The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 168
Episode 168:
When he first obtained the skill encyclopedia, Raoul had expectations.
An ‘all master’ player who can use all skills.
What a wonderful sound!
If I could become a flawless player who could handle all weapon skills, supernatural powers, magic, and even divine powers, it seemed like no one would be my opponent.
But…
“Fireball!”
The 4-circle magic fireball, which can be considered a representative fire-type attack magic skill, appeared at the tip of Bae Do-hyeon’s staff.
Grumbling.
A fireball the size of a head burned the air and flew toward the target with terrifying force.
And the moment the fireball hits the target.
Push type.
With the sound of the wind escaping, the fireball died down like a match and then went out.
“Oh really. Why not? “Is the cane the problem?”
Bae Do-hyeon turned the magic wand he was holding here and there as if he didn’t like it, but there was no way the wand would suddenly change.
Ravel, who was watching from the side with his arms crossed as if it was pitiful, soon sighed and said.
“I think someone said that a craftsman doesn’t care what tools he uses?”
Bae Do-hyeon flinched.
This is what Raoul said to Jake not long ago when he was making excuses about what happened to his sword after being violently broken in a sparring match with Philip.
“Then, I really don’t understand. Why does a person who is so sensitive to mana and good at controlling it one by one when using a sword become a fool when he uses a cane? Tsk tsk.”
Bae Do-hyun’s shoulders shrank even more as he saw the label sticking to his tongue.
“No, the mechanism itself is completely different from using a sword. “It goes without saying that it is not easy to change ingrained habits.”
Bae Do-hyun tried to make excuses, but it didn’t work for Ravel.
“I don’t know where the person who went around shouting that it was possible to acquire any skill by understanding the flow of mana and its operating principle when activating a skill. And if you stubbornly know that it won’t work, will it suddenly become impossible? Anyway, just be stubborn.”
Bae Do-hyeon’s head was lowered.
Graduation Tower Magic Test Course 3rd floor.
It was a basic test that anyone who knew how to use magic could pass, but the words [Fail!] were written in large letters on the judgment screen in front.
Fortunately, I wasn’t kicked out because I was able to retake the basic exam at level 5 or lower, but I was scared of Ravel’s eyes behind the glasses.
“Now that you know it won’t work, use your skills calmly, Bae. do. hyeon. Seed!”
“…yes.”
The reason this situation occurred in the first place was because of Bae Do-hyun’s arrival.
Because of the fraudulent nature of the skill encyclopedia, Bae Do-hyeon was able to use magic by specifying it in three spaces of the skill slot.
There have been quite a few magic spells that have raised the proficiency level to Intermediate Level 1 by completing random quests in the Skill Encyclopedia.
But then what do you do?
Raoul had always thought that skills were meaningless unless you learned them yourself, so he hoped to learn magic as well.
Perhaps that was why he insisted on using magic himself to pass the test without the help of the system.
Without system assistance, the magic that usually took three or four attempts to see if it would succeed once would have been impossible to manifest well today.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to say once again that Raoul really doesn’t have the talent to be a wizard. So, I hope you will stop having reckless thoughts about learning magic. “You should rather do other training at that time!”
“Ha, but I also have a dream of becoming an ‘All Master’…”
The skill encyclopedia, which was wide open, closed with a click.
And when the corners of Ravel’s eyes began to curve up at an unusual angle, Bae Do-hyun quickly spoke.
“…but wouldn’t it be better to stop now? “I was going to do that a long time ago.”
It seemed like he would have to put his precious dream on hold for the time being.
“If you really want to use magic, just get system assistance and use it as a ‘skill’ like other players. “You know how ridiculous and stupid it is to acquire and use all the skills, right?”
Bae Do-hyeon nodded his head up and down without saying a word.
As Ravel said, there was no need to be thirsty for magic.
Although the manifestation methods are different, magic and supernatural powers have much in common.
If it was a skill that produced the effect of a fireball, it could be easily reproduced with the supernatural power ‘pyrotechnics’.
