Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 16

Episode 16

: Real Battle

“Huh huh huh…!”

“I really thought I was going to die.”

“Is it because of the snowy terrain? It’s harder to deal with than usual.”

“I think I understand a little bit why they usually ask for more wizards on site when troops are dispatched to a place like this.”

After the fight with the yetis was over, the passengers each sat down on the floor, breathing heavily.

In particular, the robe knights who had to move the most were very tired.

It is said that most of them have Auror chains and have bodies that are far superior to those of ordinary people.

Fighting on a snowy field where it was difficult to even walk while suffering from altitude sickness was not easy at all.

Are they outnumbered and have a low level of understanding of the terrain?

I was glad that it ended like this.

That’s why the knights felt sorry for the wizard’s absence.

If we had had their proper support, we would have been able to deal with the Yetis much more smoothly.

‘I was surprised that they suddenly retreated after fighting well.’

Of course, even though Knight Chen fought until the end, he never thought that he and his companions would be defeated by mere Yetis.

‘Still, wouldn’t it be a big deal if they suddenly made a surprise attack when I was this exhausted?’

Because what happened after that was a problem, I couldn’t help but be worried.

Then.

‘hmm…?’

Chen belatedly realized that his lord was looking around for something.

“Is something wrong, lady?”

“I can’t see one of my group members.”

“If you say it’s just one person…?”

“He was alone without company.”

Chen sighed without realizing it.

A person who is not in good health only worries about others.

Chen barely suppressed what he wanted to say and forced a smile to calm her down, saying, ‘You didn’t try to run away alone, but you got caught by the Yetis.’

“He probably escaped safely.”

“I guess so.”

Even as the woman answered like that, she continued to look around as if her worries did not go away.

The more.

Chen’s worries only grew.

* * *

Boom, quack, quack!

‘Keeek somehow! Our Kiek! We have to save the village kieek!’

Ondu, the yeti, ran and ran as he barely made it through the exploding village.

Even though my whole body was already full of minor wounds and burns.

All that remained in his mind was that he had to somehow get out of here and call for reinforcements.

‘That human being! It’s a monster, Kiek!’

Ondu recalled the human who had visited the tribal village just an hour ago.

Just a young human wearing ordinary clothes.

At first, I thought it was prey because it came back with a warrior who had gone out hunting.

-Who is the Yeti in this village with the most extensive knowledge about this mountain?

When a human asked such a question in an unknown way, the tribe members became very wary.

Because I realized that he is the most difficult magician to deal with among humans!

Even though they have almost forgotten their old abilities, for the Yetis who live with pride in being demons, wizards are their nemesis that they must be wary of.

Of course, there was no reason to answer that question.

More than anything.

The only people in the village with that level of knowledge are the elders. It was impossible to give up people I respected.

That’s why they fought, and the village was immediately devastated.

The young human was a much greater expert than they thought.

‘Friends, Kiek! My whole family also told me to call my relatives. Kiek! Ondu kiek! Bring other tribes to defeat humans Kiek!’

So Ondu ran again with a mission in mind.

Without even noticing that there was a shadow secretly following him.

* * *

[After this, there will definitely be people looking for them.]

『Kkyun kyunkyu?』

Mephisto wanted to yell at them to please put an end to this damn cuteness, but he was only resentful of himself for not being able to do so.

But either way.

Elric was secretly following the yeti, which was running hurriedly from the village that had just been destroyed to somewhere else.

I knew very well that if things continued like this, other yeti villages would appear one after another.

This was already the fourth Yeti village to be destroyed in the same way.

‘But do these things really lack intelligence? How can you not even think about having someone chasing you? There’s nothing like erasing traces or directing the direction to a different place, right?’

The more Elric dealt with the Yeti, the more he began to understand why Mephisto did not want to acknowledge the Yeti.

‘I understand why, even though there are so many individuals, their territory rarely moves beyond the plateau. The king who led these idiots to their prime? Anyway, what kind of guy is he?’

But thanks to this, Elric was able to experience so many battles that he got sick of it.

In the process, through various experiments, I was able to discover many things I had not realized before.

This was the limit of magic.

-First, the scope of words is not as wide as expected.

‘Clearly the cognitive range of the mind’s eye is wide. But I can’t reach all of it right now.’

Elric currently constructs a magic field by selecting the necessary grains and granting magical power when using the spoken spirit.

Since the magic field refers to the range of magic, there is a limit to how it can expand.

When the Yeti village was engulfed in flames, it was more difficult to spread it out than expected.

The range is about 20 meters at most.

That alone was a fairly wide range, but anything more was impossible.

No matter how much magic power was poured into it, the firepower only got stronger and the result was the same.

‘It’s probably because of the limits of what the image can reach. ‘The problem is that it is made infinitely.’

It might be a good thing that I found out the exact range now.

We just need to look for development possibilities accordingly.

-Secondly, even the words are not perfect.

