Alter began teaching the boy how to use the book of spells and some simple magic theories.
As if to prove his natural talent, the boy easily absorbed Alter’s teachings like a sponge.
... ... It would take more than a week for ordinary children to understand just one word from Alter. However, as if to prove his worth, this boy completely made every single sentence Alter uttered his own without filtering a single word.
As soon as he heard his explanation.
So, at some point, Alter found himself continuing the teaching that he had intended to end with just a few simple words for over an hour or two.
Before he knew it, his disciple Lir was also quietly sticking his head out and listening intently to his master’s words.
Even as the carriage rattled and shook, Lir took out his notebook and began to carefully transcribe his master’s words.
Alter’s lecture continued as the wheels of the carriage rolled. And the carriage wheels had not stopped since the expedition first left the capital.
“I... ... Excuse me, can I rest for a moment?”
The one who cut off Alter’s words was none other than Bin.
The boy sighed as if he was tired of Alter’s lecture that had lasted for over two hours, and leaned against the wall of the carriage and started to rub his eyes.
‘... ... Oh, I got too absorbed without realizing it.’
Alter had been impressed by Bin’s sense of responsibility and his efforts as a member of the Sword Saint’s party, so he had tried to give him only a few light words of instruction.
However, the boy’s understanding of the instruction and making it his own was unusual.
After hearing how to use the book of magic, the boy asked deeper questions, and then started pointing out the subtle differences between Alter’s magic theory and the theory in general books, and even explained it in his own words.
It was truly a strange feeling.
The boy clearly seemed to be learning magic for the first time. There were many parts that he was ignorant of, even about the basic theories.
But at the same time, there were many parts that were hard to believe were learning magic for the first time. He made profound theories and knowledge that ordinary magicians would have to work hard for years to understand into his own as if they were completely natural.
‘... ... You take this theory so seriously. Those who hear this story for the first time usually just stare at me with blank stares... ... ’
Alter deliberately mixed in some incorrect parts to teach the boy, as if he was just pretending to understand.
Then, the boy, determined to prove his talent, pointed out the parts that Alter had intentionally taught incorrectly, and asked if there were any contradictions.
‘... ... Wow, for one thing, he’s incomparably better than me in my 20s.’
Along with his admiration, Alter’s curiosity to find out how far the boy’s limits were raised his head in his heart.
In that way, Alter gradually explained theories that were difficult to understand as if he were testing the boy... ... .
“Magic is the power of thought. Basically, magic is the brain’s reasoning superimposed on the body’s magical power.”
Intermediate... ... .
“The names of magic were developed to help the complex magical calculations in the brain. You can use magic without saying the names of the magic, but the difficulty of the calculations increases significantly. Isn’t it much faster and more accurate to write it down on paper than to simply do mental calculations? In the same way... ... .”
In the end, he found himself preaching advanced theories.
‘What great understanding. Even those who have studied magic for over 40 years have difficulty understanding this... ... .’
Alter smiled faintly as he watched the boy leaning against the corner of the carriage, groaning, and simultaneously touching his temples and eyelids.
The boy didn’t know because his eyes were closed, but his disciple, Lir, quickly realized the meaning of the smile.
Alter wanted to make this boy his disciple.
Just by accepting numerous theories and making them his own, I could confirm his talent.
... ... Now, it didn’t matter what happened to Bolt.
Even if the boy’s Bolt was terribly bad, Alter was going to take him as his disciple.
When that thought was completely settled in Alter’s heart, a truly cheeky sound burst out from the boy’s mouth while he was massaging his eyelids with both hands.
“If I become proficient in magic, I could develop new magic, right?”
* * *
I sighed as I was pushed to the corner of the carriage, rubbing my temples and eyelids.
‘I’m going to die.’
When I first met Alter, I felt like I was being driven to the edge of a cliff.
As soon as we met, he asked me to show him the Bolt right away, and he kept looking at me with eyes of blatant suspicion... ... .
At first, Alter’s sudden demands and suspicions felt like nothing but bewilderment.
