Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 12

Episode 12:

Awakening your talent

Boom, pop, boom!

Elric was planting the ‘Ice Rain’ he had created using words at the foot of the mountain.

Magic that would generally be classified as 3rd Circle.

Shape size power. Everything was identical to the original.

The only difference is, would it be more correct to describe this as an ‘ice shower’?

This was because dozens of ice arrows were filling the sky.

And as it fell, it was being filled with new things.

It was an operational skill that would have shocked anyone who had just entered the 3rd circle.

but.

The person who was most surprised was Elric.

“wow! “Does that make a difference just because you understand it?”

Elric whistled lightly.

It’s been five days since I read the basics written by Mephisto.

Elric was able to completely digest the content that he had only vaguely guessed or did not fully understand, and was able to immediately jump over the ‘wall’ he encountered for the first time.

This is truly a situation that no wizard would wish for.

I couldn’t help but feel special.

‘This is an easy to understand introduction to Mephisto… No, I guess Mephisto’s level is too high, right?’

Elric glanced in the direction where Mephisto was.

Even today, he was immersed in a swamp of frustration at the fact that he had succumbed(?) to the cowardice of a mere human.

Elric had recently been re-evaluating Mephisto.

I knew that he was the strongest demon king, but I couldn’t help but be surprised when I got a glimpse of his skills in person.

Knowledge that can only be unlocked by climbing to the peak of peaks and looking down at everything below.

If obtaining the magic stone was the first opportunity to change one’s destiny, then meeting Mephisto was the second opportunity to change one’s destiny.

“Mephis.”

『Me Mephis?』

Mephisto looked at him with a shocked expression, but Elric didn’t care at all.

“When will the details come out?”

『Hey…!』

His tone of voice was as if he was picking up something he had left at a pawn shop.

Mephisto gritted his teeth, but never made the mistake of swearing.

When Elric’s provocation didn’t work, he said, ‘Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssedededededtedtedatededededed2eded2izeddedized2eded22ededed2izeded2izedized2rededed22 food2…?’

‘Let’s see how long you damn bastard can be so happy!’

Mephisto’s eyes burned brightly with fire.

‘The moment your soul is completely bound by the seal of the spell, this shame will be repaid many times over!’

But a few days later, Mephisto had to realize that that was an absurd expectation.

* * *

‘why…? Why is there no reaction? There has to be a sense of something, right?

Whihwihwi!

Mephisto bit his fingernails as he watched Elric deploy the 4th circle, ‘Cold Wind’.

This was because the ‘Seal of the Pill’ that was hidden throughout the introduction was not working at all.

It would be normal for even the simplest of hints to manifest by now…?

“There must be some kind of change in me, but it hasn’t happened yet, so you look strange?”

Then, Elric suddenly glanced this way and smiled cynically.

Mephisto felt as if he had been hit hard in the back of the head with something blunt.

‘Is this guy possessed by some kind of ghost?’

『I don’t know what you’re talking about!』

Mephisto pulled away as hard as he could, but Elric didn’t miss the slight tremor in his voice.

“There’s nothing to worry about. Because it won’t work anyway.”

『What?』

“I’m not an idiot, so I guess I just learned what Mephie gave me without even examining it?”

『…!』

“It took a long time to find it because it was hidden in a very clever place, but whatever. Anyway, I learned it well and thankfully.”

『….』

‘Damn it, damn it, damn it!’

Mephisto felt like he wanted to immediately stick his fist into that damn face that was busy making a fuss.

“So what’s next? “This restaurant is so delicious that I can’t stop eating it.”

In the end, Mephisto exploded.

『Sigh! “Are you human?”

“Thank you for the compliment. Have you said everything for today? Then we go into silence again.”

『Uuuuuu! Eupeup!』

Mephisto ended up holding the back of his neck.

* * *

“mail. I learned everything you just wrote. “Isn’t there a next one?”

…Now it’s not ‘Mephi’ or ‘Mephis’, it’s just ‘Meh’?

Mephisto glared at Elric with those eyes.

“Meg is better than ho, right?”

This time, Elric read his thoughts like a ghost and just spouted incomprehensible nonsense.

I had already gotten used to that shameless face… no, I was sick of it, so I didn’t have the strength to scream.

In the end, Mephisto sighed as the ground fell.

『…Nothing.』

“If you’re going to talk nonsense, practice silence for another 3 days….”

『That’s not it. I really don’t have anything to teach you about magic anymore!』

Elric’s eyes shone strangely.

“Tell me in detail.”

『It’s just like I said. King Bon has nothing more to teach you. No, to be precise, I have nothing to tell you about speech.』

“Why?”

『Because the words I know are ‘true words’.』

“…!”

Mantra.

Among the five levels of speech, it is the highest ranking one.

Of course, there is a divine saying called ‘Voice of God’, but that only applies to transcendental people with divine status, so it is excluded.

The fact that he knew the highest-level word that existed in Royalty made Elric realize just how big the gap between him and Mephisto was.

『In fact, what the king has taught so far is merely a dictation of the very basic foundation of the mantra from the king’s perspective. You accepted it as casually as a sponge.』

“….”

『Even if you try to tell me more than that, you won’t be able to understand it with your skills. Rather, it is highly likely that it will remain in your mind and act as a symbol in your future practice.』

Mephisto . Just cut it out and drew a line.