‘Blink’, a short-distance instantaneous magic, could be replaced with the supernatural power ‘Flicker’, and flying in the sky like the fly magic was also possible with Raoul’s telekinesis.
And, needless to say, Bae Do-hyun’s aptitude for superpowers was the best.
‘Tsk. Why doesn’t it work, really? I’m sure I understand everything in my head.’
It seems that the magic of Connect is destined to become a sore finger for Bae Do-hyun.
Afterwards, climbing the tower proceeded smoothly and without difficulty.
Bae Do-hyeon, who gave in to Ravel’s nagging, obediently activated magic skills with the help of the system, and the magic that had already reached intermediate proficiency did not disappoint.
And the ‘cane combat technique (club technique)’, which was no different from an auxiliary skill for other magicians, was reborn as a bloody skill when it was reproduced in Bae Do-hyeon’s hands.
In fact, in the actual test from the 6th to the 9th floor, nearly half of the monsters died because their heads were broken by Bae Do-hyeon’s staff, not by magic.
‘If you look at the movie The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf also hit monsters with his staff, so it’s not foul play.’
Of course, Ravel’s gaze was scary, but Bae Do-hyun was proud.
And we finally arrived at the 10th floor.
A typical wizard instructor with a thick white beard and robe was waiting for him.
“Welcome, challenger.”
The old wizard, who spoke the same lines as other instructors, suddenly brightened his eyes and let out an exclamation.
“Huh, the owner of the grimoire! “You must have mastered a very rare magic, challenger.”
It was not Bae Do-hyeon who received the instructor’s words.
In front of Bae Do-hyeon’s chest, a skill encyclopedia was floating wide open, and a label holding a small staff was sitting on top of it.
“Can I deal with you? “Human wizard.”
The instructor, who had paused for a moment at Ravel’s words, nodded.
“I don’t know why you were tied up there, but I recognize you as the wizard’s servant.”
“That’s right. “What should I do?”
In response to Ravel’s question, Bae Do-hyun spread both hands and took a step back.
“I’ll leave it to you this time. “I just need to cheer hard from behind, right?”
“What did you say?”
The reason I took the magic test in the first place was because I trusted Ravel.
Even though he won the previous two tests so easily, it was never easy for a player to beat the instructor.
Even if the level and proficiency are limited to the same level, that doesn’t mean the skills will be the same.
Can you beat an instructor who has been training magic for decades with magic that you have not mastered but have improved your proficiency with the help of the system?
Even if you think about it with common sense, it made no sense.
‘No, if you are a wand expert, it might be possible…?’
A thought like that suddenly occurred to me, but there was a possibility that it might go against the additional goal of using only ‘magic’.
Here, the answer was to quietly support the label.
Grumble!
Pow!
Grumbling.
The magic battle that had just begun boasted spectacular effects and dazzled Bae Do-hyun’s eyes.
As if it were a battle of pride, Ravel and the instructor were fighting from where they first stood, only moving their lips without moving a single step.
“Summon wind arrow. “Become more!”
Ravel’s word magic instantly created dozens of translucent arrows of wind.
Although their numbers were reduced due to skill restrictions, they were still a threat.
In response, the instructor waved his staff and muttered softly.
“Earth Shield! O fiery mana floating in the air, answer my call and become a sharp arrow to pierce the enemy. Fire Arrow Shot!”
I don’t know if it was the Memorize spell (a magic spell stored in advance before the battle) or an artifact, but the instructor instantly created a stone shield larger than his height from the training ground floor.
And through standard magic casting, he created about five flaming arrows and fired them.
“Elemental Shield!”
A light green shield, her signature defensive magic, was created in front of Ravel’s body to block the flame arrows.
At the same time.
“Summon lightning. “Put it down!”
Grumble.
A bunch of lightning appeared in the dry sky and fell on the instructor’s head.
But before he knew it, a blue shield was created above the instructor’s head, sending lightning down to the ground.
In the midst of such a fast and furious magic attack, Bae Do-hyun was also waging a virtual battle in his head.
