Offer a Tribute and Become an Archmage - Chapter 183



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Offering Tribute to the Archmage Chapter 183

The King’s Road [1]

Episode 183.

The road of dreams.

It’s a pretty familiar road now.

In the past, I was surprised and excited, but now I feel as comfortable as if I were in my own living room.

“Oh, you’re here?”

The path of the beast was the same as before.

After choosing the boar, I chose the Mandong totem, so it was the same as before.

Monkey, goat, wild dog, otter.

Unlike before when he would swear, Ronobe was somewhat calm.

“This is one possibility.”

If you pick a monkey, you might get a chimpanzee or a gorilla next. If you pick a gorilla, what will come next?

‘Something similar to Son Goku might come out.’

Even if it’s not that, something similar to a gorilla, but more evolved, might come out.

Something like King Kong, for example.

So what comes next?

I don’t know.

As the road progresses, it becomes more outstanding and the top individual in the ecosystem pyramid emerges.

Maybe something better will come out.

More than just King Kong.

Maybe a dinosaur will appear?

‘Metal Tyranno…’

Transformation magic is good.

Because when you turn into a beast, it can be used in various situations.

But I also think this.

‘Is this the best choice?’

Does it have to be an animal?

Ronobe shook his head.

The reason I came to think this way was while I was fighting slimes. Slimes were creatures that were impervious to most magic and physical attacks.

If Ronobe had met a little earlier, we would have had a harder time than we did now. There would have definitely been deaths. It was a clear miracle that there were no casualties.

‘You need different strengths depending on the situation.’

So, Ronobe pondered the path of the insect.

Because it is a path I have never walked before.

Ronobe doesn’t know what will happen if he goes down this path.

A useless future may unfold.

But you have to taste it to know whether it’s poop or soybean paste.

I don’t know.

That’s why it’s a possibility.

Not knowing presents a possibility. That’s why I had to move forward.

No one knows everything from the beginning. That’s how history has been.

Those who have built that history are those who have always been curious about things they do not know.

The current Ronobe was also the same.

“Transformation magic ultimately requires me to use my body. It’s bound to be dangerous.”

The last, final card to be used.

That’s transformation magic.

‘Is the Totem Path no longer there?’

Only strange vines and clumps of grass appeared, and the totem itself no longer appeared.

It seemed that the totems of spring, summer, fall, and winter were the only set.

‘It may be that my growth has not yet reached the other totems.’

What about bugs then? This magic that controls groups of bugs can have different uses depending on how it is used.

To be honest, what I see now doesn’t seem very useful, but who knows what the future holds.

The path of the worm that had never been taken before had different choices each time it was viewed.

Ronobe saw those who had entered the path of the insects.

“Aphids, weevils, mosquitoes.”

It was disgusting.

The aphids that clung closely together were generally considered pests. The salt weevils were not bad, but they did not look particularly good either.

Aphids and salt striders.

Next are mosquitoes.

“It just keeps coming out like shit…”

But there’s no denying that the most useful looking thing is the mosquito.

If ants or bees had appeared like before, I would have considered it a trick and tried it, but mosquitoes?

“The human mind rejects you.”

But unlike my heart, my head came up with various strategies that could be used against mosquitoes.

In the Middle Ages, there were so many mosquitoes that it was safe to say that we lived with them.

It’s all forests and mountains, so how could there be no mosquitoes?

The Ronoveya totem is said to keep mosquitoes away, but others do not.

Even in modern times, there are no products that can prevent mosquitoes.

There is a strong theory that the insect that kills the most people is the mosquito.

But you treat mosquitoes with magic?

no.

‘Magically create mosquitoes.’

Ronobe pondered the benefits this in itself gave.

“It will be the most evil magic in the world…”

If it were something like a butterfly, it would be cool and stylish, but judging by the fact that it doesn’t update no matter how many times I’ve seen it, it seems like it has no connection to Ronobe.

‘Once I take a step, I can choose another bug next time, right?’

The first step was to think boldly about investing in investment costs.

You can’t get full on the first drink.

“It’s just the first step… so I might not use it later.”

