I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 40
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There are two ways to consume Mandragora.
One thing is to chew on the root. Mandragora is basically a type of plant similar to wild ginseng.
Chewing is a method close to folk remedies, and for maximum effectiveness, it is best to boil the herbal medicine and drink it.
Add 28 ingredients, including reed root, forsythia root, goji berry root, and deer antler, and simmer for more than 10 hours. …… know. I wonder if this is completely herbal medicine.
Yes, this is a K game.
“That’s it! I can just boil it like this. What are you doing, Corin?”
“I’m bored while I wait.”
“Yes?”
Marie looked puzzled when she saw the letters I had carved while raking the leaves in the vacant lot.
“These are runes, right?”
“Yes, do you recognize me?”
“I don’t know what it means, but I saw it in a liberal arts class.”
“It means that what is here is pure power.”
“Then what about this thing here?”
“ᚹ──Win. It means glory. And the one next to it is ᚨ──Ansuru. It is a word that means the great telegraph, and this ᚷ──Kyuhu is a symbol of the female warrior who was favored by the telegraph.”
“I don’t think it’s a simple combination. What does it mean?”
“If you put these four letters together, they can be interpreted as follows. The great forerunner and female warrior are watching, warrior, achieve glory with your strength.”
“Wow, that’s an interesting interpretation?”
“Yes, therefore, this rune has been given to rune magicians since ancient times as a duel rune that should never be ignored.”
“Where did you learn this? These days, runes are like a dead language.”
“Master taught me this.”
Until just a year ago, I learned runes and spears under her.
The infinity she left behind. And the primordial rune. I have learned how to reach Infinity, but the original rune is a little different.
Because this wasn’t something you could write simply by knowing the letters.
The original rune is ‘recovered’ and engraved on the body, a power that only one person can use.
One of the goals of the final boss in the game is to retrieve and occupy this primordial rune.
Master tried to pass on the primordial runes to me, but he passed away before that. By the bastard.
“What kind of person is Corin’s teacher? If you know about runes, are you from the Tower of Magic?”
“Um… just. Just an ordinary person. An ordinary person everywhere.”
An ordinary good person. A person who did the best he could.
“…It looks kind of affectionate.”
“Uh… does it look like that?”
“Yes. And you look sad.”
Marie looked at me intently, then took my hand and led me in front of the bubbling decoction.
“Do you want some potatoes?”
“Um… I didn’t eat.”
“I brought it! Deokgu!”
-Clap clap!
Something running from somewhere at that sound. I was nervous at the rough and violent sound, but what soon appeared was a blood dog with a blood-red shape that looked like a large werewolf.
“You are fully ministering to Kwon Su.”
“It’s thanks to Corin. Corin gave me blood every time… Thanks to that, I officially completed my ministry.”
The number of vampires.
Within the sphere of influence exercised by vampires above the elder level, each ministry boasts omnipotence comparable to that of the vampires themselves.
Its strength is the highest among familiars. It would not be strange to say that a vampire’s status is determined by the strength of this power.
“Is your name Deokgu?”
“Not bad, right?”
“What a dog…”
Looking closely at Deokgu, I see that it is much clearer than before and is taking on a ‘physical’ shape.
If the blood dog seen in the last battle was simply a clay doll that looked like it was made from blood, now it is closer to a full-fledged living creature.
As expected, Marie’s talent as a vampire goes beyond genius.
“But if you look at this guy, isn’t he my child?”
“Huh? What… do you mean?”
“No, that’s right. If this guy is made of blood, then half of his body would be my own blood. Aren’t I the same as his father? Chuckle.”
“……!! I’ve never thought of that before.”
Is it because, as a wizard who leads knowledge, he was pushed aside by a knight? Marie put her hat down and didn’t answer for a while.
Then he laughed and made an offer to me.
“Then Deokgu’s dad!”
“yes?”
