Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 204



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Episode 204: Wise Exploration Life (2)

Fortunately, the incident of Justice’s Lilia striking the evil cavalry user Galen with the Sword of Judgment did not happen.

First of all, it is questionable whether the two of them can truly point their swords at each other.

In the first place, Galen was inspecting the cavalry after ‘getting permission’ from Lilia.

“Whew.”

The pleasant feeling of fatigue that comes naturally when you step out of a bath of hot water. When you open the door, the hot, humid air inside the bathroom mixes with the cold, dry air outside, and a refreshing feeling follows.

The wizard style he usually wears… In modern Earth terms, it’s a design that’s somewhere between a suit and a uniform. Instead, he just wore simple everyday clothes. It seemed like he wasn’t going to move around anymore today and was going to rest well.

As Galen came out into the living room, Lilia, who was also wearing light everyday clothes instead of a robe, smiled. Two glasses were prepared on the table.

“You came at a perfect time! I just got here a little while ago.”

“Without eating first.”

“Of course we should drink together!”

Even though it was a small city, I had rented the most expensive room in the most expensive hotel in the city, so of course I could enjoy this kind of room service to my heart’s content.

Bang!

The two people toasted lightly.

The fresh fruit juice, which wasn’t exactly cold but rather cool, sweetly moistened my mouth and went down my throat refreshingly.

“Ugh.”

This is the best after a bath. Unfortunately, it doesn’t taste like banana or milk, but I’ll try making that later.

Galen, who had downed nearly half of his drink in one gulp, sank deeply into the armchair with a relaxed expression, then suddenly his gaze fell on the table.

Next to the tray where the glass had been placed, there was the crystal ball that Davia had been examining before entering the bathroom.

“It’s not something the person who brought it up should say.”

Galen smiled bitterly.

“When I see that, I suddenly wake up. It was definitely a very calm and peaceful atmosphere just a moment ago.”

“That’s how it is with all the soldiers, you know. I’ve been deliberately not looking since earlier!”

Lilia, who had been speaking as if it were obvious, suddenly asked.

“By the way, have you gotten any results? It’ll be over in a day or two.”

“Actually, if you look at it for ten days, you’ve seen a lot.”

Galen answered, smacking his lips.

During their journey, whenever Lilia fought with Theodore, Galen would look into his crystal ball. Thanks to the battle-mad old man, duels were frequent, and so was the exploration of the horsemen.

To be honest, I’ve been interested in magic for a long time.

In a world where it is taken for granted that warriors, magicians, and priests can only wield their own power, how could one not be curious when they can wield powers of a completely different field simply by using tools?

Even if it didn’t have the extremely harsh condition that it could only be used by offering a sacrifice, I would have taken a look at it long ago. The penalty was too great, so I couldn’t even think about it. Rather than showing interest and causing misunderstandings from the church, it would be better not to even look at it.

After Miriam joins us in the day after tomorrow, we should hand over the cavalrymen and go through the disposal process. The reason we brought the cavalrymen here instead of destroying them in the first place was because we wanted to submit them as evidence. There was only one person in the world who would listen to Galen’s words about wanting to investigate the cavalrymen without misunderstanding.

“I am satisfied with this opportunity because it was given to me thanks to Lilia’s trust and permission.”

“There’s no problem, right?”

“What’s there to do if you get caught? I just looked at it, and I swear I never actually used it—”

“No, no. Not that. There’s no way you’d fool me with something like that, brother.”

The boundless, pure trust weighs heavily on him. It’s enough to prick even the most vicious conman’s conscience. Fortunately, Galen wasn’t deceiving Lilia, so he could treat her with confidence.

“You’ve been in contact with the devil for a long time while researching. Do you feel any pain? There wasn’t anything unusual when I examined you… … .”

“No, when did you do the promotion again?”

“Are you doing it every day?”

“yes?”

“Brother, you touch your body every day, right? You do it every time.”

“… Please, please refrain from using expressions that might be misunderstood by others.”

It’s been about two years since I started receiving personal training from Lilia, and of course, there’s been some contact as the trainer adjusts the member’s posture.

It was a super hardcore style that pushed you almost to the brink of injury and healed you with strength to maximize the effects of the workout, so it wasn’t at all like a soft skinship.

“By the way, is that not only recovery but also acceleration?”

