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Episode 146. Taming
‘Pioneer-.’
Galahad shook the lamp gently.
The lamp was burning with a gray fire. The fire was burning so brightly that it was leaking out of the lamp.
I put in one pioneer, and it’s like this-.
‘That’s amazing.’
Galahad shook the lamp. The grey flame flickered dangerously, and it was quite a sight.
‘A sacred object that absorbs life force.’
It was the item that Galahad needed most.
‘But if we do this-.’
Galahad glanced down. Heartbeat? The egg of pain was beating slightly.
‘Isn’t there any reason to use you?’
Thump! The egg of pain trembled violently. I hastily pressed my heart hard. I poured out all the mana and vitality I had been holding back.
‘hmm.’
By using the Egg of Pain, one could simultaneously obtain mana and life force from the blood of the demons.
The holy relic only took life force from the demons. Mana was completely spread out to the surroundings.
Instead, the Holy Relic had much better vitality efficiency. It could also store vitality.
‘Hmm.’
Thump! A pang of pain was stuck to my heart. It was as if it was telling me not to give up on myself.
“Are you okay?”
Gilbert’s rough voice broke my thoughts. The sight of Gilbert asking that question made things even worse.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, the knights of the North are originally solid.”
Gilbutton patted my chest and chuckled. There were two bloody streaks under his nose.
“The knights of the North are certainly sturdy.”
“Yes, but if I had been just a little bit later, would the demon have knocked on the gate?”
“It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that it has increased a little.”
“Huh? How is this a little bit?”
“It may be long for you, but it’s short for me.”
“······What does it mean?”
Galahad chuckled at Gilbert’s crumpled face.
“No, look over there. Can’t you see the wall over there?”
“What kind of wall do you see? Hmm, I can really see it.”
“Why did that demon who only increased the number of demons make a road? It’s not like he suddenly became smart. If I had been a little bit later, a high-ranking demon would have knocked on the gate.”
Galahad coughed lightly.
“Knock on the gate-. Not to that extent. It’s just a little long.”
“This is a story from over there.”
Gilbutton pointed to the knights.
Adrianna and her immediate subordinates were gathered together in a serious meeting.
“The demon realm continues here. Now the demons will knock on the gate every day.”
“If things continue like this, the walls will collapse soon. We must report this to His Majesty the Grand Duke immediately.”
Galahad coughed slightly.
“Why are you like that? Like you need to take a dump.”
“Well, that’s a very typical choice of words. Well, if the problem is that it’s stretched out, why don’t you just shorten it?”
“Is there a way to reduce the magic power?”
“If it has increased, there must be a way to reduce it.”
Galahad tossed his tangled hair.
“Oh, you are indeed the captain. What is the method?”
“The simplest thing is, of course- Adrianna!”
Adrianna looked this way.
“sorry!”
Adrianna, whose eyes met mine, lowered her head.
“Okay, come this way.”
Adrianna approached him, hesitantly.
“Are you okay?”
“Thanks, I’m fine. Yes.”
“Is that okay? Tell me exactly.”
When asked seriously, Adrianna exhaled deeply.
“Yes, that’s better.”
“I’m glad you like it.”
“······That’s not what I meant!”
Galahad’s eyes narrowed at Adrianna’s rare voice. Adrianna lowered her head again.
“Anyway, I plan to reduce the magic level again.”
“Yes? Oh, yes.”
Adrianna instantly became serious at the mention of the magic mirror. However, she still did not make eye contact. She desperately avoided eye contact.
“Is there a way to reduce the magic power?”
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“There are several. You are one of them. I will use your nature first.”
“Oh, are you burning mana?”
“Yeah, that’s a very intuitive way.”
“How do I use it?”
“It’s simple. Raise your aura as much as possible and run.”
“······yes?”
Adrianna’s eyes fluttered slightly.
“Raise your aura and jump while moving your hands up and down. Give it a try.”
“yes yes.”
Adrianna paused and waved both her hands up and down. The aura rippled in time with her touch.
“Good, let’s run like that.”
“Oh, I understand.”
