Chapter.4 Eyelids (13)
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[There is as much enlightenment as the number of wizards in the world, and as many spells exist.]
“Oh, isn’t that unusual from the beginning?”
Compared to the boring theories that preceded it, there were definitely traces of having read it a lot, such as the corners of the book being worn and lines drawn here and there.
The professor was walking down the street reading a book. I wanted to sit down by the river and read it thoroughly, but it wasn’t something I could finish in just one or two pages, and since I was pressed for time, I decided to read it while moving to the next city.
[There are two main types of magic. There is an origin spell, which materializes an inner image based on one’s own enlightenment, and a tracing spell, which is used by borrowing another person’s enlightenment. Origin Spell is about projecting the realization that has been established in one’s mind into the world. Since it is a type of image that is already completely understood, there is no need for an incantation or hand seal. All you need is a strong image and mana as material.
I know that many wizards have difficulty with the ‘image’ part. I, the great Dorman Baldanis, also had a time when I was of the first rank before I understood the appearance of the seven branches of water.
A strong image is not simply a memory stored as information, but an image created by intertwining dozens of different memories within you.
Think of the word ‘Dorman Baldanis’. A great 7th rank wizard, a teacher who raised the master of the 5th rank magic tower with a beautiful and voluminous beard, and a 125-year-old middle-aged man with a bright future. There are many other characteristics that no wizard would be unaware of.
This is just a memory stored in your mind and not an image.
Now, think of the word ‘mother.’]
Excited!
[What comes to mind? name? specialty? appearance? No, I can guarantee that your heart would have thought of it before your head. This is called a ‘strong image’. An image engraved in the soul with countless memories and emotional experiences tied to the object. A magician manifests magic by imprinting the object he or she wants to deal with into the soul and then forcing that image into reality. Don’t worry about etching the image into your soul. If you have achieved enlightenment, the corresponding image will already be in your head. Is it difficult to explain in words? much better. It means that a vast image that goes beyond your rhetorical level has been established.]
“….I project the image engraved in my soul onto the world…”
[Of course, this may be sensuously unfamiliar to those who have entered the world of magic for the first time. Therefore, in most magic towers, first-level wizards who have achieved enlightenment are trained to use tracing spells, and the wizard learns how to use spells and then creates an origin spell.]
…. It is difficult. The content of the book itself was easy to understand, perhaps because it was written so easily, but accepting it with my senses was another matter. No, so how do you use magic?
[I’ll stop talking about boring things and get straight to the actual story. It’s easier to understand tracing spells if you try using them yourself. In the magic system created by Dorman Baldanis, the spell acts as a catalyst to plant the image of the target in the caster, and the beast serves as the basis for dividing it into large units.
This is about the most basic water magic, ‘Dorman Baldanis’ Hydraulic Sphere’.
Image: The substance of water
Spell: Water passing by my fingertips, I understand you, you are no different from me.
Image: Calm lake. The caster is the lake, and the water is only contained in the lake.
Prisoner: None. If you must use it for abbreviation, fold the first word of the left ring finger ‘quiet’.]
“….You made a shitty game.”
No, isn’t this too much? I tried to persevere and study!
If you have overcome the crazy process of acquiring magic power, you can just use magic like ‘Fireball!’ If you do that, shouldn’t you be able to get out quickly?
I understand the principle. The magic called ‘Hydraulic Ball’ must be an origin spell from Dorman. And Dorman condensed that realization as much as possible and turned it into a spell. So that the person reading that spell can recall the image contained within themselves. It is literally the act of ‘borrowing’ enlightenment through a spell.
– Jokass: Information: There is a reason why people say not to do it.
– takealook: With that great body, why aren’t they training him to become a martial artist?…
– Soy sauce gay bar: Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk At the wizard, why are you not training him to be a martial artist with such a great body? They say if you don’t study hard, you won’t be able to write anything lol
– Holly: But it’s cool! When you shout a spell, water and lightning appear in the air!
