EP9. Magical City (4)
“What do you think is the basics of magic?”
“Um… Magic power?”
“It’s an order. Spells through chanting are the basic of the basics of magic.”
Viola’s explanation didn’t really touch Levi. That’s because the girl had never used a chant while using magic.
Viola, on the other hand, saw the look on Levi’s expression and sighed and grumbled.
“…A wizard who doesn’t even know how to spell. It’s impossible…”
But what can I do? It was a confirmed fact that the girl in front could use magic.
Viola just felt anew and felt a sense of collapse at Man Levy’s phenomenal talent.
“I am curious about the identity of that magic book. How did Leodroka know this…”
She flipped through the magic book handed to her girl and took another look. This magic, which consisted of strange passwords that she was not familiar with at all, was quite different from the normal magic she knew.
But is magic still magic? Clearly, similarities also existed, so Viola intended to use that to teach Levi her magic.
“How did you understand the magic of this spellbook?”
“Uh… So, each stroke that composes a character has a meaning… When the strokes are combined, the meaning changes again, and if you understand those characters perfectly, you can use magic.”
Levy’s explanation was composed of intricacies that could not be easily understood. Viola could only guess to some extent, but she did not fully understand the girl’s words. It could be said that it was fortunate that they found common ground with magic.
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“Yes. The spells we will learn also contain similar rules.”
“Similar rules?”
“An incantation is not mumbling meaningless words. They all have different meanings.”
Viola continued her explanation simply enough that even Levi, who had little prior knowledge of her spells, could understand.
“And a spell is not even a sentence.”
“So what?”
“It is, so to speak, a combination of words and words. The longer the syllables, the more spells you combine and the more complex the magic you cast.”
Levi could understand what her rough viola was trying to explain, so he nodded her head and stayed focused on her words.
“The magic I used earlier is a magic combining five syllables.”
“Then the more syllables, the stronger the magic?”
Viola did not immediately give her answer to the question, but instead asked the question in reverse.
“Is your magic like that?”
“Hmm. No.”
“Yes. It’s not like you’re going to get stronger just by adding a lot. The important thing is the compatibility of the syllables combined. If they don’t match, no matter how many syllables you put together, you’ll just waste your mana and no real magic will come out.”
There was still a long way to go, but Viola, who briefly explained the basics of the spell, realized that Levi had already understood it to some extent with just this explanation.
So she asked Levy a question.
“Then what should I do to master compatible magic?”
“Do you know the words?”
“Currently, the number of official syllables announced by the Mage Tower is 14,600. If you add the unknown syllables, there will be many more.”
“…That means.”
When Levy sensed her sinfulness and opened her mouth, Viola smiled and confirmed her girlish thoughts.
“You don’t have to memorize everything. Just memorizing syllables day and night doesn’t mean your magic skills go up. But you have to memorize the basic syllables. Is not it?”
“····How many basic syllables are there?”
“Hmm. Even if I can’t do it, won’t it be 1,000?”
Immediately after hearing that, Levy seriously contemplated whether to give up magic lessons.
It was exactly 20 minutes after Levi entered the tower to learn magic.
***
“Why did you follow Miss Sepia?”
Sean was puzzled by Edward’s question, the old man. Realizing what misunderstanding he was having, the boy hurriedly made an excuse.
“It’s not like that!”
“What does that mean? I was just asking a question.”
“So I am…!”
Sean was speechless. It was because he felt the pressure from the old man pressing hard on his hand, which he had held on to for a handshake.
As far as the boy knew, it was common knowledge that aging would lead to deterioration, but the old man in front of him seemed to be violating such an obvious rule.
So strong, Shawn even thought he was stronger than anyone he’d ever met, when measured by mere brute force.
“Whoa. You’re holding up better than you think.”
“Do you want to try?”
“He is full of confidence. Not bad. It would be fine if you do as you say.”
Edward immediately pulled his hand hard. Shaun was drawn to the old man by a force he ignored. He took the same posture as before. It was different, however, that this time his fist was aimed squarely at Sean, unlike the previous one where he simply threatened the beggar.
‘If you get hit, you die…!’
I felt the danger with sincerity. Sean’s judgment was quick.
Using Edward’s pull against him, the boy turned in the air and thrust his foot into it.
His body rotated vigorously, and his kick was aimed precisely at Edward’s face.
“You move lightly. Youth is good.”
At some point, the old man retrieved the arm he was holding on to and was blocking Sean’s kick. As soon as he freed himself from his grasp, Sean immediately stepped back and took up his position.
Meanwhile, Edward squeezed the hand that blocked his kick and measured the blow.
“You seem to have mastered chess as well, but you must be a swordsman at the root, right?”
“Please call me a swordsman rather than a swordsman.”
“No. In fact, the expression knight rather than prosecutor seems more accurate.”
Sean didn’t react, but inside he was surprised. In just a brief sum of his days, he has grasped a lot of information about himself.
In particular, the fact that the boy realized that he had mastered the swordsmanship of a knight could be interpreted as meaning that he had many fights with knights as well.
It’s more dangerous than you think. Sean wasn’t a combat fanatic enough to enjoy a meaningless fight with an opponent who wasn’t sure of winning the fight, so he tried to calm the situation.
