Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 5



There were only two or three people left, including Lennok, in the library as closing time approached.

I was lost in thought as I looked out the window at the setting sunset.

How long has it been since I last had time alone like this?

Compared to the time when he suffered from hard labor until he died at the factory it was like heaven but Lennok’s expression was crumpled and never seemed to straighten up.

‘This is a little different from what I expected.’

After spending an entire day in the library reading magic-related books he came to one conclusion.

Surprisingly other than the concept of magic patterns learned through the introductory book there was almost no knowledge helpful to Lennok.

‘The concept of public magic has completely disappeared.’

The only classification of magic is the unique magic system ‘Sinister’ that each wizard can learn one by one.

There was no information about ‘Dexter’ a common magic system commonly used by all wizards.

Were common magics deleted when moving to the 3.0 world view?

However it is difficult to fully explain all the common magic he has used so far.

No matter how talented Lennok was there was no way he could have used a concept that did not exist.

‘Considering the convenience of public magic it is also common sense impossible for it to be forgotten or eliminated.’

Although it lacks expertise and depth and has little power compared to unique magic the advantage of common magic lies in its overwhelming versatility as it can be applied regardless of attribute or target.

A wizard who has learned the unique lightning magic can summon a lightning storm thousands of times stronger than bolt magic but it is impossible to summon a cool breeze between his fingers.

Public magic played a role like a lubricant that prevented excessive fixation of magic and gently tightened the gap between magic.

At least until the game WORLD 2.0.

‘I think there’s a reason why it wasn’t mentioned at all… I’ll have to look into it separately later.’

Lennok was lost in thought as he skimmed through the bookshelf scattered on his desk.

The book that classified the unique magic system contained a variety of information including unique magic of various attribute classes black magic necromancy and barrier magic but Lennok did not even look at the book anymore.

In order to learn the unique magic system you had to find a real ‘magic book’ or a teacher who could pass on Sinister rather than looking for a catalog-like book in the library.

It was information that had no meaning to Lennok who did not know anyone let alone a grimoire or a teacher.

Finally giving up Lennok put his books away and was about to stand up when suddenly someone spoke to him from behind.

“If you want to become a wizard it’s better to give up.”

“……?”

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Lennok inadvertently turned his head in the opposite direction at the sonorous yet cold tone.

A woman wearing a white blouse and blue skirt was organizing books that people had left behind.

A sophisticated look with rich blonde hair swept to one side. A graceful appearance that goes well with a cold expression and cold eyes.

She continued speaking without even looking at Lennok properly.

“Sitting all day and reading books doesn’t mean you can become a wizard. “It’s too late for that age so it would be better to study theoretical magic engineering.”

“What do you want to say?”

“I don’t want to see you holding on to useless hopes.”

widely.

Only then did she put down the book she was holding and look at Lennok’s face.

Sea-blue eyes stared at him calmly.

“If you cannot enter a school or find a teacher you will eventually have no choice but to learn magic at university. However you cannot enter university without having the basics and even if you are lucky enough to be admitted you will not be able to gain anything from the lectures.”

“……”

“I can’t do anything alone. Because it is a study in which talent and luck determine many things. “Emotions like curiosity passion and inquisitiveness are just the next issue.”

Lennok did not answer but just stared at her face.

worry

The woman’s face shadowed by the setting sun was quite beautiful even to Lennok.

She looked at Lennok’s gaze and looked like she regretted what she had said.

“Ha… I’m sorry. “What can you say to someone you don’t even know in person?”

She gestured while brushing away her flowing blonde hair.

“It’s past closing time. “I need to organize my books so I’d like you to go.”

It was only then that Lennok opened his mouth to the woman who was about to turn her back.

“Is that an experience?”

“…….”

“Isn’t it too early for a student to give up? Wouldn’t it be better to stop pushing yourself already and try to do what you can?”

“under…..”

Rather she looked bewildered as if she had never imagined that she would be receiving advice from Lennok.

But this was all Lennoc could answer her.

There’s no way he lacks talent when it comes to magic so shouldn’t it be her who should work harder?

