Episode 9.
It was common knowledge that when a living thing dies, a corpse remains. But what was happening in front of my eyes was different from common sense.
The goblin glowed blue and gradually faded away. I checked the sword just in case.
“does not exist?”
The blue blood, the symbol of monsters, was not stained on the sword. It was as clean as before cutting. There was a reason why they were called mysterious goblins.
“A goblin that leaves no corpses behind.”
It must be a goblin created by some kind of magic. but… .
“Can life be created only with magic?”
There were creatures that could be created with magic. However, the bodies of those creatures were needed separately. Unlike now, it was said that it was not made only with magic.
I was really curious about the creator of the ruins.
“Couldn’t it have been made by the archmage from the legend?”
He immediately shook his head. If it was the archmage, why did he leave behind the mana breathing method? As long as the mana breathing method was left behind, the owner of this ruin must have been someone who used a sword.
My head hurts, so I decided to stop thinking about useless things. Whatever it was, my goal was one.
“You get the Mana Breath method!”
That’s how I continued my search to find the mana breathing method. There were also many goblins along the way, but unlike the strange ones, they were simpler and weaker than normal goblins, so the search was easy.
And we reached the end of the ruins.
big door. At a glance, there must be a book with the mana breathing method written on it. I stood in front of a large door.
“But how do I open it?”
I put my hand on the door. Then the door slowly opened.
“oh… .”
Admiration came out of nowhere. The floor was full of letters I had never seen before, and blue torches lit up the room. And in the center was a chair like a king would sit.
As I went inside, I felt a sudden vibration. The letters engraved on the floor began to emit blue light.
As soon as I realized that something was going on strangely, the door I came in was closed.
“crazy… .”
As the escape route was blocked, I felt some unknown fear. The letters engraved on the floor were still emitting blue light.
After a certain amount of time, the light on the letters on the floor became weak. And I was able to find something different from before.
My voice trembled against my will.
“Who are you… ?”
Apparently there was only a chair, but now something hazy was sitting on the chair.
“^$@^%&.”
Odd language flowed from the mouth of something vague. Then something blurry became clearer and I realized what it was. It was seen in the last chapter of a book about goblins.
“Hobgoblin!”
It was a goblin the size of a human. Seeing the hobgoblin holding a large sword with only the important parts covered, he looked like a barbarian. The obvious difference was that the skin was greenish.
Hobgoblin looked at me carefully and got up from his chair. The hobgoblin got up, roared, and charged me with a greatsword.
I dodged the Hobgoblin by rolling to the side. Hobgoblin couldn’t control his speed and crashed into a wall.
“It’ll be weaker than a normal hobgoblin.”
The mysterious goblins here were weaker than the normal goblins. That Hobgoblin will also be weak unlike the legend.
Even so, with the momentum that Hobgoblin exuded, there was one thing I could be sure of.
‘That guy is much stronger than me.’
The Hobgoblin lunged at me again, holding a greatsword. I tried to avoid it by rolling to the side, but I was overcome with anxiety for some reason, so I just dodged slightly to the side.
The Hobgoblin, who thought it would pass me, stopped in front of me and raised its greatsword high.
‘This is an opportunity.’
If he had rolled sideways, it would have been difficult to avoid Hobgoblin’s follow-up blow. Rather, it was an opportunity.
Before the hobgoblin could strike the greatsword, I cut past the hobgoblin’s side.
The hobgoblin’s greatsword slashed the spot where I was. I obviously cut the Hobgoblin’s side, but the Hobgoblin didn’t respond.
Unknowingly, I expressed my dissatisfaction.
“This is too much.”
Obviously, if I get hit by even one of those great swords, I’m done. On the other hand, Hobgoblin showed no reaction even if he was wounded.
Even so, I erased my dissatisfaction and raised my sword again. What was certain here was that if I couldn’t kill Hobgoblin, I could be the one to die.
***
I couldn’t even guess how much time had passed. While avoiding Hobgoblin’s attack, the composition of my attack continued.
My legs were shaking, and my arms were weak. Hobgoblin’s attack didn’t hit even one, but he had minor wounds all over his body.
“When are you going to die… .”
The Hobgoblin also had minor sword wounds, but it didn’t look like it would die.
“I’m still glad.”
The Hobgoblin’s movements became much slower than at the beginning. Now it was familiar enough to avoid attacks by one edge.
Hobgoblin came to me again. He raised his greatsword high and slashed it down at me.
“Now I’m sick of it!”
Turning around to avoid it, he stabbed the sword in his hand toward the hobgoblin’s neck.
The Hobgoblin with the sword stuck in his neck swung the sword as it was.
“Ugh… .”
A strong shock came to me. Fortunately, it was a black face, so the shock was great, but it didn’t break in two. I missed the sword as it bounced sideways.
I hurriedly got up and cried out.
