Episode 9
Episode 9: The one who lost his form
[Flame spurt]
Pahaaaaaaa!
– Gooooooo!
Flames shoot out in all directions. A person who has lost his form trembles and struggles, a body made of grotesque tentacles and slime.
“It’s definitely different!”
It is also a second-tier order. This performance is on a completely different level from the ability to somehow create firepower by using level 0 magic.
This is the performance of [Ring of Corrupted Flame]. Due to the ring’s effect, only the spells stored in the ring can be cast ignoring the hierarchy.
[The spells stored in the Ring of Corrupted Flame are as follows:
Level 2: ‘Flame Eruption’
3rd level: ‘Fireball’, ‘Burning Spear’]
Okay, three to be exact.
If you pour in magic power, even level 0 magic can be used with almost level 3 performance.
Even if you think about simple calculations, a 2nd tier order will produce almost 5th tier performance.
I lost my form while I was caught off guard for a moment due to the power of the spell… … Oh, by the way, the name is too long. From now on, you are just a tentacle monster!
The tentacle monster began to inflate its body. It doesn’t end with swelling.
That guy has the ability to create body parts of other living things from his own body.
A strange beast with horns, claw-like claws, and hooves sprouts legs.
They are all deadly things that can be used as weapons. It immediately rushed towards me, showing fierce hostility.
“Hey! “Where can you wield something like that?”
Pours magical power into the surrounding flames.
Fuwaaaaaaaa!
The flames, strengthened with fierce force, now exerted physical power beyond simple heat.
– Gooooooo!
The scream rings out again. The flames push out the tentacle monster’s bizarre appendages and burn them.
Appendages that come into contact with the flames go beyond burning and quickly turn to ash.
‘But that… … .’
Unlike its externally exposed appendages, the mucus it covers its body does not catch fire.
‘It’s resistant to fire, no, it’s resistant to magic in the first place.’
Ugh… … It’s annoying… … . And it keeps getting bigger, right?
It was clearly about the size of a crouching person at first.
But now it has grown to the size of two vans put together.
It’s not that narrow of a place, but it’s starting to feel a bit burdensome.
‘No way… … ‘Isn’t that what’s waiting to happen where it swells up like that and gets crushed to death?’
It is not as resistant as [Fire Immunity]. The parts directly exposed to the flame are boiling and shrinking.
‘Then just push forward with all your magical power!’
A sphere of flame with explosive properties was formed between my outstretched hands.
After condensing a little more and gathering firepower… … Take it!
“Get out of the way, you bastard!”
[Fireball]
Fireball in English!
Whiuuuu! Quaaaaaaaaa!
The extremely condensed fireball exerted more power than expected.
The one caught in the explosion had its protruding tentacles and appendages completely torn off and was thrown against the wall.
– Gooooooo!
It’s a bizarre shape, but it seems like you can feel something similar to pain.
It let out a clearly emotional roar and began shaking violently.
‘Wow, it’s sturdy. Can’t we increase the firepower more? No, should I find a way to get that slime out?’
Mucus is the problem. I thought it was powerful, but the damage was halved because of the slime.
It’s something that just needs to be done with a little more magic power… … . what? What is that kid doing?
The tentacle monster wrapped its tentacles in fire-resistant slime and began to pull most of its body volume upward.
I use my brain quite a bit. But that shape… … It looks like a hammer… … .
‘Eek!’
The tentacle monster transformed its body into a hammer and began to hit the large lump without mercy.
[Invisible Hand]
Kwaaaaang!
This is an incredible speed that not even the greatest master can avoid. If he hadn’t thrown me with his magic hand, I would have taken a direct hit and died.
As I roll around on the floor, my vision goes back and forth.
“and! “But he still had one room!”
Ugh… … My whole body aches. I feel like throwing up. Ugh, too much time wasted. We need to prepare for the next attack… … .
But its attack was directed in a completely wrong direction.
bang! Quang! bang!
“Hey, stop, you bastard!”
I thought something was strange, and the guy started hitting the floor instead of me.
Are you trying to escape to a wide area to avoid the flames?
That’s not the problem. There is a subway line below here. Just a collapse of the floor can cause a catastrophe.
Kwa-kak, kwa-ji-jik, paga-kak-.
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The floor is caved in and a serious rupture is occurring. Please stop!
Yes, if the problem is the mucus surrounding the body, all you have to do is burn the inside.
[Burning Spear]
A spear made of condensed flame rises in the air. It is a spell that has the power to pierce the enemy with sharp physical force rather than simple heat.
This alone won’t be enough, right? If you don’t have enough strength, just increase it.
Strengthen the spell by pouring magical power into the completed magic.
[Spell Enhancement: Multicast]
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
In addition to the three newly created spears, a total of four flaming spears fly towards him.
The flame-filled spear easily pierced the creature’s magic resistance.
– Gooooooo!
how is it? You can’t move, right? What are you going to do with a spear stuck in your body?
