Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 52

Episode 52:

Blue Lotus Labyrinth

『Do you want me to teach you the basics of magic arts?』

Elric stopped checking the secretions left behind by the dire wolf and nodded to the question posed by Mephisto.

“There are quite a few things that go against the grain when I try to develop strong body techniques and magic fighting techniques separately. “If we can connect, we will do it.”

Currently, the magic fighting techniques that Elric has learned are simply breathing techniques, and the rigid body techniques are limited to the body and senses, so there is no immediate conflict between the two.

In any case, the two technologies had completely different origins.

Considering that there will be a lot of additional skills to learn in the future, it is inevitable that there will be a conflict in some way.

Therefore, Elric was planning to create a link between the two technologies in advance if possible.

You have to catch it early on so it won’t shake.

In the future, a situation may arise where cumbersome switching must be performed separately.

‘That’s why it becomes dangerous when there’s a really fierce battle, right?’

However, Mephisto’s expression was very reluctant.

Unless you were a fool, you had no choice but to doubt Elric because the seal of original sin had not changed.

Elric was still acting like a fool.

『Bare mouth…!』

“If you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

『…Huh?』

“Actually, if you think about it, it would be beneficial for Mephie if I got stronger as soon as possible, right? However, if you still don’t want to help, I have no choice. “I just have to find a way on my own.”

Elric shrugged his shoulders.

“When learning about deer field in earnest, if you explain the situation and ask for help, something will work out.”

『…Damn it!』

Mephisto frowned.

It was obvious that if I didn’t say something back here, I would continue to be manipulated like this from now on.

Since he had no choice but to help, he had no choice but to drink.

In fact, even if he didn’t help here, it was clear that the talented Mervinger would find a way somehow.

‘What a damn talent…!’

Mephisto spoke forcefully, suppressing his anger.

The corners of my lips were trembling.

『King Bon doesn’t know that much either…!』

“What do you think? I didn’t know much about verbs, but I learned them on my own, right? “Please teach me the basics.”

As Elric said that, he slowly stood up.

Now that the secretion investigation was over and I knew where the dire wolf had moved, I planned to listen to the lecture as I went.

* * *

『Magic fighting (魔鬪) is literally a fighting method (鬪) using devil (魔). Based on solid breathing techniques, I use all the methods I think are good for fighting. It is in a similar context that a guy named Augustine has the arms of a dark elf.』

Elric walked along the narrowing narrow path while chewing red moss.

Ice heat herb.

It was discovered near a flower colony of Anaxunamun and was full of negative energy.

A perfect elixir for the seal of cruelty.

“So that means inclusiveness is good?”

『It’s not just good, it’s very good. However, because they are too crowded, there are quite a few cases where they suffer from paralysis in their later years.』

Elric asked Mephisto all the questions he had while training his magic fighting skills himself, and was able to get good answers each time.

For Mephisto, it was only very basic knowledge, but for Elric, it was good advice that could greatly reduce the trial and error he would have had to go through many times.

Then the conclusion was reached.

‘I guess I can mix it much easier than I thought?’

As long as the magic power is distributed well, it is fully possible to use magic fighting techniques and rigid body techniques together.

Of course, calculating the spell won’t be that easy.

‘That’s it for me to lie down and eat rice cake.’

Double casting is also possible, so what’s difficult about that?

So, while Elric was giving up, he thought of connecting the two, and made small changes to the magic circulation of magic arts to guide the flow toward the senses of rigid body arts.

In areas where the wavelength is misaligned, fine adjustments are made little by little through mathematical calculations.

click.

click.

Then, when we reached a certain point, there was a sound of something clicking together.

A feeling of magical energy circulation and sensory functions synchronizing with breathing.

Thanks to.

Elric could sense that his mind’s eyes were becoming clearer and his body was becoming more sensitive.

It was so sensitive that even the flow of magic power could be clearly felt.

Hwaaa!

『…Damn talent.』

Mephisto sensed a calm magic field around Elric and shook his head.

Even though it didn’t teach me that much.

Also, Elric has grown one step further.

And by the time Elric had acquired that sense to some extent.

『I see it is here.』

Elric was able to reach the deepest part of the labyrinth, the area thought to be the home of the dire wolves.

Crrr?

Crrrrrrr!

The Dire Wolves who were wandering around the entrance with hungry stomachs were the first to spot Elric and attack him.

Among them were some who had escaped after being injured by Elric.

Wow!

Pot-

Elric rushed forward holding a stone tool with a sharply forged blade.

Perhaps because breathing and magical power were aligned, the instinctive sense of Gangchejutsu taught me ‘how’ to move much more clearly.

I had to dodge and pass by several times.

Unlike when he first fell into the labyrinth, Elric was now able to easily pass through the dire wolves and delve into the center, as if he knew everything about their behavior.

It was not a narrow canyon that Elric had passed through so far, but a circular corridor in the shape of a gourd.

‘As expected.’

In terms of Mana Road, this is the heart where the Mana Circle gathers.

