Chapter. 12. Lettuce to Windmage (20)
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Morning. The long night passed and a new day began.
“hey.”
“….”
“hey! Astrad!”
“Please! “Don’t follow me around!”
After a small memorial service for Astrad and his teacher, the sun rose and Astrad became the fourth level.
….hmm?
yet again.
After a small memorial service for the two people, a shy-faced Astrad called in the wind, saying he would at least shake the dust off my knees, and four strands of wind were drawn into his hands.
‘hmm?’
‘huh?’
‘uh? Does it work?’
oh my god. I was so dumbfounded for a moment that I almost hit him.
Unless I had a very sudden episode of narcolepsy or fainted briefly due to orthostatic hypotension, that was the process by which a third-level wizard named Astrade rose to the fourth level. I cried and wiped my nose and waved my cane, and that was it.
When crossing the 3rd level boundary that separates beginner wizards from real wizards, the question is ‘Oh, it’s okay?’
“Hehehehe. Astrad… I’m so embarrassed that I cried in front of me, so I’ll treat it like it never happened! What originally happened in the confessional was that the priest heard it with his ears, but with his head, the person above him heard it! It wasn’t a confession, but I’ll pray separately and ask you to do something roughly similar! So, let’s talk about it with me, okay? Are you not interested in wealth, fame or anything like that? It’s because the things I do are a bit outrageous, but as you just saw, I’m a pretty amazing person who even carries a damn holy object in my back pocket? If you just join our ‘Professor’s Hero Party’, I will give you my full support and make sure that you enjoy the sweetness of the world-”
“I really benefit! “You told me to take a walk and find my wish on my own!”
Ah, that?
I have to let it go. Of course I have to let it go. You promised that. Let’s not turn a boy with a bright future like him into a broken person who is crazy about revenge.
‘But even though I let him go, I can’t stop him from jumping headlong into the secular world, right? huh? Free will is free will. That is the most important thing in growing up to be a person with upright and strong will. It’s a bad thing to stop that. I simply provide a small direction to the boy’s budding ‘free’ will.’
Hurry!
That’s why I was chasing that guy as soon as the memorial service was over. Did you say you would let it go? That was to say that it would be released only after it was turned into the blood-crazed Berserker Astrade. It may be harder to convince than what revenge is, but I haven’t given up on adding an ordinary Astrad to our party. There was no reason to give up.
“Stand here, you bastard! In fact, the saint’s prayer meeting is very expensive! “Give me 10 million shillings for the ancestral rite expenses!”
“Don’t lie, you pseudo-saint! Where do I get that kind of money!”
“Then pay back with your body! If you join the ‘Professor’s Hero Party’ as a mercenary, you will be treated as employment for 60 days with a daily wage of 160,000 shillings! Of course, lodging and meals are provided! “Most of them are homeless!”
“Ugh! [Wind Walk!]”
Look at that. Look at that. Wind Walk is a representative 4th level wind magic. Although it is slower than regular flight magic, it is a combat movement spell that allows precise movement and quick direction changes as if walking in the sky. A guy who just reached the 4th rank 10 minutes ago is using it just by chanting without any preparation.
I think the source of that ridiculous ability to use magic is the unpaid, high-intensity magical labor with 0% work-life balance that has been going on for 8 years in Felix Home’s closet. What kind of space expansion bookshelf is this? Even though it is a magic given to a groove, it is something that handles it as if it were breathing by processing several other magics in parallel, so the part that requires mastery of calculating and manifesting magic must have already been completed a long time ago.
A wizard who mastered inhabiting the body through hard work and repetition, but remained in the third level due to lack of enlightenment. You have gained the ability to control winds four levels higher than your own? Enlightenment is the realm of understanding, and since Astrad went beyond understanding and went beyond understanding by looking at the answer sheet, it is natural that his understanding of the wind rises vertically.
