King of the Dungeons (1)
“I don’t like it.”
It is not common for a firm refusal to come out of Lucy’s mouth.
“You could die.”
I could tell just by looking at him that his clear refusal was a result of worry.
Lucy’s hair bounced once as she jumped to the floor while leaning on a tree and reading a book. He looks up at me with blank eyes and brings up the bloody story as if it was no big deal.
“I don’t want to kill you. High-level magic is not good at controlling power.”
“Of course I don’t want to die either.”
It was so obvious that there was no need to emphasize it.
“Among the magical engineering supplies I made in advance, there is something called the ‘Delheim Hourglass.’ Once you hold this, you will never be killed in one hit.”
“Your body is hurt.”
“If you can achieve results in a short period of time by taking care of everything you need and being careful about everything, everyone will do it.”
Lucy probably understands how I feel about wanting to increase my growth as quickly as possible.
The resurrection of Seongchangryong Velbrok will not occur as predicted. As was the case with most incidents.
“I don’t have time for that. Please keep sparring with me from now on. I will have to keep clashing with you at least until I learn high-level magic. If it was like before, the sparring itself wouldn’t have been possible… but at least now, I will never be killed in one hit.”
Although it is a magical world where experience equals skill, no one would risk their life to learn it by walking a tightrope. In the first place, there is no wizard who can manifest high-level magic dozens of times.
However, if you are as good as Lucy Mayril, you can do that if you set your mind to it.
Lucy, who gave her all when fighting the evil god Mebula, wielded an insane amount of magical power, enough to cast even the highest level magic while manifesting over 50 high-ranking magic formations at once.
When he wakes up from a deep sleep, he can recover the magic power of dozens of people in one night, so there is no better sparring partner than this.
The opportunity to spar without restrictions with a wizard born with the greatest talent in history does not come to just anyone.
When I had just entered this body, there was a greater possibility that I wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single blow, so I didn’t even dare to try… but now it’s a completely different story. My growth is already on track to some extent.
If you want to learn high-level magic with a body like this that takes a year to even increase magic sensitivity, there will be no other way than to head like crazy.
“On the contrary, if you hold your hand half-heartedly, you will only hurt yourself and the hourglass will not activate. So, increase your firepower with the intention of launching a harpoon.”
“It’s not difficult, but I still don’t like it. I’m the opposite.”
It is truly rare for Lucy to express her opinion so firmly.
“I hope you don’t get hurt.”
“Lucy, please understand my desperation. You know.”
“…”
We stood there making eye contact for a long time. The endless snowball fight continued, but there was no sign of either side backing down.
After remaining still for a long time, Lucy sighed and pressed down on her large witch hat.
“okay.”
The location is a cliff at the northern end of Aken Island. Tall, strangely shaped cliffs stretch out along the coast. If you stand at the end and look down, it is a sight that gives you goosebumps. Around the time of the student council president election, Heseo was stabbed to death. Even thinking about it now, it wasn’t something I would have done in my right mind.
If you go a little further from the cliff area, an open meadow spreads out. It is the furthest from the Sylvania site and is not very popular. It was safe to say that there were very few students who made it through the northern forest to this far north.
The wind blowing along the meadow makes my collar flutter.
The hem of Lucy’s skirt, who is facing me from a distance, is also blowing in the wind of the grassland. Lucy, who is looking at me while holding down her hat to keep it from flying off, slowly manifests her magic power.
I am in perfect condition. Not only my physical condition but also my magical powers have been completely restored, and all the spirits I can mobilize have also manifested.
A new spirit formula is engraved on the dagger held backwards. This time, Merilda’s elemental form, ‘Headwind’, is added to the ceremonial dagger that has already been given Mug’s elemental form, ‘Explosiveness’.
This is a dagger that I have been carrying with me ever since I began my life as a survivalist. Not only my weapon proficiency but also my sensitivity to magical power has reached its limit. I was able to accept the spirit ritual of a high-ranking spirit without difficulty.
Merilda’s spirit form ‘Counterwind’ is a technique that instantly activates a release magic that destroys and weakens the enemy’s magical power from the imprinted spirit form.
All magic attacks are fast. It is difficult to manifest spirit consciousness at that timing. Nevertheless, it can be said that the defense performance alone is amazing.
However, it is unknown whether it can block Lucy’s high-level magic. Rather, it is much more likely that Lucy’s magic will easily pierce the spirit ritual. Still, it’s better than getting hit directly.
“…”
Lucy raised one hand in the blowing wind.
By casually clenching his fists, he gathers magical power that ordinary wizards can only gather by concentrating their minds until they become exhausted.