Adrianna ran quickly. Adrianna’s aura cleared the ash around her. It was a rather comical sight, but the effect was intuitive.
“······Is that really true?”
Gilbutton asked with a trembling expression.
“It’s the most surefire way.”
“When will you erase everything like that?”
“Of course, that’s not enough. Now, why did the demon realm expand?”
“Isn’t it because of that lamp?”
Gilbert pointed to the lamp. Galahad nodded slightly.
“That’s correct. It increased while converting demons and monsters into mana with the lamp. Then how do I reduce it?”
“I don’t know?”
“How bold. It’s simple. It’s about converting mana into demons and monsters in reverse.”
“Yes? Can you change mana into demons and monsters?”
“There it was.”
Galahad looked around, shaking his lamp. The knights of his immediate unit were gathered around him.
“The pioneer was originally a general of the empire. He was cursed to become a demon. Instead, his mana concentration was lowered. Turning a human into a demon is a very effective way to lower his mana concentration.”
The knights’ faces were stern.
“······Are you saying that you turned the knights into demons?”
“Oh, Sir Gilbert, you are surprisingly quick to understand.”
A heavy silence fell. The knights’ faces became stern. Some knights retreated.
“To turn your direct unit into a demon tribe-. No matter how dangerous it is that the demon realm has expanded······.”
Gilbutton glanced around. The knights averted their gaze.
Galahad waved his hand lightly.
“To make them into demons, you need a curse. Curses are not my area of expertise. Unfortunately, that method is impossible.”
The knights were greatly relieved. When someone muttered quietly, ‘What a pity?’, their faces hardened again.
“I have no choice but to use another method.”
Galahad pulled out a piece of leather from inside. It was leather engraved with the beastmaster’s magic circle.
“I’ll use demons instead of you. I need demons. The weaker the better, and the more the better.”
The knights reacted violently to Galahad’s command. They divided themselves into districts and quickly dispersed.
It was faster than when I received Adrianna’s orders.
There were no monsters or demons around here because the pioneers had dried up the seeds on the way. So the knights headed towards the demons’ territory.
Galahad, having confirmed this, turned around.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to try the third method.”
Galahad waved his hand lightly and headed inward.
The fog of the magic realm enveloped Galahad. Galahad sprayed mana to check his surroundings. There was not even a trace of the demons or monsters.
‘Good.’
Galahad sat quietly.
There was a lamp full of life force and a magic mirror with a high concentration of mana.
This was a good opportunity to increase the concentration in the body. It could also lower the surrounding mana concentration-.
‘Killing two birds with one stone.’
As I expanded my scope, my understanding of life force increased. In the process, I realized-.
‘Vitality is not a light force.’
If anything went wrong, there was a chance that my heart would explode.
‘That sounds fun.’
Galahad raised the corners of his mouth and adjusted his grip on the golden staff.
Without hesitation, he gently inserted the golden rod into the lamp.
The vitality rose violently up the golden rod.
‘It’s really terrible.’
It was indeed the life force of a high-ranking demon. For a moment, my mind became hazy.
Galahad bit his lip and steeled himself.
The life force of the high-ranking demon was much heavier than expected. There was a sound of something bursting inside. The veins swelled greatly.
at that time-.
Thump! The Egg of Pain rushed into the life force. Thump! The Egg of Pain entangled itself with the life force. It desperately tore at the life force.
‘The Demons are better at handling life force.’
The egg of pain burst into life. It was a reaction like a dog that had bitten a bone.
‘You’re still useful, aren’t you?’
Thump! Thump! The egg of pain nodded loudly. It slowly poured its vitality into its blood. Its heart became heavier and heavier.
My heart felt like it was going to burst at any moment. A terrible sound came from inside.
but-.
‘No, it hasn’t exploded yet.’
Galahad thrust the golden staff deeper.
······Thump!
The Egg of Pain was shocked.
****
“Hoo! Ha! Hoo! Ha!”
Tom turned his head at the loud breathing.
Gwen was waving both her hands and breathing heavily.
When asked how to restore mana, Galahad answered by breathing hard.
Does breathing really restore mana? Tom tilted his head.
