Have Magic - Chapter 112



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Embrace the Magic (112)

Rodin decided to take Charis and Jenna on this trip. They could learn about the world together, and Larry and Bianca could learn a lot from watching them.

Of course, the fact that it was a battle doll was a secret. If it was known, they would have questioned the source, but there was no good excuse.

“Are you really Rodin Oppa’s escort?”

“that’s right.”

“Matthew! Are you sure?”

“President Rodin came and went a little while ago.”

The fact that he came and went just like that meant that he was not the enemy.

Only then did Larry relax. Bianca smirked and slowly approached Jenna.

“Sister.”

“What do you want, little miss?”

“Get rid of the kid.”

“I don’t want to. When you grow up to be as tall as me, I’ll treat you like a young lady.”

Jenna set an impossible condition.

Jenna is a female form, but she was made as a battle doll. Her height is not much different from Charis’s, at 185cm. Even most men would have difficulty being this tall.

“Tch. But, sis.”

“Tell me, little girl.”

“Why are there two carriages?”

“Well, I guess you’ll have to ask Confucius about that.”

The reason the carriage was divided was because of Charis and Jenna’s weight.

On the outside, neither of them were very large. They had moderately elastic bodies, so they looked like they weighed less than 80 kg.

But in reality, the two of them were incredibly heavy. Because of the material they were made of, Jenna’s actual weight was over 150kg. Karis was about 2kg heavier.

If you put the two of them in one carriage, their weight alone would be 300kg. If you add Rodin, Matthew, Larry, and Bianca to that, the weight would be a whopping 500kg.

If you put them in one carriage, the horses will be too tired. They will all be exhausted in less than a day. It was an inevitable choice to pull two carriages.

“Bianca, maybe Rodin prepared two units because there were six people.”

“Is that so?”

“What are you having such a fun conversation about?”

Rodin, who had finished packing up his remaining luggage from afar, walked slowly toward me. He was still wearing his robe with his hood pulled down low.

“Brother Rodin! Who are these people?”

“These are the people who have a connection with me. Say hello. This is Charis, and this is Jenna.”

“I already said hello. But Rodin oppa.”

Bianca ran over and grabbed Rodin’s arm. Her face looked curious.

“Your gaze is burdensome. What are you curious about?”

“Brother, were you a noble?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Why does he have an escort when he’s not a noble? And what did that older sister say earlier? She’s serving the prince. Doesn’t that mean that Rodin is a noble?”

Rodin knew that Larry, Bianca, and Matthew might have their suspicions. Bianca, especially, was very curious and wouldn’t let it go.

Rodin had no prepared answer to this. He simply chose not to give a clear answer and instead muddled through.

“Does it matter? If my status changed, would your attitude change? Would you be uncomfortable if I were a noble and think about leaving?”

“Uh… that’s not it.”

“Then it doesn’t matter. Get in.”

“Which carriage are you taking?”

As expected, Bianca quickly lost interest in whether she was noble or not. As Rodin had said, it didn’t matter. Bianca’s mind was only on magic and the journey ahead.

“Matthew’s carriage.”

“Huh? Why? Shouldn’t we split it up?”

“I’m going to engrave a magic circle on the carriage. Leave that carriage empty for now.”

“huh.”

Matthew, Larry, and Bianca rode in the carriage Jenna drove. Rodin got into the carriage Charis rode in and took out his equipment.

* * *

The Slavon, a group that pursued the ancients, did not leave the underground ruins even after Rodin fled. There were more of them than the wizards who had been dispatched at first, and they filled the area around the ruins.

There was still more to investigate here. The runes carved into the walls of the underground space and the way they were combined to create a magic circle were also important data to Slavon.

The most important thing to do to create new magic or restore lost magic was to find out the runes. If you knew at least one more rune that had not been handed down to this day, you could complete the magic spell using that rune.

Slavon is a group of people who seek out traces of the ancient past and revive ancient magic. To them, a place with a lot of new runes engraved on it is like a treasure.

“What do you think? Do you get it?”

“No. It’s still blocked.”

“It’s frustrating. So many unfamiliar runes keep popping up.”

The magic circle that formed the walls of the underground ruins was made of mana, not magic power. It was normal for those who couldn’t sense mana to see nothing.

