Yes, that’s right…” Of course, the workload during the preparation period for the festival itself was more, but it was manageable because we organized it a bit. “Managing an organization is difficult.”
“Isn’t that how everyone learns? However, it’s a bit disappointing that I couldn’t share what I’m up to with other people.”
“Well, everyone is busy. The festival period is a time when the entire school becomes busy. There’s no problem with Brother Ed, right? “I’m scheduled to spar with senior Dyke this time.”
“I will check while reviewing the sparring schedule. “I need to check your schedule one last time.”
After answering that, Ziggs became lost in thought.
Come to think of it, everyone around Ziggs seemed to be out of his mind. Although the reasons for each were different.
Tanya, I’m going to be busy from now on.
It feels like Tailly is in a state of immersion in training. His companion, Ayla, doesn’t know why, but she’s been holed up in the library all this month, going through his book list as if she’s trying to find something. He looked like he wanted to find out something.
Elka, the librarian at the library, tells me that she seems to be borrowing all the books about the great sage Sylvania, a historical figure.
Ziggs had a feeling that he vaguely knew what Ayla was thinking, but he didn’t dare say it out loud.
Yenica Palover appeared to be busy studying how to behave as a new noble after ascending to the position of Baron. Sometimes, while walking down the street, I see her standing from a distance, and she strikes various poses in the air, or when she is alone, she blurts out words that seem somehow majestic… It wasn’t easy for her to see her rubbing her face in shame alone.
It was clear that if he pretended to know him in that state, he would instantly die of shame, so whenever that happened, Ziggs would pass by from a distance without speaking to him as much as possible.
Lucy Mayril has reached a point where she is found more in Ed’s camp than on The Bachelor, so even her current status is hard to hear. I heard that Lucy has often looked tired lately… As far as her magical power goes, I wonder why she would be so tired if she were her second child.
If you want to go into detail, you can, but it is an invasion of privacy. Just because you are a senior member of the student council, it is not good to try to delve into the personal details of students.
The one who shows up often is Lortel. As it is the festival period when consumption increases, it seems that Elte Company has also significantly increased its logistics personnel to keep pace. Thanks to that, there were more details to negotiate with the student council, so I came to Obelgwan often… Most people maintained a favorable attitude.
Other than that, the other characters were the same as always, but Clevius’ appearance was particularly unusual.
He usually looked gloomy, with eyes like rotten eggs and muttering ominous sounds… Recently, Clevius’s appearance had become more gloomy than expected.
When Ziggs asked him for a day, Clevius just shook his head and lamented what the use of a family was. Clevious, like Clevious, has a lot to worry about. Actually, it was natural.
Even while Ziggs was busy preparing for the festival, he was also listening to the movements of his acquaintances.
“Then, President Tanya. We will listen to the academic headquarters’ plans regarding Her Majesty Cloel’s visit schedule, and we will establish a detailed route so that we can move accordingly. You have to get approval right away when it’s done, so don’t get stuck in a corner. “It’s hard to find.”
“I’m sorry, but I’ve gotten out of the habit of hiding in dark and shady places, Senior Ziggs. “What are you looking at me for?”
“Weren’t you caught yesterday hiding under the cupboard in the bathroom? “The student members keep looking at me with vague eyes, so if you’re going to hide, hide in a place where people can hide.”
“… “Did Senior Anise tell you?”
“Senir, who is in charge of managing the pottery supplies, opened the cabinet door and got so scared that he fell out. “I was the one who bandaged the scratch on his ankle.”
“… I really need to apologize to Senir Action Committee member… ”
Tanya hesitated and looked away from the corner of her eye. Still, it’s a good thing that he behaves like an old-fashioned nobleman on the podium.
“Then, prepare well for tomorrow’s opening ceremony. I am… “I’m going to finish preparing for the sparring match.”
Ziggs lifted himself up by pushing the wall he was leaning against with his shoulder, shook off his clothes, and spoke.
“We need to reconsider the sparring participants as well.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work, and please upload the reporting documents through senior Anis.”
