Chapter 155 – The Trial of Nistrond and the Naked Half-Elf

After making a bet, Delia provoked me for a while while I was eating. She giggled and stimulated my fighting spirit with her unique trash talk.

Haha! What are you making such a serious face on? I’m dying of laughter! It’s impossible to pass the ordeal in 15 days anyway, even if you wake up dead! If you cancel now, you can watch me face down!”
“I won’t cancel.”

No matter how she provoked me, my will was firm. I will win the bet regardless of the means and methods and get the naked Dogeja from that half-elf. A fortnight later, when I recalled seeing Delia doing her striptease while putting on a humiliated expression, I was inflamed with her will.

“Really? Really? You don’t regret it? If I win, you’ll be in trouble? I’ll make you stand on your hands in front of people! Naked!”

Handstand while naked?
Holly Shack!
It was a humiliating punishment just imagining it, but let alone trembling in fear, I was filled with the thought that I couldn’t lose.

There is an old saying like this.
Trials that cannot kill me only make me stronger!
I’ll somehow subdue that Kampnyeon!

“Yes, I won’t regret it, so leave. After a fortnight, you’ll prove that you’re a flashy pervert like other elves. If you take off your robed body, you too will reveal your true elf nature.”
“Ji, have you finished talking now?! Let’s see! I’ll prove that you’re a perverted dreamer! If you take off your clothes and stand on your head, you might be rather excited and happy!”

Delia gnashed her teeth and ran out of the storage room where I was undergoing the ordeal. Even though she was of the blood of the elves, a race of exposure and voyeurism, she was wrapped up in Delia’s robe. In other words, it is a dress that does not expose the bare skin to the extreme.
From the outside, you might think that he is fine unlike other elves. However, if you look inside, you might be suppressing the exposure instinct like pervert.

‘Kanp girl acting aloof! I’ll prove that you’re a pervert!’

If she took off her clothes, Delia might reveal her true nature as an erotic elf. After winning the bet, I will thoroughly destroy Delia’s pride. I made a firm resolution and began to go through the ordeal again.

Whii-i-!
In the midst of her blizzard, she silently blew her magic, shattering the ice that bound Nice Trond. In addition to her meal time, there were two times for lunch and dinner, so the food was delivered, and Delia continued to take on the role of her delivery man.

“Huhahahahahaha!! You’re just ignorant of spells!! As expected, like a wizard from outside, you don’t know what an ordeal is!!”
“…”
Haha!! Delia-sama will take the dessert this time too! The cream puff bread is so sweet!!”

Delia wondered if she was trying to piss me off on purpose. Every time she brought me rice, she stole the dessert. However, it was not wrong that the rice from the temple was her property, so I had to get rid of it.

“Haaaaa…”

She was Delia, who would rob everything, just like her nieces and nephews who came to our house on holidays. However, after listening closely to her provocation, I was able to get a hint from her Delia to pass her ordeal.

‘You can’t pass the ordeal by ignorantly casting spells?’

So far I have tried to get Nistrond out of the ground through all sorts of magical concoctions. I waved, sprayed her magic spheres, and swung a water whip, but Nistrond didn’t even budge. He even tried to force the bastard out by erecting a stone wall on the frozen ground with Stonewall magic.

“Stone Wall!”

Kwajijik!
The plan is to make a stone wall rise right under the bar and bounce it off.
However, the ground was so frozen that the stone walls could not rise. This means that the rising of the stone wall is impossible due to the pressure of the ice. It was a time when I was somewhat depressed because all my magic didn’t work.
Hearing Delia’s provocation, I decided to try the ordeal in a completely different direction.

‘Isn’t there another way besides using a spell?’

Other than spells, how to make Nistrond obey me.
If you think about it, there is another way.
Even a magic wand is a kind of magic tool if you look at it. Although the structure is complex, it was possible to control it remotely by invoking the runes, which are the core of the design.
Just as the magic lamp was turned on by pronouncing Wunjo, which means light, each magic wand must have a corresponding rune. I racked my brain and guessed at the runes that might be inscribed inside Nistrond.

‘The wand that summons winter. A magical function that can sprinkle snow around and freeze the target it touches.’

The most promising runic candidate to counter him is Hagalaz.
It’s a primordial rune that means ice and snow, destruction and creation, so it’s perfect for Nistrond.
The moment I raised my magic power and pronounced it, I realized that my guess was correct.

“Hagalaz!”

Woo-woo-!
Nistrond, trapped in thin ice, vibrated. The rune, which is the core of the magic tool, was pronounced correctly, and it reacted immediately. But the real battle had just begun. Magic wands were completely different from everyday magic tools that could take control with a single sound.

“Kuh…!”

An unexpected change occurred at the same time as a violent snowstorm blew.
A thick protective film created by magic covered Nistrond’s body. Thanks to diligently listening to Rumi’s lessons, I knew what the protective shield really was.

‘Artifact Protector!’

Some magic tools have a safety device that nullifies the interference of other magicians except the owner. It is to block external interference by creating a protective film with a complex pattern with magical powers.
If you could conquer all magic tools with just one pronunciation, the world would have already become a mess.
The protective shield that Nistrond is wearing right now, the ‘Artifact Protector’, can be activated with most high-end magic tools. In order to take control away, the protector had to be released first.

