EP.21 Ant Cave – Interlude
[ situation ]
Name: Isaac
Lv: 50
Gender: Male
Grade: 1
Title: Freshman
Horsepower: 605 / 650
– Magic recovery speed (C-)
– Stamina (C)
– Strength (C)
– Intelligence (C-)
– Mental Strength (B+)
Potential <
[Combat Ability]
Elemental Series 1: Ice
– Elemental Firepower (C+)
– Elemental efficiency (C+)
– Elemental Synergy (C+)
Elemental Class 2 (Locked)
[Holding Skills]
active
– (★1) Ice creation (C) / (★5) Black ice (C)
– (★2) Ice Curtain (C+)
– (★1) Cold Radiation (C+)
– (★1) Basic Protection Magic (D)
– (★4) Frost Flame (D)
– (★4) Ice Wall (D)
passive
– (★7) Psychological insight
Skill Tree <
[Unique characteristics]
– Destroyer
The level rose by 14 at once.
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If I raise just one level, my magic power will begin to increase significantly.
It won’t be long before I learn [Freeze Explosion].
I didn’t know you could suck this much honey.
A sunny afternoon. I was in the corner of the garden as usual.
He was sitting on the lawn, looking down at the scabbard of disaster held in his right hand. I didn’t want to waste even a second, so I gently created [Frost Flame] in my left hand and held it there.
If you carve a magic circle into the scabbard of disaster and infuse it with magic, you can use that magic once at any time.
After that, you have to charge it again and use it.
The magic that can be engraved is up to 5 stars. The magic power is the same as my current level.
When the [Destroyer] trait is activated, you will need to inject more magical power to use it.
‘I want to use it quickly.’
There was no time to test the scabbard of disaster now. This is because the moment you engrave the magic circle even once, the scabbard becomes assimilated to the magic. Then it will not be possible to change it to a new magic circle.
It is most efficient to engrave [Ice Explosion] on the scabbard of disaster. In other words, I planned to use this item only after learning [Freeze Blast].
‘On hold for now.’
I put the scabbard of disaster into my pocket.
Next, it’s time to distribute the stats.
After getting up from my seat, I entered the status window [Potential <
[ potential power ]
Status possessed: 38
◆ Growth rate
– Physical training efficiency (C): 26/100 [UP]
– Magic training efficiency (B+): 55/100 [UP]
– Learning efficiency (D): 12/100 [UP]
◆ Elemental resistance
– Fire attribute element resistance (E): 0/100 [UP]
– Water attribute element resistance (D): 6/100 [UP]
– Ice attribute element resistance (C-): 24/100 [UP]
– Lightning attribute element resistance (C): 29/100 [UP]
– Rock attribute element resistance (E): 2/100 [UP]
– Wind attribute element resistance (D): 13/100 [UP]
– Neutral attribute magic resistance (D): 8/100 [UP]
◆ Combat power against races
– Anti-human combat power (E): 4/100 [UP]
– Combat power of this race (E): 1/100 [UP]
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– Anti-Elyos combat power (E): 0/100 [UP]
– Anti-demonic combat power (S): 100/100 [MAX]
His stats are a whopping 38.
[Magic Training Efficiency] The maximum is not far away.
No matter how bad Isaac’s actual potential is, [Magic Training Efficiency]’s maximum of 100 is the genius level. The growth rate will be very fast.
However, as the level increases, the time it takes to move to the next level increases steeply.
Even if you get [Magic Training Efficiency] at 100, it will take a long time to improve your skills if you go beyond B+ level. Otherwise,
To obtain Hild’s Frost Scythe, you need to have [Ice Elemental Resistance] at least 60, but that’s something that will be resolved gradually.
Let’s take a look at [Physical Training Efficiency] as well. It goes without saying that the stronger your physical capabilities are, the more advantage you have in battle.
If you don’t have as much athleticism as Ian, you might find yourself in a difficult situation in the future. Besides, if you think about work later, good physical ability is essential. It will also be helpful in handling legendary weapons.
