I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 286

Death (2)

There is always a certain concentration of magical power distributed in the atmosphere.

No matter where you go in the world, the concentration of magic power is constant. Whether in the middle of the ocean, in the middle of the desert, or in the middle of the city.

The only time the magical power concentration changes is when there is artificial pressure. When a wizard draws magical power from the atmosphere to use magical power, or when a hunter enters a dungeon. Or right before a dungeon break.

And when the dungeon disappears.

… One more thing to add is when a dungeon gate occurs.

I’ve seen all of those situations up close. Observing the dungeon gates occur requires a fair amount of luck, but other than that, it’s something that any hunter who’s been active for a while can easily see.

Of course, there is one important difference between me and those hunters.

Can you see magic or not?

Do you know what the first thing my father tried when he found out I could see magic?

It’s about patterning the movement of magic.

‘That will be your weapon.’

You can see things that others cannot see. The advantage is obvious without having to explain it.

A trap in a dungeon that operates on magic power. In a dungeon where all sorts of magical phenomena occur, if you can detect the flow of magic power early, you can save your life.

At first, I didn’t even understand what magic was. I still don’t know what came first, the awakening or the seeing of magic. I could have awakened after seeing magic, or I could have awakened and then seen magic. Or maybe the two happened at the same time.

‘It’s not something you should worry about. It doesn’t matter what comes first, it won’t change anything for you, right?’

My father said this and helped me distinguish between magic powers.

Well, yes. The order wasn’t important.

‘This is Heejae’s weapon that no one knows about, so you shouldn’t tell anyone else.’

The fact that I can see magic powers makes me feel like I’m the only one, and there are many people who would turn their eyes upside down and run to me if they knew that fact. Even when I was young, I didn’t think it was strange that my father asked me to do that.

Rather, now I wonder how much my father knew. Did he know about the lab?

You knew it.

It looks like they deliberately erased the data in such a meticulous manner.

‘Okay… Can you explain to the old man what Heejae is seeing?’

The explanation was both difficult and easy. It was easy to explain what was visible, but it was difficult because it was something intangible.

If I didn’t concentrate, my father would take my words completely differently, like having to explain where a gentle breeze was coming from.

‘Really? Let’s look at it again. Do you really see it that way?’

… If I think about it, my father must have already felt what I was explaining with his animalistic senses. He asked me over and over again until I explained it accurately. At the time, I wondered why he was being so annoying… .

Through that process, I patterned the movement of magical power. When I officially registered as an Awakened and first held a wooden sword following my father, I was not sure about anything else, but my magical sensitivity was no less than that of an average magician.

Of course, I was watching with my own two eyes, so I was cheating a little bit.

… One of the magicians my father could easily summon was Park Seo-hyun… Park Seo-hyun had demonstrated magic in front of me a few times when I was young. Did Park Seo-hyun know about it?

Anyway, the first thing I became familiar with was the movement of magical power that occurs when a wizard uses magic.

When a wizard uses the magic power in the air, it swirls around like a typhoon. The magic power circles around the wizard, as if waiting for its turn to use it.

Next is….

I became accustomed to the magic around the dungeon. I could just call the wizard and the gate was easy to approach. I also went into the dungeon a lot with my father.

I’ve never seen a Dungeon Break up close, but I’ve seen dungeons of that level often when I worked at the Administration Office.

The movement of magic power when entering and exiting a dungeon and right before a dungeon break is similar. It is like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing waves. Be careful, it is not a stone, but a rock as big as a house. Magic power moves violently. Gamble created a device to measure this rough movement and observe the changes in the dungeon.

The magical power that occurs when the gate is opened is… more violent. It’s a movement similar to a bomb or a black hole. The magical power is compressed to a point and then suddenly explodes. After listening to Hope and thinking about it, I think it’s because they’re gathering the power needed to open the gate.

Woohoooooo… .

“… … !”

The sky is crying. I glanced at the magical power floating in the air while holding onto Kim Chae-min.

The movement of the magical power slowed down as if it were placed in a vacuum. It was different from any magical power pattern I had ever seen.

“Teacher, please let go of this!”

“I know what’s going on out there!”

“We need to check that before we come up with a plan!”

I held Kim Chae-min tightly.

“Just a moment. Just a moment…”

The magic slowly rose upward. It began to sparkle with a golden light. It was a movement I had never seen before in nature, but it was not an entirely unfamiliar sight.

If I had to find a similar shape… wouldn’t it be similar to the sky of the dungeon breaking apart right before the dungeon was destroyed?

Where are the kids? I left them in the classroom. If they are hunters, if they have taken to heart even a little of what I taught them, they won’t come out until they can assess the situation. Let’s believe that they have intelligence.

“… That is.”

I carefully moved to the window. The hunters from Yimiseon and Daseon also saw me and followed me.

