Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 53



Only Noblemtl

Wintering (1)

“yes?”

Galen came to his senses at the sound of Lilia’s voice.

He was so absorbed in the upgraded spirit that he momentarily forgot about his surroundings. He wasn’t alone.

“Oh, no. Nothing.”

Galen, who was at a loss, naturally changed the subject.

“Should we start by moving the leader?”

“Oh, that’s right!”

Lilia lifted the woman up, checked her unconscious state again, and placed her chin on her shoulder as if carrying a load.

“The other pirates… are also running away.”

Lilia muttered as she glanced towards the sea.

By the time they saw the turbid giant being beaten and the flagship’s mast broken, the other pirate ships had already turned around and started to move away.

The order that the Seven Sages created by force cannot be maintained in this situation.

Since it was still visible, I could have chased it if I had wanted to.

“Let’s leave it. There are only leftovers anyway.”

Galen shrugged.

I had already exceeded my goal. There was no reason to drag my tired body and chase after those who wouldn’t even give me experience points if I caught them.

Lilia also did not insist on chasing the pirates in this situation. She nodded coolly and said.

“Then let’s go back!”

“yes.”

“But you’re not going to take it back?”

“···yes?”

“That one.”

Lilia pointed to the spirit on the floor.

Galen’s brain stopped for a moment because the words came out so casually.

“Isn’t that what you used to wear around your left wrist?”

Lilia asked with an innocent expression.

Negation, silence, affirmation.

Galen, who was hesitating over which of the three answers to give, finally opened his mouth.

“How did you know?”

“Um… just like that?”

Lilia tilted her head. She was at a loss for words herself, but after much thought, she finally found the right words.

“I’ve seen you use magic a lot, brother. Your favorite thing to do is to throw water balls.”

“yes.”

“But it’s the same magic, um, there were times when the feeling was subtly different! Especially when you… when you spar with me and when you use it in real combat.”

“hmm.”

When dueling with Lilia, I usually only used the spirit creation spell. I used the spirit creation spell to transform into a glove and then shoot water from my hand.

On the other hand, when facing a strong enemy, he directly controlled the water with the magic of water flow manipulation. That way, he could attack much bigger and more beautifully.

On the surface, it looks like it’s the same water with only a difference in power, but did you notice that the type of magic power being used is different?

Lilia continued speaking cautiously, watching Galen’s serious expression.

“So I was thinking about why there would be a difference, and then I remembered the bracelet. I don’t know where the water bracelet is needed, and if it was needed, I could just make it when I needed it, so I wondered why you kept wearing it… I saw a ghost today and thought it was similar.”

“Similar?”

“I don’t mean it in a bad way! I mean, if there’s a magic to summon ink ghosts, there could also be a magic to summon clear water ghosts. I was wondering if the reason it felt different was because it was a separate magic······.”

“Normally, I don’t think people would think of it as a separate magic. Isn’t it common sense for a magician to only dig one well?”

“Brother Galen, you are a genius beyond common sense, aren’t you?”

Lilia asked sincerely. Galen remained silent, as he could not say that it was thanks to the status window.

‘I was planning on revealing it sooner or later, but I didn’t know it would turn out like this.’

Galen scratched the ball.

In fact, learning various types of magic was not socially taboo, like making a contract with the devil. If you have the ability, you can learn it.

It’s just that the opportunity to acquire it doesn’t come easily, and simultaneous mastery is even more difficult, so no one does it.

If it were known that Galen was good at using all kinds of magic, he might be considered an overly dangerous talent and become an enemy of the magicians.

So, all this time, I was hiding the spirit and pretending it was some kind of water magic.

But, starting from the fire type, Vanity Heat Wave, such smoke is no longer effective.

We’ll do our best to keep witnesses from coming forward, but it’s impossible to hide it forever.

Moreover, it was impossible to cover the eyes of the colleagues I was hanging out with.

If you were planning to fool your colleagues, you wouldn’t have accepted them in the first place.

That’s why I tried to tell Lilia at an appropriate time… but I didn’t think she’d notice first.

It was Lilia who occasionally showed off her sparkling side, so perhaps it was expected considering the time we spent together.

‘Yeah, it was hard to practice Vanity Heat Wave secretly. I guess it’s okay if you tell me a little earlier.’

Considering Lilia’s personality, I don’t think she would care at all.

Galen, who had decided to go out shamelessly, let out an exaggerated sigh and said.

“You have a keen eye. It’s a separate magic.”

“also!”

“And this is also possible.”

Galen lit a spark in the air above his palm. Lilia’s eyes widened, as if she hadn’t expected this.

“Do you know how to use a fire?”

“I recently had a really heated argument with a fire wizard, and I had an epiphany.”

“In the Devil’s Cradle? Is that how magic is originally learned?”

“I just did it.”

“Well, that’s what happened to me too. Before I knew it, I was glowing!”

A conversation between a true genius and a status window genius that would be extremely unlucky if heard by a third party.

“Please don’t go around making noise. I can’t help but get caught.”

“Is it because of envy or jealousy?”

“Yes. I don’t need to provoke the wizards who live in my own way.”

“Don’t worry! I have a heavy mouth!”

Lilia smiled brightly, her eyes sparkling.

Even though it was something that would be revealed sooner or later, Galen felt a little more at ease after spilling the beans.

He no longer looked around and pulled the spirit towards him, wrapping it around his wrist.

The small ship carrying the unconscious leader leisurely returned to the port.

People gathered, seeing the ship in the distance but having no idea what exactly was happening.

“Priest!”

“What about that woman?”

“I’m the pirate leader!”