And since I have some leeway in my stats, it would be a good idea to increase [Learning Efficiency] as well. As [Learning Efficiency] increases, the growth rate of individual magic proficiency increases.
[Magic training efficiency] has a different direction than [Elemental Firepower], [Elemental Efficiency], and [Elemental Synergy], which are specialized for increasing elemental combat abilities.
It’s also a bonus that it helps with studying.
‘decided.’
I have 13 remaining stats in [Physical Training Efficiency],
[Magic Training Efficiency] stat 16.
I invested 9 stats in [Learning Efficiency].
[Potential [Body Training Efficiency] has improved from Class C to Class B!]
[Potential [Magic Training Efficiency] has improved from B+ to A!]
[Potential [Learning Efficiency] has improved from D-level to C-level!]
No matter how bad Isaac is, if he has this much potential, he won’t be defeated anywhere.
From now on, it’s training again, training again.
“Whoa.”
After taking a deep breath, I created [Frost Flame] in both hands.
* * *
Grung.
An unidentified monster that appeared during the class assignment evaluation.
Luce Eltania, a first-year senior in the Magic Department at Marchen Academy, repeated her search to find out the identity of the monster.
There was no significant income.
There was no way to figure out what elemental properties each student had.
After the class assignment evaluation, Grung completely disappeared.
Just in case, I searched here and there in the Delphine Forest and looked at the mana scars, but I couldn’t find any traces of the grave.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would have paid more attention when measuring horsepower.’
If so, we would have been able to know what elemental constitution each student had.
It was the first time I regretted the past when I didn’t pay much attention to others.
I was walking through the academy garden in the sunlight with a very distraught face.
Hua Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The sound of ice magic being used could be heard from somewhere.
It was similar to flames, but she could distinguish the subtle sounds made by ice crystals crashing here and there. It was clearly ice magic.
“… … ?”
The elemental attribute that Grung used was ice.
Luce remembered the sound and headed to the corner of the garden where she heard the sound.
I passed the tall flower beds and the street trees.
Then an open lawn spread out.
In the middle of it all, I found a male student sweating profusely who was training the 4-star ice attribute magic [Frost Flame].
His silver hair with a slightly bluish tinge was semi-curly, and his eyes were the color of cold blood.
Perhaps because he was concentrating on training, his eyes were staring coldly into space.
A cold flame burning in both hands. The hazy cold and ice mana form a flame, and beautiful ice crystals float around it.
“ha!”
A man exhales loudly and emits [Frost Flame].
Luce knew who he was.
Because I have photographic memory, I was able to recall him as clearly as if I was taking out a photo. During the class placement evaluation, he was a man who was scared when he saw himself and suddenly ran away.
“… … .”
That man appeared from the direction that Grung ran away from.
And ice properties…
“···Probably not.”
Luce doubted it for a moment, but immediately shook her head.
Greung is an overwhelmingly talented player. There was no way he was sweating profusely and training 4-star magic alone like that. Even looking at the short range of [Frost Flame], the skill level seems low.
Although it is far from that place, it is still a long way away.
“Ah, uh…”
The blue-silver-haired man started bleeding from the nose the same color as his eyes. He lowered his upper body as if in pain and let out a moan.
This is because magical power was abused excessively. Luce had never experienced this, but he knew that magicians sometimes end up in that situation when they overdo it.
I heard that when you reach that state, your entire body will have a strong rejection reaction, making it difficult to use magic.
Nevertheless, he wiped the bloody nose with his sleeve and created cold flames in both hands again.
Once more.
Once more.
The man exhaled [Frost Flame].
“… … .”
Luce watched this in silence.
The reason was unknown.
On the day she signed a contract with Thunder God – Gallia, the 10-year-old girl felt all kinds of skepticism about the human race and looked away from others.
But now, Luce couldn’t turn her head away from the blue-silver haired man.
Is it because of that? Could this be because the monster awakened curiosity toward others?
