Have Magic - Chapter 93



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Embrace the Magic (93)

This magic was made with a bit more focus than the first one. By using the water magic, its power increased several times.

A huge explosion occurred, accompanied by a louder noise than before.

Kwaaaaang! Guuuung!

The ceiling shook. The walls shook. Rodin turned around quickly as he saw the surroundings shaking wildly.

“Eight.”

As soon as Rodin sensed something strange, he ran outside.

I knew this would happen, so I cleared the obstacles in the tunnel in advance. I ran straight out of the tunnel.

“Ugh, ugh.”

I looked back at the entrance to the tunnel I had just exited.

A gust of dust surged out from inside the tunnel. It looked like a giant dragon had taken a mouthful of dust and vomited it out.

“I’m alive.”

I looked at the entrance to the tunnel again. There was no significant change, except for a lot of dust piled up at the entrance.

“It didn’t collapse, Wind.”

I blew the wind to clear the dust. Fortunately, the inside was clean.

I walked in cautiously. I cast defensive magic with both hands just in case.

“Hmm, maybe it’s blocked inside?”

There was only dust at the entrance, but after walking in for about 20 minutes, I saw many pieces of stone. The further I went in, the bigger the pieces of stone that flew in became.

“ah!”

Small stones became large stones, and before I knew it, a rock much larger than a person’s head appeared. There were also places where the left and right sides had collapsed.

Still, I managed to avoid it somehow and get in. The floor was a mess, so I added some light magic.

“ah!”

We went in for about an hour. Not far from where the wall had blown out, the ceiling had collapsed.

“I can go in, but is it okay?”

There was a small gap on the side. It was small enough that I could crawl through it.

“Magic Hand.”

The Magic Hand was a form where the arms were attached to the ground. So, it could not fly high in the sky, but it was often more comfortable in low places than flying.

Above all, Magic Hand was only a 2-circle magic. It consumed less magic power than Fly, a 5-circle magic, and was easier to cast.

Rodin lifted his body slightly with his magic hand and entered the small gap. His body glided as if he was flying.

I moved through the narrow gap for about 10 minutes. I made another magic hand to clear the blocked part in the middle and came in.

“It was here?”

Finally, we arrived at the place where the wall was blown down with magic.

The floor completely collapsed, and behind it, a violent explosion left only an empty space. After entering, I looked around.

“It’s a door.”

A large door shape was visible, not from the side, but below. As I swept the dust away with my foot, the shape of the door became more clearly visible.

The door was large. It was nearly two meters wide and four meters long. It was a special purpose door that opened up and down.

“It’s magic.”

The exterior of the door was engraved with a strange and unidentifiable picture, while the interior was engraved with complex magic.

“Hmm.”

I put my magic into it and examined the magic engraved inside the door. It was something faint and vague.

“no way?”

I recovered my magic power and this time I gathered the surrounding mana and injected it into the inside of the door. Then the magic engraved inside became much clearer.

‘You carved a magic circle with mana, not magic power? So this is possible.’

Rodin could also move mana. By pronouncing certain runes, he could also create magical phenomena.

However, it was impossible to process mana into a magic circle to create an artifact. This was because the formula for the rune language that fixed the form of mana had not been found.

‘So this is how it’s done.’

Rodin learned a great deal through the magic circle. Now that he had figured out the fixed rune words for mana, Rodin could create artifacts in the same way.

‘This would allow for almost permanent use. No, that’s the purpose for which the mana was used in the first place.’

Magic power is a power that has been processed in the form of affinity. Naturally, it does not exist in nature.

‘Until now, we couldn’t use the mana from the mana stone as is. We had to process it with magic power and put it into an artifact.’

Because it was processed power, artifacts made by infusing magic power had a limited lifespan. Once the magic power contained in it was used up, it could no longer be used.

To solve this, I had to add a magic circle that processed mana into magic power to the artifact. Using magic was a process of drawing in surrounding mana and converting it into magic power.

If this magic circle is removed, it becomes a one-time use artifact, but if this magic circle is added, it becomes an artifact that can be used for quite a long time.

‘If you could use mana as it is? The process would be shortened. The number of times you can use artifacts would also increase significantly.’

First, I just kept the magic circle engraved on the door in my head, and then I investigated the structure of the magic circle again.

It was an unfamiliar magic circle that used mana directly. It took quite a while to figure out the structure and the magic inside.

Gulp!

It was well past mealtime. Rodin ignored it and focused on the magic circle.

“ha.”

After quite some time of concentration, I finally figured out all the magic circles contained within the door.

“I can’t open it?”

The door contained several magic spells, most of which were offensive magic.

Anyone who opened the door by force or used the wrong method would be unable to avoid various magics such as lightning, fire, and ice.

“If it hits right, even the Archmage will die.”

The power contained in each attack spell was enormous. It was a level that even Rodin, a 5th circle magician, could not dare to imitate.

“It would work if I just opened it properly. It’s a shame.”

There were two magics related to locks, excluding attacks.

One is to read a specific magic pattern. That is, if the magic pattern is not what the door wants, you will be hit by all kinds of attack magic.

“That’s not a problem. I can imitate it well enough.”

The problem was that it was limited to 7 circles. In other words, unless you were a great wizard, you couldn’t avoid the attack even if you had a specific magic pattern.

“I can at least imitate one.”

I was able to trick the door into thinking it was one circle by gathering mana. Then, even though I’m a 5th circle wizard, I’ll still appear to be a 6th circle wizard.

Even so, one circle was missing.

“I’ll have to come back after I become a 6th circle wizard.”

I figured out a way to get past the door lock, but I just didn’t have the skills for it right now.

This was a case of absolute lack of power, and there was no solution.

“It’s a shame. When will I be able to come back again?”

