Training Addict Magician in a Growth-Focused Story

Training Addict Magician in a Growth-Focused Story

EP.38 Invasion of Widia (4)

When Leon cast a wide-range detection spell, he detected five individuals.

Of course, there could be more, but if he hesitated any longer, it would be for nothing.

“Hold.”

Leon stopped the group and descended to the ground.

They were in a forest with the shadows of giant trees cast around them.

“This is a place the enemy would like…”

“Shh.”

Leon silenced the academy student who was about to argue and immediately hid in his own shadow.

“Huh.”

The academy students, except for Ria, widened their eyes.

It was the same shadow assimilation magic used by black magicians.

Their faces showed signs of anxiety.

“Does he intend to fight!”

By then, the five black magicians had reached their location.

Hiding in the darkness, Leon couldn’t gauge the rank of one of them, but he noticed the rest were all at the beginner rank of Arcane magic.

‘One of them is intermediate… or advanced Arcane?’

However, it didn’t feel as threatening as before.

Leon emerged from the shadow of a tree near the black magicians and immediately hurled his wooden sword.

The highest-rank black magician was in the center of the group, making it difficult to target directly.

“Pierce.”

The wooden sword, filled with mana, cut through the air like a beam of light and rushed towards the black magicians.

The beginner-rank Arcane black magician who first noticed Leon was startled and cast a defensive spell.

However, as soon as the wooden sword touched the gelatinous barrier, it disrupted the spell’s calculations as if static had interfered.

The momentary confusion soon led to death.

The hastily formed gelatinous barrier was easily pierced.

The wooden sword embedded itself in the black magician’s abdomen.

“Swell.”

As Leon spoke, the sword embedded in the abdomen expanded.

The black magician’s body was torn apart in a grotesque manner, making it difficult to describe.

The enlarged wooden sword disrupted the formation of the black magicians.

They stared in confusion at the same movement magic they used, then belatedly regained their senses and launched attack spells at Leon.

“Dodge the wooden sword, don’t block it!”

The leader of the black magicians quickly noticed something strange about the wooden sword.

The spells of the three beginner-rank Arcane magicians were not a significant problem for Leon, who could cast nine spells simultaneously, but the leader’s magic was an issue.

The man with spiky hair and dark circles under his eyes summoned a gelatinous substance that appeared twice as large as the others.

‘If I could have combined Pierce and Swell, it would have been easier.’

It was unavoidable with a half-completed spell.

As the leader’s massive gelatinous substance split into multiple streams and rushed at him, Leon didn’t block it but used a Blink Scroll to move elsewhere.

Leon immediately used a C-rank scroll, Gravity Well, on the leader.

“Ugh… damn it.”

The man, who was about to cast another spell, couldn’t withstand the increased gravity and fell forward.

Meanwhile, Leon threw five D-rank scrolls at the remaining black magicians.

For Leon, who had spent three months in training, D-rank scrolls were abundant.

While D-rank scrolls couldn’t deal a significant blow to beginner-rank Arcane magicians, they still had considerable power.

Flames exploded around them, and elongated blades of wind rushed at them.

As they defended against the scroll magic, Leon retrieved and hurled the wooden sword again, causing them to hurriedly hide in their own shadows.

“Ria!”

When Leon shouted, Ria understood perfectly and cast a spell.

“Light Flare!”

As Ria used the memorized spell, a flash exploded, and light spread strongly around them.

The black magicians reappeared in their original spots.

“Fall back.”

Leon, who had been prepared, struck them with lightning.

However, they were not apprentice magicians with no combat experience.

“Defensio!”

The black magicians urgently pulled out tokens from their pockets and shouted.

The lightning was blocked by the barrier that formed around them.

It was an artifact capable of blocking Arcane magic.

Leon was familiar with this artifact.

Their gazes briefly turned towards Ria and the group.

“She’s a light attribute magician.”

With that one sentence, Leon realized they had prioritized Ria as their target.

‘Do you really have the luxury for that?’

Leon immediately pulled out a green potion bottle from his subspace.

It was one of the 30 poison bottles he had taken from Forn’s secret research lab.

The poison was extracted from Kito’s body, and it seemed too easy to dodge if thrown directly at people, so he hadn’t used it until now.

However, after seeing the effectiveness of the poison mist beads used by the traitors, he had considered its use.

Leon threw four poison bottles at their respective barriers.

Clang—

The bottles shattered upon contact with the barriers, and the green liquid splattered onto them.

Sizzle—

As the barriers began to dissolve, Leon fired nine bolts of lightning.

“Damn it, block in front of me. Block it somehow! I’ll kill them all.”

Three beginner-rank Arcane magicians blocked the leader’s front.

They each cast three spells to block Leon’s magic.

Meanwhile, the leader gathered mana behind them.

‘Is he trying to use Arcane magic?’

