Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 158
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Episode 158: The Shadow of the Great Mountain Range (7)
A little while ago.
The moment when the voice of the Siren mixed with magic first touched the spirit.
As the spirits began to run wild, the status window also started to run wild.
[Spirit Creation Lv.??]
[Progress to next level ???%]
Galen knew exactly what was going on, having already experienced it once. No, to broaden the scope, twice.
‘It’s not like you’re learning a new magic, it’s like when existing magic evolves.’
When I fought the black ghost-like thing on the eastern sea, my spirit creation evolved.
Vanity Flame evolved when I fought Ventis while chasing the black market in the northeast.
Coincidentally, both of them were at a serious standoff with the cavalry. They say that demons are like walking cavalry, so I guess the current situation is similar.
In any case, Galen was not one to miss an unexpected opportunity. He felt a little sorry for Lilia, but he had asked her to fight lightly and with less force so that Siren wouldn’t get scared and run away, so it wasn’t such a bad order, was it?
‘…But what does this have to do with spirits?’
The ghosts that mixed with the seawater and controlled the water were quite similar to spirits, except that their colors were different.
The fact that Ventis’ cavalry also handles flames clearly overlaps with the Vanity Flames.
I’m not sure what the ability to control evil spirits has to do with it.
But now it’s even more foolish to distrust the status window.
While Lilia worked hard to buy time, Galen focused all his attention on the spirit. Because the siren kept chattering, the spirit’s writhing didn’t stop, so he was able to observe it without any problems.
Even if you just sit still, the status window will analyze it for you, but it feels bad to just let go and play with Lilia while she’s running around.
Above all, even though I tried not to pay attention, my eyes kept going to it.
‘It feels different than before, for sure.’
Both evolutions occurred during golden ages.
Now that I am a jewel, I can see many more things in detail than before, even though the situation is the same.
Is it because the perspective on magic itself has expanded incomparably compared to the golden age?
Galen’s eyes, which had been observing the fluctuating spirits and the gradually changing magic of spirit creation, suddenly lit up.
‘Ah, so that’s why it was like that.’
There is nothing higher than a self in the spirit.
But it would be wrong to say that I was a complete puppet with no will of my own.
It was clear that Galen’s orders were to be faithfully carried out, but the details of how to do so were not specified, so he figured it out on his own.
There is such a thing as a basic level of intelligence, or perhaps a spirit.
But that was exactly the part where Siren’s magic penetrated.
It’s not a mind-blowing, hypnotic feeling.
What should I say? It’s like giving a person a new personality.
‘The creation of spirits by giving personality to natural objects. Siren’s ability to give separate personalities to beings belonging to the devil.’
The similarities were apparent.
It didn’t mean that they looked similar by fitting in some logic.
As a wizard, my intuition has discovered a commonality between the two different types of magic.
In the lower categories, they diverge, but when you go up to the upper category… the roots of the two magics are the same. Surprisingly.
The moment Galen realized that.
“ah.”
A thunderbolt struck my head.
A fundamental change has occurred in the way we view magic.
In terms of the big changes, it was like stepping into the realm of jewels, but the details were in a completely different realm.
It is not a kind of realization that brings back some kind of strong self-confidence like when you manipulate water flow. It is not a goal of achieving the ultimate of a ‘specific’ magic, but rather a strengthening of the ‘overall’ way of using magic.
Galen glanced at the status window while calming down his still disorganized mind.
[Life Lv.69]
[Spirit: Grant, Follow]
[100% progress to next level]
Galen wasn’t surprised to see the unfamiliar status window.
The realization I just had was not unrelated to the status window. I had a feeling that something essential had changed.
“… … .”
This status window was previously called ‘Spirit Creation’.
The level and progress were the same, but the name itself had changed completely and a new line of unfamiliar description was added.
[Water Flow Manipulation Lv.75]
[25% progress to next level]
Just in case, I brought up the status windows of other magics and they were the same. Only the status window of Spirit Creation had changed to a unique style.
Perhaps it is because the only magic that has been directly connected to the magic of the Siren and has achieved enlightenment is the creation of spirits.
There was no need to be embarrassed.
Because I thought that the existing spirit creation had evolved and had various new functions added to it.
The feeling of using magic itself didn’t change. That was enough.
“You’re working hard to protect a colleague who isn’t even half-assed. Try a little harder!”
“That’s real!”
At that moment, Siren and Lilia’s voices were heard one after another. Galen shook his head slightly and opened his mouth.
“Hold on, Lilia.”
If Lilia gets angry and cuts down the Siren who is whining without even knowing that she is being watched, the chance to test out the newly transformed magic will be lost.
Since I received a great, unexpected gift, it’s only natural to repay it.
“Let’s see, is this the right way to do it?”
Galen muttered softly as he watched the troll approach without notice while he was trying to calm Lilia down.
“Stop.”
The magical power of spirit creation was originally consumed only as fuel when moving spirits.
Now it moved in a completely different way, under a new name: the magic of life.
[Life: Mind: Follow]
[Magic Sound Area]
Galen’s voice, of course, was neither as distinctive nor as far-reaching as the Sirens’.
However, Galen knew very well that the elemental creation had evolved and stolen the Siren’s abilities at the same time.
After all, the voice is merely a medium for transmitting magical power.
Of course, Siren’s special voice could transmit magical power smoothly over a much longer distance.
Even Galen’s soft mumbling had more than enough effect on the troll right in front of him.
Kwuk!
The troll’s club, which seemed ready to strike Galen at any moment, lost its way. This was because the troll suddenly twisted its body in a bizarre way.
