Have Magic - Chapter 64



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Embrace the Magic (64)

The space travel artifact was valuable, but it was a one-time use item. It wasn’t a valuable treasure worth mobilizing a hundred people to kill dozens of people to steal it.

Besides, if I had known that there was a space-travel artifact, I should have first created an anti-magic field around it to block the manifestation of magic. That way, I could have prevented the artifact from being used.

‘So, was the goal the life of the upper class as Bronn had expected? Or the information the upper class had?’

“Ugh… This… Please… Heh… Ji…”

At that moment, the still unconscious Sang-Dang-Ju took something out of his bosom. It was a small box. I don’t know what kind of device it was, but I couldn’t feel anything inside the box.

For now, I put the box in my bosom. I’ll investigate later, but for now, it was time to get out of the way.

“Zito, scout the surrounding area.”

Nod!

The Jito that had been in clothes returned to its main body and immediately flew up into the sky. As we shared our view, the surroundings came into view in detail.

‘It’s still quiet.’

The upper lord fled across the space while mortally wounded. Those who had been ambushed were still unaware of the direction and how far the upper lord had fled.

“Hey. Are you okay?”

I briefly considered using the potion, but soon realized it was a pointless act.

The injury was too serious to be treated with potions. The bleeding was so severe that his face had turned pale.

“Bal…lis no…ba.”

The top lord simply muttered the words ‘Balis Nova’ and lowered his head. Rodin placed his hand on the artery below his neck and sighed.

“He’s dead.”

A person died, but I didn’t feel anything special.

Anyway, I only saw his face once in the morning, and I had never heard his name. I don’t know how great he was in the past, but to Rodin, he was just like a stranger.

‘I guess I’ll have to deal with the body first.’

Those who passed by in the morning will try to find the object that was handed to them when they find the body of the person in question. If they don’t see it, everyone around them will become suspects.

‘I’m sorry.’

Rodin quickly searched through the dead body of the upper class. He took away things like gold coins and iron objects.

‘Speech.’

Hurrr.

The body was set on fire. To block the smoke, a wind was blown down to hold it down.

The smoke went down instead of up, spreading in all directions from the floor. The smoke that had spread far away gradually became lighter.

The corpse burned for quite some time. Rodin pushed in more magic power while looking around with Zito’s eyes. The firepower grew stronger and the corpse quickly turned to ash.

‘Magic Hand.’

The corpse of the changed material was crushed into pieces one by one. It was thoroughly turned into powder so that no traces were left and it was impossible to tell that there had been a corpse there.

Soon, the dust settled on the floor. The upper body was not small, but the ash that remained was only a handful.

The wind blew it away in all directions. Now not even a handful of ashes remain.

He took the money, dagger, identity card, and necklace with quite expensive jewels from the body of the upper class.

‘You suddenly became rich. It’s true that you’re a real top stock… … , you’re the guys who were lying in wait.’

At that moment, a human figure appeared on the outskirts of Jito’s vision. Several people were searching the area.

They didn’t know the exact location, so they seemed to be scattered in all directions searching.

‘I still don’t know where it is.’

We wasted a lot of time. We spent almost 20 minutes burning the body.

‘Zito, come back.’

Jito, who had been spinning in the air, quickly descended and transformed into clothes.

With Undine’s help, Rodin was still completely dry, but not Zito, who had briefly returned to the main body. He was drenched in rain from flying through the sky.

“Sing.”

I used magic to blow away the water. Then I approached Bronn and Ellis, who were not far away.

“Mr. Bron, Ms. Ellis.”

“Huh? Mr. Rodin. Did you find a good place?”

“Yes. I found the cave. Let’s go together.”

I went back to the cave with them both.

Malone and Baker, who had arrived earlier, had already gathered some wood for firewood. Fortunately, they didn’t ask why they were so late.

“Ellis! Here, light a fire.”

“That’s right. It’s colder when it rains.”

Before Ellis could step forward, Rodin lit a fire. He used his magic to light the flames, and used his wind magic to blow the smoke out.

“Wow! You use magic like real hands and feet.”

