Chapter 7: Magicians and Warriors
“……” Tyr remained silent.
“……” Kaming responded with silence.
“What about the magic you mentioned earlier, Mr. Kaming? Some kind of divine power?”
The shocking speed of the topic change left Kaming visibly slow to react for a moment. He cleared his throat before speaking.
“Well, since you’ve lost your memory, you’ve completely forgotten all the basic knowledge of this continent. But it’s fortunate that you haven’t lost your ability to speak and your cognitive memory.” Kaming continued to move around Tyr, ignoring any reaction from him.
Ignoring Tyr’s reaction, Kaming proceeded to pace around him alone.
“Earth, water, fire, wind, lightning, the five major lower-level attributes, as well as light, darkness, and space, the three major higher-level attributes. As mentioned before, as long as one’s affinity for a certain element is higher than ten percent, they can practice magic related to it.”
“Magic, as the name suggests, involves the laws of magical power, and magic has seventeen stages.” Saying this, Kaming raised his left claw, and suddenly a ball of blazing flames appeared above it, like a miniature sun, the terrifying heat causing Tyr to unconsciously take a step back.
“This is the first-level magic, Fireball. Following this pattern, the first level to the second level is for magic apprentices, the third level is for regular magicians, the fourth level to the ninth level is for grand magicians. The tenth level to the thirteenth level is for magic masters, the fourteenth level to the sixteenth level is the limit that ordinary people can achieve, the holy realm magic master, while the seventeenth level and beyond, known as ‘non-magic,’ can only be touched by entering the realm of the gods, accessible only to certain anomalies. Do you understand everything up to this point?”
“Yes, Mr. Kaming, I think magic is great. If you teach me this, I believe I can safely navigate through this forest.”
Tyr’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the giant crab in front of him, and the previously strongly toxic green armor now seemed to exude an unfathomable aura, becoming more pleasing to the eye the more he looked at it.
“Just hold on a moment. I only stepped into the realm of the gods through martial prowess, and as for magic, it’s just something I picked up in my spare time after becoming a deity. I’m still just a novice myself, how could I teach you?” Kaming’s confession was remarkably natural. To be frank, Kaming was the kind of guy who spoke his mind without pretense, which endeared him to Tyr. Moreover, it seemed that Kaming truly was a deity. Rather than saying he treated a mortal equally, it would be more accurate to say he was approachable. Describing him as modest and humble would be an understatement.
“That means…”
Tyr said half a sentence, but Kaming couldn’t see through the other’s little thoughts, and shrugged with a nonchalant look, shaking his huge crab claw.
“Since you’ve helped me out of trouble, as a deity, I can’t let you down. Although there are still mountains of things to deal with afterward, teaching you a few martial arts techniques is fine.”
“Really?! Then let’s start now!”
Tyr exclaimed excitedly, remembering how he was so scared by a glance from that blond bastard before that he didn’t even dare to fart. He suddenly became angry.
Although Tyr didn’t like to provoke others actively, he couldn’t swallow his anger without giving that guy some trouble.
“I was planning to teach you a few moves on the spot. After that, I still have important tasks to attend to. Of course, rest assured, even if the weakest deity teaches you, it will be enough for you to make some progress, not to mention someone like me, a seasoned deity.”
“Mm-hmm,” Tyr nodded repeatedly, obediently making Kaming suspect whether the arrogant teenager who had always looked down on him before was just an illusion.
Upon coming to his senses, Kaming forcefully coughed, striding around Tyr like a teacher.
“Warriors, for every ten individuals, there’s one, which can be said to be overly abundant compared to magicians. Therefore, in terms of rank classification, it’s even more rigorous than magicians. The variety of professions is also daunting. There are knights, assassins, swordsmen, just to mention a few. By the way, magicians also have professional divisions such as barrier masters, elementalists, and diviners.”
Meanwhile, just as magicians require the rules of magical elements to drive their magic, warriors also need qi to drive their martial skills.
Among them, “Qi Harmony” is the first stage, where the body’s strength will be much stronger than an average person’s, comparable to that of a wild beast.”
However, when it comes to the “Broken Army” stage, the numbers sharply decrease like a pyramid. It can be said that becoming a warrior of the Broken Army level is already a mainstay of the empire. They can even obtain a piece of territory by enticing some small kingdoms.
As for the “Emperor” level and beyond, such as the “Sealed Emperor” level, I believe it’s not beneficial for me to elaborate further. When you reach a certain height, you will naturally come to understand.”
Seemingly considering Tyr’s amnesia, Kaming explained the basic knowledge in great detail. Tyr, in turn, transformed into an obedient student, sitting cross-legged on the ground, meticulously listening to the narration of the giant crab.
“Well, for a basic warrior, you need to possess qi control, body techniques, martial skills, and various types of weapons. I can verbally teach you the techniques of qi control, but for body techniques and martial skills, you’ll need hands-on instruction. As for weapons, these tree branches should suffice.”
“As a deity, Mr. Kaming, don’t you have any belongings?”
“Shut up! Everything can be useful. As long as your martial skills are excellent, even a small tree branch can defeat opponents much stronger than you.” Although Kaming spoke with great confidence, he seemed somewhat lacking in conviction under Tyr’s gaze.
“Cough cough, what a cocky kid. Anyway, let’s not waste any more time. Let’s start with body techniques.”
“…” Tyr furrowed his brow, suddenly falling silent.
“What’s wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing. Please continue teaching me.” Tyr’s sudden silence was not due to anything else but the awakening of another self.
―――――――――Female Division Line―――――――
Girl Tyr opened her eyes to find herself lying on a finely crafted bed, facing a meticulously crafted ceiling. Estimating the time, she realized it had only been a little over two hours since she was abducted by that blond bastard. Even with horseback riding, the journey wouldn’t have been too far.
It seemed that her route at the time was correct. If she had continued on, perhaps she could have reached a populated area before nightfall. Unfortunately, due to that blond bastard, Tyr, as a male, had to take a detour!
