My Demons - Chapter 8



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My Villains Episode 008

3. Elemental Wizard (3)

I barely swallowed the curse that was about to come out and took another sip of my beer.

Whether or not she knew how frustrated I was, Ellen had a confident expression on her face.

“A wizard does not simply mean a person who practices magic. Revealing the secrets of dimension and exploring the fundamentals of matter. That’s truly… …

I scratched my head, feeling feverish.

When did this body wash its hair?

I guess I haven’t washed it for at least 15 days?

I heard there’s a well behind the inn, so I’ll take a quick wash there later.

“… … So technically speaking, I don’t functionally meet the requirements of a wizard, but with the knowledge I have… …

I suddenly asked Ellen, who was still talking nonsense.

“Do you know what they call a chef who can’t cook, a singer who can’t sing, a doctor who can’t heal people, etc.?”

“•••What do they call it?”

“It’s a bit much. An idiot, a defective product, a surplus human being. Pick one of the three. What do you want to do?”

“okay. Surplus humans would be best, right?”

Ellen closed her mouth with a pouty face. I’m satisfied.

Come to think of it, the wand that resembled the recorder that Ellen had was quite a familiar item.

I was confused because of the gap between the 2D graphics on the monitor and the reality unfolding before my eyes, but it was clear that it was the unique wand, ‘Baton of the West Wind’.

Among the equipment in the Dark World, there were items that allowed you to use skills you had not learned or strengthened skills you had learned.

They are also called ‘skill items’, and most of them are in the form of allowing a specific skill to be used a certain number of times.

‘West Wind’s Baton’ was also a type of skill item, but as a unique wand, it had several special effects.

Increasing ability scores and mana recovery are natural, but two unique options are… … One was the effect of allowing the skill ‘Knife Wind’ to be used without limit.

And the second was ‘restriction relaxation’, which significantly lowered the wearable level.

How do you know so much? This is an item that is definitely used when raising a minor wizard as an alt.

I also acquired the ‘Baton of the West Wind’ and immediately created a new elemental wizard character.

As I thought about it, one of the characters registered in my Dark World account suddenly came to mind.

I don’t remember exactly, but I think they created a female elemental wizard about six months ago.

It’s been a while, so I remember the character’s name well… Was it ‘Ganadara Wizard’? Well, I think that was roughly the name.

Anyway, as soon as I created the character, I handed over some useful equipment, including the ‘Baton of the West Wind’, from the berserker who was my main character at the time.

I immediately cleared Chapter 1 and haven’t touched it since.

This is because full-fledged PK began with ‘Pike Application Note’, a blood knight who had just cleared the campaign.

I swallowed and muttered.

“Then how can it be?”

When I raise an elemental wizard, I don’t use skills until level 15. ‘The Baton of the West Wind’ is enough to beat Chapter 1.

Stats are set at 10 for health and 20 for magic.

As we progressed through the campaign and found useful equipment, we finalized the skill tree and started recording the stats accordingly.

I suddenly got goosebumps and looked back at Ellen.

The guy, who was downcast at my mistreatment, frowned and spoke softly when I made an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

“what. What you looking at?”

There was something like worry, worry, or fear hanging in his blue eyes.

It seems he has finally realized that he is a superfluous human being. Although he tried to act confident, it was clear that he was intimidated.

“Huh, no.”

“why. What.”

My gut was screaming. Ellen is the ‘Ganadara Wizard’ that I created, enjoyed for a while, and then abandoned.

But Ellen was a living, breathing human being.

There was no doubt about it. That feeling and liveliness could never be imitated by a program.

Trying to organize my tangled thoughts, I opened my mouth.

“Why did you come to South Harbor?” “hmm… … “I have work to do.”

“A thing to do? what is that?”

“It’s none of your business.”

She looks like a girl who has gone through a stormy time.

I looked at Ellen intently.

I guess I need to make sure of this.

“You saved my life, and I saved yours. as it were… … It can be said that a certain level of trust has been built through cooperation. is not it?”

“so?”

“I also gave you some help. It was purely as a favor on my part to give you a bottle of potion. that’s right?”

“… … Even so.”

Ellen’s tickling attitude was annoying, but it wasn’t enough to break my patience. I tried to speak in a kind tone.

“It’s not ‘that’s right.’ “This is a very important issue.”

“Important issue?”

“okay. “Why did I do you a favor?”

“I don’t know.” “I plan to take you with me.”

Ellen widened her eyes in surprise. Then she pursed her lips for a moment and then asked in a quiet voice.

“Who, who can do whatever they want?”

“I’m not saying I’m going to do whatever I want. From now on, we must reach an agreement through dialogue.”

The most important thing when dealing with children is respect.

Don’t ignore your age just because you’re young.

If you show respect for others, most children will recognize that favor.

••• was said in the child welfare theory I took in a liberal arts class.

Come to think of it, Ellen isn’t even a child, is she? As soon as he thought that, his face softened.

“agreement?”

“uh. I am a useful warrior, and I have some decent management skills. He would definitely not be a bad person to have as a companion. how is it?” “Well, he doesn’t seem like a goofball at all, but let’s just say he is. however… .”