‘Maybe the fourth level isn’t the end. Just looking at its potential, it is already confirmed that it is a hero unit. Even I was only 16 when I got to the 4th rank. If the next world is about 70 years later, like when moving from world 2 to world 3. If only I could take her here and there and raise her really well…’
April World. Astrad is 86 years old. 7th rank confirmed. Perhaps the first 8th rank Archmage of Wind since Felix Drixiel. Archmage! Even though it’s a last spell, it’s a ridiculously asymmetrical power that casts permanent magic on a national level!
Due to the nature of wizards who live long lives if nothing happens, this guy has a very high chance of appearing in the next world if left alive.
In addition, if I clear the ‘Princess Family’, the famous hero family of Teldrat that Ranker Rabbit Princess has been leading since clearing World 1, I will be able to inherit the ‘Professor Family’ and start a blood relationship in World 4, so if that happens… ..
[Oooh. Are you the grandson of that heroic professor? He says he is Astrad, the Archmage of Wind. They really look alike. We look alike… I owe him a lot. Welcome back. I will help you as much as I can.]
Baam Parabaam!
‘The Archmage’s favor! A rosy future! Easy game! ‘Easy clear!’
If it’s level 4, it’s good to use it right now, and if you erase your debt, it’s a winning lottery ticket that will grow and come back with compound interest. I can’t stand this.
As a modern person who has fallen into a medieval fantasy world, the professor pledged to instill in Astrad the ‘healthy greed’ of capitalism.
Throw in!
The professor, who stamped his feet as hard as he could with his legs, which had turned black only up to his calves, flew like an anti-aircraft shell towards Astrad, who was hastily running away.
“Hahaha! Innoom! “You’re slow!!!”
“Ugh! What kind of saint flew all the way here by jumping! “It’s a monster!”
“It’s like that in the Gwangmyeong Church! “Light has strong legs because it has to travel all over the world!”
Thump!
“Hehehe caught it! Astrad! I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do to stop you! “Quietly learn about the base greed that comes with wealth and fame!”
“Aaaah-” Professor
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was confident. Starting with the old archbishop, he played with all kinds of dark and fearsome enemies with his tongue. It’s something that stimulates the grandeur of a teenage boy.
The saint’s authority was so powerful that he could push out those who tried to block him with force, and he could push out those who tried to block him with force.
There seemed to be nothing stopping Astrad’s capitalist corruption.
It looked like that….
Hororok-
“I’m glad you’re awake… I had something I wanted to talk to you about…”
“Oh, for some reason…”
Astra was shot down. It was blocked before it could fall.
Are you ready to push in those who block with force and push out with power those who block with power?
“Ohhh…. the taste of tea…. so good…. perfect for enjoying the scent of good tea…. it’s a breeze….”
“…..”
“my treat… …. Is it uncomfortable….? Without even taking a sip… I was so upset…”
“!”
Slurp slurp!
Gulp! Gulp!
“Whoops…. Oh no! It tastes really good! yes! It’s cold, but I’m so hot inside! “Wow!”
“yes….? In winter… in the morning, of course… pepper tea… is perfect…”
But I forgot to mention that you can’t stop a crazy person.
Crooked waist. His speech is so slow as to be frustrating, like a sloth. A long white beard…
and a staff with six holes.
‘Damn Murphy’s Law! Damn cliché! Astrad, this medicine is a bastard!’
As the professor of enormous mass clung to him, Astrad began to sink like a fighter plane that had been shot down, and he grinned in the ear of the captivated prospect, saying, ‘Maslow’s 4 stages of needs and self-actualization. To achieve that goal, you must go out into the world and earn money like a dog. Just as I was about to start a lecture on ‘why we do it’.
Whiuuuung!
Whoa!
A strong wind blew, and a group of wizards began to come down like immortals through the clouds from the sky.
‘Oh, my God!’
As someone who has a tendency to hold back, this is definitely someone I should avoid.
As soon as I saw it, I looked for a place to run away, but it wasn’t a situation where I could hide because it jumped high to catch Astrad.
