The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 218

167. First Magic (2)

Cahill closed his eyes.

The space of unconsciousness could be vast beyond measure, or so small that it was difficult to squeeze into.

“……”

A small flame appeared before his eyes.

Whoosh-!!

The color of the flame was unusual, almost transparent. If one didn’t look carefully, it seemed like a ripple in the darkness rather than a flame.

Swish……!

The flickering flame split in an instant, dividing into two, and then one of them split again into three.

Cahill concentrated.

Whirr-!

At that moment, the fire in the center ignited.

Saying that a flame ignited on a flame wasn’t logical, but that’s how it appeared here.

Because it was burning red.

‘Just a little more…….’

Coloring the colorless flame.

That was what Cahill was doing in the space of unconsciousness.

‘Lamine…….’

Cahill murmured the name of the Flame Tyrant inwardly.

Then, the red flame, the only one among the three flames with its inherent color, flickered as if answering his thought.

However, its power was so weak that it seemed as if it would be devoured by the other two forces at any moment.

‘Calm down.’

Cahill said in a hurried voice.

For some reason, the two transparent flames, which seemed ready to devour it at any moment, couldn’t get completely close to the red flame and only circled around it threateningly.

‘Endure.’

Cahill focused on the red flame and gritted his teeth.

Crack…… Crackle……!!

Despite his words, the two transparent flames that were spinning rapidly moved even more fiercely.

‘Lamine!!!!’

At that moment, the red flame grew fiercely as if exploding and quickly spread towards the two transparent flames.

Kwaaaang—!!!!

The darkness instantly turned red, and Cahill’s vision was filled with a white light so bright that he couldn’t open his eyes.

“Kugh!!”

At the same time, Cahill woke up from the space of unconsciousness, exhaling the breath he had been holding.

It was the opposite.

Lamine’s flame seemed precariously close to being devoured, but in reality, the two transparent flames were frightened by his power and were being cautious.

[Kekeke……. The expression on that brat’s face is finally worth seeing. Now you feel the wall of reality, don’t you? It’s been proven that the gods gave you the talent for swords, but they didn’t say they gave you the talent for magic as well.]

“Shut up…….”

Arhn looked at Cahill, who had woken up covered in sweat, and teased him.

Cahill groaned and began to read the magic book he had placed beside him.

“And don’t mention the word ‘god’ in front of me.”

He had read it so many times that he was now on the verge of memorizing the contents.

[Combining different attributes. That’s the same as erasing attributes. If it were as easy as it sounds, everyone would have done it. That’s why only half of the Seven Elders could barely use colorless dragon magic.]

“Hoo…….”

Cahill sighed, exhausted.

[In Gustav’s case, he wasn’t even chosen by a dragon. Well, he created this alternative method because he couldn’t learn dragon magic.]

Arhn looked at him and chuckled as if failure was a matter of course.

[The Immortal Society’s mages changing their magic power to the attribute of dark force is similar to this method. Of course, Gustav’s method is crude. The Immortal Society does even more. Because they use tricks, that guy Nine can’t reach the 8th class.]

He spread out his palm.

Then, light and darkness, two forces, became spheres and intertwined and scattered.

[Do you now understand why the limit of a Sword Master’s magic power is set as a swordsman with enough magic power to rise to the ranks of a mage? Because those hard-headed guys who can only swing swords can’t go any higher.]

“Then……. Are the Five Great Sword Masters also stuck in the 4th class?”

[You shut your mouth and concentrate your magic power on controlling the Dark Giant. You’re losing focus.]

“S, sorry!”

Israfil, who had been listening attentively to his words, shouted in surprise at Arhn’s rebuke.

The dark force felt from Arhn’s aura surrounding him felt as if Arhn was sitting on his head.

[The amount of magic power of those five you speak of probably exceeds the 4th class. I’ve seen that guy Gordon fight with that one over there. That bulk has as much magic power as the 5th class.]

“T, then……. Are you saying 6th class?”

[Are you going to keep asking questions? Just listen, you stupid fellow. You’ll end up like that guy over there.]

“……”

Israfil looked at Cahill, who was clearly exhausted from not getting enough sleep.

[Dividing classes isn’t just about the amount of magic power. Opening the meridians is basic, and then you need to be smart enough to use the magic of the next realm. If it was just about having a lot of magic power, that guy would have received the title of Archmage.]

He nodded instead of answering Arhn’s words.

[But from the 6th class onwards, it’s a completely different system. You have to break through the wall of talent yourself. Do you understand? You’re trying to do something that even the Five Great Sword Masters haven’t done. Trying to break a head as hard as iron, how easy do you think that will be?]

“But this isn’t something I can control. Gustav’s magic is spirit magic. It’s not just about combining magic power, but when I try to combine Lamine’s power with my magic power, he resists.”

Cahill irritably tapped the Ein Trigger on the back of his hand.

“Lamine, you can lend me your power like Arhn is lending Israfil his power. Why are you resisting so much?”

Whoosh-!

At that moment, a small flame human was created on the back of his hand and pointed his finger, saying:

[Israfil’s magic power is dark force. Moreover, the power of Duat [realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology] is also the same darkness. Since the attributes are the same, there’s no need to combine them.]

