Chapter 342 – 98. The Sinking Forest (3)
Saying that, Ruiril continued to covet my body.
It was a strange touch that might have caused an erection normally. Now, all I can think of is what she said just a moment ago.
‘The magician and the swordsman’s mana refinement method. Is that difference the answer to the dragon’s breath?’
Ruiril’s words were vague. Still, she is a demon grand duke. In terms of her divinity, she is second only to the 6 gods under Jedin.
So she couldn’t brag about me, her contractor. Because she doesn’t match her class.
However, Louis Lille did not say more after her words. She only continues to maintain her bewitching skinship. I instinctively noticed that she was testing me.
‘Louill is obviously friendly to me.’
If so, I can find the answer myself, she must believe she too. I closed my eyes and focused.
Mana Refinement. A way to recreate nature’s mana into a stronger and more efficient power. There are usually two ways to do that.
The swordsman refines mana through the mana acceleration method, and the wizard refines mana based on magic theory techniques. Sorcerers have the same roots as alchemists.
And it is extremely rare to use the two refinements simultaneously.
Up to a certain level, it is possible to combine the two refinement methods. It seems extremely rare for a person who is good at everything to be the best in one field.
In the end, in order for me to reach the peak as a swordsman, I had to focus on only one refinement method.
‘So the refinement method I use now is the Lucia method. Currently, I mainly use the mana acceleration method.’
Especially Sunoh’s pole night. After reaching the climax of the Lion Heart Sword, he only thinks of the sword.
In the first place, Reinhardt was the best swordsman in Island. So, it was a waste of time for him to focus on other fields of refinement.
‘Alchemy and spiritism that I’ve already learned were enough.’
So, the alchemy-type arithmetic ability that showed considerable progress. As of now, there is no place to use it like before.
Certainly enough to create cryolite fragments for the emperor. And even though he was talented enough to be praised by Professor Elmeyer, a master of alchemy.
‘Talent… Talent…’
If you think about it, this is unusual. The system is not a one-size-fits-all store.
‘Even though I bought a lot of traits with game points. Thinking back…’
I am not a person possessed in a game, but the real Julian von Reinhardt. So, through a transcendental system, I didn’t get a chance close to cheating.
In other words, it is correct to think that the characteristic manifested because I actually had the potential to use that ability.
‘But Reinhardt is a master swordsman. He’s not a magician.’
Occasionally, a strange species that has nothing to do with the family lineage pops up. As the results at the end of the battle tell us. My talent is definitely a talent for swords.
‘If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have passed Roia’s ordeal.’
Then, the ability to use magic system was possible. Of course, it was different from Reinhardt’s lineage.
That potential is definitely another lineage of mine. It must be an ability passed down from my father, the demon king Lucifer.
‘As a demon, it must be a blessed power possessed by a dragon.’
Among all the creatures that exist in Island, the most special being, the dragon. And the dragon itself is a special race blessed with magic.
Like humans, even if you don’t create and interpret complicated spells. It is possible to use magic instinctively with the power of magic that one has.
Among human scholars, I know that there are different theories about how dragons can use magic as if they were breathing.
But now that it has been tolerated, I think I know why.
‘It’ll just happen.’
If you just imagine magic, the magic is activated as it is.
In the first place, God, the creator who created life in Island, made dragons into such a species.
The magic interpreted by humans is merely an interpretation of the phenomenon called magic from the human point of view. A dragon is capable of manifesting magic just because it is a dragon itself.
‘Perhaps it is completely different from human Manahat. It must be because of this dragon heart.’
And at that conclusion, my eyes flashed in an instant. I seemed to know the answer Ruiril said.
A way to resist the mana pressure that oppresses all directions and safely refine mana.
I focused all my attention on mana hearts and dragon hearts.
***
Dismissal-
In the meantime, I heard the sound of the shield I had made cracking.
“I don’t know if my contractor will be flattened like this. It’s a pity to leave like this.”
Ruiril reacted to the sound. As she said, the shield is reaching its limits. Although it was a shield made of Aurors refined through Yonginhwa.
Still, it was unable to withstand the mana pressure of the sunken lake and the abyss.
‘If all the shields are broken. It might just be weighed down by the high concentration of mana.’
It is not an easy place to simply endure like this. It is a very dangerous place even in the primeval forest, which is famous for its rough terrain.
But my goal is. Not only resisting the lake’s mana pressure, but also refining this high concentration of mana and making it my own. So I couldn’t give in.
Really, it was a matter of life or death.
‘Concentrate. There is still time.’
Aren’t all the shields broken? Now was the time to think only of the dragon’s breath.
My mind was focused on Dragon Heart again. Close your eyes and visualize the shape of a dragon heart in your mind.
The most basic way to practice mana acceleration. It is a meditation on Mana Heart. And I could perfectly imagine my mana heart, its shape.
‘The end of medicine. And since Lilia projected my mana rod perfectly.’
So, the Mana Heart, which is completely different from the normal Mana Awakener, unfolded in my imagination like a video.
A familiar polyhedral mana heart. A fullerene-shaped mana heart, possessed only by Reinhardt’s lineage, was in front of my eyesight.
