Chapter 507
The magician, a crow beast he had never seen before, embraced the straw doll with both arms and put it down.
“It looks crudely made, but it’s a sturdy item with some kind of magic treatment.”
The dark element had powerful and unique properties, but it was not an element that could easily dwell in just about anything.
Right now, there are things that can be waterproof even with the relatively easy water element, but it was faster to find something that just nested in the dark element.
The powerful and unique quality opposite to the vitality is rather a hindrance to this process.
So even this sloppy-looking straw doll had to be made through its own magical process.
“Of course, taking that into account, it will take quite a while. It has to be marinated in the dark element over and over again dozens of times.”
For those who did not know magic, magic was splendid, but in fact, magic was more of tedious repetition and rough work.
Making a simple cursed straw doll also took much longer than expected.
“ruler. try.”
“yes.”
Lee Han swung his staff and summoned the dark element.
It was rather easier than usual as there was a straw doll in front of me.
It was enough to bring the dark element to the straw doll and absorb it without needing to adjust the power.
However, despite the straw doll absorbing the dark element, the dark element was visibly materialized behind Lee Han and radiated energy.
Diret shook his head, opened the window, and brought in a breeze.
As much as he specializes in the dark element, Diret has strong resistance to it, but he couldn’t be careless in front of this junior.
A momentary mistake could cause Professor Mortum’s Hall of Darkness to close.
“Reduce your horsepower. Enough for now.”
“uh. Is that so?”
“Your back… no. Concentrate.”
I wanted to tell him to look behind him, but Diret just added more ventilation.
An accident could have happened if his concentration was interrupted.
Quaaat-
The size of the straw doll that absorbed the dark element quickly shrunk and shrunk.
Looking at the straw doll shrunk to almost the size of the palm of his hand, Lee Han was amazed.
“Did you have this structure to compress the dark element and not reveal it to the outside?”
“no. It is reduced after completion.”
“……”
“……”
Originally, the cursed straw doll, which should have taken several weeks to make, was completed right away, but Diret responded calmly.
“professor! I’ll enter the next dungeon for a while and come back!”
“why?”
“The straw doll is complete!”
“what? Coke, that’s why… Ah. i get it. Go and come.”
Professor Mortum also coughed a few times and accepted it calmly.
Except for Lee Han, all the black magicians were accepting it calmly.
“Is it really okay for it to be completed this quickly? The problem is…”
“No. It’s just that I over-injected the dark element and it happened quickly. The structure is simple, so there is nothing to burn, so you can rest assured.”
Diret, who was speaking, hesitated.
“no. can fly Put in enough magic power. If the straw doll explodes, it will be in trouble.”
“You said it was a sturdy item that was treated with magic…”
Diret pretended not to hear the junior’s question.
“What a cologne. Delet!”
Professor Mortum opened the door again and called for Diret.
“Before entering the dungeon…”
“You mean defense artifacts? I will prepare it.”
Equipment such as defense artifacts were essential as he entered the underground dungeon with a first-year student.
“Coke. no. Bring me the bones of Atalab from the warehouse on the 2nd floor. You can take care of the defense artifacts… honestly, you probably don’t need much.”
“……”
No matter how it is, isn’t it too much to be a junior?
Diret looked at Lee Han and said.
“Don’t worry too much.”
“The professor called your name just now…”
“Why do you, a freshman entering the dungeon, care about that?”
* * *
There were so many small and large dungeons hidden all over Einrogard that even the skeleton principal couldn’t figure it out.
As much as the mana is so strong, there are bound to be many naturally occurring dungeons.
Some school students artificially secured or managed dungeons due to the nature of the magic they studied, and one of them was the black magic school.
Due to the nature of black magic, dungeons were inevitably needed.
“…got it? I’m telling you not to misunderstand because other schools are also schools that manage dungeons. I’m not lying, so be sure to ask. If you say no, that’s really cheating. I can prove it.”
Unlike when explaining magic, Diret made very detailed excuses.
Even if it was the same dungeon management, for some reason, it was a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of
“As a wizard, of course you have to manage dungeons. It must be hard to find outside.”
The dungeons were very different depending on the location and environment, but there were basic commonalities.
It was just that the mana had to be accumulated to the point where it was excessive.
It was surprisingly difficult to find dungeons as unusual phenomena only occurred when mana was accumulated, and magicians could use them only when those phenomena occurred.
“…yes?”
Diret’s voice rose slightly, as if relieved.
Lee Han continued his speech to support the senior.
“yes. A professor I know took me to the Rakemaw dungeon.”
“…That’s not right.”
‘what?’
Lee Han was slightly taken aback by Direth’s denial and straight face.
I was comforting him saying it was okay…
Diret tried to say something more, but gave up and sighed.
what would you say
Professors won’t change anyway.
“In this dungeon, there are no Rakemaws and vampire weasels. The structure is simple. It is straight and not very deep.”
The dungeon next to the Dark Hall that Diret had brought was a fairly ordinary dungeon, except for the fact that it used the entrance near the graveyard pit.
Compared to the dungeons that Professor Voladi took to kill, there were no hidden terrain or good places to be attacked, and it felt like a naturally formed underground.
“Do you know about vampire weasels?”
“yes.”
It wasn’t a very strong monster, but the ability to detect the energy of living beings was very good.