‘There may be spells memorized by the instructor, but they will only be about ten based on proficiency level. With the goal of exhausting those spells first, was the fastest spell a magic missile? Should I use a water shield when a fire arrow comes flying at me? What was the spell… oh my head.’
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t keep up with the speed of the attack and defense.
I tried to deal with it using only magic as much as possible, but it was impossible.
‘Oh, it’s annoying. Just throw a dagger with telekinesis, gnaw through the shield, stick to it, and cut it three or four times, and it’ll be over.’
In the end, Bae Do-hyeon, who admitted that he was not suited for magic, gave up his regrets and watched the battle between the two.
In a situation where dozens of magics had already been exchanged, it was clear who had the upper hand.
“Wake up, Stone Thorn! “Push down, heavy wind!”
The instructor, who had used up the magic he had memorized and the spells of the artifact he was wearing, could not keep up with Ravel’s verbal spell speed.
He even demonstrated ‘moving casting’, where he moves his aging body and casts while avoiding magic, but the defensive magic he had summoned was broken one by one by Label’s repeated attacks.
And finally, the confrontation ended with all the magic shields being broken and the instructor caught up in Ravel’s vortex magic floating up to tens of meters in the air and then falling.
“It took longer than I thought.”
Ravel was sitting on the skill encyclopedia and adjusting his glasses in the same position he had started the fight with.
Bae Do-hyun gave her a thumbs up with an expression of admiration.
As a result, Bae Do-hyun passed all three tests he took: ‘close combat’, ‘superpower’, and ‘magic’.
In addition, I have achieved all of the additional goals in the ‘Beat the Instructor’ event, so I have now achieved all of my personal goals for the Graduation Tower.
‘I’ll have to go back and look at the compensation.’
Bae Do-hyeon, who returned to the first location, neatly organized the complicated pop-up system messages, placed them to one side, and left the tower.
When he appeared at the entrance of the tower, the eyes of countless players gathered in front of the square turned to him.
No matter how quickly I passed, half a day passed as I had to take three exams.
The sun had long since set, it was approaching midnight, and the square was illuminated by magic lanterns.
‘Why do there seem to be more people than before?’
I adjusted the time in case something like this would happen, but it seems like it was a useless consideration.
“What happened?”
“Have you passed the tower?”
“So you took the ‘superpower’ test, right?”
After hesitating for a moment, the players began asking Bae Do-hyun questions.
Typically, it took five or six hours to attempt the tower, fail, and return.
However, after being in the tower for almost half a day, it was natural for the players to be curious.
Instead of opening his mouth, Bae Do-hyun opened the system window that had been put aside.
-Congratulations on successfully passing the graduation exam. Would you like to graduate from the city of beginnings and take on the challenge of a world of real connections?
-YES (Automatically selected after 24 hours)
Bae Do-hyun placed his finger on the blinking YES letter and touched it at once.
Right at that moment.
Peeeeeeee!
As if a firecracker exploded, a beam of blue light erupted from the Graduation Tower, dividing into 12 pieces in the air and spreading out in all directions.
And a translucent blue curtain that had not been seen before appeared in the sky above Mira for a moment, then fell as a fine powder of light.
[Notice]
Congratulations! Player Bae Do-hyeon was the first to pass the [Graduation Tower] test.
This proved to the world that the players, who were strangers, were qualified to become the saviors of the Connect world.
-From this time on, [Free City Movement Restrictions] will disappear. Freely explore the Connect continent and protect this world from threats.
-Players cannot receive protection outside of designated areas as they have proven their qualifications. Be careful not to clash with residents.
-The continent is still suffering from the Gate invasion. Experience points and rewards gained from ‘Gate’ and ‘Dungeon (Fixed Gate)’ are doubled until the start of the next scenario.
-The player-only main quest [The Appearance of the Savior] is in full swing. Explore the continent and build public value for the people. Deserving rewards will be provided to players who achieve the best results.
This was the moment when players began to engage in the world of Connect in earnest.
(Continued in the next part)