The Illegitimate Who Devours Weapons

Weapon-Eating Illegitimate Son Episode 49

The mountain keeper came out of his cave in the morning.

As long as there was someone who entered the mountain and started training, he had to take care of various parts of the mountain for a while.

We had to calm down the spirits that were sensitive to the appearance of strangers, reinforce the magic added to the training grounds and healing water, and block the mountain from the outside, etc.

Once you get started, there isn’t much that will become a hassle, but the fact remains that you will have to move diligently for a while.

That was when.

“Hello, my lord.”

In the pitch-black darkness where the sun had not yet risen, Lee Cheol approached me, bowing his head as if he had been waiting.

“……What are you doing? Why are you here?”

“I have a question for you.”

As soon as the mountain ranger heard Lee Cheol’s question, his eyes widened in surprise, thinking, ‘What kind of guy is this?’

“What? You’re going to dig up herbs? Why?”

The guy who came to train and said he wanted to dig up herbs was a mountain man I had never seen before.

“Herbs are herbs, but I also need magic herbs.”

“But does a brat like you even know Feng Shui?”

“I have this.”

Lee Cheol taps his eyes.

The power of the Eye of the Magi that reads all hidden things and the flow of power.

If I could just manipulate that as I wished, I would be able to read the energy of the land better than some Feng Shui experts.

“Don’t you know how to distinguish poisonous plants? Even if they are poisonous to humans, not all of them contain evil spirits. Besides, if you touch something like a medicine, it becomes poisonous.”

“Yes, I know how to handle the medicine I need.”

How do you know that?

The mountain man couldn’t bring himself to ask that question.

It’s ridiculous.

Judging from the way he speaks, he really does seem to know how to do it, but what kind of 14-year-old kid in the world knows how to identify herbs?

‘… Are all kids like that these days?’

Although there were many weirdos in the Sungmoo family, Lee Chul was the first to ask if he could collect magic herbs.

“Well, then do as you wish. It’s fine as long as you collect enough for yourself. Just keep in mind that being greedy on Yeongsan can lead to karma.”

“Thank you. Then I will go and do some training.”

The mountain man nodded his head as he looked at Lee Cheol, who was smiling brightly, and then flinched in surprise.

‘Looking at the positions of the stars… It seems to be around 5-7 o’clock, but you’re already going to start training?’

Besides, what time had he been up waiting in front of this?

So every morning at 6 o’clock.

Before starting full-scale training, I started running around the mountains to build up my physical strength and look for magic herbs and medicinal herbs.

‘This is also quite difficult.’

Ma-an had the ability to run wild like a wild horse.

If you loosen the reins even a little, it will try to run wild and devour your mental and magical power.

‘Where the energy of the earth gathers. Let’s distinguish between the energy of grass and the energy of water. There is bound to be a magic herb in such a place.’

To the average eye, it might just be a pretty mountain, but to my eyes, which activated their magical powers, it looked like a net made up of dozens of tangled threads.

These were the energies emitted by the numerous things of Cheonwisan Mountain.

Each and every stone that has been in Yeongsan for a long time is imbued with energy.

This is because the animals that have not hibernated and the numerous plants and trees sprouting up everywhere each have their own energy.

I groaned and tried to force myself to cast the spell.

And so it came to pass.

‘Whew… … My magic power is depleted. It’s aching everywhere.’

Since my magical power was finally depleted, I sat down for a moment and performed my magical arts.

Although the magic eye would activate and turn off repeatedly due to excessive use, I kept my eyes tightly shut and focused on absorbing the magic power.

‘If this is an advantage, then it is an advantage.’

The magic meter also grows by repeatedly using it to its limit and then recovering, just like muscle training.

Since magic power recovery is fast in Cheonwisan, it was helpful in strengthening the magic power system.

Physical training, magic eye training, collecting magic herbs, and even improving the durability of the magic system itself.

It was hardcore for a morning workout, but that wasn’t the end of it.

“…….”

While I was searching for herbs in the mountain, I suddenly stopped.

A strange energy was caught in the sense that it was deliberately spread all over the place.

I slowly turned my body and looked at the pile of rocks about 100 meters away.

‘It’s a spirit.’

As I focused my gaze, the unfamiliar aura disappeared in an instant.

‘It’s still not easy to detect properly.’

This morning hike was also effective in training the six senses.

Recognizing the presence of spirits secretly hiding around me.

There was no other way to train your senses as surely as this.

‘Okay, let’s start again.’

I opened my eyelids very slowly.

I began to read the intricately intertwined energies of Yeongsan again through my eyes that were streaming with the glow of sunset.

* * *

My daily routine after entering Cheonwisan was like this.

In the morning, go hiking to train your physical strength, improve your mental acuity, and train your senses.

And then, until dinner, we swing our weapons in the Zelkova training grounds.

I had a thorough rest period between each meal, and the rest period was, of course, not a time to sleep or anything, but a time to recover in the treatment water.

And dinner.

In the evening, I practiced magic.

‘You need to become proficient in Auror skills.’

Many people use the mechanism of an automobile as an example when explaining magic.

Natural magic is crude oil.

The magical power within the body, processed through each person’s own magical arts, is processed gasoline.

Magic and magic source. In other words, the magic meter is an engine.

And my sub-branches of magical arts, such as amplification, rapidity, invisibility, and reversal, could be called the gears of the engine.

