episode_0019

Even if you die while logging in, the system will revive you, but regardless, the pain during the battle is an unpleasant experience. I’ve never experienced it because it kills me before it gets close to me, but common sense tells me that.

If you look on the internet, you won’t find any explorers suffering from PTSD, so it might be surprising, but there are many people in the mental health field who are puzzled by this situation, so I just feel scared and don’t want to experience it myself. Because you don’t know what kind of interference the system may have on your mind.

Now that I think about it, isn’t it too much for a system that also has the surreal ability of mental interference to require that skills be activated with the mouth? I wish they would pay more attention to the mental health of users.

Anyway, the battles so far have been done by killing the opponent before he gets close, so I was able to finish the hunt without a single wound. However, this time, when encountering stone-throwing orcs, the existing hunting methods reached their limits.

To be honest, it is not dangerous enough to be considered a limitation as you can just avoid or shoot down the rocks, but the existing method needs to be improved in that you have to stay alert and do your hunting. This is through a defensive magic that blocks a wide area when used.

The simplest way is, of course, to copy job skills. But this method was blocked before I could try it. As a result of internet research, there is no suitable defensive magic for job skills.

The system created a party system and allowed parties of up to 10 people, but did not provide the appropriate defensive magic. I don’t know if there was a lack of active skills because it was the first job change, but wouldn’t stable party hunting be impossible if this were the case?

I wonder how on earth other explorers hunt and travel around. In fact, the great thing is not that they have talent, but that they are able to level up well even in these situations.

Since I couldn’t copy my job skills, I decided to create a magical barrier as a substitute for defensive magic. At first, I tried to make a round shield because I liked it both game-wise and practically, but it was too difficult to make the magical power into a sphere, so I gave up.

However, when I actually created the magic barrier, I encountered a troubling dilemma. Since magic power has no physical power in its natural state, it needs to be sufficiently compressed if it is to be used as a barrier. It’s compression. compression. I’ve already tested it when catching slime, but the magic power tends to explode if compressed too much. This means that even magic barriers can explode.

Of course, the magic barrier must be compressed to the extent that can be controlled, but it is not a simple problem. For its purpose, the magic barrier must collide with the thrown object, so it must be compressed less considering the difficulty of control at that moment. However, if it is less compressed, it cannot properly block thrown objects.

If you don’t want to die from an explosion, you need to reduce the compression. If you don’t want to get killed by a thrown object, you need to increase the compression. What should I do?

“Can’t I just increase my skill level?”

Yumina asked.

“It’s not that simple. Blocking an attack with a magic barrier means that my magic mastery is higher than the confusion at the time of collision. The confusion is proportional to the opponent’s strength, so if the opponent is stronger than me, it explodes.”

Yumina was bruised for a moment.

“That’s natural.”

“Of course, it wouldn’t be natural if the magic barrier exploded during the battle. He was originally a strong opponent, but if the magic barrier exploded, the situation would be very bleak.”

“So what are you doing today? Wasn’t it practicing defensive magic?”

“What I’ve been talking about so far is trial and error, and what I’m going to do from now on is defensive magic.”

Is there any defensive magic that is safe even when defense fails? After much thought, I found an alternative.

It’s freezing magic. If compressing magical power is dangerous, you don’t have to compress it at all.

I want to build an ice barrier with just my heart, but I don’t have that skill, so I’m going to go overboard and copy the freeze magic – freeze enchantment to give physical power without compressing the magic power.

I searched through the warehouse and found something suitable to throw. There’s a baseball. I don’t know why it was there when no one was playing baseball at home, but I took it out and handed it to Yumina.

“Why is this?”

“If you’re going to watch anyway, help me practice.”

“I’ve never thrown a baseball before.”

“It’s okay because you just have to throw it without having to hit it.”

I left the apartment complex and moved to a place where there were no people. I stood with my back to the wall.

First, I struck a thin wall with magical power and applied freeze on it. Freezing can be done without difficulty by practicing whenever you have nothing else to do.

Although I haven’t tested it directly, according to the Exploration League’s experiment results, granting freeze grants the concept of freezing and the concept of reducing heat and kinetic energy. It may seem like a funny result, but that’s the result of the experiment.

So, if the results of the experiment are correct, if you apply freeze to a thin magical barrier that has no physical power, the power of the ball that hits the barrier will be reduced.

“Okay. Now throw it.”

“Come this way?”

Yumina pointed in the direction of the car to check, possibly because she couldn’t see her magic power. Steam is rising in the air due to the freezing effect, but it seems suspicious.

“huh.”

When Yumina threw the ball, it broke the magic barrier and hit the wall. Well, I guess so. I didn’t have much expectations.

While Yumina hurriedly went to catch the bounced ball, she created a thin wall again with magic power, applied freeze, and repeated once more. Now it’s two layers.

“Throw it.”

This time, the ball easily broke the magic barrier and hit the wall. That’s right.

I made three layers.

“Throw it.”

“Wait a minute. You’re not saying you’re going to continue with this, are you?”

“That’s right.”

Yumina looked puzzled and threw the ball with a look on her face that had a lot to say. As expected, the magic barrier was broken and the ball bounced off the wall. About three layers is natural.

As I was making four layers, Yumina, who had picked up the ball, came right in front of me and made a face.

“How many more times are we going to do this?”

“Well…is it so hard that you want to rest?”

I’m doing this to master the magic barrier, so I keep repeating it. If I had to decide when to stop, would I be able to create a magical barrier while dozing off?

“It’s hard.”

“Not you, me.”

