chapter 16
16 – Magic Power Conversion
Magic Power Conversion.
According to Oren, magic power was invisible to the eye like air, but it filled this world.
If you collect this magical energy and let it flow repeatedly through your body, magical energy will gradually accumulate in your body.
And the body with this accumulated magic power has power that is comparable to that of monsters.
“That’s why adventurers always try to accumulate as much magical energy as possible in their bodies. “It’s the same for me.”
“It’s magic power…… “I heard this for the first time.”
Listening to Oren’s words, I once again realized that this was a different world.
I thought it was vaguely strange.
In a world where powerful monsters and demons exist, how can adventurers deal with them?
No matter how hard an ordinary human trained, there was a limit to the species.
Oren, a bronze adventurer, is not as bulky and muscular as he appears on the outside.
However, the movements she showed when subduing the slime could be said to be superhuman.
Everything was possible because of this thing called ‘magic conversion.’
You can never defeat someone who has accumulated magic power in their body with simple training.
『Yunoa, who learned of the existence of magical power conversion for the first time, felt a great sense of disappointment when she realized that the training she had worked hard until now had no great meaning. It was not for nothing that she said that if your brain is bad, your body will suffer.』
Then why didn’t you tell me when she was having a hard time living alone?
This sounds like a damn narration.
“Everyone can store magical energy in their body. However, the amount of magical power that can be accumulated in the body varies from person to person.
There are quite a few ways to increase the maximum amount of magical power stored in the body, but most of them are innate.”
“So, I can also transform magical power?”
“Of course. Close your eyes and imagine that your entire body is a large vessel containing magical energy.”
I closed my eyes as Oren told me to do, and imagined that my body was a vessel containing magical power.
I am a vessel… It is a large vessel that contains magical power…….
“Concentrate your mind in that state and try to feel the magic floating around you. “It may be difficult at first, but you will slowly get the hang of it.”
It’s the magic power floating around… ….
Even though I said that, I had no idea what I should feel as I didn’t even know the existence of magical power.
Once they tell me to do it, I try it…….
But after a while, I really felt like something warm was floating around.
At first, I couldn’t tell if it was magic power, but as Oren said, my senses gradually became clearer and I could intuitively know that they were magic power.
“Ne… “I can feel it!”
I screamed involuntarily and opened my eyes as I felt a strange sensation for the first time in my life.
Oren saw that and said with a smile.
“You can feel it, right? Now, slowly accept it into your body and let it flow inward. If you do this, your body will gradually begin to accumulate magical power. “I have already done enough, so I am not accumulating any more.”
“But how do you know that you have accumulated magical power to the limit?”
Oren said that she has now accumulated her magic power to her limit.
That meant there was no room left to grow as an adventurer.
It’s as if the growth plate is closing.
I suddenly became afraid.
If the limit of magical power my body can accept is ridiculously low, that would be no different from a death sentence for me as an adventurer.
“Ahahahaha… You will naturally know that when the time comes. Then I have to report the request to the guild…….”
Oren waved her hand and returned to Kubel.
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Concentrate your mind.
Attracts the magical energy felt around you into your body.
Slowly flows magical energy into the body and accumulates magical energy within the body.
I learned the principles of magic conversion from Oren, and from that day on, I tried to accumulate magic power in my body every day.
Whether I was waiting for a while, sleeping, or having free time in the afternoon, I focused my mind on gathering magical energy whenever I had the chance.
In order to confirm whether magical power conversion really helped improve physical abilities, I continued my original sword training.
Is it really effective?
There was.
The effect turned out to be much more dramatic than I expected.
No matter how much I swung the sword, I did not get tired and did not experience muscle pain.
The scratched palm also completely recovered and never hurt again.
By the standards of this world, I would be at the level of an ordinary adventurer, but compared to my previous physical condition, I was truly a superhuman.
As I felt my physical abilities changing like this every day, my confidence grew.
If things continue like this, won’t we be able to get a bronze grade soon?
If you can make money through the right requests, you will be able to learn swordsmanship properly.
Thanks to the improvement in my body through magic conversion, I was able to quickly finish the guild chores I did in the morning to make a living.
I was so intrigued by the changes in my physical abilities day by day that I wondered why I only knew about this good thing now.
As I learned later, there were many people whose body’s magical capacity was so low that magical energy conversion was meaningless.
Of course, such people could not become adventurers, and were living in the city doing ordinary jobs.
