Hermit Wizard

“So Jung, why did you come to this world? Where are we going next? ”

Well, I thought about how far I should tell you this, and I just decided to be honest. They don't seem to be the right opponent to threaten me anyway, and what I want from these giants is information. I thought it would be better to ask what I wanted with the stones.

“First of all, I came to get the shield. It was my first time in the world, and I was trying to get information about where to find it. ”

“Protected woodland"

Grur nods! The word "shield tree" seems to have been translated correctly. This dimension does not mean that it is a natural concept for residents.

“Yes, I saw the Ashpim Wizard, who moved to our dimension, holding a shielded staff. ”

“Yeah, sometimes they pick up branches and make them. ”

I called into delight. It has become clear that it can be obtained at this level.

Gur asked as if it was surprising.

“I felt it for a moment, but you already have great magic, don't you? How big a shield are you trying to make? ”

“For some reason, I'm going to build a big shield where I live. ”

“Hmm, yeah? But, Jung, I have no choice but to ask because I want to get the shield. ”

Gru pointed to the channel in my chest with his finger.

“That channel is the savior of your world, isn't it? In other words, you've never met the Savior of this world, have you? ”

I nod. Because it's true. But why the Savior of this world?

Gru said.

“There are two ways to get the shield. One is to get out of this forest and back to the realm of the Ashpim Giant. I think I came across their territory before you came into this forest. ”

I didn't understand what Gur was talking about.

“Take the shield that Ashpim Giant has? ”

“Yeah, I think you should pick up a few branches at your best. And yet, if you try to take it away, their rebellion will be enormous. I don't know if you felt it, but they're far more magical than Del. Without such a shield tree, you can hardly spread any kind of protective magic. From their point of view, the shield is a great treasure. ”

You need to hit the Ashpim Giants before you go back to Earth, but it's a bit of a burden to go deeper into their territory and combine search and all-out warfare.

Or do I have to provoke them on purpose and pull them out? Wouldn't a wizard with a shield artifact come along to defend you anyway?

I asked Gourd once I thought of it as one of the options.

“What's the other way? ”

“I'm going to find the zone where the shield tree grows. ”

Yeah, this is close to my original plan.

“Is it far from here? ”

“We have to walk further north through Ashpim's territory. Then you get a silver rim. It's a huge forest that leads to the Shield Forest. ”

I shouted in my heart. Awesome!

[Forest? It's also a huge forest? I can't believe I translated it.]

Parvasse seemed to be stubborn. At his mother's level, the shield tree is a precious tree. It is obvious that logging is done before it grows enough to form forests, and it is very rare to be native to the wilderness. If you look at it, you will find about two trees. But it's a huge forest?

I was distracted by the surprising news, and then one word I heard started to bother me again. Wait, I think I've heard that before.

“Silver Lim"? You said earlier, "

The rolling head nods.

“Yes, the Silver Rim is the sanctuary of the Savior of this world. That lazy transcendent is a reclusive forest with a huge shield. ”

He's a savior again. The Savior lives with the shield? In the forest where the shield tree grows, too?

“· · · Is that the shield? ”

There was no contradiction to the ominous feeling.

“A powerful shield made from tens of thousands of shield trees that make up the forest. Only the savior knows exactly what the shield is. No one entered the forest and came back alive. Surrounding the Silver Rim has been an area of regret for a very long time, but they also pick up the branches that roll out of the forest after the storm, and they never enter the forest. ”

Oh, my eyes are getting dim.

It's a powerful ability to double my shield with a single branch. How horrible is the shield that a transcendent makes of tens of thousands of trees?

* * *

Gourd and his disciples spent the day here today and then went into the deeper forest in the southwest direction. Looks like there's a town there.

I asked them if I had a shield to sell in their village, but they said that there was no shield outside of Ashpim's territory or in the village.

So I told Gourd I wanted to buy a map around here. I didn't decide if I should rob Ashpim or approach the Old Man's location, but I needed to know more about the location.

Asked them if there was a concept of money, Gru nodded and showed them that it was an unknown black ore. I'm the kind of person I've never seen.

“It's a mineral called Dercap. There's nothing in your world, is there? ”

Parvash told me about the ingredients, but I could make them if I had them, but I didn't have the guts to try. Once you have enough material, it should be stuck in the workshop in the house for a few days, but you can't do that right now. And those materials are also too expensive to get on Earth.

If that mineral were buried enough to be used as a currency in this world, it would be worth as much gold as our world. But I'm trying to make it a material that can be found on Earth, so it's not the right resin.

“Yes, it's a substance that's not on Earth. But instead of money, there are some things that you might be interested in. ”

I searched the backpack and pulled out a preloaded artifact. An item that gave magic to a plastic soju cup sold at a convenience store.