Unable to move his body, he began his final struggle. He produces various appendages from his body at incredible speed.
Sprouting from a grotesque slime Sprouting from a human’s leg Sprouting from a frog’s foot Sprouting from a bird’s wing Sprouting from a pink tentacle Sprouting from a monkey’s arm Sprouting from a goat’s hoof Sprouting from a chicken’s curved toes Sprung from the stem of a plant Sprung from the horn of a deer Sprung from the sharp paw of a giant insect Sprung from the trunk of an elephant Sprung from the tail of a rat Sprung from the leg of a lion Sprung from the fin of a fish Eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, Eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball, eyeball.
Hundreds and thousands of eyeballs are looking at me with sparkling madness. Crazy, what are you doing?
[System: The exclusive attribute ‘Abyss Madness’ is activated.]
Oh, were you trying some kind of mental attack? I’m sorry, but my mind is special, so it doesn’t work.
“Okay, let’s stop now.”
Spreads magical power to the burning spear that is still maintained.
The burning spear that adopted the new attribute vibrated unstably and emitted intense light.
“Explode!”
Wow!
Of course, this is standard for an enemy who trusts and criticizes you. You can stop an attack from outside, but how can you stop an explosion from within?
The tentacle monster’s body was shattered and scattered in all directions, or it could not withstand the scorching explosion and completely evaporated.
A black magic stone, which could be said to be its core, rolled out from among the completely destroyed six pieces.
‘Oh, black.’
It is not a magic stone of a common color. It is a high-quality magic stone with high purity.
The moment I picked up the magic stone, a new message was printed in the air.
[You have prevented the Son of Fomalhaut’s plan to summon the Flame of God to Unjeong Station! Tens of thousands of people in crisis were saved, and the approaching ‘singularity’ that would destroy humanity was able to be postponed for a while.]
[But be careful. The great ‘Living Flame’ will keep an eye on you for interfering with his will.]
I didn’t block anything, but it was treated as blocked.
Of course, this is not the case for the owners of this church, the [Descendants of Fomalhaut], but this is a situation where an important sanctuary was suddenly destroyed during the night.
It will take a long time to restore this area, so we will have no choice but to postpone or cancel the plan for the time being.
[You have destroyed the sanctuary of Fomalhaut. Gain experience.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[You have defeated the ‘Formless One’. Your understanding of the entire family of God increases.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 2.]
[Discovery: You have acquired (3) secret items of the sanctuary. Gain experience.]
[Discovery: You have discovered the secret location of the sanctuary. Gain experience.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[A great achievement achieved! You foiled the cultists’ plans faster than anyone else.
You have earned the ‘Advanced Achievement: Fast as Fire’.
As a reward for the achievement, you will receive the attribute ‘Attribute Resistance – Fire’ and additional experience points.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[You have reached level 10!
As a reward for completing a level, you have received (1) freely distributable bonus ability point.]
[For you who have gained enough experience, the use of 1st level magic has been unlocked. Please note that in order to use first-tier magic in earnest, you need to obtain or learn a grimoire containing first-tier spells.]
Finally, I am level 10. Now the first level magic has been unlocked.
The message window says that you need to learn if you want to use magic, but I don’t need that.
‘It’s thanks to the [Spell Mastery] trait.’
Thanks to its characteristics, basic spells can be used immediately without learning.
Of course, even if you are at the top level, you need to learn advanced spells or applied spells or create them yourself, but where is that?
Now the number of spells available is… … Let’s see… … .
‘Oh, this is awesome.’
Exactly 37 increased. There are now over 50 spells available.
Considering the scope of application, the number of things that can be done has increased by literally hundreds.
‘But where should I put the newly received bonus abilities? … .’
Considering the artifact correction, strength is now 8. The health correction artifact [Slurping Gloves] that you will obtain later has a correction value of 2… … .
Let’s also add health to get 8 points.
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Shinhwa Kim
Class: Wizard looking into the abyss
Level: 10
Magic level: 1st level
Madness: [Mask Obsession], [13 Phobia]
Strength 5(+3) (Ring of Corrupted Flame)
health 6
Agility 8
Intelligence 30
spirit 14
charm 16
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Okay, our Kim Shinhwa. It’s growing well.
If your strength is 8… … It’s at a similar level to my body’s strength before, when I was stuck at home and only worked from home and played games.
Anyway, once you get your health up to 8, you will achieve the minimum stats that will not cause any major problems in your activities.
I’ll make up for the lack of health with artifacts, so from now on I’ll have to increase my charm and intelligence.
‘From now on, if you don’t pay attention to intelligence, theoretically it will go up to 48.’
At that point, the intelligence is at the level of most mythical creatures or aliens. Considering item correction, it can go up to almost 60.
‘Let’s go out now. what? however… … .’
huh? What is that?
I saw something unusual on the floor. A small amount of mucus, less than a handful, is still writhing with will.