However, the thought that this was both a crisis and an opportunity flashed through my mind.
The expedition to Enker Plateau would be a long journey of about two weeks round trip.
On the way, I might encounter failed mutants abandoned by the demons, or monsters like goblins.
The mobs near the capital could be dealt with by elite infantry alone, but the level of enemies that appeared would increase as I got closer to Enker Plateau. Even with elite soldiers of level 20 or 30 and a platoon leader of elite soldiers of level 40, it was possible that I would have a difficult battle.
Since I was a half-baked wizard who could only use ‘Flowering’, I naturally couldn’t help in such small battles.
However, the situation completely changed when Alter, an 8th circle wizard, and his disciple, Lir, joined our infantry.
In particular, the former master of the tower, Alter, was a monster beyond the standard that could easily defeat all the monsters that appeared on the road from the capital to the Enker Plateau at once.
It didn’t matter if he tried to test me or looked at me with suspicion.
Just by making him join the expedition under any pretext, the survival rate of the expedition team would be close to 100 percent.
Although having to pretend to be smart and extraordinary while being with him was painful and exhausting... ... .
‘But it wasn’t like there was no gain at all.’
As expected of a former master of the tower, Alter was also very good at teaching people.
Even I, who had studied and built up a wall my whole life, could understand how people would spend millions of won to send their children to a daily instructor in Daechi-dong, because he could tell stories in an easy-to-understand manner.
‘I’ve figured out the basic mechanism of magic.’
According to Alter, when magicians use magic, shouting out the name of the magic was not just a show-off.
Magic was a kind of... ... like mathematics.
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Magic was basically a power that came from the brain. The brain refined the inherent magic power in the body through a kind of calculation and discharged it out of the body.
Fast and accurate ‘calculation’ is directly related to the speed and power of magic.
The magic names they shouted were used as a means to assist these calculations.
It was the same principle that using the term ‘quadratic equation’ rather than reciting the equation ‘a?2+b?+c=0’ one by one made it easier for the brain to remember the calculation method of this formula and solve it reflexively.
... ... I don’t even know what the quadratic equation is for. I dropped out of high school, and I gave up on math a long time ago.
Anyway, the important thing is that I figured out the mechanism of the power that I had to use.
If you understand how this power works, you can create even more powerful power.
The kick of someone who just kicks the ball based on instinct and the kick of a soccer player who has systematically studied and studied theories and refined his posture are bound to be fundamentally different.
In addition, this systematic study and training will open up new horizons for me.
“If I become proficient in magic, I will be able to develop new magic, right?”
In the skill selection window, I have set all magic except ‘Bloom’ to ‘lock’ so that it cannot be used.
But what if I develop a new magic? I will definitely be able to use that magic.
Even when I created my character and set the skills to ‘lock’, that magic did not exist.
How can I lock a magic that does not exist?
It may not be comparable to classic masterpieces like ‘Bolt’ or ‘Lightning’, but if I could develop and use my own magic, my chances of survival would increase dramatically.
“However, the current system is the best result of hundreds and thousands of years of honing and creating by countless ancestors. It’s already been 200 years since a new magic was developed. If that were possible... ... .”
Alter spoke with a slightly worried tone, trailing off slightly.
“Bin-nim, your name will be engraved in the history of our Lightning Magic School.”
Hmm.
This method won’t work.
For me, who has never studied properly in my entire life, to suddenly create a sophisticated calculation system like the ‘Boiler Formula’... ... It was close to impossible.
In that case, rather than wasting time on such meaningless things, it would be much easier and faster to just collect the ‘artifacts’ or spirit protections hidden all over the world.
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I sighed quietly, regretting something meaningless like, ‘I should have set it so that I could learn at least one bolt... ... .’ and closed my eyes.
I don’t know why my body is so tired when I haven’t done anything.
In the end, this body with abnormally low stamina fell into a deep sleep as if it had passed out in the endlessly rattling carriage.
It was just before sunset.
* * *
‘... ... I probably didn’t mean it with much meaning.’