At that moment, Damien, who had fainted, suddenly woke up.
“I’m hungry.”
Tom took out all the jerky and gave it to Damien. Damien stuffed his mouth with the jerky. He stuffed the jerky in without even swallowing it.
Damien swallowed hard and shook his head. His eyes returned.
“The knight is cool too.”
Damien muttered calmly.
‘at las-.’
Tom was slightly impressed by that.
Damien may seem like just a hungry, slovenly kid on the outside, but he’s different when he holds a sword.
Damien was the real deal. It was he who stabbed the pioneer in the neck at the end.
Damian was a boy who was clearly destined to become a knight. Tom was genuinely worried that Damian wanted to become a wizard.
Damien saying, ‘Chivalry is cool too’.
‘Is it thanks to Lady Adrianna?’
Adrianna was definitely intense as she faced the Pioneers alone.
He was, needless to say, a hero of the North. It was only natural that he would be impressed.
Tom was impressed, but he didn’t ask any more questions, lest Damien be shaken.
at that time-.
“Ahhh! I’m recovered! Baraaaam!”
Gwen smiled and held out her hand. A gust of wind began to blow. As the ash cleared away, the surroundings became visible.
But there was something strange. That was-.
‘······Lady Adrianna?’
Adrianna was running while waving both her arms. Behind her, a pure white aura was swaying beautifully, but it didn’t look cool.
It was very knightly.
“That······is probably to narrow the gap.”
Tom explained to Damien in a hurry. Damien just smacked his lips.
At that moment, a gentle breeze blew. The ash that had filled the room was sucked away in an instant.
At the center of it all was Galahad.
Galahad sat quietly with his eyes closed.
In one hand he held a lamp with a flickering gray flame, and in the other he held a golden staff, and his appearance gave off a sense of divinity that went beyond piety.
Galahad sitting still and clearing the fog, and Adrianna running around waving her arms.
Tom was dizzy at the stark contrast between the two.
Damien had finally made up his mind.
“You damn brat. Did you eat it all by yourself?”
At that moment, Gilbert spoke bluntly.
And here comes Gilbutton-. It was the end. Tom despaired.
“There is one left.”
Damien offered Gilbert some jerky.
“Oh, what’s wrong? You gluttonous brat.”
“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”
“Hey! I’m hungry too!”
Gilbutton swallowed it whole.
‘Damian is giving up his food?’
Only then did Tom realize.
‘It wasn’t because of Lady Adrianna that the knight was said to be cool.’
Gilverton threw himself at Damien, who was flying away, and caught him. Gilverton even took the Pioneer’s attack instead.
Tom, realizing this, smiled faintly.
At that moment, Gilbert approached Tom. He had a somewhat awkward posture.
and-.
“Tom, I can’t give up the position of captain. You’d better take my salary. I won’t give you the position of captain.”
Started making weird noises.
Damien sighed.
****
“I’ve collected them all.”
At the calm voice, Galahad raised his head.
Adrianna appeared, covered in sweat. Her breathing was ragged. After that, a much clearer Makyeong appeared.
‘You must have been running around hard.’
It was a crude method, but it was effective.
At that moment, his heart started pounding heavily. Galahad looked down at his body.
‘I guess I’m about an intermediate level demon.’
My heart was pounding quite hard. If I had pushed myself a little harder, it might have burst.
Thump! The Egg of Pain made its presence felt. The Egg of Pain was definitely more suitable for dealing with life force.
‘Yeah, you were great too.’
Galahad held off on disposing of the Egg of Pain. Thump! The Egg of Pain was pressing hard against his heart.
“Over there.”
Adrianna pointed to one side.
“Pretty aaaaaaaaaaaa! Pretty aaaaaaaaaaaa!”
There were knights gathered there, and among them were quite a few small-looking beasts caught.
“I am the lowest-level demon, Pointed Ari.”
“Pointed owl?”
“It is called that because it has a pointed snout. It is noisy, so it is easy to find.”
Galahad examined the creature called the Pointed Eagle. It was a creature that looked like a bird. However, it was smaller than the other creatures.
