NOVEL NEXT chapter 128
128 – You Can Become Stronger Just by Reading Books
Haha, sorry about this! I’m so happy to see you, so stop! I’ll just send it back to its place.”
Seeing me shocked, Professor Makard 1 smiled shyly and gestured to Professors 2, 3, and 4 to send me back.
Is this the main body?
“Anyway, people who see this for the first time are more surprised than expected, right? My teaching assistants frothed and fainted when they first saw it, so I was surprised too!”
“… Rather than saying that I was surprised that the number of people increased to 4, the problem was that the number of professors increased to 4… No, it’s nothing.”
Because I understood the feelings of the teaching assistants who had collapsed, I could not help but sympathize with them.
I feel sorry for you, seniors…
Anyway, as time passed and the shock and fear subsided, what filled the empty space was fierce curiosity.
“So… Professor Markard? What is that? An artifact? Or a fantasy or golem type of magic?”
“Ah, that’s the spirit magic I created a few years ago… It’s a magic that creates a similar powder that the user can manipulate with their will…”
In response to my question, Professor Macard spoke with a subtle sense of shame, as if an old craftsman was showing others the messy first work he made when he was young.
“A kind of failure? Or should I say it’s an unfinished magic due to my lack of ability…? It’s a magic full of problems rather than a problem… In many ways…”
“Huh? It looks like a very helpful spell. What’s wrong with that spell?”
“First of all, the problem is that this magic is a magic with the extreme conditions of being suitable for the ‘five attributes’ excluding the light attribute and the dark attribute to be able to use it. Even I, who created the magic right now, can only use it by borrowing the power of an item that increases the aptitude for the wood attribute. Because it’s a situation that exists.”
Professor Makard said, lifting the ring made of green gems and tree roots that was on his finger.
When I briefly used the [Emotion] Gift, I found out that the ring was a grade A item, and its ability fixed the neck attribute at 60 while worn. It was a useless item to me, although others may not know.
” As for other issues… First of all, precise magical power manipulation ability at the level of a top-level wizard is required, and high-level parallel thinking to manipulate the powder is also essential, and even I with magical power at the end of the level of a demon (A+ [89]) Cannot maintain more than 5 spheres. The worst fuel efficiency is also a problem.”
“… Indeed, it is a magic that is difficult for wizards other than Professor Markard to even meet the conditions…”
“Even if you pass all the above conditions and use magic, the resulting powder cannot use magical power, and its physical ability is limited to the level of an ordinary person (F[10]). It is a magic that has no meaning at all.”
Professor Makard smiles mischievously, saying, ‘Well, if you look at the fact that you can teach as many students as possible at once, it might be quite useful!’
From what I heard, or in reality, it was almost useless magic.
But…
‘〈 To me, who has a golden sense 〉, I can smell the scent of unripe green fruit.’
In other words, this means that when the fruit (magic) is ripe (complete), you can obtain very sweet fruit (benefit)!
I immediately asked Professor Markard.
“Professor. Do you have any development materials on spirit magic?”
“Huh? I’m keeping it for now…”
“If you don’t mind, can I see the data?
“Huh? Data?”
“Yes. I should say that I can get a little inspiration from looking at it. I think it will somehow spark my interest in magic and make me feel positive about joining the magic research club──”
“It’s here, take it now!!!”
Before I could finish speaking, Professor Makard took out a document tens of centimeters high from the sub-space of the magic tool and handed it to me.
‘It’s easy.’
I grinned and stuffed the materials into the subspace pocket (for camouflage) on my waist.
Haha! Seonwoo, is there anything else you need?”
“Ah, then… “
Professor Makard said one of the two reasons why he came here today.
“I need information on ‘making golems.'”
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I looked around as I headed towards the data room inside the magic research club with Professor Makard.
“Replacing the condensation technique of ‘Daeyeomgu’ with a diffusion technique to cause more extensive damage…”
“Rather than that, it’s better to use condensation techniques to increase explosive power…”
“If you add the shape-transformation technique to the [Water Spear], The magic construction time will increase slightly, but the projectile speed will increase, so it will be more efficient…”
“So! How many times have I told you that it is possible to use magic sequentially by using the time difference between the chant and the beastman… “
“Are you that good at magic?! Follow me to the rooftop training hall, you b*stard…”
There are people discussing with each other with a book spread out between them, people writing magic tricks on the blackboard and speaking passionately to their juniors, and even people grabbing each other by the collar as the discussion becomes more intense.