As a magician, this is such sensitivity and efficiency that it seems too unreasonable.
As it was, Lucy didn’t even change her expression──
― Kwagwang!!!!!
Just like that, a lightning strike was struck.
The flow of magic that was manifested was not even visible to the eye. It was largely thanks to Merilda’s reflexes and appropriate response by Merilda, who was manifesting her magic in human form, that it was prevented.
– Cooung!!!
– Hwiik!!
–
With a patter, I quickly lifted the dagger I was holding and held it by pressing the hand holding the dagger with my other arm.
Although it is said to be in human form to improve magic efficiency, it is still a high-ranking spirit. Merilda, with her white hair flying, was slowly shedding cold sweat as she quickly injected magical power into the spirit ceremony.
It was blocked accurately. It was a surprisingly perfect response.
However, just because it was blocked doesn’t mean it wasn’t shocking.
Although I couldn’t defend myself more perfectly than this, I felt every bone in my body shaking from the recoil.
A trace of smoke rising cracklingly. Her collar and hair, which had been fluttering due to the impact of the magic, returned to their original places… but her legs were shaking from the impact.
“Ugh…”
I frowned and looked at the hand tightly gripping the dagger. Magical power was leaking from the overloaded elemental ritual.
“Still… I can endure it more easily than I thought…”
Was the result of the past years of training not in vain? Even if it is a high-level magic used by a rare genius wizard, it is not enough to kill with one hit.
That thought… it was still too early.
“That’s not high level magic.”
“…”
“I used the lieutenant magic first to get an estimate.”
Mid-level lightning magic ‘Lightning Spear’
A mid-level magic that blows out a spear of lightning and pierces the opponent. Now that I think about it, it seems like it may have taken that form. It was so fast that I couldn’t see it.
The aftereffects of the impact went beyond me and all the grass within a few meters radius was completely blackened. It is not the power of a normal lightning spear.
Even though it is the same middle-level magic, the middle-level magic used by Lucy Mayril is of a different level. I knew that fact.
“Now… let’s go…”
Lucy looked very reluctant, but since she had decided to join in, she was determined to do it right.
High-ranking lightning magic ‘Never Punishment’. High-ranking explosion magic ‘Destruction’ High-ranking freezing magic ‘Permafrost’ High-ranking fire magic ‘Scorching Ball’ High-ranking light magic ‘Cutting Light’ High-ranking dark magic ‘Nightmare Swamp’ High-ranking earth magic ‘Ant Hell’ High-ranking wind magic ‘Eye of the Typhoon’. ..
These are magics that are said to have raised a wizard to a level worthy of everyone’s respect if they master even just one of them.
Unless you receive it yourself, you cannot easily embody the flow or principle of that magic power.
I laughed out loud. Although it may be reckless, there was no surer way than this.
Eventually, the smile disappeared as he slowly closed and opened his eyes. He narrowed his eyebrows, clenched his teeth, and raised his poisonous eyes.
The hand holding the dagger was strained with a crunching sound.
*― Thank you all for your hard work during the festival preparation period. Starting tomorrow, the Crestor Grand Festival will finally begin.
― Let’s work closely with the academics to finish this happy event well to avoid any unpleasant incidents during the festival.
The Obelgwan Building, located right next to the student square and boasting an old-fashioned appearance, is a relatively recently built building.
As it was a new building to provide a new space for the student council activities with increasingly increasing authority and responsibility… the interior was mainly filled with practical spaces.
Among them, in the conference room where all the student members were gathered, President Tanya spoke to the student members using loudspeaker magic.
Everyone has worked hard to prepare for the festival over the last month, and let us enjoy the Crestol Grand Festival while doing our duty as student members. It was roughly like that.
The student members gathered around Tanya, the student council president, clapped and cheered together. The hellish preparation period for the festival has finally come to an end, so as long as we can somehow get through this grand festival that continues all week, we can return to our daily lives.
Time goes by so quickly.
Ziggs, who was standing with his arms crossed against the wall at the back of the conference room, muttered those words to himself.
As expected, this month as the preparation period for the festival continued, it was so busy that I couldn’t even breathe.
I had to follow the class curriculum according to the curriculum, review each club department’s festival progress plan, provide support where needed, resolve conflicting areas, and even check the external visit schedule.
At the same time, he must not neglect Elka’s sick care, so Ziggs was so busy moving around that it made you wonder if he really had two bodies. I just feel grateful to Elka who follows me around whenever I have student council schedules.
