Have Magic - Chapter 115



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Embrace the Magic (115)

The target person cannot always succeed in investing. Sometimes, they fail, and the target person is the one who overcomes that and grows to the top.

Daniel was the same. He experienced many failures in his 50 years of life, and overcame those failures to become the top he is today.

The Crowd Merchantship, one of the five major merchant houses in the Kingdom of Lennox, was Daniel’s life and everything, the place he started and raised.

That life almost came crashing down today. I believed that I could overcome any failure, but the attack by five trolls was an exception.

“I almost died.”

What if the mercenaries didn’t react in time?

What if you hadn’t brought the 4th Circle Wizard Bettner with you right before you left?

What if two carriages hadn’t arrived at that critical moment?

If even one of the three had not happened, none of the merchants, employees, or mercenaries who participated in this voyage would have survived.

Rodin’s party and the Crowd’s upper echelon set up camp a short distance from where the battle with the trolls had taken place.

“Sir, please come this way. Knights, please sit here too. Oh! I’ve also prepared seats for the rest of the party.”

“thank you.”

Daniel kept rolling his eyes as he guided Rodin and his party to their seats. It was difficult to tell who the leader was just by looking at their attire.

But by the way they treated each other, I could tell who was their representative. The one wearing robes and a hood pulled down was clearly the representative.

“Thank you so much for your help today.”

“We’re here to pave the way, not to help the upper echelons of the ear, so you can leave it at that.”

After lightly dissuading him, he sat down in the seat he was guided to. As Rodin sat down, the others also took their seats on the left and right, centered around Rodin.

Charis and Jenna chose seats at either end of the group, where they could protect everyone.

“If we receive grace and then forget it, how are we any different from beasts? Oh, my name is Daniel Crowd, the head of the Crowd.”

“This is Rodin. This is my group.”

“I’m Bianca. I’m Rodin’s younger sister.”

“My name is Larry.”

Following Rodin, Bianca and Larry introduced themselves to Daniel Sang-dang. No one else was introduced.

Matthew considered himself a hired hand, not a member of the party. He felt that he had no place in the company, just as the upper-level staff, other than the owner, had no place in the company.

Charis and Jenna had little interest in the upper class and his party. They didn’t know if Rodin had given them separate orders. Otherwise, they didn’t want to make unnecessary introductions.

Glance.

‘He’s incredibly strong, but he’s definitely inferior.’

Daniel unconsciously looked at Charis and Jenna.

Daniel saw that Charis and Jenna were incredibly strong.

Because I don’t have a good eye for swordsmanship, I don’t know exactly what level it is. But I could tell that even if all of these people here attacked me, I wouldn’t be able to win.

He was such a capable person, but he didn’t even introduce himself. He didn’t even look at me.

There seemed to be quite a difference in status between him and the wizard Rodin, who sat in the center.

‘The hierarchical relationship is clear.’

Come to think of it, I also didn’t know the exact skills of the wizard sitting in the center.

Judging from the way he treated the wounded, it was clear that he was an excellent magician, but his fighting abilities were unknown.

‘Bettner said it would be 5 circles.’

Bettner was the wizard who accompanied us on this trip. He was a 4th circle wizard and a friend who had grown up in the same neighborhood since childhood.

“This is my friend. He is a member of the Thrasian Magic Tower and is a 4th circle magician.”

“The junior wizard meets the senior wizard. My name is Bettner.”

“I’m young, so there’s no need to show excessive courtesy. Let’s be polite to each other.”

“Thank you for your consideration, senior wizard.”

Thrace Tower.

It was a famous place classified as a medium-sized magic tower. The number of magicians was quite large and their level was high. In particular, the artifact called the ‘Shock Absorbing Carriage’ was famous.

“Is that carriage by any chance an artifact from the Thrasian Tower?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Can I take a quick look? Oh! I won’t damage the carriage.”

“Oh, yes. That’s okay.”

Rodin approached the luxurious carriage in which the chieftain rode. During the fight against the troll, the wizard named Betner had cast his spells from the roof of this magnificent carriage.

‘Hmm, this is a bit different from what I know.’

This was not Rodin’s first experience with shock-absorbing magic. The chest containing Proval’s treasure was also engraved with shock-absorbing magic.

