Ruler of the Game 109

Chapter 109 – The Magic City and the Great Detective

After saying that, she takes her mask and goes around her room, experimenting with all kinds of things.
She walks around in her excitement for a while, then she takes off her mask and sets it down on her holy day desk before answering him.

“Wow… It’s so perfect. How could this be?! Can’t you get that scroll again?! If you just get one, I can do everything for you!!”

Elysia, or rather, Euftesia, rushing towards the Holy Day with fearsome momentum.
Seong-il, who was terrified by her appearance, answered with a shudder.

“Uh.. That… How can I get something like that again! I also happened to be lucky enough to get it…!”

“Where?! How!! With what!!”

As if unable to understand Seong-il’s excuse, Euphthesia sticks closely to her Seong-il and asks questions as if interrogating her. Seong-il is taken aback by her reaction and starts making excuses to her as soon as they pop out of her head.

“Uh…! At a second-hand bookstore? Accidentally? While using an emotional artifact?”

“Kheup…”

At the words of such a holy day, Euphthesia let out a moan of regret and bowed her head. Her holy day soothes her and continues her words.

“That… I’ll give it to you later if I find another one or get a good one… Don’t be too disappointed…”

“Really? Really? Really?”

“Huh? Uhm…”

At Seongil’s words, Euphthesia smiles brightly, hugs her Seongil tightly, and kisses her.

Jjup.. Jeop…

A deep kiss that lasts for a long time. When it got to the point where I was confused about how long time had passed, she removed her mouth from her seongil’s mouth and spoke to her seongil.

“You promised?”

“Huh…”

“Huh.. Then! Once you go, try it.”

“Huh? Uh uh…”

Seong-il naturally wears a magic mask at Euphthesia’s words. Then, the mask adheres very gently to his face and is naturally completed.

‘Wow… I don’t feel like I’m wearing anything…?’

“How do you feel?”

“Wow… It feels like I’m not wearing anything. It’s amazing…?”

“Yes. That’s one of the strengths of that mask. Clean magic is also applied inside, so it takes care of sweat.”

“Omg…”

Seong-il was surprised by the unexpected and meticulous handling of magic. Seeing him like that, Euphthesia smiles and continues her explanation.

“Not only that, but it also has voice modulation, mask shape transformation, and ultra vision effects, so you can have perfect visibility at night.”

“Oh oh…”

“Because it has strong magic, it doesn’t get scratched by moderate blows, and even if it breaks, it can self-repair as long as the core is intact.”

“…Core?”

“Yes. Would you like to take off the mask?”

At Euphthesia’s words to take off the mask, Seong-il naturally takes off the mask and puts it down on the desk. She lightly lifts the mask upside down and shows it to Seong-il.

“Here is the reverse side of the mask. Do you see the red jewel on the forehead here?”

“Oh…! Is that…?”

“Yes. This is the core. When the mask is worn, the owner’s thoughts are transmitted to this core. So the wearer can give commands to the mask just by thinking.”

“Omg…”

“Of course, to be precise, you have to shout the start language in your head, but lucky you assistant detective! It’s a kind of secret language, a secret that only I know in the world! I wouldn’t have told you, but since you courageously told the truth and asked for my consent, I’ll let you know~”

“Ohh…! Thank you!!”

“Whoops… You’re welcome.”

After saying that, Euphthesia explains the magic mask’s starting language. After she listens to her kind explanation, Seong-il puts on the mask and tries to command the mask by reciting the start language as she explained.

“Oh… It… It works!!”

Seong-il transforms the mask and leaves only part of it, changes it to the style he wants, and modifies his voice.

As he plays with the mask happily like a child, Euphthesia lightly restrains the holy day and says,

“Stop it now, should we do something else?”

“Yes! That’s how it should be!”

“Now… Let’s get serious about it. I asked about automata, right?”

“Yes!! Automata!!”

“First of all… Do you know what an automata is…?”

At the words of Euphthesia, her holy day was staggered, and she began to answer.

“Hmm… Clone magic? A puppet?”

At such a pathetic reply from such a holy day, Euphthesia sighs heavily, and then she replies to him.

“I just say I don’t know.”

“Uh. I don’t know.”

Seong-il immediately changes his attitude at her words and says he doesn’t know. At his cute change of attitude, Euphthesia smiles slightly and starts explaining about automata.

“First of all… Automata is a mask. To be precise, it is magic that is used by using the ingenious magic attached to the mask’s core.”

“Original? Which one?”

“It’s a spell called 『Soul Jam』.”

“…”Soul Jam”?”

Seong-il was proud to have played 『The Magic City and the Detective』 Meticulously to collect CG as it was a game he liked. When a new setting he has never heard of in the game appears, Seong-il is puzzled and asks Euphthesia back.

“Yes. 『Soul Jam』. Ruby, sapphire, diamond, etc. It is a magical jewel made artificially by forcibly injecting the mana of the owner of a magic mask into various types of jewels.”

“Hmm..”

“For injection, you can use one of the starter words I told you about earlier. To use it, wear a mask, pick up a jewel, and repeat the spell in your mind endlessly until the jewel is full of magical energy.”

“…How do you know when your mana is full?”

“You just get to know it. If you keep memorizing it, at some point, we will face two phenomena.”

“Two?”

“Yes. The first is depletion of mana. Of course, man’s mana is not infinite, so if you continue to project mana onto the jewel, the caster’s mana will naturally be depleted. In that case, you have to restore the mana in your body and try again. For reference, you can try it consecutively. Whether you finish it at once or divide it into several times, the effect is the same, so don’t worry.”

“Aha.”