“It’s a bit of a mixed bag. The backlash that occurs when you perform a healing miracle? Because I’m just reading it.”

“It must have been annoying though. How could you do that every single day… … .”

“Because I need to understand your physical condition in detail so I can exercise at the right intensity!”

“… It could be a little less detailed.”

“Are you going to do it later? After dinner.”

“Sob sob… It was delicious. Today’s juice.”

Galen, who was about to feel slightly sad, returned to the main topic. The story had really gone too far.

“Anyway, I didn’t feel anything unusual, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Thank goodness.”

“There may be some problems when trying to utilize what you have found out.”

“Thank goodness?!”

“It’s a possibility, a possibility. I haven’t even tried it yet. Would you like to try it, Lilia?”

“I don’t even know much about magic.”

“I don’t think it has to do with magic.”

Lilia tilted her head at the ambiguous words. Galen, who had moistened his throat with a sip of his drink, opened his mouth.

“While interrogating Davia, I heard something quite interesting. That crystal ball is a magical soldier that provides a large amount of magical power to its owner, isn’t it?”

“Is it your property?”

“They say it’s also called taming.”

“Where have I heard that word a lot?”

Lilia’s eyes rolled down. The star-crumb bracelet wrapped around her left arm, hidden by the loose sleeves.

Galen shook his right hand, which held the glass of drink, slightly. Likewise, the loose sleeves of his shirt fell slightly, revealing the top of his star-crumb bracelet.

“That’s right. It’s a lower-compatibility version of this. We can draw on the power of the stars as we please, but the crystal ball, like the magicians, requires sacrifices. I’ll call the power collected in this way the ‘power of sacrifice.’”

“Oh, yes.”

“But you know.”

Galen paused there for a moment.

“If you look at the pure function of the tool itself, excluding the fuel required, don’t the two have some similarities?”

“Right.”

“Then, wouldn’t it be possible to replace the power of the sacrifice with the power of the stars?”

“It might be possible… right?”

“Not only in the Sujeong-gu, but also in other magicians.”

“Maybe so if the operating principle of the horsemen is the same?”

Although she agreed, Lilia tilted her head to the side. It was a gesture that showed that she still had no idea what Galen was trying to say.

“But I, brother… I thought you were trying to research a way to remove magic from a sick person?”

“That’s half right.”

“What about half?”

“It’s true that I’m trying to pull it out, but usually I can just pull it out if I feel it roughly. I just get the feel of it.”

It’s not that I’m feeling it, but the status screen is showing, but anyway, when I fought the Ghost of the Sea, Spirit Creation evolved, and while fighting the Soldiers of Ventis, Vanity Flame evolved.

As long as the status window responded, it was something that could be stolen, whether it was a person’s magic, a relic’s magic, or a soldier’s magic.

“But even among the cavalry, there are some that I have no sense of.”

“Oh, really?”

Lilia reacted with great curiosity. It was a side effect of seeing Galen stealing other people’s magic like he was stealing candy so often.

“Is there anything you can’t do, brother? I thought there wasn’t anything related to magic.”

“So I thought about it carefully and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t magic.”

“There’s something strange about the derivation process?!”

Lilia rolled her eyes gently.

The argument is that if it’s magic, you can ‘obviously’ take everything out, so if I can’t take it out, it’s not magic!

But Galen was calm. It wasn’t because he was arrogant, but because his reasoning was based on the fact that the status window didn’t appear.

“I’m being serious. All the soldiers who don’t understand are the same type.”

“yes?”

At that moment, Tenebrae came running towards me. The black cat was carrying a sword on its head that was much larger than my body. It was held in the shadows so it did not waver.

“This is… … .”

“Mass-produced? Popular? The most common type of horseman. The one that strengthens the silver warrior to the level of gold.”

I’ve seen it countless times. It’s like a membership gift, and people associated with the Demonic Cult carry around a knife that even dogs and cows carry.

I’ve met many users and killed many of them, and I’ve even been stabbed by a sword many times. Thanks to the Earthbinding, I didn’t even get a scratch.

Even though I kept supporting and stirring it, the status window never appeared even once.

As if you were dealing with a warrior or a priest.

“There were a lot of people we captured this time, right? That’s why I did some research on user reviews.”

“I was wondering what you were talking about with the people who were tortured at that time.”

