episode_0497

One day, to be more specific, before forming a circle around the heart with Helena’s help, I asked her a question.

What does magic feel like as a wizard?

At that time, I was learning about the basic theories that make up the science of magic from Helena, so I thought I was capable of asking such questions, so I asked such a question… After hearing my question, he waited for a while. After thinking about it for a while, what Helena asked me was not an answer to the question, but another question.

And the identity of the question Helena asked me at that time…

‘I asked you what the martial arts skills really feel like.’

Personally, answering a question with a question is one of the things I don’t like… Nevertheless, I remember that I answered Helena’s questions very faithfully at the time.

It wasn’t because Helena was superior.

The fact that I was being taught by Helena played a part, but more than that… I thought it was a problem worth thinking about.

And after thinking about the same topic for a while, the answer I gave Helena was simple.

‘air’

I don’t know what other martial arts people think, but that’s how I felt about the identity of Ki.

Should I say that the air feels a bit heavy?

Honestly, from my point of view, it was worth it because the inner strength of a martial artist is naturally accumulated through breathing.

The magician must call the natural guardian floating in the air, probably mana, into the body through breathing, and then color it to match the color with the mind techniques he has learned.

That was the ‘Chukgi’ of the Murim people.

So I answered in that way… Helena, who seemed to think for a moment after hearing my answer, said that.

For martial people, ki is like air, but for wizards, magic is like water that exists in the body, and mana is like moisture.

‘I didn’t understand that at the time.’

That’s because at that time, I had yet to carve a circle into my heart.

But what happens after you engrave a circle on your heart with Helena’s help?

Her remarks began to make some sense.

Helena said that mana flows from low places to high places.

Here, high and low does not mean physical height, but rather the concentration of mana.

And the refined mana, or magical power, flowing into the wizard’s body had a relatively high concentration compared to the mana floating in the air.

The reason is simple.

As mentioned earlier, the magic power used by wizards is basically refined and processed through the Heart Circle to facilitate the use of magic.

Is that why it was like that?

As I carved a circle on my heart, magical power began to flow into my body. I could feel what martial people call nature keeper and magicians call mana as if it was sticking to my skin.

Thanks to this, I was finally able to understand why Helena referred to mana as moisture.

Even though it is the same mana, what a martial artist feels and what a wizard feels are completely different.

And at this moment… my wizard senses began to whisper in my ear.

Something… has changed.

Something is changing.

Just a moment ago, the mana flowing into the terminal was very heavy.

The reason was probably because mana also gathered along with the magical power gathered in the magic circle.

So, the whole time I was moving, I had to experience the sensation of something extremely musty surrounding my body, like right after a light rain on a summer day…

‘Mana is gathering in one place…?’

Before I knew it, those sensations disappeared everywhere, and only the sensation of mana flowing toward one place and passing by my body came up through my body.

In fact, the reason why Ha-yeong rushed to go to the place where Cheongpung was was largely due to the change that he had begun to feel through his body.

If what I feel right now was caused by our allies, it would be a good thing, but if it was caused by the enemy, Cheongpung could have been dangerous.

You may be wondering who is worried about whom, but wouldn’t it be better to have Hayoung and I helping out rather than having Cheongpung fight the enemy alone?

So I quickly turned back the way I had been running so far and headed to the place where I separated from Cheongpung.

What I saw when I got there was…

‘Ugh?’

It was the appearance of an enemy who was bound by blue lightning that was trembling non-stop and unable to move.

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What happened?

It was full of unknown things, the leader of the 1st Magic Army thought.

I was clearly trapped in a hallucination that didn’t even seem like a hallucination just a moment ago, and I was only thinking about a way to escape it.

Suddenly, the flow of mana flowing through the hallucination began to change rapidly, and the strange landscape surrounding her and those she led began to slowly collapse.

What was revealed was a huge model house that could only be seen in large toy stores.

‘no way···.’

Did you use this as a medium to create an environment similar to the one we saw just now?

If that were the case, it couldn’t have been anything but creepy.

She doesn’t know illusion magic at an expert level, but according to the wizards of that school she used to meet during training, the realization of illusion through a specific medium is determined by the quality of the medium.

However, the same fantasy was realized using a flimsy toy house that looks like it could be purchased for a small amount of money.

What on earth are those girls…?

Why is his expression like that again?

I clearly remember that it was a smiling voice just a moment ago.

When I finally got out of the fantasy and came face to face with the girls, their faces were stiff and creepy.

If you look closely, even though it has a cute face, it doesn’t feel cute at all; it’s just creepy.

Should I say that it felt as if I was watching something that was not human wearing a human mask and imitating its actions.

What was questionable was the girl’s reaction.

As the enemies who had been trapped through the illusion escaped from the illusion, it was normal for them to naturally be wary of this side, but the stiff eyes of the girls were fixed on one place and did not know how to leave that side.

As if there was something there.

My lips felt dry for a moment at the sight, which felt unusual in many ways, but I had no intention of denying that this was an incredible opportunity.

I don’t know what exists behind what the girls are looking at… but the fact that those two girls are their enemies has not changed.

In case the girls heard it, and the girls’ attention would once again turn to them, he gave instructions to his subordinates behind him through hand signals rather than voice.

Prepare the best magic you can use.

Not the best or the strongest, but the best.

Therefore, it was natural for someone to question her instructions, but not a single person took action.

I just quietly prepare the magic.

And with those subordinates behind her, she also began preparing the best magic she could think of at this moment.

‘···hmm?’

It was at that moment that I felt something strange.

What can I say… activating the magic… was very easy.

I had already felt that the concentration of magical power in the terminal was strangely high, but could that possibly be the reason?

No, that couldn’t have been the case.

If the magic power concentration is high, the magic formula has a significant effect on the activation of the magic, so much so that the magic formula has to be rewritten accordingly, so it was impossible to feel this way just because it was high.

Then what is it?

Why do I suddenly feel this way?

A feeling close to omnipotence that I felt when I first entered the study of magic.

However, what I had never felt again since then was coming back to life from my fingertips at this moment.

What can I say, it was really embarrassing, but my body was honest.

He canceled the magic he was currently casting and began preparing a new spell.

And that spell… it was a spell that even she, the developer, had never used before because there was so much involved in just casting it once.

A spell that played a decisive role in helping her reach her current position.

It started to unfold from the tips of my fingers.

With the feeling that the world itself was helping her.