episode_0010

“Spear of darkness, be formed by my will. Dark Spear.”

While the old man was singing, Leon did not stay still either.

“Aqua Sentinel! … … Mana, flow and dance, lighten my body. Swift! ”

Leon used the memorized Arpina magic, and then chanted the basic quick magic.

The speed magic was really a very simple magic, so the old man could complete it around the same time he finished his spell.

Reciting two spells in succession was a task that consumed a lot of magical power, but I was able to handle it with the magical power I had increased with the elixir.

“Black magic?”

“Arpina magic?”

The two looked at each other in surprise.

Leon was surprised to learn that the old man used black magic.

Although dark attribute constitutions are very rare, people who use black magic are common.

The risk of using attribute magic without talent is yours to take.

You just can’t learn unique or superior magic.

Rather, black magic was attractive to wizards who had no talent.

This was because even at low levels, one could use fairly powerful magic.

However, there was a tendency for black magic itself to be taboo, and the tendency to be closed was strong.

So when someone with dark attributes appears, they are treated as if they were believers by the black magicians and are worshipped.

“Black spear, pierce the enemy and take away their life!”

Only then did a little tension appear on the old man’s face. Arpina’s magic was of a very high level.

The old man, whose alertness had become increasingly heightened, was the first to attack.

A black spear appeared in the old man’s hand and rushed towards Leon.

Leon, with the slime that looked like a water droplet next to him, shouted the starter word.

Because it is a linked magic using slime as a medium, the time required to mentalize and cast it separately has been reduced.

“Blast!”

Moisture gathered in front of the slime’s mouth, causing water droplets to quickly condense.

Within moments, a powerful stream of water shot out and collided with the black spear.

bang-

Leon, who obviously didn’t think he could block a 3rd-level magic, quickly dodged to the side.

The spear shot through Leon’s magic and landed in the spot where Leon had just been.

“You’re acting like a little rat. Do you think that’ll change the situation?”

Leon took out a magic scroll from his subspace pocket without answering.

Let’s inject some magic power into the scroll and it will glow.

He threw the scroll straight at the old man.

Three white missiles were fired at the old man.

“Infusion!”

phut-

The old man did not dodge the missile, but instead shouted the magic ignition word he had already memorized and took the hit.

The missile hit directly, but the old man was unharmed.

“Hehehe, I knew it when you were using speed magic.”

His body was enveloped in a soft blue aura.

“I wonder how someone who doesn’t even know public magic could awaken mana.”

As soon as he said that, the old man ran towards Leon.

It was a speed incomparable to before.

Leon didn’t even have time to think about what the common magic was, and took out the Magic Missile Scroll again and threw it.

The intention was to delay even the running time.

“Dark Chain!”

The chains floating around the old man easily blocked the magic missile.

Leon immediately threw three more scrolls.

“What scroll… … .”

The old man’s footsteps stopped for a moment, as if there was no business in the area.

Meanwhile, Leon, who had stepped back, calmly sorted out the situation.

The number of times the old man recited only the opening words without reciting the chant was two.

As a third-class magician, he still had one memorized spell left.

First, let’s pull out this magic.

Let’s see the result later.

Leon, who had made up his mind, threw all four of his remaining Magic Missile Scrolls and recited the spell at the same time.

“Water Wave!”

Twelve missiles followed by a wave of water.

The old man frowned and shouted.

“Web Dominion!”

As the old man shouted the starting word, the chains around him spread out like spider webs and wrapped around him.

Leon’s magic was completely blocked by black chains and lost its power.

“Pierce through!”

At the old man’s continued scream, the chains that had been wrapped around him rushed towards Leon.

“Let’s see if we can stop this too!”

At that moment.

Leon reached into the subspace and grabbed the orb.

Then his body flashed and disappeared from that spot.

The old man’s expression, which had been on his mind to end things, naturally turned into a look of emptiness.

Leon, who had entered the jewel, hurriedly sat cross-legged.

“Ugh… gasp.”

The time that flows in reality is 1/60th of the time in the jewel.

Since the jewel had already been confirmed to disappear along with Leon when he disappeared from reality, it must have felt like a person had suddenly disappeared from before his eyes from the old man’s perspective.

Leon recharged his magic for ten minutes in the middle of the forest, then canceled the magic concealment spell that was taking up the memorize volume.

Leon quickly filled the space with other magic and came out of the orb again.

10 seconds in reality.

Although it was only a short time, the old man’s magic had already swept away the place where Leon had been.

The old man’s eyes grew wide as he looked at Leon, who had revealed himself again.

“Uh, how… … .”

Leon immediately threw the magic scroll as he had been running the simulation in the orb.

It was a magic scroll for creating a wall.

A wall of earth rose from the ground, blocking the old man’s path on all sides.

“Where did all those scrolls come from!”

Leon ignored the old man’s anger.

He was currently busy memorizing magic.

“Jeffers Herald.”