– Speed Wagon: ‘When you shout out an order’.
– Noru Drug: Hey, Professor! Try that! [You are darker than dusk, you are redder than the flow of blood. In your great name buried in time, I hereby swear to the darkness.] LOL Not sure about the image? You can even upload it as a video! Report and do it!
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Dragon hahaha Slaybunhahahaha
– Jokass: I can’t stand a magician hahahaha
– Speed Wagon: Even a shame wizard goes crazy after doing GG and counts them as dead.
“Oh, I’m embarrassed…”
This was the problem. Since this spell is a truly unadorned expression of a person’s inner self, there were many things that were quite burdensome to say out loud. A representative example is the charm spell. Well, what am I going to do by captivating you with my charm and keeping you by my side for eternity? When I hear a friendly magician with shaggy hair on the battlefield reciting this spell while seductively twisting his hands, I feel dizzy without realizing it. My ears are bleeding. My eyes are rotting too.
The problem is that I have to do that now. And that in front of dozens, or now hundreds, of viewers.
“Umm…. Water brushing against my fingertips….”
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Hahahahaha
– Noru Drug: Hey! He really does it!
– Highway Nacho Man: This guy! Give strength to your stomach! Bigger and more earnest! If you speak like that with a voice the size of an ant’s eyes, all your images will disappear!
– Holly: That’s cool.
“Oh really! Don’t disturb me! “Don’t you guys want to see me playing a wizard too?”
-Speed Wagon: That’s it. Because wizard players are so rare.
– Jokass: I made a mummy out of one company-level mute by crushing it with my bare hands, and then I played with some water and they said I was a wizard.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Hmm? Ah, this is called ‘gravity magic’. When I throw you, it has the mysterious effect of breaking your neck.
‘He was excited because he caught another case.’
The parasite’s voice quietly penetrated the audience’s ridicule.
[I’m embarrassed? It’s hard to understand the feeling of shame, isn’t it? This isn’t a bad thing or something that harms anyone, so why do I feel rejected?]
‘There is such a thing.’
The professor was about to ignore it and move on, but then changed his mind.
It is impossible to practice magic while bearing the brunt of the ridicule of those evildoers.
It’s possible, but psychologically impossible. It’s like dancing in the middle of Gwanghwamun. I am not a person who has been trained not to be nervous in that regard.
‘Hey parasite.’
[Huh?]
‘Keep talking to me next to you.’
I don’t like it, but if I have to live with it anyway, I have to use it well.
I wonder if the conversation with this guy, whom I call a parasite for convenience, is taking place inside me. Every time he talks to me, I feel like time slows down a bit and the surroundings become quiet. This means that it is a perfect environment for concentration.
[Giggle…is it so quick to forget your grudges?]
‘Because I can’t help it. ‘If you live in the wasteland brooding over every unpleasant thing, you will die quickly.’
hmm. It also became quiet. It’s useful.
The professor took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and chanted the spell, trying as hard as he could to recall the images contained in the words.
“Water that touches my fingertips, I understand you and you are no different from me.”
I felt something moving, like when I was moving water in the river earlier. Water I am water. I am a lake. It is only natural for my body to contain water, just as a lake contains water….
[Oh quite.]
As I was repeating the image and muttering incessantly as if I was chanting, I heard the parasite’s voice. When I slowly opened my eyes, I saw that there was indeed a lump of water the size of a child’s fist floating around my wrist!
Tiring-!
[Skill Acquisition – Hydraulic Ball: Basic magic created based on the enlightenment of Archmage Dorman Baldanis. Creates or throws water. / Attack power 0~5 / Mana consumption 0~5]
It can be registered as a skill. I did it. I really ended up casting a spell called Hydraulic Ball!
“That’s it! “There’s water!”
– Speed Wagon: It is not exactly a hydraulic ball spell. If you look at what other wizards use, it floats perfectly in the shape of a sphere above their hands, but it feels like it’s attached to the body and the amount of water is not much.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Damn it! You really do it in this harsh environment! It’s not normal either!
