Have Magic - Chapter 122



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Embrace the Magic (122)

Rodin didn’t have much trouble making the equipment for Larry.

From welcoming lessons at Proval, reading books from the Magic Empire, studying magic stones, practicing magic, to even watching Bianca’s magic.

It was enough to just follow my original routine and use up my spare time.

But there was just one part that was a headache: specifying the time.

There was also a delayed activation of magic. It was a technique where the magician slowed down the speed of combining magic power, so that even after casting, the actual activation was delayed.

So exactly how long the delay would last depended entirely on the wizard’s skill and intuition.

Of course, Rodin could control the delay time of his magic in seconds.

However, once an artifact was created, the wizard could not intervene. The artifact itself had to have the concept of time.

Rodin had quite a headache trying to input the concepts of 1 second, 10 seconds, and 0.5 seconds into the cylindrical artifact. It was difficult to figure out how magic divided time.

I had no choice but to search through the books of the Magic Empire and study the contents related to time separately.

Unfortunately, there was no significant gain.

Even during the days of the Magic Empire, the concept of time was not accurately entered into artifacts.

If the artifact contains a lasting magic, the magic will continue until the artifact’s magic power is depleted, or the owner of the artifact cancels the magic.

What he found was a box containing Proval’s treasure. The box had a magic spell engraved on it that counted down to one year.

It was a shame that it wasn’t measured in seconds. Still, it was the only artifact that had the concept of time properly applied.

Rodin studied the box again, and eventually succeeded in dividing time.

The year was divided into 365 parts to create a day. Then, by dividing that into 24 parts, the concept of time was incorporated into the artifact.

From then on, it was a simple task.

Divide it again by 60 to determine the minutes, and divide it again by 60 to determine the seconds.

By dividing that in half again, we were able to set the minimum unit recognized by magic power to 0.5 seconds.

“I learned a lot.”

Although the study lasted only ten days, Rodin learned a lot.

I was able to establish a new concept of time. In particular, it was really great to learn the difference between time perceived by humans and time perceived by magic.

“I also realized that the future is not a time that has not yet arrived.”

The future, like the past, already exists. The future is no different from the past.

It’s just that we haven’t experienced it yet, so we think it hasn’t come ‘yet’.

“I don’t like it.”

The future already exists, which means that people’s fates are already decided.

“No. Even things that have already been decided can be changed at any time.”

I didn’t want to believe that the future was set in stone. I also didn’t want to believe that no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn’t escape my fate.

I wanted to believe that humans, at least themselves, could overcome fate through effort.

* * *

Rodin, speaking with the wizard Betner, suspected that the magic stone had leaked from an ancient ruin.

We judged that it was more likely that the cause was an item that had leaked from the ruins of an ancient kingdom than that some current evil organization was involved.

But those gathered here had different thoughts from Rodin.

They did not connect the giant monster incident to the ancient ruins.

However, I did not think that it was a monster created by a conspiracy by some evil group.

Everyone gathered here knew very well that in this day and age, there was no knowledge to make something like that.

The leaders of all four great towers held a meeting to discuss the reason.

Of course, we couldn’t meet in person because of the distance. It was a meeting using magical communication.

The meeting was also attended by the lords of two towers close to where the giant monster is currently staying: the Cedria Tower and the Comian Tower, respectively.

Also in attendance were the king of the Kingdom of Thebia, which was suffering immediate damage, the king of the Kingdom of Lennox, which had already suffered massive damage, and the kings of three neighboring countries where it would not be strange for a giant monster to appear at any time.

“You really showed up?”

“It’s only a possibility.”

“No matter what, he’s the Demon King. How could he be like that?”

It was about 50 days ago that the owners of the four great towers received a report about the monster incident.

As soon as the four tower lords heard the word ‘giant’, they immediately looked into the past documents. They were records written about the early days when the Demon King descended.

Then, I found a record that a giant demon beast had first stirred up the continent 1,000 years ago before the Demon King appeared. There were four giant demon beasts that appeared at that time.

“The records indicate the existence of a giant demon.”

“I have never heard of the Demon King walking around with a giant beast.”

“Before the Demon King appeared, giant demons appeared first. They were not many in number. They were quickly defeated. However, it is certain that the giant demons are related to the Demon King.”

The magical communication suddenly became silent. No one dared to open their mouths.

“How? Is there a way?”

After a long silence, the one who spoke was the king of the Thebian kingdom.

Right now, a giant demon is wreaking havoc on its own territory.

Demon King? That was a problem for later.

Now, they needed a way to expel the giant demon from their land or deal with it as soon as possible.

“I’m thinking of helping you at the Magic Tower…….”

Everyone’s eyes were turned to Francis, the tower lord of the Landes Tower.

The closest to the Kingdom of Tebia was the Landes Tower, which operated in the west of the central continent. If a small number of high-ranking magicians were dispatched, they could meet the giant demon within ten days.

“I told you to get ready anyway. We’ll be leaving tomorrow.”

“Ha! Thank you. I will never forget the kindness of Landes Tower. I will definitely repay you.”

“Reward is something we will discuss after dealing with the giant demon.”

The Matop was a savior who would step forward when the world was in chaos. He did not participate in wars between nations or territories, but he would always step forward and lend his strength when the world was in chaos.

But there was never a free ride in the movement of the magic tower. If someone received help, they were sure to receive an appropriate reward.

“Please help us before our kingdom suffers any more damage, Lord Francis Tower.”

“Hehe, I’m in a hurry, so don’t whine too much.”

“The damage to the Kingdom of Tebia wasn’t that great. Compared to our kingdom… sigh.”

The one who was complaining was the King of the Kingdom of Lennox.

