Have Magic - Chapter 103



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Embrace the Magic (103)

A 7th circle wizard is called a great wizard. Also, a 7th circle great wizard and a swordsman who has reached the master level are called a superman. This means that they have surpassed humans.

Of course, becoming a 7th Circle wizard did not mean that he was not truly human. It was just that humans could not possibly stand up to him, so they called him a ‘superman’ and revered him.

Even the 7th circle is treated as non-human, and now I’ve met an 8th circle wizard right before my eyes. Something unbelievable has happened.

If my body and mind hadn’t grown so much in the community, I might have lost my mind the moment I saw it.

‘8 circles. For sure.’

Rodin’s keen senses detected eight intense bands circling the opponent’s heart. It was an undeniable 8-circle magician.

“Hehehe, I didn’t know there were travelers in a place like this.”

“I’m not a traveler. I was on a journey with a destination, but I got lost and ended up like this.”

“Is that so? Can I take a break for a moment?”

“Let’s do that. Do you think the fire will go out just because one more person is added?”

Rodin responded calmly, grabbing his sleeping bag. It was a natural action to ward off the cold.

On the other hand, Charis and Jenna naturally blocked Rodin’s path. They were in a position to protect Rodin when the opponent turned into an enemy.

‘Circle 8. Ah! That’s what Chairman Crate was talking about.’

Although it was just a passing remark, Rodin remembered the conversation vividly.

Slavon, Valis Nova.

It was said that this was a place where all the 7 circle magicians gathered. I also heard that they were people chasing traces of the ancient times.

‘Ancient. I came to find the underground ruins where I stayed.’

He could only blame his own bad luck. If he had only entered the 6th Circle a month earlier, he would not have encountered them. It just so happened that the timing of their search for the ruins overlapped.

“Since it’s your destination… may I ask where you’re going?”

“I’m going to the Marquisate of Richmond. But sir, you look to be in your early 30s, so why do you speak so old?”

In fact, he didn’t look like he was in his early 30s. He looked like he was in his late 30s at best, or even in his late 40s at most.

I had to act like a kid who didn’t even know that the other person was a wizard while making them feel good. To do that, it was good to play around with their age.

“Are you saying I look like I’m in my early 30s? Hehe.”

“Ugh. You were in your 20s? Well, don’t ask me to apologize. Whether you’re in your 20s or 30s, you’re all still an old man to me.”

“I see. I don’t need an apology. But you’re going to the Marquess of Richmond?”

“Yes. I live there. I’m just coming out for a bit for work and then I’m on my way back.”

Rodin readily told me where he lived.

Lies had to be hidden within the truth. If you lied about where you lived, you could be suspected of something else when you were caught lying.

“The Marquisate of Richmond? You mean a wizard or something lives there? It doesn’t seem like a good place for a wizard to live.”

“What, what can I do? My brother is over there, Kar… what did he say? Anyway, he said he wanted to learn swordsmanship at the swordsmanship school there.”

Rodin smiled bitterly and clicked his tongue. It seemed as if he was genuinely sorry for his younger brother.

“Oh, the older brother is a magician and the younger brother is a swordsman… What do you think of the younger brother’s talents?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s good or not. But why do you keep asking me questions like this? Are you trying to investigate me and kidnap me?”

“Hehehe. I guess I misunderstood.”

“I’m telling you in advance that the guards next to me are quite skilled. However, they are very vicious people who do not know mercy. It would be best not to do anything reckless.”

The 8th Circle Magician male snickered at Rodin’s threats. His face did not show any fear at all.

“Oh, I have to be careful.”

“Oh, okay. If you’re going to sleep well, just spread out a mat over there and sleep. I need to use the sleeping bag. I can’t give it to you under any circumstances. Do you understand?”

“Hahaha. I have no intention of stealing your sleeping bag.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“I’m a busy person… I’ve been delayed for so long. I have an appointment, so I have to go now. Let’s meet again next time.”

The 8th Circle Wizard stood up from his seat.

Rodin sighed in relief. He wanted to get away from that fearsome wizard as soon as possible.

