Chapter 115 – Chapter 115 ― The Laboratory Is Closed (2)
Episode 115 ― Research lab closed (2)
“He’s a difficult guy. It has magic power, but it has a great absorption property as well as the power it emits.”
The decision was now elevated from ‘thing’ to ‘guy’ for the count.
“I need to make him release his power without absorbing mana…”
Then the tedious process was repeated.
The Count instructs Helen,
Helen does it.
If the Count, who wrote down or observed something, changes the conditions again and instructs Helen,
Helen does it.
Roan was starting to get a little more languid.
Watching the two enthusiastic about the experiment, I calmed down.
Helen seemed to enjoy participating in the Count’s experiments, giving opinions and asking questions, and she was following his orders.
Helen, were you science?
‘Hmm. It fits unexpectedly well.’
Surprisingly, the count does not disrespect Helen and gives instructions softly.
And Helen is used to following someone’s orders.
Regardless of whether she harbors goodwill or hostility toward her opponent, her body has been in motion all her life, following her directions.
So their sum was better than expected.
At the end of the experiment, which ended while Roan was enduring sleepiness, the relationship between the Count and Helen was quite different from the beginning.
“Count, then I will come tomorrow at the time you said. I learned a lot thanks to you.”
“Is it so. Helen.”
Helen greeted the Count politely.
The Count smiled and said to Roan.
“You are not human. Helen.”
Helen stared at Roan.
Maybe… It must be a compliment… ?
“Hmm.”
“People are usually shocked when they see a beastman like me, or they arrogantly say that they are cute… Anyway, I didn’t get a good response. Aha.”
Roan sighed inwardly.
I thought her tail was cute, but…
I just thought to myself, it’ll be okay… ?
“Anyway, His Majesty also had a hard time having a boring time! Starting tomorrow, I will do my best with Helen, Your Majesty!”
And the Count sent Roan and Helen out of the lab and locked the door.
“… What am I going to do alone in there…”
“Still, he seems to have more common sense than I first thought. Please watch.”
In the meantime, seeing the sincere count as a researcher, Helen seemed to let go of her hostility a little.
**
On February 1st, the Count built a temporary laboratory in the castle of Basel.
February passed quickly.
1st week of February.
The Count began to do basic research.
It was to observe the characteristics of the crystal and find similarities or differences with existing ores or magic stones.
Here, experiments to find simple changes were conducted in parallel.
What led to the most dramatic results
Experimental results when applying strong physical force.
“Please stay away, Master. Count.”
What gathered at Roan’s exclusive training ground
Roan, Amhang Baek, and Helen.
As expected, the target used was a crystal the size of a fist.
It was the count’s judgment that using crystals larger than that size would be dangerous no matter how much shielding suits were worn.
So even now, the count is wearing a yellow mana absorption shielding suit top and bottom.
Standing behind the magic tracking camera, the Count gave instructions in a muffled voice.
Helen’s power begins to gather at the tip of her sword.
“Suck!”
With a small spirit, the tip of Helen’s sword pierced the air aiming at that tiny dot, the crystal, without any doubt.
“What?!”
“What?”
“… ?!”
The crystal that came into contact with Helen’s sword.
It was an instant to think that something was shaking there. The one who reacted the fastest was Roan, who stood by the Count’s side.
Roan gritted his teeth, pressed down on the Count’s body, pulled Helen closer, and deployed the ‘Star Cloud Shield’.
Helen screamed at her shriek,
In a situation where the count doesn’t even know what happened.
The detonation and shock that followed hit Roan’s shield. The huge machine weighing several hundred kilograms in front of him fell sideways with a thud.
A situation that would have been dangerous enough if I hadn’t been careful.
However, Roan was puzzled by the power that was weaker than the one he had experienced in the cave, and used his shield to catch the blast of crystals.
And.
The real thing was next.
The moment Roan was relieved as he received the power with his shield.
