Episode 439 Slave Trader (1)
“Are the slave crests implanted in me different from ordinary ones? This sentence is alive.”
Even at the slightly absurd statement that the magic circle was alive, Ray only nodded.
“I know. So you’re in a hurry There’s no way to get your hands on it if it’s more entangled than this.”
“Getting stuck… what do you mean?”
Ray answered Mien’s question.
“For the magic circle to work normally, mana is required, no matter how small. Normally, it is common to engrave formulas that can replenish mana in a magic circle, but your sentence doesn’t have that. To put it simply, the slave sentence means that you are living by sucking your life away.”
“Then…”
“The magic circle will gradually expand to your mana rod to suck up mana. No matter how much I do, it’s impossible to take out someone else’s mana rod and collect only the magic circle. So that means you have to get your hands on it before that happens.”
Unlike Ray, who spoke casually, Mien was in shock.
Could it be that the identity of the sense of difference that I felt a little bit every time I used mana was a slave sentence?
If so, she would have been drawing and using her life force without even realizing it.
“If I die, everyone will die… I have to do something…”
He mumbles incomprehensible words and puts his hand on his forehead.
She was restless.
Ray calmed her down.
“Don’t worry, I won’t die that easily.”
The last time I looked at her, I didn’t notice any sign that the slave crest had spread to the Mana Road.
Maybe for a few years, if you don’t worry, Mien won’t die.
Just assuming she doesn’t use mana.
Mien was trusting Ray, who was fully aware of her condition, without even realizing it.
She looked at Ray with a look of desperation.
“I have to live. If I don’t survive… everyone will die…”
Ray tilted his head at the repeated muttering from earlier.
“What do you mean?”
Mien, who hesitated for a moment to answer, slapped the sledgehammer.
He raised his hand and pointed to the pattern on his collarbone.
It must have meant that he couldn’t speak because of the magic circle.
Ray stuck out his tongue.
“He kept his mouth shut. Let me touch you for a moment.”
When he stretched out his hand, Minen meekly accepted him.
After infusing mana for a while and examining the slave door, Ray took his hand off after a few minutes.
‘The mana load has weakened considerably. If I try to take it off like this, I might see blood.’
It was a very weak part, but the mana of the slave crest slightly invaded Mien’s mana road.
It wasn’t difficult to remove because it was just the tip, but it took her weakened mana rod a little.
If it was wrong, the mana rod could explode as it is.
‘Ummm’ Lay, who put her hand on her chin and thought, drew a line on the floor.
“This is what Aira told me not to use for anyone else… Ugh…”
Even though she put on an expression of pain because she couldn’t keep her word, her hand was drawing a line through the stretching magic circle, so it was truly divine.
Did ten minutes pass?
Complex formulas and formulas started to line up, and by the time two of them overlapped, a huge magic circle was drawn on the floor.
It was an unusual magic circle.
After completing such a thing in a flash, Mien couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
“What is this?”
“It’s a magic circle that widens the mana road.”
It was a magic circle Aira made once when he lost his mana rod in the past.
It was said that it was a secret technique that her teacher had passed on to her when she was very young.
As such, Aira asked herself, and it is also a magic that is a bit reluctant to use on outsiders.
He looked like a madman, tearing his hair out in agony.
On the other hand, Mian has a face of disbelief.
“It’s ridiculous to make the mana rod wider. Once created, a mana rod never changes.”
“No more nagging, so go in.”
With her back pushed, Mien had a little doubt, but walked to the center of the magic circle.
At the same time as Ray infused mana, a small light burst from the magic circle.
For a moment, the breeze seemed to tickle her hair.
A feeling of freshness surged through her body, and clear mana roamed her mana road.
Mien’s body trembled at the overwhelming pleasure.
‘The Mana Road…’
As a large amount of mana roamed the Mana Road, the Mana Road reacted little by little.
It was only for a moment that her complexion, which seemed to be a little tense, relaxed.
However, the more she liked it, the more Ray’s impression was frowned upon.
‘What did you do to Mana Road?’
There was a considerable amount of foreign matter stuck in the mana rod.
In the first place, it seemed that the size of the mana rod was not the problem, but that it was necessary to remove the wastes clogging the inside.
Ray slightly increased the amount of mana she was channeling into the magic circle.
Then, the clogged Mana Road was filled with mana.
“Ugh…”
Something filled her whole body, and Mien groaned in uneasiness.
Whoop-!