– Noroo Drug: ‘Professor The One Without Shame’
– Namba Three: It’s fascinating.
Interesting? It’s not just that kind of feeling. The feeling that something was realized in the world according to my will and imagination. That sense of exaltation and omnipotence was truly unbelievable. Even though I tried to hold back, I couldn’t help but laugh as I looked at the lump of water wriggling in the direction I was looking. For the first time while playing this game, I felt like I was having fun without any worries.
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Woe!
I was giggling and playing with the water for a while when suddenly something caught my senses.
Crash!
There was no need to look for it. Because it was hiding in plain sight.
Three skinny men hiding behind a tree at the entrance to a similar trail.
‘This situation, this structure. Ah, that’s it.’
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: That’s it.
– Speed Wagon: That’s it.
– Holly: ???
– Highway Nacho Man: That’s it, that’s it.
– Noru Drug: I had forgotten about it because I had played so many unique games until now.
– takealook: Is it such an ordinary event that it feels rather foreign?
There are a few things whose numbers increase rapidly when war breaks out.
The first is refugees.
Although some people are running away from the city, there are many more who are packing up their belongings and moving from nearby villages. Unfortunately, they are not running away from Mute, but rather from the lord’s soldiers, who are looting nearby villages to fill up war supplies and conscripts.
The second is a ghoul.
As the number of corpses increases, morale accumulates in the shade and undead that prey on the corpses arise, but in World 3, there is no need to worry about this. The bodies of those who died on the battlefield will either stand on their own feet and walk towards the queen, or be retrieved from the city and cremated. Since there are no corpses left, there are no ghouls.
A third said
: “Hey! That big guy! Give everything you have and get out! “If you don’t want to die!”
These are the bandits in front of you now.
It’s an obvious story even without looking at it. He ran away almost empty-handed, saying he was already running away with no livelihood, and was starving for several days while digging for grass roots and bark to avoid the eyes of the lord. No matter how good a person you are, your eyes will roll when you see your children gasping for breath in front of you.
‘All three of them are skinny and scared. ‘They are beginners who have never tasted blood yet.’
A voice that stutters violently with trembling arms. Even as I watched them quietly, they were looking at each other and getting anxious. The ragtag group itself. In other games, the enemy is like a Lv1 wild dog or rabbit.
Still, since they were all farmers, one of the blades on the farm equipment was sharpened to a really black color….
‘Hmm… I guess it wouldn’t be a problem if I was egged on for about 10 minutes at that level, right?’
After looking at the chat window for a moment, it seemed like people had similar thoughts to mine.
– Jokass: Why did you even touch this guy?…
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Domhwangcha! The thing in front of you is a monster disguised as a human!
– Speed Wagon: If you think about it calmly, getting a few hits isn’t a bad thing. Professor, you haven’t done today’s exercise yet. I burned out a little too much last night, but that was just to make up for not exercising that day. If you don’t continue to harass the infection agent, it will crawl up again, so sit in front and give it a shot.
– takealook: Hello? I’m Refugee Bandit 1! Today is a fun first robbery day! It’s a little nerve-wracking, but we’ve got weapons and the opponent is big, but he doesn’t have any weapons, so there’s no problem! Look at this! The scythe is stuck! Uh… why? Are you okay? What is that cool expression?
– Namba Three: Brother, is that guy smiling?
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Those robbers are stupid for attacking a professor who looks like that.
At those words, the professor looked back at himself. Height over 2m. The muscle, which was swollen to the point of bursting, was almost dark red in color due to infection, and was covered with dozens of deep scars. Even though it was roughly covered with something like a hood, there was even a slight red glow coming out of the eyes.
The professor was heartbroken to see the robbers trembling, holding on to their farming tools and rolling their eyes.