“Huh?”
Lilia, who had stopped swinging her hammer for a moment at Galen’s request, tilted her head.
“What, what?!”
The siren, who had been leisurely watching, let out a sharp scream.
“You, you. What have you done?!”
“What did you do again?”
The emotions contained were different, such as shock and curiosity, but the content was the same.
Galen shrugged. Of course, he only answered Lilia. Siren must have overheard, too.
“To put it very simply, Siren’s ability is to temporarily assume a new personality.”
“Personality?”
“It’s like your mind is split in two for a moment. It’s like you have one body but two heads.”
“aha.”
“That’s why the spirit was causing trouble. It didn’t know what to do because there was one head following me and one head following the Siren.”
“Then it’s the same for that troll too?”
“Wouldn’t it be more confusing?”
Galen answered, turning his head slightly. A light wave of magic flew towards the evil spirit rushing towards him, and he became identical to the troll.
“Galen added, admiring the creaking and squeaking sounds of broken robots.
“They are beasts, but even evil spirits have their original minds. With the personality granted by Siren mixed with the personality granted by me, it’s like they have three heads.”
“I wonder if it doesn’t break!”
“How did you do that?!”
Siren’s screams were completely ignored by both Galen and Lilia.
“But honestly, I don’t think it would be very useful. Wouldn’t it be easier and faster to just kill it?”
“That’s true against normal evil types. But it’s worth trying against unusual types… … .”
Above all, new abilities were added to the magic that created spirits, and the existing abilities did not disappear.
Even the existing abilities were further enhanced.
“I don’t know if it will work, but I don’t think it will fail completely.”
Galen extended his right hand, palm facing the sky.
Wheeing!
As I drew out the magic power of the spiral flow, the wind gathered on my palm. A small vortex was created in my hand and spun around.
Here, the magic of creation, no, of life, is once again drawn out.
Just as a person doesn’t change even if they change their clothes, if you change something without harming the fundamental nature of magic power.
[Life: Spirit: Grant]
[Spirit Creation]
It becomes a familiar feeling of magical power, very similar to the existing, pre-evolution spirit creation.
The reason I said ‘similar’ rather than ‘same’ was because there was a crucial difference.
The magic power of spirit creation was originally the fuel used to move spirits. However, it could only be used ‘passively’.
Because the magic of life can be ‘actively’ mixed into the voice like a magic sound.
What if you could actively use your ability to give personality to natural objects?
Wheeeeeeee―
The wind that had been swaying in the palm of my hand subsides.
It was not that the power of the spiral flow had weakened.
The shape of the rotating wind has become ‘fixed’.
“Wow!”
Lilia’s eyes sparkled as she admired him like a child.
The newly born wind spirit flew lightly in front of the two people’s eyes, its transparent body fluttering.
“Well, it’s only half successful… … .”
“Huh? Isn’t that a good thing?”
“Unfortunately, it seems to be lacking in some way. Compared to this one.”
Galen licked his lips as he lifted the bracelet on his now calm left wrist.
“It doesn’t seem like it will continue to exist even if you just sit still like this. It seems like it will disappear after its magic power runs out. Should I call it a temporary thing?”
“If it’s temporary, it’s probably more like a slightly exotic magic than a spirit?”
“Well, I think it’s enough to be used as an assistant in battle. It’s not that they don’t have any abilities. It’s just that each one of them consumes magic power. You could also have them assist Lilia.”
“I’m really looking forward to that!”
“First of all, I need to clean up here. Could you just catch that guy?”
“yes!”
“I will clean up the front now.”
I’ve seen what I need to see. I don’t need to see you anymore.
Shhhhhhhhh!
A spiraling storm swept through Galen and Lilia. The evil spirits who had not yet come to their senses were blown away like fallen leaves being swept away by a broom.
Galen, who had lightly swept away the surroundings, then took out the magic of the Vanity Flame.
Kwaaaaaaaah!
The flames that came with the explosion blew away the entire front. The corpses of the evil creatures were torn to pieces and scattered without leaving a trace.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Galen felt a little sorry for leaving the magic research to Lilia alone, so he poured out his magic without holding back.
Among Galen’s magics, the most powerful one is the Flame of Vanity. There was no evil spirit in this place that could withstand magic that was close to the peak of gold.
And the siren was not there either.
“Shit, shit, shit!”
Taurus ran like crazy. The Siren riding on his shoulders bit her lip until it bled.
In this short period of time, over a hundred demons were swept away. Even though the power of the technology was ignorant, it was too ignorant.
“What the heck… What the heck… … !”
The topic of the half-baked technology being called magic and being boastful.
It seemed like he had the power of water magic, and not only did he have the skills to control wind and fire, he even copied her powers and used them on the spot.
I couldn’t figure out what it was. Only one thing was certain: it was extremely dangerous.
“I have to tell the master―”
Her monologue, which she had been muttering in a huff, did not last long.
The world is tilted.
This was because the waist of the Taurus he was riding was cut in half.
Siren, who rolled down with the upper body of the falling Taurus, saw the platinum light used by the servant in her eyes.
“Ahhh!”
She had lost consciousness, but opened her eyes after being doused with water.
The half-brother and the servant were looking down at her as she lay on the ground. It seemed like she had been caught without even realizing it.
“I don’t know if this will work. I hope it will.”
Galen smirked and spoke to the still dazed Siren.
[Life: Mind: Follow]
[Ma Seong Eum Yeok]
A wave of magical power struck the siren.
“Will it work for the original owner?”