My Villains Episode 008
3. Elemental Mage (3)
I swallowed the swearing that was about to come out and drank my beer again.
Ellen, who was not a burden, had a confident expression.
“A wizard does not simply mean a person who practices magic. Uncovering the secrets of the dimension and exploring the root of matter. That’s true…
I scratched my head at the feeling of the heat rising.
When did this body wash its head?
Wouldn’t it be enough to not wash for fifteen days?
I heard there is a well at the back of the inn, so I’ll wash it there later.
“…So technically I don’t meet the requirements of a wizard functionally, but because of the knowledge I have… I
blurted out a question to Ellen, who was still talking nonsense.
“Do you know what they call a chef who can’t cook, a singer who can’t sing, a doctor who can’t heal people, etc.?”
“…What do you call them?”
“A little too much. An asshole defective product, surplus human liver. Pick one out of the three. What are you going to do?”
“okay. A surplus human would be best, right?”
Ellen closed her mouth with a sullen face. I’m satisfied.
Come to think of it, the wand that resembled the recorder Ellen had was quite familiar.
I was confused because of the gap between the 2D graphics on the monitor and the reality unfolding in front of my eyes, but it was clear that it was the unique wand, ‘Wand of the West Wind’.
Among the equipment in the Dark World, there were things that allowed you to use unlearned skills or strengthened learned skills.
It is also called a ‘skill item’, but most of them were in the form of allowing a specific skill to be used a certain number of times.
The ‘Baton of the West Wind’ was also a type of skill item, but like a unique wand, it had several special effects.
The increase in stats and mana recovery were natural, and if I had to pick two unusual options… One was the effect that allowed me to use the ‘Blade’ skill an unlimited number of times.
And the second was ‘Restriction Relaxation’, which significantly lowered the wearable level.
How do you know so much detail? It’s an item that I always use when raising a Elemental Wizard as an alt character.
It was to the extent that I acquired the ‘West Wind Baton’ and immediately created a new Elemental Wizard character.
As I thought about it, one of the characters registered in my Dark World account suddenly came to mind.
I don’t remember exactly, but it was said that a female elemental wizard was created about six months ago.
It’s been a while, so I can’t remember the character’s name well… Was it ‘Ganadara Wizard’? Well, I guess that was the name.
Anyway, as soon as I created the character, I handed over some useful equipment, including the ‘West Wind’s Baton’ from Berserker, which was my main character at the time.
And I immediately cleared Chapter 1 and haven’t touched it since.
This is because he started a full-fledged PK with the blood knight who had just cleared the campaign.
I swallowed and murmured.
“So what?”
When I raise an elemental wizard, I don’t take skills until level 15. Even with the ‘West Wind Baton’, you can beat Chapter 1.
Stats are also 10 for health and 20 for horsepower.
As we progressed through the campaign, when useful equipment came along, we decided on a skill tree and started recording stats.
I suddenly got goosebumps and looked back at Ellen.
The guy, who was down at my beatings, frowned and said softly when I made an expression as if I had seen a ghost.
“what. What you looking at?”
Something like worry, worry, or fear dangled from his blue eyes.
It seems that he has finally realized that he is a superfluous human. He tried to pretend to be confident, but it was clear that he was intimidated.
“Not after.”
“why. What.”
My intuition was screaming. Ellen is the ‘Ganadara Wizard’ that I created, enjoyed for a while, and then abandoned.
But Ellen was a living, breathing human being.
There was no doubt about it. That emotion and liveliness were something that could never be imitated by programs.
I opened my mouth, trying to organize my tangled thoughts.
“Why did you come to South Harbor?” “Um… I have something to do.”
“A thing to do? what is that?”
“It’s none of your business.”
It’s like a girl who has reached a period of stormy rage.
I stared at Ellen.
I’ll definitely have to do this.
“You saved my life and I saved your life. So to speak… You can say that we have built some level of trust through cooperation. is not it?”
“so?”
“In addition to that, I helped you to some extent. It was purely in my favor that I spent a bottle of potion on you. that’s right?”
“…even so.”
Ellen’s tick-tack was annoying, but not enough to break her patience. I tried to speak in a caring tone.
“It’s not ‘yes’. This is a very important matter.”
“A major problem?”
“okay. Why did I do you a favor?”
I don’t know.” “I intend to make you a company.”
Ellen’s eyes widened in surprise. Then he pursed his lips for a moment, then asked in a low voice.
“Whoever wants to?”
“It’s not like I’m going to do it my way. From now on, we must reach an agreement through dialogue.”
The most important thing when dealing with children is respect. If
you don’t ignore your age and
show respect for the doctor, most children will notice that favor.
… I heard from the theory of child welfare that I heard in a liberal arts class.
Come to think of it, Ellen is not even a child, right? As soon as I thought about it, the boy’s face softened.
“agreement?”
“uh. I’m a useful warrior and I have a decent way of life. He’s never going to be a bad opponent to be with. how is it?” “Well, he doesn’t have a side that looks like an idiot, but- let’s just say that. But…”
Ellen hesitated for a moment before speaking. Then, while fiddling with the beer glass in front of me, he looked sideways at me and asked a question.