“Is this the weight of being the head of a household?…”
“Hehehehe… It looks like he’s an injured soldier. If you just show him what’s in your pocket, I’ll spare your life…” “
Those shoes! “Leave your shoes too!”
“Clothes too! Just wash it well and it will be fine!”
“shut up! Hey bro! There’s no need to worry about this, so move quickly! If you pulled out a trick… yeah. “I’ll cut off one of your ears!”
“Hey!”
It seemed like the guy in the middle had dragged the other two in. Although the things I am doing are a bit scandalous…
“I have decided. I decided to scare these guys away just enough to scare them away.
‘A father struggling to support his family. ‘I’m weak at things like this.’
The professor obeyed their words, unpacked the baggage on his back, placed it on the ground, closed his eyes, and concentrated his mind.
– Jokass: Oh, use magic?
“huh. Even village idiots probably know that magic is scary.”
To ordinary farmers, wizards are literally creatures of legend and myth. In most of the hero stories that circulated through the mouths of bards, wizards were portrayed as evil serial kidnappers, so there was nothing like this to scare them.
‘This time, I’ll try to make it a little bigger than before.’
The professor raised both hands and chanted a spell, recalling the sensation from before. After trying it once, it didn’t feel like such a shameful thing to do.
“Water passing by my fingertips, do I understand you…”
“Hehehe, I like it. So quietly…”
“Wait a minute… my Zesker! “What is that!”
“Water appears… out of thin air?”
When the order was completed, a lump of water the size of an apple formed between the two raised hands. This time it was not attached to the body and was floating well in the air.
“Wizard! “He’s a wizard!”
“Hehehehe. okay! This body is a water wizard! Those who understand the tolerance of water! “That is me!”
Pleasure rushes up from my toes. Yes, this is it! This is what playing a game feels like! Those scared eyes! A look of envy! It’s a game! I’m playing the game right!
Even when I use my strength, my body doesn’t hurt and no one strangely talks to me in my head, it’s completely normal strength! That power is mine!
When I saw the terrified thieves, I felt my self-esteem, which had been shrunk so badly, welling up in my heart. Ah, I can’t come to my senses! I’m so happy! After all, water is the best!
“Hehehe! “You little things have upset this wizard, so you will pay!”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!”
“Annie Millie! “Daddy goes first!!”
– takealook: Oh wait a minute. Hey, if you throw that…
‘Oops!’
Perhaps because I was so intoxicated by the atmosphere, I threw away the water I was holding without realizing it. I tried to cancel in a hurry, but the water had already left my hands and was quickly approaching the thieves.
“Avoid blood! “I don’t plan on killing you…!”
“Aaaah!”
The hydraulic ball traverses the air at high speed and plunges into the frightened bandits…
Ouch!
“Upupu!”
“Ah, Chager!”
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“…..?”
“……? Oh, Chager?”
I soaked them.
I was frozen in that state after throwing the hydraulic ball with the wet bandits. There was silence between the four.
– Jokass: Hahahaha ‘I’m thinking of killing you…!’ Kkkkkkkkkk I’m dying kkkkkk I got hit by that kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Damn it! You’re so wet! If my clothes hadn’t dried in the cool fall weather, I would have frozen to death! It’s so scary! Wizard!
The thieves, who were dazed for a moment, began to laugh as if they had realized that my magic was nothing special.
“Hehehehe! “It’s no big deal, right?”
“Heeheehee. What did I say! “Wizards just appear in stories?”
“Now that I think about it, all the wizards in the story were rich! “That guy probably has more than he looks!”
“Khehehe!”
“Uhihihihi!”
“Giggles!”
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: LOL
– Jokass:
LOL – Holly: LOL
– Roe Drug: Kkkkkkk I can’t breathe kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk, I can’t breathe.
‘I’m embarrassed…! I feel like I’m going to roll over because I’m embarrassed!’
The professor’s face was so red that it could no longer be red as the ridicule echoed in the surrounds of both the real world and the game world.
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