He may have wanted to give advice based on his own situation but the target was completely wrong.

I don’t know what kind of skepticism she felt at university but as she was going down the stairs hoping that her future would be bright Lennok stopped her.

“Hey!”

When Lennok turned around she took something out of her blouse and threw it at him.

It was a luxuriously designed business card with the name written in gold.

She looked at Lennok for a while with a shocked expression on her face then sighed and said

“It looks like they mistook me for a student but they were completely wrong.”

“…..yes?”

“From his actions to his words he is a truly absurd person. “I never thought you would take my advice that way…”

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She held her head as if she was in trouble but eventually shook her head.

“It’s okay. If you come by later I’ll show you a little bit of magic so take care of it. “You can just leave now.”

“…..”

‘Are you out of your mind?’

Lennok who had been looking strangely at the blonde beauty who had reached the point where she was talking and answering on her own eventually left the library took out a business card and realized what she meant.

Her title was engraved on the bottom of the business card.

[University of Labatenon. Distinguished Professor of Elemental Magic.]

[Aris Richelen.]

“…You were a professor?”

Judging by the atmosphere and the words he spoke he was no different from a college freshman but he was a professor not a student.

Why would someone like that be organizing books in the library in the first place?

Lennok was confused for a moment but quickly gathered his thoughts and walked away.

If all goes according to his plan he is someone we will never meet again anyway.

There was no need to keep paying attention to someone I happened to meet.

As we left the downtown area and approached the street where the hotel was located someone suddenly stopped Lennok.

“Hey sorry.”

The person who called him out was a young man wearing a police uniform.

He smiled kindly and showed Lenno the mechanical device in his hand.

“Would you please cooperate with the inspection for a moment?”

“…Do you mean interrogation?”

From the moment he heard the police’s words Lennok’s head began to spin rapidly.

Could it be that he realized that he was a factory worker with no special status? I thought I didn’t show anything on the outside but I never thought I’d already be found out.

No it’s different. If they had known that Lennok had no ID the police would not have approached him alone.

The sight of the police approaching him with a device in one hand was so defenseless.

For a split second Lennok thought intensely but in the end he obediently turned to the police.

‘If I try to run away from here now it will only raise unnecessary suspicion.’

“I don’t know what kind of inspection is necessary.”

“Oh it’s nothing special… I just reported a robbery case that occurred nearby.”

He smiled faintly as he said that.

“We are investigating the wizards based on the magical power patterns remaining at the scene of the incident.”

“…..okay.”

Lennok knew that the case the police were pursuing had nothing to do with him but he managed his expression perfectly.

It was clear that this was a clear difference from when I was on Earth.

No matter what he thought his complexion almost never changed.

He calmly extends his hand toward the device and slowly flows magical energy toward the bottom of the device that the policeman was holding.

In the meantime I didn’t forget to change the pattern by gradually moving the magic power flowing out.

The teardrop-shaped pattern is scattered here and there sucked into the device and displayed on the display.

The police compared the magic power pattern on the display with the photo he kept in his arms then smiled and nodded.

“The pattern is definitely different. Thank you for your cooperation.”

It seemed like he carried around a device like this because he couldn’t see the movement of magical power with the naked eye.

Lennok asked pointing to the device he was holding.

“Does this measuring instrument also determine the presence or absence of magical power?”

Although the absolute amount of magical power he possesses is not that large all the magical power that exists in Lennok’s body is perfectly controlled by his overwhelming talent.

Of course not a single ounce of magical power would have been lost on the surface but if the police had noticed it it seemed highly likely that they would have borrowed the power of the equipment.

The police officer who asked Lennok’s question nodded awkwardly.

“Yeah yeah. “Well they say they used materials that are sensitive to magic but wouldn’t the wizard know better than me?”

“Actually it’s been a while since I came to this city. “This is how criminal investigations are conducted these days.”

“It has been a long time since we stopped preferring physical evidence that was not prepared technically during the investigation process. Contrary to appearances you seem to be quite old.”