People were in an uproar at Lilia’s words. At first glance, she looked like nothing more than a fainted woman, so it was hard to believe even if it was a priest’s words.

Just show me the evidence, Galen shouted.

“Anyone who knows how to sail a ship? Where are the sailors? We need to bring in an empty pirate ship!”

“An empty pirate ship?”

“It’s an empty pirate ship since we killed everyone on board. We can’t just abandon it in the sea.”

“This person here is an incredible wizard! Don’t doubt him and help him quickly!”

The captain and crew of the warship cheered from the side.

The chaotic atmosphere quickly calmed down. Even though we hadn’t seen Galen’s destructive power directly, we had all seen him drive the small ship at high speed.

The powerful families of Banan stepped forward. They gathered together as many sailors as they could from the few remaining ones after their crushing defeat in the previous naval battle.

“Please take good care of it.”

“I’ll keep my eyes wide open!”

Lilia remained on land to watch over the leader.

Galen packed his warships with sailors and put them out to sea again.

“Huh!”

“Hey, are all those corpses?”

Even the sailors of the warships who knew of Galen’s power were surprised, so how much more surprised must the sailors of Banan have been? Only Galen remained calm.

“You clean it up yourself and take it away. I don’t need to help you with that, do I?”

“Absolutely not me!”

“Leave it to me!”

Again, rowed small boats busily traveled between warships and pirate ships, transporting sailors.

The bodies of the dead pirates were thrown into the sea, and the cluttered deck was roughly cleaned up to make it seaworthy.

While the sailors were busy working like that.

Galen spent his leisure time alone in the stern of the ship.

My body was still at ease. My mind was not at ease.

This was because my curiosity about the creation of evolved spirits was greater than my desire for rest.

‘Let’s see.’

Galen hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind.

The spirit that had been quietly climbing up on the railing began to move.

Slurp-

The round spirit has now become cat-shaped.

It looks more like a statue smoothly carved from a transparent gem than a real animal.

I’ve done this type of transformation a lot when I was practicing spirit creation.

Of course, changing the shape of a spirit that couldn’t move on its own would be meaningless since it would just be a statue.

But what about now?

‘Try walking.’

Galen ordered, visualizing a cat walking in his mind.

Then the spirit really did walk like a cat.

I walk leisurely along the railing, then stop, slowly turn around, and then walk leisurely again.

To recreate that look with water manipulation, you’d have to control the cat’s entire body movements in real time by moving it around. It’s mind-boggling.

But the evolved spirit creation didn’t need to do that. The spirits immediately followed the image Galen had in mind.

It’s the difference between having someone hold your limbs and force you to move them, and having your own body move on its own.

Slurp-

Soon the cat’s form collapsed and turned into a lump of water, from which a new model emerged.

A human figure with only the upper body carved. It was a smaller version of the water giant from before.

‘Left, right, right, left, left.’

At Galen’s command, the spirit moved its arms alternately like a boxer.

Likewise, no water manipulation was required during the process.

Of course, it had to be taken into account that all movements consumed the magic power of spirit creation.

‘Besides, the biggest thing is······.’

I left him to swing his fists without giving him any more detailed orders.

The spirit was happily throwing punches by himself, hitting the right and left at will.

It was clear that he had at least a rudimentary level of learning ability.

‘What if this thing had grown to the size of a water giant?’

Automatically crush enemies by simply giving appropriate commands.

Or you could team up with Galen. Since you can control the giants with Spirit Creation alone, you can have Galen use the remaining Water Manipulation.

‘Although I can’t completely blend in with the water like a ghost, I’ve gained the ability to move quickly through the water.’

The spirits, who had mostly just played the role of water tanks and would only shoot water bullets when trying to save their magic power for water manipulation, can finally be given an active role.

It was more satisfying than learning a new magic, because the attribute most familiar to Galen was still water.

Pongdang!

The spirit, which had returned to its cat form, fell over the railing.

Galen instructed the spirit floating on the seawater to fill the water tank and went into the cabin. It didn’t matter if they were that far away.

“Sir, the first task is complete.”

While we were enjoying some real relaxation in the cabin, the captain came and reported.

“Primary work?”

“That’s because there are so many empty ships that we can’t sail them all with just the crew we brought. We’ll probably have to go to land a few times.”

“Okay, then.”

Galen returned to the deck, retrieved the spirit, and the warship set sail. The pirate ships, with their flags changed, followed suit.

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The people who had finally realized their victory welcomed the ships with loud cheers.

Now, he left the remaining salvage work to Galen’s own devices, and he did not board the ship any more.

Several people approached him as he walked towards Lilia, pushing through the crowd of people who seemed ready to throw bouquets of flowers.

“Oh my, wizard!”

They approached with smiles that seemed almost innocent at first glance. They were the real powers of Banan. The heads of influential families.

As they appeared, the population density around them automatically decreased. The escorts fired their gazes and repelled people.

“You are truly amazing!”

“How can I repay this favor?”

“I’ve never seen someone with hair and skills like a wizard before!”

They had been confusing Galen’s mind with all kinds of praise and flattery, but they slowly brought up the main topic.

“But… what are you going to do about those ships?”

“Ships?”

“Pirate ships. There must have been at least a few dozen of them.”

“Well, what should we do?”

It wasn’t that he was particularly absent-minded; Galen really wasn’t thinking about anything.

He couldn’t leave it on the sea, so he dragged it along, and his mind was completely focused on the spirit.

However, it seemed that the other party understood Galen’s words as ‘try to come up with good conditions.’

“I hope it doesn’t seem rude to the wizard.”

Middle-aged men rubbed their palms and sent me burdensome, bright-eyed looks.

“Won’t you sell it to us?”

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