When the mana that flowed like a river met a bank, it began to increase gradually.
Eventually, the stagnant mana pierced through the wastes of Mien in an instant and flowed away smoothly.
Aaaah-!
A tingle of pleasure spread through his entire body.
Along with that, the wastes that filled up the mana road came out of the skin like black water.
I haven’t taken out half of it yet, but the smell is no joke.
A stench like rotting nose filled the room.
Mian’s face turned red.
Because it is in the middle of operating mana, I can not bear to open my mouth and sit still with a face full of shame.
Ray silently moved Mana to find the next path.
Then, not long after, I ran into the embankment again.
Wastes blocked the Mana Road, so mana was no longer flowing here.
If this happens, there is no way, so you have no choice but to move inefficiently even when managing mana.
If the blockage is cleared, you will be able to move mana more easily than before.
Ray broke through the dam in the same way.
Aaaah-!
The blocked second mana rod was pierced, and vitality began to circulate in her pale skin.
A film of mana surrounds Ray.
Sounds and smells were completely blocked from the outside world.
Now Mien has forgotten the nasty smell that emanates from herself.
I just sit there trembling in the freshness that fills my body.
When Ray broke the dam, it was strengthened little by little as the mana of the magic circle flowed in and out.
The mana rod widens and hardens.
Compared to the previous Mana Road, there was a difference between a puddle and a stream.
By the time Mien’s entire body was covered with mana, the third dam had been broken.
Her mana rod was in full shape.
Ray stopped the mana flowing into the magic circle and looked at Mien.
“Can you come to your senses?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Can’t keep the balance, I stumble around.
This is because the impact on the body was so great that there was a sense of heterogeneity in moving the body.
However, the psychological shock was greater than the physical shock.
Even though I couldn’t move my body well, I could feel that my body had become considerably lighter.
I only moved a little mana, but the movement is unbelievably free.
It’s as if you’ve overcome one or two more stages.
Even the five senses became extremely sensitive.
To add a little exaggeration, I could even feel the tiny dust floating around.
I erased the magic circle that Ray had drawn on the floor with my foot.
The hard floor, apparently made of a mixture of wood and stone, was easily disturbed like sand.
Ray grumbled, having to do a lot of work unexpectedly because Mien’s mana road was full of waste.
“What the hell have you been eating all this time, and your mana rod is getting dirty like this? Ooh smell.”
As she covered her nose and frowned, Mien also noticed the identity of the disturbing smell that was surrounding her.
In an instant, her cheeks turned red like ripe carrots.
“This…”
She was about to say something, but she suddenly shut her mouth shut.
“I’ll wash up and come back.”
“The smell must be very vibrating around the well.”
‘I feel sorry for the bandits who tried to drink water today,’ muttered, and after glaring at him once, Mien grabbed his clothes and hurriedly left the room.
* * *
After finishing the bath neatly, she returned to her original haughty expression.
“It was good magic.”
What the hell is the person who was spitting out the ghost sound of ‘uuuuu’ in the magic circle just before?
Ray, who looked at her for a moment as if he was dumbfounded, said.
“Not all, but some of the waste accumulated in the Mana Road has been removed. Now that you are less worried about tearing the mana rod, you are ready to remove the slave crest.”
The mana rod is torn.
The moment Mien was about to react to a dangerous sound she hadn’t heard before.
Ray interrupted her.
“If you do this enough, you seem to have secured enough credibility in saying that you will break the slave crest.”
Originally, the mana rod was something that could not be easily touched.
No matter how high a mage is, touching someone else’s mana rod requires great determination.
Ray removed the wastes accumulated in Mien’s mana rod and changed it to a wider and stronger one.
Although it was clear that it was impossible by nature, he succeeded.
I didn’t know if he was sincere in saying that he would break the sentence of slavery at this level.
The trouble didn’t last long.
“Certainly, I can only trust your words when it comes to magic.”
Minen came one step closer.
Where had the previous stench gone? She smelled of sour fruit.
“Get rid of my slave crest. I will make sure to return it.”
Ray really wanted to find out the whole story of the incident and the forces behind it.
To do so, he had to get rid of the slave crest on Mien.
As it was something he had done while breaking Aira’s promise, he had absolutely no intention of failing.
In addition, ‘return’ is also at stake, so it can’t fail even more.
‘A created saint. Maybe it has something to do with the Holy Kingdom.’
He nodded.
“Then I’ll start right away.”