But whoever created this site kindly carved the runes into the walls so they could be ‘visibly’ seen, as if they were kindly teaching us what the hidden magic circle was.

The wizards dispatched from Slavon were studying the kindly engraved runes with their own eyes.

“I don’t even know half of the runes. This is it, sir.”

“If we could just figure it all out, our magic would advance greatly.”

“I guess that’s true once I figure it all out. But will that work? No matter how much I look, I still can’t figure out what’s what.”

“But you figured out that one of the magic circles carved into the wall was a refraction spell.”

When I first came to the underground ruins, the magic circle I found out was a ‘defense’ magic. After about half a year, I found out that it was engraved with a ‘reinforcement’ magic. And one of the magic effects I found out five days ago was refraction.

Refraction was magically engraved to react to stimuli coming from outside, not inside. In other words, it had the function of deflecting any strong attacks coming from outside, thus somewhat alleviating the shock.

“There must be more?”

“There must be more. By the way, isn’t it getting a little hotter?”

“It’s usually hot here. It’s summer right now.”

“It feels like it’s gotten hotter.”

Slavon didn’t know yet that there was lava on the other side of the wall. The wall would occasionally shake, but he thought it was just a light earthquake.

“It would be better if you wore lighter clothes.”

“You know, our rules.”

A wizard belonging to Slavon could never take off his robes in public. He had to wear a robe with the symbol of Ekrot Matap, which was his public identity.

The penalty for doing so was quite severe. If you were not careful, you could be punished in public.

“Did you hear that the Lord of the Tower is coming?”

“Yeah. He said he’d be here today.”

About ten years ago, a ruin was discovered in the Kingdom of Den, north of the Kingdom of Tebia. It was a fairly large ruin, and a magic circle that seemed to have been used in the Magic Empire was engraved on it.

All of Slavon’s research power was concentrated in the Kingdom of Den. The tower owner, Baynes, also practically lived in the Kingdom of Den.

The ruins of the Mode Wasteland were already open and it was known that the interior was empty.

On the other hand, the ruins discovered in the Kingdom of Den had not even opened their entrance yet. Even though the Tower Lord of Beinus, known as a descendant of the Magic Empire, had personally injected magic power into the ruins, the entrance to the ruins remained motionless.

Slavon’s research power was still concentrated in the Kingdom of Den. The Tower Lord of Beinus also still spent most of his time in the Kingdom of Den.

Then, eight days ago, I received a call from the Venus Tower owner asking if he would visit the place. It had been almost nine months since I had briefly looked around on the day of the intruder.

“If the Lord of the Tower comes, the research speed will be a bit faster……”

Kuuuuuu.

At that moment, the wall began to vibrate violently. Unlike usual, the vibration was quite strong and lasted a long time.

“Uh, uh…….”

“Hey, why is it like this?”

“Everyone get down!”

“Hold on to me.”

About 30 wizards in the underground ruins instinctively bent down. Since there was nothing around to grab onto, they were all pressed against the floor.

“Ah! It sank.”

“Whew, this vibration was pretty big.”

“Okay. Next time…, huh? Uh… that’s weird.”

One of the wizards who was lying on the floor felt his chest. The chest of the robe was much hotter than usual.

“Why? What’s going on?”

“My heart… Wait a minute.”

The wizard, in doubt, put his hand on the floor.

It was quite hot. It wasn’t like the summer heat. It was just hot.

“The floor is hot.”

“what?”

“The floor is hot. This isn’t an earthquake… Maybe it’s a volcano?”

The reason the Slavonian wizards were so sure that the shaking of the ruins was an earthquake was because the tower owner, Venus, said so.

If the Venus Tower had said from the beginning that it was a volcano, then the Slavonian wizards would have naturally thought it was a volcano as well.

It was a mistake made by excessive faith in the Venus Tower.

“no way?”

“Hey! Touch it yourself. I told you it’s weird.”

“But the Lord of the Tower said it was an earthquake……”

Kuuuuung!

A stronger tremor than before shook the underground ruins.

This time, it didn’t just end with a simple shaking. A long vertical crack appeared in the wall that couldn’t withstand the impact, and something red was visible through the crack.