But his outward expression was the opposite. His face clearly showed concern rather than relief.

“You’re going out tonight? You’ll get hurt. How scary is the mountain in the middle of the night.”

“It’s okay. I’m used to it.”

“I clearly warned you. Don’t tell me later that you sprained your ankle or got hurt somewhere because I didn’t stop you.”

“That won’t happen. Oh! You’re a 4th circle wizard… Have you lost your way to become a 5th circle wizard?”

As soon as the topic of the 4th Circle Wizard came up, Rodin jumped up from his seat.

I felt like just continuing to sleep in my sleeping bag, but I forced myself to get up. Now was the time to react in order to fool the other person.

“What are you? How did you know I was a wizard? Who gave you this order?”

“Hahaha. I misunderstood you again. When you reach my level, it just becomes obvious.”

“Realm? What…, uh… Is it higher than me?”

“Hahahahaha. You really are a funny person. Hahahahaha. When was the last time I laughed like this? I’m going to go now.”

The 8th Circle Wizard smiled coolly and disappeared into the darkness. Fortunately, no suspicion was found on his face.

‘Whew, I survived.’

My heart started beating on its own too late. It was so loud that I thought it might explode.

The 8th Circle Wizard was a monster who could sense the emotions of others just by the sound of their heartbeats. In order to survive, he had to control even the movement of his heart.

At first, he tried to use magical power, but then changed his mind. There was no way a monster wizard could not sense the movement of magical power.

So I chose mana that others couldn’t sense. I slowly gathered the surrounding mana and induced my heart to move slowly.

‘Fortunately, it worked.’

As expected, the opponent did not detect Mana’s movements. He did not even realize how scared Rodin was because of his heart beating slowly.

‘Is it Slavon? Valis Nova? Or somewhere else?’

There was no way to find out right away. No, I didn’t really want to find out.

‘Let’s never see each other again.’

I wish I could cut off all ties with them from today onwards. I don’t know if that’s possible.

* * *

Only after morning did Rodin pack up his tent. Like any ordinary traveler, he ate breakfast and packed all his belongings into his backpack.

I could have used the subspace bracelet to lighten my load, but I used a backpack on purpose. It was in case I met that monster wizard I saw yesterday again.

While moving with Karis and Jenna’s escort, they met a merchant who was on an upward journey. Although the merchant already had enough mercenaries hired as escorts, they did not refuse to let Rodin join.

Rodin was now dressed as a nobleman, wearing expensive clothes. He was also accompanied by two guards who looked strong.

Even as a top player, it wasn’t easy to refuse to go along.

Rodin joined because it felt more natural to move with the top. If he was in the group, he would attract less attention.

‘It took more time.’

If I had been alone, it would have taken less than a day. But since I was moving with a large group, it took four days to get to the Marquisate of Richmond.

I wasted my time, but I don’t regret it.

The monster wizard of the 8th circle may not know when or how he will be watched. He could accept this level of damage to be completely safe.

I’m back home. It’s finally time to get back to my daily routine.

“Brother Rodin!”

“how have you been doing?”

“Yeah. I studied hard. I can use magic too.”

“Really? Where should I look?”

Bianca had not been able to use magic until recently. She had created a circle and had the three requirements for casting. But she did not know how to draw out magic.

It was an unusual case, but it was not something that had never happened before. It wasn’t in the special forces training camp, but it was described in the book Rodin had read.

‘They said it happens to one in a hundred people.’

There was no special solution. If you just kept trying to use magic, you would figure it out on your own.

“Should I write here?”

“Then that won’t do. Let’s go to the training room.”

“huh.”

I took Bianca down to the practice room.

As she went down, Bianca unleashed her magic. It was light magic, the basic magic among the first circle magic.

“Oh, it’s quite bright. You didn’t put in too much magic power, did you?”

“No. It’s magic power that is used naturally!”

Even though I only lightly pointed it out, Bianca got angry. She even had tears in her eyes, as if she was sad.

“Okay, kid. Don’t be so loud.”