“Then you?”

[It might have been better to use spirit magic if you had only one attribute. But you obtained arcane power, so every time you use magic power, two attributes come out at once.]

The small flame giant, who was the form of Lamine, also seemed very angry and went behind Cahill, who was sitting down, and kept kicking his thigh.

[And that’s completely opposite light and darkness. You’re going to put me inside that? Are you even saying something that makes sense?]

Lamine’s voice grew louder.

“Is it even possible that a Spirit King can’t do what humans can do?”

Cahill, who couldn’t stand it anymore, pushed Lamine on the floor with his hand.

[It’s possible because you and that old man both have colorless magic power, dragon magic. I am the pinnacle of flame. To absorb not one but two different attributes into me, who has reached the extreme on one side. I’d rather die than do it.]

“……”

Whoosh……!! Bang!!

Lamine roughly circled around Cahill’s face a few times before disappearing with the smoke.

“……At this rate, I’ll only get more annoyed, let alone a breakthrough.”

Cahill let out a low sigh.

Then, he threw the magic book he was looking at onto the floor as if throwing it away.

Gurgle…… Gurgle…….

Then, a small, round shape came sweeping across the floor from somewhere.

What looked like sticky mucus gradually rose upward and transformed into a cute doll, waddling as it began to walk.

Gurgle…… Thump!!

The guy who was taking one step at a time with difficulty tripped over his own feet and fell over.

After lying on the floor for a while in a large (大) shape, he slowly stood up again and held up the magic book that had fallen on the floor over his head and handed it to Cahill.

“……”

Cahill stared blankly at the doll.

[Kekeke, Israfil. Well done. You’ve already mastered the Dark Giant, though you still have a long way to go. He’s very bright, unlike someone. It’s fun to teach him.]

Arhn’s laughter was heard.

Surprisingly, the small black doll standing in front of Cahill was one of the first magics, the 「Dark Giant」.

“Ha, haha……. You flatter me. It’s all thanks to my teacher.”

Israfil awkwardly replied to Arhn’s praise.

Unlike Cahill, who hadn’t even synthesized magic power yet, he had already mastered one of the first magics in less than a week.

[It seems you’ve grasped the sense of magic power construction to learn the first magic. You’ll be able to learn the remaining two magics soon.]

“Thank you!”

He bowed his head towards the invisible Arhn and replied. Then, the small Dark Giant in front of Cahill bowed in response.

“……”

After hitting the back of the head of the Dark Giant, who was bowing at a 90-degree angle, the guy fell forward again and lay in a large (大) shape.

Cahill then got up from his seat.

[Kekeke……. Where are you going? You said you didn’t have time.]

“There’s Israfil, who has talent. Anyway, once he learns the Superior Eye, the problem of finding the Demon Nest will be solved. I’ll be back for a bit.”

[Where are you going?]

“I’m going to ask somewhere else because you won’t help me.”

He answered Arhn’s question in a passing tone, as if he didn’t really want to say it.

[Kekeke, who are you going to ask? Surely not the descendants of that toad-like Celine Han? Don’t even think about it. That guy is hopeless.]

“Don’t worry. I’m going to ask a dead person.”

Looking at his back as he left the lord’s mansion, Arhn laughed quietly.

[That guy, he’s sulking like a child.]

“Is it okay? He seems to be having a lot of difficulty……. How about Master helping Cahill-nim instead?”

Thump-!!

At Israfil’s words, the black aura surrounding his body stretched out like an arm and hit his head.

[Help him with what? That guy said it first. That he’ll do it himself. Besides, I can only do it with you. You need to learn the first magic because of me to strip away Gustav’s facade.]

“Facade……?”

[There is such a thing. And who’s worrying about who? A wolf worrying about a tiger? Kekeke.]

Arhn said, looking at the door Cahill had left through.

[That guy is the only one among the Seven Elders who learned the only magic that one person succeeded in. It’s a hundred times better than Gustav’s shabby magic, no, a thousand times? Hmph, it’s not even comparable.]

Israfil’s pale face turned even paler at Arhn’s words. He was already struggling to learn the first magic, but he couldn’t even imagine a magic that was even more difficult than that.

[It’s my secret art (?傳術) [likely refers to a secret or exclusive technique].]

Arhn chuckled.

[That’s what that guy learned. Doesn’t that alone explain it? I can help you learn this kind of magic as much as you want. But you can’t learn my magic just by helping. It’s impossible without talent.]

“I see…….”

Israfil felt his heart pounding at his words.

[So don’t think about anything else and focus on learning magic quickly. It took you a week to learn this shabby magic.]

“But why did you say that earlier?”

Israfil recalled Arhn, who had scolded Cahill as if teasing him for failing to synthesize magic power.

[That guy reached the pinnacle alone without a sword master. That alone is amazing. But aren’t you curious?]

It wasn’t important to create an opportunity to surpass the 6th class.

Because in Arhn’s mind, this was just a passing gate.

‘Maybe the reason why the gods made that guy born as a foreigner is because they were afraid of him.’

Arhn thought.

[How far is that guy’s end with magic?]

Then, he chuckled at Israfil, who was raising his head.