Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 187



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Episode 187: The Land of the Martyrs (6)

The wind that had been surrounding the sword like a scabbard shot out towards Theodore at the moment of explosion.

Because it wasn’t just simple compression of air, it was something controlled by spirits.

Theodore’s brute strength forced its way through and he continued to thrust forward, but the greatsword’s momentum had already been dampened.

When he collided with the Whi Kwang Sword right after, there was not much difference in power between the two.

The distance that Lilia was pushed backwards through the air was definitely shorter than before.

Theodore was also pushed back somewhat.

Although for slightly different reasons than Lilia.

“This is it.”

A pleasant voice mixed with a faint hint of embarrassment came out of the old man’s mouth.

“Were there two types of spirits? Wind and earth?”

“that’s right!”

Lilia, who had responded brightly, quickly closed the distance and swung her sword. Theodore also responded by swinging his sword.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

There was another loud explosion. Theodore laughed as he felt the heavy wind push the greatsword away again.

If the spirit of the earth had grabbed his ankle and tried to bury him, he could have just ripped it off with force.

But cleverly, he didn’t touch Theodore directly, but played only with the ground, without even any rules.

It’s like having to balance on a plank of wood in a rough, wavy sea.

It wouldn’t matter if the other person was in the same state, but the only one who was interrupted was Theodore. After all, Lilia was flying in the sky.

There, you can wrap the wind around your body to increase your speed, and wrap it around your sword to increase its power.

Even though no one was paying much attention to them, the clash between the two was tense.

“Hahahahaha! Good!”

Theodore burst into laughter at the first proper fight he had had in a long time. His already bulging muscles, which were already brimming with energy and unable to control themselves, were now even more lively.

Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang!

How long has it been since I swung my sword so excitedly?

“huh?”

Lilia, who had been continuing to attack fiercely, stopped attacking for a moment.

Theodore, who looked back in the direction she was looking, belatedly discovered the torch. Originally, he should have noticed it first as he had a keener sense, but he was so excited that he noticed it late.

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a torch.

Galen was walking towards them, holding a large fireball on his hand as if it was not hot and using it as a torch.

“Oh, brother!”

“What? You said you weren’t coming to see me?”

“That’s what I was going to do.”

Galen smiled bitterly.

“The villagers were worried.”

“hmm?”

“I guess I got scared because the two of you kept making noise. I thought something was wrong.”

“… Did that reach the village?”

“I heard about it. I don’t care because I know the circumstances, but the villagers don’t know.”

Even if firecrackers explode from far away, wouldn’t you hear a popping sound?

When the light sword and the great sword collided, only a shock wave would explode, but once the wind blade got involved, the compressed air would burst out, making a loud noise. It was so quiet in the desert at night that it could be heard even in a village quite far away.

Of course, the townspeople weren’t brave enough to tell the monsters that they were noisy.

I came to see Galen and saw that his party seemed to be fighting, so I cautiously asked if something was wrong.

“I guess I should have spread the distance further.”

“Hey, that was fun.”

Lilia looked embarrassed and Theodore clicked his tongue.

The seats can still be moved, but it feels like the flow is somehow broken.

It felt short because we were so engrossed in it, but when we look back on the energy and effort we each expended, we realize that quite a bit of time had actually passed, so it was a bit odd to rekindle it now.

“Let’s stop here for today!”

“Yes. It’s not just today.”

Feeling regretful, Theodore shook the greatsword and put it back behind his back. Lilia, who had scattered the light sword, flew lightly to Galen and landed.

As Unica recovered her magic power, the temporary spirits disappeared. Galen, who was watching this, asked Theodore.

“How was it, were you interested?”

“Of course!”

Theodore answered cheerfully.

“I understand why you made that promise, why you used the term ‘spiritual inspector.’ If separate spirit masters and inspectors joined forces, they would never fight in this manner.”

Even if a wizard and a warrior team up, it’s just a matter of dividing up the roles that they’re good at. One side takes on close range, the other takes on long range.

It was the first time in Theodore’s life that he had ever seen magic used to enhance the fighting style of a priest, tailored to the priest’s needs.

“Even though it was clearly stated that the spirit was borrowed, it worked well together as if it was Archbishop Lilia’s own ability from the beginning. How on earth did you do it?”

“Well, that’s the result of training. I practiced until I got it right.”

It wasn’t just a vague explanation, it really happened.

Galen and Unica can communicate with their heads, but Lilia and Unica cannot. Lilia must communicate with words, and Unica must communicate with indirect gestures.

In fact, the reason why Unica was only given a supporting role was because communication was lacking in urgent battle situations. Since it would be worse than not doing anything if you made a mistake and your path got messed up, you focused solely on strengthening Lilia.

The skills named by Lilia herself, such as Wind Shoes, Wind Wings, and Wind Blades, were naturally matched through thousands of practice sessions.

“I’ve almost reached the technical perfection level… but I still can’t beat Brother Theodore.”

Next to me, Lilia shook her head.

“Considering how much Brother Michael suffered, I thought this would be enough… … .”

“I guess that means Sir Theodore is that strong.”

Unika’s body is at the level of a jewel without a revision world, but even the temporary spirits that Unika created through spirit creation are not at the level of a jewel.

Well, Unica is just copying Galen’s life magic, but Galen himself can’t make a temporary spirit into a jewel level one. If that’s the case, then it’s a waste.

But considering that Atma had almost unilaterally cornered Michael with the support of the Golden Spirits, even though Michael had been injured in the surprise attack, Lilia was confident.

Theodore had a hard time. It wasn’t ‘I won thanks to the spirit’, it was ‘I lost without the spirit’.

“Michael? Michael VanDemon?”

“yes.”

“Why are you suddenly talking about that friend?”

