I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling - Chapter 129



129 – Enlightenment

Professor Makard and I moved to the virtual combat training center installed on the rooftop of the club building.

So, I thought the story about advanced magic started right away…

“Well, Seonwoo, I think I’ll be away for a bit.”

“Huh? Did something happen?”

“Yes. I purchased a large quantity of magical catalysts to be used in the club, and it looks like they have arrived just now. Some of them are too dangerous to just leave to the students, so I think I will have to go there myself.”

“Yes, please come back. I will be waiting for you.”

“I think I’ll be back in about 30 minutes. Oh, you can use the training ground in the meantime. It’s the same training ground as the level 1 training ground that Seonwoo, the senior, usually uses, so there won’t be lacking anything.”

After saying that, Professor Makard quickly walked out of the training ground.

Chiik-

The training room is blocked from the outside with the door automatically closing after the professor leaves.

Now I am the only one left in the dome-shaped training center that looks like a futuristic facility.

Then there is one thing I have to do now.

‘I should try using the new magic I learned!’

I smiled happily, like a child who got a new toy, and operated the training ground system familiarly.

“Monster reproduction. Target designation, C-rank named monster: Orc warrior Carneral.”

Ugh-!

What appeared with a blue light was a muscular orc covered in scars holding an ax in both hands.

The orc warrior whom I had met for the first time during the entrance exam and who I was now familiar with, whom I had called out to every time I came to the training ground, glared at me fiercely.

I smiled happily and spoke to the orc warrior, Canel.

“Hello. I saw you yesterday and see you again. Strangely enough, it would be a shame if I didn’t call you out when I came to the training ground.”

Was it because I was so impressed during the exam?

“Kooo!!!”

“Wow, you have a short temper.”

Whether I said hello or not, Carneral rushed towards me with his hostility burning.

Even before the Orc warrior charged, I leisurely raised my magic power.

‘Then at first… Should I use 〈 explosion magic 〉?’

Giiying-

The moment you decide on the magic you want, the magic that unfolds in the blink of an eye and the magic that is built by that magic.

A flashing light bulb appeared in my hand, and I immediately threw it forward.

〈Explosion magic〉

「Explosion ball」

With the assistance of the 〈 Throw LV5〉 function, the light ball quickly cut through the air.

“Crr!”

The moment when Carneral reflexively struck the mining sphere that came before his eyes with an axe.

Kwaaang—!!!

“Grrrrgh?!”

The hot white light exploded as the light sphere exploded and instantly engulfed the Orc warrior.

“Ho, this is a flash grenade with full attack power.”

“G-grrr… “

The appearance of Carneral after the acrid smoke had subsided was devastating.

The skin of his entire body was suffering from second-degree or higher burns, and his right arm, which had been hit at the closest range by a fissure explosion, was half-turned to charcoal and was hanging limply, as if all of its bones had been shattered by the shock wave.

“That, keaaa!!!”

Even though it was a serious wound that was close to fatal for a human being, Caneral took a step forward with the monster’s overflowing vitality and fighting spirit.

Bang!

The ground exploded against her, sending her flying into the air with her legs cut off in half.

I tsk tsk at that and shook my head as if I was disappointed.

“It’s a land mine risk area.”

The moment the deflagration from the explosion hole blocked my path, I created two magics.

Explosion magic that places an invisible bomb on the ground “Ground Burst”

And…

“Oh, be careful of the mines floating in the air.”

It was a “Floating mine” That installed dozens of small bombs in the air.

“Krraaa… ?”

Carneral, who was blown away by the explosion, noticed with her half-closed eyes dozens of small beads of light floating in the air that were getting closer and closer, emitting a twinkling light, and expressed her wonder … ＜ Br＞

Burbububbang-!!!

… That was Kaneral’s last thought of her.

“Hmm, this would be especially useful against melee classes.”

I analyzed the use of explosion magic as I watched the orc warrior turn blue and disappear after being engulfed in dozens of small explosions.

Unless you have the speed to evade out of range at the moment of explosion or the defense power to not even respond to the explosion, this magic that forces damage and reduces it little by little will be much more difficult for warriors than most magic.＜ Br＞

With this, I roughly know the characteristics of explosion magic, but…

‘Still, I should try using it a few more times.’

I manipulated the training ground system again, summoned Caneral, and prepared magic.

“I’m sorry, but please die a few more times. About 5 times per spell?”

There are a total of 5 new spells learned, so you only have to die 25 times!

“Kr, krr… !?”

Kaneral took a step back, as if he sensed something ominous about my smiling face her, but I didn’t care and threw the explosion magic forward.

Bang──!!!

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After that.