Another storm swept the training ground.
As if the power bounced off the shield was further amplified.
Roan’s body, supported by the shield, was pushed back. The view through the transparent star clouds is —.
It looked like the count’s magic tracking camera was falling apart.
Roan, who had magical powers, realized at that moment.
‘This… , It’s not blocking, it’s reflecting!’
The ‘star cloud shield’ reflected the magic.
And that this is the reality of the ‘magic storm’ that the soldiers of Seohyeolryeong felt.
As the cave collapsed, he blocked the pouring crystals with his ‘Star Cloud Shield’, and the aftermath of that magical power grew to the point of being transmitted several kilometers away.
A chill went down Roan’s spine as he realized how terrifying the explosion in the cave he had prevented had been.
“Master!!”
Helen’s screams came from behind Roan.
However, Roan remained silent and received all the explosions and fragments of the machine. The loud sound made the count’s curled body tremble.
After making sure there were no more explosions, Roan quickly disarmed his shield to avoid being seen.
And removed the hand that had pressed the Count so that he could raise his head.
“Explosion… Wow, my magic tracking camera!!!”
The Count, with a face he had never seen before, stunned and half-crying, hurriedly began to collect the fragments of the machine.
The crystal that created the big explosion flew away as a reaction to the power I spewed out, so I couldn’t see it.
I could feel the servants of the castle, startled by Roan’s ‘detection’, appearing in a hurry.
However, the Count’s experiments did not stop.
“Ugh… , My precious magic tracking camera… When should I fix this…”
He was frustrated with a crying face,
The next day, they brought back a similar machine they had left behind at Dawes Castle (a prototype magic tracking camera) and resumed the experiment.
This time, just in case, the machine was placed far away.
Maybe it’s because of Helen’s holy sword,
I don’t know if it’s because of pure physics
Even if there is a loss, the Count said he should continue the experiment.
As a result, not only the Count but also Roan were able to find out some new facts.
One.
When strong physical force is applied, the crystal explodes.
Whether it’s in the form of a sword technique or pure physical force, it’s the same.
This is the same as the characteristics of some magic stones.
Two.
The moment the crystal receives physical force and explodes, the magic contained within it is instantly scattered in all directions and consumed.
The crystal breaks and becomes an empty shell,
The power to absorb mana does not disappear.
Three. This is a fact that only Roan found out.
Unless you meet the ‘star cloud shield’,
In fact, the magic storm of crystals is not as strong as one might think.
Unlike the first crystal, which Helen destroyed with her sword,
The magical storm emitted by the subsequent crystals emitted powerful magical energy only once at the moment of the explosion, then calmed down.
A feeling similar to a sudden gale.
It was just the kind of explosion that Roan felt relieved after receiving it with his shield for the first time.
Thanks to that, the Count’s second machine survived safely.
Of course, I just thought that knights like Roan and Helen were fine,
It is a powerful enough threat to people with normal demonic physical abilities like the Count.
‘It was great magic. As for the reward.’
Roan realized the power of the ‘star cloud shield’.
Block all magic power,
It even amplifies its power and deflects it.
‘After all, there was no magic that was nothing.’
The first ‘starlight’ obtained.
The magic that I just wanted to use as a cell phone flashlight in case of emergency,
It played a big role in finding the ruins and finding the crystal.
The second “Star’s Blessing”.
The blessing, which was considered useful only for using magic by increasing the level of concentration, actually blocked mental magic.
The ‘Puppet Flower’ that the Count hung on the door the day he arrived in Basel is his proprietary magic that Roan is familiar with.
The story of the meat shields of human soldiers and knights fighting in front of the Evirgio army, messing up on the battlefield until the Count allowed them to die, was famous even here in Basel.
The reason why the West Blood Lord is said to be cruel is because he made human wizards into puppets and tested them by making them do all sorts of things that a sober person would not be able to do.
The count’s best-used and most powerful weapon.