“Senior Ziggs. Thank you for your hard work during the preparation period.”
Student council president Tanya, who came down from the podium while receiving a warm welcome from the students, spoke while shaking off the hem of her old-fashioned skirt.
While you and I were all fighting and exchanging wills, Tanya was on her way to the Trix building with Anise for the next schedule.
“No. The chairman has had the most trouble. And the things that need to be dealt with from now on are the most important.”
“Hehe… As expected… In any case, the senior action committee members should not relax either. Since His Majesty Emperor Cloel is planning to visit in person…” “
Have you finished reviewing the visit schedule?”
“Yes… I plan to come in two days later in the morning, have lunch, and then participate in the school inspection event, give a speech, and observe the integrated sparring in person. Senior Felbrain will review the luncheon menu, and seniors Clenic and Annis will be in charge of the inspection route. You will check.”
“Then I guess I’ll just have to review the integrated sparring schedule one more time.”
“Yes. Please review the participant schedule once again and announce everything that needs to be announced so that it can proceed without a hitch.”
“Understood, President Tanya.”
Ziggs nodded with his arms crossed and then spoke with a grin on his face.
“By the way, you look good these days, Chairman Tanya. I guess the division of work has been very effective.”
“Yes, that’s right… The workload itself was definitely more during the preparation period for the festival, but it was manageable because we organized it a bit. Managing the organization is also a difficult task.”
“Isn’t that how everyone learns? However, it’s a bit disappointing that I couldn’t share what I’m up to with others.”
“Well, everyone is busy. The festival period is a time when the whole school gets busy. There’s no problem with Ed, right? He’s scheduled to spar with Senior Dyke this time.”
“I will check while reviewing the sparring schedule. “I need to check your schedule one last time.”
Ziggs answered and became lost in thought.
Now that I think about it, everyone around Ziggs seemed to be distracted. Although each of them had different reasons. Well,
Tanya, she’s going to be busy from now on.
Tailley feels like he’s in a training state. His companion, Ayla, doesn’t know why, but she’s been holed up in the library all this month, looking through the book list as if she’s trying to find something. It looks like she has something to figure out.
Library Elka, the librarian, told me that she was borrowing all the books about the great sage Sylvania, a historical figure.
Ziggs had a feeling that he vaguely knew what Ayla was thinking, but he didn’t dare say it out loud.
Yenica Palover seemed to be completely occupied studying how to behave as a new noble after ascending to the position of Baron. Occasionally, I would see her from a distance while walking down the street, and she would strike various poses in the air or say something that seemed dignified when she was alone. He spit it out… It wasn’t easy to see him rubbing his face in shame alone.
It was clear that if he pretended to know him in that state, he would instantly die of shame, so whenever that happened, Ziggs would pass by from a distance without speaking to him as much as possible.
Lucy Mayril It’s gotten to the point where she’s found more at Ed’s camp than at the Bachelor’s, so I can’t even hear what she’s up to. I heard that she’s often looked tired lately, even for someone like Lucy… It would be a shame if she was second to none in terms of magic power. How could she possibly be exhausted? I’m curious about what’s going on.
If you want to go into detail, you can, but it’s an invasion of privacy. It’s not good to try to delve into the personal details of students just because you’re a senior member of the student council.
Lortel is the one who shows up often. A festival where consumption is growing for a long time. As it was a period, it seemed that Elte Company had also significantly increased its logistics personnel to row. Thanks to this, there were more details to negotiate with the student council, so they came to Obelgwan often… and most of them maintained a favorable attitude.
Other than that , The other characters were the same as always, but Clevius’s appearance was particularly unusual.
He usually looked gloomy, with eyes like rotten eyes and muttering ominous sounds… but recently, Clevius’ appearance had become more gloomy than expected.
When Ziggs asked about the day, Clevius just shook his head and lamented about what the use of a family was. Clevious, like Clevious, has a lot to worry about. Actually, it was natural.
Even while Ziggs was busy preparing for the festival, he was also listening to the movements of his acquaintances.
“Then, Chairman Tanya. I will listen to the plans of the academic headquarters regarding Her Majesty Cloel’s visit schedule and establish a detailed route so that we can move accordingly. We will need to get approval right away when everything is done, so don’t go somewhere in a corner. It’s hard to find. You know.”
“I’m sorry, but I’ve gotten out of the habit of hiding in dark and shady places, Mr. Ziggs. What are you looking at me for?”
“Right now, weren’t you caught yesterday while hiding under the cupboard in the bathroom? The student members keep looking at you with vague eyes, so if you’re going to hide, please hide in a place where people can hide.”
