Became a Genius Shikigami at the Academy

Episode 4

A week has passed since then.

To be precise, a week and two more passed, and it was January 14th.

There is quite a bit of time until March 4, the opening ceremony of the school year, but there is no way to relax.

So what have I been doing all this time?

Unfortunately, no special progress has been made.

‘I just rested.’

I couldn’t help it. The basic skill was tested in just a few days, and the intermediate skill, which is the next level, could hardly be operated with my poor specs.

All I could do was organize what would happen in the future and re-examine the plans and directions.

‘But thanks to that, I was able to see how the world was going around to some extent.’

Daily updated articles and various issues mentioned in various communities.

For me, who lacked experience in this world, they became important nutrients.

‘It’s not as good as I thought.’

In the original, there were a lot of parts that were omitted because the narrative was just centered on the main character, but it was hard to see the world situation that I actually felt was so good.

‘I would have thought that the damage of the 1st Baekgwi Night Trip would have been this great.’

Based on this, a major incident that occurred 20 years ago, commonly known as the ‘Baekgwi Night Trip’ incident.

The aftereffects of the disaster were far more serious than those described in the original.

For me, knowing that the second Baekgwi Nights will happen someday, it was a part that made my heart tremble.

‘Even the second car is far superior to the first car.’

Stronger and more terrifying monsters, which were hard to find in the first Baekgwi Nights, were going to pour out all at once.

‘Well, it’s still a long way off.’

As it is an event that penetrates the main story of the work, there were still many large and small events until then.

You won’t have to worry about it already.

The first thing to pay attention to was this.

“Soundbite.”

Whoops.

These are the items I requested from Seo Ji-an, which took 9 days to arrive and just arrived today.

Various auxiliary materials with magical meanings and colorless stones the size of a fist.

This may seem like a no-brainer, but I’ll use them to reason about my unidentified traits.

‘At this point, the usefulness of the colorless stone is not yet half revealed.’

A colorless stone is an ore that changes its original color under the influence of the surrounding environment.

Because of its beauty and mysticism, it is sometimes traded at a high price by luxury owners.

‘But that’s not the true value of colorless stones.’

Colorless stones magically have a very large energy allowance.

For this reason, when used as a medium for various types of magic, such as shielding, or as a material for a main tool, it is more than a luxury item.

“And it’s not a universal method, but it can be used to characterize something as it is now.”

The effect of changing the color under the influence of the surrounding environment, that was the point.

tsuzu.

I came up with a recipe in my head and developed it right away.

In the latest virtual reality game, it was one of the methods used to analyze something that could not be clearly understood with the emotional function. It was preparation for that.

“done.”

It was a colorless stone that was partially colored due to the influence it had passed through during the process of acquisition, but changed its appearance to its original transparent white color when using magic with some materials obtained together.

“And here… … .”

Tsuzuzu.

Although it is a basic spell, it is a standard technique that is widely used in various areas depending on usage and technique. Having developed it, I made a sign and spit out the starting word.

“resonance.”

Whoops.

Of course, the trigger target was my body and a colorless stone.

According to the nature of the resonance technique, the colorless stone began to respond to the spiritual power of my body. A little light leaked out and the color of the colorless stone quickly changed.

From the red protruding from the center as if oscillating, the blue starting to slowly blend in around the edges, and the yellow light penetrating in between.

After the ceremony was completed and the light faded), the color of the colorless stone that had been mixed in also gradually stabilized.

So the finished color.

“black?”

It was darkness itself, in which even the slightest color did not exist.

“It’s ugly black.”

At least not the general result I imagined.

The color of the texture is dull and a little more muddy for a night sky.

I don’t know if it’s an object with a curse, but in normal people, this color doesn’t come out well.

‘It must have something to do with the unconfirmed trait, and furthermore, the lock on my ability… … .’

I frowned and thought. What did black usually symbolize?

One thought ran through my head as I was thinking of frivolous things such as hair, eyes, etc.

It was closer than I thought.

Something fundamentally related to the body and symbolizing black, but with numerous magical meanings.

