Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 18
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#18 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1640556
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Shin Gi, go on a field trip
Shingi put the game console aside and focused on mana training. Anyone who saw Shingi devoting six hours every day to mana training would have been greatly surprised. After meeting with his homeroom teacher, Kim Ok-soon, or rather, with Cali, Shingi devoted himself to mana training.
The mana affinity is 10, but the magic density is 1. The magic density was also 1 four months ago. However, at that time, the new god did not know what the magic density of 1 meant, and soon forgot about it. However, now that he knows that magic density is related to the power of magic, he has no choice but to devote himself to mana training.
In order to charge the game console’s battery, the magic density must be at least 3. Magic density is one of the many factors that determine victory or defeat when attack magic and defensive magic collide. Magic density, the structure of the magic, the will of the magician, and many other factors work together, but even the British Empire has not yet clearly identified the relationship.
Since the mana affinity is 10, in theory, you should be able to use magic without stopping. However, since the mana capacity that was 0 due to stat distribution suddenly became 10, a process of accumulating mana is necessary. Therefore, even now that the magic recovery power is 10, you cannot use magic continuously. This is because you have not even filled 10% of the mana container, but the magic density misunderstood that it was because of low magic density.
There are several accidents that occur in field training every year, so Shingi needs to increase his magical power density to enhance the effectiveness of his defensive magic. Since it is a matter of life and death, Shingi put his life on the line for training. No one told him that he was a special protection target, so there was no chance of him getting hurt.
Finally, the day of departure for the field training has arrived. However, since he cannot use the tester freely, Shingi has no way of knowing whether his magic density has increased or not. Shingi’s group consists of four people. The smart Baek Yoon-hee, the childish Cha Moon-soo, and another student named Kim Hoe-guk went to Jindo with Shingi.
To get from Magic Academy to Jindo, you have to change the moving ship three times. Since the moving ship can only be used for military purposes, the remaining three, except for Shingi, have never ridden the moving ship before. Shingi, who has experience, tries to get on the moving ship first, but Kim Hoe-gook pushes Shingi’s body away and gets on the moving ship first.
“Yoonhee, I think that student from another class named Kim Hoe-guk likes you.”
As Kim Hoe-guk disappeared, Shin-gi opened her mouth. Baek Yoon-hee blinked as if she didn’t understand what was going on.
“You noticed that I was secretly in love with you and you started picking a fight with me.”
“Brother, come to your senses. Yoon-hee likes smart guys. I don’t know if it’ll be the top student in the school, but you’re nowhere near that.”
When Cha Moon-soo intervened, Shin-gi smiled sinisterly. As children of noble families, they grew up really pure and clean. Compared to Shin-gi, who often ran away and played with commoner children because his father was away for ten months a year and no one paid attention to him, he was still a child.
“Well, actually, I made up the story that Kim Hoe-guk likes Yoon-hee. The person who likes Yoon-hee is the top student in the school, Cha Moon-soo.”
Cha Moon-soo and Baek Yoon-hee, whose faces were red, turned away from each other. Shin-gi, who noticed that the atmosphere between them was not normal, deliberately poked them, but the two, still innocent, could not hide it and ended up getting hit by Shin-gi.
Yun Jeong-yeon, the guide who was watching the three of them joking around, felt inwardly dumbfounded.
‘Looking at his actions, he seems to be a mercenary who has been rolling around here and there, but his political judgment and ability to understand the situation are very poor, unlike those of a direct descendant of a noble family. It seems that the rumors of him being ostracized by his family are not false.’
The status of magicians in the Korean Empire is very low. While most of the great magicians of the British Empire are of the rank of marquis and some are even of the rank of duke, the best great magician of the Korean Empire, Kim Eun-gyeol, is only an honorary marquis and is the headmaster of the magic academy. Even in the military, magicians are treated as human guns that only reduce the consumption of ammunition.
This is because most children of noble families aspire to become prosecutors. Most military commanders come from those who studied tactics at the Magic Academy, but they are not Magic Academy students. They are Military Academy students who come as exchange students from the Military Academy and learn only tactics for a year before leaving.
If Shin Gi, a direct descendant of the Shin family, one of the few vassals with independent operational rights, becomes a great wizard and receives a higher title, the social status of wizards will rise much higher than it is now, and many nobles will want to become wizards. Up until now, going to the military academy and becoming a swordsman was the only way out for nobles who failed to become successors, but if Shin Gi succeeds, the number of nobles who want to become wizards could increase.
The reason nobles avoid magicians is because, unlike swordsmen who can only be nobles, magicians can be commoners. The nobles, especially high-ranking nobles, avoid magicians who can be commoners. Of course, the number of nobles who want to become magicians is increasing recently. This is because the military is currently saturated, so even if you become a swordsman and join the army, the path to success is as narrow as the eye of a needle.
‘I feel like I haven’t figured out my own worth yet. I really wish my main element was lightning. If you become my disciple, I can step on the blue sky and climb high together with you.’
Among the magicians of the Korean Empire, the lightning magicians and fire magicians are the most powerful. The fire magicians are numerous, and the lightning magicians are mostly high-ranking magicians. The fact that the main element is a question mark means that it is not a four-element element. In order to build a relationship with the divine spirit, the lightning magicians used their strength and Yun Jeong-yeon became the leader.
When the signal came that the next person could go up, Shingi went up to the moving room. When Shingi disappeared, Baek Yoonhee and Cha Moonsoo secretly held hands while looking around. They couldn’t escape Yoon Jeongyeon’s eyes, but she pretended not to notice.
