Chapter 156: Chapter 156 - Five Mountains of Penances (6)
Chapter 156: Five Mountains of Penances (6)
[Argh! Does this make sense! How can this be!]
Victoria grabbed her hair and screamed . All kinds of emotions flashed by her eyes . Annoyance . Rage . Curiosity . Frustration . Anxiousness .
She was in a state of hysteria . That was expected . She hadn’t even gotten started on interpreting Yeon-woo’s thoughts .
It was already the 20th day . The time she promised Yeon-woo was one month . Time had flown by without much success .
[You didn’t set up a mental defense or anything, right?]
Victoria glared at Yeon-woo with suspicion .
[You would’ve noticed already if I had . You were the person who told me to take off my clothes just in case . You were the person who tested defense magic circles . It was all you . But you never felt anything like that, right?]
Victoria bit her nails . It was a habit of her that came out when she was anxious .
What Yeon-woo had said was all right . He willingly participated all the time . It was her who always asked him to do things that were too much .
So Victoria felt like she was going to go crazy .
She really used all kinds of methods . She made him drink all kinds of potions and used magic circles and artifacts to analyze his mind .
However, the result that came back was always an error . Analyzing it was impossible .
At first, she thought it was because his mind was complex . Often, martialists minds’ became more complex as they trained .
So with their permission, she unlocked their mental defenses and started to carefully observe them .
She used the same method on Yeon-woo . She was planning on identifying everything down to his neurons . Sometimes she even anesthetized his body .
But that was the end .
She couldn’t read him . No, actually, she could . But the problem was that the range was too small .
‘Someone who has this large of a mentality . I’ve never heard of something like this before . It’s too deep!’
Victoria thought that her mentality was quite deep . That was how much she gained knowledge and focused on her studies .
But in front of Yeon-woo, she was like a lake being compared to an ocean . That was how endless his mentality seemed to be .
Usually people would go crazy from it, but Yeon-woo just spoke like asking her what the matter was when she brought it up .
‘Is this child a superior species or something like that? It doesn’t make sense otherwise!’
But Victoria knew that was absurd .
If he was that amazing of an existence, he wouldn’t even have let her do this . They hated others laying a finger on their bodies .
Eventually, Victoria spent 20 days wasting her time, while her precious runes were being taken away .
And even though he was a martialist, he was so well learned, that he always precisely answered her questions when she asked them during their tutoring session . In addition, he learned so fast, that she felt her basic magic runes being taken away .
She clenched her teeth . There were now 10 days left . She had to somehow find a way soon .
[Heehee . You con-artist . Did you get a big one today?]
‘What do you mean, big one . We’re only upholding our sides of the trade . ’
[The trade itself is a scam . Dang . You seemed quite inflexible on the outside . I didn’t know you were good at using your head like this . ]
Yeon-woo ignored what Shanon said as soon as he entered the hut .
There was no need to reply to him . He knew that the trade was ridiculous as well .
But the contract with Victoria was set with mana, and if they didn’t keep their word, their magic power could be cut off or completely disappear . Yeon-woo had welcomed it with both arms wide open .
The rune magic Victoria taught him awoke something in his Dragon’s Knowledge . Like he had remembered something he forgot .
He could clearly establish his knowledge, and he was even organizing all the information he knew now .
His traits ‘Manfriendly’ and ‘Blessed by Magic Power’ helped him a lot .
But Yeon-woo didn’t try to learn rune magic itself . He only stacked up the knowledge for it, because he was already busy trying to understand the Yin Sword .
‘Boo . ’
[Did you . Call for me?]
Boo bowed, the joints in his chin cracking .
Yeon-woo gave the magic knowledge he knew to him .
[Boo (Lich) is receiving knowledge about magic from your thoughts . Rune magic knowledge is being applied by turning into a skill . ]
[The proficiency of ‘Rune Magic’ has increased . 12 . 1%]
[The proficiency of ‘Rune Magic’ has increased . 14 . 8%]
Yeon-woo had passed down what he learned from Victoria to Boo like this . It was a big help to Boo, and it was even a new skill for him now .
He could be confident that he wouldn’t be weak in an actual fight . His other skills were stronger as well, thanks to the influence of rune magic .
