Chapter 100: Clan Induction (2)
“Then we’ll be taking our leave first.”
Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Kang Da-hee tried to take Kali with her and head out of the Reception Room.
However, Kali stopped in her tracks for a mont and asked.
“Wait a second. This looks fun—can’t we watch a bit before leaving?”
“You can’t.”
“Tch, so uptight.”
In the end, Kali trudged after Kang Da-hee and left the Reception Room.
“What are you doing! Why aren’t you coming at already!”
Pajijijik……!
The lightning surging from Tae-oh Barosi grew increasingly violent.
At that, Betty let out a small sigh and spoke.
“Ha……. Sorry, Diesel. My older brother learned social skills from novels.”
“Novels?”
“Yeah. He wasn’t like that originally, but then he suddenly got into so genre like martial arts novels or whatever, and he changed like this.”
“What I read were not re novels! They were the masters who taught this man called how to live his life!”
“What are you even saying.”
“Younger sister! If you continue to insult novels any further, this older brother will have no choice but to you…….”
“Shut up and put the electricity away while I’m still being nice.”
“Ha! That sharp gaze of yours is still the sa!”
Realizing that reason wouldn’t get through, Betty made a threatening face at her older brother.
“Put it away. Right now.”
“Hm……? Are you rebelling against this older brother now? How adorable.”
Pajijijik……!
This ti, lightning sparks flared up from Betty.
“I told you to put it away.”
“Hahahaha……! Very well! Then let us finish the sibling reminiscence we couldn’t complete last ti!”
‘Hmm…….’
Sohow, it felt like I had ended up intruding in the middle of a family fight.
Diesel slowly observed Tae-oh Barosi.
‘His mana level is incredible.’
He had probably only just passed thirty, yet when it ca to mana, it would be no exaggeration to say he was nearly complete.
In particular, the trait lee Mages valued most—“purity”—had reached an extre level.
‘His purity doesn’t even compare to Betty’s.’
She clearly possessed purity on a level completely different from ordinary mages.
But compared to Tae-oh Barosi’s mana, it was like the difference between the clearest stream and distilled water.
‘They say mana purity cos from a pure mind…….’
An untainted, upright heart.
Most lee Mages either made constant efforts to maintain that state, or were people who possessed such a disposition from the start and thus gravitated toward becoming lee Mages.
‘Wait. Then what about Kali?’
Her mana purity, as a lee Mage, was also fairly high.
She looked worldly, but was her inner self actually pure?
“Making wait this long! Must this body truly step forward first!”
“Try moving even a single hair. I’ll turn you into grilled lizard on the spot.”
“Oho……. Younger sister, it seems your mana is filled with far more killing intent than before.”
“…….”
“As expected, this man is soone especially precious to you…….”
“Sh, shut up! What kind of crazy nonsense are you spouting?”
Pajit……!
From Betty’s hand blood a rapidly spinning Sphere of the Brain Dragon.
Just as she was about to hurl it at Tae-oh Barosi.
“Betty.”
Diesel stepped in and stopped her movent.
“I’ll handle this.”
“H, huh? No! There’s no need to deal with that guy! We can just roughly send him back…….”
“It’s fine.”
“…….”
The opponent was a swordsman from the Brain Dragon Magic Tower and a half-dragon, no less.
Even if we were to simply send him away, there was nothing wrong with crossing blades first.
For Diesel, fighting was also a way to improve ability.
“Hahahaha……! So you’ve finally found the will to face ?”
“Not here. Follow .”
“Very well! Lead the way!”
The only completed facility in the utterly ruined Safe House.
A “Training Ground” where all kinds of magic, firearms, and cold weapons could be tested.
There was also space prepared for sparring.
“Oh……. So there was at least one proper area.”
Tae-oh Barosi exclaid as he looked around.
“Remarkable. This is the first ti I’ve seen a place on this scale.”
“Doesn’t the Brain Dragon Magic Tower have a training ground?”
“It does, but not in this form. Our tower focuses more on researching spells.”
Generally, the mages in magic towers regarded magic as a kind of academic discipline.
Perhaps because of that, they showed little interest in the lee Mage path, where physical training was important.
‘He must’ve had it pretty rough too.’
A lee Mage from a magic tower.
In truth, it was an extrely unusual background.
So magic towers even labeled lee Mages as “heretical.”
Perhaps that closed-off tendency of such towers had influenced Tae-oh Barosi to wander outside.
“With this level, it wouldn’t fall short even if compared anywhere in the world.”
Had he taken a liking to the Training Ground?
Tae-oh Barosi nodded with a satisfied smile.
‘Of course it should be. Do you know how much money I poured into this place?’
Just the foundational construction alone had burned through hundreds of millions.
On top of that, all the various facilities inside were top-tier, so as Tae-oh said, it could be considered one of the finest Training Grounds in the world.
“Then shall we now properly confirm it?”
“…….”
“Whether you have the qualifications to beco this body’s ‘commander,’ that is.”
Sreung.
Tae-oh Barosi drew his sword once more and took his stance.
“Co, mage.”
Facing his upright gaze, Diesel drew mana up through my body.
‘Perfect timing. There’s sothing I wanted to test anyway.’
The transmission of the Gongryu Sword I had promised Edwin Silver.
In truth, that swordsmanship was a technique that could not be executed by anyone other than my older brother and myself.
It required the Seed ability called “Eyes that Perceive” to be used properly.
‘Still, if it’s that man, it might be possible.’
Edwin possessed the Seed power known as “Cutting Surface.”
A powerful ability capable of cutting through all surreal phenona.
‘Besides, I have a similar ability myself.’
The ability I possessed—“Manipulating Hand.”
