Chapter. 11. Wizard’s Wizard (12)
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Tsk!
“Whoa! It looks like it’s very difficult. Will you give up? “If you’re having a hard time, you can just lie down here.”
“Cluck cluck! Ugh…. If I ever believe that word again, I’ll leave. “After the first blow, when I lay down, you asked me if I was okay, ran towards me with a worried look on my face, and stepped on the floor until it split in two.”
“ha ha ha. I shouldn’t have made such a fuss. As soon as Idrasil came to me, he said, ‘That man’s head has exploded and he’s walking around.’ “But there’s no way I could have died with my heart crushed, right?”
It’s crazy.
“Do you go around crushing people based on something like that? ‘It won’t die unless you destroy its core in the chest.’ “What if it was something like this?”
“Um… I didn’t hear that?”
“At the point where you break it down and become certain, aren’t you disqualified as a human being?”
it’s crazy. Needless to say, this elf is crazy! The depth of 300 years must have crushed this elf’s brain like soft tofu!
It’s been 10 minutes since I unintentionally participated in my godmother’s ‘morning exercise’.
The professor desperately missed Hyde, who was currently out there trying to keep him alive.
If he had been there, he would have controlled the infectious agent and prevented the wound from healing, and he would have been able to rest comfortably and be cared for by his colleagues.
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
At first, I just blanked out my mind and thought it was a good experience. Actually, it’s a bit scary, but it’s definitely a rare opportunity, right?
The old heroes who have lived from the previous worldview until now are the strongest hero units in the world that you would only see in the final battle at the end of the 3rd World main scenario. I thought it would be a good idea to try it now and see how much I have grown and how much more I need to grow in the future.
Until I got hit a few times.
Quad deuk!
The huge hammer, which should have been slow, swung at an invisible speed and split the wooden floor.
“You’re avoiding it quite a bit now!”
“Thanks to me for showing me that if I can’t avoid it, I’ll be defeated!”
Although the wood fragments that flew out like grenade fragments got stuck in my skin, they did not penetrate the leather like in the past, perhaps thanks to the muting process and the slightly increased durability. Well, it’s said to have civilian level durability, but the average person doesn’t get pierced by flying sawdust.
Anyway, as I was dodging a few hits, the attacks seemed a little familiar to me.
Tsk tsk!
‘come!’
First of all, that sound of wood splitting. Perhaps because he was carrying a heavy weapon, even with a light charge, the moment he hit the ground, the floor split open, signaling the start of the attack.
Whoa!
A pattern that has become familiar to the eye after being broken several times. It is a standard criticism, so the response is inevitable to some extent. If you don’t dodge from a distance, your balance will be disturbed by the impact when you hit the ground.
Tsk tsk!
If you step beforehand and fall, follow up and raise your left foot as a stepping stone. Some kind of inertia or gravity prevents the hammer from escaping, but the downward attack, as if using a rapier or a dagger, reverses for a split second and flies towards the chin.
Patter!
‘I got hit in the chest earlier here. see. ‘I can see it slowly!’
The godmother’s attack resembles a sword technique rather than a retreat technique. It’s not just regular swordsmanship, it’s swordsmanship used by elves.
A swordsmanship based on shock and retreat that is used to widen the distance from an approaching opponent, as a race that lacks the skills of an archer is poor in close combat.
The godmother was using it as that ignorant battle hammer. If you get hit, you throw a jab that kills you, and if the opponent flinches from the impact, instead of retreating, you charge in and force them to be shocked again!
‘The attack itself is moving as a preliminary motion for the next attack. I swung upwards. The weapon is pulled upward and the arm is raised, so the next shortest distance is…’
Kwajik!
“Oh my.”
‘….elbow!’
The moment the wooden elbow, as hard as bluestone, was blocked by the black left arm, the godmother’s eyes lit up, and the moment the elbow was blocked and the knee that flew to the side was also blocked, a wrinkle appeared on the godmother’s face, which had been full of smiles.
“….Magic?”
“I’ve accumulated some things too!”
Throw in!
The godmother’s knees were bent back significantly due to the effect of the blood armor, which converts the impact into propulsion. My upper body had already dug inward and was out of the impact point of the battle hammer. Finally, the right to attack came back to me. Finally, after being beaten and turned into a mess, finally!
“You clearly said you don’t leave personal feelings behind!”
Wow!
A terrifying muscle-squeezing sound escapes from the fist filled with power, and the young white light flies towards the old elf’s face in a perfect path.
A fist attack that uses a larger physique and reach to press down in a situation where the arms and legs are controlled. A move that catches the opponent off guard by perfectly reading them in a battle that unfolds like a flash battle in a split second!
Sooooooo!
In an extremely heightened sense, a fist of white light tore through the air and
‘entered!’ That’s when the thought passes through my mind.
“…That’s a bit harsh.”
Whoops!!!!
Before I knew it, my body was flying in the sky with my godmother’s low voice. Not my godmother, but me.
‘why? Obviously… I was holding on to it perfectly. Even now, my godmother’s arm is in my hand…!’
the sky is yellow It’s not just a colloquial expression; it’s bright yellow like a real forsythia.