“You have wings. Can you fly?”
“Oh, Captain Spiky will be able to fly for a while.”
“Right.”
Galahad examined the spikes for a moment. They were a good size.
‘It would be nice to practice.’
The magic circle of the monster trainer was difficult and complicated. It was an old magic circle, so its structure was different from the current one, and the target was a monster.
Since I had to reduce the size of the magic circle at that time, I planned to use the demons to relieve the mana.
“Are you really going to become a monster?”
“Sir Gilbert, didn’t I explain it to you earlier?”
Galahad answered lightly, shaking his lamp. Its grey light swept over the spikes.
The pointed eagle bared its teeth at the sight of Galahad. It was filled with the fierce hostility characteristic of monsters.
“Would you like me to turn it over?”
“yes.”
The knight next to him grabbed the squid. The squid’s belly was completely exposed.
I found a suitable space among them and snapped my fingers. The sparks that flew through my fingers hit the prickly worm’s belly.
Spark quickly carved a magic circle.
Even in that situation, the pointy-tailed eagle just kept moving its beak to devour Galahad. This was a monster.
Galahad, who had finished carving the magic circle, took the lamp.
Within, I placed a golden rod on the magic circle and inserted a lamp into the golden rod. The demon’s magic circle and the lamp were connected to the golden rod.
OK-.
The movement of the pointy-tailed hawk suddenly stopped. The pointy-tailed hawk was throbbing as if swallowing something. Something was rumbling inside the pointy-tailed hawk’s body.
Boom boom! The heartbeat grew louder like a drum. The fur on the pointy tail puffed up roughly. And it grew rapidly.
It grew bigger and bigger, its snout became longer, its wings became sharp like steel – and soon it transformed into a giant monster.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The pointed owl roared loudly. At that moment, the bastard’s chest heaved loudly. And then-.
Phew.
The movement of the pointed hawk has stopped.
‘My heart is bursting.’
Galahad wiped the blood from his face and thought about the results he had just obtained.
He stood there and made a light gesture.
“Okay, next.”
The knight stood aside absentmindedly. The next knight stood before Galahad, holding a pointed spear.
Galahad snapped his fingers and-.
pop.
“Okay, next.”
Thump!
The egg of pain pressed hard against the heart.
*
Forcing mana through vitality was a considerable burden. Most people couldn’t endure it and their hearts burst.
It didn’t really matter.
Even if he died, his mana was bound to his blood, so the goal of reducing the mana concentration was achieved, and in the process, Galahad was able to increase his understanding of the monster trainer’s magic circle and vitality. Even if he failed, it was still a gain.
even-.
‘It worked.’
·········!!
A mighty howl filled the air. A huge eagle-shaped creature flapped its wings wildly. It had six wings and its beak was as hard as steel.
It was the only one that survived.
‘Is it a top-tier monster?’
As Galahad shook his finger, the creature approached and bowed its head. Gilverton’s mouth fell open.
“This… does this make sense?”
“With all the mana and vitality poured in, what could possibly go wrong?”
“No-. Even so, the highest level monster······.”
Gilbutton opened his mouth stupidly.
“His Majesty the Grand Duke will be very pleased with that.”
Gilbert, who had just come to his senses, spoke softly.
“Well, why does His Highness like it?”
“Yes? Aren’t you going to give it to me as a gift? I heard His Highness the Grand Duke really liked the monster gift last time-.”
“Ah, that-.”
Galahad nodded. The Archduke certainly liked the gift of a demon.
but-.
“If you give it to someone carelessly, they will become spoiled.”
Galahad lightly patted the creature.
How can you be so spoiled by the Grand Duke, the master of the North?
Gilbert’s face turned pale.
“ah.”
At that moment, Galahad sighed softly.
Yes, I will give it to His Highness the Grand Duke. His Highness liked it so much last time.
It was famous for being ridden even within the castle.
At that, Galahad raised the corners of his mouth.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I did something pretty?”
Pretty thing?
······Your Highness the Grand Duke?
Gilbutton, who was difficult to understand, just nodded.
Fantasy, Fusion,