Episode 785
âSo⦠there was a senior like that?â
âuh? uh.â
Carnella thought that the juniorâs voice sounded a little excited.
âIt must be an illusion, right?â
âWhy did I never know about such a senior?â
âBecause, like I just said, heâs an unsociable and eccentric person?â
âAre there one or two unsociable and eccentric people in Einrogard? Thatâs not even a drawback. âIn my opinion, this senior seems like a person who doesnât waste time on useless things and concentrates hard on his work.â
âProfessor Verdus is that kind of person, but no one likes himâ¦â
âHow dare you say that!â
âIâm sorry. âYou also attended the Buyeo School of Magic, right?â
Carnella later remembered that her junior was also a member of the Buyeo School of Magic and apologized.
To be precise, the wizards of the Enchantment School of Magic did not get angry at Professor Verdus for swearing at them.
If Professor Verdusâ name was mentioned in any situation, he would get angry and say it was ominous and unlucky.
ââ¦no. Seniors. I couldnât control my emotions. sorry.â
âAnyone who has anything to do with Professor Ver Mo can do that. donât worry. âThis Hormasi doesnât care about such things at all.â
âThen how about preparing a gift before you meet that senior?â
ââ¦â¦â
Carnella felt a little sad.
He himself is a senior from the Transformation Magic School, so why does he only respect that crazy, eccentric senior?
* * *
If there was a large mountain range in the Einrogard territory, there was a small mountain range in the 7th floor area.
Of course, from the studentsâ perspective, it felt like there was no difference between large and small. Even if the number of mountain peaks decreases, the hardships faced by students climbing them will not decrease.
But fortunately, there were several climbing methods prepared by students in the 7th floor area.
Rumbling!
After going into the basement of an abandoned house, Carnella got on a mine car and knocked on the side three times.
Then the cart began to run quickly on the rails on its own.
âYou live in an underground cave. âHe seems like a very frugal and down-to-earth person.â
âIs it that muchâ¦?â
Carnella looked at the package her junior was holding dearly as if it were dumbfounded.
No matter how I looked at it, I wondered if I should give such a gift to the senior I was meeting now.
widely!
After a few minutes, the tram stopped. Meanwhile, the surroundings were dark due to how deep we had descended. All I could see was the faint glow of plants and minerals in the distance, beyond the underground valley.
Carnella stopped in front of a large cave and stretched out her hand in front of Lee Han.
âJunior. Donât make any hasty moves from here on. âYou could fall into a trap.â
âYou guard your own defense so thoroughly. âYou are a person with strict security awareness.â
ââ¦Senior Zaroon! Senior Zaroon! Hormasi has arrived! âPlease open the door!â
There was no sound.
Carnella swore once and then shouted again.
âSenior Zaroon! Itâs lecture time! âIf you donât come out, Iâll set this place on fire!â
Still, I couldnât hear anything.
Carnella spat and muttered.
âI canât believe it has to be like this every time I come here. Fierce flame, turn into a rat and go inside!â
The powerful flame that poured out of the bottle transformed into a mouse and began to crawl inside.
How long has it been?
Flashing flames and shouts of profanity came from inside.
âHormasi you accursed bastard! âI will claim compensation!â
âLetâs tell the professor! âBecause the professor ordered it!â
âProfessors donât pay!â
A short dwarf came out from inside with a grunting sound.
The ends of his beard and hair were scorched, as if he had just turned off the light, and the rest of his appearance was worn and shabby, like that of an eccentric hermit.
This person was senior Zarun from the Western Steel Shoes dwarven family.
Zarun looked around with his eyes rolling while holding a hammer-shaped staff. It was as if they were on guard to see if there were other attackers.
âWhat about the others?â
âno. Senior Zaroon. âI came here for a lecture!â
âjoy. Theyâre probably saying that and trying to attack me and steal the gold. âDo you know that Iâve been hit once or twice?â
After saying that, Zaroon took a step back.
Among the Einrogard students, there were many who attacked and looted the gold after reassuring them by saying, âLecture has started, come out now, Zarun.â
Seeing that, Carnella muttered in an annoyed voice.
âItâs completely crazy. That senior. âIf I do that, I wonât be able to graduate and I will forever be the madman of Einrogard.â
âno. Seniors. âSenior Zaroon just has a lot of scars.â
ââ¦Have you ever met that senior before?â
Carnella could not understand why Lee Han was strangely friendly to Zaroon.
Until now, no student has reacted favorably to Senior Zaroonâ¦
âNo one?â
âBut why do you like it so much?â
âItâs just respect. Just like I respect my senior.â
âHmm. âI think I respect you more than I respect this Hormasi.â
Carnella looked at Lee Han suspiciously.
âYouâre quick-witted.â
Naturally, Lee Han liked the senior who was hoarding gold more than the senior who was trying to check the basiliskâs defecation cycle.
âLetâs leave quickly and give the lecture.â
ââ¦Tell me to study on my own today. âI have work to do.â
âAre you going to the punishment room again?â
âIf you go, youâll go!â âDonât disturb me!â
Carnella expressed her dissatisfaction by hitting the wall with her riding whip as her senior seemed not to be easily persuaded today.
âI also came because of work. Then please let me inside. âI need to see whatâs going on so I can at least make an excuse to the professor.â
âwhat? no! âAre you trying to covet my gold?â
âAh, Senior Zaroon! I have no interest in my seniorâs smelly rock! What kind of wealth is wealth if you donât raise a single rat? âDo you think everyone is as crazy about yellow, shiny stones as you are?!â
Lee Han flinched slightly.
Zaroon pondered whether he thought Karnellaâs words had some truth, and then pointed to Lee Han.
