Chapter 13: Sol Lim
“Hello everyone. My na is Jaeyoung Han, your professor for the mana studies class.”
Anyone could tell that the old professor, wearing a white suit, was soone who would be stuck in the lab all day alone.
He was more like a skeleton. Was he related to the necromancer?
“I assu that everyone knows about mana. You are now part of the proud Victoria Academy. I will continue the class expecting that you have background knowledge.”
Those words were inconsiderate of my situation. A teacher should treat students equally, but I guess he wasn’t a truly great teacher.
“I will skip the mana theory and.. We will talk about mana applications.”
With these words, mana started to gather around the skeleton professor’s left arm.
“The application of mana can be divided into two major categories. First is strengthening.”
Whoong Whoong-
The mana that gathered adequately beca typified and visible to the other students and surrounded the professor’s left hand.
“Now, this is called mana typification. A mana without form is strengthened and concentrated into this form.”
KWANG!
The skeleton professor reached out a fist towards the steel that was prepared next to the podium, and the steel was easily crushed.
‘Shit, he’s strong.’
It was a skill worthy of the professor of the greatest enhanced individuals in Korea.
“The second is release. We can call it magic, but this expression is a bit more specific.”
After the professor finished his comnt, a sphere made of mana appeared on top of his left hand.
“Right now it is a shape that simply shows compression, but if you were to add several processes on top of this, it becos magic.”
A magic circle appeared on top of the sphere, and turned into an electric energy that seed as if it would fly off soon.
Spark-
“And this is the magic implentation using a magic circle. Simple magic spells skip the magic circle, but most advanced or more powerful spells require magic circles.”
I also heard an explanation about the concept of magic circles, but I skipped it since it was difficult to understand. It had little to do with
anyways.
“Well, that’s enough for the basic steps. Should we get right into the in-depth process?”
Another mana sphere appeared on top of the professor’s hand. This was more compressed than last ti.
“Sotis, students say this. ‘Professor, why do I need to know all of this even if I’m not a magician?’ You can of course have these thoughts. However, if you use mana on a sword, it’s sword magic, and if you put mana on your fists, then it’s fist magic.”
The professor continued by surrounding the compressed mana ball around his fist and made fist magic.
“How you process mana determines whether it will be magic or simple enhancent. In the end, the basics are the sa. The mana managent you learn here will definitely be useful in the future.”
The mana disappeared from the professor, then with the professor in the center, a wave of mana appeared like rainfall.
“This is not really magic, but we call this ‘detection.’ It’s a simple skill that places mana close to the ground and disperses it around. It had quite many uses for it being a simple skill. Advanced detection skill can find duplicates or enemies hiding behind walls. This skill that seems simple is actually…”
I tried to listen to the complicated explanation of the professor, but I couldn’t grasp a single word.
I didn’t know why I needed to know equations and calculations to spread mana.
“Now, try it yourself and you will find your weak points. Then, I will personally help you. Now, go on.”
As soon as the professor stopped talking, the TAs who were waiting behind started to pass out an oddly looking bracelet.
“This must be the infamous magic aid.”
“Magic aid?”
“Yes, if you wear this, mana application becos much easier. Still, your damage weakens so much that you can’t really use it in real battles.”
With the explanation of Young Han Kim who was next to , I was able to figure out what the bracelet was.
How many hidden features of the ga were there? Was this ga always so detail-oriented?
“In the beginning, try to use detection without the magic aid. If you use the mana aid afterwards, you will get a sense of where you are lacking.”
The professor clearly said that it was a feeling of drawing the mana inside your body and spreading it all around the surroundings.
Whoong-
The mana dispersed to the surroundings and I felt the contour of the nearby classmates.
‘Hmm, this is doable.’
Since using magic was doable, detection should be a piece of cake.
When I looked around, the other students seed lost.
Whoong-Whoong
Glance. I made eye contact with so female students.
Alice. She was the student from France who scored first on the written exams.
The only students who were able to use detection on the first try were Alice and I.
Daeun Nam, who scored first in the practicals, was just twisting her hair as if she was bored.
So the detection led both Alice and I to sense each other’s mana waves.
“…”
“…”
With the thinly-opened glare, as if she was not happy with , I stared back then looked away.
Why was she looking at
like that? What did I do wrong? Was it because I committed the cri of being too handso?
“So students have successfully adapted the technique, but I see that most of you have not. Please wear the mana aid and try again.”
“Ooh~ the mana feels lighter!”
“Really?”
YoungHan Kim was applying the mana with awe.
I didn’t really think that I would need to use it, but I just wanted to see what the difference was.