It was quite fun to watch the static yet passionate passion for magic.
At that time, Professor Markard spoke to me as if he was a little bored walking with his mouth shut.
“Seonwoo, we can’t just leave without saying a word, so why don’t we have a little chat about magic?”
“I’m not really okay with it… But the professor seems to be itchy, so I guess that’s it.”
“Oh no, I got caught! After working as a professor for 20 years, I feel like thorns are growing in my mouth if I don’t say something in front of my students! You could say it’s some kind of occupational disease! Haha.”
Professor Makard, who made a humorous expression and burst into cheerful laughter, soon cleared his throat, changed his mood, and opened his mouth.
“I think I said it briefly a while ago, but magic is divided into ‘before’ and ‘after’ the Demon God War.”
“‘Ancient magic’ and ‘modern magic’?”
“That’s right. Well, even though it’s called ancient magic, it’s magic from 600 years ago, so honestly, it’s not at the level of being ancient, but this is cool… Haha! Out of respect for the past, ancient magic was officially named in the magic world 300 years ago.”
“As a man, I think the wizarding world made a good decision at the time.”
“I think so too.”
Professor Markard and I looked at each other and exchanged boyish smiles.
Honestly, how could I resist this when I had the opportunity to give it a name that would tickle men’s hearts, such as ancient magic? I can never bear it.
“Then, let me explain modern magic first. If I were to explain modern magic in one word… It is ‘efficiency.'”
“Is it ‘efficiency’?”
“Yes. Faster, simpler, with less magic power, more enemies, more damage… In order to defeat the infinite army of monsters in the fierce war called the Demon God War, unnecessary things were cut down to the limit, only efficient The mystery of destruction and death created by accumulating the ‘blood’ and ‘corpse’ of past wizards for the purpose of ‘slaughter’ is modern magic.”
“…”
Professor Makard speaks with a serious expression that even feels solemn. When I swallowed my saliva without realizing it because the words seemed to have some weight.
“Well, I’ll leave the serious mood here.”
“… ?”
My face was shocked by Professor Markard’s sudden change in mood.
It feels like I was submerged in a hot bath and then forcibly thrown into a cold bath.
Haha, I’ve been learning how to speak seriously from Professor History lately. How is it? Are you concentrating better than usual?”
“Holy shit, it’s so damn good that it’s unfair! The atmosphere has changed so suddenly that if I were Goofy, I would have fallen behind a long time ago due to the temperature difference.”
“Haha, haha!!!”
Professor Makard seemed to have pricked his acupuncture points and burst out laughing so loudly that tears came to his eyes, clutching his stomach. When I saw that cheerful appearance, it was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Keuuu of be benign! Anyway, back to the story, modern magic techniques are said to be very efficient when it comes to attacks. You can say that 9.9 damage can be inflicted using 10 magical power. We will research and make it more efficient than this. I don’t know if it’s possible, but the return will probably be infinitely low compared to the effort put in.”
Professor Makard, who had spoken up to that point, said, ‘Then, since I’ve roughly explained modern magic…’ Shall we now move on to ancient magic?’ He changed the subject.
“Well, to be honest, ancient magic is almost a hodgepodge. The scope is so wide that special powers that were called magic in the past are included in the bundle called ancient magic. There are many different things, strange and strange things… Perhaps the word ‘mysterious god’ is best suited. This must be ancient magic.”
“Then what is the efficiency of ancient magic?”
“The efficiency of ancient magic is truly variable… In other words, it can be said that it varies from magic to magic. If there is a magic that uses 10 magical power to cause 1 phenomenon, then there is a magic that uses 1 magical power to cause 10 phenomenon, ‘What is that? There is also a magic that says ‘I’m scared… ‘Well, it’s basically the former.”
“Then there’s no need to learn ancient magic?”
“No, rather, most high-level magicians learn and study ancient magic that suits their field of magic. Paradoxically, for high-ranking magicians, studying ancient magic, which has many unique and unique spells rather than efficient spells, increases their understanding of magic. Because it helps raise the level. “
He smiled and said that it would be best to concentrate because the part I am talking about from now on will appear on the left school exam later.