“That’s right. What would have happened if I had told Ellis to do it? The smoke would have filled the cave, and there would have been chaos.”

“Of course not. He can’t think of two things.”

They were bickering again, but they were used to it now. Rodin sat by the campfire, listening with one ear and letting it go out the other.

“When will the rain stop?”

“Maybe I’ll stay here all night.”

“It will probably stop by tomorrow morning.”

The clouds were quite low and dark. The rain was falling heavily. It wasn’t going to stop any time soon.

“Since I’m resting anyway, should I make soup for lunch?”

“Okay. Let’s eat some bakery food for the first time in a while.”

The oldest baker took out the jerky and started cooking it. Soon, a savory smell filled the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Rodin printed a mana accumulation magic circle outside the cave. The efficiency of the spell would decrease if repeated, but it was better to do it periodically.

“Finished cooking. Eat. Mr. Rodin, try it too.”

“Wow, Baker. I’ll enjoy it.”

Although it was just beef jerky boiled in water, the seasoning was exquisite.

“Oh, it’s delicious. I didn’t put much in it, but it tastes like this.”

“If the baker hadn’t become a mercenary, he would have become a cook.”

“My brother is good at cooking. It’s just that he doesn’t cook well, which is the problem.”

After finishing his meal, there was nothing to do. Rodin took a book out of his backpack and read it.

“Huh? It’s a book.”

“Yes. I just have nothing to do.”

“I’ve never seen anyone reading a book, even among travelers or mercenaries. Is it because they’re wizards?”

“Hey, even though Ellis has magic, she doesn’t read books. That’s the problem because she forgets the letters she knows.”

“Are you picking a fight again?”

Seeing signs of another fight, Rodin decided to just focus on his book.

I don’t mind a pleasant conversation, but there are times when I just want to quietly immerse myself in reading.

The afternoon had passed while I was concentrating on my book. The rain was still pouring down heavily.

As the day began to get dark, Rodin cast a light spell to create a ball of light to make it easier to read the book.

“Kiya, it’s automatic. Automatic. It uses magic whenever necessary.”

With the help of the light magic, the baker also prepared dinner. Since there were no ingredients, it was the same dish as the one eaten for lunch. Still, no one complained.

‘You’re close.’

While I was reading the book, I felt a few people gathering around me. They were the ones who had ambushed the upper house. Perhaps because of the heavy rain, Undine was the first to notice them this time too.

‘How will it turn out?’

In Rodin’s view, there was a high probability that he would just leave.

The upper lord was destroyed without even leaving a corpse behind. You wouldn’t even know that he had teleported here in the first place.

Moreover, the expressions of Bronn and his party were so calm that it was hard to suspect that they were hiding something. They were having a normal conversation, bickering amongst themselves, and everything seemed natural.

‘Of course. They’ve never hidden anything.’

The only person who knew was Rodin, but Rodin was confident in his facial expressions.

For quite some time, he had been deceiving the circle, making fake slave sticks against the instructors and committee members. Committee members, instructors, assistants. There were over 100 of them in total, but no one suspected him.

“The rain should stop tomorrow morning.”

“That’s right. I don’t want to spend another day shivering here.”

“I want to soak my body in warm water.”

“me too.”

Rodin found himself laughing at the shower story.

The trainees at the training camp all hated washing. They sweated profusely every day, but no one washed properly, so they suffered from the stench for more than a day or two.

Fortunately, outside of the shelter, there were quite a few people who liked to shower. Yesterday, everyone in Bronn’s group finished showering before dinner.

‘Are you moving away?’

Those who seemed to be forming a siege formation eventually retreated. It seems that suspicions have been put to rest for the time being.

I finally had time.

Rodin sat in the center of the mana accumulation magic circle he had created outside and performed the training method. Since it was outdoors, he only did one cycle.

* * *

When spending the night outdoors, night watch was essential. The wizards Ellis and Rodin were to take the first and last night watch, with Rodin taking the last night watch from 5 a.m. until morning.

‘I can’t see it anymore.’

