Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 8

Episode 8

Awakening your talent

while losing your mind.

Elric was dreaming.

It was a dream about a wizard.

His face was unrecognizable as he was covered in a deep robe.

I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman, an old man or a young man.

The only thing that can be recognized is that the emblem engraved on the back of the robe is the family seal.

However, even that was different from the one used recently. It was a design that seemed to have been used a long time ago.

but.

Elric somehow felt that the wizard’s back looked very familiar.

A sad yet nostalgic feeling.

Who could it be?

At that time, the wizard stood at the edge of a cliff that was as sharp as a folding screen, his robes flying.

Far away.

As the sun was setting, a huge darkness was emerging along the sunset-covered sky.

The pitch-black darkness clumped together and gradually took on the shape of a monster.

Elric felt ominous just by looking at it. There was something that made my heart tingle.

At first glance, it could be mistaken for a demon, but it seemed to be a being much higher than a demon… or even a demon lord.

Demon God.

Shouldn’t it be expressed that way?

However, the wizard smiled cheerfully and waved his right hand in the air as if it didn’t matter.

Then, hundreds of dragons appeared from the sky in a group and attempted to dive.

This time, when he swung his left hand, the earth shook and giants, who, like dragons, were said to have gone extinct a long time ago, rushed forward and swung their axes.

They began the battle against the demon god according to his will, as if they were the wizard’s servants.

The sky darkened and lightning struck. A blizzard raged and a firestorm broke out, scorching the ground several times.

A great battle that could only be depicted in mythology.

But even in such a rough battlefield.

The wizard was laughing heartily.

It’s as if he’s dying of joy at this moment.

“come!”

* * *

“Ooh, it’s dangerous!”

Elric opened his eyes while screaming.

And when I reflexively raised my upper body and looked around, I was momentarily dumbfounded.

Soft seats and a rattling feeling. And the familiar ceiling.

It was a carriage.

The academy’s carriage that they rode in search of the dragon’s nest.

Why am I here? The moment I had that thought.

Wow!

Elric had to let out a groan from the force of the blow to the back of his head.

“Ahh!”

“Ahh? “Did you just say ‘Aaaaah’ now?”

A place where you turn your head.

Sean was glaring at Elric with a face as distorted as a crumpled piece of paper.

“Does it hurt? Yes, I will make you suffer for the rest of your life. And you said it was dangerous, right? good. “I will make your life very dangerous here.”

Sean grabbed the bat that was sitting next to him and swung it suddenly.

Elric had to quickly leave because he thought he might die if he continued like this.

But the carriage was too narrow to escape.

After a while, I had to look at Sean, who was still fuming while gently rubbing his black black eye with an egg.

“…So you’re saying you led the rescue team and saved me?”

“okay. “You bastard.”

“hey. Still, it’s a bit weird to say this and that to a person with a name and name…”

“What are you, you idiot?”

“…Oh no. nothing.”

As soon as Elric caught Sean’s glare, he quickly turned his head to the side. If I continued talking any longer, it seemed like fire would burst out of Sean’s eyes.

Sean stared at Elric for a long time and then sighed, feeling grounded.

How on earth did I get involved with this idiot and end up in such a difficult situation?

After Elric sent the entire exploration team out.

Sean immediately contacted the family, not the academy.

Since Professor Verlux was at the academy, they had no idea how they would proceed, so they planned to borrow the family’s prestige first.

‘If the Dean delays dispatching a rescue team in an urgent situation, Elric’s fate will become uncertain.’

Of course, it was not easy to move a family with as much political calculation as Professor Verreux.

This time, they also actively put pressure on the academy and even moved the magic tower themselves.

-The family that rescued Elric, a cadet who discovered a dragon’s nest that was rich in food value!

Even with this alone, the reputation you will gain in the future will be very great.

I thought it was a spare business.

In the end, the rescue operation that started like that.

When I opened the stone door with the wizards who were very nervous that a dragon might come out.

Sean was able to find Elric lying alone in the empty cavity.

How my heart sank at that time.

Fortunately, Sean was able to sigh in relief after confirming that Elric was only unconscious and not seriously injured.

Of course, it was absurd for the wizards who were excited to study the dragons and dragon soldiers that had gone missing.

anyway.

What happened after that was the same as now.

They were transferred to a carriage and were on their way back to the academy.

“Then what about the nest?”

Elric asked the question carefully, fearing that Sean would get angry again.

Sean still disapproved of Elric, but he answered without further questioning.

“There are quite a few wizards left.”

“Well, no one has ever seen a nest so well-preserved…”

The excavation work must be in full swing.

