episode_0226

– Clank! Clank! Clank!

‘Oh… ‘

I sat on my cane and observed the ground with a weary expression.

It is difficult to find soil or green vegetation on the surface of the floating island.

To begin with, this island is an artificial island larger than a cradle, so the material itself is different.

– Boom! Boom! Boom!

On such land, golems are packed tightly together like bean sprouts.

The golems, emitting magical light, form an orderly formation and fiercely pursue us.

‘How long will it keep increasing?’

When I first encountered the golem.

Using magic indiscriminately, even using water, he rounded up the golems that were trying to repair them and destroyed them with bombardment.

But even if you clear it like that, new golems will quickly appear from the ground.

‘There are too many.’

At first, I was terrified by the number of people that I encountered, not the hundreds, but the number that filled the ground.

– Crunch, crunch!

An armored arm suddenly shot up from the ground and touched the ground.

The golem naturally joined the pursuit, rising up as if pulling itself out of the mud.

‘The ground and material are the same. It’s being created in real time.’

No matter how much you break it, it keeps growing.

After about an hour of struggling.

I chose to flee as a strategy, knowing that if I continued like this I would just get stuck.

The floating island was large enough.

Wherever I go, the golems that were standing guard chase after me and join me.

A golem that was pulled out from the ground also clung to the tail.

The result is this massive tail-catching.

– Boom!

That was when.

A unit of golems simultaneously stopped and stomped the ground hard.

And then, as if in one motion, they all pulled their hands back.

Crunch…! The magic was activated, and complex lines of magical power ran over the weapon caught in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, he violently shoots the weapon in his hand.

– Whaaa!

The sound continues in a complex way as it cuts through the wind.

He waved his hand, observing the trajectories of countless weapons shooting up into the sky.

– Guuuung…

A beam of light emitted with a dull ringing sound.

The attack was shot down by a beam of light that was shot in a straight line.

Then, he sweeps the unbroken beam horizontally and cuts the golem’s ankle.

Thump, thump, thump! In an instant, golems with their ankles cut off roll around on the ground.

Some of the golems stumbled behind them, while most continued their pursuit, ignoring them appropriately.

Observed the magic unfolding.

They immediately formed a seal and surrounded themselves with dozens of layers of defensive barriers.

– Kkwajajajak!

A shield that crumbles miserably under the pressure it puts on you.

An eerie sound of things crumpling and tearing could be heard from the outside.

‘What is this? Is it space magic? Or wind magic?’

The checks came not only from the golems, but also from the floating islands.

Representative examples include the destruction magic that has been trying to pin me to the ground since a while ago, and the attack magic that targets me like just now.

Quickly remove the broken shield and build a new one.

He also intercepted attacks coming from below appropriately and bought some time.

‘hmm…’

Let’s do that for a moment.

I was lost in thought as I checked the swollen golem and the floating island that periodically flew in as a check.

‘He’s definitely watching over me.’

The golems, this floating island… maybe the Tower of Knowledge is watching over me.

Observed the spell engraved on the golem.

I observed the inner golem’s body and armor, its materials and components, and the engraved spells, all of which I stored in my mind.

There were also things I didn’t know.

There were also advanced techniques that were completely beyond my understanding.

There were some magics that I could figure out the function of, although I couldn’t interpret them all.

What is certain is that the golems are not using all their functions right now.

They are looking at me with limitations in my abilities.

It was strange.

There’s no way the golem made by the Tower of Knowledge could be that shabby.

The golem I fought in the original wasn’t this weak.

Of course, he was completely crushed by the 11th attack.

It was strange that my current self was being torn to shreds by the magic I had roughly fired.

It was the same with the floating islands.

‘This floating island is the workshop of the Tower of Knowledge.’

Workshop.

An area that the wizard has dyed with his own colors.

This is a fact that was not discovered in the original work, but has now been discovered by observing all the floating islands.

This island is made of magic.

The ground is made of metal and stone, but it is an object magically created by the Tower of Knowledge.

In addition, complex and three-dimensional techniques are engraved on the surface without a single gap.

It was a magic that was difficult to even guess at my level, and the expression madness was fitting.

It’s all the magic of the Tower of Knowledge.

It is a magic designed by the Tower Master and built by the Tower Master for himself.

This place was nothing but a workshop created by the Tower of Knowledge.

Also, the fact that I was able to use my crude magic without any problems was proof that the Tower Lord was watching over me.

‘her…’

An island this big is a workshop? And it’s floating in the sky too?

I just end up being amazed and sick of it.

It was so magical that I thought those who witnessed it would faint.

I was also curious to see what Baije’s reaction would be if I showed him how to use orthodox magic later.

‘The Tower of Knowledge, it might not be as bad as I thought…’

Of course, there were still suspicious behaviors, but it didn’t seem like they were just trying to turn me into a hotteok.

If the real intention was to kill, it would have been a barrage of magic carpet fire, not the golem’s sloppy punches.

‘Should I go to the Tower of Knowledge like this? Or should I train a little more and then go?’

I rolled my head for a moment.

When I realized that the Tower of Knowledge was watching over me, the strange sense of crisis subsided a little.

‘… Let’s go a little further.’

The conclusion came quickly.

I was in good enough condition to go to the Tower of Knowledge.

The limbs were not torn to the point where they could not be healed, and the core was not necrotic.

Since I’m not particularly tired or anything, I think I should push myself harder physically and mentally.

It’s already hot out, and I’m alone with Seo Yul-i.