‘This much should be enough for Blink now, right?’
Boo had been quiet for some time with his head bent . Then, he slowly lifted his head . The holes in his eye sockets were burning up with blue fire .
It meant that he had understood everything that Yeon-woo had given him .
Yeon-woo unhesitatingly took his shirt off and showed Boo his back .
On his back, there were countless rune letters . They were things that Boo had left on Yeon-woo everytime Boo learned magic .
Instead of learning it, he had Boo engrave it onto his skin like this .
If Victoria saw, she would be surprised . He was mimicking the way she made her rune artifact .
With this, he wouldn’t have to write runes down somewhere else, and magic would be activated just by shifting his magic towards the runes on his back .
It was perfect for Yeon-woo .
There was just one difference .
Unlike Victoria, who used an artifact, Yeon-woo used his body . It was obvious, but with the Dragon’s Blessing, his body was more efficient in dealing with magic .
At first, Yeon-woo had thought long and hard . He even considered making an artifact like how Henova taught him . But if a beginner like him made it, he would barely be able to draw letters onto it . It’s efficiency was trash .
But although Victoria’s artifact was efficient, it wasn’t well made . It could only be used once .
However, Yeon-woo was permanent . And his endurance was outstanding . On top of that, with the ‘new method’ that he had thought of, it was definitely possible to reuse it .
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The weapon that Victoria had been trying to make had popped up somewhere else . It wasn’t because she was stupid . It was because only Yeon-woo could make something like this .
[Mas . Ter . ]
‘What?’
[It’s . Possible . But . Blink is . Deeper than . Other . Magic . I’ve . Done . ]
Boo hesitated before he started . It was because he was worried about Yeon-woo’s safety .
There were 3 different combinations Boo had learned . Magic Strengthening, Heist, and Strength . They were all basic, but Yeon-woo, who didn’t even blink at most pain, had struggled with it .
It was clear Blink would be worse . It was magic that teleported the user, so the combination to create it was immense . Adding the 3 runes Boo knew together wouldn’t even be half of what Blink was .
If Yeon-woo fainted while the rune was engraved, everything would be ruined .
But Yeon-woo didn’t even blink .
‘Just do it . ’
[Under . Stood . As fast . As possible… . . !]
‘Slow and precisely . ’
[… . . I’ll . Be aware . ]
Boo quietly nodded his head .
[That stubbornness . ]
[Let’s begin as well . ]
Shanon and Hanryeong grabbed Yeon-woo’s arms and legs . It was to block him from moving in case the rune was ruined .
[I’ll . Begin . ]
Boo lifted a black bead with his left hand into the air and put his right hand on Yeon-woo’s back . That moment, the black sparks exploded, and runes started to appear slowly on Yeon-woo’s back .
His skin burned . The black light moved slowly . If even a stroke was wrong, the magic would be incorrect .
This was the part that Boo and Yeon-woo focused on the most, so a lot of time was spent on this section .
And when a letter was finished and Boo moved onto the next, the finished letter emanated a blue fire to dig deep into the skin . It melted his dermis and his muscles, even clearing through his blood to be carved onto his bones .
‘Grunt!’
Yeon-woo’s back straightened . Shanon and Hanryeong did their best to hold onto Yeon-woo . That was how painful it was to have something carved onto your bones .
This was the new method that Yeon-woo had thought of .
Runes disappeared once you used them . What was a way to continue using it?
A Draconic species’s bones were one of the most indestructible materials . It was so strong that it could endure everything, and he had Magic Circuit around it, which provided ample magic power .
If he continued to spin magic power around it and could prevent the rune from disappearing, he could permanently use it .
So he tested it with Heist, and after some attempts, it worked .
He had to experience the feeling of his body being ripped apart, but Yeon-woo clenched his teeth and endured it .
When he shook his body, the Monster Portents left the shadows and held Yeon-woo in place . The power struggle continued like that .
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And after some time .
[It’s . Finished . You’ve . Endured well . ]
Boo slowly lifted his hands .
Shanon and Hanryeong released their grip as well . Yeon-woo was drenched in sweat .
He looked like he would faint any moment . But his two eyes were shining . He was euphoric about the fact that the runes were in his body .