“Modern wizards basically enter one of the Seven Colored Magic Towers to receive teachings, or learn magic individually from those who have learned from that tower. Ancient wizards were basically a small group called a school, or a form of linear transmission. It is said that they secretly inherited magic that they developed independently, so the ‘width’ of magic that ancient wizards can handle is very narrow compared to modern times.”
“The width is narrow… ?”
“Yes. To give a simple example, a fire wizard who learned modern magic can use various types of fire magic, such as fireballs, flame walls, and fireballs, but most ancient fire wizards were wizards who could only use ‘one’ of them “
“Hoo… “
“Ah, but you shouldn’t ignore it. Although only one type of magic can be used, at least one type of magic shows a ‘depth’ that easily surpasses modern magic. One of the representative examples is the magic of the ancient school, the Bayball School. Let’s talk about it.”
As if to explain the magic of the Beyball School by actually showing it, Professor Makard created a small ball of fire that appeared to be less than a centimeter in diameter at the tip of his finger.
“It is said that the magicians of the Beyball School could only use this one spell, ‘Fireball’. However, they were one of the ten most powerful schools among the ancient schools for which records exist. That is because they literally had ‘hundreds of’ types of magic. Because I could handle fireballs.”
The ball of fire hanging from the fingertips rolled down, and soon began to roll over the entire hand as a rail, or jumped from one fingertip to another, etc., Showing off amazing and free-spirited movements.
“A fireball that shoots in a straight line and then falls rapidly, a fireball that rolls along the wall, a fireball that does not explode the moment it touches but turns into liquid-like flames and covers the enemy, a timed fireball that explodes after a certain period of time even without contact… The Bol school created and used a wide variety of fireballs, which shows the characteristics and advantages of ancient magic: the freedom of magic and the unpredictable anomalies that come from it.”＜ Br＞
Pass-
As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Macard grabbed the fireball and pointed forward with a grin.
“As expected, time flies when we chat. We’ve already arrived at our destination.”
Before I knew it, there was a large wooden door labeled Magic Data Storage Room.
I followed Professor Makard as he opened the door and entered the data room.
“Oh…”
The inside of the data room looked like a library.
A glance at the sight shows tens of thousands of books neatly stacked on the bookshelf.
It may seem shallow compared to the Academy’s Great Library, which has tens of millions of books in total, but considering that unlike the Great Library, which has many different types of books, this one only has books about magic, it was truly an enormous amount.
“What Seonwoo needed was clearly data on how to make a golem.”
Professor Macard went further in with his bold steps, and without hesitation he took out several books.
Do you know where all the books are?
“Here it is. The Abkebion School’s ‘Introduction to Golem Studies’, the Nimur School’s ‘Creating Golems Using Amorphous Materials and Immaterial Materials’, and the Rosenmaiden School’s ‘On Humanoid Golems with Ball Joints’. These three. Even if you understand the entire contents of the book, you will have no problem calling yourself a golem expert wherever you go.”
“Thank you! Ah, when can I return these books?”
“Huh? Oh, you can just keep it without returning it.”
“Huh… ? No, these books belong to the magic research club, so shouldn’t they be returned?”
Haha, no problem. Because everything in this archive is something I personally translated and copied from the ancient materials I found in the Great Library! You can say they are my things! The contents of the book are all in my head, so I’ll use them later. Just copy it and fill it in!”
‘After all this, I am a multilingual person who knows 108 languages!’ I was speechless when I saw Professor Makard smiling and saying.
Professor Lee… Although he may not have any combat power, his abilities as a magician are definitely the best in the world. Honestly, a respectable level.
‘It would have been nice if I hadn’t tried to become a graduate student whenever I had the chance…’
The saying that there is no human being without flaws is probably referring to people like this.
At that moment, when I shook my head, I saw a rather odd-looking bookshelf and eight books on it.
“Hey, Professor Markard. What kind of material are those books over there?”
“Ah, these are a kind of introductory book that I have summarized on the complex attribute magic that has been discovered so far. It was good to make it, but I couldn’t find any students who were suitable for it… So… “
Leaving Professor Markard behind, who looks sad, I sneak up and look at the eight books.
Brain
Quicksand
Lava
Explosion
Poison
Sound
Optical beam
Jo Yeong
A total of 8 types of complex magic.