âWhat about that guy? Who is that guy? Itâs my first time seeing this face. âHow can I trust that guy?â
âafter. Senior Zaroon. He comes from the Wardanaz family. Iâm listening to all the schools. He said he was least interested in gold. âHeâs just a magic-crazed bastard!â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han had a lot to say, but he stood still with an expression as harmless and gentle as possible.
I wanted to go inside and see.
Karnellaâs shout must have been quite effective as Zarun flinched.
âI⦠all the schools?â
âokay!â
âIsnât that crazy guy?â
âYouâre saying too much.â
Lee Han was slightly hurt.
Carnella paid no attention and defended his junior.
âAre you just going to be a senior? Anyway, quickly open the door. âI have to check what youâre doing before I report it.â
Zarun grumbled and stopped the long spells installed in the cave one by one.
âWhat are you mumbling?â
-Hormasi That bastard⦠He might have joined hands with those who want my gold⦠You must never let down your guard⦠The guy next to him⦠He seems crazy⦠Iâm from the schoolâ¦
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han pretended not to hear and moved on.
When we finally reached the end of the cave, an iron door appeared. Zaroon opened the door and went inside.
âThisâ¦?â
It was a strange space that felt like a wizardâs workshop or a minerâs workshop. I had no idea that mixing the two would create a space like this.
On one side, small golems were hard at work mining ore with mining equipment. The ores collected in this way were immediately placed in carts and transported to the workshop.
The ores that were moved were broken into small pieces by transformation magic and placed in an alchemy solution to extract the essence.
âGather together, my children.â
As Zarun chanted the spell, pure ingots began to emerge from the essence of the ore melted.
The finished metal ingot looked very pure and clean even to Lee Han, a non-expert.
âeww. âWhat kind of ore are you treating like a child?â
Carnella muttered in disgust. Zaroon shouted in disapproval.
âItâs better than you treating an ugly wyvern like a child!â
âAre you crazy, Senpai? âHow can you compare the cutest creature in the sky with a rock like this??â
âSenior Hormasi. âDo you, Senior Zaroon, do this work every day?â
Lee Han, who was looking around the workshop, asked cautiously. Then Carnella nodded and answered.
âIâm just doing this and dying.â
âoh my god!â
I thought I could understand why Einrogard said the talent of raising money was the best.
Einrogard was the empireâs most outstanding magic school, but it was also the most reagent territory.
If you were to waste your lecture time and wander around mining areas all the time, how much wealth would you accumulate by the time you graduate?
âThis senior⦠I want to become friends with him!â
Carnella snapped, not knowing that Lee Han was happy.
Even though I was a good junior, I couldnât help but feel annoyed because the senior was only doing things to make the junior run away.
âOther dwarves say that when juniors come in, they make moonshine, serve it to them, and feed them until their stomachs explode. Whatâs the problem with seniors?â
âThatâs an Eastern Dwarf, you idiot! âIâm a western dwarf!â
Zaroon responded angrily.
Unlike eastern dwarves, who were sociable, liked to drink, and liked to be well fed, western dwarves enjoyed quiet and solitary mining.
Of course, Zaroon was a bit more introverted than others, butâ¦
âSir. âIâd like to help you with the work.â
âwhat?â
Zaroon was a little embarrassed by his juniorâs sudden outburst.
âYou want to help me with the work?â
âyes. âI have worked in a workshop on alchemy as well as transformation magic.â
âjoy. Anyway, Iâm still a kid. âTurn this into sand.â
Zarun took out a hard rock and held it out.
The rock-sand conversion magic was a simple basic conversion magic, but it was enough to determine the opponentâs skill.
Depending on how finely and finely it is ground, oneâs familiarity with transformation magic will be determined.
If this didnât work, the work couldnât be done. If you force it, your losses will only increase.
Pot!
ââ¦Itâs quite useful. âI know how to use the âComponent Amplificationâ or âComponent Transformationâ magic
.â
âWhen you worked at the alchemy workshop, what was the most difficult potion you handled?â
âI assisted in the making of Dobrukâs enchantment potion.â
ââ¦!!!â
Zaroon looked at Lee Han with eyes of astonishment.
I canât believe that only a 2nd grader is at this level. I couldnât believe it.
âAs expected, not everyone listens to the entire schoolâ¦!â
âSenior Zaroon. So, for some reason I canât go to the lecture. âTell me.â
ââ¦Follow me. âIâll show you.â
Zaroon walked forward with a bumbling step.
Inside the workshop, there was a golden sphere the size of a fist. Lee Han instinctively glanced at the golden sphere.
âWhat is this⦠itâs increasing for a moment?!â
Carnella screamed in surprise.
Current Empire Transformation magic was unable to create gold from nothing. The limit was temporary or fake gold. It was because of the perfection of gold.
But gold is increasing even slightly.
Has this crazy old man made a new discovery that pushes the limits of imperial magic?
âYou created gold!?â
âItâs stupid. How do you make gold? âIt is an application of dimensional connection.â
Zaroon explained while scolding his junior.
Even if it is impossible to create gold, it is possible to bring gold from another dimension.
Zarun created a magic circle in which connected dimensions transform and flicker countless times even in a short moment, and then created a magic that secures gold when it is observed.
Carnella was even impressed by the perfection.
âamazing. senior. âIf this were the case, graduating would be really easy.â
âItâs still a long way from completion. There are many materials needed to build it stably. âThis is my first time starting it today. So you want to help me with my work?â
âyes!â
Lee Han answered, full of desire to learn from this respected senior.
Zarun glanced at Lee Han and said.
âI canât pay you?â
âWhat kind of nonsense is that?â
Lee Han suddenly came to his senses and glared at his senior with a cold expression.