“haha···.”
The man stopped the spell and took a breath.
He sat down on the floor, lowered his head, and repeated his breathing.
Is it over?
···no. Get up again and repeat [Frost Flame].
One more time, one more time. If it seems difficult to use magic, instead, try your best to train yourself by doing exercises such as push-ups or squats.
For some reason, I keep wanting to see that.
Luce watched the man endlessly.
······
The blue-silver-haired man went to a corner of the garden every day and trained his magic.
Luce was watching from the rooftop of Charles Building, a dormitory for top students. This is because you can see a glimpse of him being trained here.
A night where only the moonlight shines brightly. Luce was crossing her arms on the rooftop railing. She had her long rose gold hair and her one-piece nightgown blowing in the wind.
She studied the man with hawk-like vision.
The man trained mainly on the ice attribute basic magic [Cold Radiation] and [Ice Creation], and was also busy firing [Ice Wall] and [Frost Flame].
And whenever I had the chance, I put my hands together and collected ice mana between them. Luce, who had basic knowledge of most elemental magic, could easily figure out the reason.
[Ice explosion]. That man must have been intent on learning that 5-star magic.
“You work hard.”
The self-talk that came out without my knowledge was scattered in the night wind. Without even knowing what he was thinking, Luce just watched the man in silence.
···No, I thought I would understand if I thought about it carefully.
Lightning elemental magic. Luce averted her eyes from that elemental attribute.
She has always been pouring in lightning elemental mana to suppress the 8-star familiar, Thunder God – Gallia. Even now, at this very moment.
Because of that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t use lightning magic properly.
Therefore, she lived solely relying on water magic.
I looked down at my right hand. He chirped, and electricity flowed through his palms.
「Create lightning (lightning attribute, ★1)」
Effort, effort, effort.
What is effort?
As if there had been a gestalt collapse, the two letters ‘effort’ broke into pieces and began to circulate in Luce’s head.
“… … .”
Luce clenched her electric hands into fists and let out a soft breath. His heart was throbbing.
The sight of a blue-silver-haired man training his magic even though he was in pain.
Because it seemed like a great contrast to myself, who kept trying to run away from the lightning magic.
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The next day and the day after that.
The man with blue-silver hair trained his magic in a corner of the garden. He continued to use magic even though his nose was bleeding and his entire body was exhausted.
Is it because of the desire to improve? It’s not like it wasn’t there, but it seemed like something bigger was urging him on. It seemed like he had a secret that he could never escape.
The more you look, the more thoughts cross your mind. I keep seeing him working hard.
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A week later.
Last night, it seemed like the blue-silver-haired man was finally able to use [Ice Blast].
Luce was sitting on a garden bench, watching the man from afar.
He was still training his magic. He placed both his fingers together, creating a gap between his hands, and gathered his ice mana.
Then, as a light blue magic circle appeared in front of his gathered hands, his eyes widened.
“… … !”
Luce thrust her upper body forward without realizing it.
The appearance of a magic circle means that the conditions for using the magic have been met.
Is it possible now?
The man extended his right arm forward. In front of his right hand was a round condensed ice mana. The light blue magic circle also quietly followed the hand.
and.
The man exploded the condensed ice mana.
─────「Freeze explosion (Ice attribute, ★5)」
Kwaaaaaa───!!
Ice bursting out powerfully like an explosion.
In the blink of an eye, a thorn-like block of ice was placed in front of him.
It was an ice block that could have been 10m long.
“oh···!”
Luce let out an exclamation. He couldn’t understand why he was so excited and clenched his fists.
Immediately, surprise spread across the blue-silver haired man’s face.
That feeling soon turned into joy.
“iced coffee···!”
The man closed his eyes tightly, clenched his hands into fists, and trembled.
Eventually, he raised his head towards the sky and cheered like an animal.
He was so happy that he even did shadow boxing in the air.
“Puh-huh.”
Without realizing it, Luce covered her mouth with her slightly clenched fist and laughed.
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