‘Eonryeong clearly has good magic effects. Both its destructive power and efficiency are outstanding. However, if this limit is exceeded, the efficiency drops dramatically.’

It was the same reason that there was a limit to the expansion of the magic field.

Although there was a lot of horsepower that could be extracted, there was a limit to the efficiency that could be achieved with it.

Existing academic circles used to call this the ‘law of diminishing utility.’

‘Of course, if magic power was infinite, such efficiency would be completely ignored and all of it would be used to increase power…’

The next problem was immediately encountered.

-Thirdly, there is a limit to output.

‘The body cannot fully handle the output of the magic stone.’

It is said that his body has undergone a major transformation since he gained proficiency.

The problem was that even that amount of magic stones could not be handled.

‘It’s a combination of the magical powers left behind by the Dragon King and the Demon King, but if you can use it properly, it’s a fraud. For me now, a pearl necklace on a pig’s neck… that’s all.’

3%.

This was the maximum amount of magical power that Elric could currently extract from the magic stone.

What if it goes beyond this?

The mana rod overheats and at about 4%, the body begins to collapse.

‘In the end, all limitations of this type of magic lie in the need to increase the level of enlightenment and find a way to fully digest the magical power of the magic stone.’

What should I do to increase the degree of melting of magic stones? At that time when my worries became deeper.

‘Have we arrived?’

Elric was able to discover a new village.

‘It would be nice to have someone who knows something this time.’

Tsutsutsu –

A bunch of magic missiles containing frozen water vapor were created in front of him.

* * *

“So you think you know something?”

『…First of all, I say it seems like that. So, please leave them alone.”

“If you’re just faking it to avoid a crisis, it won’t just end.”

『…I said I knew that of course.』

After going through a few more troubles.

Elric was finally able to find a cooperative village.

The leader of the tribe, who named themselves ‘Blue Snowflake’, tried his best to win Elric’s favor.

By introducing the elders, they not only actively answered questions, but even tried to provide guidance.

“This guy’s face is full of greed?”

『I guess they see this crisis as an opportunity. There are many Yetis whose power has collapsed, so they are probably trying to unify them all.』

As Elric, I thought it went well.

After only meeting stupid people, I finally got to talk to someone I could communicate with.

Thanks to this, I was able to find several places suspected to be safe houses.

-I don’t know about other tribes, but my tribe has several legends that have been passed down from generation to generation.

-What legend?

-The person who became the progenitor of our tribe was once a great king who climbed over the snowy mountains and took over the mountain range…!

– Let’s talk about the useless parts.

-…It was said that there was the only human the king recognized as a ‘friend’.

-friend?

-That’s right, friend! Our proud yeti is the first and last human to be a friend!

Elric was able to intuitively realize that the ‘king’s friend’ he was talking about was one of the family’s ancestors.

-The king said that he gave land, food, and a house for his friends who visited him every year.

-We have continued to manage the house according to the king’s wishes!

-Where is that house?

They risked the safety of their tribe in exchange for showing them the location of their ‘home’.

Elric immediately agreed. After all, it has served all practical purposes.

The moment the transaction was concluded, the leader of the ‘Blue Snowflake’ tribe took the lead, saying he would personally guide the team.

Elric followed closely behind. In case it was a trap, my mind’s eyes were wide open.

『But.』

“…?”

『If you can use interpretation magic, why do you keep putting the King in the middle every time you have a conversation?』

“It’s more convenient this way.”

『Damn it』

or not. Mephisto had to let his temper down again. Still, should I say that I am fortunate to have escaped the charm hell while serving as a translator?

‘How did this Mephistopheles end up like this?’

Mephisto felt depressed inside, but there was nothing he could do about it right now.

in between.

Kieeek!

『…It is said to be below.』

Elric was able to arrive at a certain location.

Crevasses between snow-covered valleys and valleys.

The depth was so great that there was no end in sight.

Moreover, why is the cold wind coming up the cliff so strong and cold? If I made a mistake, I felt like I would be swept away by the current.

It makes you wonder if it is possible to maintain balance by levitating in the air.

However, it was visible to Elric, whose eyesight was greatly enhanced by magical power.

There was a piece of pearl lying halfway up the cliff over there.

Kiek kieek! Kiek!

『…They say they also manage to go down to that cliff once a year, clean it, and come back. Occasionally, rising air rises high through the crevices of the valley, making it difficult to approach with any magic other than their own skills. What do you plan to do?』

The Yeti gestured with his hands and feet and explained to Elric that in order to go down there, it would have to be midnight on the last day of autumn.

Only then will they be able to go down.

So Mephisto asked if he would wait until then.

“Can’t you see it? “This is a test given to the descendants by the ancestors who built that gem. Do they have the skills and if so, do they have the courage to do so?”

Elric threw himself down the cliff as if there was no need to worry at all.

Wizard who swallowed talent