“My sword!”
Without a sword, he couldn’t defeat that Hobgoblin.
Fortunately, the Hobgoblin’s shape gradually faded and disappeared, as if the sword lodged in his neck had become a fatal wound.
“Have you done it?”
I didn’t feel any other presence anymore.
Judging from the wounds remaining but not bleeding, it turned out that the assumption that they were the same as the goblins here was true.
I picked up my sword, left alone as Hobgoblin disappeared.
“What I learned at the academy is helpful.”
From nob le mt l. co m
Not letting go of the sword under any circumstances and training to develop the senses of the swordsman were helpful. I now set out to claim the glorious reward.
There are two doors on the back of the chair. One was the same way as when I came here, and the other was the room.
“what?”
It was different from what I heard. I had never heard of a door leading further down into the ruins. First of all, what was more urgent than that was the reward.
I entered the room The reward was also here. Two things were placed on the desk. It was a book and a small box.
“This book must be the mana breathing method… .”
I opened the small box. Inside it was a jet-black marble. I tried to smell the incense, but there was no scent.
It looked suspicious, but I still carried it in my arms along with the book.
“You can find out later.”
and left the room. And his gaze went to the stairs next to him.
“I’ll have to look around for a while.”
I went down the stairs And when they arrived, there was a familiar monster.
‘Oak.’
It was a monster stronger than a goblin. I climbed back the way I came. And I decided to promise later.
‘There must be more rewards. And as long as the orcs are protecting this place, the reward will be better than here.’
I decided to learn the mana breathing method and come back to get the reward.
‘But why is this fact not known?’
Because it returned, the reason would be forever unknown.
***
As soon as I arrived at the academy dormitory, I immediately fell asleep. And when I woke up, it was the next morning.
“Finally, learn how to breathe mana.”
I took out the book I got from the ruins and started reading.
After reading the book, I took a posture for the mana breathing method. It was a posture commonly referred to as a lotus position.
‘There is one good reason for this mana breathing method.’
Even if you don’t have to try to accumulate mana, mana will accumulate on your own. Unlike others, being able to accumulate mana without concentrating meant that at least twice as much as others.
In the first place, it was easy to find a sense of mana because he had felt it even before returning. As written in the book, as I turned mana into my body, I definitely felt something different from before.
I got up lightly and ran. Even though it was a light jump, it was a considerable height.
‘My physical abilities have definitely improved.’
In addition, the second reason why this mana breathing method was good was also great. As I turned the mana, the minor wounds healed quickly enough to be seen.
‘it’s okay.’
With this mana breathing method, he would be able to become a high enough mercenary. And there will still be rewards left in the ruins.
‘If you get all the rewards… ?’
I’m sure I can become a swordsman-like existence.
But I decided not to overdo it. The biggest goal in my life was not to become a swordsman, but to rest.
‘Rather than that, it’s the weekend, what is Fried doing?’
I was curious about Fried, so I left my room and knocked on the door of the next room.
“Fred, are you there?”
There was no answer in the room. Even though it was early in the morning, there was no way that Fried was not there.
“Uh, Suhar?”
Fried’s voice came from behind, not from the room. When I looked behind me, Fried was standing there.
“Fried, where are you going?”
“Oh, the club had early morning training.”
Come to think of it, there were club activities at the academy. It was an action in which students voluntarily gathered and shared learning.
But it was something that was far from me. On weekends, I had to work for the future.
“Fried, what club do you join?”
“It’s a club called the meeting of great knights.”
It was a club that suited Fried, who was aiming to become a knight. A group of students aiming for an article just by hearing the name.
said Fried.
“Why are you interested in the club too?”
I shook my head.
“No, I’m a bit busy on the weekends.”
“Most clubs don’t pay much attention to attendance. It’s not even a lecture, so it won’t hurt your grades.”
“okay… ?”
Then, I had a little question.
“Is there a club related to ancient magic?”
“hmm? I don’t know either. Wouldn’t it be possible to look for it?”
If I were to join a club, I wanted to join the Ancient Magic Club. I couldn’t find a clue about the return from a book about ancient magic, but it might be there if I go further into ancient times.
I went to a place called the Club Club that Fried had told me about. I heard from Fried that you can find out what kind of clubs there are if you go there.
I approached the man who seemed to be managing this place and asked.
“May I know what kind of club there is?”
“There you go.”
It was a bulletin board for recruitment of club members. I simply thanked them and went to the bulletin board.
While browsing through what seemed to be related to ancient magic, I found a place that looked good.
“A magic that is one step above ancient magic, a mythical magic club… .”
While ancient magic has been proven to exist, magic that appears only in myths or fairy tales, and magic that has not yet been proven, is called mythical magic.
“You look fine.”
As written, I moved to the place where the myth magic club room was located. It was at the far end of the third floor of the club building.