That’s amazing vitality. You weren’t completely dead, right?
I’ve never seen anything like this in games… … . Oh, no. [Squirming slime] Is that it?
This is a material item that sometimes appears when you kill a God-affiliated enemy. I didn’t think it was because the in-game icon didn’t really move.
We can’t throw away SS-grade high-grade materials.
But unlike games, that… … It’s moving pretty vigorously, isn’t it?
As I increased my magical power and expanded my vision, I began to see the magical particles and flows scattered around me in more detail. As I turned my gaze towards the mucus fragment, its internal structure and composition were clearly visible.
‘this… … It’s a living creature rather than just an item. Unlike games, if I just carry it around, my flesh will be eaten away.’
But that doesn’t mean we can throw away SS-level high-quality materials.
I went back to the box behind the altar and took out a glass bottle. She took a moment and channeled her magic.
As soon as you concentrate a little, a magic circle glowing with dazzling fluorescent light is engraved on the surface of the bottle. The magic circle is a six-pointed star and a circle… … That’s not the case; it is composed of geometrically drawn patterns and several letters. a little… … Looks like graffiti?
Anyway, I put the mucus into the bottle that had been adjusted. I thought for a moment that maybe he was taking a bomb with him, but what could a guy who even had his magic stone ripped out of him do?
The slime trapped in the glass bottle showed an interesting talent for a while, creating a few eyes and teeth, but as soon as the magic circle installed in the bottle started to work, it lost its activity and turned into a small marimo-like lump.
That’s neat! Sleep well!
good. Now let’s go see Tudor.
I jumped into the hole in the floor.
It was a hole that I had to climb up while making a fuss before, but there is no need to do that anymore.
[feather falling]
The speed of falling was reduced by the action of magic that defies the influence of gravity.
There are many useful spells that can be used in a variety of situations in the first-tier spells.
I was soon able to land lightly on an empty railroad track.
It’s not even dinner time yet, but my body is starting to feel sluggish.
I relaxed too much at Unjeong Station earlier.
Okay… … But I can’t waste another day. I have to meet Tudor sometime today.
‘because… … Money is really tight… … .’
I spent a lot of money on taxi fare, meals, and buying clothes and masks.
Now that I’m done with dinner, I only have enough money left to spend the night at a really cheap motel.
Of course, a tentacle monster… … So, there is a magic stone obtained by killing someone who lost his form.
Just by disposing of this, you can immediately get a few million won.
However, to dispose of it safely, you have to do some legwork.
If you use an illegal money exchanger, they will give you money right away, but I don’t want to deal with vicious guys who take 40-60% as commission.
Moreover, if you are unlucky, you may get involved with strange guys and be attacked or a robbery event may occur.
In the end, you need personal connections to be able to dispose of anything reliably in future developments.
In addition, it provides jobs… … . The ‘Tudor’ we are visiting now is also a shadowy broker who operates in that manner.
To go to Tudor’s business, I came to Geumchon Station, two stops away from Unjeong Station.
‘Walking along the main road, when you see Haknyeong Mountain… … Oh, I see it.’
Haknyeongsan Forest Park is a low mountain rising in the center of downtown Paju. You can see the huge Hwangnyongsa Temple building halfway up the mountain and the huge brass seated Buddha statue erected in the front yard of Hwangnyongsa Temple.
The 20-meter-tall giant Buddha statue, standing as if overlooking the city, emits a vivid yellow light in the sunlight.
‘What a minister…’ … .’
My destination is not Hwangnyongsa Temple. It is just a reference point for finding your way.
And for the time being, there is no need to encounter fake monks at Hwangnyongsa Temple.
No, I feel better about not encountering them as much as possible.
Unless you take a strange route, you probably won’t encounter them until you escape from this world.
I turned my head and headed towards the dark alley where Tudor was located.
It is a shabby alley filled with motels, shabby restaurants, cheap one-room buildings, outdated karaoke bars, and illegal buildings that operate without signs.
On the outside, it may seem like a dirty neighborhood that has been left out of urban development, but you can feel the thrilling magic and fishy life from the moment you enter the alley.
The masked behavior is a problem, but the bigger problem is my magical power that cannot be completely hidden.
Although we try to suppress it as much as possible, it is still impossible to completely hide it because the amount is so ridiculous.
The pros hiding in the alleys and buildings must be wary of me.
After going around and around the dizzying twisted alleys and alleys… … A clean cafe appears, painted in bright colors that do not fit in with the shabby and lifeless neighborhood.
The signboard that says ‘Cafe Vasilisa’ is well maintained and sparkling.
It’s not that the cafe doesn’t operate, but it’s just a disguise anyway.
A strong magical energy is flowing from inside the cafe. Even in this Geumchon alley full of professionals in all fields, it is a magical power of a different order.
There is no need to hesitate. It cannot have any influence or fear on me right now.
Without stopping, I immediately opened the door to the cafe and entered.
fantasy,
