Offer a Tribute and Become an Archmage - Chapter 208



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Episode 208.

A long time ago, Ageidon said:

‘Hey, wait a minute! Don’t swallow it with your mouth, but do it in a different way! Or, like, stretch out your hand!!’

[I’ll trade it if you bring me five rocks.]

‘Why is it so expensive!’

[It’s simple. Because it’s difficult.]

When I first learned about snakes.

Ronobe once asked to change the method to something other than swallowing it with his mouth.

At that time, Ageidon mentioned five strange stones. In the past, it was something that could not be done because of cost effectiveness, but now it is different.

“Ageidon. Do you remember what I said before? That the entrance to the snake cage can be made in other places than the mouth.”

[That’s right.]

“If it can be done either way, is it possible to do it with a non-body part?”

[for example?]

“It’s magic.”

Ronobe thought of oil.

[What is the reason?]

I think if the Archmage told me to do it, I would get scolded quite heavily.

“I’m not a snake.”

[Then why don’t you become a snake?]

“That’s a bit… Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable if Ageidon was told to become human? Wouldn’t it be more comfortable to not have arms and legs than to have them?”

[That’s true. However, I won’t be able to use my Akan without turning into a snake.]

Ageidon’s words were saying that it was not impossible to oil the entrance to the snake pit, but it was unnecessary.

“Then why don’t we just use a snake made with magic?”

Ronobe stretched the oil and made it look like a snake. To be honest, it looked more like tentacles than a snake. Ageidon looked down at the oil and shook his head.

[Why are you obsessed with oil? They say that oil is latent in the ground, but that won’t always be the case. If you’re only obsessed with oil, you’ll get into big trouble someday.]

“Yes? Well, rather than being obsessed with oil, oil is comfortable and familiar. It’s also strong…”

[Can oil be extracted from frozen ground?]

“That’s not it.”

No. That’s why, in preparation for such times, always carry a leather pouch or container filled with oil hanging from your waist.

Ageidon’s point was sharp.

‘We’re heading north soon.’

The time is also winter.

The frozen ground appears.

As Agadon said, it would be difficult to use Karanqal’s magic in the North.

Even if it’s not necessarily the North, Karanqal’s magic has many limitations. Oil isn’t everywhere, is it?

[I don’t know who gave you the wind, but I can see their intentions clearly. They were trying to connect the snake and the oil with a single passage. At first, they were only trying to connect with the snake, but later they were trying to connect the space between the oil and the oil through the passage connected to the oil.]

“… yes?”

Ronobe didn’t understand what he was saying.

[So. The snake is a space, and your mouth is a passage leading to the snake. The reason it was made into a part of the body is because it is something that all living things are familiar with.]

“yes?”

[…eating food. Food moving through the esophagus and stomach. It being discharged again through the anus. This can be said to be dealing with space in a broad sense. Space is not a difficult concept. Everyone has it from birth. We just don’t use it properly.]

The jar forms one space.

Because that’s how I was born.

It is said that the snake in Ronobe’s stomach is no different from swallowing a jar.

[The snake that swallowed the jar realized this truth in the midst of its mortal crisis.]

“Did you swallow the jar? Why?”

[…it was because of the shortcomings of my youth.]

Because of its large size, you might have thought the jar was a bird’s egg.

‘A snake that swallowed a jar… how funny.’

I was stuck in the jar and couldn’t properly understand what Ageidon was saying.

To be honest, there was no way I could understand the concept of space in just a few words.

“Ageidon says not to use oil?”

[Yes. Who gave you such nonsense?]

“Archangel Ashwald.”

[You were human after all. It’s a chain of thoughts that a human would think. But, Ronobe. Can’t you not be human?]

“No, I want to be human.”

[That’s not what I meant…]

Ageidon shook his head as if his head was aching.

[How does that toad teach you? It feels like there’s a lump of roasted rock inside my body.]

“Not just anyone can be my teacher.”

[This is not the time to brag.]

“Oh, yes…”

Strictly speaking, Ronobe also scratched the back of his neck, putting on a playful air. Even though he had three disciples, he was always a child in front of the gods. It was like a grown man being spanked in front of his mother.

[To put it simply, the method of using oil is not good for using my Akan.]

“It’s not like you can’t do it.”

[There is no need to do it.]

I don’t know for sure, but seeing that Ageidon was so opposed to it, I thought there must be some reason.

‘For now, let’s just increase the size of the snake.’

The exact size of the snake that goes into the mouth is unknown to Ronobe, but it is equivalent to two jars the size of a human body. Thanks to this, it is usually used to store a lot of food, alcohol, strange rocks, grimoires, and the like.

But if it’s too full, you can’t put it in.

It feels like it’s stuck when you put it in your mouth. Since it’s a guy who’s used a lot, it’s better to increase the size of the snakehead a bit.

[The size of the snake cage? Okay. Is the offering ready?]

“These are the souls of soldiers covered in blood. They are strong souls that have grown up in the bloody winds of the North. They are medium-well-cooked, so they are easy to eat.”

[The human offering is 100, so not bad.]

Ageidon swallowed the offering in one gulp and bestowed the grace of the snake cage on Ronobe. The snake cage seemed to have expanded three times in size from before.

‘This is enough for a cart.’

I felt like the space in the cage had expanded.

Although Ronobe’s body was the same, it felt as if the organs inside him had expanded? It was a strange feeling that was difficult to describe in words.

[I know you have more to offer. Offer it and learn about the ‘Python’. In order to learn Akan, you must become a snake to truly know.]

“A python? I’m not even good at handling a grizzly bear yet…”

I don’t completely lose my mind like before, but I still can’t handle it perfectly. To be honest, I put it aside because there was too much to do.