“Damn it! Run away!”

“It’s a volcano!”

“It’s lava. Lava is coming in!”

The wizards belonging to Slavon attempted a great escape. Each of them used their abilities to the best of their ability and escaped the underground ruins.

“Don’t block my way!”

“Open the way!”

“What are you doing? Why aren’t you going quickly?”

The passages in the underground ruins were narrow, but they were too narrow. With so many wizards crammed into the narrow space, a bottleneck quickly developed.

As we both tried to go out first, we ended up not being able to speed up.

“Up! Up!”

“It’s the stairs. Go up quickly!”

Even if you barely made it to the end of the passage, there was still a problem. The stairs leading from the passage to the mine shaft were spiral, making it difficult to gain speed.

“Fly!”

“Levitation.”

The 5th circle wizard was okay. All he had to do was fly up with the fly magic.

Even if you were just a 4th circle wizard, you could somehow float up to the tunnel using levitation magic.

“Take us too! What about us?”

“Save me!”

“Kwaaak!”

“Ugh! Save me…”

The problem was with the lower level wizards. They were trapped in passages and tied to stairs, unable to move anywhere.

Behind them, they were completely blocked and unable to move, and red-hot lava covered them. The high-temperature liquid swallowed up those who had been living as magicians in an instant.

“Damn it! The tunnel.”

“Fuck.”

The wizards of the 4th circle or higher who barely made it to the tunnel were greeted by yet another long tunnel leading outside. It was still a long way to the outside from here.

The only good thing was that they had gained some time by climbing up. And only about ten wizards made it up alive.

Since there were fewer of them, there was no need for physical fighting. They ran down the tunnel at high speed and got out.

Just as the survivors of the underground ruins were about to see the sun outside, Slavon’s tower leader also arrived at the entrance to the tunnel.

“What the heck is this?”

“It’s a volcano. The lava… the lava….”

“Lava? This place has been dormant for over a thousand years. What kind of volcano is this?”

There was some basis for the fact that Slavon’s tower lord, Benus, had determined that this was an earthquake zone.

The Lien Mountains, which include Mt. Sorien, have been experiencing seismic activity for hundreds of years. Huge cracks have formed in previously sound mountains, and landslides have occurred more than once due to earthquakes.

Villages near the Lien Mountains have also suffered from earthquakes once or twice in recent decades. The frequent earthquakes have even changed the way they are built.

So, I naturally assumed that the Mode Wasteland near the Lien Mountains would be affected by the earthquakes. I didn’t even think about volcanic activity.

“But it was lava. My comrades were killed by the lava that came in through the underground wall.”

“The passageway was also covered with lava…….”

“You guys saw it wrong…, t, t. Get ready to leave this place immediately.”

The Venus Tower owner couldn’t finish his speech because he could see red lava flowing out through the dark tunnel.

“Get out of here as fast as you can. Get ready now!”

“in action!”

“ha.”

The Venus Tower owner closed his eyes tightly as he looked at the lava.

It was clearly his own fault. No matter what the surrounding circumstances were, he should have examined the area around the ruins more closely. If he had, he would not have lost his men in vain.

* * *

Rodin densely carved magic circles into the inner walls of the carriage that Charis was driving. Since he was planning to carve complex magic, he had to calculate all possible scenarios, including the positions of the magic circles and the combination of runes.

“This is where the mana accumulation magic circle should go, but isn’t it a bit narrow?”

I calculated the distance by hand. It seemed like I could just barely place a magic circle.

“I’d like to increase the conversion rate a bit more.”

Rodin planned to make two carriages into a training room and a magic training room. If someone was training, it would be a training room, otherwise it would just be a carriage.

Kuuuung!

At that moment, a slight vibration occurred on the floor. Rodin, who was carving a magic circle, immediately stopped working and opened the door leading to the magic stone.

“Charis, there was a vibration?”

“Look at the eastern sky, Confucius.”

“Hmm. Ah! The volcano finally erupted.”

In the eastern sky, dark smoke was rising far away. Volcanic activity in the Sorien and Lien Mountains had resumed.

“Did you expect that?”

“Yeah. It lasted longer than I expected. I thought it would explode months ago.”