“Secondly, after a certain moment, you will feel that even though you have enough magic power in your body, the magic power does not flow to the jewel. That’s when the charge is complete.”

“Ah”

“Whoa… Did you understand? For reference, the amount of magical energy charged increases in proportion to the size of the jewel, and the greater the charge, the stronger the automata and can be active for a long period of time.”

“Ohh…”

After saying that, Euphthesia took out a ruby ​​the size of a fingernail from his chest and showed it to Seong-il, continuing their conversation.

“For reference, a gem of this size can be active for about two hours when fully charged.”

“I see… I think I have a rough idea, can I ask you a question?”

“Of course, ask me.”

“How much ability do automata have? Intelligence? Should I say…?”

At the words of such a holy day, Euphthesia nodded and began to explain.

“Surprisingly, as long as it has enough mana, it’s not much different from the main body.”

“What!?”

“That’s the great ability of this magic. Automata are puppets whose souls are tied to the caster, so they naturally take actions according to the caster’s thoughts, as well as casually sacrifice themselves for the caster.”

“And…”

“However, if you exceed 1 km of half life, you will lose control. In that case, automata usually stop, but…”

“As?”

“Sometimes there is a saying that it goes out of control.”

“A runaway?”

“Yes. However, if you want to go berserk, the size of the jewel is enormous and the level of magic charge is ignorant.

“Hehe… Just because there’s a lot of charge doesn’t mean it’s good..”

After nodding her head at Seongil’s words, Euphthesia replied.

“Half? Surely, when the amount of magic power increases, excessive power is put on the automata, causing it to run out of control, etc. It is a serious disadvantage that many variables occur. However, the larger the size of the jewel and the more magic power charged, the stronger the automata. The more powerful it is, the more so.”

“…What does that have to do with being strong?”

“That’s it. It’s only natural that if the owner is strong, the power consumption increases. Of course, it’s impossible to use magic. With the size of the jewel I showed you earlier, you can only follow normal actions.”

“Ah!! I understand. It’s not unreasonable to take actions like normal people with small jewels, but it’s impossible to use magic.”

“It’s similar.”

At Euphthesia’s words, Seong-il thought with great excitement.

‘This… Can be used endlessly? Even if you don’t use it for combat, there must be many ways to use it in various ways…’

While Seongil was pondering how to use the mask, Euphthesia looked at him and continued.

“By the way, it is also possible to conduct reconnaissance by sharing the automata’s field of view. For reference, I use it for deception tactics when robbing things, but I use it more often for search purposes when exploring ruins.”

“Ohh…!”

“Of course, if you share the automata’s vision. The caster can’t move, and you have to focus on the automata. But even with those disadvantages, the advantages are great enough to be tolerated.”

“Right. I think so!!!”

“Whoa… It would be nice to get something good~ Our assistant detective Seongil?”

“Of course…!!”

Euphthesia, who smiled at Seongil’s joy like a child, approached Seongil’s side, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and continued.

“Ah! And! The doll doesn’t have to be big. Even if it’s a fist-sized doll, if you cast a spell and hang a jewel on it, it will grow naturally.”

“Ohhh…!”

“That’s why you don’t have to pack a big doll and carry it around~”

The automata magic of a mask that becomes more useful the more you hear it. He was very satisfied with the use of the Copy Order on the Automata Mask, and asked Euphthesia some additional questions.

“What if… If you use automata magic and take off the mask?”

“I tried that too, but when the user puts on the mask, it behaves freely according to the command. Then, when the mask is put on again, it listens to the command.”

“Ohh!!!”

After hearing Euptesia’s explanation, Seong-il thought with admiration.

‘That means that once you create an alter ego with automata, set it as a behavior pattern, and take off the mask, you can use it to some extent…’

After completing his thoughts, Seong-il asks Euphthesia one last question.

“Couldn’t you… Be able to make an alter ego of someone else?”

At his question, Euphthesia frowned and began to answer his question.

“That’s… I’ve tried it, but it’s kind of weird.”

“…Strange?”

“It’s okay. But what’s strange is that if you make an automata with your own alter ego, it’s very smart and acts smart, but if you make it with someone else’s, it becomes really stupid. The reason is that I’m also…”

“Hmm… How stupid are you?”

“Um. About the level of a 3-year-old child?”

“…I can’t use it in the form of someone else?”

“That’s right. I don’t know why. I’m guessing, but…”

“Guess? Can you tell me?”

Upon his holy day’s question, Euphthesia begins answering his question after a nod of his head.

“Probably, it has to do with the nature of jewel magic.”

“…Nature?”

“Yes… The name of the spell that creates a jewel projected with magical power is 『Soul Jam』. Perhaps the word 『Soul』 Was added because the soul of the caster is copied and put into the jewel while injecting magical power into the jewel. I want…”

“Hmm…”

“So, I think 『Soul Jam』 Is like a spell that duplicates the caster’s soul. So, if you use 『Soul Jam』 To make someone else’s appearance and make them follow their behavior, it will be perceived as an act of damaging the essence, I don’t think the effect is rapidly diminishing…”

“It’s a damage to the essence…”

“Yes. Unexpectedly, that’s important in magic. I’m not a high-level wizard, so I don’t know the principle, but wizards say that.”

“I see. Anyway, it’s magic with many hidden secrets.”

“Yes. It’s a situation where I’ve used it a lot and learned a lot, but it’s such a great magic that I wonder if it has more uses when I use it.”

“Right…”

“Whoa… So why don’t you use it well in the future? Depending on how you use it, it’s a great magic that can change the life of an assistant detective.”

“Yes!! Thank you! Elysia!!”

“What~ If you’re thankful, give me a lot of presents later~”