In front of the cliff, a leader who seemed to be three or four times larger than the other dire wolves was glaring at us.

Looking at her swollen belly, it looked like she was pregnant with a baby.

‘Was it because of me that everyone was starving?’

It seems that all the game the group had caught so far went to the leader.

Elric stopped walking as he answered the last question he had.

Before he knew it, a total of forty dire wolves had gathered around him.

The guys who had gone outside were also seen coming here in a hurry.

The exit is completely blocked.

Tudadadada-

krrr kwaang!

There was no way for Elric to escape.

No matter how long the Elrics could fly, there was no way they could fight them all at once.

Eat!

Elric had a gentle smile on his lips.

and.

『Poor things. Tsk!』

At the same time Mephisto clicks his tongue.

Kwaaaaang!

Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded from all over the high canyon, and pillars of sand rose up.

Falling rocks rained down along the slope.

The magic that Elric had installed here and there before coming here was activated at the same time.

In fact, it wasn’t that difficult, as all you had to do was use your mind’s eye to point out the texture of the canyon and plant a magical bullet containing a large amount of concentrated magical energy in that area.

The result was definitely not like that.

Quarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

!

Aww! cadet!

The dire wolves tried to go back the way they came to escape the pile of falling rocks.

but.

“Who wants it?”

There was no way Elric, who had already expected that far, would let that happen.

A second explosion occurred, completely destroying the only remaining exit.

In the end, the dire wolves were left stranded and left to their own devices, and were crushed to death by a pile of falling rocks.

Some of them were nervous and rushed at Elric, but even they were unable to withstand Elric’s magic fighting skills and died in droves.

All Elric had to do was use his mind’s eye to select the dangerous area and avoid it, so he didn’t get seriously hurt.

Sometimes it was difficult to breathe because of the dust flying around.

Kukukuku…!

After all the noisy landslides were over.

Elric walked through a cloud of dust, passed over a pile of rocks, and approached the leader who was still breathing.

Crrr!

They were barely breathing and almost dying like the others.

The entire lower body was crushed by a large rockfall.

Only the head stuck out and was glaring at Elric.

Although he was showing his hostility towards his enemy, who had taken away not only his subordinates but also the babies in his womb, all at once.

Sigh!

Elric mercilessly shoved a rock with an ‘ice knife’ engraved into the guy’s neck.

Blood poured out.

“…ha!”

Elric lifted his head toward the sky, sighing in relief at the thought that he had finally eliminated all the dire wolves.

As if bragging to someone who might be watching.

* * *

‘I never thought I would pass through the labyrinth like this. her!’

Augustine had been running towards the labyrinth since Elric collapsed the canyon and killed all the dire wolves.

In fact, once your magic power returns to a certain extent, passing stage 1 is not that difficult.

All you had to do was climb up the cliff – of course, most of the testers couldn’t even pass the first step.

Still, all you have to do is protect your body from dire wolf attacks and take your time here and there by consistently consuming raw sand grass.

Therefore, there were few cases where he attempted to understand the entire structure of the canyon and eliminate all dire wolves like Elric did.

the problem is.

‘This is what the second stage test is all about.’

Magic fighting skills are based on magical power circulation and actual combat.

Therefore, you must understand the entire structure of the labyrinth and overcome it by experiencing multiple battles with dire wolves in order to be qualified to enter.

But Elric did this.

In less than a week!

Of course, because of that, Giliti, who provided the dire wolves, went on a rampage, saying that her children would be killed in droves.

There was no problem as Augustine tempted him by saying that he would save him a phoenix egg later.

Furthermore.

There was something else that made Augustine excited.

‘You were looking at the crystal ball accurately, I guess?’

He clearly knew the exact location of the ‘Bat’s Eyes’ that had been placed invisibly throughout the canyon.

Even though it is unknown when he first discovered it, this alone proved that Elric had more than enough qualifications to become the successor to the Deer Field.

By the time Augustine reached the collapsed canyon.

“Hoo.”

Before he knew it, he could see Elric, who had climbed the entire cliff and was resting at the edge.

Although he was covered in a lot of dust and had a dirty appearance.

The eyes shining through the hair were very harsh.

‘Heulheul. That guy’s eyes could eat me.’

In other schools, due to the importance of apprentice education, etiquette between priests was strictly enforced, and it was never acceptable for a disciple to show such an attitude toward his master.

In the green field, there were so many cases where a teacher pushed a student into the danger of death, so I felt proud to see such a look in his eyes as proof that the training was working properly.

And Elric’s next question made Augustine even more satisfied.

“…What is the next test?”

Of course, Elric’s attitude is that this will not be the end.

Augustine couldn’t hide the fact that his mouth was tearing up.

* * *

The tests in steps 3 and 4 that immediately followed were not that difficult.

Survive until the end in a vacant lot where demonic beasts worse than dire wolves are pouring in, and completely complete the magic circulation method therein.

However, it was not that difficult for an Elric whose senses had already been sharpened through steel body techniques.

After two days, we had already reached the final stage, stage 5.

Wizard who swallowed talent