Ziggs smiled, nodded, and left the main conference room.
*
“It will be there if you go to the northern cliff. “After returning home, I stay there every day and come back late at night.”
When Ziggs went to the camp to look for Ed, he was gone.
Yenika, who was sitting next to the bonfire, just greeted Ziggs instead.
After thanking Yenika for telling me Ed’s location with a somewhat worried look on her face, I headed straight across the northern forest to the cliff area.
Although it is a forest that occupies most of the northern part of Aken Island, the geography was somewhat noticeable to Ziggs, who jogged with it every day. Even so, it was less than half of it, and the further north we went, the more unfamiliar geography it became.
Anyway, from here on, it is the domain of Ed Rothtaylor, who lives and dies in this forest. The deeper and deeper you go, the fewer people there are who have a complete grasp of geography.
Still, one thing is certain: if you just go straight north, you will come across a cliff area. In fact, even if you know just that one thing, you won’t get too lost.
The sight of the forest stretching quietly makes it easier to organize your thoughts.
There are many people who attend the sparring event, but what ultimately attracts people’s attention is the integrated sparring event attended by the seniors of each grade.
After going on for a while, we were about to reach the northern end of Aken Island.
As soon as he saw the end of the forest and the open grassland, Ziggs took his breath away.
The aftereffects of the strong magical power can be felt even here. The amount of magic power deeply entrenched in this wide grassland… It is not at a level that a typical wizard can produce.
Ziggs, who headed out to the grassland with a frown, couldn’t believe his eyes.
“her… .100 million… .”
A rock standing straight up on one side of the grassland.
Ed Rosstaylor sat there, leaning back, bleeding.
The surrounding area was a mess due to the effects of all kinds of magic. The meadow, where the grass stretched out, was dug up and blown away in some places, and in the end, there were traces of an entire tree being uprooted.
“Eh, Senior Ed… ”
“What… Are you Ziggs? ”
As soon as he heard the voice, Ed quickly raised his eyes.
He didn’t fall unconscious, nor was he sleeping. He was sitting still and resting.
“this… What is all this about… ”
“Get some training… did… ”
Ed was slowly trying to get up, but his clothes were torn here and there.
Ed, who had barely managed to get up, looked miserable, but the reason why Ziggs was holding his breath was different.
The sensitivity and amount of magical power in Ed’s body were completely different from before.
Does it feel like the venom in my eyes has become a level deeper than before?
Ziggs knows what this feels like.
Beware of the wolf with many scars.
It was a story considered a proverb in the northern grasslands.
The yellow dog, which has survived several fatal injuries, is several times more ferocious and smart than humans.
The more times a person endures extreme moments, the sharper his or her survival skills become.
Ed Rosstaylor leans against a huge rock, pushes his legs up, and slowly raises his body. His magical power was already easily exceeding that of a student.
A sparring match with Lucy Mayril, who the average person cannot withstand even a single hit.
I somehow trained and trained again, and succeeded in acquiring the specs to be able to grit my teeth and withstand even that attack. Of course, it was very difficult to withstand the two sums.
The process of repeating the battle with Lucy several times every day to increase one’s magic sensitivity is enough to make even old wolves, who have been through life and death countless times, bow their heads. This level was close to self-abuse.
As a result, Ed Rosstaylor may be close to death… He succeeded in acquiring enough magical power to use even high-level magic.
Even Ziggs, who never neglected his daily training, had no choice but to swallow dry saliva at the level of Hyangsamsim that bordered on madness.
“Ed… Seniors… ”
“okay… It was already festival season, I guess… ”
Ed Rosstaylor, who was groping his face, wiped away the blood from his temple and managed to calm himself.
“Slowly… Wash… To attend the opening ceremony… I have to go… ”
Anyone who continues to grow is bound to hit a wall and become frustrated.
If you don’t have natural senses and natural abilities, you have no choice but to bang your head against the wall until it breaks.
It was the fate of those born as dunjaes.
