Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 26
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#26 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1643890
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God, take an aptitude test
The leader of the British delegation, Corea, frowned at the sight of the witch who had become an idiot. Unlike magic, which has been brought down from the realm of the mysterious to the realm of the discipline, the witch’s curse still holds many secrets.
‘Could it be that this guy named Shingi hit me?’
Among the visiting group, only Korea knows about the battery recovery. The others do not pay much attention because they know Elisa as a normal person, not a witch. After a monster appears, it is not uncommon for a person who was sane to become an idiot. It is a type of mana oversaturation phenomenon that occurs due to the abundance of mana, and there is no cure for it. This is because it is a disease that wizards never get.
Korea opened her mouth as if a thought suddenly occurred to her while she was having dinner with Kim Eun-gyeol.
“I heard a rumor that there is a student at your academy with a mana affinity of 10. Is that true?”
“Yes. In fact, we couldn’t believe it either, but the test results came out like that.”
The tester was made in England. Kim Eun-gyeol thought that Korea had deliberately brought it up to start a fight. The British delegation recognized the Korean Empire’s magic academy as one of their subordinate organizations. Since the magicians’ skills were far inferior to those of the British Empire, they had to bow their heads and learn, so they tried to avoid a fight by mentioning the tester.
“The tester at the Academy is a 40-year-old model, right? This time, we brought the latest model that is easy to carry. If it really has a mana affinity of 10, it could be a savior, so we in the British Empire will not spare our support.”
Kim Eun-gyeol couldn’t think of an excuse to refuse Korea’s request. Kim Eun-gyeol himself wondered if Shingi’s mana affinity was really 10, and if it was, he could receive great aid from the British Empire. The British Empire has no emperor, but a prime minister who forms a cabinet and runs the country, and the Senate, made up of magicians, has the power to veto all policies, so it’s no exaggeration to say that it’s a country of magicians. Korea is also one of the dozen or so great magicians representing the British Empire, so that statement is not light.
Kishin, who was reading books in his room and gaining basic knowledge, responded to the call and headed to the inspection room. He knew what the inspection room was doing while watching the game. He wondered why he was called here now, when it wasn’t the end of the year, but he didn’t say anything because he thought it might be a previously arranged schedule.
“Oh, Mr. Shingi. I’m Korea, the leader of the visiting group. Nice to meet you.”
“Your Excellency, Korea. I have heard of your reputation.”
While Gishin had just learned the etiquette and manners of the nobles from a book, Shingi had been educated since childhood and had learned them firsthand. The two of them combined were able to respond to others in a way that did not make them feel rude.
‘If you’re Korean, you must be of Spanish descent. But since you speak English so well, it’s really hard to adapt.’
Korea also evaluated the new technology as its first greeting.
‘It seems like you’ve been forced to learn manners. If your real mana affinity is 10, you should somehow naturalize him to the British Empire. Then, you can get your heart back and gain talent that will bring glory to the British Empire.’
There was information that Shingi was being treated as a leftover meal by his family, but the British Empire did not trust the information. This was because the British Empire’s nobles could not understand at all that a direct descendant of a noble family with a mana affinity of 10 would be treated with contempt by their family. However, since Shingi’s etiquette seemed awkward, they thought there might be some hidden reason, and so they began to reconsider Shingi’s naturalization, which they had given up on early.
Wearing something similar to a champion belt on his waist, Kishin completed each movement and posture that he was told to do. When the test was over, the test machine printed out the results on paper. Kim Eun-gyeol, who was the first to receive the results, let out a small groan.
After receiving the results from Kim Eun-gyeol, Korea quickly thought about it. Mana affinity came out as 0, and magic density also came out as 0. Most ordinary people have a mana affinity of around 1. 3 is the minimum requirement to become a magician. And magic density also comes out as 1 even for people without mana, depending on their constitution.
“Mr. Shinki, would you like to go to the testing machine and take another test?”
The Magic Academy’s inspector quickly stepped forward. He checked it three times on the inspector, and once it came out as 9, and twice it came out as 10. The Academy’s inspector showed that the mana affinity was 10 again, meaning that the new model of the British Empire did not properly check the divine artifact’s mana affinity. If so, the divine artifact’s main element that was left out may be revealed. By checking the differences between the two inspectors, it is highly likely that the element that affects it is the divine artifact’s main element.
The spirit, who had no idea why he was called, could not refuse and went into the large inspection machine. As expected, he completed several movements as instructed by the inspector and came out. After the spirit came out, the results were printed out after a short time.
“It came out as mana affinity 0 and magic density 0. When was the last time you used magic, Mr. Shingi?”
“Two days ago.”
Kishin doesn’t know anything about Shingi’s daily life. The game console tells Kishin the big plot and important content as if he was watching a movie. I was going to answer a week ago, but if there was someone who witnessed Shingi using magic in the meantime, people might be suspicious. So I answered two days ago. It was yesterday that I entered Shingi’s body.
‘The witch did something to make the divine mana affinity disappear and the witch became an idiot. If the witch can make the divine mana affinity 0, she can also increase the mana affinity. I must not forget this and report back.’
