Chapter 477 – Mythology Academy
“Once you finish explaining the procedure to the first-year students, would you like to go see an engraving seminar for seniors together?”
“Muh… Of course!!”
“Whoops.”
The elderly sorceress smiled benignly and nodded her head at the joy of her child-like attitude, unable to hide her sincerity.
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“This… This… It’s embarrassing to show the results of our research to the first researcher of the occult.”
“No. I’m not a developer, and I was just chosen by chance and received the treatment without knowing anything.”
Seong-il, who finished the seminar for the lower grades and visited all the seminars for the upper grades. After all that process was over, Seong-il was meeting Professor Fluwick, a master of enchantment magic and a 4th grade advisor who was in charge of imprinting with Professor Wirain.
“By the way… Is it really necessary to erase the existing imprint and engrave a new, high-level imprint? It’s highly likely that he didn’t engrave a high-end engraving because he was concerned about your safety. An engraving with advanced magic is just as risky. Like the amount of magic power.”
“Oh, that’s for a number of reasons.”
“Hmm…?”
When Seong-il tries to explain why he won’t give up, Plow Week looks at him with a furrowed eyebrow.
“First of all, I want to show the new engraving to the original creator. I’m going back to my hometown for vacation soon.”
“Um… In that respect… We also want to pay our respects to the original creator, and also to provide research materials on secret arts separately in the near future in order to seek advice on new secret arts, but why…?”
“Wouldn’t it be different to see the theory paper and the results with your own eyes? He would be reluctant to contact anyone at the academy except for me. You’d know from actually watching the video? How much he doesn’t want to be in contact with outsiders. .”
“But…”
Although he values theory, Professor Fluwick knows that seeing it in person is completely different. He nods his head as if agreeing with his Sungil’s answer.
“Secondly, I pride myself on not only having more magic attribute than an ordinary first year, but also having excellent control. So I think I can endure enough of the procedures that a senior year receives.”
“Hmm…?”
At Seong-il’s arrogant answer, Professor Fluwick frowns and looks at him. At that negative attitude, instead of making excuses, Seong-il raises his internal energy to the extreme and starts to generate psychokinesis.
“Hoo…”
Prof. Fluwick understands at a glance the power Seong-il has raised, befitting the academy’s archmage recognized by everyone else.
When he seems to respond positively, Seong-il gathers more mana and projects power to the surroundings. Then, the professors who are chatting about the mighty power stare at him in surprise at the moment.
“What’s going on?”
First-year professors who cherish Seong-il appear. Professor Fluwick explains the situation to them.
“Ah, I can guarantee that! That friend has a record of winning against the ‘Lord of the Abyss’!”
‘It’s not a victory…’
Although he just endured in hopes of salvation, Professor Thorgrim expresses that Seongil has won the devil. When Seong-il is taken aback by those words, Professor Fluwick replies with a tone of absurdity to the stocky professor in front of him.
“…Are you kidding me?! Professor Thorgrim? A freshman fighting a demon lord like the Lord of the Abyss and winning? I don’t like nonsense?”
“Really? I understand that it’s hard to believe since you didn’t see the scene because you were away on an outside job at the time, but what you just said definitely really happened.”
“…”
Fluwick looks back and forth between the two with a completely incomprehensible expression.
“It’s real. I saw it from the side.”
Even Professor Wi-Rin, who even brought a magic crystal ball with a record of the situation at the time, and handed it to him. After confirming all of this, Flew Week looks at his holy day with a look of amazement.
“…Really. Isn’t that amazing?”
“…I didn’t win. I just held on until the professors helped me.”
“Regardless of the process, if the 1st year fought against the Lord of the Abyss for more than 30 minutes and managed to strike a match, he would have won. I don’t know, but that demon would have been ridiculed in Hell.”
“Still, it’s a bit won…”
When Professor Plewyck’s overexaggerated words make him say that this is not a holy day, he replies with a playful expression.
“If you think it’s really too much praise, why don’t you give up the procedure? The avatar of the Lord of the Abyss can be subdued by the original graduate. At that level, you can qualify for the high-end engraving treatment.”
“Ah… Uh… Um…”
Seong-Il was speechless at the counter who came in after hearing what he said out of politeness and couldn’t say anything. Fluwick laughed and patted him on the back.
“It’s a joke. Let’s go together. Originally, I was going to propose a student imprint, but if you’ve endured fighting with the Lord of the Abyss who incarnated the main body and not an avatar, I’ll give you a professor-level imprint.”
‘Oh!’
“Would it be okay…?”
Contrary to Seong-il, who is delighted, Professor Wirain, who has been listening to their conversation by the side, tells him with a slightly worried tone.
‘…It’s kind of uncomfortable at times like this.’
To the person who cares about you, ‘No? It’s enough… But please don’t mind.’ Seong-il could not bear to say the same thing, so Seong-il closed his mouth and stood there.
“But I think it’s right to try it once.”
‘Oh…’
Professor Aaron, who pops out like a ghost and intervenes in the conversation.
“Even the ‘great wizard’ of the southern country would be curious to what extent the academy’s level of mysticism has risen.
“Wouldn’t that be dangerous…?”
‘Beat Professor Aaron!!’
At Aron’s words, Wealine replies with a worried tone. However, Aaron answers her with her firm tone.
“No. As long as Han Seong-il is at the academy, we can constantly check his condition. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. He has a lot of mana and body control, so he should be able to withstand the repelling force of the imprint.”
“Um… Is it really okay? Seongil-kun.”