“How about Deok-gu’s dad playing with Deok-gu?”
“Do you want to play with him? No, he’s not a real dog, so…”
“He’s very active, so he really needs to be played with! Sometimes, whenever I bring him a monster from the hunting ground, he gets upset.”
“Is it a real dog?…”
No, isn’t it closer to a tiger or lion than a dog? A tiger returning the favor?
“Dukgu! Dad wants to play with you!”
“Kung!”
Deok-gu approaches me, panting and letting his tongue hang out. Hmm… I think it looks cute like this, doesn’t it?
“Play over there because you might spill the medicine!”
“Yes, Deokgu’s mom.”
“Please~”
“Haha Deokgu! Dad will play with you!”
I took Deokgu and headed to the corner of the vacant lot. Hmm, I have never played with a very large dog that is 1m taller than a person.
“Shall we play catch with rocks?”
“…….”
“Deok-gu?”
Just a moment ago, it was stuck so I just used my tongue! The attitude of the guy who was walking away suddenly changed.
“Crung…!”
“What?!”
-Quaang!
“……?!”
It wasn’t at the same level as when the realm of blood unfolded, but his speed wasn’t that much when playing catch.
A jump at the speed of light that seems like it will go straight to the goal if it hits. If you hit it…
-Gulp!
“Kkelkelkelkelkel…!”
I saw. Deok-gu, who had been pretending to be calm until now, smiled evilly.
-bang! Kwakwakwak!
-Kwakwakwauk!!
“When we’re done, let’s eat potatoes!”
Marie’s voice was drowned out by the roar of digging through the clearing.
“Huh… Huh! Senior Marie! I brought you something to eat! Enough food for the three of us… Huh?”
-Phew! Quack quack!
I barely managed to get my bearings by rolling on the ground. Deok-gu, is this guy planning to kill me?
“Mr. Corinne!”
“Arisha?”
“What happened to this? Is this an enemy attack?”
“Hold out your hand!”
“Huh? Here.”
-match!
“huh?”
“Baton touch. Deokgu! Alisha is here to play!”
“……yes?”
“I’m too old to play with dogs…”
“Crung!”
“Huh? Huh? Bwaaaaat?!”
The one-year-old vampire breed puppy was very active.
* * * *
The Mandragora decoction was completed.
The decoction, made by boiling various medicinal herbs and mandragora, is as black as the abyss of space and is bubbling.
“It’s cooked well.”
Marie skillfully poured the decoction into a bowl.
“It’s better to drink the Mandragora decoction all at once. I’ll give you some ice.”
Marie used magic to create a large ice cube and put it in the decoction bowl.
I already feel like I won’t be disappointed if I drink something refreshing in one go. I gulped down the bowl, grateful for Marie’s consideration.
‘write.’
The Mandragora decoction was very bitter, but it was not unbearable considering that medicine that is good for the body is bitter.
“Mr. Corrin, here’s some candy.”
“Oh…”
The bitter taste remained strong, so I was desperate for something sweet, but Alisha handed me a honey bomb candy at the right time.
It was a candy that I usually only ate when concentrating because it was so sweet that it made my tongue tingle, but it was bearable because it mixed with the bitter taste of Mandragora decoction.
“Corin! Do you want some potato rice cake?!”
“No, it’s some kind of potato rice cake while taking medicine. I’ll eat it later.”
“hmm…!”
Marie’s cheeks swelled like steamed buns. Separately from that, a system window appeared before my eyes.
[You have consumed Mandragora decoction.]
– Mana recovery greatly increases.
– Maximum horsepower increases by 1300.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is incredibly effective for a wizard.
While solving the Arisha incident, the magical power I have accumulated so far is 2870. Considering that the recovery amount is less than 1,500 per day, this is a huge improvement.
Now my magical power is 4170. If the game goes on, the recovery amount would have increased by over 1000, so the daily recovery amount would be around 2000 to 3000.