It is said that the testimony of CCTV and surveillance camera witnesses which are common in the investigation of violent crimes has been excluded for a long time as they use all kinds of tricks to hide their identities and run away.

Thanks to Lennok’s cooperation in the investigation the police seemed to be friendly toward him and opened their mouths.

Shamans and necromancers summon the spirits of victims blood mages trace blood traces and druids wander the streets in search of faint reverberations.

It is not impossible to incorporate magical measures when making surveillance equipment but the cost is so high that areas other than the city’s core facilities have no choice but to bring their own investigative equipment.

Lennok nodded repeatedly while listening to the police officer’s complaints. The police chatted for a while and left when they heard the sound coming from the pager.

Lennok breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the policeman walk away after saying hello.

‘It wasn’t a customer from the factory.’

Did the effort put into this and that to avoid tracking work? I thought they would at least pretend to look for it but there are no signs yet.

From their point of view Lennok was probably just a dying factory worker so it would not be surprising if there was no chase.

They did steal the supervisor’s car but he had already crossed the Jordan River after being shot by Lennok so no one would care.

It’s still too early to feel safe but there’s no need to raise our guard.

Lennok thought so but he thought it was a good thing for the Balkan police to rely on magic and magic for their investigations.

Powerful wizards have some degree of resistance to magic that targets them.

Even if someone were to find a wizard using a scent-tracking spell it would not work well if the wizard had resistance to targeted magic.

And when Lennok set up this body’s talents he created the character by recording all the trivial abilities until the end.

If the abilities he directly touched were implemented here Lennok’s body would have an absolute resistance ability that would not respond to any tracking or curse magic.

‘It may be difficult to resist the targeting of a much higher level wizard than me but it will be a great help in hiding your identity or escaping.’

Lennok returned to the hotel immediately checked out and moved to another hotel further out in the area.

‘There’s no need to leave traces.’

You probably won’t have to worry too much about tracking from the factory but it doesn’t hurt to be careful.

‘The accommodation fee was too expensive.’

It didn’t take long for Lennok to figure out the prices in the Balkans.

The hotel he stayed in was very unsatisfactory considering it cost 100000 cells per night.

The newly relocated hotel had slightly narrower rooms and a smaller bathroom than the previous hotel but the lodging cost was nearly half that.

It seemed like this would prevent me from losing all my savings on a week’s worth of lodging.

Lennok who had moved all the items that could not even be called luggage picked up the notepad and pen that were lying next to the bed and began to write something down.

It was to organize what he had to do and what he could do here.

‘The most important goal is to survive.’

It’s already been a week since I woke up in an unknown world.

Only by surviving and securing time and leisure can you look forward to the next task. The next thing to consider was why he came here.

And for that we must first make this weak body sound. If things continue like this there won’t be much time left for Lennok.

‘The method needed to restore the body… What comes to mind right away is unique magic related to time. Otherwise it’s just an elixir or treasure equivalent to it.’

In the library he thought of unique magic of the time series but Lennok thought it was more likely to obtain elixirs or treasures.

Unique magic is the most precious treasure and secret of wizards and unless you are a priest it is difficult to even get a chance to encounter unique magic.

‘But elixirs and medicines that restore stamina are different. It will vary depending on the effect but finding the medicine itself won’t be difficult.’

Of course elixirs such as elixirs which are called panaceas may be difficult to obtain even if you pay a thousand gold but elixirs with inferior efficacy will be different.

At least it would be enough to relieve this weak body of the penalty and increase his playing time. Of course such elixirs must exist in this world just as they do in the game.

The conclusion has been decided.

“I need to find a way to make money.”

need money That’s a lot of money too.

“……..”

Lennok who suddenly felt his head pounding couldn’t hold back and put a piece of tobacco in his mouth.

As soon as I turn on the fire and inhale the smoke the fatigue disappears and my whole body begins to feel energized.

“Whoa….”

Lennok sighed as he blew out his lungs full of smoke.

Ultimately this is because I realized the reality that I had no choice but to rely on these items in the long term in order to make money.

In order to get better you have to earn money but in order to make money you have to keep wasting your body.