Seong-il nods his head to Professor Wi-Rain, who asks with a sorry expression, and sends a signal that he is okay.
‘It’s enough if you drink the elixir. What…’
After several scuffles, Seong-il and Professor Fluwick move to a secret lab where they engrave advanced magic.
“…Something, too many?”
“Hmm? That’s right. This was originally a place where advanced magic scrolls and artifacts were made.”
“Ah…”
Miscellaneous books and artifacts. And even many wizards who appear to be apprentices. While Seong-il looks away for a while, Fluwick brings a very complex-looking blueprint and unfolds it in front of Seong-il.
‘Wow… That’s crazy.’
At first glance, it looked like a figure and pattern made up of bold lines, but upon closer inspection, Seong-il realized that the line that made up the figure and pattern was actually a set of very small runes.
“It’s so… So complicated, isn’t it?”
“Ah, this? You have good eyesight? The runes that form this magic circle are forcibly fused with magic, so it’s hard to notice it so quickly unless you have a lot of magic and superpowers with excellent magic control.”
“Haha…”
Seong-il smiles awkwardly at Fluwick, who paints his face with gold. Having said that or not, Plowwick lays out the three plans on his desk and explains the spell.
“Advanced imprinting is largely composed of three types. The first is the magic circle of the auxiliary system through the use of colorful magic.”
“Assist…”
“Yes. Support. The ability of psychics is powerful, but there is a limit to being simple. It is a magic imprint made to assist it.”
“Hey… What about your abilities?”
“Well… Most of them are engravings that focus on utility combat skills. ‘Acceleration’, ‘Stealth’, ‘Stone Skin’, and ‘Ethereal Armor’ are recorded. Each magic is used twice for 10 minutes each. It’s possible. Through meditation, mana moves.”
“…How long is the charging time?”
“It depends on how much magic you’ve consumed. If you say you’ve exhausted it… If you meditate for about an hour, you can recharge your magic. If you leave it alone without meditating, it will naturally recharge in about two days. Ah! Body condition. The premise of this climax is, if you’re injured or out of shape, it’ll take more.”
“And…”
Seong-il’s mouth widened when Professor Fluwick explained that he could use as many as five types of auxiliary magic ten times.
“The second one is strictly for offense. ‘Fireball’, ‘chain lightning’, ‘cold storm’, and ‘wide area slowdown’ are effective magic imprints for warlike psychics who like to fight.”
‘Hmm… This is great too, but I don’t have any merit.’
Thanks to a rare fraudulent item called ‘The Magic Book of Wonder’, Seong-il could replace any number of attack magics like that. The second proposal does not particularly resonate with Seong-il.
“Lastly, there are engravings that can be used during non-combat. ‘Short-range teleport’, ‘blinking’, ‘water walking’, and ‘air flight’ are those.”
‘You’re fucking crazy.’
Fluwick’s explanation literally recited the essence of auxiliary magic. In particular, the last magic is a magic that does not exist in the cursed throne world, so Seong-il feels a great greed.
“…By the way, Professor Aaron, whom I saw during the day, uses a mixture of offensive and secondary magic. Why is that…?”
“Ah, that’s an early version. It’s like a version that hasn’t been established…”
“Aha.”
“Originally, I tried to create a magic imprint that mixes support and attack so that synergy can happen, but… In this case, the synergy between the imprints didn’t work… The difficulty was too high.”
“…Then did Professor Aron risk his life for the procedure?”
When Seong-il recalls Professor Fluwick’s explanation and Aaron’s sacrifice, Seong-il feels his heart pounding. However, Fluwick replies to him as if asking what he means.
“It’s not the subject, it’s that the problem is that the operator dies!! The person who engraves has no significant difference in risk regardless of the difficulty of the engraving!! The problem is that the person who engraves dies because of the difficulty!!”
“…”
“Since similar types of magic share circuits to some extent, it is easy to reduce the area to engrave, and enough space is secured. You really have to go through a lot of hard work!! That’s why there are no plans to treat a version that mixes multiple strains after Professor Aaron. If you make a mistake, the person being treated can be dangerous.”
“Aha…”
“Actually, it’s a problem that can be easily thought of even if you think about it a little. Why do wizards choose a ‘school’ and learn a specific magic as their main focus?”
“That’s it.”
Seong-Il understands Professor Fluwick’s detailed explanation. When he shows that he is listening seriously, the professor starts to talk nonstop about the contents related to the imprint, perhaps because he is excited.
“…Especially!! The characteristic of the imprint we improved this time!! It’s that the ‘core magic circle’ is installed in the middle of the back!! Only the shared parts of each magic are extracted and a separate integrated magic circle is created to improve area utilization. Maximize it!”
‘Ho… That’s why you can use multiple magics?’
Unlike Yuna’s magical engineering engraving, which engraves a whole magic circuit on her back, it seems that the magic circle has been highly subdivided.
“…Not only that! common magic circles also have the ability to store magic power. The most important thing is…”
“…?”
When Seong-il is told that there are more important things than using magic, Seong-il looks puzzled.
“If you use this power steadily!!! The user will naturally understand the mechanism of the magic little by little!!”
“Yes!?”
An unexpected story. There was no story like this in the existing magic engraving, so Seong-il shows a surprised look with his eyes wide open.
“Whoops!! I learned about it from observing professor-level test subjects for the past time!! The magic circle became a medium, and the supernatural powers surprisingly felt the outer universe naturally!!!!”
“Oh…”
Seong-il’s eyes widen in surprise when he is told that this imprinting is indeed a technique that leads to transcendentalism, just in case.