The yellow powder that had seeped into the corner of my eyes without my knowledge was blocking my vision, and all joints, including my arms and legs, were stiff enough to impede movement along with a tingling sensation.
Knock!
That sound again. With the sound of my body hitting the ground, I saw in my blurry vision the image of my godmother approaching me and raising her hammer before my body hit the ground. He smiles so much that his teeth are exposed, and swings a huge battle hammer with his own intact arm instead of his broken wooden arm. The heat, mixed with the joy and frenzy of battle, approached like a great mountain in my half-obscured vision.
Oh, he died.
Buwaaaaaaa!
At that time, my field of vision was filled with a lump of lumpy mineral that approached me without any restraint, as if it was really trying to kill me.
Tang tang tang tang!
Kwajijijijijijik!
I heard a sound like a pot being struck from below, and a hammer missed my head just in time.
Crackling, clucking, pattering.
The yellow powder-like thing that filled my eyes began to disappear like a lie.
….gulp.
As soon as my vision recovered, I noticed the exact hammerhead lodged next to my temple. A faint haze was rising under the cool morning air, as if it had been swung to the point where it was heated by friction between the air and the heat. If it wasn’t just a feeling but a real hit, he would have died.
“hmm. “It’s a little disappointing, but I think if we do more, meal times will get more confusing, so shall we stop here?”
“Damn it. “In the end, I couldn’t even hit him once.”
“Hehehe. “You, who have not lived against me for less than 100 years, have come this far and expect more than that?”
Slurp, slurp –
As soon as she turned her back, I saw something stuck in her joints and skin coming out like a snake.
“This is… a flower? Tree trunk?”
“I have sufficient sense and skill, but my lack of experience is very evident. “You must not forget the race of the person in front of you.”
Matron El Parna kicked over one of the pieces of wood that lay like sawdust on the remaining floor.
Crushed wood chips. When I lightly rubbed it with my fingertips, the outer skin came off, revealing the small, streamlined kernels inside. Smooth brown seeds.
When I saw the wood fragments lying around, I understood what the godmother had done.
The first blow was greatly missed and the attack hit the ground, with fragments bouncing towards me. Thinking that I had dodged the attack, I just ignored the minor wound.
“Could it be… that you didn’t hit it in vain?”
“Don’t think that what you see is everything. Wasn’t it a battle with the elves? “We should have expected attacks related to plants.”
You sound like an elf.
“Do you really put your hand on your conscience and think that you fit the word ‘elf’?”
“Hehehe. then! “More than anyone else.”
Kurrrrrr –
The professor, who was completely weakened from head to toe by the last blow, lay down on the wooden floor, which was full of things that were either seeds or fragments. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the walls, tables, chairs, and even the kitchen growing around the wooden floor that came down as naturally as it went up.
‘Regardless of his fighting power, how can his fighting style be so vicious?’
A heavy weapon called a hammer. Pollen from plants and flowers growing on the skin.
A MEZE (crowd control debuff) warrior who uses stiff binding and blindness.
The elven fighting technique she used was originally a terrifying monster created by adding heavy weapons to the elven swordsmanship that scatters elemental power and confuses enemies with flowers and trees.
Tie it up and fan it out. The essence of ignorance unfolded with the utmost delicacy.
“Oh my gosh, Teacher Cheon, how on earth did you defeat such a monster?…”
With a trembling hand as he was anemic, he stamped the blood that was still on his chest and left a letter on the wooden floor.
[Cheonryuje. El Parna diary story video.]
‘I have to study later. I need to see what they caught and how they did it.’
The professor, who painstakingly left a note as if he were leaving a dying message, stretched it out. My whole body felt weak and I didn’t want to move.
“Stop acting harshly and get up. “That’s where the bookshelf should go.”
“yep.”
Of course, it wasn’t something I could do if I wanted to. The scary elf grandmother pointed to the kitchen with her chin and ordered me to go to the river outside the village and catch a fish.
“Are there any foods to cover?”
Pudduk pudduk!
“Okay, you have to eat everything that’s given to you.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Before I knew it, the godmother was dressed in an apron and holding a kitchen knife and grass roots in one hand.
The professor saw that the figure overlapped with the ‘Battle Frenzy Godmother’ from earlier, so he quickly ran out to the riverside.
I was so, so scared.
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“Oh oh! What a simple and beautiful house! May a new wind come and stay in the old branches. “He is said to be the Ottman Baudelaire of the Reed Flow school.”
“okay. I’m glad we can meet each other with a smile on our faces. Welcome, human wizard. “I heard you suffered from a peculiar… chronic illness after arriving in Kaneran, right?”
Around 7 o’clock in the morning. Otman, who arrived at the Great Mother’s hut with Idrasil’s guidance (and a look of disdain), was busy expressing his admiration.