‘Can I release the protector now? I heard that I can flow my magical power according to the shield pattern.’

The protector release technique was also taught by Rumi when learning Rune Interference. Broadly speaking, the spells that make up the protector are also based on runes. However, I only learned the theory quickly, but it was the first time I tried unlocking it in practice.

“Le, Lemiya? Can you help me destroy the protector? I made a bet with the Kampfnyeon and I need your help. If you don’t pass the test, your master will take off his clothes and stand on his hands!”

I spoke to Rumi, the magic book that was worn under my armpit.
However, Rumi dismissed my earnest request with one word.

[It is impossible to help. The Quarter Staff’s ordeal must be resolved with the wizard’s power.]
“Please help me, Lemiemond!”
[If you stand on a handstand naked, I can cover your groin.]

I expected it, but Rumi didn’t help me.
In the first place, Rumi’s policy was to solve everything on her own, except for giving lessons. It was a magic book that thoroughly separated public and private, so even threats did not work.

“What if I put you in a stuffy backpack? Isn’t the air fresh outside?”
[Put it deep. I just missed the cozy backpack.]
“Kuk.”

I was so desperate that I begged for Rumi. But in the end, it was something I had to solve on my own, so I was determined.

Took.
I approached Nistrond’s body and placed my hand on the protector. I poured my magical energy into the protective film that drew a complex pattern. I had to manipulate the magic power that had penetrated inside to meticulously break the spell that formed the protector.

‘There are a total of 15 protectors. A thin protective film was piled up like a layer, so it looked thick.’

I couldn’t see properly because of the snowstorm, but I managed to grasp the structure of the protector. As many as 15 protectors were stacked on top of each other to protect Nistrond.

No matter how advanced magic tools are, there are few that can activate more than 3 protectors!
It must mean that the quarter staff of rune mages is that special magic tool.

Still, I thought I’d give it a try.
I focused my mind on the release.

*

Time passed after that and it was late at night.
Bella and my lovers came to visit me while I was staying in the storage room. They had to leave the temple tonight and return to the port city. It was time to say goodbye to me.

“Mr. Luke, are you going through the ordeal?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s going smoothly. I’ll pass it unconditionally within 15 days.”

My mouth was shaking from being in the cold for so long. Bella stared blankly at me, who was breathing white.

“You have to come back after half a month has passed. Still, it’s an escort quest, but we can’t go back to Yoensu by ourselves without Mr. Luke.”
“I will definitely keep my promise.”

Seeing me shivering in the cold, Bella frowned. After a while, I noticed the emotion of ‘pity’ on her face. Bella felt sorry for her as she watched me undergo the ordeal alone.

“…Are all wizards going through such dangerous things? It’s different from sitting at a desk and doing your job. At least I never froze to death in my office.”

Bella looked at me with her whole body covered in her eyes. My body was slowly stiffening from the murderous cold. It was like this even when I went out of the storage room to warm up and came back.

“If it’s something dangerous, I go through it many times. But I can’t give up learning magic just because I’m afraid. Because I only have magic. I’m from a lowly background and I’m ugly, so I have to learn magic at least.”
“Mr. Luke evaluates himself negatively.”
“It’s an objective evaluation. That you don’t have anything but magic.”

All I have is magic.
Only when you learn magic can you be treated as a proper person on this fucking continent.

“…”

Bella tried to respond to her something, but she stopped. Fortunately, my words were not heard by the lovers standing near the entrance of the storage room. Soon she said Bella, she left me her goodbyes, and left the storage room.

“I’ll see you in the port city in 15 days. I hope you pass the ordeal safely.”

Afterwards, Rebecca and Kate, who were standing near the entrance, came up to me and said hello.

“Luke! You can’t freeze to death in a place like this.”
“Be careful not to catch a cold, Mongma-nim.”

Before they left, they hugged me warmly as a snowman. Thanks to the warm warmth that comes from the lovers, I felt that my frozen body was freed for a moment.

Thud!
Everyone left and the door to the storage room closed.
I remained alone in the white room and continued to remove the protector.

‘I’m left alone.’

Now I am left alone in the temple.
There are no lovers who support her, nor Bella who tries to take care of her like her older sister. She had been feeling lonely for the first time in a while, but soon someone appeared to stir up her room.

It was Delia.

“What-! It’s 2:00 in the morning, are you still being tried?”

The storage room door opened and a silver-haired half-elf entered. Delia looked at me with an absurd expression as I was preoccupied with solving the ordeal until dawn.

“I can’t solve it if I ignorantly cast spells! All of this is useless! Wipe your feet and go to the inn and go to sleep.”
“Do you see me throwing spells?”
“What are you doing? If you’re just resting, I’ll smile. I’m already ready to laugh like a cat. Nyahahahahahahaha-!!”

At that moment, Delia looked right at me, bursting out with her laugh.
She caught me in a blizzard and saw me removing my protectors.

A total of 15 protectors.
I’ve just unwrapped the first protector among them.
Quadduk!
One of the protectors was splendidly shattered right in front of my eyes.

“Ha ha… Ha ha…?”