However, ‘Star’s Blessing’ casually blocked the magic. That must have been why the count was so frightened that day.
And the ‘star cloud shield’ that deflects his mana.
Magical attacks are bounced back with greater counter-resilience than attacks that use divine power or only use physical power.
I haven’t tested it with anyone, but
This time, I was able to harden my heart.
Sooner or later, you’ll find out if you experiment with Aina.
‘Is this a quest from the goddess?’
The quest reward is like this
It is a natural suspicion.
‘As expected, I should go to Sprouse.’
Merde’s capital.
There are several facilities used by the warriors in Sprouse. Guild. Pub. Smithy. Shop. Temple.
Of course, what you enjoy as an emperor is more wonderful than that, but the elements hidden in each facility cannot be used without hiding in Merde.
It would be difficult if the hero found it first.
‘Besides, I think I can use the Goddess’ chance.’
Among the hidden elements in the game,
There was also a way to dream of the Goddess and ask for her help.
It was not a formal strategy.
Bondi, after riding the clergy or paladin tech tree, the hero should use strength in prayer and training to increase the holy power.
Like Helen, to hear useful advice from the Goddess in her dreams.
But I don’t have time
Besides, are you a player?
It’s best to survive, even if you use a stupid trick.
The only downside is
I live in Evirzio,
It means he has horns on his head.
‘… I’ll have to catch me.’
Roan made up her mind to visit Sproth’s temple using the transformation tool.
“The Count must have been very heartbroken.”
At the end of week 1 of the experiment, Helen said to Roan with her worried expression on her face.
“Hmm?”
Two more days had passed since the crystal explosion.
“I don’t think you have collected all the fragments of the tracker yet.”
“Hmm. Because the explosion was strong.”
“It was the first machine he made himself, so he said he had an attachment…”
Roan looked at Helen with a strange expression.
Perhaps it was because she was a saint after all.
The concern on her face is sincere.
Seeing that expression, a hint of guilt came to Roan’s heart as well.
It was a machine that could only be knocked over by an explosion of pure crystal. The machine was destroyed by the force of the explosion reflected off Roan’s shield.
“Quite… You’re getting close. With the count.”
“Of course, there are many people who cannot understand, but… I think it’s worth emulating the way he puts so much effort into his work.”
“Hmm.”
Roan stared at Helen with her chin on her chin.
There must be a synergy that happens when they get closer.
**
2nd week of February.
The Count wriggled and started to restore the machine again using the fragments that Roan had collected from his subordinates.
As he was repairing the machine while researching crystals, his face gradually became pale.
They are cutting back on sleep to secure time for work.
“… Count. When did you sleep?”
“Two days ago!”
“… You must be getting enough sleep.”
“It’s okay! Just drink the tonic drink I made.”
The Count, who was drinking a strangely yellow sparkling drink, looked at Roan and pushed the cup towards him.
Vivid colors, bubbling bubbles and a refreshing scent…
Why does the real ‘Red Bull’ drink come to mind?
“Would you like some?”
“… Okay. Just take a break and do it.”
“Don’t you have time? Your majesty.”
Roan’s expression, which had a slightly sad face at his words, returned to normal at the next word.
“Wouldn’t you like to use His Majesty’s test license if you finish this quickly? Ahaha☆”
Is it because of his mood that his laugh sounds distorted?
If you finely grind the crystal while using certain ingredients,
The Count found out that the crystal could be turned into powder while holding magic power without emitting shock.
As the crystal powder sucked in the mana, it began to emit the mana contained within it. It was a strange cycle.
For a full-scale cultivation experiment, soil from various places, including soil from Donghwangryeong, has been airlifted.
It was Roan’s decision that deep down he thought he needed to find out how the distance from the corrupted land affected the dirt.
The Count, who did not know the reason, said that he needed soil of various conditions, and he was only grateful for Roan’s help.
Like that
February marked its third week.
