Chapter 74: Hextech Arm: A Blast from the Future (and Through the Roof)

“Hoo… good work. Are you short on magic power?”

“No, I’m still fine.”

“You’re young… here, drink this.”

“Thank you.”

About an hour later.

Sion, who had used enchantment magic on dozens of wands, briefly came outside with Kathleen.

According to her explanation, it’s okay to take a break every one or two hours.

“It’s a drink with a magic power recovery effect. You like strawberry flavor, right?”

“Ah, yes. I like it.”

“If you don’t like it, I can give you banana flavor. …Although I was eating it.”

“I’m, I’m okay.”

“Really? Hmm… so, how is it, doing it for the first time today?”

Sion tapped the potion with his finger for a moment and pondered.

“…It seems like it was fun. But since it’s a bit of a simple repetition…”

“That’s right~? There are kids who can’t adapt to this and leave.”

“Haha… I see.”

“I know what you’re thinking. You were thinking of something more… something like carefully enchanting each stitch like a craftsman, right?”

Sion nodded at Kathleen’s words.

Honestly, Sion had expected a laboratory or a blacksmith before coming.

He had preconceived notions about the name ‘magic workshop.’

“Those things are all done by our boss.”

“Boss… you mean Kainstoss?”

“That’s right. We low-level employees are just Grant wrappers!”

“…I see.”

“You don’t have to be too discouraged. You’ll make your own magical tools when you grow up.”

Thump!

Kathleen patted Sion on the shoulder as if she fully understood his heart.

The touch was embarrassing, but Sion didn’t shake it off.

He should take it well as advice from a senior.

“You’re good at your job. Did you learn properly at Byzantium Academy?”

“Ah… yes.”

“I’m also from the Byzantium Magic Department.”

“You’re my senior?”

“You can say that. It’s been a few years already…. Are you graduating soon too?”

“…Yes?”

Sion blinked.

Kathleen frowned at his reaction.

“Huh? Isn’t it your graduation semester now?”

“Ah, I’m still a freshman….”

“Pfft!!”

Potion dripped from Kathleen’s mouth.

Fortunately, it didn’t hit Sion, but the floor became wet.

Kathleen didn’t care about the floor and leaned her face towards Sion.

“Y, y-you’re a freshman?!”

“Ah, th, yes…”

“No way. How can you do that much enchantment magic as a freshman… no, in the first place, what’s with the no-chanting?!”

“Is, is that so?”

“Of course! …No, wait a minute.”

Kathleen pressed her temples with her fingers.

“You… you’re a freshman and you’re already here for an internship, which is a graduation program? Are you perhaps the early graduation that I’ve only heard about in legends? But even so, early graduation in freshman year…”

“Yes? I’m not an intern…. I’m not an early graduate either.”

“Huh…?”

“?”

Kathleen and Sion blinked at the same time.

It felt like the focus of the conversation was shifting little by little.

The moment Kathleen was about to open her mouth again.

“Heok, I’m sorry for being late!!”

“…Huh?”

“My name is Michael Watson, and I’m participating in this internship program! Please take care of me!”

A panting, fat man bowed his head.

Kathleen looked back at Sion with a surprised face.

“Then… then what are you?”

“…Yes?”

“If he’s the original intern, how did you come to the workshop?”

“Yes? Heok, I applied, heok, for the internship…?”

The three people just stared at each other blankly.

No one knew what was going on.

In that chaotic situation, a savior appeared.

“What’s all the noise?”

“K, Kainstoss!”

Kainstoss walked out of the workshop.

She was wearing the same stained tank top as when she saw her at the magic tool shop.

She slowly scanned the three people and then…

“Oh! It’s that special kid I saw at the magic tool shop last time?”

“Ah… hello.”

“Hmm, okay. Nice to meet you, kid.”

Thump!

Sion and Kainstoss naturally shook hands.

“You told me to come to the workshop last time…”

“I did. Then why are you standing here?”

“That’s…”

“Hmm?”

Sion’s eyes turned to the side.

Kainstoss’s gaze naturally followed.

At the end of it…

“O, ooh…?”

Kathleen, who had been teaching Sion as a senior until just now…
Her face was pale and she was trembling.

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Boiling—

A laboratory filled with colorful chemicals of unknown use.

On one side, herbs and magic stones were scattered in a way that seemed organized but not.

This was the core of Kainstoss Magic Workshop, her workshop.

“Hahaha!! So you were just doing enchantment magic there?”

“Yes… I’m sorry. I never dreamed that you were Kainstoss’s guest. I’m really sorry!!”

“It’s okay. It can happen. But why were you still working?”

Sion scratched the back of his head at Kainstoss’s question.

“I just… thought it would be fun.”

“You thought it would be fun, hoo. So you learned enchantment magic? As a freshman.”

“Yes.”

“Then give it a try.”

Thump.

A wand and magic stone were placed in front of Sion.

The work he had been repeating until he was sick of it just a moment ago.

Sion poured magic power into it like water and immediately enchanted the magic stone onto the wand.

Hwaaa!

“…Even with no-chanting, this is the hit rate.”

Kainstoss fiddled with the wand with a serious face.

“This time, try it with a full incantation.”

“Full incantation? …I’m sorry, but the senior taught me earlier, but I forgot…”

“Kathleen, teach him.”