If I don’t get any clear results, I feel embarrassed to look at Seo-Yul.

With that determination, he jumped down from the cane he had been sitting on.

– Whoosh…!

The sensation that had been supporting my buttocks disappeared, and a dizzying floating feeling covered my entire body.

Her clothes and hair fluttered in the strong wind.

Tak- He gripped the cane tightly with both hands and raised it above his head.

The cane in his hand trembled as if it were about to break.

‘hardening.’

Kukugeuk… A line of magical power was drawn straight up the staff.

The uneasy vibrations stopped.

It manifests magic one after another.

‘Shock wave, seismic wave, diffusion…’

A new spell was placed over the staff.

It’s not scalability.

I just temporarily added a lot of magic to the wand.

This will drastically shorten the lifespan of the cane, but it doesn’t matter since I’m going to throw it away anyway.

The body falls vertically.

I fell into the center of the formation of golems that had been chasing me from below and struck down with my staff with all my might.

– Kwaaang!

The staff that had been struck down shattered with a crash, and the spell was activated.

The ground ripples like waves as the shockwave spreads in all directions.

My ears rang from the sudden explosion.

– Kurur…

The formation staggered from the powerful shockwave, and many golems fell to the rippling ground.

[Compliance with the suppression order]

Despite the obstruction, there was a golem that charged forward.

A golem wearing heavy armor rushed forward, wielding a huge shield.

Feeling the pressure of something approaching, he threw away his discarded cane and slowly extended one hand.

‘Phew… ‘

Sharpen your focus.

You can’t make a mistake.

He used his magic carefully.

Kikkik… The outstretched hand twitched.

The circuit is twisted and my hand feels like it will snap.

Tune him up.

How many times have you practiced in secret until now?

At first my hands were broken, but now I can control them.

Circuits that should not be twisted are left alone, and only circuits that need to be manipulated are forcibly twisted.

It tightly blocks the magical power from circulating anywhere.

– Gulp…

The surface of the arm was swollen and bumpy, like boiling lava.

The pure white skin suddenly turns red and expands, then turns purple and contracts.

It is a repulsive reaction that occurs within the body.

‘Ugh… ‘

The magical power blocked inside and flowing back out flew out of my arms without knowing where to go.

He clenched his teeth and opened one side of the blocked circuit in one go.

The magical power that had been running wild without knowing how to stop suddenly burst out through the airway that had been created.

– Kwaaah!

For a moment, my eardrums rang.

For a moment the sound disappeared.

The golem’s form disappears without leaving a trace as it is swept away by the torrent of magical power that erupts from its outstretched right arm.

Golems caught in the torrential downpour that didn’t stop there also met with similar results.

The place where the torrent passed by was left with nothing.

All that remained was a bare ground, as if it had been dug up with a large spoon.

[… … ]

[… … ]

[… … ]

The golems also seemed to know that I was more powerful than I had imagined, as their eyes, which were shaking slightly, stared at me.

‘Is this the 5th time you wrote this in a breath?’

In the meantime.

I stuck out my tongue as I observed the state of my sagging right arm.

The special ability chosen by the 5th round is the unique ability ‘Magic Manipulation’

In some ways, it is a simple and boring unique ability.

Later, it changed into ‘Advanced Magic Manipulation’ and became an episode where no one could keep up with it in terms of magic manipulation.

‘Magic affinity and magic manipulation…’

Both receive a huge boost to their horsepower, but in slightly different directions.

Strictly speaking, magical affinity is a superior ability, but magical manipulation cannot be ignored.

Magic Affinity is an all-round unique ability regarding magic.

Changes the nature of magical power, controls and interferes with magical power of other natures, and corrects all phenomena that once occurred due to magical power.

However, magic manipulation is a unique ability that focuses solely on ‘manipulation’, as its name suggests.

However, it is not possible to easily acquire magical power like a magical affinity, or to perform strange acts such as interfering with the magical power of other entities in an instant.

Because he was excellent at handling his own magic power that established his dominance.

The time and experience are different from the beginning.

It would be greedy to think that it would be easy to follow the 5th journey.

‘I’ve gotten the hang of it. I think I’ll get better if I keep practicing.’

At first, the arms were split into two parts.

Later on, even though he was only releasing magical power, his arm would fall off.

But now it’s just ending with some hurt feelings.

If you practice more, you will be able to handle it skillfully and it will become a pretty good deck.

‘good…’

There are also sandbags scattered nearby to help with the situation.

With that thought in mind, I nodded while treating my right arm.

In the formation of golems that had been standing still, one golem suddenly approached them.

‘huh?’

I was about to hit the one coming at me straight away, but something seemed off.

Eyes that tremble for some reason.

Then, the golem, which had come closer, suddenly knelt down on one knee and bowed its head.

[Poem, the ordeal is over]

[Do not harm the flesh any more]

[I will take you to the top]

‘?’

A question mark suddenly appeared above my head.

‘What are you doing?’

I unconsciously blinked and used the necklace of confession.

[… You were the one who hit first, right?]

[… I will take care of it]

The golem… or the master beyond it, remained silent and slowly turned around.

‘What the hell are you doing?’

The Tower of Knowledge may be an extraordinary person.

He followed behind while treating the drooping right arm with a trembling face.

* * *

[The unique ability “Magic Affinity” grows]

[The Tower of Knowledge is terrified]

[Ah, why is that so…!]

[The towering stock of growth sends jeers]

[The top lord of tuning sends jeers]