When everything was the melted skin on his back healed . And only the black letters were left . From far away, they looked like burn scars .
He finished it, but now he felt tired . He needed to regain his strength .
‘Magic Equipment . ’
With a short command, Yeon-woo’s body flashed in a blue light and his Magic Circuit opened, wings of fire spreading out .
Yeon-woo decreased his magic circulation as much as he could and moved with only his body .
With his tighter muscles and speedier dexterity, he almost couldn’t control himself . On top of that, when Shunpo was added, he wasn’t able to be caught even with sixth sense anymore .
Yeon-woo pulled out Vigrid from Intrenina while he was at it . Vigird was purified by up to 90% with Urd’s holy power, and was as long as most swords now . Blue letters shined on the blade .
Then, he released his Magic Circuit . With his strengthened magic power, he swung Vigrid with red Aura .
It was a vibrant red that wasn’t comparable to when he first made it .
With the clear sound of a sword being swung in the air, he unleashed Blink repeatedly . His vision blurred, and he found himself at the edge of a cliff . From there, he whipped his sword down .
It had been exactly 6 months since he entered the mountains . He wanted to see how much he had improved .
Other than Aura, he didn’t use any particular skills . Vigrid cut through everything in its path .
On the opposite cliff, there was an indentation made by a sword . A part of the hills toppled down and the forest underneath it was crushed . Dust flew up and soared into the sky .
[Whoa! What’s this!]
[Hey you crazy bastard! Are you here by yourself?]
[… . . I’d like some peace and quiet . ]
[Hm . Did you do that with just Aura?]
The Sadhu sent warnings to him, and each of them sounded surprised .
Because they knew that he had done it without any particular skills . If he combined magic power to it, or if all of his senses were in use, he couldn’t even imagine what would have happened .
In half a year, he had grown so much, that everyone was surprised .
But Yeon-woo was even more surprised . He hadn’t even revealed his Dragon’s Authority . If he released even that… . .
‘I won’t be beat up anywhere . ’
Yeon-woo thought of Phante and Edora making bewildered expressions and put Vigrid back into Intrenian .
‘This is enough . ’
He had already spent more time than expected . He hadn’t understood the basics of the Yin Sword, but he had achieved things that weren’t any less impressive .
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Now it was time to leave .
‘It’s a shame I wasn’t able to discover what Kindred was looking for, but oh well . ’
He wanted to secretly follow Kindred when he left at night, but something might happen to him, so he didn’t want to do that .
He wasn’t even going to get any information out of it, so he didn’t want to put himself in danger . And since he had searched for it for 10 years, it was possible that it didn’t exist anyway .
So Yeon-woo pushed away his thoughts about Kindred . He was going to see him anyway when the war with the Devil Army started . He didn’t need to rush .
Right now, he needed to finish what he had been pushing back .
‘And they said the Legendary Beast is about to hatch . ’
So when Yeon-woo turned around .
[You’re leaving?]
Like he read his mind, Kahn spoke to him .
Yeon-woo wordlessly nodded .
[… . . Wait a bit . ]
Kahn seemed like he was going to say something, and quickly flew over to the cliff where Yeon-woo was .
He only touched the ground a few times, but he easily came up the cliff . Yeon-woo saw that kahn had also improved greatly as well .
But Kahn seemed a bit strange . Like he wanted to say something but he couldn’t . Yeon-woo thought it might be something to do with Doyle .
Even though Kahn and Yeon-woo had been so close to each other, they hadn’t been able to meet each other that much . It did have a bit to do with Yeon-woo’s personality, but he also felt like Kahn was avoiding him .
Yeon-woo assumed it had something to do with Doyle . Kahn had said that it was because they opinions collided, but from what Yeon-woo had seen, their relationship couldn’t have been broken off by something that easy .
So he hadn’t interfered in it, pretending he didn’t notice .
But now it seemed like Kahn had come to discuss the matter with him . Since he didn’t know when he would be able to meet Yeon-woo again .
[Actually D… . . !]
And when Kahn was about to say something .
[Everyone, quiet . Something big happened . ]
A loud Open Speaking voice covered the 5th mountain .
The voice couldn’t control his shock . Victoria took a deep break and delivered the shocking news .
[Kindred just died . ]
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