‘It’s crude. The magical power efficiency is too low. With a high-grade mana stone, it can take up to 5 years?’

That’s why there was a separate space at the top to easily replace the mana stones.

The replacement method was also simple. You turned the small handle on the ceiling to open the space where the mana stones go. You just had to take out the used mana stones and put in new ones. That was it.

‘This type of exchange is also fine.’

It wasn’t even 5 minutes until I looked at the shock-absorbing magic circle. Rather, the fact that the method of replacing mana stones was made simpler caught my eye.

“Thank you. The way you exchange mana stones is interesting.”

“Oh, you just noticed that?”

“Yes. It’s really simple. I think you can replace it even if you’re just a 1st circle wizard.”

“That’s right. Hahaha. The person who suggested that method is my friend here.”

Daniel Sang-dang gave a boost to his friend, Bettner.

Bettner smiled faintly and lowered his head. His face was red, as if embarrassed by the compliment.

“Did you accept such a proposal from the rooftop? It seems like it would be a loss.”

“Yes. There was some opposition at first. But our magic tower had to allocate too many manpower to the simple task of replacing mana stones.”

Replacing mana stones was also one of the sources of income for the Thracian Magic Tower. Since it was a very simple task, the replacement cost was cheap, but in any case, it was impossible to ignore it once it was collected.

However, Thrasia Matap boldly accepted Betner’s proposal. They judged that although their income would decrease slightly, it would not be a loss if they could mobilize their manpower elsewhere.

As it turned out, that decision was right. Thrasian Tower devoted its spare manpower to artifact research, and results were slowly coming out.

“That’s right. The Thracian Tower has a long history. It must have sold a lot of carriages during that time.”

“Yes. Since there were so many shock absorbing carriages released on the continent, there were endless people coming to replace their mana stones or requesting them. As a result, our magic tower was always short of manpower.”

“Haven’t you put out a refrigerated wagon recently?”

“Oh, I see. That’s right. We’ve reduced the mana stone replacement workforce and focused it on artifact research. This is the magic they’ve developed.”

Rodin had seen the refrigerated carriage in person. He had even checked the magic circle inside.

The level of magic was higher in the direction of shock absorption. Shock absorption was a 3rd circle magic, and cold release was a 2nd circle magic.

However, the method of combining magic circles was more refined and efficient than the frozen carriage with the cold air emission engraved on it. It was an artifact that showed that more effort had been put into preparing it.

“Hahaha. When magicians meet, they always talk about magic.”

“We’ve been talking about us too much.”

“Ah! The meal is ready. Let’s fill our bellies first.”

“Yeah, right.”

Rodin, who was getting up from his seat to eat, stopped walking. His gaze was fixed on the north.

“Wizard Rodin. Is there a problem….”

Kwaaaaaaaah!

The ground shook violently with a loud noise. It was as if someone was holding the ground and shaking it from side to side.

“Magic Hand.”

Rodin reflexively used magic to capture the group.

Larry, Bianca, and Matthew, who were about to fall, regained their balance with the help of magic. Charis and Jenna remained completely unshaken even without the help of magic.

“What, what is this?”

“Hmm.”

“Brother Rodin! What is this?”

“It’s like a demon. I don’t know exactly what it is.”

What Rodin felt was a strong presence and the movement of an enormous, fluctuating magical power. Rodin had no way of knowing what the target looked like right away.

“Are you coming this way?”

“No. They’re moving from that side to that side.”

The loud noise that erupted from the north was moving quickly towards the northwest.

Whether chasing something or being chased somewhere, it was clear that something was wrong.

“What is it?”

“What is this?”

“What kind of monster is that…….”

At the sudden shaking of the ground, Daniel Sang-dang-ju had already collapsed. The wizard Betner grabbed the tree next to him to keep his balance, but most of the mercenaries were holding on with their hands on the ground.

“All forces on alert. Group 2 begins standoff. Group 1 moves into close escort.”

“Wake up!”

The mercenary in command during the escort stood up and gave instructions. Another silver-plated mercenary woke up the fallen mercenaries.

“Wizard Rodin. This isn’t the troll we saw during the day, is it?”

“They’re fundamentally different from those guys. They seem to be much bigger and stronger.”