“As I said before, I am in a state where I am unable to demonstrate the functional side of a wizard. The wand that Master gave me was also smashed…
and that’s what Master said again.
Ellen seems to regard the ‘West Wind Baton’ as something given to her by Master.
Well, it’s a bit strange to receive a wand from an unknown berserker.
for a moment. Come to think of it, does it make sense to get smashed just by stepping on a unique item a few times? It’s hard to find
.
Seeing the darkened face of the guy, I quickly opened my mouth.
“Of course you are a superfluous human right now.”
“…Yes, that’s not wrong.”
“But I won’t be a surplus human forever. You are still growing and have the potential to become one of the best wizards in the Middle World.”
Ellen’s eyes fluttered at my assertive words. But with his mouth, it was cynicism.
“What do you know about magic? I’ve been learning magic for over ten years, but I’m an idiot who can’t make even one flaming arrow by myself.”
There was a deep sense of skepticism or a sense of self-doubt in his expression and words.
I didn’t even know that maybe my insignificant choice had plagued the guy’s life.
A mage who can’t use any basic magic. how painful was it?
‘no. If you level up, you get really strong. I wanted to say that the reason I can’t use magic is because I didn’t take it to save skill points’, but of course I held back.
Now is the time to build trust with this burden, or the girl, not to be treated like an idiot.
“Of course I don’t know about magic. But…
I nodded coolly and put my hand on the table.
After looking around for a while and checking people’s eyes, I dipped my fingertips in the beer. Then the hardened crust melted away.
“I know a little about energy.”
As I concentrated, drops of blood ran up my fingers among the flowing beer.
Then, it was a small whirlwind that came together. It was a feat using the binding power for blood.
But even with my feat, Ellen didn’t look too surprised.
“What is hematology? Blood crafting and magic are based on completely different energies?”
uh?” It’s not the reaction I expected. Well, after ten years of learning magic, he must have learned other knowledge as well.
Bulcon, no, blood manipulation is a kind of psychic ability, and it was an ability that only those who were born with a rare talent could handle.
Of course, it was also the ability of the Blood Knight, a playable character in The Dark World.
I thought it was roughly similar to magic, but it had nothing to do with it? I didn’t know
“Hmm, anyway. I assure you… you definitely have the potential to become a great wizard.”
“Huh”
He didn’t look very convinced, but it seemed like he would just let it go.
“I… I’m looking for someone on Master’s orders. The last place where the trail was found is a city to the north of here, and I’m on my way there. I can’t tell you any more.”
I’ve become accustomed to skipping dialogs, but I remember it at first glance.
It is probably Ellen’s purpose to chase down the spell thief, ‘Sights’, who has been hiding in ‘Raven’s Cliff’.
“Um fine. okay.”
I thought that was enough and nodded my head.
In the first place, the important thing was not the content of the information, but the very fact of sharing it.
I recalled the scenario of the blood knight and quietly said in a serious tone. It’s like doing a role play.
“I am looking for the source of my blood. It is a necessary process to realize the extremes of blood manipulation.”
“Hmm.”
I showed my acting skills and said it seriously, but Ellen didn’t seem interested. I’m just embarrassed.
“So how is it? What is the answer?”
At my question, Ellen hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
“If the destination is the same… let’s do it.”
“good.”
“…
Ellen looked down at my outstretched hand for a moment. Then, he made a mysterious expression and confronted him.
That’s how the future archmage-now she has no skills and her stats are just a piece of baggage at level 5-Ellen became my first ally.
The name of the inn that Ellen and I entered was the ‘Baegodong Inn’.
It’s an average inn, neither too good nor too bad.
While paying for food and lodging, I had to learn anew about the currency of the Dark World.
In the game, all gold, silver, and coins were converted to GP and displayed, but in reality it was different.
To put it simply, gold and silver coins are mainly used as currency. It is said that bartering is the trend in the village, but I don’t know about that.
Based on the kingdom of Milanol, the stage where he will be mainly active in the future… One gold coin is worth five silver coins and one silver coin is worth twelve coins.
In an ordinary case, five pennies was enough money to cover two meals and lodging at an inn.
Ellen gave a suspicious look as if she didn’t understand why she explained it.
Well, the currency system of ‘Island’, the stage of Chapter 1, seems to be different, so I vaguely said that I wanted to confirm it.
In any case, the price of food was exorbitantly high, probably because of the bad situation in the city.
The meal consisted of bland oat porridge and hard rye bread. It doesn’t taste good and I don’t feel full, but they told me to pay five pennies.
I wondered if I was overcharged because I was a foreigner, so I looked into it for a while, but this seemed to be the right market these days. Food has become incredibly expensive.
After filling my stomach, I headed to the backyard of the inn to wash my body.
Oh, even though I used the well, they took a penny. The innkeeper here seems really crazy.
However, the bad mood from taking the money disappeared as soon as I took off the bandage and took off my clothes.
“and. what’s this?”