Alter frowned deeply as he watched the boy sleeping in the twilight of the sunset.
‘If he has this much magical intelligence and the delicacy to handle magic... ... .’
It wasn’t completely unreasonable.
No, perhaps the possibility that this boy would bring a new horizon to the Lightning School was higher than the possibility that he wouldn’t.
“I hope... ... you’re doing well.”
Lir carefully moved his lips after confirming that the boy was deeply asleep.
It was a small voice that was almost buried in the jolting of the carriage, but it was very clear to Alter’s ears who had raised this elf for a long time.
“Did you see it that way?”
“Yes. The teacher, he had a happy expression... ... .”
“Huh.”
He had a happy expression.
It’s been a while since I’ve heard something like that while teaching children, and now I can’t even remember.
“These days, there are only... ... idiots.”
“... ... like the Tauros that have been following us closely since a while ago?”
Lir quietly listened to his teacher’s words, put the quill and notebook he had been writing down on the carriage floor, and adjusted his wizard hat as he spoke.
Under the sky where the moonlight was just beginning to show, there was a faint and heterogeneous vibration mixed in with the sound of horses’ hooves.
“Yes. I teach only such things that are not yet possible, but I guess I am excited because it has been a long time since I taught a vessel that could become a dragon.”
“Aren’t you going to wake him up? Since the master was curious about this boy’s magic... ... .”
“Leave him alone. I did not come on this uncomfortable carriage to watch this boy use magic on monsters that are not yet possible.”
Originally, he had planned to just watch a few simple ‘bolts’. Such simple magic was enough to gauge a wizard’s ability.
However, after talking to the boy a few times, teaching him without realizing it, and seeing him accept the teachings in an instant, Alter’s thoughts changed.
Alter was curious about the boy’s limits to the point of madness.
He wanted to see the boy fight the dragon with his own eyes and gauge just how far the monster would reach.
As he said, he really wanted to see if he was a genius who would develop a new magic... ... and leave a mark on the history of magic.
“I wonder how he would fight the dragon in perfect form.”
Fascination.
Yes, Alter was completely fascinated by the boy’s talent.
“Tauros horde detected in the rear! Their numbers are about 30 to 40!”
At that moment, a loud shout was heard from the rear of the line.
“They’re here. How far is the main line?”
“About 50 to 60 meters!”
“It’s a bit close to shake them off. There’s nothing we can do, everyone prepare for battle... ... .”
Pass!
A faint flash of lightning passed by the captain’s eyes as he drew his blade and tried to stop himself.
“Ah, just ignore it and keep going.”
The high-ranking wizard of the 8th Circle, Alter Heindel, poked his head out of the carriage and spoke with a good-natured smile.
“... ... Have you taken care of it?”
“We have a long way to go, so why should we be tied down by those guys?”
The platoon leader and his men, who had just drawn their swords on horseback, looked at each other, smiled, and put their swords back into the sheaths on their waists.
“This is a completely wasteful expedition thanks to the wizards.”
“Hindel the Magic Tower Master... ... Bin the promising warrior party member... ... and even Heindel’s disciple. With just the ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) people in that carriage, we can easily defend two or three cities.”
“Thanks to Bin bringing Heindel, things have become much easier. When you suddenly said that Heindel would be joining the expedition, I thought I had misheard. “That magic tower that I only heard about is helping us.”
Behind Alter Heindel’s activities, Bin’s evaluation of him, who was lying down quietly in the corner of the carriage and sleeping, went up.
“Surely you brought that Heindel on an expedition. I don’t know how you did it, but Bin is not only good at magic, but also very resourceful... ... .”
Of course, it was Bin’s choice to bring Alter Heindel here... ... .
“Isn’t that obvious? Do you think the Sword Master would have brought him to his party simply because he was good at magic? He must have something else that’s outstanding besides magic.”
“That’s true. That position is definitely not an easy one.”
This... ... The story was going in a rather strange direction.
Bin, who was now exhausted and passed out in the carriage, couldn’t even dream of the fact that his stock among the soldiers was skyrocketing.