“Hehehe, he looked really embarrassed. I have lived my whole life as a scholar who pursues water and flow, so when I got to see a rare spirit right in front of me, I couldn’t hold back my curiosity…” ”
There’s no need to make excuses. When I was young, I was blinded and beat up several imperial wizards who were attacking me. I knew for a long time that wizards had no malicious intent. It’s like a species’ instinct. A species called ‘wizard’. There is no need to look bad at you for that. “Are you okay now?”
“Fortunately, there is someone among my colleagues who is well versed in alchemy. “Right now, it’s just a little feeling of anticipation tickling my heart.”
As Otman said that, he opened the cap of the medicine bottle hanging from the hem of his robe. He said he was fine, but judging by the way he drank the reagent in a hurry and the number of bulging reagent bottles on the hem of his robe, it seemed like he was holding on with the help of medicine and superhuman will rather than feeling better.
“Then shall we just talk about what we couldn’t say while eating? “I personally brought back memories from long ago and prepared a meal that the water magicians of the empire enjoyed eating, so I hope you can enjoy it without any pressure.”
Crack.
As the godmother tapped the table with her finger, the professor behind her quickly brought eight bowls in a very polite manner and placed them on the table.
“Why are you… why are you doing this here?”
“…Let’s talk later. “Because I’m disturbed.”
Sweet.
Since morning, Aldrich had been pouring strange drugs into his stomach and had been moving so violently that he had no strength left in his body, so it felt like his stomach was sticking to his back.
Although I was excited in the morning, there is nothing wrong with rice anyway.
As a professor who watched the food being prepared in front of me, I felt like burying my head in the bowl right now if it weren’t for my godmother noticing me.
The flesh of a freshwater fish the size of an adult’s forearm is thinly sliced, the bones are finely ground, and dissolved in water infused with sour and slightly acidic herbs. The internal organs, excluding the bitter parts, are mashed with the grains and herbs that grow on the aquatic plants. Make it like a round rice cake and prepare it as a garnish.
A dish made only with 12 herbs and freshwater fish (like lotus root, but the contents are dry) and water, which are so complex that you’ll be amazed just by looking at them from the corner of your eye while running errands.
Elven cold stew.
Honestly, I thought it was going to be really fishy. When he gave me a spoonful to check the liver, I took it as if I was playing a punishment game, but the moment the white and cool soup touched my tongue, I felt like I was realizing how ignorant my life was about gastronomy.
A body heated by the heat of battle and a feeling of refreshment as if washing away the fatigue. The spices, which were not too strong or too light, were well-infused and came to life on the tip of the tongue, asserting themselves. Freshwater raw fish with just the right amount of flavor pleased the tongue with its unique umami, and the round garnish had the unique sweetness and chewy texture of starchy carbohydrates. The subtle bitter taste of intestines permeating the food whetted my appetite.
A taste that feels like compensation for what was a tiring morning today.
Daemonim, who was smiling happily as she watched the group eat well, tapped the table to get the group’s attention when she heard the sound of scraping the bottom of the bowl.
“okay. I only vaguely heard about the external situation. Are you facing a situation that is comparable to what happened when the dead of the past rose, and perhaps even more serious?”
also. Even though he’s stuck in the forest, he seems to be hearing news from outside.
There are very few people who come and go this far, so most of the rumors are probably coming from the mouths of spirits. Perhaps a lot of monsters appeared. Many people died and the forest became desolate. It must be at a certain level of uncertainty.
“Yes, old branch. I don’t know if the group mentioned it earlier, but our group came here to improve the relationship between the two races, and the value of a helping hand in a major crisis shines even more….” “
Stop. As a wizard, I expected a concise answer. You tell me. Hero, I have declared that I will help you. “What would you like us to help you with?”
Otman, who emptied the bowl first, answered, but as we had experienced before, the godmother was the type of person who disliked such long answers, so Otman’s answer was immediately ignored. Instead, the baton was unintentionally passed to me, who had become quite fond of the godmother.
This is what I want right here and now. There’s only one thing that comes to mind?
“It’s been a while since you came down, right?”
“hmm? what?”
When my godmother asked back, I pointed at her with a spoon and said,
“Godmother. “I don’t think we need anything, just the godmother can come.”
The powerlessness that I experienced with my own body this morning. It is absolutely not at a general level.
‘Reconciliation between races is not something that can be solved by high-ranking people meeting together, saying [we will do that in the future], stamping a seal, and shaking hands. We need to get ordinary citizens to change their thinking from the bottom up, but isn’t Godmother such a perfect hero?’
The frame is just right, right? ‘A friend of the great hero who saved the world in the past and went into hiding, comes out again to save humanity, risking discord between races.’
For this type of recruitment quest, the rewards vary depending on intimacy. Anyway, he said he liked it enough to beat it up himself, so it’s worth a try.
“Huh…”
El Parna thought for a moment as if this was an answer she wasn’t expecting. Yes, I am worried. I’m actually thinking about it! There is really a possibility that that ignorantly strong elf will join as a colleague-
“Hmm. Was this guy less hit…”
“Yes?”
“I guess so. “Please stay for a while after dinner. I want to take care of what I missed in the morning.”
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ah.
Looking at the godmother gently pointing at the battle hammer leaning against the wall, I think this may have gone a little too far.
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