In the meantime, the academy students prepared their spells and launched them at the black magicians, but all were blocked by the gelatinous substance in front of them.

Leon retrieved and threw his wooden sword.

“Bastion!”

One of the black magicians pulled out a black stone from his pocket and threw it forward.

The stone quickly enlarged, forming a defensive wall in front of them.

It was a new artifact.

The wooden sword, vulnerable to artifacts, bounced off the stone.

Without the inherent ability of the wooden sword, Pierce was merely a basic spell.

Calmly retrieving the wooden sword, Leon pulled out another poison bottle and threw it.

Sizzle—

“Damn it!”

The black magician screamed as the defensive wall, which seemed to be a cherished artifact, melted away.

However, the leader had bought enough time to prepare his Arcane magic and moved his subordinates aside.

“Everyone, move!”

Just before the leader could chant the Arcane spell, Leon pulled out the Bell of Confusion from his pocket and rang it.

Ding— Ding—

As the purple bell rang, the leader grimaced.

“Ugh…”

“Argh…”

The Bell of Confusion was also an artifact that disrupted mental focus.

The leader’s preparation for the Arcane spell was disrupted.

However, this mental disruption also affected allies, and once rung, it couldn’t be used again for a day.

‘There’s no other choice…’

Without hesitation, Leon launched his wooden sword, which embedded itself in the chest of one of the black magicians blocking the front.

“Fall back.”

Boom— Boom— Boom—

Nine bolts of lightning struck the poorly gathered enemies.

“Fall back again.”

The lightning continued to strike without stopping.

Leon didn’t pause his chanting and pulled out a scroll from his pocket.

A C-rank scroll, Giant Rock.

Unlike the dozens of D-rank magic scrolls, there were only ten C-rank elemental attack magic scrolls.

As he infused mana into the scroll, a massive rock formed above the black magicians, covering them entirely before dropping in an instant.

Crash—

Even after waiting for a while, no one emerged from the shattered rock.

‘Phew… that was close.’

His remaining mana was barely enough.

Of course, this was excluding the mana he had to reserve for flight.

Infusing mana to increase the power of the basic spell Pierce consumed a significant amount of mana.

Not to mention casting nine spells simultaneously.

“Hah… it’s unbelievable.”

As the battle ended, the group approached.

“It makes one question if this is even possible. Perhaps we are witnessing the childhood of a Transcendence magician…”

“…”

“Are you okay?”

Ria asked worriedly from the side.

Leon answered that he was fine and personally split the rock with another spell.

The underside of the rock was stained with blood.

“Ugh…”

One of the apprentice magicians, who didn’t have much experience, grimaced at the sight of the bodies crushed under the rock.

Leon retrieved the wooden sword, which remained unscathed.

He didn’t search the bodies for subspace pouches, wary of any potential tracking devices.

In the meantime, one of the academy students, who had the highest rank among them, seemed to have adapted to the sight of the bodies and approached Leon.

“The black magic you used… I will keep it a secret.”

Leon smiled bitterly.

Having used black magic, there was no way Leon could return to Widia.

‘Well, it’s only natural given that I’ve already revealed my power.’

Just as Leon was about to tell them they needed to keep running without rest instead of discussing black magic, a spell attacked their group at high speed.

Both the Guardian Robe Leon wore and Ria’s necklace glowed simultaneously.

A barrier formed around Leon and Ria.

Boom—

The barrier was struck by wind.

A very subtle yet powerful wind.

Leon withstood the spell, but Ria was thrown back, and the other students fell, their bodies torn and bleeding.

A female magician holding a fan appeared before them, her face filled with curiosity.

“All beginner-rank Arcane magicians and apprentices?”

The woman with short green hair closed her fan and tapped her lips with its end.

A loud alarm rang in Leon’s mind.

‘Mystic rank!’

Leon immediately pulled out a Blink Scroll.

As Leon appeared beside the unconscious Ria, who had been thrown back, and picked her up, the wind attacked him once more.

The spell she used was definitely wind attribute, making it very subtle and hard to counter.

Thanks to the Guardian Robe’s barrier, which automatically detected attacks, he was able to block the spell again.

Leon, who was about to accelerate and escape with his golden wings, noticed something and halted his movement.

“That defensive artifact looks good…”

The short-haired woman with a flick of her tongue was suddenly engulfed by intense heat.

Whoosh—

A phoenix large enough to cover her body flew towards her.

“Tch.”

She swung her fan, but the massive phoenix wasn’t pushed back.

With a heavily made-up face, the short-haired woman leaped back.

“Arpina, you damn wench…”

“If you mess with my disciple ‘or disciples,’ you better die quietly.”

Arpina, riding a cloud-shaped wind, had descended in front of Leon before he knew it.

Whether it was ‘disciple’ or ‘disciples,’ Leon could only sigh in relief as he watched her back.