‘Now I have decent named-level specs.’
Although the stats are quite odd, he is starting to have the specs befitting his name in earnest.
Considering the backup of the precepts given to me, it is at least not at a level inferior to that of an opponent of the same level.
“Marie-senpai and Alisha also have a glass each. There is no medicinal effect if you drink it in duplicate anyway.”
As Mandragora is a powerful herb, the effect only applies once.
Even if you take it again when the effect wears off, the effect will be halved, but it will rot in the meantime, so it is better to give it to someone else.
“Is that okay?”
“Please leave some for me. Give the others back as well.”
There won’t be a need for Jaeger, who is a pure knight, and Lark and Yuel will be great. Doron will be sold separately.
Considering the efficacy of Mandragora decoction, I would gladly pay 10 gold coins.
“That’s right. Once we make this, we’ll refrigerate it separately.”
“Isn’t it the end once you see the effect?”
“If you keep steeping it and drinking it as tea, your bones will become stronger and better!”
Do we all have such effects on Mandragora? As expected, the farmer’s daughter seems to have different knowledge.
Now, all that’s left is a white silver mandrag.
“I’ve never seen a Mandragora this color! What is it?”
“There was a mysterious connection. I have to eat this alone.”
“It’s natural because it’s Corinth. Just sharing the decoction is enough!”
“But I’m curious about the effect.”
The two people looked at the silver mandragora as if they were seeing it for the first time in amazement.
“Huh……”
A silver mandragora. It has a great effect, except that you have to chew the entirety of this hideous sight alive.
-gulp!
I chewed it down, step by step, starting from the root. Thanks to Marie’s magic shaking off the dirt, the chewing sensation isn’t bad.
I’ve eaten raw ginseng before, and it’s just that crunchy. The taste was surprisingly not bad.
[You have consumed the Silver Mandragora.]
– An Auror Core has been created.
– Auror rating is {medium}. You can accumulate up to 3500 aura.
at las!
I finally got it in my hands. My previous main battle, Auror Core!
“Hehehe……”
“Mr. Corrin?”
“If only I had this, I wouldn’t have gone through all that trouble.”
According to the original plan, it was the power that Marie would have consumed before the boss fight.
Should I say that it is a shortcut that allows me, who is still at a level 2 named level, to use ‘Yukhap’?
“We have an Auror core.”
“Huh… Auror core?!”
“Is this true, Corrin?”
Auror Core.
It is a storehouse of auras created by knights who reach the ultimate level of handling auras.
When your Auror level is advanced or higher, you will have one in your body, but thanks to the Silver Mandragora, you can obtain it much faster.
I can even get another core when I reach the upper level of Auror! Wow! Is the core floating? That’s it.
Once you have an auror core, you can accumulate surplus aurors inside the core, so the difference in firepower between knights with intermediate and advanced aurors is the difference between heaven and earth.
Given the same amount of aurors, if a middle-level player fights with 4,000 aurors, then a high-level player fights with at least 10,000 aurors.
The power balance of the top knights is one of the reasons to go to Andromeda.
Simply put, this side’s ammunition is more than twice that of the other side’s.
And this expedient is absolutely necessary if I, who had a poor auror level and maximum amount due to my inherent limitations, wanted to use ‘Yukhap’, which boasts terrible auror consumption.
“Make it silver… It’s a great effect. Then the gold one…”
“Not yet. I’ll pull it out later.”
At my restraint, Alisha stopped reaching for the golden mandragora.
“Ah, taking even good medicine at once is bad for your body.”
Since it wasn’t wrong, I convinced him of that for now.
* * * *
There is a very reasonable reason why many professors of the Department of Magic give up the magic tower group and remain as academy professors.
There is also the overwhelming volume of books in the Merkava Library, but that is only the second reason. So what is the first one?
A large experimental building on the west side of the academy site. This is because it has the best ingredients that wizards dream of.
