Dragon-Devouring Mage - Chapter 38

Episode 38

EPISODE.19

That time when Russell was concentrating on image training for a long time.

Hubert, who arrived at the salt tower before he knew it, knocked lightly on the door of the tower’s main room.

The main room located on the top floor of the tower.

“Master.”

Then, as if he already knew, a voice of courtesy came from inside.

“Do you want to come in?”

Even though she didn’t touch her, the door opened and Daria lightly chided as she saw Hubert wearing a robe from head to toe.

“Tsk. You can see it at a glance. I thought I was going to send you a secret mission, so I packed up and came.”

“Wasn’t it a mission that required careful…?”

“What is the most important mission? I was about to send out a simple errand in case I lost my sense of actual combat from just taking a long break.”

Having said that, she lightly clicked the tip of her tongue while holding the candy in her mouth.

“Tsk tsk. Didn’t I always say Your prudent personality is both an advantage and a disadvantage.”

I thought it would be a bit harmful while messing around with young students at the academy, but it hasn’t changed at all.

Hubert lightly clicked his tongue at the teacher’s reprimand, which was not a criticism.

“Hmmmm.”

Accepting the mission order she handed over, he quickly changed the topic.

“Rather than that, there is something I need to tell you.”

“Yes?”

“It’s something on the way up to the royal road related to the youngest priest.”

youngest priest.

Daria straightened up and sat down when she was told that she had something to do with Russell.

Reading Hubert’s thoughtful expression, he nodded his chin as if to ask him to speak.

Hubert chose his horse once.

“The priest was attacked by cultists on the way to the capital.”

hard.

The candy in her mouth shattered at the word cultist attack.

Even that wasn’t enough, and the temperature around them rose.

The candy bundles on the desk begin to melt and blend into hideous colors.

For her, a cult is an enemy who took away her childhood home and her parents.

That was also the reason why I beat them non-stop when I was young.

But to think that those guys are now putting their magic on the youngest disciple who won’t hurt even if they put it in their eyes.

“Things whose castles won’t be solved even if you burn them to death a hundred times.”

Daria let out an inappropriately annoyed look.

“So what happened to the youngest? Seeing you speak so calmly, I don’t think there was a big problem.”

“yes. Fortunately, I arrived on time and the priest was also preparing a counterattack in his own way.”

Daria’s face showed excitement when she said that she was preparing a counterattack.

“Prepare for a counterattack. What was the youngest guy preparing for? giggle.”

She urged Hubert to say something quickly, and she shook her head, thinking about something else within a moment.

“no. Let the youngest hear the details. I think that would be more fun.”

That would be better than me, who has no talent for words.

Hubert agreed, and Daria rubbed her thumb and forefinger lightly.

“For now, I’ll send a separate investigation team to the place you said.”

A stupid cultist had been showing off his tail for the first time in a while.

She had no intention of missing it.

Hwareuk as if to represent her thoughts.

A flame burned all at once on the seventy-two scented candles in the office.

Fire-.

* * *

“Is this me…?”

[12]

Russell walked towards the mirror with a quick step and lightly brushed his reflection in it with his fingertips.

[11 10]

The unique crimson eyes were nowhere to be found, and amber eyes close to gold mines were staring at him.

[9]

The one in the middle is a black pupil that is vertically slit like that of a reptile.

What is the horn growing on the left side of the forehead?

[8]

‘It’s like a burning flame materialized in the shape of a horn…’

I groped my forehead out of sudden curiosity, but it wasn’t hot.

No, I didn’t feel the presence of horns in the first place.

Russell’s hand passed through the translucent horn growing on his forehead.

[7 6]

At that moment, a memory passed through Russell’s mind.

‘Can this be?’

[You have absorbed the Forgotten King’s Horn (purification of fire) to the limit.] [

The magical power that exceeds the absorbable limit will dwell in your potential.]

[This potential will always wake up the moment you wake up and give you great power.]

He thought it might be the same horn he got from the lava cave.

[5-.]

Of course, compared to what I got back then, it was small and unattractive.

[4 3]

‘At that time, the understanding of the flame attribute increased greatly after consuming the horn.’

And now, after the appearance of the horns, the same thing happened.

Unless you’re an idiot, you can guess the connection.

“Yonginhwa.”

Russell read aloud the text on the green window that popped up with the notification once more.

[2]

[1]

Piing-.

An excruciating dizziness struck.

It is dizziness that is difficult to endure in a situation where a lot of mental strength is consumed by repeated training all day long.

“eww-.”

Along with moaning, my eyes went black in an instant, and I had no strength to endure any longer.

Russell’s model collapsed on the spot.

fluff.

.

.

smart-.

“-It is done.”

Russell woke up several hours later.

A light knock sounded from outside the door over and over again.

The employee’s voice was also heard over and over again two or three times.

“Are you there? Mister Wizard. Breakfast is ready. May I let you inside?”

“Grunt.”

Russell, who jumped up at the sound, shook his head.

He brushed off the still lingering headache and lightly massaged his temples.

‘Did he fall asleep on the floor as it wasn’t even a bed?’

I needed to revisit what had happened.

But first before that.

‘Answers must come first.’

“You may let them in.”

After Russell’s permission was granted.

The door opened and an iron cart loaded with breakfast was brought in with a servant.