I don't know how much this is going to be worth in this world, but I feel like I'm losing it, but in my view, it's the kind of thing that can be easily made with little labor and money, so I'm just trying to replace it with a map.

I flipped the Soju Cup, plugged it into the ground, and then I put magic into it.

“Now, if you put this here, using shielding magic...”

This kind of artifact might be useful to these giants. As soon as I settled under the shade of this tree, I saw three giants ordering their fire.

They say that when they are homeless, they usually turn around one by one and wait for the day to pass by while striking the shield. I asked if the reason I was standing in a fire was because there were enough monsters to destroy the shield during the day, and I came back with an unexpected answer.

Turns out, with their magical knowledge, they can't maintain the shield while sleeping.

I opened the shield and asked.

“Well, is there a beast in this forest that can break this kind of shield? ”

A subtle green light wraps around the earthed plastic cup, creating an inverted cup shape. The light pack grew in size and was completed in the form of a physical defense shield that can envelop all of us.

Hikam and Palo spoke in a voice that was filled with confusion because of the magic power felt in the shield.

“You, Jung, are a great wizard to be counted in your hands, as expected? The magic power I felt earlier was really only part of it. Elder Kapal, our town's greatest wizard, won't even be able to build this shield. ”

“Well, I have a high magical power at our level. ”

No one on Earth is more magical than I am, not just on the high side. · · · There's only one person with magic in the first place.

I was told as Hikham sympathizes.

“Oh! Is Jung the ruler of the human village at your level? Why do you want to save the shield and cover Jung's town with the whole defense shield? ”

You are not the ruler of the town, but you are right to cover the town with a shield. No, I'm already covering the town, but I have to say I'm covering more.

When I tell you that I will almost double the shield deployed 3 km in diameter, I feel like I will react more violently.

“No, I'm not interested in domination or anything like that."

Gru said.

“Anyway, to answer your question, there are no creatures in this forest that can break this. But, in fact, I didn't intend to give you an invincibility."

Of course, I didn't bring out this artifact because I had to stand by.

In fact, this is the “shield nucleus” artifact I've been preparing for homelessness and so on.

“No, if you're not worried that this shield will break anyway, why don't you keep it that way and sleep without the fire? ”

“What do you mean? No matter how bad you are, you can't make a fire for yourself. ”

I think I was mistaken for maintaining this shield until the night came, because I would not sleep and would keep my mind focused.

“· · · No, I'll be fine too. ”

Let's look me in the eye and see what Grur doesn't sound like, I explained.

“This one on the ground is an artifact that maintains the shield without me having to keep my mind focused. If I leave it like this, diarrhea will remain like this even if I pass out."

“What?! ”

The giants ran like they couldn't believe it. The response is that the level of the three people is relatively low, but the knowledge of the semi-permanent shield magic and artifacts that once unfolded does not seem to exist in this neighborhood.

I was grateful for the presence of Sassam Parvash. If Parvash's MoD had been this dimension, I wouldn't have thought of building a shield near my house. You can't sleep for 24 hours and keep the shield, can you?

“Well, that's why we're creating a separate tubule of shield inside this artifact. If you focus your horsepower in this way on the outer space, rather than centering the alcoholic body around the shield.”

I've always learned from Parvash. It's the first time I've explained magic to others. Despite the inexplicable explanation, Gourd and Palo were not impressed or alarmed to gain an approximate understanding of the principles of artifacts. They seem to be an unimaginable way of operating. Although Hickham is bruising with the look of what he's talking about.

Curiosity and scholarly enthusiasm of the wizards in any dimension are more than one. These giants put off their sleep and fell in love with the story of my shield magic and the principles of artifact. Most of the time, when giants ask questions, it was my way of answering them, and in the meantime, I memorized the magic formula, but the process of deriving it was sometimes blocked for reasons such as forgetting, but that part was helped by Parvash.

As the burden of immortality went away, I thought I should turn the topic around.

“Effective materials for making these artifacts are also shielded wood, but Ashpim Giants use shielded wood very primitively. ”

“There's no way they can do magic in ways we don't even know. ”

Gru shakes his head and says,

“Anyway, I'm going to give you this artifact, so I want to buy some maps. in the realm of Ashpim and in the forests of the Shield. ”

“There are no maps inside the shield, of course, but the map that goes all the way there is in the village. The elders will pay for these treasures as much as they can. Come with us to the village as soon as it's tomorrow night. ”

It's just a treasure with this kind of thing, so my face is a little hot. There's a box of plastic soju in my backpack right now. Of course, it's all artifacts.

But I gladly nod without giving up this hue.

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