“Everyone was so out of their minds that they just blew it away. Anyway, the impressions were similar. When they activated the magic weapon, the air power increased so much that they couldn’t control it properly and just sprayed it around, but it was said that just that alone produced power and speed comparable to gold.”

“Oh… It’s even more barbaric than I thought. It seems like they just amplify their power in a really simple and ignorant way.”

“So it’s probably a mass-produced, popular model. It doesn’t seem to have any special principles, so it’s actually good to try it out.”

“Huh? What are you following… Oh, wait a minute?”

Lilia, who had been wondering, soon opened her eyes wide.

Galen’s words, which I had heard earlier but did not understand why he brought them up, finally came together.

“So… you can increase a warrior’s strength by mindlessly pouring out the power of the sacrifice… If you can replace the power of the sacrifice with the power of the stars… … .”

“Neither I nor Lilia are warriors, but we might be able to mimic the physical enhancements of a warrior. The power of the stars is said to be a power that can be mixed with magical power, holy power, and air power, so isn’t it quite possible?”

Of course, even if it were really possible, Galen would never step forward.

It is impossible for the physical enhancement that mimics magic to be any higher level than the magic that is already a jewel.

As Lilia said earlier, even if an ordinary person suddenly becomes stronger and faster, it’s like a pearl necklace on a pig’s neck. They can never use it properly.

However, it is beneficial just to consider the body becoming stronger. Basic stamina is important both in normal times and in battle. Lilia cannot always be by your side and just restore your stamina.

And, Galen is like that.

If Lilia could also use the warrior’s physical enhancement…

“Well, it is a fascinating story.”

Lilia stuttered slightly as she imagined the same scene as Galen.

“But… is it possible? Up until now, we’ve been using the power of the stars by mixing half with magical power or half with holy power.”

“Yes, it was.”

“The reason it’s half is because if it exceeds that ratio, it becomes difficult to control and there’s a risk of going out of control. But if it’s as you think, brother, it’s using only the power of the stars… If that were possible, wouldn’t the earth elves have already been using it that way? Did they intentionally not tell you?”

“Rather than that, isn’t it because of the nature of the fairies’ race? They are a race that is born as magicians. They may not have thought of any power other than magic power, or they may not be able to handle it at all, so they may have thought that mixing it with magic power was enough.”

Galen shrugged. Lilia agreed, thinking it made sense.

“Anyway, I was on the move so I just thought about it in my head. Now that I can rest until the day after tomorrow, I have time to try it leisurely.”

“Then I’ll try first.”

Lilia spoke at once. Galen’s eyes widened.

“yes?”

“It doesn’t matter who does it, right?”

“It doesn’t matter! I don’t know what kind of danger there might be―”

“Isn’t it dangerous if you do it, brother?”

Galen, who was speechless for a moment, slowly changed his words and tried to calm Lilia down.

“It’s okay because I’m not trying to increase the power of the star from the beginning. I’m just trying to see if it works or not.”

“I told you I would try that?”

“No… I didn’t say that to order Lilia around, I said it to ask for her opinion and support, so why… … .”

“If I succeed, it will benefit me more than you, brother. Do you agree with that?”

“that…….”

“Since it’s an idea that my brother came up with after thinking more about me, I should try harder, right?”

When simply strengthening close combat abilities, it was obvious who would be more effective between the vanguard Lilia and the rearguard Galen.

It wasn’t an idea that came to me specifically for Lilia, but as I thought about it, it just seemed like a good idea for Galen and even better for Lilia.

“And the part that controls changes in the body, or the ability to deal with emergencies. I’m better at using my body!”

“Okay.”

Galen let out a heavy groan. He was being pushed back by Lilia’s logic.

Galen was ultimately unable to stop her from being stubborn.

“Okay, but you have to take it easy, really? I could be completely wrong.”

“Don’t worry! There’s really not much danger involved.”

Lilia grinned and pretended to punch the air.

“It’s unknown whether the power of the stars can be used alone, whether it can replace the power of the sacrifice, and whether it can reproduce the effect with just my bare body without the magic. After I get through all of this, I’ll decide whether to use it strong or not—”

At that moment.

Pfft!

Lilia’s fist struck the air, making a bloody sound as the air burst.

What’s the big deal about the Archbishop, who can toy with ordinary people just by using the miracle of the rigid body, punching them and making them feel some air?

“…Huh?”

Lilia, who had not been using any of her powers at all, blinked her eyes.

“Why is this happening?”