“Breakfast is salad with fruit, lightly seasoned chicken and toasted bread. I prepared juice to accompany it. I don’t know what kind of food you like, but it consists of the breakfast that the nobles of the royal capital usually eat…”

Wait a minute to explain about breakfast. Soon, his eyes reflected Russell’s condition.

Sweat-soaked hair, as well as sweat-drenched, sour-smelling clothes.

“I’ll have to prepare a new set of clothes.”

He didn’t even ask why he was sweaty.

‘Well, it’s probably not like seeing this once or twice.’

He was hired by a wizard.

Even if you don’t have to be wet with sweat, you must have seen the odd sight several times.

“If you are eating first, I will prepare new clothes with bath water in no time.”

“please.”

To his words, Russell replied briefly.

I picked up food from an iron cart.

First, I pushed the salad into my mouth.

Then he gazed at his reflection in the mirror again.

‘The horns are completely gone and the color of the eyes is back to normal.’

Temporary symptoms that appear only at the moment of tolerance.

‘Perhaps the number that popped up next to it was a countdown.’

The moment the countdown ended, the one who lost consciousness and collapsed was-.

‘Excessive consumption of mental power.’

Yonginhwa was an out-of-standard power that gave the magician of the 4th circle the amount of magic equivalent to that of the 5th circle.

It wouldn’t be surprising if there were more restrictions than that.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m going to fall like this every time I tolerate it.

At that time, I was in a situation where I was quite tired from repetitive practice.

If it weren’t for that condition, I wouldn’t have fainted.

‘The time to maintain Yonginhwa is about 15 seconds, and if it overlaps with overheating…’ As far as

flame-type magic is concerned, even 5th circle magic can be fully realized.

Considering the existing destructive power of the Blaze Lance,

‘Theoretically, destructive power equivalent to the 6th circle is possible.’

For a while, I laughed at the fact that I had another hand.

Russell, who emptied the salad bowl at once, recalled the word Yonginhwa once again.

Dragon, to be exact.

‘Dragon.’

polyp’s heart.

My mother’s keepsake with a jewel resembling a dragon’s eye.

Horns resembling those of a dragon.

And to Yongin.

At this point, even an idiot would be able to guess that the change that happened to him and the dragon were not irrelevant.

Perhaps a higher polyp.

‘No, it must be a dragon.’

No, even with a dragon called magic manipulation, I can’t be sure that something like this is possible.

‘Reversing the flow and going against the order.’

Because time regression was just as absurd a force.

After thinking about the problem for a while, Russell felt his head ache and shook his head.

It seemed that the aftermath of overtaxing his mental powers remained.

“Well, it’s not a question that can be answered just because you’re thinking about it now.”

In the first place, it would be meaningless to discuss the realm of possibility that Russell himself was not even a dragon.

furthermore.

‘The answers to all these questions will be revealed as we go through the missions.’

As if there were horns resembling those of a dragon at the place we reached while solving the mission.

Dalgrak.

Timely, Russell’s meal ended with thoughts, and the hired servant who had gone ahead returned.

“The bath water is ready and this is the clothes you want to change into. I didn’t know the size, so I prepared a similar outfit by eye measurement, but I’m not sure if it would fit.”

He had a spare set of clothes to change into anyway.

“Thank you very much.”

So Russell replied, returning the empty bowls to the cart.

next asked.

“By the way, the execution of Hubert-.”

Russell, who was about to ask if he hadn’t returned overnight, hurriedly changed his question.

“Has there been any other contact from -?”

It was because he remembered that he had come up hiding his face, saying that it might be a secret mission.

“yes. Hubert-nim didn’t send me a separate call.”

“okay.”

Presumably, he went on a mission immediately without returning to the mansion.

I didn’t know what the mission was.

Thinking so, Russell took up new clothes and said as he headed for the bathroom.

“Oh, and could you have a wagon waiting around noon tomorrow?”

Tomorrow is the second day since I came up to the capital.

A visit to the salt tower was scheduled.

* * *

Hwaruk-.

The magical energy that burned like a flame escaped the boundaries of the circle at once and overflowed.

Soon after, the amount soared to the point of approaching the 5th circle, and in the meantime, Russell’s appearance changed.

anger.

“Is it a success?”

Confirming his success by looking at his reflection in the mirror, Russell smiled triumphantly.

A full day and a few hours after that.

Thanks to all that time and effort without rest, Russell was finally able to master the art of tolerance.

‘Of course, it still takes a bit of time.’

Still, much faster than before. It is a great development.

Besides, it wasn’t just learning the tricks.

[10 9 8-]

As soon as the Yonginhwa was released before the countdown was over, a feeling of fatigue as if soaked in cotton swept over the whole body.

but.

‘Compared to the beginning, it’s much more tolerable.’

It seems that the consumption of mental power depends on the duration of Yonginhwa.

“If you are in perfect condition, if you overdo it once a day, is it possible to do it twice a day?”

Russell murmured, confirming his exhausted mental strength.

If you train the mental area a little more, the time will increase and the number of times will increase.

‘For now, practice ends here.’

In another hour or so, it was time to depart for the salt pagoda.

Before that, he needed to change his clothes and rest to restore his mental strength.

just as expected.

After everything is ready.

About 30 minutes to spend time leisurely picking up coffee and biscuits.

smart-.

A light knock sounded.

“Wizard, the carriage you requested is ready.”

Russell rose from his seat at the sound of the employee’s voice coming from beyond the door.

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