＜ 18 : Warlock (4) ＞
“——Respect it. Respect it. Make an offering.”
A hideout for thieves whose boss has fallen.
There, Euthenia performed the offering ceremony.
All kinds of complicated patterns were drawn on the floor to make an altar, and in the middle of the altar were gathered those to be sacrificed.
Around the altar, phrases of praise to the gods were written in abundance.
Roan watched with interest from beginning to end at the proper ceremony he had ever seen for the first time in his life.
It was never an easy opportunity to be able to fully observe the ritual of offering sacrifices to God.
Even from the standpoint of Roan, who had been living as a warlock for decades, this was the first time he had encountered such a ritual.
“——Sing the hymns of life.”
When Eutenia’s last prayer, which declared the end of the ceremony, was finished, the sacrifices on the altar disappeared with a pure white brilliance.
Roan, who was watching the ceremony, applauded involuntarily.
The great being directly reveals the fragments and accepts the sacrifice offered to him.
It was a wonderful sight to see for the first time in Roan’s life.
What miracle in the world could be more surprising than this?
It was quite natural for him to have exclamations coming out of Roan’s mouth.
“It’s really great, Apostle.”
“I’m a little embarrassed to be applauded.”
“No. Just witnessing these rituals fills me with the thought that the Great One is watching me.”
“is that so?”
“of course.”
Peter, who was watching Eutenia’s consciousness for the second time, also had a shaky expression on his face.
I peeked at the traces of something that humans could not reach.
It was not a job in an area that I could adapt to just because I had to face it a few more times.
However, he was sending an uncomfortable gaze towards Roan, who was praising the ritual of Yutenia.
A warlock and an ordinary village young man.
There was a difference of perception between the two that could not be reduced.
No matter how much time passed, Peter would not understand the Warlock.
“Now that the ceremony is over, I want to take a look around the laboratory.”
After finishing the ceremony, Yutenia, holding the book, looked around with luck.
The number of people reflected in Yutenia’s eyes was now only six left.
Four of the surviving bandits turned to follow Roan.
It felt like they surrendered suddenly to live, but their eyes had changed after the ceremony.
If Roan had received a little more education, he might have become a devout believer.
Of course, Roan, who would teach them, was showing his enthusiasm more than anyone in the room.
“Then would you like to go take a look?”
“Are you okay though?”
“Of course. As long as you are an apostle, you can.”
It was Roan who was angry when the thief came in, but now that Utenia came in, she was more actively guiding than anyone else.
If it had a tail, it might have been waving violently.
Tub. Tub.
Following Roan as she walked towards the tent, Yutenia followed her with slow steps.
Peter also followed Euthenia to the tent.
Going beyond the tent on one side of the hideout, there was Roan’s laboratory full of all kinds of magic tools.
“Is this your lab?”
“It’s not enough, but it’s something I’ve accumulated over my lifetime.”
“There is a strange looking cauldron, and I can see shiny stones.”
“Ah, that object is a glowstone. If the wizard charges it once, it can be used for about 10 hours.”
Yutenia’s eyes full of interest scanned the inside of the tent slowly.
All kinds of magical objects existed in Roan’s tent.
A large cauldron is placed in the corner.
Various kinds of animals stuffed with magic.
Roan’s research notes written in clean handwriting.
There were even a few magic books lying in the corner of the bookshelf.
It looked shabby, but for an inexperienced wizard, it was a place full of valuable items.
Even if they tried to obtain magic items in the city, they cost a lot of money.
“There’s also a magic book here.”
The hand that reached out from the shadow of Yutenia picked up the book that was stuck in the corner of the bookshelf.
Roan flinched as he faced the shadow’s hand.
Yutenia didn’t care about Roan’s reaction, and turned the pages of the magic book she took out of the bookshelf.
flutter.
Calm eyes began to scan the contents of the magic book.
The name of the magic described in the magic book is ‘Lightning Arrow’.
It was a magic that processed the energy of lightning in the form of an arrow and shot it at the opponent.
It was also the magic that Roan used against the boss when she first encountered Euthenia.
As she looked at the magic book, the image of the lightning she had met one day flashed through her mind.
As Yutenia began to open the spellbook, Roan, who was observing her actions, opened her mouth.
“Ah, that magic…”
“Is it a magic called Lightning Arrow?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Interesting. Maybe he’ll like it.”
The Lightning Arrow in Yutenia’s hand was low-level magic.
Nevertheless, Yutenia felt numerous possibilities from the magic book in her hand.
The magic that her master used was different from the usual magic in scale.
The more complex the magic, the more difficult it was to create a huge one.
Depending on the scale of the caster’s use of magic, the precision of the required technique will vary.
