049. Organization (2)
The sports car ran on the road that was partitioned inside District 78.
Although it was still outdated, the appearance of the buildings improved as they moved towards the center.
I said as I turned through the files I received from the Information Guild one by one.
“Pieta Nedvice. 22 years old. The youngest member of the Nedvice family. He is said to have the best work ability among the four siblings, but his political power is low and his support base is weak. He recently disappeared from headquarters.”
“Well, if you have that kind of personality, you have to have some skills.”
Estelle, who grabbed the handle, snorted.
I lifted my head to check where the car had come from, and then handed over the documents again.
Most of the information about Pieta could be known externally.
There were some intimate details, such as childhood anecdotes and relationships between siblings, but none of them deviated much from speculation or expectations.
“Have you been able to locate the people you are seeking revenge on?”
“I didn’t find any helpful information.”
I remembered a conversation I had with the head of the information guild about ten minutes ago.
“The White Beast King Laika was spotted 4 days ago in an artificial forest outside Area 33. Contact has been lost now, but the informant at the time said that the hair on his right arm was tan.”
It was a fight that he didn’t care about the extent to which some of the informants were sacrificed.
“Parter often appears in the arena around the 40th Division. There were several conflicts with the police, but it seemed to pass without any major problems. The whereabouts of smuggler Bama is unknown. He is a person who is very difficult to follow.”
It is an artificial forest of a certain level even to be called a forest. When Leica needs peace of mind, she goes there.
Parter operates an illegal arena underground in the 40th Division.
Bama travels around the continent to distribute weapons, so he doesn’t stay in one place.
information everyone knows.
In addition, Laxen, the protagonist of the work, also did not deviate from the flow of the story.
While it was disappointing that there was no new information, I felt relieved that the main settings of the characters had not changed.
Kick-.
“Arrived.”
When I looked up, I saw a five-story building with a sign saying ‘Sector 78 Public Library’.
I got out of the car, looked around for a moment, and entered the entrance.
“It’s quiet.”
“I don’t think I can afford to read a book or anything. For the people here.”
I passed the sleeping librarian and headed inside.
[Books are not allowed to be taken out without permission. Rental after presentation of ID]
“Doesn’t the imperial family know that most of the residents here live without ID?”
“I don’t know if I even knew it.”
As we went upstairs, the number of visitors decreased. When we got to the top floor, we were the only ones left.
It wasn’t a very large space, but all sorts of books were available.
I went to the shelf classified as ‘military’ and found books about gun making.
“Are you reading right now?”
“okay.”
“Then the contents of page 34… . No, I won’t ask. I was surprised once or twice.”
She looked tired of me flipping through the pages at high speed, and then disappeared to the other side of the shelf.
I closed the book, pulled out the next book and read it again.
In order to make perfect firearms, it was necessary to fully understand the structure and principle of the firearm itself, and to accurately deliver the elements I wanted to the engineer.
Although it was a professional content, it was not too difficult to absorb knowledge thanks to Cain’s understanding.
chin.
I closed the fifth book on the spot and decided that this was enough.
When the bookshelf went out, she was nowhere to be seen.
I looked around once, and soon found her back inside the ‘pharmacy’ bookshelf.
“Do you think the method written there will be able to cure the demon?”
As I approached her back, she trembled.
“What, when did you come? Without a foothold.”
“Cases and Treatments of Horse Disease”
When my eyes caught on to the title, she closed the book like a child caught doing something wrong.
“… I know that methods such as these folk beliefs are not easy. I’ve already used it all. Just thinking about the past… .”
“I was just asking.”
After a moment of silence, she picked up the book she was holding and scanned the contents.
Some systematic and logical methods were suggested, but there were no cases of actual treatment.
I had no choice but to do so.
Because in this world there is only one way to cure demons.
I closed the book and handed it to her again.
“Did you ever want me to tell you the cure first? Then I could try to implement that method on my own.”
She paused for a moment before answering.
“Honestly, I never thought of that. At first it was. But now I don’t know. Even if I know how, I wonder if I can do it on my own. Don’t worry. Because I have no intention of leaving you. I have already made an oath.”
Her eyes were trembling.
Anxiety swelled in it.
Don’t worry, isn’t it something you repeat to yourself?
“Don’t worry.”
“… I see.”
He placed his palms on her head. Then, the trembling in her eyes slowly stopped.
She shrugged with a slightly red face and removed my hand.
“Did you see everything you want to see?”
“There is still more to check.”
I went down the floor and headed to the ‘magic’ bookshelf.
In addition to books dealing with general knowledge about magic, there were also books with specialized contents.
Regardless of the type, they pulled out as many as they could get and piled them up on the table.
“Are you going to read them all?”
“It’s okay to go outside and watch other things.”
“… no. My name is a wizard’s guard, so I have to stick with him.”
She looked at a book and saw the complicated formula written inside, sighed, “Uh-huh,” backed down and sat down on the chair by the entrance.
I read the book one at a time at a fast pace.
The setting about the magic of this world was embodied by me, the author.