I was worried that the men who had been ambushing me would show up again, but my worries were unfounded. After briefly forming a formation to surround the area during dinner time, I could no longer hear their presence.

I checked the alarm magic that I had placed around me before going to bed. As expected, there was no trace of the alarm being touched.

‘The rain has stopped.’

It was still raining when I started my night watch, but the rain gradually stopped while I checked the alarm magic. As the rain stopped, the wind became colder.

Rodin went out of the cave, floated a light ball, and read a book. He didn’t even look at the object that the chieftain had given him before he died yesterday and took out of his arms after he died.

‘It’s not safe here.’

I spent my time reading a book calmly until morning, adding firewood every now and then to keep the fire burning.

The sun rose in the distance, casting a red glow like a sunset. As the sky brightened, the surrounding scenery became clearer.

The rain-soaked surroundings were fresh and beautiful. I had clearly seen this sight yesterday afternoon, but it felt like I was in a different place.

‘Mana is also wandering around peacefully.’

Magic is mana that has been artificially processed. It cannot exist in nature.

On the other hand, unprocessed mana is everywhere in the world. Also, it moves slowly and steadily.

“Get up.”

Rodin took his time and woke Bronn up first.

Bronn, who had been tossing and turning for a moment, barely opened his eyes and began waking up his other comrades one by one.

“Haaam.”

“Ah! It’s raining?”

“It’s over. It’s still a little cold.”

Those who woke up stretched out on their own to greet the morning.

The inspectors moved their bodies to loosen up their stiff bodies, and Ellis went to a remote place and started practicing magical power.

Rodin also sat in the center of the mana accumulation magic circle he had created yesterday and practiced his magic power training method.

After doing two cycles, I got up from my seat. At that moment, Ellis was also finishing her magic training and opening her eyes.

“Whoa, I love this time of year.”

“Soup made by a baker for breakfast?”

“Yeah. Good.”

Rodin watched closely as Baker tore the beef jerky into the soup. All that went into it was beef jerky, rye flour, water, and salt. There was really nothing special about it.

‘This is real talent.’

Rodin seemed to be as special as his magical talents as a baker’s cooking talents. He was the kind of person who needed to open a restaurant right away to cater to a large number of gourmets.

“This is really delicious. How do you cook it like this?”

“It’s so ordinary, it’s embarrassing.”

“Wow, if you’re going to open a restaurant, let me know in advance. I need to settle down there.”

After finishing their meal, the group headed east again.

The rain had stopped, but the ground was muddy. It was difficult for the horses to walk, so the group moved slowly.

Ten days passed.

Absolutely nothing happened during the trip. It didn’t rain, and there were no accidents.

“It seems earlier than I thought, but let’s rest here today. What do you think?”

“Let’s find an inn first and then wander around a bit. There’ll probably be a lot of things to buy.”

It was still a long time before the sun set. I arrived at the village early in the morning, more in the afternoon than in the evening.

But they couldn’t just pass by. The group had already suffered from camping for four days. They didn’t want to spend any more nights on the road.

“Wow, the town is big.”

“This place doesn’t seem like just any other rural town, does it?”

It was too small to be called a city, but too big to be called a village. There were a lot of people coming and going, and the buildings were large.

“The Ramaton River is just around the corner. It’s bound to be crowded. Oh, Rodin, didn’t you say you were going to buy clothes?”

“I’ll buy it when I see it on the way, you know.”

After ten days, Rodin became quite friendly with Bronn and his men.

Bronn and his party began to treat Rodin comfortably, and Rodin lowered the walls he had built up in his heart and treated them like older brothers.

“Oh, I think the inn would be good over there.”

“let’s go.”

“Let’s wash!”

“Let’s eat!”

Rodin and Bronn entered the inn smiling brightly. And as soon as they entered, they stopped.

“What’s wrong with the atmosphere here?”

“Well, well. I don’t think it’s our fault though.”

There are about 20 people visible in the restaurant on the first floor of the inn.

They were divided into two groups and were staring at each other. It seemed as if if one person pulled out a sword, they would all rush at each other.