Have Magic - Chapter 95



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Embrace the Magic (95)

This statue, known as the guardian of the kingdom of Bolas, actually had nothing to do with the beasts or spirits. Naturally, no beasts or spirits were sealed in it.

There are people who claim to have solved the mystery of the statue and summon spirits or phantoms, but they were originally phantom summoners or psychics. They never obtained phantoms or phantoms from the statue.

This could also be confirmed in the Proval Welcome class.

Although the Proval Welcome class has not yet reached the level of teaching magic, the class has already mentioned what kind of magic there is.

“You said that subspace magic is the 8th circle?”

The subspace magic that appeared in the Proval Welcome was a high-level magic that no one could use at present. In the past 1,000 years, no 8th circle magician had ever appeared, so even in the past, it could not have been that common.

However, the 8th circle magic subspace could not store living things. This meant that neither beasts nor spirits could be placed in the subspace.

But would it have been possible to create a storage artifact of a higher level than the 8th circle subspace in the Kingdom of Bolas?

You made not just 1 or 2, but a whopping 12?

I couldn’t believe it. It was impossible for anything other than the ancient magical empire that ruled the entire continent or the Proval.

“Of course. This is a map.”

It was something that came out of a damaged book.

At that time, the Kingdom of Bolas was already on the verge of destruction. The surrounding eleven countries were targeting the Kingdom of Bolas, and the Kingdom of Bolas had almost no troops left after the long war.

Even forced conscription was so severe that civil unrest broke out. There were so many enemies both internally and externally that there was no room to endure any longer.

So the Kingdom of Bolas divided the treasure into 12 locations and buried them, and the locations of the treasures were recorded on stone statues.

“It won’t be nearby anyway.”

The Kingdom of Bolas was a country that belonged to the Central Continent, but it was located farther east than the current Kingdom of Lennox. It was a place adjacent to the Ikos River that divided the Eastern Continent and the Central Continent, and it was a far place that would take 2-3 months to travel from there even by horseback.

“Even if he hid the treasure, he probably hid it in his own country’s territory. Let’s see.”

He injected magic power into a horse-shaped stone statue. Then, he carefully controlled it and read the magic circle contained within.

“Huh? This is… black magic?”

If the Kingdom of Bolas had been a country that relied on black magic, it would be understandable that it was attacked and destroyed by many countries. The hatred for black magic at the time would have made the Kingdom of Bolas look like ‘evil’.

Nowadays, you won’t be attacked indiscriminately just because you’re a warlock.

It wasn’t because the image of the warlock had improved. They were still detested, but because there were so few of them, they were almost tolerated.

It’s like a reaction like, ‘Don’t come near me.’

“This seems to be black magic.”

Rodin had never experienced black magic before. He had only heard stories about it in books.

However, the eerie combination of runes that formed the magic circle and the bizarre way in which the magic circle was drawn were consistent with the description of black magic.

“This… doesn’t seem to be a map?”

The feeling from the statue was too bad to believe only the book I saw in the library of the third level of the Deepening. Maybe the Kingdom of Bolas had foreseen their own destruction and had manipulated the statue.

“Shall we take a closer look?”

I took the runes engraved on the magic circle apart one by one and thought about their meaning. There were quite a few unfamiliar runes, but I was able to fit them into the context.

“It means that there is a soul and that it moves, that it stores. It’s all there. The soul is contained and moved into a vessel.”

I roughly figured out the runes engraved on the magic circle. When I checked the contents, a chill ran down my spine.

“Look at this. Did you really dream of resurrection? That would be impossible.”

In theory, it was possible. In reality, since white magic also has magic that works on the soul, there would be a much wider variety of soul magic in black magic.

The problem is that in order to find a body, you have to be on the same wavelength. If you try to enter any body, the body will collapse and the soul will disappear.

“How do you know that a body that matches the exact wavelength will appear? And a soul that is too old can’t even contain it.”

Aging also exists in the soul, and as the soul ages, the body must also age in order to match the wavelength.

That is, if you wanted to move your soul to a new life right before death, there was nowhere else it could go but the body that was either just before death or already dead.

“Call me?”

By understanding the magic circle, I found a way to summon the soul sealed inside. It was surprisingly simple, so anyone other than Rodin could do it if they knew the method.

“I don’t have the confidence to handle it. It can’t be done.”

I gave up on summoning the spirit. Instead, I became interested in the runes used in the magic circle of this artifact.

