Have Magic - Chapter 97



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Embrace the Magic (97)

For the past few months, I have been taking the Proval Welcome class and focusing on my magic training. Thanks to that, I was able to reach the level of the 6th circle.

But I also created artifacts in my spare time.

To make money, he created and sold artifacts containing ‘healing’, ‘magic shield’, and ‘wind spear’.

For Rodin, artifacts were the most profitable money maker in terms of time invested.

The time it usually took to craft one artifact was between 30 minutes and an hour. The material cost was between 50 gold for the cheapest and less than 100 gold for the most expensive.

However, if you just sell them, you can earn more than 1,000 gold. Even if you make and sell just one a month, you can spend enough and even save some money.

During his spare time, Rodin studied artifacts containing space expansion and weight reduction magic.

“Ugh.”

The bag on my shoulder now was the result. It was an artifact in the form of a bag that had four times the space and one-fifth the weight.

Not everything went smoothly.

There were a few times when I had to remake the magic circle because I made a mistake while carving it, and once when I failed to combine the materials, I had to throw away the materials I had used.

After nearly 15 days of brainstorming and research, I finally completed the spatial expansion artifact.

In addition to the bag on my shoulder, the storage space at home had also been expanded. It was twice as big. Since I wasn’t going to carry it around, I didn’t use any weight-reduction magic.

“I’ll go and see.”

I spoke quietly to Bianca, who was still sleeping, and left the house.

Margaret and Matthew, who had woken up early, were waiting at the front door.

“Why are you coming out? Just leave quietly.”

“Still.”

“I ask you to take good care of the house.”

“Don’t worry, boss.”

“Have a nice trip, boss.”

Matthew was as polite as Margaret, and seemed to regard Rodin as a benefactor.

* * *

I rode the stagecoach to the castle gate, and after leaving the gate, I ran on foot to the Mode Wasteland. When I got physically tired, I used the Fly magic to fly away in an instant.

“As expected, it’s fast.”

When I was a 5th circle wizard and now that I am a 6th circle wizard, the power of my magic is completely different. The speed of my flying magic has become twice as fast, and my direction changes are much smoother.

“There’s a bit more dust, but other than that, nothing has changed.”

Thanks to the increased speed, we arrived at the entrance to the tunnel well before sunrise. The entrance was still in the same condition as when it had been collapsed months ago.

“I don’t think anyone’s here. Haa, I guess I have to go through all of this again.”

It wasn’t completely destroyed. Even though it looked like it had collapsed on the outside, they had taken precautions to make it possible to open a path inside by just digging through a few places.

“Get out of here. Magic Hand.”

Thinking back to the times I had torn things down in the past, I pulled out what needed to be pulled out and pushed away what needed to be pushed away.

After drilling several holes, a gap was created that a person could barely fit through.

“Magic Hand.”

I created another magic hand and lifted my body. I used my magical power to push my body through the small gap.

After that, it was the same work over and over again. I made progress little by little, pulling out what needed to be pulled out.

So 3 hours.

As the tunnel entrance slowly began to brighten, Rodin was able to reach the space where he had previously seen the door.

“Let’s take a rest.”

I took out the chef statue and summoned the cooking tools. It was a statue I got from the basement of Commissioner Elov.

It was quite useful when camping. The fact that there was no need to wash dishes was a huge advantage.

However, I had no use for it while I was at home. I had even taught Margaret how to use it, but because it was inconvenient, I only used cooking utensils and tableware that I had bought directly from the market.

“It was very helpful.”

Undyne created water in the summoned cooking utensil and filled it with jerky and dried food. Then, she activated one of the cooking utensil’s functions, heating.

When the dried meat and jerky are fully dissolved, season with salt and pepper.

“Good.”

Margaret also made excellent jerky and dried meats. The flavor was so rich that it couldn’t be compared to what restaurants make in bulk.

I filled my stomach and cleaned up my cooking utensils.

“Shall we start slowly?”

The door was an artifact with a magic circle made of mana, not magic. Mana was better than magic to break it.

I put my hand on the door and slowly gathered the surrounding mana. Guided by my will and the runes, the mana gradually came closer.