I have all the knowledge stored in my head, and so far I have had no problems using it.
What I’m doing now is some sort of verification. As for whether all the settings are really implemented without a single error.
The only sound in the library was the sound of pages turning quickly.
The principle of implementation of magic.
Circuit structure and operating system.
The number of authorized elements and the method of combining them.
Without missing a single letter, he contrasted it with the knowledge in his head. Some spells were actually demonstrated to see if they were activated.
And finally it was concluded.
‘The world I built is right. Without a single discrepancy.’
The principle of magic manifestation is simple.
Separate the elements of each attribute mixed in mana and combine them in different proportions as needed.
If the formula is correct, fusion between the elements takes place and magic is implemented at the specified coordinates.
At this time, the magic performance depends on how many times each element is ‘refined’ before fusion.
By analogy, it is similar to the process of grinding particles to make them fine.
Depending on the number of purifications, the bonding between elements increases, making it difficult to “break” and the power of magic is amplified.
As the color of the element becomes lighter as the purification is repeated, this process is sometimes called ‘bleaching’, ‘cleavage’, ‘removal of impurities’, etc. depending on the school.
He smoked mana on his right hand and raised it.
The original color was blue, but now it is a color close to black by mixing the unique colors of many people.
I concentrated my mind and counted the elements other than the fire world and threw them out into the atmosphere.
Woong-
The blue light faded and the mana changed to dark red.
‘This is the basic separation.’
I applied artificial pressure to the elements that make up mana.
Break up!
A spark flew once, and the color of the red element floating in front of him became even lighter.
Even if you combine elements of different attributes as it is and complete the magic, the power will increase much more than in the normal case.
But I didn’t stop there and applied the pressure once more.
Break up!
Significantly more mental power was consumed than before.
‘It’s still a long way off.’
Break up!
Sweat dripped down his forehead.
Purification of elements up to 3 times.
That is the truth of the magic world, and even the protagonist cannot escape from that setting.
‘But if you can refine the element beyond that.’
It was a question that came to mind recently.
It certainly maintained that setting until the finished manuscript.
However, as I conceived the second half of the episode, I left a sentence in the setting material.
“If the main character later has the ability to refine elements 4 times or more. Or if someone with comparable abilities appears.”
And if the sentences left in the data were applied to this world.
I concentrated my mind once more and put pressure on the element.
We don’t know what will happen if we succeed, but it’s well worth the try.
‘The way is predictable. There is no shortage of abilities either. The ability to deal with mana is not lacking even if you are the number one in the world with the main character.’
woo woo-
The element began to crumble violently and make a powerful vibrating sound.
Blood stood in his eyes, and a thin stream of blood flowed out from under his ears.
“What are you doing now… !”
Estelle got up from her seat with her eyes wide open.
And that moment.
A strange thing happened.
Break up!
The element’s color faded once again with a spark of high intensity unlike before.
It was almost translucent, so you had to get very close to see it.
“Stop! Your ears are bleeding now!”
“Don’t come near me!”
She froze on the spot.
Even though my eyes and ears were bleeding, I was smiling with joy.
A strong sense of excitement and upliftment that I had never felt before seized me.
‘I can’t stop here.’
There was no clear evidence, but I was convinced that I could go one step further.
Ignoring the danger signals ringing in my head, I clenched my teeth and applied pressure to the wildly turbulent element.
Break up!
Instantly, there was a pain that seemed to set the brain on fire.
When I grabbed my mind and checked my eyes, there was nothing left there.
“… … .”
It took me a while to realize the situation.
Mana didn’t disappear.
It was definitely there.
However, since it was completely colorless, it was indistinguishable with the naked eye, and even felt very faintly.
The next action was decided.
As if possessed, I raised my mana and mixed in a few other elements.
Hwareuk.
The elements combine and mana instantly regains its original color.
And in an instant, a flame the size of a fist appeared in the air.
I instinctively wrapped mana around my body, and so did Estelle.
“… … !”
Desks and bookshelves began to melt.
Without any premonition, the tip became brittle and quickly lost its original shape.
He tried to dispel the magic in a hurry, but the bond between the elements was hard and could not be easily dispelled.
After much effort, I was able to stop the magic only after everything within a 3 meter radius of my seat had melted.
The situation cleared up and she asked in a puzzled voice.
“What was it? just that… ?”
“… It’s magic. for now.”
“Magic? I didn’t feel any mana at all. It was just a spark in the air.”
I glanced at her shyly.
‘After all, she didn’t feel it.’
As the element undergoes refining, its presence fades.
When I finished the last refinement, I couldn’t even detect it right away, so in the eyes of others it could be seen that something was created from nothing.
‘More than that… it’s such a power With only that much mana.’
I looked around with a dizzying view.
Objects had melted and the remaining black liquid was stuck to the floor.
I staggered and she hurriedly came up to me and supported me.
“First of all, let’s get this sorted out… . Please explain as you go. How the hell did it happen?”
I unintentionally gave no reply.
‘It is well worth researching.’
Because my head was full of thoughts about the discovery I had made a while ago.