If you look at that, I was lucky.
Contrary to what I initially worried, magic power is still accumulating smoothly.
I don’t know what my magical power capacity is, but I was certain that it was at least not at a level that would require me to give up being an adventurer.
Perhaps I…… Genius?
『Yunoa was full of confidence after belatedly learning about magical power conversion, which was common sense to other adventurers.
But he was still a novice level adventurer.
Compared to ordinary people, he may be great, but among adventurers, Yunoa was just a latecomer who started late.』
At a time when I was filled with hope about how much I could grow through magical power conversion, the narration poured cold water on me.
Yes, I understand.
Just because you know how to become a little stronger doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be conceited.
Still, I found a small breakthrough in a situation where I couldn’t find an answer. Isn’t it okay to like it a little?
You really don’t know how people feel.
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A blue, soft and translucent lump of jelly is now in front of my eyes.
This is none other than the blue slime that I met while collecting medicinal herbs with Meruru.
After gaining some strength through magic conversion, I went deeper into the forest and searched for blue slime.
King Blue Slime, who was like the leader of the guys, had already been subdued by Oren and disappeared, but it was still not difficult to find Blue Slime in this forest.
Of course it was not a guild request.
Even if the opponent is a slime, requests such as subjugating monsters are not given to novice level adventurers.
I just wanted to test my strength.
Now I have a sharp sword and enough strength to wield it.
I guess I can beat slime.
Mulkyung─ Mulkyung─
The blue slime confronting me made unpleasant movements and slowly approached me.
I remember the day when I was surrounded by a large amount of blue slime and was in danger, and I secretly feel excited.
“Haaa!”
Wow!
I raised my sword high above my head, rushed forward, and slashed the exact center of the blue slime with all my might.
With a cheerful sound, the blade cut cleanly through the translucent body of the guy.
Just like when Oren cut it, the blue slime lost its viscosity and turned into water on the spot, collapsing to the floor.
“Just for these guys… ….”
It was a ridiculously easy opponent.
If it feels like this, I feel like I can slaughter hordes of slimes like Oren.
“But how do you do that… ….”
In my head, I recalled the technique Oren used to wipe out a group of slimes in one go.
Just swinging the sword won’t cause the sword energy to go out.
It must be difficult if you don’t learn swordsmanship formally… ….
I didn’t swing the sword freely until now because I thought it would create bad habits for my body.
But the technique Oren used was so cool that I wanted to imitate it at least once.
Well, if I try it once, it won’t be a big problem.
Sometimes you have to give yourself something to feel motivated.
“What was your posture?”
I pull out my memories and clumsily imitate Oren’s preparation posture.
“Maybe it’s because I made you hesitate like this… Pull the sword back all the way…….”
What was the name of the technology?
Oren Ryu, I think it was a white man’s cut.
『Yunoa had not even learned her swordsmanship properly and was clumsily trying to imitate others’ techniques.
However, she did not know the principle of releasing sword energy, and it was impossible for sword energy to come out from the sword she swung.
He was so comical that he tried to imitate other people’s techniques and couldn’t even remember the names of the techniques.』
It’s noisy.
I’m just showing off how I feel.
『Yunoa knew how to accumulate magical power in her body by converting her magical power, but she did not know how to emit sword energy.
Magic power conversion not only accumulated magic power in the body, but was also the starting point for all technologies that utilize magic power.
Magic was to change the nature of that magical power and materialize it, and sword energy was to channel magical energy into the sword and release it with a sword strike.
However, Yunoa’s devastating application ability, which did not know this, proved how bad of an intellect he was.』
The narration didn’t stop and poured harsh words at me.
Magic power…… Sending it to the sword?
I tilted my sword back, closed my eyes like I did when converting magical power, and let the magical energy gather in my body.
Imagine that the magic power gathered like that is slowly transferred to the hand holding the sword.
From the center of the body to the arm, from the arm to the hand holding the sword, from the hand holding the sword through the handle of the sword to the blade.
“That… What are you talking about? “White man slash!”
I shouted out the name of a skill I couldn’t remember and swung the sword that had been thrown back.
Tsk tsk tsk-!
Then, a sharp sound was heard from where the blade passed, and sword energy flew out like a shock wave.
The flying sword cut through the air and flew dozens of steps away, cleanly cutting down a tree before disappearing.
“Oh… ….”
What, why does this happen?
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