‘Unfortunately, you are both nobles. Marriages between nobles involve complicated interests, so the chances of the two of you getting along are slim.’
Most of the nobles among the wizards are fallen nobles, and their sense of privilege has been greatly blurred after studying abroad in the British Empire. Unlike the Korean Empire, which is based on bloodline, the British Empire has long ago changed to one based on ability. In the British Empire, it is a commoner’s great wizard who has made many achievements and rises to the rank of duke, and this happens once or twice every few decades.
The two highest-ranking nobles in the Academy right now are Kim Hoe-guk and Shin Gi. Kim Hoe-guk is the fourth son of a marquis, and Shin Gi is the third son of a count. Since a count is considered to be of the same rank as a marquis, they are definitely higher-ranking nobles than Cha Mun-su, the second son of a count.
There were four students, and among the lightning wizards, Jeongyeon Yoon, who was considered one of the best, was the leader, and two teachers accompanied them. This is a part where you can see how much the Magic Academy had expected from these four. Jeongyeon Yoon was the last to get on the moving ship and when they arrived at their destination, Shingi and Hoeguk Kim were talking with their arms around each other.
‘Isn’t it that the mana affinity is not 10, but the human affinity is 10?’
Kim Hoe-guk is the Marquis of Pyongyang who proposed marriage to Shin-gi. He thought badly of Shin-gi because his older sister was rejected by Shin-gi. However, Shin-gi did not even know that he had been proposed marriage. He had already forgotten all the dreams of that day and only remembered the last time he said he would go to the Magic Academy instead of the Prosecutor’s Academy.
Through the conversation, Kim Hoe-guk learned that it was not Shin-gi’s own will but the Count’s decision to reject the marriage proposal. He held a grudge against Shin-gi because his older sister, who shared the same mother, was rejected, but he changed his mind when he confirmed that Shin-gi knew nothing about it.
After becoming close to Shingi, Kim Hoe-guk quickly became close to Shingi, thinking that he would introduce his older sister when he had the chance. They had a lot in common, so they could easily communicate without having to make any special efforts. Kim Hoe-guk’s main element was earth, and he was good at defensive magic. Shingi also quickly became close to Kim Hoe-guk, thinking that he would be helped when his life was in danger.
Of the remaining two companion teachers, one is an earth wizard and the other is a wind wizard like Cha Mun-su. Baek Yoon-hee, who joined this group purely on the basis of her abilities, may be the most amazing of the three, at least with the background of the Baekjak family. That is, excluding Shin-gi, who has the qualities of a legendary great wizard.
As the new mobile formation was prepared, they began to move one by one. It is said that the British Empire and the Korean Empire are currently working together to research a mobile formation that can move multiple people at once. If that happens, the restrictions on movement will be removed, and more land will be taken from the monsters.
It took 30 minutes for seven people to move to the moving station. In addition, they had to apply for the use of the moving station with a document stamped with the Magic Academy’s seal and receive permission, so it took half a day to change moving stations three times and arrive at Jindo.
The three magicians who are teachers of the Magic Academy are treated as captains in the military area. And Shingi, the third son of the Count, can also be treated as a company commander in the military area, which is lower than these. The only difference is that while the Academy teachers are only treated as captains and cannot be given command authority, Shingi is given command authority depending on the situation.
Therefore, the military officers who came out to greet them could not dare to be negligent and moved briskly. In addition, the family of Kim Hoe-guk, the Marquis of Pyongyang, was a family that could be involved in military supplies, so they acted even more politely. Unlike the Shingi family, the Marquis of this place was not granted the right to operate independently, so they had to watch the Marquis’s face.
“Lieutenant Kang, what types and levels of monsters usually appear here?”
Lieutenant Kang answered Shingi’s question right away.
“First-grade scorpionfish and second-grade scorpionfish appear mainly here. Occasionally, third-grade scorpionfish appear, but only occasionally. And in the summer, a few fourth-grade larvae may appear.”
The god understood, but the other children and the teachers of the academy did not. Unlike soldiers who had to fight economically, magicians only cared about rank and did not care about titles or characteristics.
“A horse-like monster is called a yellow-booted monster because its hooves are yellow. A horse’s hooves are larger than an adult’s head. A second-grade horse’s hooves are split into two halves, while a third-grade horse’s hooves are split into three halves. A second-grade horse is called a sappal-gup, which is short for sabal-gup. A third-grade horse is called a stone crusher, and it can crush rocks the size of a horse-drawn carriage in just a few strokes.”
“Brother, what kind of monster is the 4th-grade larva?”
“It’s a fish that’s one meter long, but it has bird wings. It looks like a fish, but it doesn’t live in the water. Its cry is a bit peculiar, and they say it sounds like a mandarin duck. I don’t know much about mandarin ducks, because I’ve never seen one.”
“These guys shoot water guns from their mouths, but their range is only about 10 meters. Their power is similar to that of a slingshot shooting a rock, so if you get hit in the eye, it’ll hurt like hell, and if you’re unlucky enough to get hit in the eyeball, you could go blind. However, if you wear armor properly, you can easily defeat these monsters. They’re easier to deal with than the Jeolgun.”
“The problem is their special ability. When hundreds of them gather and cry together, heavy rain falls within a few days and floods occur. It’s as if there’s a hole in the sky, and the rain pours down for a full two weeks. That’s why the military has put up a bounty of ten nyang for discovering and reporting a Rare, and fifty nyang for one Rare corpse.”
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