Ellen hesitated for a moment before speaking. She then fiddled with the beer glass in front of her, then looked sideways at me and asked a question.

“Well, as I said before, I am unable to use the functional aspects of a wizard. The wand that Master gave me was also broken… …

It’s Master Taryeong again.

Ellen seems to regard the ‘West Wind’s Baton’ as something given to her by her teacher.

Well, it’s a little strange that I received a wand from an unknown berserker.

for a moment. Now that I think about it, does it make sense for a unique item to break if you step on it a few times? That’s hard to find… .

As I furrowed my brow thinking that, Ellen slowly trailed off.

When I saw his face suddenly darkening, I quickly opened my mouth.

“Of course, you are a redundant human now.”

“•••Yes, it’s not wrong.”

“But you won’t be a surplus human forever. “You are still growing and have the potential to become the best wizard in Middleworld someday.”

Ellen’s eyes wavered at my decisive words. But with her mouth she was sarcastic.

“What do you know about magic? “I’ve been practicing magic for over ten years, but I’m an idiot who can’t even make a flame arrow by myself.”

I could sense deep skepticism or self-destruction from his expression and words.

I didn’t know that maybe my insignificant choice was what was causing this guy’s life to be tormented.

A wizard who can’t even use basic magic. How painful was it?

‘no. If you just raise your level, you’ll become really strong. I wanted to say, ‘The reason I can’t use magic is because I didn’t use it to save skill points,’ but of course I held back.

Now is the time to build trust with this piece of luggage, no, the girl, not the time to be treated like a crazy person.

“Of course I don’t know about magic. but… …

I nodded calmly and placed my hands on the table.

After looking around for a moment and observing people’s gazes, I slightly dipped my fingertips into the beer. Then the hardened crust melted.

“I know something about energy.”

As I concentrated, blood droplets ran down my fingers through the flowing beer.

Then it came together in a small whirlpool. It was a stunt that utilized the binding power of blood.

However, Ellen did not seem particularly surprised by my stunt.

“What is blood management? “The energy that blood magic and magic are based on is completely different, right?”

uh?” It’s not the reaction I expected. Well, since I’ve been learning magic for ten years, I guess I’ve also learned other knowledge on the side.

Well, no, blood magic was a kind of supernatural power, and it was an ability that only those born with a rare talent could use.

Of course, it was also the ability of Blood Knight, a playable character in Dark World.

I thought it was something roughly similar to magic, but was it something completely unrelated? I didn’t know.

“Hmm, anyway. I assure you… … “You definitely have the potential to become an outstanding wizard.”

“flaw ”

He didn’t look very convinced, but it seemed like he would just let it go.

“I am… I’m looking for someone under Master’s orders. The last traces were found in a city north of here, and I’m on my way there. “I can’t tell you any more.”

I’m used to skipping chat windows, but I vaguely remember it.

Ellen’s purpose is probably to chase down the spell thief ‘Sights’ who has been hiding in ‘Raven’s Cliff’.

“Well, okay. okay.”

I nodded, thinking that was enough.

In the first place, what was important was not the content of the information, but the fact of sharing it itself.

I spoke in a slightly serious tone, recalling the Blood Knight scenario. It’s like role-playing.

“I am looking for the source of my blood. “It is a necessary process to realize the true meaning of blood management.”

“Hmm.”

I showed off my acting skills and spoke seriously, but Ellen seemed not very interested. She’s being weird for no reason.

“So what? “What is the answer?”

Ellen hesitated for a moment at my question and then nodded.

“If the destination is the same… … “Let’s do that.”

“good.”

«……

Ellen looked down at my outstretched hand for a moment. She then responded with a mysterious expression.

That’s how the future archmage – although currently a mere burden with no skills and only level 5 stats – Ellen became my first companion.

The name of the inn that Ellen and I entered was ‘Bathorn Inn’.

It’s an average inn, neither good nor bad.

While paying for food and lodging, I had to learn something new about the currency of the dark world.

In the game, gold, silver, and coins were all converted to GP and displayed, but in reality, it was different.

To explain briefly, gold coins, silver coins, and coins are mainly used as currency. It is said that bartering is popular in Gangchon, but that is none of my business.

Based on the Kingdom of Milano, which is the stage where we will mainly be active in the future… … One gold coin is worth five silver coins, and one silver coin is worth twelve pennies.

It was said that under normal circumstances, five coins would be enough to buy two meals and stay at an inn.

Ellen gave me an explanation, but gave me a suspicious look as if I didn’t know why.

Well, I thought the currency system was different from ‘Eyland’, the setting of Chapter 1, so I just vaguely said I wanted to check.

Anyway, perhaps because of the bad situation in the city, the price of food was prohibitively expensive.

The meal consisted of bland, dry oat porridge and hard rye bread. It didn’t taste good and didn’t fill my stomach that much, but they told me to pay five coins.

Since I’m a foreigner, I looked into it for a moment to see if I was being ripped off, but it seemed to be the current price. Food has become incredibly expensive.

After filling my stomach, I headed to the back yard of the inn to wash up.

Oh, even though I used the well, they took a penny. The innkeeper here seems really crazy.

However, the bad feeling I had from being ripped off disappeared as soon as I took off the bandages and took off my clothes.

“and. what’s this?”