“Ah, yes!”

Kathleen, who had been standing next to him like a folding screen, immediately taught Sion the incantation.

Just a moment ago, she was a reliable senior, but now she felt like she had fallen to the youngest member of the magic workshop.

Sion felt unnecessarily sorry and prepared the incantation.

“Breath of the elements, dwell in this wand and unleash your power, Grant!”

“…!”

Hwaaaaa—!!

As soon as she saw the magic stone seeping into the wand.

A deep smile was drawn on Kainstoss’s face.

“This is probably 90%.”

“9, 90%…!”

“Kathleen, touch it. You’re excellent at this sense.”

“Ah, yes!”

Kathleen took the wand from Sion and touched it here and there.

Then she carefully put down the wand with amazed eyes.

“This is about 90%… no, I think it’s 95%. It’s top quality.”

“To, top quality?”

“Top quality isn’t sold at the workshop. It’s delivered to the kingdom or the magic tower.”

“…!!”

Sion’s eyes widened at the words.

An ordinary wand costs 2 gold, but how much does a top-quality wand cost?

“Kid, there’s one thing I’ve been wanting to experiment with when you come to the workshop.”

“Experiment?”

“Yeah. You have a sense of manifestation speed, and you have a talent for no-chanting and enchantment magic… there’s no one as talented as you. Eucha!”

Squeak.

Kainstoss got up from her chair.

She moved to the corner of the workshop.

There was an object on display where she was walking,
but the contents were not visible because it was covered with a white tent.

“Okay, this is it!”

Flutter!

Kainstoss removes the tent with a colorful movement.

Sion’s eyes lit up as he looked at the contents inside.

What was covered by the tent was a magical tool.

To be exact… it was shaped like someone’s ‘arm.’

“This is called ‘Hextech Arm’… the next-generation wand that mages will use after wands and staves!”

“……!”

Kainstoss was excited like a child.

She took out the arm and handed it to Sion.

“Come on, equip it. Kid.”

“…Can I equip it?”

“Of course. This wand is all about no-chanting and fast manifestation speed. Guys like you are needed.”

“In that case… excuse me.”

Sion carefully wore the ‘Hextech Arm.’

The arm, which was huge, began to shrink to a custom fit as soon as Sion wore it.

The arm, which had shrunk perfectly, did not interfere with movement at all.

It was an arm that felt like an over-technology at first glance.

“It’s amazing.”

“It’s 99% complete, so there won’t be any dangerous things.”

“Then… isn’t 1% dangerous?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Now, use any magic. Imagine the wand wrapping around your arm.”

“…Then I’ll go right away.”

Thump!

Sion reached out his hand and chanted fire magic.

1st circle magic of elemental magic ‘Fire.’

The magic power manifested from Sion’s heart moved to his arm.

Originally, the magic would have been manifested only after moving to the heart, shoulder, arm, and palm.

Kiying—!!

The Hextech Arm flashed.

As soon as the magic power touched his shoulder, the magic began to be implemented.

The process of moving from the arm to the palm was omitted.

Hwareuk.

Fire created on Sion’s palm.

It far surpassed the existing manifestation speed.

Perhaps no one could manifest magic faster than this.

“The speed is…?! K, Kainstoss. What on earth is this…?”

“Kathleen, you must have seen it for the first time. This is the next-generation wand that will replace the wand, ‘Hextech Arm’! Hahaha!”

“…It’s very amazing.”

Sion caressed his arm here and there.

He felt like he had shortened the time by 0.5 seconds.

1. 5 seconds was very important to Sion, who already had a faster magic manifestation speed than other wizards.

‘It might really replace the wand.’

The performance of the Hextech Arm is fraudulent.

If he fought someone with the Hextech Arm now.

He would win overwhelmingly, like a battle between a bow and a gun.

The Hextech Arm was a complete ‘game changer.’

“Can I experiment a little more?”

“Of course! Hahaha!”

“Then…”

Kiying—!!

The arm moved with a strange noise.

Sion immediately began to pour out all the magic he knew.

The four basic elements of fire, wind, earth, and water.

Not only black magic such as mental magic and necromancy, but also enchantment magic.

“Oh… it feels really amazing.”

“Wait a minute! If you use it too much like that…”

“…Yes?”

Kiyiiing—!!

Steam flowed out of the Hextech Arm.

The strange noise was also getting louder, which was unusual.

Something… was going wrong.

“Th, there, how do I take this off?”

“Calm down. First, stretch your arm up! And spread your palm.”

“L, like this?”

“And emit it!”

“…Yes?”

“Hurry!”

What on earth does emit mean?

Even before questioning the words.

The strange magic powers gathered in the Hextech Arm began to gather in his palm.

Kiyiiiiing— Bang!!!

“Woah?!”

A straight line of magic power shot out from his palm.

It… accurately pierced the ceiling of the Kainstoss workshop.

Sion also had to step back three steps due to the reaction.

“Ce, cece, the ceiling…!”

Kathleen, who had lost her language ability, looked back and forth between Sion and the ceiling.

Sunlight seeping through the hole in the ceiling.

It warmly wrapped Sion—

‘How am I going to compensate for this…?’

Sion could only sweat as he looked at the hole in the ceiling.