Since I deal with magic power, the number of gears is more diverse than other magic arts that only deal with magic sources.

So you can create a lot of different types depending on the situation.

And finally, the Aura skill.

It’s hard to compare Auror to a car.

Because Aura is pure energy itself, which processes magical power to its extreme and emits it.

‘The magic auror skill I created with my aunt holds many possibilities.’

The universal magic aura skills tend to have one direction.

This is because it has a great influence on the nature of the magical arts you have learned and your fighting style.

A good example is the brothers’ auror skills from the history before the regression.

During the time known as the White Night, the magical arts that the Eighth used were mostly focused on self-healing, defense, and physical strengthening.

First, my older brother pursued a balanced aura skill that was neither focused on offense nor defense.

However, my magic does not have any special ‘direction’.

-If you can think of it, theorize it, and deploy it according to that theory, you will be able to deploy tens of thousands of Aura skills.

This is what my aunt told me about my magic.

In other words, the direction of my magical powers is towards the place I have decided.

‘The problem is that I lack the mastery of Auror skills, so I can’t make good use of their diversity.’

Auror skills consume a lot of magic power and require tremendous concentration.

That’s why my Aura skills are currently unstable.

Even when using the same technique, the amount of magical power consumed varies from time to time, and sometimes it exerts less or more power than expected.

‘You must master the Aura skill perfectly. This is ultimately a matter of proficiency rather than a matter of magical power.’

In the end, you have no choice but to use it a lot.

I took out Mujin again.

Ganggi-gong, lightning.

Strong wind, strong force.

Kang Ki-gong, King Yeomra.

… … .

I unleashed all the auror skills I had like crazy.

Whether with a lot of magic or little, with a comfortable or uncomfortable gesture.

‘So that you can display consistent aura skills anytime, anywhere.’

Boom! Boom!

Since it was a training ground created by the goblin’s magic, there was no need to adjust the power.

I didn’t care about things like internal injuries or depletion of magical power.

The intensity applied at the beginning of training had to produce consistent power as did the intensity applied at the end of training.

* * *

Time passed quickly and spring came.

In the weeks following Lee Cheol’s visit, Sanjigi was also quite busy.

There were many things to do, but the most difficult thing was to appease the spirits and beasts that were sensitive to the smell of Icheol.

By the time it was all over, the mountain man had nothing left to do.

At first, I occasionally watched Lee Chul training through the mirror, but that only lasted for a day or two, and after watching it continuously, I got extremely bored.

‘Oh my, that bastard Choi. You said it would be fun to watch, but it’s just boring. That poor brat trains all day long, how can that be fun?’

I have never seen you do anything else.

Those who came to train during that time were so energetic that they would do closed-door training, so they would sometimes do strange things whenever they got bored.

Some were carving, others were suddenly singing or muttering to themselves.

But what’s wrong with that guy Lee Cheol? He doesn’t do anything except training.

Moreover, the training, to put it nicely, is nothing but simple repetitions, and to put it badly, it is nothing but ignorant repetitions.

Basic things based on simple repetition.

So how could it be fun?

An outsider came in, but there was no change in the mountain.

I didn’t really care because I thought it was just a strange spirit named Lee Cheol who had come in.

From then on, even the mountain spirits stopped paying attention.

Whether or not I’ll allow the final exam can be decided at that time, but since I have nothing better to do now, I just keep drinking.

If something happened on the mountain, I would know right away, so I drank a lot, slept when I got drunk, and drank again.

“Tsk, I’m all out of alcohol.”

That was the moment when the mountain man, who had just finished another bottle of makgeolli, clicked his tongue.

-Kkiing!

A sound that sounded like a mixture of the bleating of a goat and a cat brushed past my ears.

‘What’s wrong with that bastard Park?’

Park is a spirit resembling a sheep with nine tails and four ears.

He’s such a fearless guy, there’s no reason for him to panic, but what could be going on?

‘What came into the mountain? It can’t be because of the barrier. What did the guys from my family who delivered the drinks and food do?’

But even so, where would a spirit scream?

‘I guess I should take a look.’

The mountain man thought for a moment and then took out the old mirror again.

Soon, a mysterious energy appeared on the mirror, and a forest scene was reflected.

‘What is it? Why are you running away?’

In the mirror, Park was seen jumping up and down the hillside.

It had something in its mouth, but I couldn’t see it clearly. It looked like it was running away from a hunter.

‘Who the hell is chasing me… … Huh, huh?’

The moment he discovered the being chasing Park Yi, the mountain man’s eyes widened as if they were going to pop out.

The one who was fiercely pursuing Park was a boy.

The youngest of the Sungmoo family, Lee Cheol.

The dwarf kid was chasing Park with all his might, his eyes sparkling with murder.

‘What on earth is this kid doing! Is he trying to catch and eat a spirit?’

The mountain keeper was astonished.

Spirits have an inner self.

From a human standpoint, inner strength is like the ultimate elixir.

Since he was already a maniacally devoted to training, it was possible that he had been thinking about something like this for a long time.

‘I was so careless! I should have kept a closer eye on that guy!’

No matter how challenging the test is, the root of the problem was that he didn’t watch everything because of boredom.

The mountain man kicked the ground urgently.

As if he was running along the ground, the mountain man advanced towards the place in the mirror at incredible speed.