As he chanted the magical words memorized in the jewel, a small fairy with a translucent silver color appeared next to Leon like a water drop slime.

It was a wind summon that could be used when Arpina’s basic magic reached 2 stars.

Leon stretched out both his hands. He didn’t plan on using magic right away, but he planned on firing magic as soon as the old man broke through the wall.

Summoning two summons consumed a great deal of mana, but it was bearable because I had recharged my mana from the jewel.

Soon, an old man was heard muttering something inside the wall.

It was the sound of chanting magic.

bang-

“Pierce and bring destruction!”

The black chains stretched out in all directions, much larger than before.

The old man who appeared after breaking through the wall was breathing heavily.

It seemed like he had used some great magic.

“I will definitely catch you and make you tell me everything!”

The old man’s face was distorted like an evil spirit.

Leon immediately used the magic he had prepared.

“This is the end!”

Leon’s magic was also a magic that squeezed out magical power.

A stream of water shot out from the slime’s mouth, and a blade of wind formed from the fairy’s fingertips and flew away.

“2nd grade?”

Only then did the old man realize Leon’s true nature and he was overcome with embarrassment.

The old man, who had been floundering just before Leon’s magic reached him, suddenly lost that look.

A voice that had not yet lost its strength burst out from the old man’s twisted lips.

“Defense!”

In his hand he held a small token the size of a fingernail.

Light burst from the small token, and a powerful shield appeared in all directions.

Leon’s magic was completely blocked by the shield.

Leon, who had used two spells in succession, watched the scene, out of breath.

“It looks like the scroll has all fallen off?”

The old man burst into laughter when he saw that sight.

“Hahahaha, you think you’re the only one with artifacts!”

Even though the shield created from the token had disappeared, the old man’s face was relaxed.

I don’t know how he reached level 2 on his own at such a young age, but the memorize magic Leon used alone had already reached the limit of a level 2 magician.

The old man grumbled as he looked at Leon, who looked visibly tired.

“I applaud you for hiding your true colors until the end.”

The old man, who had been wiping away the cold sweat, opened his mouth to chant again, but suddenly stopped.

“Huh?”

A foolish sound came out of the old man’s mouth without his knowledge.

That was understandable, as Leon’s expression was strangely calm.

A face that doesn’t look like that of a person who was gasping for breath just a moment ago.

Within seconds, Leon took the scroll out of his bosom and threw it.

The glowing scroll disappeared and in its place three fireballs the size of a person’s head appeared.

The last one left was the E-class triple fireball scroll.

“… .”

The old man’s face, which had been staring blankly at the fireball with his mouth open, became distorted.

“You fooled me, Neonom!”

Kwakwang-

The fireball that flew at the old man exploded.

Flames erupted where the old man had been, sending sparks flying in all directions.

Knock knock knock

As the flames died down and Leon’s vision became clearer, he saw the old man lying in a miserable state.

It seemed that the magical power surrounding the old man’s body was not able to withstand the E-class magic that hit him directly.

“… .”

The old man’s empty eyes, now a corpse, were deeply fixed on Leon.

‘I killed a person… … .’

My stomach was churning.

Just stand there blankly for a moment.

A pounding heartbeat woke Leon up.

Leon took a calming breath.

‘If you didn’t kill me, I would be dead.’

Leon calmly used water magic to put out the fire that had spread.

He looked at the old man’s corpse for a moment, then picked it up, placed it in the jewel box, and came out again.

And then he took out an artifact from within the subspace.

A silver disc was held in hand.

‘Mana Trace Remover.’

As magic power was injected, the disc began to vibrate and waves of magic power spread out around it.

The traces of mana that had swept through the surroundings disappeared without a trace.

What could be deduced from this was the floor being dented by the fireball, the burnt leaves, and the marks left by the old man’s chain magic scratching across the floor.

Leon, who had even erased it himself, picked up the token that had fallen on the floor.

It was a shield artifact used by the old man.

There are slight cracks on the surface.

‘I guess I can use it 2~3 more times.’

After taking even this, Leon returned to the magic library.

Without hesitation, he headed straight to the space where the old man was staying.

A place that was always kept hidden and never shown.

I was certain that something was going on there, since it was a place where a black magician was hiding his identity and operating.

The room looked like an ordinary office.

The walls were painted a light brown and the floor was covered with gray carpet.

In the center was a large wooden desk, and along one wall was a large bookshelf.

Leon searched the space carefully without touching anything as much as possible.

“Was it a mistake? … … That can’t be.”

Leon had no choice but to slowly touch the objects in the office.

I changed my mind a little bit.

From a modern perspective, if there is a secret place hidden in the novel, where would it be?

Leon immediately put his hand on the bookshelf.

I touched each and every book that was sparsely packed in.

When Leon picked up the book located in the middle of the second row.

Click-

There was a sharp, short sound, as if a small metal part was snapping into place.

‘bingo.’

Leon sighed in relief as he watched the bookshelf slowly begin to split in half.