Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 55



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Wintering (3) – Free up to here

After leaving a message for Roald to contact them if anything happened, the two boarded the ship.

Since it was a private visit, I decided to take a suitable merchant ship this time.

After the church announced that the pirate leader had been captured, it was not difficult to secure passage, as several merchants bravely attempted to set sail for the Dawn Isles.

Inside the cabin, Galen spoke of a new commission.

“When you left the Yeomyeong Archipelago the other day, you left the ship behind because something urgent was going on.”

“Are you hungry?”

“It’s a pirate ship.”

“Oh, that thing you adopted?”

“Yes. At that time, the influential people of Banan said they wanted to buy the ship.”

“Buy? From your brother?”

Lilia, who had a question mark in her eyes, finally understood the meaning of the words after some time had passed.

“Since there is no need to protect the pirates’ property, does that mean the pirates’ ships naturally become your property?”

“Actually, I didn’t leave the pirate ship there with that in mind······.”

Galen had planned to catch the Seven first, so he didn’t want to waste his magic power on the minions.

So, rather than blowing up the entire ship, I decided to quickly move forward by dropping Lilia to clean up the small ships and cleaning up the medium-sized ships myself.

Come to think of it, that was the job of capturing ships from pirates.

They thought that since they had no money, there was no point in raiding a group of thieves who were trying to steal from others, but they forgot that while bandits may be like that, pirates have ships.

“If the owners consider it their ship, then there is no need to correct it.”

“I thought you just made a donation.”

“It might be like that for poor people, but the owners are richer than me.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“There’s a completely different level of difference between an individual mercenary working hard to earn money and a family running the business professionally.”

If you have 1 billion won in your personal account, that’s a lot, but if you have 1 billion won in your company’s safe, you have to worry about it closing down.

The same is true. If you are considered a powerful family in a city, you are responsible for at least a few dozen family members and run a large-scale business, whether it be agriculture, commerce, or mining.

Even at the lowest estimate, he would have assets worth thousands of gold coins.

Of course, given the nature of being a port city, a significant portion of the property would have been ships, and since they were all blown away, the damage would have been significant.

Since Galen wasn’t forcing them to buy it and they wanted to buy it first, it meant that they had some cash stashed away.

“And Princess Lilia, you should also save up some money.”

“Yes? Me, me?”

“The two of you caught the pirates together. Princess Lilia also has a share in the pirate ship.”

“But Brother Galen did most of the work, right? I don’t need my share······.”

“The more money you have, the better. You also need to know how to take your share. Because you didn’t have a clear grasp on money issues, your requests were treated as traps even in the pioneering areas.”

“Ugh.”

Lilia cried as her painful wound was pierced. Galen chuckled and continued speaking.

“I don’t intend to squeeze the families either. If we sell them at a reasonable price, the families in need of ships will benefit, and Princess Lilia can use the money for a good cause later. Most people in need can be helped with money.”

“Then… I’ll take care of it as I please!”

Although he was still far from being an active money-grubber, Galen decided to let it slide since he didn’t want to turn Lilia into a miser.

“Okay, I’ll apply this to new requests as well.”

“That thing you mentioned, brother? Helping people, practicing, and making money?”

“Yes. Even though we’ve dealt with the Seven, the pirates still remain, and the fleet that was supposed to deal with them has been destroyed.”

“Right?”

“No matter how fast you try to build a ship, it takes months. The reason why the owners want ships is because they need ships that they can use right away.”

“aha.”

“So, let’s stay in the Dawn Archipelago for a while and raid the pirates a few more times. The people will be happy because there will be fewer pirates, the families will be happy because they will have more ships, and we will be happy because we will make money.”

“As much as you want!”

Lilia readily responded to the suggestion that helping people is more important than money.

“But I think the story about training was left out. Isn’t catching pirates of no use?”

“Water is like that. So I’m going to train mainly with fire. My opponent is not pirates, but Lady Lilia.”

“Oh, that’s what it was. I’m always welcome!”

“Then I will ask for your help.”

“yes!”

*

Upon arriving at the Dawn Archipelago, the lords who had been waiting for Galen warmly welcomed him.

The ships that Galen brought back were six medium-sized ships and twenty-five small ships.

The bargaining didn’t take long. Galen coolly agreed to sell each medium-sized ship for four hundred gold pieces and each small ship for one hundred gold pieces.

“That, the gold coins are five thousand··· five thousand······.”

It was an amount that made even the greedy Lilia’s eyes spin.

She whispered as she watched the owners smile brightly and bow.

“Hey, you weren’t threatening me or anything, were you?!”

“yes?”

“I spent a lot of money and everyone is laughing!”

“Well, I got it cheap.”

“It’s not cheap?!”

“It’s really cheap. I checked the prices at Belpass. It costs at least 1,200 gold coins to make a new medium-sized ship. If you use good materials, it can go up to 1,500 gold coins.”

“Is it that expensive?”

“That’s just how ships are. However, once you pull it out, it usually lasts for decades. That’s why it’s not cheap even if it’s used. Of course, the condition of the pirate ship isn’t that good… but if you look at it objectively, it’s my loss since I sold it for less than half the price.”

However, it would be better to be generous and give to those who have been harmed by pirates rather than selling them for a very high price.

I plan to sell the ship a few more times, but even if I set the price high, the buyers won’t be able to absorb it all. It would be better to let them buy it at a reasonable price.