Elric could tell that those words were definitely not a lie.

After sticking with him for almost a month, I couldn’t help but get to know him.

‘but. Maybe this is natural.’

Mephisto’s gaze is bound to be as distant as a star for Elric.

If you try to force yourself to get a star, you will inevitably fall.

“What if I still ask you to teach me?”

“well. Are you just going to go crazy?』

“…!”

『Well, from the king’s point of view, it might be better for you to just go crazy… but in your current state, I don’t think you’ll go crazy very well.』

Mephisto shrugged his shoulders.

If you fall into paralysis while the magic stone is actively working, it will only be difficult to deal with it later.

Mephisto didn’t necessarily want to take that risk.

‘What should I do with this?’

Elric was lost in thought for a moment.

In fact, there are many types of magic, and there are many things you can learn from Mephisto other than magic.

‘If you have the time, you can also learn black magic. ‘I probably shouldn’t do it though.’

Even though I was learning magic from Mephisto, I still didn’t want to go against the legacy of a family that had fought a war with demons.

The same goes for the wolf-shaped tattoo carved on the back of his right hand while absorbing Mephisto.

‘But I think it would be a waste of time to just learn other magic.’

What needs to be reinterpreted in words will be the same. It will not be of much help in improving your skills right away.

‘Then there’s only one thing left.’

Elric’s eyes sparkled.

‘Practical.’

Now is the time to try the second and last thing that I thought was lacking.

No matter how much you research and train magic, you will only be able to learn theory in a corner without experiencing actual combat.

‘It’s also our family’s maxim that magic is only perfected on the battlefield.’

As befits a family that has been fighting wars against demons for generations, there is probably no other place with a more flamboyant family tradition and tone.

‘I thought it would be long after Professor Verlux’s exploration was over that I could come down here… I guess that would be about the right time?’

When this happened, Elric’s desire to run into the battlefield as quickly as possible arose.

I wanted to test for myself the extent of my skills.

So, where is there a place worth going right now?

‘The closest place to the ecliptic is… ‘Red Soul Forest’? no. It’s too rough for a test run there. Then ‘Cheongbigul (凊祕窟)’? There are too many people here. Should I go a little further?’

Elric reviewed each monster haunting location but never overextended himself.

He is still just a young chick. The difficulty level should be increased slowly and not be a reckless challenge from the beginning.

Also, since you have to hide your identity, it should not be a place so famous that rumors spread, and there should be only a small number of people passing by.

Then Elric was able to think of a suitable place.

‘Yeti Plateau!’

This is a place where cryptid yetis haunt the place and because it is covered with perennial snow, it is easy for shipwrecks to occur, so very few visitors come here.

More than anything.

‘…If I remember correctly, there was a family safe house nearby, right? I wasn’t able to open it until now because I wasn’t good enough, but I guess it’s possible now. ‘I wonder if I can get some clues about the necklace there.’

Elric touched the magic mirror hanging around his neck with his hand.

『…It looks like he was thinking of something interesting.』

Mephisto had a very uncomfortable expression on his face because strange things happened every time Elric showed that look in his eyes.

“M.”

『…Now you can’t shorten it, so you only call the first letter. okay! Why?』

“It’s not visible to anyone but me, right?”

『What…!』

At that moment, Elric sighed and curled up the corners of his mouth.

* * *

『Damn it! Damn it! why! Did King Bon, who was also called the Demon King of Original Sin, have to steal like Yamsaengi?”

“Uh-huh! It’s theft. Please correct your words. “You paid enough price, right?”

『I just threw it under the clothes drying rack!』

Because Elric had been concentrating on training for about a month, he had not been able to wash properly during that time.

The clothes I was wearing were all old and dirty, so I looked like a beggar.

It was clear that if I went down the mountain looking like this, I wouldn’t be able to function properly.

‘No matter how much he has fallen, he has dignity as a duke of an empire in name and name, so he can’t walk around like a bum, right?’

However, as expected, as a duke of the empire, there were many places where he was deeply stabbed to commit theft himself.

So I ordered it from Mephisto. Perhaps because it had no shape, the workmanship was very neat.

Mephisto just pounded his chest and burst out in anger.

anyway.

By soaking in the flowing stream, Elric was able to use magic appropriately to remove the old grime.

Then, while using the hot air to dry my body, I put on clothes borrowed(?) from an unknown villager.

‘Your hair is also very long.’

Elric smiled strangely as he looked at his hair falling past his shoulders.

“【Cut it】.”

As the sharp wind blew, hair was torn off in clumps.

Elric let it all flow into the stream and activated the magic once more.

“【Change】.”

Tap-tap-tap-

Then, a sound was heard as the facial skeleton was slightly distorted, the cheekbones came out slightly, the skin color darkened, and the eyes became slit.

If he had a playful look just a moment ago, he now looked sharp overall.

Even though he hasn’t changed much, he has become completely different, like a completely different person.

Unless he was a really close friend like Sean, no one would see him and think he was Elric.

“Then shall we go down now?”

Elric hummed like that and started going down the mountainside that had been his home for the past month.

“Ah, but M. If that’s the M, it’s not the M I know, right? “Do you think I look a bit perverted?”

『Ugh! How did I… get involved with such a bastard…!』

Mephisto’s lament became the only echo, resounding pitifully.

Wizard who swallowed talent