A Genius Wizard Who Sees a Rainbow - Chapter 219
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#219. Last Forest (1)
“Remain here and defend Lael Low and the World Tree. “Because enemies, including homunculi, may appear after I leave.”
“Okay, I understand. Little.”
Curiosa answered Ray’s request without much hesitation.
The gaze was always focused on the World Tree and Lael Low.
Curiosa is a being who feels curiosity hundreds of times stronger than others due to alcoholism.
A gigantic castle whose true nature cannot be grasped even after several days of persistent observation.
It was bound to be an object of exploration that grabbed my every nerve and made everyday life impossible.
“If an enemy appears, cooperate with Falun and other elders. It will be of great help. They say they expanded their defense facilities after the last attack.
“okay.”
“It won’t take long to get to the last forest.”
“I get it.”
“And if possible, I’ll stop by other historical sites along the way and look for space stones.”
“I understand—.”
Curiosa, who was about to answer without thinking, got goosebumps for a moment.
“—Why space stones?”
“That’s because we plan to build more space routes. Something like connecting the mansion with this place where the World Tree and Rael Law are currently located. It will be easy to expand your destination in the future. “We will be able to respond quickly to enemy attacks.”
“Who is going to build in that space?”
Ray tilted his head and answered.
“you.”
“Kaaaaaaak!”
Ray felt very fortunate to see Curiosa struggling with joy.
We packed our bags and prepared to leave, and with the dwarves seeing us off, the bus escaped the distortion field and raced through the wilderness.
Jang returned to the mansion through the space route, and Ray took over the steering wheel again.
It rattled. It rattled.
Beyond the shaking window, the endlessly repeating scenery of the wilderness quickly flashed by.
Through the rearview mirror, I could see the towering World Tree gradually receding into the distance.
“But Ray, are you okay? The world tree. I was wondering if there might be a case where people would notice. It is a place that will become a settlement for elves and dwarves, but if it attracts attention for no reason… .”
“That will be fine.”
Ray answered Veronica’s worried voice as he swerved the bus to avoid the rocks.
“Because it’s a long way from the human sector. If it catches someone’s eye, it will probably be found by animals in the wilderness. And if the elves migrate, they will be able to help expand the distortion field. “It is said that elves are well-versed in fantasy-type magic.”
“that’s right. “This is also the reason why the last forest has never been discovered by other races.”
Grine nodded and said as if he agreed with Ray’s words.
Later, during a conversation about distortion fields, something suddenly occurred to Ray and he asked.
“But if you were originally planning to go back to the final forest alone, were you planning to go back to the sector and get a car?”
“no? I was planning on leaving right away from Lael Low. “I don’t know how to drive a car.”
“You were planning to leave right away?”
“yes. “On foot.”
Ray wondered if he had heard wrong, but looking at Veronica’s embarrassed face, it seemed like he had heard correctly.
“Grine, is the last forest close enough to walk to?”
“Well, the last time I came out of the forest, I came out through a space movement magic circle. I can’t really guess the distance to here… “If we walk diligently, won’t we get there within a year?”
Ray nodded.
I decided to boldly give up my understanding of the elves’ view of time.
Afterwards, the bus quickly moved through the wilderness following Greene’s instructions.
“At the next intersection, just turn right. “The kids standing over there are telling me.”
The children pointed to dry, twisted trees and grass scattered throughout the wilderness.
“An elf doesn’t have to worry about getting lost back in the forest. “The kids will give you directions wherever you are.”
“How do you tell me?”
“Look carefully. Plants. Are you leaning in and pointing in a certain direction?”
“I do not know.”
“Why don’t you know this?”
“… … .”
“I don’t understand, tsk tsk.”
The smell of beef jerky came from next to me.
Ray seriously wondered whether he would be able to knock down this elf with good reflexes if he suddenly applied the brakes.
“Oh, I already ate it all. Anyway, race isn’t important. “What’s important is how much you can communicate with plants.”
“… consensus.”
It was a word I didn’t seem to know yet.
When I ran like that for two days.
“I think we’re almost there.”
At the end of the horizon, a huge curtain made of colorful mana appeared.
Greene asked in surprise at Ray’s words.
“How did you know? “I haven’t told you yet.”
“Because the distortion field is visible.”
“ah… ! that’s right. You said you can see the mana in her eyes. “It applies in this way.”
Greene let out an exclamation, thought for a moment, and then spoke.
“I see mana with my eyes. This means that no fantasy world magic can fool Ray’s eyes… Well, I think it would be best not to tell this to the other elves you will soon meet.”
“For what reason?”
“The elves take great pride in the distortion field that protects the last forest. “He wouldn’t be happy to know that someone found out right away.”
“I understand.”
While we were talking, the bus arrived in front of our destination.
Grine said as he approached the barren wasteland.
“Dozens of layers of distortion magic and perception-impeding magic are layered on top of the pillar-shaped protection. “No matter how excellent a wizard’s sense of mana is, it is nearly impossible to detect the existence of this distortion field.”
Veronica nods eagerly.
This was because no matter how much I concentrated, I could not detect any magical phenomenon in the air in front of my eyes.
Of course, the distortion field was clearly visible to Ray’s eyes.
Ray asked, looking at the distortion field surface a little distance away.
“What is the probability that someone passing by will discover the distortion field and sneak in?”
“There is no chance of that happening. Unless you approach it with awareness of the existence of the distortion field from the beginning. “If you don’t know the access pattern there—.”