Among these, brain, quicksand, and lava.
These three magics are ones that I have already mastered.
Therefore, I started looking at the latter five books in order.
‘Let’s read the explosion magic in order first…’
There was a student who could use explosion magic in the last competition, but I couldn’t learn it because I couldn’t see it with my own eyes.
“Oh, it’s a book about 〈 Explosion Magic 〉, a composite magic of fire and water properties! It’s an attractive magic that causes great damage over a wide area with the high temperature heat and shock waves from the explosion!”
When I opened the book on explosion magic, Professor Makard began to lightly explain magic next to me, like someone who discovered someone else who was interested in his hobby, but I quickly read the book with my eyes while listening with one ear.
Cheolleuk-
[I read a book containing magical knowledge]
[Acquisition conditions are met]
[Acquire ‘〈 Explosion Magic LV1〉’!]
[Attribute: Due to 〈 magic attribute genius 〉, the proficiency of 〈 explosion magic 〉 starts from LV4!]
[Title: Obtain ‘Trumpet Call for Panic (C+)’!]
After reading the book in an instant, I immediately reached for the next book.
“〈 Poison Magic 〉, it is a composite magic of water and wood properties! The more it is advanced, the better and more lethal it is in handling poison!”
Cheolleuk-
[I read a book containing magical knowledge]
[Acquisition conditions are met]
[Acquire ‘〈 Poison Magic LV1〉’!]
[Attribute: Due to 〈 magic attribute genius (天災) 〉, the proficiency of 〈 poison magic 〉 starts from LV4!]
[Title: Obtain ‘Poisonous Thorn Flower (C+)’!]
Next.
“〈 Sound Magic 〉, it’s a combination magic of wind and earth properties that deals with waves and shocks! It’s easy to notice auxiliary uses such as sound detection or noise blocking, but it’s actually a great magic with an attack power that can’t be ignored!”
Cheolleuk-
[I read a book containing magical knowledge]
[Acquisition conditions are met]
[Acquire ‘〈 Sound Magic LV1〉’!]
[Attribute: Due to 〈 magic attribute genius (天災) 〉, the proficiency of 〈 sound magic 〉 starts from LV4!]
[Title: ‘Wow… What is that voice… Obtain ‘(C+)’!]
Next.
“〈 Light Flash Magic 〉, which shoots out high-temperature heat rays! It is no exaggeration to say that this, a composite magic of fire and light properties, is the fastest magic in existence!”
Cheolleuk-
[I read a book containing magical knowledge]
[Acquisition conditions are met]
[〈Light beam magic LV1〉’ acquired!]
[Attribute: Due to 〈 magic attribute genius (天災) 〉, the proficiency of 〈 light beam magic 〉 starts from LV4!]
[Title: Acquire ‘Flash of Rest (C+) at your fingertips’!]
This is the last one.
“〈 Contrast Magic 〉 that manipulates shadows… It is a magic that boasts the most extreme acquisition conditions, requiring you to be born with both light and dark attributes, which are attributes that are difficult to be born with alone. Until I die , I will never see a wizard using this magic.
Cheolleuk-
[I read a book containing magical knowledge]
[Acquisition conditions are met]
[Acquire ‘〈 Casting Magic LV1〉’!]
[Attribute: Due to 〈 magic attribute genius (天災) 〉, the proficiency of 〈 contrast magic 〉 starts from LV4!]
[Title: Obtain ‘Darkness Creeping from Underfoot (C+)’!]
Tak-
After finishing the last book, I stretched out on the chair with a satisfied smile.
“Whoa… I enjoyed it…”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Ah, just gaining new knowledge makes me feel full even without eating.”
“Ah~! I know, I know, I know that feeling! I get that feeling every time I gain new knowledge about magic! The satisfaction that comes from satisfying my thirst for knowledge! I’ve already read quite a few books, so I haven’t felt that before… But I’m so jealous. !”
“Yeah, something like that.”
It’s probably different from that, but I didn’t feel the need to make any changes so I just nodded.
‘I gained unexpected benefits, but anyway, I achieved my first goal…’
Now it’s time to achieve the second goal.
“Professor Markard. If you don’t mind, could you tell me more about ‘advanced magic’?”
Let’s gradually raise the magic that is blocked at LV6 to the next level.