The place my head turned to was the dormitory wall where the shadows were shining.

“… … resonance.”

Fast-!

At that moment, the colorless stone in his hand exploded violently.

and.

【A new trait has been recognized.】

I have finally been able to discover the identity of my unidentified personality.

***

‘… It’s embarrassing.’

How did it happen?

I thought while looking at the notification window that appeared in front of me with a serious face for a few minutes.

【Welcome delay (S)】

▶The body belongs to the spirit (影), and the spirit (影) becomes a huge vessel.

In short, it meant that my body was a shadow, not a body.

‘The reason why the stats don’t go up is probably because the vessel of my soul is not my body.’

And, in fact, there was something more important. I remember seeing this trait before.

“This is the 4th episode named trait.”

To be precise, one of the bosses of the hostile faction appearing in the fourth installment of the Exorcism series. It was the unique characteristic of Jeolyeong (絶影).

A character that the player could not even obtain by the system, literally a fantasy trait.

But the expression on my face that got it was not so good.

“No, Jeol-yeong must have had a high level of ability, right?”

Of course, you get a sense of what the difference is. Perhaps considering the story, Jeol-yeong did not have the hallucination delay from the beginning.

‘In other words, the characteristics were obtained in a state in which the stats were increased to a certain extent, and the stats were fixed in that state.’

On the other hand, Kang-yoon Han probably had the characteristics from a very young age or even from birth.

“It’s difficult.”

I thought that if I knew the cause, I would see a way to solve the limit on the ability. But in this case, there was no way to write it right now.

‘What do you do with S-rank characteristics? In this state, even an intermediate level of magic cannot be used properly.’

Of course, the illusion delay characteristic itself is a characteristic with many possibilities. In fact, Jeolyeong (絶影) was almost the best boss among all the characters in the 4 episodes.

‘But Jeol-yeong had higher abilities than me, and the characteristics were much more luxurious.’

Perhaps, I thought that I could study and use some of the spells that Jeolyoung used, but it was almost impossible to reproduce the exact same fighting style. Because the basic physical abilities were different from the beginning.

“We need to find another way to fight using the trait.”

Skills are frozen for the time being.

And in fact, there was only one hallucination delay that could be used directly in battle.

Whether it was porridge or rice, it was said that something had to be found with this.

‘Welcome delay… … .’

As anyone will know if you read the description, you must use your own shadow to fully benefit from the illusion retardation attribute.

‘Of course, there are many spells that use shadows as a medium.’

However, according to the specifications, the only stable method I can use now is the basic technique.

And it was virtually impossible to properly use the medium of shadows only with basic techniques.

“It’s difficult.”

A thought flashed through my mind as I pondered over and over again.

‘Looking back, obviously… … .’

In the latest virtual reality game from Exorcism, my main playstyle was shikigami.

A style that uses various shikigami, that is, the workhorse as the main, to engage in battle.

It was enough to say that he reached 7th in the PVP world rankings with that.

And Jeol-yeong, who appeared in the 4th episode, also had a scene where she was summoned through the shadows as a hallucination delay.

‘It depends on the class, but using a shikigami consumes quite a lot of spiritual power. It is also difficult to prepare a medium used to contain the shikigami.’

However, Jeolyeong solved both of them by utilizing the illusion delay characteristic.

‘The shadow of a person who possesses the illusion retardation characteristic becomes a huge vessel magically.’

The reason my stats don’t grow is the effect of the illusion delay characteristic. The vessel of my soul belongs to the shadow, not the body.

If so, where do all the experiences and efforts I have accumulated for growth go?

Yes. go straight to the shadows

In other words, I can make a contract with the shikigami through the shadow that has become a huge vessel, and I can supply the shikim with the spiritual power contained in it as energy.

“This is it.”

It cannot be a strange coincidence.

And that coincidence was leading me down a path again.

It’s the field I’m most confident in, and at the same time, it’s the perfect style to make up for my lack of ability.

‘This is the only thing.’

I also decided to become a shikigami once again here.