Grine stretched out his palm and placed it on the surface of the distortion field.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
The injected mana drew complex and elaborate lines on the distortion field.
Soon, part of the magic was lifted, and a small scene inside appeared in the shape of a door.
“—Because you will never open the door like this. Trying to forcefully break the pattern. Or attempt an attack. In that case, an alarm spell will sound and the elves inside will go on defense.”
It was a small door that one person could pass through by bending down.
The green glow pouring out from inside gave an idea of the interior scenery.
“We’ll have to leave the bus behind. My ability is limited to the size of the door that can be opened at one time. “Others may feel uncomfortable about artificial objects such as cars entering the forest.”
Ray and Veronica left the bus with only the essential luggage.
And then I found Grine holding a large box with a familiar design on both sides.
“Elves.”
“yes?”
“I heard you hate artifacts.”
“Yes.”
“Beef jerky is also an artificial food.”
Grine’s ears fluttered in a very shameless motion.
“This is inevitable for a balanced diet. “Once inside, you have to eat only grass, because that will ruin your body’s nutritional balance.”
“I once heard that elves could survive nutritionally on a vegetarian diet.”
“Well, I don’t remember.”
“What elves have lost from the glory of the past is the ability to tell the truth.”
“What now?”
“Ugh. “Both of you, stop, stop.”
The childish bickering was interrupted by Veronica.
“Then I’ll go in first!”
Veronica bent down and entered the door.
Ray, who was following, suddenly looked at the other surface of the distortion field and asked.
“So, do forest elves often visit the distortion field?”
“Not at all. Unless you have a specific mission like me, it’s safe to say that you don’t go out into the forest. “Elves are very closed-minded.”
The boy nodded and disappeared inside the door, and the elf followed him.
The door, which had been slowly shrinking, closed completely and disappeared.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch!
Only silence remained in the empty wilderness.
Only the bus, covered in sand marks, stands alone in the dim sunlight.
And the surface of the distortion field that the boy’s eyes touched.
There were traces that someone had recently opened and closed the door.
It’s clear that they tried to erase it.
However, it was a clear mark that could not escape the boy’s eyes.
*
Veronica could not keep her mouth shut as she experienced the forest for the first time in her life.
“wow… ! Wow… ! Wow… !”
No matter where I looked, there were trees, flowers, and grass whose names I didn’t know.
Bright vision and refreshing scent.
The ceaseless cries of animals and insects sounded like music.
The sunlight falling from high above looked like sparkling grains of sand.
“Ray! Look at that! Look at that!”
“I’m watching too. And Veronica, you don’t have to show your surprise by hitting my shoulder.”
“excuse me! It’s an animal I’ve never seen before! “I didn’t see it in the book!”
“It looks similar to a rat. “It has a lot of tail fur and carries acorns in its mouth.”
“excuse me! “There are mushrooms with really pretty colors!”
“I think eating that will cause health problems.”
“That kid flies!”
“Because it’s a bird, it flies.”
A dry boy’s reaction.
Normally, she would have expressed regret, but now she was busy admiring the scenery.
He was so excited that he continued to slap the boy on the shoulder.
“huh… ?”
I felt a cold touch on my palm.
Lakria suddenly appeared on Ray’s shoulder.
“Aaaah! Uh, I’m sorry! “It hurt, right?”
Lakria clicked her tongue.
He got down to the ground, glanced at the girl’s feet as if she was okay, and then disappeared across the forest.
“It’s okay to go like that… ?”
“He’ll come back on his own.”
Ray, who was looking at Lakria’s back, turned his gaze to the surroundings.
‘The forest, this place is real.’
I didn’t show it, but I felt the same surprise as Veronica.
It was especially surprising for a boy who still had difficulty imagining unfamiliar images.
A vast expanse whose end cannot be guessed.
Animals and plants I have never seen before.
But what was most surprising was the concentration of mana in the air.
The concentration of mana is much denser than in the sector or wilderness, and… … .
At that time, as if reading my thoughts, Greene spoke to me.
“Mana, it’s clean, right?”
“… a lot.”
“That’s one of the reasons I was surprised when I went out of the forest. “The mana in the air was incomparably turbid compared to what I knew.”
Grine continued to explain his embarrassment at the time.
“It was also much more difficult to use. If the mana in the forest feels like soft water, the mana in the outside world feels like cheese just before it hardens. I had a feeling. “I think using magic with this will have negative effects.”
“Mana addiction.”
“Mana addiction?”
“It’s a disease you get when you use too much mana in the air. I have a mental disorder. “You become unable to control certain emotions.”
“… “It turns out my prediction was correct: I was actually exposed to the disease.”
Anyway, Grine said he had to practice using the ring’s mana in the outside world.
“When I’m in the forest, I rarely have to use the ring’s mana. There is plenty of quality mana in the air. This is also the reason why elves do not put much effort into building rings.”
Ray listened to Grinee’s words and tried to wrap his hands around the mana of the forest.
Of course, the mana of the ring that had been refined several times was not enough.
But with this infinite amount of mana.
‘It might be enough to offset those shortcomings.’
And the fact that there is a vast array of different types of mana.
In other words.
It also meant that it was a battlefield where a boy who could manipulate all types of elements could demonstrate greater power than anyone else.
‘The mana is clean and high quality. ‘Is it because of the function of the forest as a place?’
When you have such doubts.
Sigh.
Grine stretched his finger into the air.
A butterfly flew in with its wings flapping and landed lightly.
I tilted my head and whispered.
“Can you tell me I’m back?”