“First, let’s make a fake circle.”

The gathered mana was gathered near the heart and formed into a circle.

As expected, Mana was slower than Magic. After granting it a will, it took a long time before it began to move and change into a circle shape.

Now you’re ready to pretend to be a 7th circle wizard.

“The next thing is to deceive the magic pattern…….”

I’ve been practicing changing the magic circle into the magic pattern I want for several months now. As I continued, this also increased.

Because it was an unfamiliar magic pattern, it took me over 30 minutes at first. And that was only possible with my eyes closed and utmost concentration.

But now it doesn’t even take 5 minutes.

There was no need to close my eyes. I stood comfortably and quickly changed the position of my magic to adjust the pattern.

“end.”

I put mana into the magic circle and added a few runes. Then, I twisted the direction of the magic circle and gathered a lot of surrounding mana and injected it.

Woohoo!

There was a strange sound, and a faint light appeared from the door. The light from the door quickly swept over Rodin’s entire body, and then became quiet.

‘Okay.’

Ggggggggggg!

The door slid down on its own, then lifted slightly upward, creating a passageway for a person to enter.

“Hmm.”

The door finally opened. The magic circle made of mana had been successfully deceived.

Rodin had been wondering for the past few months why this door had a magic circle engraved on it that used mana rather than magic power.

The biggest reason, of course, is probably for permanent use.

A magic circle made using mana is always maintained. Unless it is physically broken or crushed, the magic circle will never stop.

The second reason was the concealment that allowed one to hide oneself.

Unlike magic, mana was not something that people could sense. Even if an artifact made of mana was placed right in front of them, people would not be able to tell that it was an artifact.

“And yet, the fact that this door was created means that someone in the past was able to sense mana?”

To solve the mystery, Rodin stepped into the door. He felt the steps beneath his feet.

“Light.”

I looked down into the orb of light. There was a spiral staircase going down.

“let’s go.”

I briefly thought about using magic to skip the stairs in one go, but quickly dismissed the thought.

Since it was my first visit, I decided to go down the path that the other person had made. That seemed polite.

Thud! Thud!

I climbed about 10 stairs. At that time, only the sound of my footsteps echoed in the quiet place.

Ggggggggggg!

The door that had been open closed by itself.

It wasn’t clear whether it closed after a certain amount of time or after you went down some stairs.

For now, we were isolated from the outside world. To get out again, we had to go through the same complicated process as before.

“There won’t be any problems, right?”

A small, muttering voice rang out. The sound of it hitting the wall was strangely eerie.

“Whew. Let’s go.”

I carefully descended the stairs, relying on the light created by the light magic. I went down for a long time, but I couldn’t see the end.

“Could it be that I was under the spell of an illusion?”

It was a groundless suspicion. If he had been under the spell, there was no way he, with his keen senses, would not have known.

It was just so incredibly deep here.

Originally, the depth from the entrance of the tunnel to the door was over 100 meters. The depth from the door down the stairs was ten times that depth.

“It’s over a hundred meters deep… Why on earth did they dig so deep?”

Rodin spoke out loud on purpose. He was scared of being alone in the dark, so he kept opening his mouth.

I continued to go down. When I had gone down as far as I had come, the stairs finally ended.

“The floor… hmm.”

It wasn’t dirt. It didn’t look like ordinary stone. The floor was smooth, but strangely enough, it didn’t slip.

“The material is strange.”

I touched the floor with my hand. It looked smooth, but it felt slightly rough when I touched it.

“It’s not important. Light. Light.”

I created eight spheres of light and spread them out in all directions. The overall composition came into view.

“It looks like it was made to store something.”

The structure was very simple. When you came down the stairs, a long passageway led straight ahead, and at the end of the passageway was an incredibly wide cavity.

There was a pile of something in the center of the room.

“A book?”

Rodin ran out of the passage. When he reached the wide open space, he could clearly see the mountainous pile of things.

“It’s a book! A real book…, crap!”

I was excited about many books, but then I felt something chilling down my spine. This feeling should never be ignored.

Rodin reflexively threw himself and rolled around.

Boooow!

