episode_0016

Magic conversion.

According to Oren, magic was like air, invisible but filling this world.

By gathering this magic and allowing it to flow repeatedly through the body, magic gradually accumulates in the body.

And with this accumulated magic, the body gains a strength that rivals even monsters.

“So adventurers always strive to accumulate as much magic in their bodies as possible. I’m no exception.”

“Magic… I had no idea.”

Listening to Oren’s words, I once again realized that this place was indeed another world.

I vaguely felt that something was strange.

In a world where powerful monsters and demons existed, how could adventurers face them?

No matter how hard a normal human trained, there were limits due to their race.

Even Oren, a Bronze adventurer, didn’t look like a bulky muscleman on the outside.

But the movements he showed when subduing slimes were truly superhuman.

Everything was possible because of this thing called ‘magic conversion.’

It was impossible to defeat someone who had accumulated magic in their body through simple training alone.

“Upon learning about the existence of magic conversion for the first time, Yuno realized that all the hard training she had done so far was meaningless. The saying ‘if the head is bad, the body suffers’ was not just a saying.”

Then why didn’t you tell me when I was struggling alone?

This damn narration is so annoying.

“Everyone can store magic in their bodies. However, the amount of magic that can be accumulated in the body varies from person to person.

There are ways to increase the maximum amount of magic that can be stored in the body, but most of it is innate.”

“Does that mean I can also perform magic conversion?”

“Of course. Close your eyes and imagine your whole body as a large container that holds magic.”

Following Oren’s instructions, I closed my eyes and imagined my body as a container holding magic.

I am a container… a large container holding magic…

“Focus your mind in that state and try to feel the magic floating around you. It may be difficult at first, but you will gradually get the hang of it.”

Magic floating around me…

Even though he said that, I had no idea what I should be feeling, as I didn’t even know about the existence of magic.

But I did it because he told me to…

After a while, I truly felt a warm sensation of something floating around me.

At first, I couldn’t tell if it was magic, but as Oren said, my senses gradually sharpened, and I could intuitively feel that those were indeed magic.

“I… I feel it!”

Experiencing a strange sensation for the first time in my life, I involuntarily exclaimed and opened my eyes.

Seeing that, Oren smiled and said, “You feel it, right? Now slowly absorb it into your body and let it flow inside. That way, magic will start accumulating in your body. I’ve already done enough, so it won’t accumulate anymore.”

“But how do you know when you’ve reached the limit of accumulating magic?”

Oren said he had accumulated magic up to his limit now.

That meant there was no room for growth left as an adventurer.

It was like the growth plate closing.

Suddenly, I felt afraid.

If the limit of magic accumulation my body could handle was unreasonably low, it would be like a death sentence for me as an adventurer.

“Haha… You’ll naturally know when the time comes. Well, I should report to the guild soon…”

Oren waved his hand in farewell and returned to Kubele.

* * *

Concentrate your mind.

Draw the magic felt around you into your body.

Slowly let the magic flow through your body, accumulating it inside.

From the day I learned the principle of magic conversion from Oren, I made an effort to accumulate magic in my body every day.

Even when waiting for a moment, sleeping well, or finding time in the afternoon, I focused my mind on gathering magic.

To confirm whether magic conversion really helps improve physical abilities, I continued with my usual sword training.

I wondered if there would really be an effect.

There was.

The effect was much more dramatic than I had thought.

No matter how much I swung the sword, I didn’t get tired, and I didn’t even get muscle pain.

Even the calloused palms were completely healed and never cracked again.

By the standards of this world, I might be just an ordinary adventurer, but compared to my previous physical condition, I was like a superhuman.

Feeling the daily changes in my physical abilities like this, I gained confidence.

At this rate, could I quickly reach the bronze rank?

If I could earn money with a proper request, I could also learn swordsmanship properly.

Thanks to the improvement in my body through magic conversion, I was able to finish the guild’s odd jobs in the morning in no time.

I was having fun with the changing physical abilities day by day, to the point where I wondered why I hadn’t known about this good thing before.

Later, I found out that there were many people whose magic capacity in their bodies was so low that magic conversion was meaningless.

Those people naturally couldn’t become adventurers and were living ordinary lives in the city.