“It’s an expansion…, it’s interesting. So this is how you use it.”

Perhaps for the sake of a comfortable seal of the soul, the inside of this statue had a magic circle engraved with the concept of expanding space.

How much the interior had expanded was unknown until it was sealed as a soul, but the important thing was that the space had expanded.

“I think we can make a space expansion artifact with this.”

It was a different concept from subspace. While subspace was a way to create your own storage space in a completely different space, this was a magic circle that greatly expanded the original space.

If used in places like warehouses or carriages, it could be used for much wider space. It was also useful for engraving small items like bags.

“The weight can be resolved with a lightening magic, so it might be useful, right?”

It was an unfamiliar way of using runes for Rodin. It seemed like a way of using magic circles that only black magicians could use.

However, whether it is black magic or white magic, you can use it whenever you need to. Although Rodin is classified as a white magician, he did not have the prejudice that he had to use only white magic.

“I learned a good lesson. Hmm, so that means we don’t need this statue anymore.”

I had already figured out the magic circle inside. I had it all in my head, so there was no reason to keep the unclean statue nearby.

* * *

When I left the training room, it was lunchtime. I enjoyed the lunch Margaret prepared for me.

“Oppa Rodin, good.”

“what?”

“Delicious food. Grandma Margaret is the best!”

Bianca gave a thumbs up in the direction of the annex, where Margaret was having dinner with Matthew.

“Yeah. It was good that I hired you.”

“Hehehe. Rodin oppa is the best too.”

“Don’t smile like that. It reminds me of someone. It’s not nice.”

Rodin glanced over his shoulder as he spoke. Undyne, sitting on his shoulder, was pointing at him with her finger.

“who?”

“Yes. A thing made of water.”

-Hehehe.

The Undyne guy. He was laughing strangely again.

It was hard to tell her not to laugh because that was her expression of will. But if I kept listening to it, I felt really bad.

“What’s that? It’s a water drop.”

“There is something like that. I’ll go out for a bit and come back.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to try making an artifact. I need to buy some materials.”

I got a hint about a spatial artifact from the statue in the Kingdom of Bolas. I decided to make it without delay.

“Come quickly.”

“I’ll be back soon.”

Rodin packed his money and bag and left the house. The commercial district was a bit far away, so he had to take a stagecoach.

I paid my money and took the stagecoach. The road was well-paved, so there was little shaking.

‘I wish the Western Continent had learned this too.’

There were stagecoaches in Lens, but I didn’t see any in other cities. Even in Bontis, which was a fairly large city, there were no stagecoaches.

‘No. I’m not from the Western Continent anymore. I don’t need to care about the Western Continent.’

The stagecoach ran smoothly and arrived at its destination. It was a commercial district with many shops.

I had stopped by a while ago when Margaret and I were buying cooking utensils. I had noticed that the commercial district was very crowded. It seemed like everyone living in Yeongji was gathered here.

“Thank you.”

I got off the carriage and bought the things I needed one by one.

I needed Mithril, so I bought one ingot, and I also bought some high-grade mana stones. I also got plenty of silver dust and reagents to help me carve magic circles.

“ah!”

As I walked around the commercial district, I saw a mercenary guild not far away.

I’ve been thinking about coming sometime, but it’s been hard to find the time.

It wasn’t a close place, and it was a place I didn’t go to often unless I had business in the area.

“I should stop by while I’m here.”

I headed to the mercenary guild with my luggage in both hands.

Perhaps because it was an area with many mercenaries, countless people were coming and going from the mercenary guild building.

There were mercenaries with swords, mercenaries with spears, and even mercenaries in full plate mail. Their clothing and equipment varied.

‘The person entering… … .’

I waited for a moment because I couldn’t use my hands. I thought about using Magic Hand, but even that was too much of a bother today.

After waiting for a moment, a mercenary hurriedly ran out of the building.

Rodin stuck his foot out to block the door from closing as soon as the mercenary came out. Then he pushed his body in and entered the building.

Clang!

The bell rang, but surprisingly, not a single person looked up. This was because there were so many mercenaries coming and going.

“excuse me.”

Rodin went to the counter and called the clerk. The clerk glanced at him and then came over with a sullen face.

“What’s going on?”

“I received the mercenary card and have never made a request. Can you check how long the mercenary card is valid?”

“Could you please present me the mercenary badge?”