“…Did senior Anis say that?”
“Senir, who is in charge of managing the pottery supplies, opened the cabinet door and got startled and fell asleep. I was the one who bandaged the scratch on his ankle.”
“…I really need to apologize to Senir Action Committee member…”
Tanya hesitated and looked away from the corner of her eye. Still, it’s a good thing that he behaves like an old-fashioned nobleman on the podium.
“Then, please prepare well for tomorrow’s opening ceremony. I will… go finish preparing for the sparring event.”
Ziggs lifted himself up by pushing the wall he was leaning against with his shoulder, shook off his clothes, and spoke.
“We also need to reconsider the sparring participants.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work, and please upload the documents through Senior Anis.”
Ziggs smiled, nodded, and left the main conference room.
*
“It will be there if you go to the northern cliff. It stays there every day after returning home and returns late at night.”
When Ziggs went to the camp to look for Ed, he was gone.
Yenika, who was sitting next to the bonfire, just greeted Ziggs instead.
After thanking Yenika for telling me Ed’s location with a somewhat worried look on her face, I continued straight across the northern forest to the cliff area.
It’s a forest that occupies most of the northern part of Aken Island, but the geography was noticeable to Ziggs, who jogged with him every day, to some extent. Even so, it was less than halfway, and the further north we went, the more unfamiliar geography it became.
Anyway, from here on, it is the territory of Ed Rothtaylor, who lives and dies in this forest. The deeper and deeper you go, the fewer people there are who fully understand geography.
Still, one thing is certain: If you go straight north, you will come across a cliff area. In fact, even if you know just that one thing, you won’t get too lost.
The sight of the forest stretching quietly makes it easier to organize your thoughts.
There are many people who attend sparring events, but what ultimately attracts people’s attention is the integrated sparring event where the seniors of each grade attend.
After going on for a while, we were about to reach the northern end of Aken Island.
As soon as he saw the end of the forest and the open grassland, Ziggs took his breath away.
The aftereffects of the strong magical power can be felt even here. The amount of magic power firmly established in this wide grassland… is not at a level that an ordinary wizard can produce.
Ziggs, who went out to the grassland with a frown, couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Huh… Wow….”
A rock towering straight up on one side of the grassland.
Ed Rosstaylor sat there, leaning back, bleeding.
The surrounding area was a mess due to the effects of all kinds of magic. The meadow, where the grass stretched out, was dug up and blown away in some places, and there were even traces of an entire tree being uprooted.
“Sir Ed…”
“What… is it Ziggs…”
As soon as he heard the voice, Ed quickly raised his eyes.
He was neither unconscious nor asleep. He was sitting still and taking a rest.
“What… is this all about…”
“I… did some training…”
Ed was slowly trying to get up, but his clothes were torn here and there.
Ed, who had barely managed to get up, looked miserable, but the reason why Ziggs was holding his breath was different.
The sensitivity and amount of magical power in Ed’s body were completely different from before.
Does it feel like the venom in my eyes has become a level deeper than before?
Ziggs knows what this feels like.
Beware of the wolf with many scars.
It was a story considered a proverb in the northern grasslands.
The yellow dog, which has survived several fatal injuries, is several times more ferocious and smart than humans.
The more times a person endures extreme moments, the sharper his or her survival skills become.
Ed Rosstaylor slowly raises his body by pushing his legs up while leaning his back on a huge rock. His magical power was already easily exceeding that of a student.
A sparring match with Lucy Mayril, who the average person cannot withstand even a single hit.
Somehow, I trained and trained again, and succeeded in acquiring the specs to be able to grit my teeth and withstand even that attack. Of course, it was very difficult to withstand the two sums.
In that state, the process of repeating the battle with Lucy several times every day to increase the magic sensitivity is enough to make even old wolves, who have been between life and death countless times, bow their heads. This level was close to self-abuse.
As a result, although Ed Rosstaylor was close to death… he succeeded in acquiring enough magical power to use even high-level magic.
Even Ziggs, who never neglects his daily training, had no choice but to swallow dry saliva at the level of Hyangsamsim that bordered on madness.
“Ed… Senior…”
“Yes… It was the festival season, I guess…”
Ed Rosstaylor, wiping away the blood from his temple and groping his face, barely managed to compose himself.
“I’m going to… take a shower… and go… to attend the opening ceremony…”
Anyone who continues to grow is bound to hit a wall and become frustrated.
If you don’t have natural senses and natural abilities, you have no choice but to bang your head against the wall until it breaks.
It was the fate of those born as dunjaes.