If my older brother could only see the surreal, I went as far as manipulating it.
That ant that, like Edwin Silver, I could also cut through the structures ford by magic.
‘Using that as a foundation, I was able to improve the Gongryu Sword.’
Diesel had already modified several opening forms of the Gongryu Sword to better suit my own body.
The only thing lacking was real combat data, and this seed like a good opportunity.
With that, Diesel ford a sword made of black ice in my hand.
“Oho……. That ice is…….”
Tae-oh Barosi muttered in admiration as he looked at the Black Ice Sword.
“So the rumors were true. They said you wield black ice.”
“I’m kind of famous.”
“I’ve also heard you can even use White Thunder. Is that true as well?”
“Who knows.”
Diesel shrugged, then raised the tip of the sword toward Tae-oh Barosi.
“You’ll find out yourself.”
“Hahahaha! That confidence of yours—I like it!”
The half-dragon burst into loud laughter, his eyes glowing blue.
“Then let’s see. Whether your confidence is backed by skill.”
Pajijijijik……!
Lightning far stronger than before erupted from Tae-oh Barosi.
“Co!”
He yielded the initiative as if it were only natural.
Just how confident was he to act like that?
In response, Diesel took my stance.
‘Modified Gongryu Sword.’
I recalled the swordsmanship that combined my older brother’s mories with my own applications.
‘Ironclad Piercing.’
A simple yet powerful thrust.
Originally, it was a form that used Seed abilities to pierce weaknesses along the most efficient path.
“Oho……!”
Pajijijik……!
But with my abilities, such detours were unnecessary.
“That is the lightning-type enhancent art, ‘Leigong’!”
Blue lightning flared up from Diesel’s body.
A single strike unleashed while even using lightning-type enhancent.
“Hahahaha! Looks like there’s no room to take it easy!”
Like a bolt of lightning crashing down from the sky.
A jet-black sword streak charged toward its target.
But—
‘……?’
Tae-oh Barosi, who should have been at the tip of my blade, was sowhere completely different.
“To alter and operate ordinary Leigong like this. Excellent! Did you refine it yourself?”
“…….”
What just happened?
I was clearly accelerated to so extent in reaction speed through Leigong.
And yet, Tae-oh Barosi’s movents were completely invisible to .
“But compared to the ‘true’ Leigong, it still falls far short.”
The half-dragon grinned as he looked at Diesel.
Pajijijik……!
Clad in a form of Leigong similar to mine.
‘The true Leigong…….’
Taking those words as a hint, sothing ca to mind.
A way to raise the output of the Leigong spell even further.
Diesel narrowed my eyes and looked at Tae-oh.
He was definitely using the sa “Leigong” as I was.
‘No. That’s different sohow.’
Even with the power of surreal awakening, the spells used by lee Mages were hard to distinguish.
That was because most spells manifested as enhancents to the body.
Among them, Leigong—with its outwardly visible form—was about the only spell Diesel could attempt to imitate.
I observed Tae-oh Barosi more closely.
Then I noticed that the core of his Leigong was different.
‘Did he combine spells…….’
In his Leigong, the Brain Dragon Magic Tower’s signature spell, “Sphere of the Brain Dragon,” was being used like a power core to maintain output.
And not just one, but three spheres.
“Originally, the enhancent art ‘Leigong’ was a spell directly passed down to the world by our ancestral Brain Dragon.”
“……I see.”
“That’s why combining it with the Sphere of the Brain Dragon is practically essential.”
Perhaps it was information even Betty Barosi did not know.
Considering that Leigong had not been among the many combination thods she taught , that seed likely.
‘Well, she is a Spellcaster.’
Leigong was a lightning-type enhancent art handled by lee Mages.
And the half-dragon before my eyes was a lee Mage—sothing exceedingly rare within the Brain Dragon Magic Tower.
“Can you imitate it?”
Tae-oh Barosi asked with a confident smile.
In response, Diesel drew up mana instead of answering.
Pajijijik……!
In Diesel’s grasp, a Sphere of the Brain Dragon about the size of a marble ford.
“Oho…….”
Though small in size, its power was anything but insignificant.
It was a sphere that compressed sothing originally several tis larger into a single point.
“Did you learn that from Betty?”
The half-dragon’s eyes narrowed.
“How unexpected. To think that girl would teach magic to soone.”
It was a remark laden with aning, but Diesel had no room to pay it any mind.
In my hand, magic capable of supplying power to an entire building was surging violently.
‘Now I need to combine this with Leigong…….’
I brought my palm near my heart.
Then I pushed it toward the mana core that maintained Leigong.
But for so reason, it just wouldn’t work easily.
‘……Why?’
“Stop it. You’ll end up a wreck if you keep that up.”
Tae-oh Barosi offered sincere advice from the front, but it didn’t reach Diesel’s ears.
‘Is it because I modified Leigong?’
After quickly analyzing the cause, I altered the form of Leigong.
From the Leigong I had modified to reduce strain on the body, back to the original Leigong that burned flesh and muscle entirely.
Pajijijik……!
‘Kuh…….’
Instantly, overwhelming searing pain assaulted .
Without hesitating even a mont, Diesel forced the Sphere of the Brain Dragon back into my body.
“You have quite a reckless tendency. That’s not a good habit for a swordsman.”
Despite Tae-oh’s muttering, Diesel did not stop.
“Ahem, forcing it like that won’t make it work. It’s not sothing you can do with sheer spirit alone. Even for , it took several months. Let’s call it a day here, so stop being stubborn and—”
But—
“Hmm……?”
“Krrrk…….”
Pajijijik……!
“What…… did you just do?”
“…….”
Diesel’s eyes glowed blue as I finally succeeded in combining the two.
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