And that polyhedron. Like a 6th tier Mana Heart, it has 6 shells. Mana is a source that accelerates special energy to the limit.
Those 6 overlapping accelerations create an aura with ultimate cutting power and the ultimate night of the Lion Heart Sword.
However, it was not the time for me to leisurely appreciate that figure.
‘So far, it’s a mana heart that anyone of Reinhardt’s lineage can do.’
Beyond human. A mana heart that a dragon can have. With that dragon heart, there must be a difference. And I already knew the difference too.
The mana rod veins that embroidered the dragon heart’s hexahedron like a spider’s web. Even the professor of the medical school said he had never seen a mana heart with such a special structure.
The veins of the mana rod filling each side of the mana heart like a net. It must be the difference between me and normal people.
‘But what about that?’
Dismissal-
The sound of shields cracking is heard again. I already know that my mana heart is special.
Those dense veins. I’ve found it very useful for creating polar nights that go beyond normal auras.
However, only those veins that I already know. A way to awaken the dragon’s breath. There is no way it will suddenly pop out in such a short time.
‘No. Calm down. There is still time. Find a way.’
Through the broken shield, I began to feel the high concentration of mana pressure. The fear of suffocating like this. I involuntarily broke my concentration.
‘Concentrate… The swordsman… The wizard’s refinement. The difference…’
And suddenly I noticed. The meaning of the words Louisil had said to me.
***
My gaze is staring at my mana heart, the countless faces of the polyhedron.
To be precise, I was looking at the mana load veins inside that polyhedron.
‘A polyhedron… Veins… A spider’s web… Like a complicated road… A road… A circuit…”
It feels like your head is spinning in an instant. I think I know something. I am the alchemy formula that I have been accustomed to.
The four-element formula that shares its roots with magic began to come to mind again.
‘When the calculation of the formula is finished. A magic circuit that is temporarily completed. That circuit and the veins of that mana rod. They look similar.’
I guess.
If this unusual mana heart right in front of my eyes is a dragon heart. Why can a dragon use magic like a high-ranking wizard without having to learn a separate magic?
The correct answer is the shell polyhedron. It was in the shape of the veins that make up the polyhedron.
‘Because the detailed shape of that mana rod is the magic circuit itself.’
If a human instantaneously implements a magic circuit in their head through a spell and its interpretation. Dragons already have their magic circuits implemented in their dragon hearts.
So, as if literally breathing, a dragon can use magic.
However, simply interpreting the principle did not mean much to me. I’m not a Pantheon professor.
‘The circuit formed by those veins. It’s not that great by itself.’
If a cadet of the Magic Order of the Pantheon or the cadet of the Alchemy Order heard it, it would be offensive.
Even with the current composition of the veins, just by pouring mana into the path created by the veins, magic of the 5th tier would be activated.
That, too, is an incantation that is issued immediately without the need for incantation or invocation.
‘However, the realm of my Lion Heart Sword is higher than that level. A 5-tier circuit is meaningless to me.’
The important thing is the dragon’s breath. Through these veins, how dragons breathe differently from other creatures.
Whether that special breath creates a savage breath called Breath. I had to figure out how.
‘Damn it. But time…’
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### Yonginhwa (Level 2)
: Temporarily increases all stats by a large amount.
: Can last for 1 minute and 2 seconds now
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The moment I enter deep meditation, time seems to pass more quickly.
If Yonginhwa is released like this, the shield will be completely broken. Then I can’t stand this mana pressure.
‘When Yonginhwa is released, my pure mana heart is in the 5th tier. I can’t make a strong aura shield like now…’
However, that nervousness rather found the answer.
‘Wait a minute, my mana heart right now is 6th tier… Nevertheless…’
Just now. I confirmed that the magic and alchemy of my birth, which I can use, are in the 5th tier.
Namely, the surface of the fifth mana heart shell. It means that magic circuits are densely engraved on its surface.
However, as much as the 6th mana shell, which symbolizes the 6th hierarchy. It was different from the other shells downstairs.
‘In the mana shell of the 6th tier, there are relatively fine veins of the mana rod. That circuit is sloppy.’
I immediately sensed the reason. Now, through Yonginhwa, I temporarily got a 6th tier buff. So it meant that it was not a natural body condition.
‘Yes. Then.’
If I were a normal dragon. If he had been breathing mana and growing his dragon heart for such a long time. A normal 6th level shell and the veins inside it must have been made.
‘Of course, he couldn’t use his breath because he wasn’t like that.’
I am only twenty one now. He is young even in human age. So, of course, you can’t have a 6th tier dragon heart that was created over a long period of time.
‘No. I can still make it. Now.’
A 6th tier shell created as a temporary buff. If the mana load on the surface is sloppy. All I had to do was create an elaborate circuit.
‘The shell of the 6th hierarchy. Alchemy was used directly on the skin to create elaborate veins.’
And the new circuit that was created that way. You will be able to create a true 6th tier dragon heart.
The remaining time for Yonginhwa is now 30 seconds.
When I created the cryolite statue with Chloe. I was busy recalling the surface transformation technique I had used at that time in my mind.
At the same time, I put my hand near my heart.
Within the imaginary Dragon Heart, on top of that 6th-tier shell. The tight veins, the circuit of alchemy, began to form.