“You were involved in the incident involving Artma.”

Lilia explained briefly. The situation where Atma and her elementals attacked Michael together and the situation where she and her elementals attacked Theodore together were similar, but the results were completely different.

After hearing everything, Theodore laughed.

“Isn’t that obvious? Atma is a magician and you are a priest, so that may be part of it, but it’s just because I am stronger than Michael.”

“I know that, but… … .”

“Didn’t I tell you before? Among the clergy, my only opponent is Julian. In other words, whether you borrow the power of the spirits or not, you too are capable of fighting Julian.”

“If you include the ultimate and the selection, isn’t it impossible?”

“That can’t be helped because the realms they’ve reached are different. Even if we take that into account, if it’s still the same, wouldn’t Nana and Julian be disappointed?”

“I guess so.”

Lilia nodded obediently, looking a little sullen.

The reason she was able to do well in Dalian was because they were both attached, excluding their jewel-specific techniques.

Even though he became stronger with Galen’s help, he still had no way to deal with the warrior’s ultimate, so his compatibility with Theodore remained the same, and since he hadn’t learned the ninth miracle, he was naturally inferior to Julian.

“But still, one level higher… Should I say it’s a top-tier gem? I mean, it works well for anyone but them.”

Galen patted Lilia.

“Isn’t that so, Sir Theodore?”

“That’s right. Against a normal Gem Warrior, you can deal with the ultimate to some extent because you have the advantage in power and speed. Against a fellow Archbishop, you have the advantage as much as a spirit, needless to say.”

“See? We’re doing well, I told you.”

“I never thought from the beginning that I couldn’t do it?! I just felt a little disappointed!”

Lilia glanced at him gently. Galen smirked and looked at Theodore again.

“Anyway, Sir Theodore. Are you satisfied with the sparring?”

“of course.”

“Then would you like to do it again?”

“Why would I refuse? Unless Archbishop Lilia refuses.”

“I like it too!”

Lilia added, answering readily.

“Instead, please use the ultimate skill from the next match!”

“The ultimate?”

“I’m going to use the selection tool too.”

“Of course you have to use it to fight against the ultimate. What I mean is, it’s a duel, so wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

“You don’t like it?”

“No way.”

Theodore chuckled at the question, which sounded almost provocative, but his eyes were so innocent that it didn’t sound like that at all.

The agreement was reached simply.

* * *

With Theodore joining them, the group of four continued their journey westward.

By the way, their common destination is Chiselin.

It was the only place in the desert where you could hear the sounds of a city, but at the current pace, it would take four days to go further west.

But when I asked why they were coming down from the north, the answer I got was quite surprising.

“You’re going a little bit in the wrong direction.”

“ah.”

“It’s not that far if you run, so that could happen!”

“I didn’t say anything?”

Anyway, there was no need to match Theodore’s sprinting speed. I just rode a camel like normal.

Of course, Theodore walked, not caring at all. There was no camel to carry him in the first place.

“It’s fun, it’s fun.”

As he had revealed when they first met, it was Galen whom Theodore was originally more interested in.

Galen was an unprecedented case of being both a jewel and a multi-lineage wizard, but Lilia was just a cleric like the other archbishops, except that she was too young.

But Theodore realized his mistake less than a day after joining the group.

To be exact, it was the second day since we met, that is, in a duel where we approached each other without any restrictions on ultimate and selective aspects.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The moment when Theodore’s ultimate was weakened by Lilia’s selection and the two canceled each other out.

“wait for a sec.”

Theodore paused for a moment and his expression became serious.

“What did you just do?”

“Huh? Did it work?”

“… Don’t you know that you did it yourself?”

“I’m not sure if it’s long or short!”

Lilia said brightly.

“You’re wondering? Didn’t you do it on purpose?”

“I don’t know for sure yet. I tried it because I had a vague feeling about it, and it really worked!”

“… Is that possible by feeling?”

“Ah, originally, Lilia was born with a special sense.”

Galen kindly added an explanation to Theodore, who asked in bewilderment.

That’s right.

The 8.5th miracle is the eye that sees the essence. The holy eye. If you open this eye, you will be able to perceive even the power or magic that the priest cannot see normally.

Lillia had already vaguely felt that ‘special’ feeling for a long time!

Even though he is not a magician, he can sense the signs of Galen’s world being activated, or he can detect a malignant tumor hidden inside his body just by feeling it.

Of course, it still remained as a faint feeling, and it was not as clear as Julian’s.

As she was taught by Julian and came into contact with the Pope’s powers, as well as the various magical powers she encountered while hanging out with Galen every day, and as she came into contact with Theodore’s highest level of powers, her intuition was gradually taking on a concrete form.

A fragment of it has just leaked out.

The ultimate warrior’s attack, which was impossible to respond to as it randomly mixed in with dozens of attacks in the blink of an eye, was blocked accurately by finding a very faint clue.

Although the success rate was still extremely low, it was not something that was done haphazardly, but something that was blocked ‘because’ it was done ‘knowingly’. This difference was very big.

“Hahahahaha! What an incredible talent!”

Theodore burst out laughing.

“This is just like getting a little stronger every time you spar!”

“Who knows? In a few years, I might be stronger than Sir Theodore.”

“Then it’s good for me! It means that even if I burn everything I have and crash into it, I won’t die! Please, I beg you, become that much stronger!”

I can’t tell if he’s being generous or just crazy about fighting.

In any case, it was clear that Lilia had met Theodore’s ‘standards’ very, very well. Theodore’s attitude toward the duel became even more enthusiastic. Could it be that he was paying a little more attention?

For four days, we spent our days moving and our nights training.

The party arrived safely at their destination, Chiselin.

“Sir Theodore, is that right?”

As soon as they entered the city, they encountered someone looking for them.