Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 192



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Episode 192 The King’s Tomb (3)

Due to the nature of the status window, which requires direct contact with the magical power rather than just looking at it, it is rare for the process of acquiring it to be easy. Most of those situations were during battle.

So this time, it shouldn’t have been much different.

Galen was able to concentrate very comfortably.

It was floating in the air, and Unica’s spirit was maintaining it.

The skeletons that emerged from the sandy beach were enormous in number, but their individual strength was pitiful. Silver was nowhere near it, and bronze at best.

I can’t jump as high as two people, and I don’t have a ranged weapon.

The best the skeletons could do was to stick together and create something like a hill and try to climb up.

Saaaa …

As the magic of the death mist descended from above like a gloomy fog, the skeletons were unable to exert any strength.

If you subtract 10 from a guy with 100 stats, that’s a pretty big blow, but if you subtract 10 from a guy with 10 stats, he just becomes an idiot.

Since they were just rambling around and not even able to come together properly, they ultimately posed no threat.

Of course, the moment the Death Mist stops, the attack will start again, but since the magic that is evolving now is Death Mist anyway, it was a good thing. I could examine it more thoroughly by using it myself.

‘It feels like magic isn’t just being improved, but integrated with new magic.’

At the same time that he was learning the new magic of the Demonic Sound, it was combined with the creation of spirits and he was reborn as life magic.

As I was learning new dark magic, it combined with the binding of the Earth and was reborn as pitch-black magic.

Since both of the magic I’ve learned recently are like this, I’m starting to get the feel of it just by feeling it.

This is most likely an atmosphere where magic of the same lineage as Death Mist is trying to integrate with the existing Death Mist.

‘I should say that my body is comfortable, my mind is comfortable, and even my head is comfortable.’

It took me quite some time to truly realize that the roots of the demonic sound and the creation of spirits are the same.

I still can’t really grasp the fact that the roots of Dark Fairy Tales and Earth Binding are the same.

On the other hand, the Death Mist and this magic already had a certain similarity. It wasn’t like a clash between rivers, but rather the magic power of the relics moving countless skeletons was secretly intertwined with the magic power in the widely spread fog, so it could be said that the density of contact was relatively high.

‘The death mist that weakens the target, and the ancient magic that moves the target that is so weakened that it is completely dead.’

The magic of the relics is never the ‘resurrection’ of the dead.

What should I say about this?

When your HP decreases and reaches 0, you die, but it keeps decreasing and even goes down to a negative number, is it recognized as some kind of bug that says, ‘You’re not dead because your HP isn’t 0!’?

I don’t know if this is the right analogy, but that’s roughly what Galen understood.

That is why it is a magic with the same root as Death Mist, which inflicts debuffs and minuses.

The moment when Galen truly realizes that point deep in his heart.

“…aha.”

Unfamiliar knowledge poured into my head like a tidal wave.

When learning a completely new spell, it starts at level 1, so it’s quick, but when going through the evolution and integration process, you start at a high level from the beginning, so the amount of knowledge that enters your head is also large.

Galen, who had been cleaning up for quite some time, let out a light breath.

“Phew.”

“Are you finished?”

Lilia, who was standing next to him, suddenly stuck her face out and asked. Galen, who reflexively flinched, soon answered with a smile.

“Thanks for waiting, it ended safely.”

“I didn’t do anything?”

“You were quiet so as not to disturb me, weren’t you?”

Galen paused for a moment and added with a mischievous smile.

“And you didn’t even scream.”

“That, that was because the skeletons suddenly attacked and surprised me for a moment!”

“I didn’t know Lilia would be afraid of something like that.”

“I said no?!”

Lilia jumped up and tried to deny it, but it wasn’t very convincing considering how she had screamed and smashed skulls earlier.

“I just did it because I felt a little dirty! When you’re dead, you’re not supposed to move, but you’re moving!”

“I’ll do that.”

“It’s true!”

Well, if she was really scared, then it would be a bit much to make a fuss about it… but it was more like she was scared when she saw a cockroach or something.

Galen had to spend quite some time trying to calm and soothe Lilia, who was upset from being teased so much.

“… Well, anyway.”

Lilia, who had finally returned to her usual self, regained her composure and asked.

“Have you learned magic?”

“yes.”

Galen nodded. His gaze briefly glanced at the status window he had called up.

[Vanity Lv.69]

[Loss: Weakness]

[Reverse: Immortal]

[100% progress to next level]

The status window of Death Mist has changed.

Life, in a form similar to pitch black.

It was a form of integration that used two or more magics with one magical power.

“Is this roughly what it feels like?”

Galen willingly demonstrated to Lilia, who was looking at him with curious eyes.

[Vanity: Loss: Weakness]

[Death Mist]

As the faint fog that had been briefly lifted began to spread again, the skeletons that had seemed to briefly regain their vitality began to collapse again.

Lilia, who had been looking down, tilted her head.

“Isn’t that the same thing as original magic? That fog that drains your strength when you get hit?”

“That’s right. If you apply that magic a little differently, you can now do things like this.”

Galen properly took control and used the magic of nothingness again.

Instead of the mountain of bones piled up at their feet, they looked towards the still intact skeletons located a little distance away.

[Vanity: Reverse Heaven: Immortal]

[The dead will never forget]

Although it was invisible, Galen’s magical power stretched out in all directions like tentacles and struck the tops of the skeletons.