[If you learn it, it will be useful.]

“How much is it?”

[The tribute of two hundred is just as it was just now. It is less for you.]

“Let’s do that.”

Ronobe offered three hundred soul offerings and learned the snake technique and ‘Python’!

“Do I need to do some kind of quest to learn the Archon of Ageidon?”

[… It’s not a quest. However, I have a request.]

Ronobe nodded, swallowing his words, “That’s a quest…”

“What is it?”

[I want you to go into the space I left behind. He’ll still be there.]

“That guy?”

[There is. There is such a guy.]

Wheein, Ronobe narrowed his eyes as he watched Ageidon disappear. The space he was talking about was most likely not an ordinary place. The ‘space left behind’ that Ageidon, a snake that could move between spaces, was talking about was definitely not ordinary.

‘Now that I think about it.’

That’s later.

Ronobe thought about what to do with the remaining tribute.

“I’ll leave the rocks alone because I’ll have to grind them into powder and use them.”

All that’s left are two grimoires.

It’s not really of any use to Ronobe.

One is a slingshot, one is a pair of scissors.

The slingshot was obtained by killing an enemy wizard in the war, and the scissors were taken from Nelatino.

The power of the slingshot was quite useful.

If I were to arbitrarily rank it, I think it would be around the level of a mid-level grimoire.

Scissors are not well known because they do not have any inherent magic. It is difficult to detect magical potential just by the presence of magic.

“What magic is useful in the North?”

Ageidon’s words come to mind.

As he said, the only magic that Ronobe mainly uses is oil and ice.

Of course, there are powerful transformation spells such as the gray bear, eye peck, and fang.

However, since they are magics that can be used in close combat, they are not used often. When they are used, they are usually in a pinch, but Ronobe, who is a true magician, does not want to experience such a crisis, so he raises private soldiers and knights.

‘The magician is a long-distance fighter.’

The magic of this era is to create miracles by gathering things that exist around you. You have no choice but to use magic that deals with things that frequently exist in human life.

The North is cold, snowy, and has a lot of frozen ground, so Anna’s magic would be suitable and effective.

But if you think about it differently, you could also think that the people living there are resistant to the cold.

A monster that lives in the North.

This means that the native orcs may also be resistant to cold or frost.

‘We need to make it usable without having to pump oil out of the ground.’

And it seemed like a good idea to devise another mainstay magic for oil.

‘Urdisa, Yonterion, Victor, Agadon, Bonka, Karankar, Anna, Caterpillar, Vivian…’

Although each of them is certainly strong, learning their Akan is not an easy task.

‘I also have to do Urdisa’s quest…’

Ageidon said it wasn’t time yet.

Victor is a melee fighter, which doesn’t match his appearance. Yonterion is out of the question, and Caterpillar and Vivian are both ambiguous spells to use right now.

“If you don’t have iron, Bonka won’t be interested.”

Maybe it’s time.

“Is it time to call the tenth god…”

There is no reason not to call.

There are tributes and plenty of new slots available.

This is because I felt that Ronobe’s bowl had expanded even further through Prume.

‘Something useful in the North.’

In the north, the ground is frozen, so magic using the ground won’t be very effective.

Magic that can be used anywhere!

‘It wasn’t in Boladigen, but you never know when the Empire might show up. You never know when that b*tch Rene might troll again.’

Ronobe put down his slingshot and scissors and knelt reverently.

I need God.

A very powerful god!

“Oh, God. The child of the offering, the wise man of the forest, calls…!”

If you have intelligence, you can move heaven.

I feel like I should at least pray for purified water, but why would I go that far?

‘Honestly, the one I regret is God.’

It is a sad thing for the gods, but Ronobe is probably the only child of tribute left in this world. Even if that were not the case, there would be very few of them. In that case, the one who becomes the top in a relationship between the two is always a rare person.

God needs tribute.

Honestly, I still don’t know why it’s needed, but anyway, that’s how it is.

[Give me those scissors.]

The first guest has arrived.

The god who appeared, emitting a gentle mist, was a mantis with a sharp and hard exoskeleton.

‘It’s a locust…’

It definitely feels okay.

Since it is a being with a scissors-shaped grimoire, it is speculated that it may have similar resolution magic.

‘A kind of magic that cuts something.’

I think it might be easy.

Of course, the locust wasn’t alone.

[Child, offer me your tribute. And I will give you eternal life…]

Knock knock, knock knock.

A grotesque creature with teeth clinking.

The hooded skeleton spoke to Ronobe.

‘Rich!’

It’s not a gathering of monsters, just a giant locust and a lich.

Ronobe’s heart pounded.

In addition, there were gods who flocked like beggars to see Ronobe’s offering, forming a sea of ​​people. Ronobe smiled, wetting his lips that had dried out at some point with his tongue.

“It is not difficult to offer tribute to the gods who ruled an era.”

However.

“I seek the Archon I need. Only those who can grant me the grace of Archon in exchange for the tribute, please bring me the tribute.”

Akan is a type of miracle that a wizard has achieved.

It is magic that forms the axis of God.

Asking for it is like asking for everything. In some ways, it may seem like asking for everything as a tribute, so it may seem like stealing, but it wasn’t such a bad deal.

“If you show me a favor once, I will be able to receive my tribute on a regular basis.”

One big investment.

If you can receive tribute steadily without risk, it is also beneficial to the god.

It would be impossible in the first place.

‘I am the only child of tribute.’

It was also a condition that could be raised since the only one who could pay tribute was Ronobe.

Of course, you hear the explanation of the magic in advance and decide. The perfect match between God and yourself is now Ronobe.

“Well, how are you?”

Because it was you.

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