* * *
“We will take responsibility and fix it. It is a place with a lot of paper, so of course there is a possibility of a fire. haha.”
It wasn’t too difficult for the library director to keep his mouth shut.
The moment he held out the bundle of banknotes, a wide smile appeared on his lips.
“What was it? What is that?”
In the car on the way back, she asked.
It was a very confused face, mixed with fear.
“I used magic.”
“no. It’s kind of like magic… . Something… .”
“It was heterogeneous.”
“Right. It was heterogeneous.”
She shouted as if she had found the right word.
“I’m not as good as you or the experts in the tower, but I do know a little bit about magic. It was kind of weird.”
The biggest oddity is that the mana was not felt right before the magic was completed.
Mana users like her avoided magic by seeing the movement of mana when dealing with wizards, so the situation a while ago must have been embarrassing enough.
Moreover, the power of magic was also different from that of ordinary ones.
The color of the flame was too red to be more vivid than that, and its existence alone melted the surrounding objects.
‘The table was obviously made of alloy. But even that.’
It was proof that the temperature of the flame instantly jumped to thousands of degrees.
This is impossible with existing magic.
Even if several elder-class wizards gathered and poured mana, the flame temperature that could be reached was determined in principle.
“Look at the head shot. I protected myself with mana, but this is what happened. Obviously, I pulled all of them up as much as I could in the moment.”
The ends of her bangs were wavy in the heat, and my skin still stinged.
If it had been a little late, she and I would have been seriously burned.
“How would you feel if you faced such a magic in real life?”
“I think I can deal with it. It’s not that the mana wasn’t there from the beginning, it just faded and disappeared.”
“What if the time until it disappears becomes so short that you don’t notice it?”
“… I hate to even imagine that. It’s like magic flying from nowhere without any omens. So what did you do?”
“The element has been refined five times.”
“Five elements… I beg your pardon?
The car stopped. The horn sounded behind her, but she didn’t seem to hear her now.
“Is that possible? Obviously, an element can only be refined up to three times. That’s obviously common sense… .”
She made eye contact with me, as if trying to determine whether the words were true or false.
bread!
She remained silent while the horn sounded several times.
After several emotions ran through her face one after another, she started the car again.
“That’s why I didn’t feel mana… .”
After talking to himself, he spoke again.
“I immediately gave up the thought of understanding you. I’m not going to dig deep. Instead, the wizards of the capital would be shocked to find out about this. Maybe they will grab you and try to dissect your head.”
“Are you going to just watch them get caught?”
“Of course we have to stop. What, you don’t let me joke.”
It was certain that the academia would be shaken up significantly when the facts were revealed.
It means that we have reached a new realm beyond the limits set by this world.
After arriving at the accommodation, I contacted Pieta and asked if it could be delayed by one day.
─ Okay. I’ll match you. Because Evan-sama is the most important power.
She gladly accepted, and I stayed in the room for the rest of the time and relaxed again.
“Don’t do that again until you are completely healed. It keeps getting slower.”
Even if it wasn’t Estelle’s threat, I didn’t intend to abuse my body for a while.
I tested the magic in a line that did not interfere with the body’s recovery, and made a diagnosis on the ‘miracle’ I had caused.
wow.
By raising mana, the element was purified.
breakage.
Step 1 Purification.
It can be purified quickly to an unconscious level and does not harm the body in any way.
Normal wizards can’t get past this stage.
breakage.
Two-step purification.
about 3 seconds.
It’s the stage I’ve been using mostly magic, and it still doesn’t hurt my body, but it takes some time.
breakage.
3 step purification.
about 10 seconds.
It takes a long time and there are restrictions to use during battle.
I get a headache in my head, and when it accumulates, the circuits start to get damaged.
However, the magic power is almost doubled every time it goes through each refinement, so it’s worth it.
“… … .”
And the 4th and 5th steps of purification.
Since I’ve seen the results already, I didn’t have to demonstrate it.
It takes a long time to refine and causes considerable damage to the body and circuits.
Basically, it was no different from using a catalyst.
However, except that the power is amplified incomparably with the catalyst.
‘And the fact that the presence of the element is dimmed so that it cannot be detected by the opponent.’
I made one assumption.
If only I could find a way to get to level 5 refinement in an extremely short time without damaging the circuit.
‘Then you can deal with the enemy without difficulty even in close combat.’
There are two major weaknesses of the wizard.
It is said that opponents above a certain level catch the flow of mana and dodge all magic.
In melee situations, there is not enough time to purify the elements, so the power of magic decreases, so even if it hits, it does not do much damage.
That was the reason why wizards must go with an escort, also known as a guard.
To speed up the purification.
Since the performance of the software is already at its maximum, we had to find a way to increase the performance of the hardware.
The most intuitive way is to raise the circuit level.
Each time you advance to the next level, the quality of the mana stored in the circuit improves, as well as the body’s ability to handle it.
[circuit level: 2]
[Mana: 856 / 907]
2500 mana required for the next level.
I’m thinking of constantly looking for other ways, but that’s one more reason to quickly increase my mana.