Kim Eun-gyeol personally inspected the latest model of the British Empire, wearing it on his waist. When he got a mana affinity of 8 and a light elemental affinity of 7, people were amazed. Kim Eun-gyeol had the illusion attribute of the light element. If he had the destructive attribute of the light element, he would have become a great wizard with tremendous power. After confirming that the tester was fine, Kim Eun-gyeol was greatly disappointed, but he tried his best not to show it and told Shin-gi to return to the dormitory.
Kishin, who returned to the dormitory, realized that something was wrong. He thought that perhaps there was a change when he entered Shingi’s body, or that the stats such as affinity were related to the so-called soul. In fact, the game machine had given Shingi’s soul stats, and those stats were not imprinted on his body due to Shingi’s lack of effort.
In other words, if you check with the tester, it will come out as 10, but the divine body is still without the qualities of a wizard. When 30% of the mana container is filled, the body will also have the stat of 10 applied, and if the spirit entered after that, the mana affinity will come out as 10 on the tester. However, due to the divine’s laziness when the body changed, only about 10% of the mana container was filled.
‘If this continues, something big could happen. If we’re going to find a way back, we have to be useful.’
Kishin racked his brain to recall the information he knew. Considering that the Middle East was a major oil producing region, it probably wasn’t a completely different world from the one Kishin lived in.
‘There was oil in a place called Daegyeong in Heilongjiang. Was there gold in Gimhae? I think there was a lot of gold in North Korea. Damn, I should have chosen liberal arts. In history class, we always memorized English words or solved math problems.’
I memorized the subjects in a hurry, spending about two days before the exam. I always got high scores on the exams, but the downside of rushed memorization is that it doesn’t stay in my memory for long. Even now, I should go to the library and look for geology-related materials and study geology. I figured that if I could find the oil, which is the main material for making magic samples, and the gold or brass needed to make magic weapons, I could gain some power.
Deep in thought, Kishin did not notice that someone had entered his room. He also did not know that he was under a spell that would only tell the truth. When the spell succeeded, Corea spoke in a soft voice.
“Don’t just turn around and answer me. Where did you hide the game console’s batteries?”
“There was no battery from the beginning.”
Kishin’s game console didn’t have a battery from the beginning. Of course, Kishin discovered it before he went to England. Thanks to his suspicions from the beginning, Kishin was able to have a near-certain belief in his hypothesis that there was an intervention of a supernatural power, unlike Shingi. Unlike Shingi, he didn’t stop at mere suspicion, but thought a lot about what would happen if the luck given to him disappeared.
“How many game consoles did you buy and how much did you pay for them?”
“I’ve only bought one so far and it cost one hundred and thirty.”
One hundred and thirty pounds is roughly ten silver coins at the exchange rate. It is also the same amount as the black market smuggler said. In the British Empire, it is a game console that does not even cost forty pounds. As the clue he had barely caught disappeared, Corea’s head started to hurt.
After Korea lifted the spell and disappeared, Kishin couldn’t remember anything and continued to read books while contemplating. The most urgent task was to check if the knowledge he had from the world he lived in was applicable here.
### I am the cheerful dividing line ###
Shingi took off the game console with a disappointed expression. The game console did not work at all. Shingi, who confirmed that the game console had no batteries, decided to buy batteries as soon as he got off the plane. However, even though he bought batteries at a transit airport and put them in, the game console still did not work.
“My disappointed feelings about the broken console are telling me to throw it away, but my archmage’s intuition is warning me that throwing it away will be a disaster. Why has my intuition suddenly become so strong?”
A person who knows a lot of magical knowledge is a magician, and a person with wisdom is a sage. Wizards, especially strong wizards, are wizards with strong intuition. High-ranking wizards use intuition to make judgments and decisions in critical situations, and most of the time, they make the right choices. When I was in the Academy, the divine intuition was not activated several times.
However, after entering the body of a god, the wizard’s intuition is activated at every moment. Thanks to that, the god is making the best choices in situations without any knowledge, as if he was born in this world and has lived there all his life. After living in a world rich in mana and coming to a world without mana, his intuition has become relatively stronger. However, the wizard’s intuition does not solve everything.
“Damn, I don’t know the address or contact information of the person I’m recruiting. The name is vague, and I can’t even remember which team it was.”
Recruitment is completed by inputting a few commands on the game console. And just as you don’t look at the face when slaughtering a pig, you don’t have to worry about names, addresses, contact information, etc. when recruiting players. Since free agency is possible, you don’t pay attention to information about existing teams.
Shingi had no choice but to check into the hotel. Shingi is fluent in three languages: English, Chinese, and Korean, but in Mexico, where Spanish is the main language, he has to mix simple English words with gestures to communicate. At least he was able to communicate well in English at the hotel. Shingi nodded when the hotel staff asked him not to go out because there were frequent gunfights between gangs at night.
He might have made a wasted trip all the way to Mexico, but Shingi wasn’t worried at all. His intuition told him it would be best to stay in Mexico. Once he entered an unfamiliar body and arrived in an unfamiliar world, his intuition began to take over. Despite his legendary mana affinity, he couldn’t even use level 2 magic properly because of his lack of intuition. Shingi’s intuition was rising rapidly in Mexico, where he couldn’t even communicate properly.
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