Seeing those people, I realized I was lucky.

Contrary to my initial worries, my magic was still accumulating smoothly.

I don’t know how much my magic capacity is, but it was certain that I wasn’t at the level where I had to give up being an adventurer.

Could it be that I’m… a genius?

“Yunoa, who learned the common sense level of magic conversion late compared to other adventurers, was confident.

But he was still a novice rank adventurer.

Although he might be impressive compared to ordinary people, among adventurers, Yunoa was just a late starter.”

When I was full of hope about how much I could grow through magic conversion, the narration poured cold water on me.

Yes, I get it.

Just because I found a way to get a little stronger doesn’t mean I should be arrogant.

But in a situation where I couldn’t see the answer, isn’t it okay to be a little happy to find a small breakthrough?

People really don’t understand.

—

In front of me right now is a soft, translucent blue jelly blob.

It’s none other than the blue slime I met while collecting herbs with Meruru.

With my body gaining some strength through magic conversion, I ventured deeper into the forest to find the blue slime.

The King Blue Slime, which was like their leader, had already been defeated and disappeared by Oren, but I could still easily find blue slimes in this forest.

Of course, it wasn’t a guild request.

Even if the opponent is a slime, novice-level adventurers are not given monster subjugation requests.

I just wanted to test my strength.

I have a sharp sword now and enough strength to wield it.

I should be able to defeat a slime, right?

Squelch, squelch.

The blue slime facing me made a displeasing movement and slowly approached me.

Remembering the day when I was surrounded by a large number of blue slimes and in danger, I felt a slight heat rising.

“Haat-!”

Swish!

I raised the sword above my head and rushed forward, striking the blue slime with all my might in the center.

With a cheerful sound, the blade cleanly sliced through the transparent creature’s body.

Just like when Oren cut it, the blue slime lost its viscosity and turned into water, collapsing to the ground.

“Barely managed to defeat these guys….”

He was an opponent so easy that it was unbelievable.

Feeling like this, I felt like I could slaughter a horde of slimes just like Oren.

“But how do I do that….”

I recalled the technique Oren used to wipe out the slime horde in one go in my mind.

Just swinging a sword wouldn’t release any sword energy.

It would be difficult without properly learning swordsmanship….

I refrained from freely swinging my sword until now because it seemed like a bad habit.

But Oren’s technique was so cool that I wanted to try imitating it at least once.

Well, it’s not a big deal to try it once.

Sometimes you have to give yourself a break to get motivated.

“How did he position himself.”

I vaguely imitated the preparatory posture Oren had done by recalling it in my mind.

“Maybe like this, leaning awkwardly… dipping the sword back all the way….”

What was the name of the technique?

It seemed like Oren-style Hundred-Man Beheading.

“Yunoa was trying to imitate someone else’s technique without properly learning swordsmanship.

But he didn’t know the principle of releasing sword energy while swinging the sword.

He was ridiculous for trying to imitate someone else’s technique without even remembering the name of the technique.”

Noisy.

I’m just trying to boost my mood.

“Yunoa knew how to accumulate magic power in his body through magic conversion, but he didn’t know how to release sword energy.

Magic conversion not only accumulates magic power in the body but also serves as the starting point for all techniques that utilize magic.

Changing the nature of that magic and materializing it is magic, and releasing it along with sword strikes is sword energy.

But Yunoa’s lack of knowledge in this area proved how bad his head was.”

The narration continued to criticize me without stopping.

Sending magic power… to the sword?

With the sword dipped back, I closed my eyes and concentrated on gathering magic power in my body as if I were doing magic conversion.

I imagined the gathered magic power slowly transferring to the hand holding the sword.

From the center of the body to the arm, from the arm to the hand holding the sword, from the hand holding the sword to the blade through the sword handle.

“That… whatever it is! Hundred-Man Beheading!”

Shouting out a technique name that I couldn’t remember, I swung the sword that was dipped back.

Swish!

At that moment, a sharp sound accompanied by a shockwave-like sword energy flew out from where the blade passed.

The flying sword energy cut through the air, traveling dozens of steps away, cleanly cutting down a tree before disappearing.

“Huh….”

What, why did it work?