Immediately after.

Among the skeletons that were trying to move towards Galen and Lilia without any plan, about thirty of them suddenly turned their backs and started attacking the other skeletons around them.

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

It was a complete surprise, something I never would have thought of, I don’t know if skeletons can think, but anyway.

Dozens of skeletons wandering around were instantly destroyed.

But the propaganda was short-lived. The other skeletons rushed at them all at once, as if they had labeled the betrayers as enemies.

Kwajik! Kwajik! Kwajik!

Although Galen’s skeleton soldiers had a slight advantage in individual combat power, it was meaningless in a situation where their numbers were vastly different.

Lilia watched with interest the fratricide unfolding beneath her feet.

“Is it some kind of magic similar to Siren’s? It seems like you’ve taken control of the skeleton?”

“They look similar. But while that one feels like it’s influencing your mind, this one feels like it’s taking ownership of the thread that controls the puppet? Skeletons don’t have egos.”

“aha.”

“But I don’t think it’s a very good way to use it in a situation like now. As you can see, my skeleton is stronger, right?”

“yes.”

“That’s just because I added a bit more magic power. It’s not because I’m good.”

“Does it take magic power to take control?”

“Yes. Because we have to push away the magical power that was previously controlling the skeleton.”

“Then isn’t it a loss one way or another?”

“So, that’s why it’s not a good use right now.”

If one of the skeletons in the ruins was operating at 1 mana, Galen would have to invest at least 2 mana. He would have to use 1 to cancel out the existing mana, and then use another 1 to activate the skeleton.

But even if you try to take ownership of the skeleton like that, you will just get crushed by the overwhelming numerical inferiority.

Even with the integrated evolution, the magic power of the void, which was still level 69 and golden, could not possibly be higher than the magic power of the ruins, so it was a one-on-one fight.

“Rather than using those skeletons to claim what’s mine and what’s yours, wouldn’t it be better to just sweep them away with some other magic?”

“I think so too. But if you think about it roughly, it seems like it would be more cost-effective if you were to control the ownerless skeletons from the beginning rather than taking away their ownership.”

“Except that there are no good circumstances in which you can use tactics because of your brother!”

“Unfortunately.”

Even without having to lead an army of undead, Galen was a one-man walking army in his own right.

It’s already too versatile, which is a problem. Of course, new magic is always welcome.

“But at least it will be useful in this ruin. There is no guarantee that only weak majority will continue to appear like now.”

“Right. By the way, are you going further?”

“I’ve achieved my goal of learning magic… but since I’m here, why don’t I go a little further? Just to look around.”

“great!”

“Let’s go, Unica.”

As they decided to venture a little further, the wind pushed their bodies back and forth.

The skeletons rose again as they retrieved the magic of nothingness that no longer needed to be maintained, but before they could do anything, the two men flew straight across the sky above the sandy beach and entered the passage on the other side.

Luckily, the skeletons didn’t chase us that far.

After stepping back onto the stone floor and sending the temporary spirit back, a four-way passage appeared in front of the two people a while later.

“There are suddenly so many choices.”

“Hmm. Tenebrae?”

The Dark Spirit has been scouting the entrance to each passage for some time. Meanwhile, Galen and Lilia have also been searching for traces of the expedition team.

“They said that when they first glanced around the entrance, there was no one there.”

“Considering the level of the expedition team, I don’t think they would have been able to get their feet caught on that sandy beach, right?”

“I did lose some time because I was learning magic, but I also saved some time by flying through. Wouldn’t the time be similar?”

“Then it must have been about twenty or thirty minutes away… I don’t know when the sand on the floor fell.”

“Assuming that everyone asked this question this time… … .”

After thinking about it for a moment, the two chose the cleanest passage. Since it seemed to have the lowest chance of people passing by, the chances of encountering the expedition team would also be the lowest.

After carefully stepping into the passage, things went smoothly for a while.

It went so smoothly.

“No, shouldn’t there be more skeletons? Isn’t there nothing even if there are no obstacles?”

“… That may not necessarily be the case.”

Galen grumbled slightly, feeling bored to the point of boredom, but surprisingly, Lilia did not agree and quietly shook her head.

Galen felt something was wrong when he saw Lilia’s serious expression. She grabbed Galen’s hand and dragged him along the path she had come from for about a minute.

Lillia stopped in front of a wall and whispered while pointing her light closer to the wall.

“Here, this part and this part. Do you see it?”

“Um… the colors seem subtly different.”

“Right? And here too.”

This time, Lilia pointed to Galen’s feet. Galen bent down. A darker mark was visible on the dull stone.

“This is… … .”

“It’s blood, I guess. It’s discolored, though.”

“It’s been a long time since you’ve been here?”

“It’s not the blood of the expedition team.”

The reason Lilia became noticeably quiet after entering the new passage was not only because she was being cautious.

In an environment where only a small flash of light was present, Galen could not even see Lilia right next to him completely, but Lilia, who had overwhelmingly better eyesight, was taking in much more visual information than Galen and was already feeling suspicious.

“If you look closely, there are some parts that are not obvious. Considering the color of the stone wall and the blood… I wonder if there was some kind of trap in the past.”

“Have there been traces like this before?”

“I’ve seen it many times. Ever since I entered this passage.”

Galen’s face hardened as he understood the meaning. Lilia lowered her voice even further and confirmed.

“These ruins, at least up to this point, have been explored.”