Although it is called a substitute, he decided to receive various conveniences from the families.

Galen and Lilia butted heads over the chart of the Dawn Isles they had obtained from them.

“Even though there are so many small islands, it is not accurate. They admit that there are many places that are missing.”

“Is this all that’s missing? Even just what’s drawn here looks like a lot.”

“However, judging from the locations where pirates appear, there is a place that is thought to be their base. It is this area.”

Galen circled a part of the map with his finger. It was the eastern part of the archipelago.

“It is said that the further east you go, the fewer people live there are because of the heavy dependence on trade with the western mainland. The ocean currents are rough and there are many uninhabited islands, making it a good place for pirates to hide.”

“Are you looking around here?”

“The pirates will probably hide for a while, but they won’t stay there forever. If we wander around here, we’ll probably find a pirate ship, and then we can use the method the Seven used.”

“You mean the method of capturing the captain and storming the base?”

“yes.”

“Okay! Then how do I get there?”

“I’ve already told you everything.”

They were not just going on a simple trip, but they had prepared their bags for camping from the beginning and boarded a ship provided by powerful people. Incidentally, that ship was also sold by Galen.

After moving to the easternmost village marked on the map.

“Then, we will wait here.”

“It might take quite some time, so get some rest!”

Leaving the boat in the village, the two boarded the small boat.

It was a little larger and sturdier than a typical small ship.

Even so, it was just a small boat. It would have been absurd to rely on a single boat without sails to search the sea area. At that point, it was closer to being searched than searching. It was almost the same as drifting.

However, it didn’t take long for a magically powered ship to circle the entire island.

Moreover, now it was not necessary to just manipulate the water flow. It was enough to have the spirit move while supporting the ship.

“There is nothing here······.”

“Oh, there’s an island over there!”

“It’s like an island that doesn’t exist in the sea.”

After roughly looking around a few islands like that, when it’s time to eat, we go up to the first island we see and rest.

Although Lilia had never hunted anything other than evil spirits, she was so fast that she would just run towards them and catch things like rabbits.

Without even looking for fresh water, Galen immediately brings out water, and by roughly breaking off some wood, drying it, and lighting it, a bonfire is made.

After I finish eating, I do some light sparring as an after-meal exercise.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Since I didn’t have to worry about what other people thought, I used my vanity to my heart’s content.

The fireworks exploded continuously, aiming for Lilia.

“I feel like the power is too weak!”

“I’m giving up my power and trying to hit at least once by firing continuously.”

“If getting hit once doesn’t cause any damage, then it’s meaningless, right?”

“That’s true too, but······.”

It was inevitable that I would be able to deal a valid blow to a bishop of the golden level with a level that was not even a hundred.

Anyway, in that way, I emptied the magic of the Vanity Flame to the ground, got back on the boat, and repeated the process of going around the islands.

After the sun set, we set up camp on a suitable island and spent the night.

It would have been nice to have something like a cave, but it didn’t really matter if there wasn’t one.

“Wow, you can use spirits like this too?”

“Because no one is watching.”

A method of increasing the size of the spirit and covering its surroundings like a lid, just like when Moritz’s magic was blocked.

There was no need to make the walls as thick as they were back then. Instead, they were made moderately thick, but larger to create more interior space.

If you were to say an igloo made of water, would it look similar? It would be much less cold just because the winter wind was blocked.

With water and fire provided in abundance, we could even enjoy a cup of warm tea.

It’s like winter camping indoors.

Of course, it was a struggle compared to lying on a soft bed in a warm building.

Pot!

That was easily covered by Lilia’s miracle. Galen didn’t even catch a common cold.

We had already traveled together from Abaca to Belpas, but it was a different experience because we traveled along the island rather than along the road.

Since there was no specific time limit, I was able to relax both physically and mentally.

“There’s a pirate ship over there!”

After wandering around like that for several days, I finally found a pirate ship.

“I’ll guide you to your base.”

“I would do something like that!”

“Okay, next person? Do you want to follow the captain?”

“I’ll guide you! Please, just save your life!”

Surprisingly, the base they found through such threats did not produce much success.

When I asked about the scale of the base, I was told that after the death of the Seven, the pirates scattered again and each went their own way, just like before.

In other words, the base that Galen found was only the base of one of the many pirate groups that had split into several factions.

“I think we’ve gone back to the old days when we couldn’t subdue them because we were lazy, not because we were strong.”

“Still, we managed to salvage a few!”

“Let’s go back to the village and bring the sailors back.”

It’s annoying that you can’t get rid of it all at once, but if you keep doing it, it’ll be over.

For about a month and a half.

Galen and Lilia succeeded in discovering and pushing back a total of six strongholds.

He also collected and donated various goods that the pirates had accumulated in their base. He could have made a lot of money just by selling the ships anyway.

The only thing that’s a bit disappointing is that the pirates are increasingly hiding desperately, making it harder and harder to find them?

But up to here, that was enough.

Dozens of pirate ships were captured, and the naval power of the Dawn Archipelago, which purchased them, was now able to deal with pirates on its own.

Above all, these were days of great personal satisfaction for Galen as well.

“You two. We have contacted the Belpass Parish.”

When Roald’s letter reached them through Bannan.

[ Vanity Heat Lv.55 ]

[ 12% progress to next level ]

Galen had reached gold by the third spell.