It was definitely a different troll than the one I had seen during the day. But I couldn’t shake the thought that it had something to do with the black rock I had seen during the day.

“You shouldn’t come here.”

“It’s far. Let me check.”

Rodin called out to Charis with his eyes and left. Jenna stayed behind to guard the group.

* * *

Rodin went deep into the forest to avoid people’s eyes and ears. Charis followed him silently without saying a word.

Only after the sun had set and we reached a place where there was only darkness did we stop walking.

“Zito, I need you to do some reconnaissance.”

-Kkueng.

Jito returned to his main body and flew into the sky. Then he circled around the place where the loud noise had been heard.

“big.”

By sharing the view, I was able to see the demons running around like crazy, destroying everything.

It was huge. It was about 20 meters tall, and its weight was unknown. Its shoulders were broad, and there were two horns on its forehead.

“It’s like a Minotaur. Charis, do you know the Minotaur? It’s a bull-headed demon that walks on two legs.”

“Yes. Although the name was different back then, there were demons that resembled cows in the past.”

“He’s not 20 meters tall, is he?”

“Of course. They are usually about 4 meters long, but occasionally we see ones that are close to 6 meters long.”

During the time of the Magic Empire, there weren’t many demons. To be exact, there were many, but they were confined to specific places. That’s why demons never appeared in human territory.

“It seems to have something to do with the magic stone.”

“Is it a magic stone?”

“The black rock I saw earlier. That’s what I decided to call it.”

“Yes, I think it has something to do with it.”

I don’t know how he did it, but he absorbed more than just magical power. It was clear that the excessive magical power he absorbed had an effect on his body.

‘It’s his constitution. The characteristics of the demon might have played a role as well.’

The tenacity of the devil’s life force made this happen.

If someone who doesn’t know how to use magical power accumulates too much magical power, they will become addicted to magical power. Magic addiction is similar to the mana addiction that Matthew suffered from, causing them to lose consciousness and become physically weak.

“You’ve gone too far. Zito, come back.”

Shuaaaang!

Zito returned like the wind at Rodin’s summons. As expected, his speed was surprisingly fast.

“It’s a strange illusion.”

“Weren’t there many refunds in your time?”

“There were many Hwansu. More than half of the Empire’s citizens made a pact with Hwansu. But I have never seen anything like Jito.”

Jenado also seemed to find Jito fascinating.

Charis and Jenna are battle dolls created during the Magic Empire era. That’s why when they see something or experience something, they unconsciously compare it to the past Magic Empire era.

The era they saw was seriously regressive. Things that were taken for granted during the Magic Empire were not taken for granted in this era.

The magicians of the Magic Empire era were able to do things that the magicians and people of this era were studying as if it were their life’s work. Like magic stones.

The only ones who went against the flow were Rodin and Zito.

Rodin had a better sense of mana than the previous masters, and the ability to manipulate mana was also great.

The ability to move and manipulate mana without any tools was something the previous Master had been desperately hoping for. He had also spent quite some time training on his own for this purpose.

Eventually, he failed and had to manipulate mana with the help of a special device.

However, Rodin, the master of the time, moved, shaped, and manipulated mana as if it were a matter of course. The process did not seem particularly difficult.

“There was no transformation recovery?”

“There were transformations and recovery. But there was no type that transformed into clothes.”

“Oh. Really?”

In the beast encyclopedia, it was recorded that a beast like Jito appeared only once. The name used at that time was Elif.

Of course, Rodin didn’t actually think that Zito had only appeared once in his long history. He just understood it to mean that he was a very rare beast.

“Transformation Hwansu took the form of another animal, demon, or phantom.”

“Isn’t that even more amazing?”

“The original characteristics of the reincarnation did not disappear. A reincarnation with a solid body remained solid even after transformation. A reincarnation with a body made of fire retained its flames even after transformation.”

“That’s not Jito.”

When Jito was the main body, its body was quite solid. It had something like fish scales covering its body, and when touched, it felt quite stiff and sharp.

But when it was transformed into clothing, it couldn’t be this soft. When you touched it, it reminded you of the finest silk produced on the Eastern Continent.

“Let’s go back.”

“Yes, Master.”

Since there were only two of them, the title changed from ‘Confucius’ to ‘Master’. Knowing that he would be careful when there were people, Rodin was left alone.