Although they are disgusting, there are quite a few things you can do with mosquitoes.

The ones that are in the bug’s path are not actually alive.

Bugs made by magic.

You can think of it as having a similar feel to a golem.

‘Despite my disgust, I am attracted to it.’

The wizard had to value feelings.

Isn’t that what magic is all about?

A strong mind.

An ideal that is earnestly desired.

A miracle that brings salvation.

Because when they come together, it’s magic.

“Come on, come on!”

Ronobe went one step further.

Those who don’t move forward will only end up regretting it.

But as I move forward, I smile without regret even though I regret it. If I’m going to regret it anyway, wouldn’t it be better to smile?

“Mosquito, I chose you!”

The other way disappears.

All that was before Ronobe’s eyes were swarms of mosquitoes.

-Whew Whew!

The buzzing sound in my ears already made me want to burn myself, but I held back.

Tiny mosquitoes, approaching with a buzzing sound, settle on Ronobe’s body.

“Huh, I guess that’s what I expected.”

As expected, the mosquitoes bit Ronobé.

But I knew this too.

Even though he was subjected to this annual ritual again, Ronobe did not utter a single vulgar curse.

Ronobe has grown up.

Not only my age but my mind has grown as well.

Isn’t it time to get used to it now?

Ronobe was now an adult.

“Ugh! You fucking bitches! It’s against the rules to bite a dick! Oh! Oh gogogok!!”

But I didn’t know how to bite a pepper.

Ronobe woke up screaming in excruciating pain.

“Gasp! Huh!”

As soon as he woke up, he took off his lower garments, examined them carefully, and felt relieved.

Ronobe’s clone was standing tall and proud.

As I was scratching because it was itchy for no reason, Benny, who was sleeping next to me, started tossing and turning.

“Ronobe… what’s wrong?”

Benny woke up and rubbed his eyes and asked.

“Why are you touching that? Is it because you want to?”

“Oh, no.”

Ronobe shook off Benny’s strangely smiling hand and left the village inn to breathe in the night air.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but I didn’t want to get sucked by Benny since I was getting sucked by all the mosquitoes just now.

“Should I try a new magic?”

It wasn’t any special magic.

“The source of the plague.”

Not all magic chosen along the path of dreams is like that, but sometimes it is.

‘Soul offering.’

Totem magic requires offerings.

One soul per totem.

Bug magic was the same.

Each use required a soul offering.

-Wheein.

The unpleasant sound of wings tickled Ronobe’s ears. The source of the infectious disease that spreads the plague as much as the rat.

It was a mosquito.

“Wow… you look so fucking weird…”

As with all mosquitoes, they were disgusting. As soon as Ronobe used his magic, thirty mosquitoes appeared from his fingertips.

A mosquito created by magic.

But it moved as if it had been granted one life as a soul offering.

And that’s not all.

What should I say?

‘It feels like our consciousness is connected.’

I feel like I can control them without having to say anything.

Without even gesturing or speaking, Ronobe gave the mosquitoes one order.

‘Go into Kael’s quarters and get some blood. Suck out as much blood as you can!’

Then the mosquitoes reacted immediately.

-Wow.

A swarm of thirty mosquitoes began to fly towards Kael’s quarters, making a noise like a dog!

“… I think I did well in learning this magic.”

When I closed my eyes, I could vaguely sense the presence of mosquitoes.

I don’t know what it was, but I felt like there was something connected.

After waiting a while, the mosquitoes began to disappear.

‘Is its fighting power the same as that of a normal mosquito?’

It felt like several dimly lit candles were suddenly blown out.

Kael woke up and seemed to be catching a mosquito.

The corners of Ronobe’s mouth twitched in proportion to the number of mosquitoes that slowly disappeared.

“You must have gotten bitten quite a bit. Gosh! I wonder if it’ll be fun to see Kael’s face tomorrow?”

It was a more useful magic than I thought.

This wasn’t bad either.

After a while.

The mosquitoes have completely disappeared.

It meant that Kael had killed all the mosquitoes. It’s a shame, but what can you do?

It was a pretty good result for a magic I had just tried.