For example… a ‘special’ monster that cannot be killed and is therefore sealed away.
“Now, prepare the entrapment spell and have the magic team recheck the pressure circle and sealing chain.”
Professor Dana couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from twitching as he looked at the test subjects prepared for this experiment.
As it is an educational institution, unethical or inhumane experiments are prohibited, but being able to use such a large object as experimental material is a privilege that only Merkava Academy has.
“King of Iron Mountain. I never thought I would see the famous hemp water in person.”
What was in front of Professor Dana was a huge wild boar.
It reaches 6m in length and weighs approximately 50 tons. The fiercely rising tusks are closer to smooth metal than bone.
The leather, which would cover an entire small building, is closer to armor made of steel than stiff animal fur.
This ‘Rune Wild Boar’, which is now sealed and sleeping, is a legendary beast that was only sealed after devastating the northern Dingle Peninsula 85 years ago.
King of Iron Mountain.
warrior slayer.
The devil of the Dingle Peninsula.
Viren, the former chairman of the board of directors, and Josephine, the witch of space… A great demon beast sealed by Tates Balthazar, who was considered the strongest knight of his time.
Even though a punitive force including two of the strongest semi-specials of the time and special knight Tates Balthazar came forward, they were unable to kill the king of Cheolsan.
The reason was also thanks to the ‘primordial rune’ that this runic boar possessed. It is not just a power, but an ancient power that operates as a concept itself.
-Clap clap!
“Wow~ That’s a very awesome wild boar.”
A corner of the laboratory building. An afro-haired knight wearing vambraces approached the wild boar, which was suppressed by the highest level restraint orb and sealing magic.
“Professor Permac, don’t get too close.”
“I know, Professor Dana. Is this the sword? This is the monster I need to carve ‘runes’ into for this experiment.”
“You’ve seen Professor Permac in your textbook, right? He’s a wild boar that swallowed up an entire iron mine and ate the primordial plant that was carved deep inside the mine.”
“Of course. I’m also from the Dingle Peninsula. It often appears in children’s books from my hometown. This.”
When Professor Dana added that it was ironic that the magic beast that dominated the era is now a villain in a children’s book, Professor Permak agreed.
“Ha~ I’m glad I have Professor Permak. These days, rune magicians are extinct even among wizards.”
It was Tates Balthazar’s rune magic that sealed Majer’s intelligence.
This means that in order to take the first step among the numerous sealing ceremonies that sealed Majer, this rune magic must first be dismantled. Of course, with rune magic.
At one point, I thought about learning rune magic myself for experimentation.
However, learning a language is not easy, and in modern times, it has been difficult to learn English due to ambiguous meanings.
In the meantime, Professor Permak appeared. Although he was a knight, he was also a rune magician who manipulated runes.
“That’s true of dead language. Only knights like me with a bit of magic power can use it, but it’s difficult to use it in actual combat.”
“Are there still people left in the North who use runes?”
“Sometimes there are some left. At Berkut Academy, you can learn them through liberal arts classes.”
“Ah, I’m sure a professor from Berkut Academy was invited before for an experiment that required a rune expert.”
The exact origin of the rune is unclear, but its original origin was probably the northern continent.
If you think about it, strangely enough, great demonic beasts of the era appeared in the northern part of the country.
“But what was the subject of the experiment?”
“It was about the alpha characteristics of special entities. I plan to write a thesis on the influence of special demons on lower-level entities and their unique alpha energy.”
“Special…”
Professor Permak remembered someone. There were two special demons in the academy right now.
If it’s Bicheon Yacha, let alone the complicated situation where Shinism and the Eastern imperial kingdom are intertwined, if it’s Marie…
“Shall we start by interpreting the seal rune engraved on the ruler?”
After a small conversation, the two people focused on the scene in front of them.
It has been 80 years since it was captured. The ferocious energy emanating from the sealed body has not changed at all from 80 years ago.