“Don’t you want to hear my excuses?”
“What difference does listening make?”
“····I am acquainted with Sepia. If you have any doubts about her, ask her…”
Shaun was at a loss for words again. A fierce attack was flying, but there was no time to open my mouth leisurely.
“As you said, I will ask you later.”
“No…! Ask now, you old man!”
In spite of the boy’s anger, Edward replied with a casual smile.
“Heh heh, maybe it’s because he’s full of energy, he’s a bit lacking in manners.”
“…Who’s the one who’s been sober because of lack of manners right now…!”
Shawn was angry at the old man for this absurd situation, but began to look at his weaknesses calmly.
After all, the fight seems inevitable, so it would be best to end it as quickly as possible.
Since he seems to be an acquaintance of Sepia, if possible, safely subdue him without any problems.
The two looked at each other for a while and started exploring. When Sean finally drew his sword first, an uninvited guest appeared from the nearby street where only the two of them were.
“Guuuh…”
Sean and Edward both turned their heads at the instant sound. There was something walking slowly, staggering.
It was Edward who reacted first when he saw that. He clicked his tongue and muttered.
“Tsk. I tried to test my sword skills. I’ll have to put it off until later.”
Soon came to his senses as well, and he looked back at the memories that suddenly came to him.
“…Sepia?”
“I don’t know why Ms. Sepia’s name is suddenly appearing.”
Edward said that, looking at him and Sean alternately.
Hmm. When I looked at it through the eyes of an old man, it was safe to say that there was no resemblance between that pale corpse-like guy and Sepia, including gender.
“····No. Looking at it, it seems a bit similar… Hmm.”
Meanwhile, Sean recalled her first meeting with Sepia and briefly doubted that the presence in front of her could be her, but he quickly dispelled his doubts.
That wasn’t sepia, starved to death for weeks. It really was a corpse. It’s alive too.
Still, Sean asked Edward next to him just in case.
“Doesn’t that guy I see look like a human?”
“Of course. That guy is not human.”
“…Then zombies after all?”
“That’s not wrong either, but there is a more accurate one.”
The old man explained as he loosened his wrists for the forthcoming fight.
“Monsters.”
“…Monsters?”
“In a way, it’s fortunate. Everyone around you has fled thanks to your fight. There are very few people who have been attacked by monsters.”
Sean hesitated at the sight of a zombie he had never seen before, but Edward, on the other hand, strode towards the monster without any fear or hesitation.
Meanwhile, the monster also noticed the old man and reacted slowly to him.
Edward wasn’t as relaxed as when he was fighting the boy. He immediately jumped at the monster and slammed his fist into it.
Unlike the zombies Shawn thought, the monsters moved very quickly. And she was strong
Enough to block the old man’s powerful fist with one hand.
But he wasn’t taken aback. Edward grabbed the arm of the monster holding his fist with the other hand and pulled it down. Thanks to that, he jabbed his fist right into the side of the disorganized zombie.
This attack went straight. The monster cried out and was thrown down as if it felt pain.
“As expected. It’s good that monsters have a taste for defeating them.”
Edward approached the monster stuck in the wall with quite bloody words. However, the battle did not end easily. Maybe it’s because the monster’s toughness is strong, but it’s because the old man didn’t fall down easily even after several attacks.
However, as if there was no meaning, the monster tried to avoid fighting him as if he was terrified after getting hit by Edward a few more times. It was pitiful to see him struggling to run away with no will to fight at all.
“Hi go. This guy is especially smart.”
Edward felt the limitations of time and his determination tapped his waist.
It would have been much easier if only one of the two was there now, but where are you going and what are you doing…
While grumbling inside, he approached the monster.
The monster kept running back and running away, and when it finally got stuck, it struggled as if it was broken.
Then, the method the monster chose was to attack the old man head-on.
“Whoops.”
Edward admired the suddenly changed appearance of the monster and took a posture to raise his fist.
If he wants to make himself comfortable, he has no choice but to follow the will of a benevolent god and help him.
But the monster didn’t try to get comfortable, nor did it try to fight the old man for the last time.
The monster passed right past Edward and ran away.
Thanks to that, he forgot that he was fighting and stopped for a moment in absurdity to stare blankly at the monster.
It was an absurd scene, but apart from that, it wasn’t a very good sign.
It could be seen as proof that the intelligence of monsters is increasing day by day.
“Wouldn’t it be bad to just watch….”
Edward did not pursue the monster. In fact, if his skills were good enough, he could only stop monsters from escaping past him. But he didn’t do it on purpose.
That’s right, the boy was standing at the end of the direction where the monsters were running past him.
Edward thought it wouldn’t hurt to check the boy’s skills that he hadn’t seen before.
‘In the story her grandmother told me, zombies are slow…’
After recalling his old memories for a while, Sean immediately looked at the monster fiercely running toward him.
Awakening from his thoughts, the boy slowly took out the sword that had fallen asleep in the scabbard and held it up.
Seeing monsters. Hold the sword take a stance
Measures the time until the monster arrives.
Identify the weakness of monsters.
Remember the path of the sword.
Close your eyes.
Cut.
Because the monster doesn’t move when the sword is put into the scabbard.
Watching the scene, Edward muttered involuntarily.
“····It’s much better than I thought.”