‘Now we can only tell if the mosquito is alive or dead, but later we will probably be able to tell other things as well.’

And one more thing.

Just now, Ronobe created a mosquito solely as a soul offering, but after using it once, he realized that it could be further strengthened.

For example.

“Jiyu.”

First, use Jiyu.

and.

“The source of the plague.”

Not the fingertips.

Jiyu.

Imagine a mosquito being born at the end of an oil well and mark its beginning.

If that happens.

-Whaaah.

Oil Mosquito Born from Oil Complete.

‘You can even make ice mosquitoes.’

Since you don’t have enough proficiency yet, you can’t give it many commands, but as your proficiency increases, you’ll be able to do more.

Since they are mosquitoes born from Ronobe’s magic, the stronger their connection, the more things they can share.

‘We can’t share the view yet, though.’

I have a feeling I’ll do it someday.

It means that you can sit still and spy on or harass your enemies.

In addition, since it has the same characteristics as a golem created by Ronobe’s magic, it will explode if you use oil painting in this state.

Besides, they are mosquitoes. That is, they suck blood.

If you suck blood in this state, that blood becomes blood that Ronobe can handle.

Anna’s magic begins with blood.

It was said that mosquitoes could use freezing magic with the blood they sucked.

“!!”

Ronobe’s whole body trembled with the catharsis of enlightenment that felt like being struck by lightning.

The way of the bug.

It was a better road than I thought.

“Why the fuck am I learning this now?!”

The more you polish the path of the worm, the more fraudulent the magic becomes.

Then, could this also work?

It is to place an order in advance.

“You will be written in Yuhwa at the same time as you die.”

The moment when a mosquito kills its target after sucking blood and harassing them.

A body made of oil explodes.

Embedding automatic manifestation magic.

Ronobe moved far away from the mosquito swarm and the forest and tried to kill them by throwing rocks at them.

“It won’t work.”

But that still didn’t happen.

Perhaps more research was needed.

“Well, if everything goes as planned, that would be a scam. That would be magic.”

But it was well worth investigating.

Ronobe erased them and created mosquitoes made of ice.

“It’s just cold.”

However, since it was a mosquito made of ice, it became a medium that would be triggered immediately if Ronobe’s magic was used in this state.

“Blood-drinking coolness.”

Boom! The mosquitoes burst and released a strong cold air.

“Mosquito window.”

However, the mosquito’s spear that arranged the spear underfoot did not activate. Since the mosquito itself is so small, it seems that it does not have the magic to achieve that.

“Mosquito sting!”

But the mosquito’s saliva was fine.

It was an impromptu magic, and it was possible to create a needle like a toothpick and prick it. Of course, this didn’t seem very useful.

“You guys, come and drink some blood.”

-Whaa!

Ronobe took some of his blood and fed it to the freezing mosquitoes, then tried using his magic again.

“Cool mosquito window.”

Jeez-!

“Oh!”

It was possible because I fed it blood.

Because it was the wizard’s blood, even a small amount was capable of freezing to the level of a spear.

This was definitely a useful link.

Come to think of it, there was nothing more related to Ronobe’s magic than mosquitoes.

It wasn’t a very pleasant association, but I was satisfied with it because I thought it would be of great help in using it.

“You could probably make it with wet thread, too.”

The sound-eating feet and fangs of the Ageidon might also be used as mosquitoes.

I made Ronobe into a poison fang right away.

“It won’t work.”

However, although it is possible to eat sound, for some reason it is not possible to have fangs. It seems that the range of available fangs does not match the size of the mosquito.

‘It seems that the fangs are limited to sparrows.’

Unfortunately, he had to be satisfied with this for now. This alone was effective enough to become a new weapon. After testing out various things, Ronobe sent the remaining mosquitoes back to Kael’s quarters and went back to sleep.

I felt like I could sleep well today.

“Wow! This is so cool.”

*

A week later.

Ronobe arrived at the royal capital via the shortcut that Bedino had told him. The royal capital, located next to a large lake and a large river, was a land flowing with honey and milk.

“This is the royal capital…!”

“Yes, and that is the palace.”