It was an unavoidable contradiction but in a way it was natural for Lennok who had nothing. Only by forcing yourself to break through this bondage can you create an opportunity.

Fortunately unlike others Lennok had a very special talent.

That’s not surprising. Wasn’t that the only thing to believe in from the beginning?

After that Lennok was lost in thought for a long time thinking about the future.

Although the long-term goal has been set the process of reaching the result is entirely up to Lennok.

It does not end with the decision to make money; the preparation process must also be carefully considered and prepared.

For him using various means including magic was not an option but a necessity.

It was long after the smoke from the beginning of the year had disappeared that the lights in the guest room went out.

Bounty Hunting

Even if the existence of common magic has been forgotten in this world it does not mean that the magic he used has disappeared.

Holding a weapon that others do not know about is nothing short of a privilege.

Realizing this Lennok devoted all his time except for mealtimes and coming down to the lobby to extend room reservations to researching magic.

The three magics he used at the factory. In addition to Light Bolt and Silence there are various types of common magic.

Most magic exists mainly for the convenience of users so there is no magic that is powerful or deep but the feature that it does not discriminate between attributes and series is a very big advantage.

Therefore he organized all the common magic he could remember and began testing them one by one to see if they could be used.

Suddenly!

Lennok nodded as he watched the roll of toilet paper being torn apart while making an eerie sound.

“Cutting magic can also be used. Then let’s see…”

Write the name of the new magic in the corner of the note paper filled with ink. There were already several similar-shaped notepads scattered around on the bed.

Through his efforts so far Lennok had a clear sense of the magic he could use and its limitations.

At least as long as he uses common magic Lennok doesn’t need to worry about magic circles beasts or chants.

Just by conjuring it up magical energy took shape on its own and just by strengthening his will it was realized in reality along with the consumption of magical energy.

Of course there were many magics that could not be used with Lennok’s current level of magical energy or magic that was too powerful to be used in a hotel room but just from that Lennok realized how ridiculous his talent was.

This is because when he played as the Demon Musketeer no matter what level of common magic he used he had to make a personal seal and then finish chanting before he could use the magic.

It’s even a shame that the act of drawing a magic circle was omitted for the convenience of the game otherwise it would have taken several minutes to use the magic.

Moreover as he continued to practice magic his magical power increased steadily reaching nearly three times the amount when he first awakened his magic.

The fact that the amount of magical power increases just by using magic is something that Lennok who has enjoyed WORLD for a long time has experienced for the first time.

Thanks to this Lennok was able to use magic more than 10 times in one day and the speed of his magic research became faster day by day.

Locked in a room he uses magic all day and when his magic power runs out he collapses and sleeps as if dead.

It’s been a week since I clung to magic until my mind became exhausted. Lennok succeeded in raising his magical abilities to a level where he could confidently call himself a wizard.

And finally today was the last day he decided to devote himself to magic research.

The limit is that nothing more has been done. I had to go out and find a proper source of income and stabilize my life.

“This is best.”

No matter how much he has played as a magician Lennok does not remember all the common magic.

This is because he did not come into this world to experience in-depth play as a wizard but rather created this body to experience that play.

Therefore most of the common magic he knows are popular common magic that are also famous among players.

However despite the gap in his game knowledge Lennok did not have to worry.

The number of common spells that can be used so far is enough to fill three pages of memo.

Even if you may lack magical power you will never lack the ability to deal with it. Lennok was sure.

“I have to go out soon.”

When I open the window the cold early morning air seeps into the room.

Breathing in the cold wind Lennok tore the magic notes he had organized so far into pieces and flushed them down the toilet.

All the information about magic he had organized for a week was soaked and washed away but Lennok calmly packed his bags and got up.

All of his talents are specialized in learning and manipulating magic. The numerous magics he had organized were stored in perfect form in his head.

All possible preparations have been completed.

The funds stolen from the gangsters are also slowly running out at the beginning of the year.

If you do not secure a steady source of income it becomes difficult to even maintain your current lifestyle.

It was time to move.

Lennok left the room without hesitation.