“Here it is. Magic Hand!”

This time, I had no choice but to use the Magic Hand spell.

Let’s use magic. Only then did the look of annoyance in the counter staff’s eyes disappear. Instead, a rather strong curiosity filled them.

Even in this place where there were many mercenaries, mercenary magicians were rare. You might see one or two a day, and even then, they were only 1st or 2nd circle magicians.

On the other hand, Rodin used the 2nd circle magic hand only as a starting word. This meant that he was at least a 4th circle wizard.

“Hmm. It’s a mercenary badge. You must complete a mercenary badge request at least once a year. At first, you’ll only receive a warning, but later on, you’ll have to go through the process of retrieving your mercenary badge.”

“It’s been a year… There are only a few months left.”

“Yes. Judging from the date of production of the mercenary badge engraved here, there are less than three months left. You should make a suitable request. Oh! Of course, you should make a request that fits the mercenary of the same badge. There is no use making a request that is less than that.”

“I see. I’ll look into your request.”

Just like in the Western Continent, requests for the Silver Badge were posted on the wall like posters. Once you become a Silver Badge mercenary, half of the requests will be posted on the wall, and the other half will be selected by the counter staff.

‘There’s nothing that feels like this.’

The escort service took too long. It was a one month round trip, so I was reluctant to choose it.

The monster subjugation was even longer. It took a whopping three months, including the time to go and come back and the subjugation period. If you accept this quest, your mercenary card will be canceled before you complete the quest.

‘Hmm? Potions? Swords, shields, and armor? Why do you want me to buy these things?’

Rodin pulled out the request form and took it to the counter.

The counter staff checked the order form and sighed softly.

“It’s a bit of a headache.”

“Why did I receive this request?”

“I guess you don’t know since you haven’t come to the guild. It’s a hot topic among mercenaries these days. The five countries of the central continent have decided to participate in the war on the western continent.”

It was a story that made my eyes pop out.

I never understood why anyone would want to fight in a war that was not even close.

“Yes? No, why?”

“I’m worried that if the Ingram Empire unifies the Western Continent, its evil might spread to the Central Continent.”

“I think it’s a needless worry.”

“There is a lot of talk like that. But it is true that the Ingram Empire, which unified the Western Continent, is a burden.”

It wasn’t a worry that I couldn’t understand.

The Western Continent was smaller than the Central Continent, but not by much. Of the 62 kingdoms in the Central Continent, about 50 combined would be similar in size to the Western Continent.

If the Ingram Empire unifies the Western Continent, it will become the most powerful nation with an enormous territory.

Even if the Ingram Empire were to set its sights on the Central Continent, the kingdoms of the Central Continent would tremble in fear.

“Potions and weapons are for reinforcements.”

“We will use the reinforcements from the Central Continent and also provide them to the Landert Kingdom.”

“Is this a form of support for the Kingdom of Landert?”

“Of the five nations of the Central Continent, three have formed an alliance with the Landert Kingdom. Two have joined forces with the Aslan Kingdom. Our Kingdom of Lennox has joined hands with the Landert Kingdom.”

The Landert Kingdom was the strongest nation among the 13 nations of the Western Continent. Compared to the Ingrem Empire, it was weak, but the Landert Kingdom was the only one that was able to withstand the Ingrem Empire’s offensive.

Also, the Landert Kingdom and the Aslan Kingdom were countries that were attached to the eastern part of the Western Continent. They were relatively close to the Central Continent, so trade was also active.

“Potions aren’t free, are they?”

“Of course not. Whether you buy it from somewhere else or make it yourself, the guild will purchase it at a fair price.”

“Gildra…, the Marquis of Richmond is not participating in the war?”

“The Marquis of Richmond has promised to help another territory in its territorial war, so he cannot move right now. However, the kingdom’s policy has been set, so he will participate in the war once the matter is over.”

The territory that the Marquis of Richmond delayed helping until after the war was the Marquis of Rotten of the Kingdom of Maven.

There was a lot of talk about helping a foreign noble, but the Marquis of Richmond decided to push ahead with it, saying it was due to personal friendship.

“I’ll take this order. The order is for 100 pieces. What happens if I sell more?”

“It depends on the quantity. If you sell 400, it will be recorded as 4 requests for the bronze medal. If you sell 1,000, it will be recorded as 10.”

“Okay, I’ll prepare the potion and come back.”