I tried to estimate how long it would take to reach 6 circles.

Thanks to Matthew, I was able to cut down on the time quite a bit. Still, I had to devote at least a few months to my magic. If I was unlucky, it could take more than a year.

“There’s nothing I can do.”

Although I still had regrets, I turned around forcefully. Then, I began to destroy the surrounding areas one by one, taking measures to prevent others from entering.

* * *

I didn’t completely collapse the tunnel. I placed the magic exquisitely so that if I managed to get through it, I could reach the door with minimal force.

After leaving the tunnel, we returned to the Marquisate of Richmond.

A long line formed at the gate as people tried to get in.

But Rodin stood in a short line next to him.

Holders of the status badge, given to residents of the Marquess of Richmond, stand in separate lines from ordinary visitors. Since there are fewer people coming and going, the lines are shorter, and it is easy to pass through the gates.

“hmm?”

I passed through the gate and took a stagecoach back home.

Bianca welcomed me warmly, but the atmosphere was a bit strange. It was a bit more chaotic and dark.

“What’s going on?”

“Now that Brother Rodin is here, there’s nothing to worry about.”

“Margaret, what’s wrong?”

I happened to ask Margaret a question. I thought that since she was an adult, she would answer more rationally.

“Because of the murder case.”

“Murder? Just because of that?”

“Seven people died around here last night, and the culprit hasn’t been caught.”

“ah!”

The point was that the culprit had not been caught. If he was still active, someone could have died tonight.

“The other people who died died in their sleep, and they were all from different families.”

“Another family? You sneaked into the house and killed one person before leaving?”

“Yes. Seven people died in seven houses.”

This was another strange thing.

Even though killing them all while they were still inside would have been the way to eliminate any witnesses, he only killed one person at a time. This meant that he wasn’t killing them simply for their property.

“Isn’t there something that the dead have in common?”

“The police are investigating that anyway. I heard they’re all former mercenaries.”

“A mercenary? If you’re from that background, that means you were a mercenary in the past?”

“Yes. I heard they’ve all retired a long time ago.”

It was an incident where they went to the homes of retired mercenaries and killed only the mercenaries. Seven mercenaries were killed in one day, but there were no victims among the mercenaries’ families.

‘Are you looking for something?’

It didn’t seem right to think of it as simple revenge. It was clear there was some other purpose behind it.

“Margaret, are there any other former mercenaries around here?”

“Yes. I heard that Mr. Jackson and Mr. Glenn nearby are also former mercenaries.”

“Then there might be another murder today.”

“So the atmosphere around here is really bad.”

Although they say that only mercenaries died, that’s just something that came up when they were desperately looking for commonalities. It was difficult to be certain who the actual culprit was killing.

He could have just been a crazy guy who randomly went in and killed adult males. Or he could have done it on purpose to ruin the mood.

“Hmm, okay. If anything happens, just call me. I’ll be in the basement practice room.”

“Yes, sir.”

Rodin went down to the basement and created a few simple artifacts. He then walked around the walls, carving magic into them one by one.

“Brother Rodin! What are you doing?”

“ruler.”

“What is this?”

“Key. Carry it with you.”

He handed Bianca a metal stick. It looked similar to the slave sticks that determined the life and death of a slave.

“Just carry it around?”

“Yeah, that’ll do. Margaret! Margaret, take this with you too. Give it to Matthew too.”

“Boss, what is this?”

“I’ve put some magic around my house. It’s a magic that will keep anyone who comes in without permission from the house from wandering around. This stick is the key. If you carry it with you, you won’t be affected by the magic.”

Margaret fiddled with the stick, her eyes looking puzzled as if she didn’t know how to use it.

“How do you use it…….”

“You don’t have to do anything else. Just carry it with you. There’s a hole there, right? Attach a string or something to it and hang it around your neck or waist. Even after this incident dies down, just carry it with you.”

“Okay, boss. I’ll tell my son too.”

At this point, I was relieved. I thought I would have to be more careful until the culprit was caught, but I believed there wouldn’t be any major problems.

“Brother! What about Larry?”

“You can just give it to me outside.”

“Should I wait at the entrance?”

“Are you done studying today?”

“oh!”

As soon as the topic of studying came up, Bianca went into her room. She won’t be back until mealtime.

“Margaret, you go to work too. I’ll get some rest too.”

“Yes. Thank you for your hard work.”

Rodin practiced magic training in the training room. Since it was a training session that took only four days, he spent a little more time on it.

After finishing my training, I attended the Proval welcome class. Then, after dinner, I went to bed early, making the excuse that I was tired.

It was just past 10pm.

Rodin opened his eyes quietly. As Rodin regained consciousness, Undyne, who was nearby, flew over.

-Hehehe.

“Undyne. Why do you laugh whenever I wake up?”

-Hehehe.

“Okay, Zito.”

-Kkueng!

The clothes hanging on the hanger, Zito, flew over and attached himself to Rodin’s body. In an instant, he transformed into a person dressed properly. The color of the robe was yellow.

“Zito, make it black.”

The yellow robe turned black in an instant. Rodin grabbed the hood of the black robe and put it on his head.

“Let’s take a look. Invisibility.”

There was a murder just yesterday. The police are probably keeping a close eye on the area.

Rodin left the house in a transparent state. As expected, several security guards were gathered together and patrolling carefully.

‘Would a murderer still commit murder in this situation?’

I wondered if it would be quiet today. As I relaxed for a moment with that thought, I felt a faint movement of magical power.

‘Invisibility?’

It was a very faint flow of magical power that he felt at the end of the alley on the left. It was clearly the same invisibility magic he was using right now.

‘There is almost no flow of magic power. He is not an ordinary wizard.’

Rodin hid his magic and approached very slowly. As he got closer, the magic the opponent used became more apparent.