Therefore, the higher the level of magic that applies effects on a wide scale, the more complicated it is and the more changes it requires.
However, Yutenia realized that those things were meaningless to her.
It’s a complicated technique, but in the end, it was just an effort to increase the range even a little and reduce the mana consumed.
Utenia High Lost. She was a heterogeneous being who directly received magical powers like the sea from God.
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Magical efficiency was something that did not need to be valued for Utenia.The eyes of Yutenia, who was reading the magic book, were different.
“The Great One… are you also interested in magic?”
“It was his will that I learned magic.”
“……okay.”
“Can you spare me a little bit of space? After reading the book, I suddenly want to read.”
A hand moved under the shadow of Yutenia and brought a chair to her.
Yutenia sat down on the chair brought by the shadow and began to turn the pages calmly.
At the sight of Eutenia who declared that they would occupy the tent, Roan looked at Peter with a questioning gaze.
But Peter just nodded to match his gaze.
The two finally left the tent with awkward expressions.
In the tent, Yutenia’s alone time began.
* * * * * *
There are moments in life when you have to deal with urgent problems that suddenly hit you.
Yesterday was such a moment for me.
Due to the fast-paced schedule, I didn’t even have time to play the game yesterday.
Considering that I have been accessing the game almost every day since I started the game, it can be said that it is quite unusual.
“Ugh…”
As I grabbed my dazed head and raised my upper body, the sunlight coming through the window met me.
ten o’clock in the morning. Or was it around eleven o’clock?
The sun had already risen close to the middle of the sky.
I grabbed a glass of water that had been placed on the side table and drenched my throat.
gulp. gulp.
The lukewarm water ran down the esophagus.
It felt like the throat that had been dried up was finally released.
“Ha… I think I’m going to live now.”
Although my body was still a little drowsy, I felt like I had calmed down to some extent.
I reached out and picked up the smartphone lying on the bedside table.
It was to check if there were no messages from last night.
When I checked the message window by operating my smartphone, the icon of the game floating on the main screen caught my eye.
After all, I couldn’t play yesterday.
It was something that might have happened to the game while it was not connected.
Since Utenia started moving, hasn’t it become an idle game?
I clicked the icon of the game and started the game for a long time for a mobile game.
“Did something happen last night?”
In recent years, leaving Euthenia quietly, she was hunting on the other side of the line.
It was a moment of anticipation of what Utenia had been up to in the meantime.
Scroll down to see the logs that popped up during the day.
Could it be that Utena had a lot going on last night?
Today’s message log was longer than expected.
– [Apostle: Euthenia High Lost] has made an offering for you.
– Sacrifice offered to you: 17
– The effect of ＜Karma’s Balance: Offering＞ is activated.
– Karma increased by 34 based on the number of sacrifices offered.
The first thing that came to mind was the message of offering offerings.
It seemed that Euthenia had made an additional sacrifice.
Is it because he is a character with the trait of ＜Cultist＞?
He was quite active in offering sacrifices.
Seeing this, I thought that I might not have picked a pretty good character.
“Huh? What is this…”
And below it, an unexpected message floated.
A message had arrived saying that he had received a new magic book from Yutenia.
The name of the item checked by opening the inventory is ＜Spellbook: Lightning Arrow＞.
Seeing that he had no memory of obtaining the spell book by turning the raffle, it was clear that the item was offered as an offering from Utenia.
Is it possible to obtain a new magic book by receiving offerings from the apostles?
For me, it was quite unexpected.
“You can get magic even if you don’t turn the draw?”
You can acquire the Spellbook without drawing 10 times.
When I found out about that fact, my evaluation of this game changed a bit.
Surprisingly, I thought that it might not be a game that requires such a charge.
Of course, considering that I only got the spell book now, the probability itself doesn’t seem that high.
Kwok.
I clicked Inventory and clicked on the Spellbook.
It was to learn new magic using the magic book.
– You have acquired ＜Lightning Arrow (Lv.MAX)＞.
– You can now use Lightning Arrow magic by consuming magic power.
The new magic name is ＜Lightning Arrow＞.
Similar to the ＜Lightning＞ magic used before, it was a magic that shot lightning at the target.
If you have acquired a new magic, it is natural to try it.
I threw the magic at a nearby village.
Aww!
A heavy streak of lightning struck the village, inflicting damage in a wide radius.
Rather than an arrow, it looked more like a javelin.
“Five…….”
breakage. phlegmatic.
A small spark splattered around the magic hit.
The damage done to the enemy by the ＜Lightning Arrow＞ you just used was 30.
It was twice as much damage as ＜Lightning＞.