As a result, I was caught up in the wind that they brought and returned to the valley where the bonfire was located after a ‘polite’ request to accompany them for a while.
“The name is Professor…. Professor….”
“I told you that last time….”
“Yes. “I was a guest.”
“Uh… yes.”
The long-awaited, serious conversation with the Wind Wizard has opened up. However, the problem is that the people sitting in front of me are not our promising master Astrad, but old wizards who participated in the ‘Red Mute’ raid, led by an old crazy Super Saiyan wizard with a long beard.
“You look healthy… very good…”
“Thank you-”
“Ah… you are in good condition… When I removed the rocks you were lying on… you literally opened your eyes. … I wasn’t supposed to be able to see it…. It’s healthy…. It’s so healthy….”
“Cult order! “I’m from a religious order… so my healing ability is quite amazing!”
“Holholholhol…. Amazing… I have to…. Limbs being cut off…. My whole body crushed by the rock…. An unconscious person turns into a flea in a matter of hours…. I’m jumping around. An unconscious person can self-heal… When I was young, I worked with the Virgin of Abundance… but it wasn’t to that extent….”
“Ugh-! “That…!”
Fucked.
Fucked, fucked, fucked! It was a huge mess!
‘What do we do? What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?!!!’
Don’t be fooled by that slow speaking tone and the weak-looking appearance of the narrowed eyes with the letter 八 (八). That thing is a monster. The moment when the face of that old man walking around with his bent back straightened was filled with anger! The Thunder God, who was hiding his body behind his weak appearance, has descended!
The professor clearly remembered the sight of the old man he encountered on the rooftop of Felix Home. When he saw the pillar break and fall, he screamed and grabbed his head like a real crazy person, and then suddenly he fell like a doll whose strings had been cut! He stopped and his curious eyes slowly turned towards me and raised a staff that made a sound like a chainsaw…
‘Uuuuu! It’s scary to even think about it. At that time, I almost peed when I saw all the magical power of the nearby atmosphere being sucked into the sky.’
Now, if I didn’t come up with a good excuse right away, I might end up having to pee for the rest of my life instead of just peeing.
….gulp.
‘Let’s stay calm, stay calm! Hoo-ha! Hoo-ha! He’s just an old man. He’s just an old man who is a bit suspicious, crazy, and has seen many things he wishes he had never seen! ‘Focus, concentrate!’
The professor subconsciously held his trembling leg with his right hand and internally strengthened his resolve to fight.
First, pretend like you don’t know anything.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! I don’t know what to do when you praise me like that… Since each denomination has different areas they are confident in, I wonder if they would refrain from making comparisons like that… It’s a small thing, but it could cause discord between denominations….
‘ I am a politician. I am a politician. I am a corrupt politician who appeared at the hearing! I don’t know anything. I don’t know anything about what answers those old men wanted or what they knew!’
You probably saw it. Even though Bazyur was about to use an area-wide magic, he jumped out from behind the rock, exposed himself for about 2-3 seconds, and then transformed. It was the ‘Red Mute’ that left a huge impression, so how could you not have seen it?
However, being blindly ignorant is more helpful than you might think. The fact that the other person was looking at me like this and asking a question, ‘Is that really true?’ It means that there is some tremor in what you say. The mental evidence is 100%, but there is no physical evidence. In order to clearly confirm that, I created this place….
“It’s a discord in the religious denomination…. The affairs of the secular world are none of my business. Then what about healing even after losing consciousness?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha. “Just because you fall asleep doesn’t mean the world loses its light.”
“What was suddenly buried in this battlefield, especially in the most intense battlefield?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha. Isn’t Mutation Blood the main tool of the evil spirit? It’s natural for a church hero to jump into the place where the evil spirit’s minions are. “I got caught up in it because I lacked ability.”
“Then all of this is a coincidence? Everyone? “You came and the red mute appeared and you were in the place where the red mute was?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha. Is there any coincidence in this world? This is all what Ro-Haram predicted. Maybe it’s my mission to chase him down. Well, blessed be the morning sun that brightens the world. Ratura lo-haram.”