“Oh, that feels interesting.”
Now I gathered mana from the tip of my fingers.
It beca easi…no, actually much heavier. Was this a faulty part?
I gathered more mana. Even with the aid, it had gotten harder.
“I think this is faulty..ahhhh!”
From the sudden pain that striked
from the inside, I let out a scream.
Kazam!
I fell off my seat, not being able to endure the pain.
The pain did not subside, so I grabbed onto my chest and rolled on the floor.
I felt an unpleasant tallic taste from inside my mouth, and my nosebleed wet the floor.
Cough! Cough!
I coughed and saw blood on my hands.
Fuck. What is this.
“Hey, you alright? Professor, there is an ergency…”
Young Han Kim was shouting stuff next to , but I couldn’t understand as my vision faded.
‘What kind of fuckery..’
I couldn’t stay conscious from the pain, but I could tell the cause.
The mana inside
was all tangled. The mana path was so twisted that it was difficult to properly call mana.
And the more I tried to gather mana, the worse the pain beca.
I didn’t know what the cause of the pain was, but I knew that by fixing the path, I would no longer be in pain by instinct.
Of course in that process, I would suffer, but I was soon to lose my mind. I could really die.
“Khup!”
I moved mana by force. The mana that was following my orders was now disobeying .
It was like a ball of mana that was bouncing inside my body and hitting my organs.
“Oook!”
I threw up blood and stomach acid, not being able to withstand the dizziness and pain.
The balls of mana that ca up through my throat spilled across the floor. From gagging a couple of tis, I felt a little better.
[Clear ntality] always helped . Even with imnse pain as if I was going under surgery without anesthesia, I was able to keep a clear mind.
From being a little more used to the main, I tried to control mana and tweak it.
Snatch the mana that tried to run and replace the inner mana paths back to their original place. It required imnse concentration as it required
to control every little miniscule path inside my body.
From this I felt a deeper understanding of mana, and was able to speed up the process.
“Hoo.Hoo. Ssssp. Phew.”
I was finally able to control all the mana. I started to feel alive again.
Eek. The inside of my body was still ruined, but it stopped getting worse.
If I had been more late, I could have died. I think I will live.
Now I was able to look around .
All the students and professors were looking at
standing, and right in front of
was Young Han Kim and professor Lim Sol.
“You…how did you..”
Professor Lim, who was in a robe, was staring at
with wide eyes.
Her pupils visible under the hood were dilated and her circular mouth was just gaping.
Why was she here?
She usually stays in the lab when there is no class.
Anyways, my head still hurt.
I wished that they would treat
already.
“Uh…uh….”
“Uh?”
“How did you do it–!”
When I replied to her stutter, professor Lim suddenly scread.
“Khek!”
Then she started shaking
by holding my collar.
“How! How! Did! You!”
“Khuhk, one mont. Please, just..”
“Professor Sol Lim! Let go! There is blood coming out of the student’s mouth! Hey! Let go!”
The old professor fortunately got back to his senses and stopped professor Lim.
Khluk. Blood that was held in my mouth spilled. My head was dizzy again.
“Yes? Haw! What? Blood? Send him to the ergency room now! You are the teacher! What are you doing?”
“The ergency team is already here, let go of him!”
“Oh, okay.”
The professor finally let go of my collar.
‘What the hell is up with her?’
Sol Lim.
A gifted magician. She was recognized globally.
She didn’t have much to do with the main character, but her odd personality and sexy cat face made her an attractive one.
‘Now that I see it, she was just a crazy bitch.’
She was a little cuckoo in the ga, but in reality she was just crazy to deal with.
Zweeng-
As in a ga world, the ergency dical team was placing their hands on , with lights emitting. From seeing how just streams of light healed , it was hard to believe that it was working.
Even now the pain subsided.
“Woah, so cool. Cough cough.”
“Hoyeon, are you okay? You are alive, right?”
“Yeah, thanks for being concerned.”
Young Han Kim looked at
worriedly and asked
a question. I guess friends are good in these tis.
“I think that if a friend I just made two days ago were to die, I would get nightmares.”
“….”
The highly-trained dical team of the top academy in the country rapidly finished treatnt and started to pack their bags.
“You mana path was severely damaged, but we have taken care of it. You won’t have trouble getting on with your everyday life.”
“Thank you.”
The old professor thanked them for , who was still catching breath on the ground.
“I think that the cause is that mana aid over there…it might be faulty. We should investigate it.”
“Cough. Khmm..”
As soon as the dical team stopped talking, I heard an awkward cough, and it was coming from professor Sol Lim.
“Well, actually….”
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