Chapter 9 – Patrasche the Human Thresher
Next day.
After spending the night at the village chief’s house, we were guided by Violet, the village chief’s daughter-in-law, and headed to a 30,000-pyeong farmland near the village.
“Water for agriculture is brought in by means of a weir in the river that flows in front of the village. Then, whenever it rains and the water level rises, the water automatically flows through the long canal dug next to the field.”
She briefly explained the structure of the field for Vanessa and Camilla, who did not know much about farming, and also told them what kind of crops they mainly grow.
“Our village has a very diverse food culture as many tribes live together. So, in addition to barley and wheat, which we eat a lot as staples, we tend to grow a lot of crops like rice, beans, and potatoes.”
“Then it will take a lot of work to grow.”
“Still, can’t you help yourself to eat what you want to eat?”
I had some sympathy for her words, so I shook my head and looked at the golden wheat field in front of her.
“I heard that there was a shortage of workers, but fortunately, farming seems to be a good year.”
Seeing how thick the wheat grains were in the chaff, all of them bowed their heads toward the ground.
“Yes. Even so, everyone who sees it says that. This is all thanks to the Goddess looking down on us.”
Saying that and smiling proudly, Violet jumped over a small stream on her way, and she showed me where the land to be harvested was.
“First of all, the land that the wizard will harvest today starts from here until you can see the tree at the end. I don’t think it’s a little less than 10,000 pyeong in terms of acreage, but would that be okay?”
I listened to her and nodded her head.
“It’s the first time I’ve used my magic in a place like this, but I don’t think it’s too difficult.”
To be honest, the fact that I skipped a night’s sleep to use the magic I cultivated for harvesting crops would have been unimaginable if it were the past.
In the first place, since the profession of wizard itself is such a high-class workforce, there was no need to be called out for something like this.
But ‘doing’ and ‘doing’ are very different.
“Sup-“
I opened my arms and took a deep breath.
In general, the way wizards use magic in this world is to absorb mana flowing in the air into their bodies, convert it into virtual magic called ‘core’, and convert it into elements in the natural world, combining or overlapping them in various ways to make it effective. Maximize.
Of course, even with the same magic, its power varied widely depending on the level of the caster.
And what I’m going to use now is the search magic.
It is one of the most commonly used magics in everyday life, and it was quite useful because it allowed a third-person view of a fairly wide area of land from the sky.
Since it is very useful for commanders to strategize in large-scale military actions, it was also a magic that military mages must learn.
I stroked my rough chin and lost myself in thought.
‘I don’t think I can use magic that is too powerful for now.’
Even if I don’t intend to do that, if I mis-control the power, I may end up harvesting the fruit and not eating it because the kernels are damaged.
To avoid such an accident, it was better to plan thoroughly from the beginning.
‘Since 99,173.5537 square meters is 30,000 pyeong, can we divide the cells based on that?’
I calculated the area of the land through search magic, made an appropriate estimate using mental arithmetic, and then calculated how much magic attribute I would need to use to fill the day’s workload.
“Um. Is it this much?”
The calculation process did not take as long as expected.
In order to share the results with others, I sketched on a piece of paper that I took out of my pocket.
Violet, who was watching from the side, tilted her head and asked.
“What are you doing?”
I said, waving the fountain pen up and down, perhaps because it had been a long time since I had used it.
“Oh, I’ve been calculating how to harvest grain more efficiently.”
I said that and showed the figures and formulas I had drawn on paper.
Since the land of 30,000 pyeong was drawn simplified with straight lines and curves, even first-timers will be able to easily recognize it.
However, after looking at the contents of the paper, Violet tilted her head as she held the paper in her hand, probably not understanding what it was.
“Uh… Wait a minute.”
Frustrated, I take the paper away and show it to Vanessa and Camilla, who get the same reaction.
… You just can’t figure out this formula?
‘I can’t help it.’
I gave up trying to make them understand, and decided to show them in practice.
“Then let’s go and prove that my calculations are correct.”
***
In magic towers located in various parts of the continent, the academic achievement of magic is expressed in a sequence of ten levels.
The higher the number in front of the hierarchy, the higher the level of the magician. When you reach the 6th hierarchy, where you can use Hexa Spell, there are only 17 people across the entire continent.
It is said that the wizard who reached the highest level in history is the 8th tier, so from 9 and 10, it was a fantasy realm that existed only in theory.
As I said before, all magic is based on mana that exists in the natural world.
Among humans, only a select few can see or feel the mana floating in the air, and it is only when the secondary processing process that puts it into the virtual magic furnace inside the body and converts it into the elements necessary for magic composition to succeed is the starting line. It is given the right to stand on.
Each school has different claims about the basic elements that exist in the natural world, but they are usually defined as the 4th or 5th elements.
Those who insist on the four elements are old people with conservative values who recognize only the exponential style, commonly referred to as elemental, as the real element. The mainstream was young wizards who had no talent.
The magic system I use follows the latter of these.
It’s not because I’m young, it’s because the destructive power of magic can be maximized by properly mixing and using ether, which has the property of repelling the four existing elements.
It’s tradition, it’s nabal, and from the standpoint of life going back and forth with a single shot of magic, it was the best if it had high killing power.
Existing old wizards, of course, licked their jaws at me, asking me how to know tradition, and I always cast ‘So, your hierarchy?’
In the end, since the absolute value of magical achievement is the number in front of the hierarchy, it was a great help in deciding whether to win or lose when such a childish quarrel occurred, and since most wizards in the Mage Tower are lower in hierarchy than me, I cast above him. I had to shut up the snout that was babbling hard.
Anyway-
Although the explanation was a bit lengthy, there was no special reason for me to talk about my greatness so hesitatingly.
None other than this me.
I, who was an authority in the academic world, was mentioned as the next owner of the Emerald Tower, one of the four major magic towers on the continent.
Because it became a spectacle for the locals.
I just asked the village chief to gather people because I needed someone to pick up the grain that had fallen on the ground, but why did all of them, from the elderly to the aunts, village girls and children, flock to me and look full of anticipation as I used my magic? Was waiting for
To be honest, it’s incredibly burdensome.
I swear that this was the first time that I, who had always received expressions mixed with fear, jealousy, and awe, received such an expectant gaze.
‘This was the specialty of a normal hero.’
I felt grateful again for the fact that I was wearing a mask made for disguise.
If it hadn’t been for that, Vanessa and Camilla next to me would have noticed that I was agitated by an unexpected crowd.
‘Let’s calm down.’
What I have to do has not changed.
To prove that the calculation formula I saved before coming here is correct.
I decided to just think about it.
“I’m going to use magic from now on, so step back.”
After warning Violet, who had volunteered to be the guide on Vanessa’s behalf, I spread my palms to the left and right.
The magic to be used from now on is a 5th tier magic that is one level higher than the whirlpool that was used yesterday.
“Sup…”
Kooooo-
As the virtual magic furnace rotated furiously, it greedily sucked mana from the surrounding space.
The mana that came down through my veins with a light breath is transformed into an element with a completely different character inside the virtual magic furnace, and I continue to hold it in my body to overlap the elements.
Wind x wind x wind x wind x wind
A penta spell that stacks pure wind elements five times.
When I was ready, I stretched my arms out in front of me and made a triangle shape with my palms.
“Iljin Gwanghwa (一陣狂風)”
That moment,
The sharpened blade of the wind ran through the air without a sound.