The western part of the Kingdom of Lennox, where the giant demon had been wreaking havoc for about a month, was literally devastated.

The number of dead people alone exceeded 12,000. Six villages were damaged, and the property damage was incalculable.

On the other hand, the direct damage suffered by the Kingdom of Tebia was not great. This was because they figured out how to deal with the giant beast while the Kingdom of Lennox was being destroyed.

As soon as the giant demon came over, the Kingdom of Tebia began its first suppression campaign.

But I failed miserably, and from then on, I only lured the giant demons. I only lured them to places where there were no people and where there were few buildings to be destroyed.

In the process, there were casualties among the Knights and Magical Legion.

As of yesterday, approximately 9 knights and 2 wizards have died. There were also about 20 civilian casualties.

However, the Kingdom of Lennox suffered more than 100 knights and 20 wizards killed or injured. The civilian casualties were already in the tens of thousands.

In comparison, the damage suffered by the Kingdom of Thebia was hardly significant.

“But going back to what we were talking about earlier. If it’s a sign before the Demon King appears, doesn’t that mean the Demon King will eventually appear?”

“That’s what we at Landes think.”

“Harriers think the same way.”

“Chronoa too.”

“We are too.”

Landes Tower, Harrier Tower, Chronoa Tower, Nella Tower.

These are commonly called the four great magic towers of the continent. They are incomparably larger than other magic towers and have a long tradition.

Of these four, the other three towers, except for the Nella Tower, were occupied by archmages from the 7th Circle. As these were the places where the strongest person on the current continent was the master, their respective power levels were also top-notch.

“But wasn’t the Demon King dead? I didn’t really listen to history classes, but I think I heard that the Demon King died.”

“No. It’s a misunderstanding. We don’t know whether the Demon King is dead or not.”

“Is it a false rumor that he was killed by the suicide squad?”

“I don’t know exactly what the situation was like a thousand years ago, but I think it was probably spread that way on purpose. It was to reassure people.”

It was entirely possible.

The appearance of the Demon King brought bloodshed to the continent. The scale of the damage was so great that it was said that the population of the continent was reduced by half because of the Demon King.

In that situation, people must have lived in anxiety every day.

If the Demon King had not shown up at that time, the leaders might have lied to reassure the people.

“What happens when the Demon King appears?”

“We must gather the power of the continent. Just as we have overcome in the past, we will overcome this time too.”

“I hope they don’t do weird civil engineering work like that back then.”

“Of course. I can’t repeat the same mistake again.”

Before the Demon King appeared, the current Central Continent and Eastern Continent were not separated. The area west of the Paloma Mountains was the Western Continent, but the area east of the Paloma Mountains. The current Central Continent and the entire Eastern Continent were collectively called the Eastern Continent in the past.

The place where the Demon King appeared was the eastern end of the Eastern Continent. A giant monster also appeared there.

The Demon King dyed the world in blood as soon as he appeared. He had such overwhelming power that it was thought there was no way to deal with him.

“It was the Demon King’s trick. At the time, not only the leaders of the Central Continent but everyone else probably thought so.”

“Anyway, the Demon King’s appearance… Haa, I’m worried.”

The Demon King showed an unusual dislike for water.

When it rained, I went into a place to avoid the rain and waited until it stopped. When I came across a river or lake, I went around and moved.

However, it was not that he was weak to water. The wizards used water magic countless times, but the Demon King blocked them all without a problem.

Although it is not harmed by water, it shows an unusual dislike of water.

Just like when a human gets splashed with feces, it’s not immediately a problem, but they avoid it because it’s dirty.

“This is it!”

At that time, the leaders of each country agreed to use this to stop the Demon King. And they planned to create a huge river by mobilizing a whopping 3 million people.

That was the Ikos River, a long, huge stream running from north to south.

He cruelly manipulated people with the idea of ​​creating a river before the Demon King arrived. Tens of thousands of people died in the process.

However, they did succeed in creating the Ikos River before the Demon King arrived.

But the Demon King ignored the water blocking his path and crossed over. He didn’t show any sign of disliking water at all.

“If the Demon King appears, all conflicts in each country will have to stop.”

“Of course. If we are all going to die right now, what’s the point of gaining more land through war?”

“You must only think about subduing the Demon King. The moment you allow personal feelings to enter into it, the subduing of the Demon King will fail.”

“Didn’t I tell you? Our kingdom will do its best to subdue the Demon King.”

“Well, I wonder how long that feeling will last.”

The Magic Tower contained a lot of information about the war with the Demon King. It was much more than the kingdom had.

Of the 2 million troops gathered to stop the Demon King at that time, only 100,000 returned alive. Of the 1,000-man suicide squad formed to directly attack the Demon King, only about 100 returned alive.

Less than half of them returned in good health.

However, those who returned after fighting and risking their lives were not treated well in their home country.

Not only were they excluded from the rewards for their service, but they also had to take full responsibility for the civilian casualties they suffered while fighting the demons.

More than half of them were imprisoned, and some were hanged. Those who escaped punishment were later caught on various charges and either died, were imprisoned, or were sentenced to hard labor.

“Ah! The giant demon may appear again. Please pay special attention to the interior of each country.”

“Well, that’s something we’ll take care of.”

Even though he mentioned the Demon King, the kings did not listen seriously.

A thousand years was a very long time for them. The number alone did not seem to make much sense when looking at how many people had died and how much damage had been done at that time.

The meeting soon broke up.

That afternoon, the wizards of the Landes Tower set out for the Kingdom of Tebia.

The giant demon wasn’t just big and strong. It also had high magic resistance, making it difficult to even inflict damage with lower-level magic.

So, Landes Tower also formed a punitive force consisting mainly of high-ranking magicians. The 7th Circle magician Francis could not be left out.