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Carneral dies as his limbs explode in the explosion, he dies from being soaked in poison, his eardrums and head rupture from the shock wave of the amplified sound, and he dies from his heart and head being pierced by a beam of light fired without even realizing it, and suddenly he dies from behind. The shadow that arose cut off his waist and killed him… I probably died about 30 more times.

Professor Makard is back.

“Oh, sorry I’m late. I stopped by the warehouse to pick up some helpful items, so I’m later than scheduled.”

Professor Makard piled up all the things he had packed in his arms in a corner of the training room and approached, pushing a white board he had brought from somewhere.

“Now then, we will begin a surprise mini-lecture for Seonwoo, About Advanced Magic. Now, please give us a round of applause.”

“Wow.”

Clap clap clap-

A short round of applause follows Professor Markard’s skit. The professor looked at this with a satisfied expression and soon began to lecture in earnest.

“There are three essential elements to use magic. What are these, Seonwoo?”

“It is about half of the total magic power that goes into magic formation, a certain level of attribute value, and the construction of the correct magic formula.”

“Yes, that’s great. As a further explanation, if you talk about the required attribute values depending on the magic level, low level magic is 30, intermediate level is 50, high level is 70, top level is 90, and special level is 100. “＜ Br＞

Professor Markard wrote the words magic, attribute, and magic in large letters on the whiteboard and asked me.

“Seonwoo. What are your magical power and attribute values now?”

“Uh, so…”

I pretended to remember and slowly opened the status window.

Tiring

Strength: 68 (B)

Agility: 70 (B+)

Durability: 65 (B)

Stamina: 69 (B)

Magic attribute: 74 (B+)

Sensation: 73 (B+)

Luck: 100 (OVER S)

Properties

Fire: 85 (A+)

Water: 85 (A+)

Wind: 85 (A+)

Sat: 85 (A+)

Wood: 85 (A+)

Light: 85 (A+)

Dark: 85 (A+)

〈 With the protection of growth 〉 and the guaranteed growth of [Limit Breakthrough], And through constant training and combat for several months, my stats showed explosive growth that was truly worthy of being described as ‘one day at a time, one month at a time’.

Magical power that reached the limit of a superhuman a few days ago, senses that are almost at the limit, and solid stats that are all B grade or higher.

Among those who are in the realm of superhumans, there may be some with partially superior stats than mine, but the number of superhumans who can defeat them with their overall power will not exceed one hand on any continent.

Considering that the higher the attribute value, the more difficult it is to increase exponentially, the increase in all attributes by 2 in just one month after creating the Simbeop was a very steep rise.

‘But I can’t say this like it is.’

It was too much to say that this number was achieved from the number assessed at the beginning of the semester, no matter how much of a growth period this was.

However, I couldn’t say it because it was obvious that if I told the truth, there would be a commotion, and if a commotion broke out, my information would not only be passed on to the executives of the Demon God Church hiding in the academy, but they would also hide so deeply that I would not be able to catch them.

‘We must at least hide it until the final exam, which is a golden opportunity to kill the Demon God Cult executives hiding in the school.’

There are about two months left, so until then, you must persevere.

“Seonwoo?”

Professor Makard was looking at me with puzzled eyes in front of me, so I scaled down the growth to some extent, taking into account my numbers at the beginning of the semester and the stats of other students I had recently looked at.

“The magic attribute barely reached B-(60) a few days ago, and the attribute is around 65.”

“Really?! This is incredible growth! Isn’t this the level of the top students, close to the top among magic students!”

I think I’ve understated the growth quite a bit, but Professor Makard was impressed that it was more than expected.

“The growth in magical power is especially surprising! I remember Seonwoo’s magical power was quite low.”

“Ah, I recently acquired a high-ranking psychic method suitable for me, and I think it’s because I had a brief connection and consumed a considerable amount of elixir.”

“Hmm~ Even so, it is an amazing growth rate. Not everyone who takes the elixir shows the same growth rate as Sunwoo. It seems that Sunwoo absorbed all the magic power of the elixir he consumed with almost no loss. It seems that Sunwoo’s body is naturally strong. It seems to have a constitution that is quite friendly to magic power.”

It wasn’t wrong as it had A class characteristics of 〈 magic attribute lag 〉.

The elixir part was a lie, but this makes perfect sense…

“Anyway, that’s good. At that level, with the help of tools, I can barely reach the qualifications for advanced magic.”

“Aid for tools?”

“Yes, these are them.”

Professor Makard rummaged through the items he had spilled on the floor earlier and quickly picked up two items.

It is a staff with a high-purity gem encrusted at the tip and a bracelet studded with processed magic stones.

“Did you know that? Among the three essential conditions for using magic, magical power and attribute values can be supplemented to some extent by using magical catalysts.”

“Ah.”

At those words, an image of an old wizard using advanced magic with the assistance of a staff during a mercenary promotion exam flashed through my mind.