If you say ‘I don’t know~ What is that~ Ah, the weather is nice~’ and pass it off as half-laughter and half-bullshit, nothing will become clear.
Even if you clap your hands, they must match each other. ‘Is it true that I made this mistake!’ I asked, ‘Hahahaha. People who do wrong should be punished.’ If you keep coming up with the same answer, the story will go round and round and become lost.
‘Well, it’s not for nothing that high-ranking people who have done a lot of things have strange sayings. It’s not because I’m an idiot, it’s because I was exposed to the point where I would get caught if I even opened my mouth, so I just chose to be an asshole and pass. It’s all about actions made with a high level of calculation.’
“…Let’s just wait and see….”
Quang!
Wow!
“You seem to think of us as stupid backroom old guys… Do you know that if you show up like this, you won’t have much of a chance?”
Of course, like on the outside, this is not a country governed by the rule of law, and there is no set time for the hearing. If you make it so hot, the Super Saiyan grandfather can just kill it and dissect it.
“…Whew. “You’re really giving me trouble.”
I also happened to draw a really bad card.
Sweet.
The professor took out the sacred object from his arms and placed it on the table, as if he had no choice under the angry wizard’s pressure. Nelfia’s eyes are enchanted with the soul of a saintly woman. Anyone can see that they possess great divine power, and wind wizards who are especially sensitive to changes in the atmosphere or energy can feel that tremendous divine power.
“Since you are so coercive, I have no choice but to make it public… but you are showing outsiders what the church has been doing in utmost secrecy. “I feel absolutely devastated.”
“Uh oh oh….”
“I’m saying this since I already made it clear, but depending on the time, a holy war may be declared. “Maybe a wizard can feel the power contained in this holy relic.”
“Ohhhh…. It seems like something important….”
Oooh. It sinks. I sunk it! It is a good idea to check the reaction of an old man as his back, which had been straightened like a Kaonashi, is now bending again.
Can’t you deny it? You can’t do it, right? No matter how crazy a womanizer he is, even when he sees the soul of a saint contained within a deformed relic that has never been seen before in the history of the GG missionary world, he says, ‘You’re a red mute who serves an evil spirit!’ It must be hard to do, right?
First, you build up suspicion and say, ‘I don’t know what it is, but this guy is suspicious! ‘Let’s try it!!’ And the moment the opponent takes a step outside the realm of reason, he comes up with a fact that can never be denied and provides a clear counter. You could call it a kind of counter-attack of conversation. On suspicion of being the evil queen’s squire, ‘I rescued the saint.’ Is there any other solution that is as sure as this?
If this happens, the hypothesis that was inflated like a snowball will collapse due to continuous avoidance of the answer, and as a bonus, the hypothesis that was initially confident will also be shaken. From ‘It must be that bastard!’ to ‘Huh? Then… what was it?’ To that extent. This means that although it may not be resolved, it can be avoided immediately.
“Ohhh….”
Sip.
“Ha ha ha ha ha. I completely understand. It’s a very confusing battlefield and the wizards are older, so you may have been mistaken. “Maybe the head of that dirty evil spirit used some strange magic.”
“My head… I’m getting dizzy… I just hate complicated thoughts… Let’s skip this for now… There’s something I want to say…”
That’s it!
On the day I was struck by lightning, I was afraid that I might be caught as a red mute, so I gave everyone training. I pretended that I had no idea, ran away somehow, and decided on a meeting place to meet upstream of the nearest river.
Fortunately, the person I was dealing with was an old man, so I made things as complicated as possible, and he seemed to not want to think about it.
“If it’s something you want to talk about…”
“Something else. He was following Astrad…”
“…Yes?”
“That child… is a bit troublesome…”
I couldn’t help but be impressed by the old wizard’s words, saying outright, ‘He can’t do that.’
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