The magic was still eerily quiet, but was gathering at one point on the playing field.

Slowly, create a small ball… .

“The magic is strange.”

As a magician sensitive to magic, Kim Chae-min quickly noticed something strange.

In that short period of time, the magical sphere grew in size.

Is a dungeon about to be created? However, no dungeon has ever been created at the Academy location.

“What is that?”

“…yes?”

Yimiseon opened her mouth while leaning against the window.

“It looks like something is going to pop out. Is it magic?”

I already saw the line.

“What is it?”

“Over there, on the playground. The round thing.”

“…Can you see it?”

“Can’t you see Mr. Woo? Guys, do you see that?”

“I can see it.”

“Show me, Master.”

I shook my head with a blank expression.

“No, no… I can see it too.”

Isn’t it magic?

No. That’s definitely magic. But why can’t other people see it?

Since it is something that others have not seen, I do not know what to do if I say I can see it.

It’s magic? It’s magic, right?

“Huh? Uh-huh-huh… .”

Kim Chae-min let out a panicked voice.

Others began to panic as well. The magic ball was bouncing wildly. As if something was coming out from inside.

Kuuuuuung!!!

The sky begins to cry just like a little while ago.

The creepy vibration made my hair stand on end. Damn, if only Hong Seok-young was here at a time like this.

That guy is always there when you need him.

It’s not there when you need it.

I always need it.

Crackle!!

The magic ball was shattered into pieces.

Clang!

Something breaks.

Like when the glass window covering the sky in a dungeon on the verge of destruction shatters.

But the sound of glass breaking was heard only once… and then a blood-soaked feather fell from within the torn orb of magical power. The feather itself did not fall without a flutter. It made a sharp sound, as if a heavy piece of iron had fallen.

I couldn’t help but think of that, perhaps because I had just seen a monster with white feathers on the screen a little while ago.

Kuuuuuu… .

But the thought did not stop there, as a clump of feathers emerged from between the torn gaps in the magic.

Amidst the tangled mass of feathers rolling around, a snake’s head emerged, covered in crimson blood and with blood-soaked feathers again.

White feathers protruded between the golden scales. In the poor quality video, it looked like golden rings, but I now realize that it was a snake.

Everyone held their breath.

The snake thrashed with its mouth shut tightly. It looked as if it was thrashing in agony… .

thud!

The head fell to the floor as it was. There was no body left of the head that had fallen. A messy cut surface was visible, as if someone had torn it apart.

The snake’s head, which had been wriggling for a while, gradually stopped moving. Only then did its closed mouth loosen its grip and open.

“uh!”

Kim Chae-min jumped up. This time, there was no time to stop her. I also got up and jumped out the window and ran.

Without even having time to think, he searched through his bosom. Taking out a weapon from subspace is a basic skill for a hunter.

Yujin’s sword?

No. Now is not the time to use a weapon that doesn’t even stick to your hand.

He holds a familiar handle that he can draw with his eyes closed. It is a spear that Hong Seok-young once used as his alter ego. Even after he passed it on to his son, its power never diminished.

… I didn’t take it out because my current father was using the same window. I’m not stupid enough to worry about that in an emergency.

I held the spear tightly and rushed at the writhing snake, still aiming for its prey, even though only its head remained. I knocked out its teeth, which were as big as my upper body, and took advantage of the gap in its flinching to kick the ground and jump high.

And he threw the spear down. Father’s spear easily pierced the snake’s snout. The roof of the mouth and the jaw were pierced by the spear. The snake writhed to pull out the spear, but it seemed that it could not exert strength without its body, and its movements gradually slowed down. Blood gushed out from the cut section.

Only after I was sure the snake couldn’t escape did I run towards the person it was biting.

Damn, you were fighting so well just thirty minutes ago!!

“Hope!!!”

“… … Keuk!”

He is breathing. The wound from the teeth is so serious that it wouldn’t be strange if he died right away. Kim Chae-min, who came running late, poured a potion into Hope’s wound. Im Yi-sun and the other hunters also took out all the potions they had.

But Hope spat out blood. It was black blood.

“Hope! Come on. You can’t pass out now!!”

“… Ah, uh, s, Sandra.”

“Sandra? Gamble?”

“……no.”

Hope grabbed my arm. I don’t know where she got the strength to do that when she was dying.

The clothes are stained with Hope’s blood. There is flesh on Hope’s hand. It doesn’t seem like all of that blood is Hope’s.

What the hell happened?

“Woo Hee-jae.”

Hope called me.

He is looking straight at me with his eyes wide open.

“Listen carefully.”

“… … .”

“I’m dead.”

“…what?”

“I’m dead. Let’s just say that.”

“what?”

But Hope closed her eyes after saying those words. She quickly checked her breathing.

“… … .”

It was faint, as if it would go out at any moment, but fortunately it was still breathing.

Fantasy, contemporary,