Hunters in some regions even used these monsters instead of hunting dogs…
“The attack isn’t fatal, but the bite hurts quite a bit. Wear this artifact. I will form a physical force field to defend it.”
Lee Han received an artifact from Diret.
However, instead of working, the artifact malfunctioned with strange lights and noises.
“Why are you doing this? Isn’t there anything around that can interfere with magic?”
Dereth tilted her head.
Lee Han said cautiously.
“It could be because I carry a lot of artifacts with me.”
“How many do you want? 2?”
“…followed by one more zero…”
Although he had vowed not to be really surprised by this junior, Diret was surprised once again. I was so surprised that the wings on my back rose upside down.
“Why are you wearing so many artifacts?!”
It wasn’t for nothing that there was a story like ‘a wizard who exploded while trying on dozens of rings’ in imperial fairy tales.
Artifacts weren’t good just because they were full.
Basically, it was not an item made under the calculation that they were kicked together, so the more they were kicked, the more frequent the collisions.
It was easy to understand if you think about dozens of magics concentrated on one person without buffering. Even if the bursting of the body is a bit extreme, I had to be prepared for frequent malfunctions.
“But since most of them are mana absorption series, there wasn’t much of a problem.”
Lee Han quickly explained that Diret seemed too worried.
A bracelet or belt of magic absorption.
A ring or bracelet necklace of fire absorption.
A bracelet that suppresses the release of magical power.
Although these artifacts were numerous, there was no problem because the magic principle was simple and they were all similar.
Besides, didn’t Lee Han leave out some of them depending on the situation?
“Yeah… wait. Are there any artifacts left?”
Direth pointed out the remaining artifacts as if he was not a high school student for no reason.
“This?”
“A necklace enchanted with invisibility.”
“This isn’t normal invisibility…? where is this No, that’s not important right now. Anyway, this is fine.”
Diret strangely thought of the skeleton headmaster in the invisibility magic necklace, but decided to skip it for now.
Seeing how clean the magic was, it wasn’t something that would affect the outside world.
“This is an underwater breathing ring.”
“This is fine too. Magic like underwater breathing doesn’t cause much conflict.”
“This is the silver spoon of poison detection.”
“Why this… Haven’t you ever been poisoned?”
“What a joke. This is a copper ring for signaling.”
“This isn’t an artifact that will cause a crash either. Wait, who gave you this?”
“Are you the principal?”
“……”
“This is Manma’s bracelet.”
“okay. … wait what??”
Diret was astonished at the artifact, which looked like the culprit no matter how he looked at it.
Some madman put that on a 1st grader?
* * *
After hearing the explanation, Diret said firmly.
“The headmaster is really out of his mind.”
“Seniors. Birds listen during the day and mice talk at night…”
“Yes. know The principal is really out of his mind.”
‘stylish.’
Lee Han was slightly moved by the spirit shown by his senior in his senior year.
Isn’t this a senior?
‘When I become a senior, will I be able to swear at professors with confidence?’
“This to a first grader… Phew. done. Anyway, we can’t use this artifact together then.”
“sorry.”
“It’s not your fault… And honestly, you can easily stop the vampire weasels.”
Dereth said so and turned around.
“?”
Lee Han wanted to ask what that meant, but he missed the timing because the wizard, a crow beast he had never seen before, started walking.
‘No…’
“The reason Vampire Weasels are raised in this dungeon is because there are no monsters that are as easy to identify as Vampire Weasels when it comes to the dark element. Stop there for a second.”
Diret put Lee Han behind him and walked forward.
After taking a few steps, something flashed in the dark and crashed into Diret with a ‘thud’.
“See? Are you running right away?”
“yes.”
“Now let’s experiment with this.”
Diret threw the curse doll he had made ahead of him.
Then, the vampire weasels hesitated, unable to get close to the cursed doll, as if there was an invisible wall.
“Because they are sensitive to vitality, they feel the ominousness of the dark element as much. Basically, if those guys don’t come close, you can say it’s been successfully completed.”
After speaking, Diret returned to her seat and waved to Lee Han. It meant that it was the junior’s turn.
“……”
“……”
Calm silence.
When Lee Han stood in front of them, the vampire weasels became quiet even though they hadn’t even thrown the curse doll yet.
As if it were a dungeon with no monsters.
Instead of saying anything, Direth made Lee Han come back.
“I will test your doll.”
“thank you.”
“Don’t be thankful for something like this…”
Dereth checked the junior’s cursed doll.
Seeing that the Vampire Weasels retreated farther than before, the effect was very clear.
“good job. I was a little worried because the time was short, but there was no need for that. Expanding this basic process is the beginning of the application of the dark element.”
Adjust the cursed doll infused with the dark element to specialize in the curse or have it nest elsewhere.
Diret threw blackened bone fragments into the air and summoned skeleton warriors.
Lee Han was amazed when he saw the skeleton warriors emitting dark elements unlike their original appearances.
This was an undead enhancement magic that combined other elemental magic.
Not just adding or hardening the bones, but strengthening them with various properties.
His magic was so sophisticated that he wondered if he would have to do this to be called a necromancer.
“Excellent! What a combination!” “…
I
like this so much?
I didn’t feel bad, but I didn’t usually admire these undead summons.
Especially if it’s a noble family!
“Then I will do it.”
Lee Han took the bone fragment out of the reagent bag.
“?”
Diret was puzzled by that appearance.
I didn’t show you what to do today…?