“Huh. How is it? My magic?”

“Good. If you work hard, you will become a good wizard.”

I patted Bianca’s head. Bianca smiled pleasantly and closed her eyes tightly.

“Hehehe. Finally, a wizard.”

“Not yet. You need to reach the 3rd circle to be called a full-fledged wizard. Work hard.”

“Yeah. I’ll never give up.”

After encouraging Bianca, I went up to the first floor. Bianca stayed in the training room, probably to practice her magic more.

“Ah! Boss. You’re here?”

“Margaret, is everything okay?”

“Oh! Larry seems to be getting hurt a lot these days.”

“Really? Are you hurt badly?”

“He wasn’t hurt too badly, but he had a lot of bruises, mostly in places you couldn’t see. I think he was being bullied.”

It was a fact that Rodin didn’t know.

Larry said he enjoyed the training and was happy with his life as a Cardos inspector, so I figured there was nothing wrong with it.

“I’ll have to look into it. Oh, and on my way here, I saw that they were gathering people from the Marquisate.”

“I heard they’re recruiting troops to go to the Western Continent. They say a lot of people applied because the pay is good.”

“Hmm, maybe Matthew too? Surely not?”

Margaret’s son, Matthew, was now in his early thirties. It was a time when his blood was boiling. It would not have been strange for him to dream of going to war and becoming a hero.

“No. Matthew is happy with his life now. The boss pays him well, and there’s no dangerous work to do.”

“That’s fortunate. From what I’ve heard while traveling around, the war situation is not so good. The damage will be considerable.”

“Really? I heard that in the Marquisate, they say there is a winning streak?”

“We won, but the damage was great. We were short on mercenaries, so we had to recruit more.”

It had been half a year since the Central Continent declared its intention to participate in the war on the Western Continent, and it had now been three months since it had directly dispatched troops and fought the war.

The purpose of the Central Continent’s participation in the war was not the victory of the 13-nation alliance. It was to solidify the front line and prevent the Ingrem Empire from unifying the Western Continent.

Considering only that purpose, the Central Continent’s participation in the war was a success. With the five countries of the Central Continent participating in the war, the war in the Western Continent was at a standstill with no one able to gain a victory.

But the damage suffered by the five countries of the central continent in the process was too great.

In the case of the Kingdom of Lennox, more than half of the hired mercenaries died. Among the elite soldiers, 20% suffered casualties. This was relatively good.

The kingdom of Thebia suffered a 20% death toll, and nearly 50% casualties, including injuries. The hired mercenaries had long since been annihilated, and the rest had long since dispersed.

“Don’t worry. Matthew is happy with his life now.”

“Oh, by the way. Can Matthew manage his horse?”

“What? Um, just a moment.”

Margaret went somewhere and brought Matthew back. Matthew was holding a broom in his hand, as if he was cleaning.

“Ah! Boss, it’s been a while.”

“Yes. It’s been a while, Matthew. Matthew, can you speak to me?”

“I can raise them, but I don’t know how to train them.”

“Training is fine. We’re not going to raise him to be a war horse. Larry and Bianca can just practice riding.”

Larry and Bianca needed horses to ride, and it would be nice if Rodin had one too.

After wandering around the Richmond estate a few times, I felt a bit uncomfortable with the silence.

Although magic is a great tool, you can’t just use it in front of other people.

“I can do that.”

“And since Margaret and Matthew can ride around too, let’s get a horse to pull the cart too. Hmm, the three of us plus a horse to pull the cart. About five horses will be enough.”

“I’ll find out what I need.”

“Yes. Thank you, Matthew.”

“no.”

I decided to raise a horse, but I couldn’t start right away. To raise a horse, I needed a stable, and I had to prepare all the necessary equipment for the horse in advance.

Meanwhile, Rodin returned to his normal routine.

I attended the Proval Welcome class during the set time, and read books I brought from the community during my remaining time. I didn’t neglect my training, and I also had to practice the 6th circle magic in between.

‘I guess I’ll have to start solving the Larry problem soon.’