Something passed by where I was just standing. It was a spear. The man holding the spear was a man who looked to be in his early 30s.

‘Is this person alive?’

The man who had swung the spear aimed it again. The target was, of course, Rodin.

Another figure appeared next to her. She looked to be in her early twenties. She was a stunning beauty, but it was not the time to focus on her.

“shit.”

The woman held a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left. The sword and shield were of average size.

“Then that’s right.”

Rodin quickly looked around, looking for a way out. No matter how much he looked, there was no way out except the passage he had first entered.

‘I don’t think I can win.’

Both were master-level skilled players. They weren’t particularly sensitive to aura, but they weren’t so dull that they wouldn’t recognize the aura blade.

‘I have to run away no matter what.’

The standoff was brief. Rodin wanted more time to think, but his opponent wouldn’t give him any more time.

Skang!

The man with the spear rushed forward first. Almost at the same time, the woman with the sword also came flying forward, holding her shield in front.

“Blink!”

Rodin skipped through the space as if he had been waiting. The place he arrived at was a passageway connected to the common area.

“Eww!”

Rodin ran screaming as soon as he reached the passage.

When I screamed, my body, which had been frozen in fear, seemed to relax a little.

He passed through the passage and stepped onto the spiral staircase. Without a moment’s hesitation, Rodin ran up the stairs.

“Fly!”

Since it was an upward staircase, it was faster to fly with magic than to run on foot.

Rodin’s body, which had risen into the air, quickly soared. After flying several dozen meters in an instant, he stopped moving for a moment.

“hmm?”

I ran up for a while, but it was quiet behind me.

I glanced back, and neither the man with the spear nor the woman with the sword were visible. It seemed as though they hadn’t even crossed the passage from the open space.

‘You can’t come in through the passage?’

Now that I feel safe, I feel more relaxed. Unlike a little while ago when I was just busy living, my head started to spin.

Rodin cautiously descended the stairs again, then walked leisurely down the long corridor to the street where the vacant lot lay just ahead.

The man with the spear and the woman with the sword paid no attention to the hallway. They simply returned to their original positions as if it was time.

“It was at the corners on both sides of the aisle.”

Fortunately, there were only two enemies. There was nothing in the opposite corner.

“Ha. Let me think about it. They are not human. That’s for sure.”

For a brief moment, Rodin had a pretty good idea of ​​what his opponent was going to look like.

On the surface, there was no difference between them and humans.

I don’t know if he was actually breathing, but his chest area was definitely rising and falling, as if he was breathing.

He blinked again. His eyelids blinked at a moderate speed, neither too fast nor too slow, just like a person in a calm state.

“A battle doll powered by mana.”

I didn’t know how much aura was in the other person’s body. My sense of aura isn’t that sensitive, so I couldn’t properly perceive it.

However, it was clear that he didn’t feel any magical power. Instead, his body was filled with mana, and he was using this mana to move his body.

“If mana were the energy source, you’d hardly ever get tired.”

If we fought, we would lose. This was a predetermined outcome that didn’t even need to be discussed.

“But why are you attacking? Hmm, the condition was… he was an archmage.”

There were two conditions for entry engraved on the magic circle of inquiry.

One will be a Archmage with 7 circles, with a specific magic pattern.

However, even a great wizard who met the conditions would not be able to win against those two. A great wizard and a master-level swordsman are considered to be of equal rank.

Two archmages were needed to fight them, and one more of equal strength was needed to secure a sure victory.

“A suitable archmage came in, but a battle doll that appears to be a gatekeeper attacked him? That’s strange. If that’s true, then the answer lies in the magic pattern.”

As Rodin descended the stairs, he returned the magical pattern he had created to open the door to its original state. There was no reason to maintain the unfamiliar magical pattern for too long.

“Let’s try it. Magic shield, impact barrier.”

I used two magic spells on my body beforehand.

This level of defensive magic won’t be able to stop the attacks of a master-level player. However, it will be able to prevent you from dying instantly after being hit by one blow.

I quickly scanned my body and adjusted my magical power patterns. Since I had already done this many times, it didn’t take long.

“Let’s go.”