Yumina grabbed this shoulder and shook it violently. Ugh.

“Look, girl! Think of your friend! Friend!”

“It’s not that hard, but it’s really hard.”

“If your friend is having a hard time, you’re having a hard time!”

“Okay, okay. Let go.”

I let go of my shoulder and completed four layers of magic barrier.

“Throw it.”

Yumina blinked.

“I’m really, really curious. Has anything changed since just now?”

“Just throw it first.”

The ball flew and broke the magic barrier. The magic dissipated and the ball hit the wall. I caught the bouncing ball with my magic and handed it to Yumina.

“Why didn’t you give it to me like this earlier?”

“I forgot.”

He looked at me with suspicion, so I continued.

“It’s because I’m not familiar with magic.”

Since he kept staring at me, I shrugged my shoulders and added.

“Really.”

It’s completely true. Don’t if you don’t want to believe it.

Created five layers of magic barrier. It takes time to make it.

“Throw it.”

“It takes this long, can I use it in real life?”

“Wouldn’t it be possible someday if I become skilled?”

“It doesn’t have much power. I can’t see it with my eyes, so the ball is just passing through the smoke.”

“This time it’s five layers, so you’ll feel the effects little by little.”

The ball broke the magic barrier and hit the fence. I grabbed it with my magic power, handed it to me, and started making it one layer at a time.

“I see the speed is dropping this time. Still, I can’t use it in real life.”

“Dozens of layers would be useful in actual combat.”

It’s easy to pierce a single sheet of paper, but it’s not easy to pierce dozens of sheets. This is even more so if it also grants surreal freezing.

“Can the other person wait while I make dozens of layers?”

“It may be a rush, but in that case, Do Yu-geon will buy us time.”

“Huh… Doyougeeon. By the way, is our dear lady’s dating business going well?”

“I don’t know how many times it has been, but it hasn’t been like that. Why are you asking this?”

Yumina chuckled.

“That’s the fun part. Trusting that nothing will happen to each other.”

“It’s funny that I believe that we have romantic feelings. Huh? You said it was each other? You didn’t even ask Do Yoo-geon, right?”

“Of course I asked! Then you didn’t ask?”

Oh my. I asked that well.

“So what did he say?”

“It’s not like that.”

That’s right. I feel relieved for no reason. Six layers were completed.

“Throw it.”

Yumina threw the ball. The magic barrier was broken, but the effects were clearly beginning to be felt. Still, it takes too long to prepare for practical use, so I wonder if there is a better way.

As I was about to complete and break the seventh layer and the eighth layer, a method suddenly occurred to me. How about folding it like folding paper? Just as paper doubles when folded once, the magic barrier doubles every time it is folded.

Paper and magic barriers are obviously different, so if one side of the magic barrier breaks, the other side will also break, but if you’re skilled, wouldn’t that be controllable? It’s fantasy, so what can’t it do?

The fifth layer of completed magic barrier was folded in half. It almost fell apart, but I somehow managed to control it. I’ve succeeded now, but it will take practice to fold more numbers.

“Throw it.”

“already?”

“I made it in a different way this time. It will probably have a ten-fold effect.”

“Hmm.”

The magic barrier that hit the ball was shattered with only five layers of effect. I tried to control it somehow so that it wouldn’t disturb, but I failed. It’s natural because it’s my first time. Still, since the possibility of magical power control was confirmed, it could be said to be a minor success.

“Listen to Cha Haneul.”

“what?”

“I just realized something amazing.”

“I just confirmed something important.”

“It’s more important than magic.”

“Isn’t magic really important? These days, it’s even called the magic revolution.”

“Love is more important than magic.”

“There are many single people who don’t date.”

“Solos are an example of how dating is a culmination of social and cultural phenomena. How wrong it is to have a world with so many solos!”

Yumina raised her arms and lamented. You live your life thinking about such things. Is it puberty? Ah, middle school student.

“So you realized something amazing?”

“I got the point wrong between our lady and Do Yu-geon.”

Is that a great realization? It’s amazing.

Yumina continued.

“It is said that if you are a childhood friend, there is a hurdle you must go through before dating.”

“which?”

“Awareness as the opposite sex. Of course, you have to feel like the opposite sex before starting a relationship. But I’ve been in a romantic relationship with you so far, so there’s no response! Do you feel like our dear young lady, Do Yoo-geon, as the opposite sex?”

“no.”

“Think about it and then answer! Think about it.”

“It’s true that you were in a romantic relationship, but didn’t I ask you once last time if you were feeling romantically involved?”

“It’s obviously different. Listen carefully. What I’m asking you now is not whether you love me, but whether your heart flutters when you’re next to me.”

Yumina continued.

“Let me change the question. If you are around Do Yu-geon, will he get excited?”

“Not me, but him?”

“huh.”

The question was so serious that I thought about it seriously. Actually, it’s a question that doesn’t even need to be pondered over.

“I guess so.”

Yumina was dazed. Wasn’t that the answer you wanted?

“……why not?”

“That’s because I’m a pretty girl.”

He’s in puberty.

“why?”

He looks extremely embarrassed. What should I do?

“Why, then no?”

Five layers of magic barrier were completed and folded.

“That’s true, but… isn’t that answer… strange?”

“Not really. You just said it too. Love and excitement are different. And excitement and liking are also different.”

After hearing the answer, Yumina remained silent and then said only one word.

“You’re cruel.”

What are you saying out of nowhere?

“Throw it.”

The ball flew and broke the barrier. This time too, only five layers of effect were provided. Well, I see. It will be solved with practice.