Elric licked his lips as if he was disappointed that he wasn’t there.

Although he said he had gained the most important opportunity, he still wanted to monopolize other sources as well.

however.

“no. “No one can access it.”

“what? “What is that…?”

“You are the discoverer, and of course you have primary ownership of the dungeon, right? “Who wants to leave that alone?”

There was a law enacted so that the ‘Dungeon’, a research institute for reclusive wizards, was initially returned to the discoverer as soon as it was discovered.

This was because, if the dungeon was even slightly large, people would often claim that they had inherited the original owner’s education, making traffic control difficult.

So currently, each school has won a contract for excavation rights and is requesting a certain share of the goods mined here.

Because completely excavating the dungeon was not an easy task.

Sean blocked anyone from claiming these excavation rights.

While Elric was unconscious, the Magic Tower and Academy were able to step in and help each other.

‘I guess I made a really good friend.’

Elric felt deeply grateful for Sean’s consideration.

Because I knew very well how far away Sean was from his family.

Nevertheless, he bowed his head and stepped forward for his friend.

“What you looking at?”

“Thank you.”

“hey.”

“huh?”

“Can you please stop saying things like that because it’s unlucky?”

“….”

Elric let out a laugh.

As expected, Sean was just like Sean today.

Then.

‘wait for a sec.’

A thought passed through Elric’s mind.

‘If I use this well, I think I can blow away Professor Verlux in one blow, right?’

I had something in mind originally, but I thought that if I put it together well, a more interesting picture would come out.

Elric laughed bitterly for a moment.

Sean, who was looking at this, frowned again.

“…don’t laugh like that. “Every time you laugh like that, you always have an accident!”

“Let’s just ask for one more thing that has ended up like this.”

“I can’t hear you, I can’t hear you…!”

I screamed because I felt like I was going to get into trouble again, but Elric didn’t care at all.

“Can you spread the word that I was seriously injured?”

* * *

The carriage was taken to the Imperial Magic Hospital located in the capital, not the academy.

It was because of the news that the rescued Elric suddenly became critical.

“While Cadet Elric Mervinger was being urgently transported to the Ecliptic, the wound he sustained in the nest suddenly recurred… causing him to fall into a coma. “Our medical staff is monitoring the situation.”

Thanks to.

Professor Verlux and other faculty members who had been waiting for Elric to arrive, as well as the people at the Magic Tower and even the officials dispatched from the imperial family upon hearing the news were all quite taken aback.

Just like in Dragon’s Nest, this time too, Sean’s family guards completely isolated the area around the hospital from the outside world.

So Professor Verlux and others had to swallow bitter water with difficulty before returning home.

Some of them even had smiles of conversion on their faces, although they expressed concern that Mervinger’s ties might be cut off.

and.

“Then rest.”

At the same time as Sean’s attendant left the room.

“…after! “I thought I was going to die of frustration.”

Elric let out a long sigh of relief in the room he was alone in.

Sean said that the people guarding the hospital were made up of only those who were particularly trustworthy and loud-mouthed, so there was no way the truth would leak out.

But that doesn’t mean we can neglect our vigilance.

‘Even if they are close to Sean, we can’t trust them all.’

Some of the sorcerers even used the excuse of blood pressure to secretly flow magical energy into Elric’s body without Sean knowing.

“【Magic power detection】.”

At that moment, along with the words he muttered very low, a hazy light emerged from his body, then shattered and spread throughout the room.

Mana scan.

He spread magical energy evenly within the range of his vision to check if there were any hidden beings nearby.

It was like that.

Elric was very skillful in using magic that he had never been able to use before!

However, the epicenter from which the magical power was emitted was near the solar plexus, not the heart where the circle is said to be bound.

There, a dragon heart the size of a fist was shaking violently and spewing out magical power.

Dragon Heart.

A heart that gave the ancient dragon species absolute power.

When I realized I got this. Rather than being happy, Elric was worried that others would find out about this.

Fortunately, I was able to get through safely this time. There was no guarantee that such luck would last forever.

You can only protect your strength if you have strength.

The reason I asked Sean to pretend to be injured was actually to secure time to skillfully handle Dragon Heart.

“no. “Since demon energy is mixed in here, should I call this a Demon Jewel?”

Elric laughed cheerfully as he sensed the tightly packed beads, then suddenly turned his head to the side.

“What do you think, Mephisto?”

Where his eyes landed.

The Demon Lord Mephistopheles stood with his arms crossed and a sullen expression on his face.

Wizard who swallowed talent