“Judging by your reaction, it seems like you have a general idea. The staff is a staff dedicated to brain attribute magic using a jewel imbued with brain energy with an attribute purity of about 80. This bracelet is an emergency magic power battery used when magic power is insufficient. Seonwoo has it. Use it as you go.”

“Isn’t this precious?”

“That’s true, but it’s okay because I bought it with my own money. Even after all this, I’m quite wealthy thanks to the copyright fees for this and that paper and the fees for interpreting archaic words.”

Professor Makard, who was truly generous, smiled mischievously.

With a professor like this, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to become a graduate student…

Pair-

‘No! ‘Get out of my head, you damn thing!’

I hurriedly slapped myself on both cheeks to come to my senses.

I almost voluntarily became a slave…

“Huh? Are you sleepy?”

“Yeah, I trained a little harder this morning…”

“Oh my, then should we take a break from the lecture?”

“No, I just finished talking. Please continue.”

The professor looked at my complexion for a moment, seemed to look okay, and resumed his lecture.

“Lastly, I will talk about ‘skills’ that can be said to require the skill of the caster, unlike the other two that can be assisted by tools.”

Those words increased my concentration.

This part was probably the crucial reason why I couldn’t go from 〈 magic LV6〉 to 〈 magic LV7〉.

“A magic formula is a kind of magical language and formula that interprets the laws that make up the world. We wizards use it to twist and interfere with the laws of physics in exchange for magical power, making the desired phenomenon (magic) manifest before our eyes.”

From my perspective, coming from modern times, the techniques were similar to programming languages.

Instead, it is not a computer, but a language that interferes with the laws of the world.

“Magic is divided into the essential ‘core spells’ that make up magic and the ‘auxiliary spells’ that assist the core spells.”

‘Let’s take the low-level fire magic ‘Fireball’ as an example,’ he said, writing the magic spell for ‘Fireball’ on the whiteboard.

A magic spell written in metaphysical letters.

If you are looking for a similar language in modern times, let’s interpret it in an easy-to-understand way that is similar to rune,

It was written like this: [Utterance] + [Fixed form: phrase] + [Projection] + [Explosion].

“Here, the first two core spells are the first two, and the last two are auxiliary spells. The auxiliary spells can be modified to some extent at the discretion of the caster, but the core spells cannot be modified. If the core spells are changed, the magic will not be a fireball. It will be a completely different magic.”

We stopped talking there and Professor Makard asked me.

“Seonwoo, here’s a question. What is the difference between low-level magic techniques and intermediate magic techniques?”

“This is the number of auxiliary spells.”

“Yes, that’s right. If there are three or four auxiliary spells for low-level magic, there are more than a dozen auxiliary spells for intermediate magic. The difference is almost 4 to 5 times. Here’s the question again. What is the difference between intermediate magic and advanced magic? What is the difference between the techniques?”

I closed my mouth. Because this is exactly where I am stuck.

The difference between advanced magic and intermediate magic cannot be resolved by simply increasing the number of auxiliary spells.

This is because the farther away you are from the core technique, the less applicable the auxiliary technique is.

Taking the fireball technique from earlier as an example, the [Fighter] Technique that is closest to the core technique is applied at 100%, but the [Explosion] Technique that follows it is actually applied at about 95%. (If these two techniques are swapped, they are usually applied at 95% of the time.) It flies slower than a sphere, but creates a fireball with stronger explosive power)

And intermediate magic is magic that fills the auxiliary spells almost to the ‘limit’. In other words, even if you add an auxiliary spell to the middle level magic, it ‘does not apply to magic.’

Therefore, advanced magic must proceed in a different way than simply increasing the number of spells…

‘Somehow, it feels like we’re about to face a problem like Columbus’ egg.’

I feel like I can overcome it if I just focus on magic for a few months, but I don’t have time for that…

It felt like I could go all the way in one go if I knew the method, but it was quite frustrating because I couldn’t find the method.

“Hmm, it looks like Seonwoo got stuck here as well. People who learned magic on their own are sure to get stuck, here.”

Professor Markard probably expected it after seeing my frustrated expression. He nodded as if he understood, then picked up a pen and filled the whiteboard with magic.

“Intermediate magic is the same as this white board now. It is filled to the limit and there is no space to fill in more spells. So, a ‘change in thinking’ is needed here.”

“A change of thinking?”

“Yes. A change of idea!”

While saying that, Professor Markard hit the bottom of the whiteboard with his palm, and the whiteboard naturally rotated and showed its back side.

There was a drawing of a ‘triangular horn’ made of magic.

“Development of ‘three-dimensional’ magic that goes beyond ‘flat’! That is the way to advanced magic!”

The moment I heard those words.

Click-

With the feeling of something fitting together.

A strong flash of light flashed in my head.