“Oh!!”

Since it was a group of country bumpkins, everyone looked at them in surprise.

I knew Gradas was a village, but seeing the royal capital definitely hit home.

‘It was a fucking mess!’

The city’s civilization itself seemed different.

‘I guess the times are just a little different.’

Perhaps because we arrived late in the evening, the night view of the capital was no joke.

The road surface is not just a simple dirt floor.

There were tiles!! There was definitely a drain and even a streetlight!!

It was quite a shock to Ronobe, who had lived in a rural village for fifteen years.

“It’s almost like a press block…”

And best of all, there’s no poop.

There’s no shit and piss sprayed on the street. How can this be!

In the County of Aolor, the streets were filled with all kinds of filth.

I didn’t expect it to be that different from Gradas, but it’s so clean!

The people of Wangdo were not uncivilized medieval people.

“Why wasn’t I born in the capital? Why did Venom give birth to me in the countryside?”

Here too, it was ridiculous to see Ronobe cursing his father, but everyone in the group was excited to have reached the end of their long journey.

“It’s already late today, so let’s just send the messenger and have a meal first. After all, today is the last day. I’ll treat you to a meal at a place I know well.”

It was Mick.

“Ah… I see.”

“Teacher, are you going?”

Lirun also felt regretful.

Peter next to him was the same.

Now we have a conversation through writing.

-I’m sorry.

It seemed to be saying that.

Ronobe still didn’t know how to write very well.

‘Come to think of it, Mick is the herald of Ashwald.’

Now that he had arrived at the capital, he had to leave immediately to give the answer to Eschwald.

It means goodbye.

“Don’t look at me like that. You guys too. If there’s a meeting, there’s a parting, and we’ll meet again anyway.”

“Yes.”

Mick led everyone into a fancy restaurant. It was a clean restaurant that only the nobility went to, and it was so expensive that one dish seemed like it would cost a gold coin.

“Byton Restaurant… isn’t it too expensive?”

“This is fine. Does the food suit your taste?”

“I… don’t have anything so I can’t eat it.”

“I like it too. Thank you for the wonderful dinner invitation.”

If there’s one thing I don’t like, it’s that it’s the same table as Kael’s.

Kael’s whole body was covered in mosquito bites. They say there are so many mosquitoes every night that they now even order knights and soldiers to catch them.

‘It’s the impregnable castle that’s the most fun to conquer.’

As Kael’s defenses became stronger, Ronobe’s mosquito magic proficiency also increased, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

“In my view, you are the ones who will lead the future of the kingdom. So please take care of me for my sake. Let’s meet often in the future.”

“Well… I guess so.”

“I also wish to get along well with Lord Hopper. He is the wizard who defeated the wizard of the empire. He may not be a good person, but is that a flaw for a hero?”

“What? Your tongue is so weird. You should get bitten by a mosquito.”

“… mosquitoes have nothing to do with it.”

Ronobe, who was glaring at Kael who was speaking in a way that seemed like a compliment or an insult, soon clicked his tongue.

“Sir Hopper. How do you feel about your audience with His Majesty the King tomorrow?”

“Well, it doesn’t really hit me.”

To Ronobe, the king felt like a president. The leaders of the era he was in were people who would always get cursed at no matter what they did, so he wasn’t particularly nervous.

“Why does His Majesty summon me?”

“I think you might give me an award.”

“What kind of award will I receive?”

“Yes. In any case, it is the task of defeating the imperial wizard who invaded the kingdom. His Majesty the King must certainly praise this and give him an appropriate reward. That is the duty of a king of a country.”

It’s a reward.

“Is there anything you want?”

Things I want to have.

When I ask, nothing comes to mind.

“Considering Sir Hopper’s circumstances, if you have any wish, I will give it to you in full.”

It was like defeating a wizard of the empire.

Didn’t you dispel the unrest in the kingdom and kill the spy on behalf of the king?

He deserves a grand prize.

Ronobe thought for a moment and then asked.

“Is it possible to do it randomly?”

I don’t even want to become a count.

baron.

That was enough.

‘If you’re a baron…’

I could marry Elicia.