I Reincarnated as a Wicked Girl
Chapter 5 Magic Match: Second Round 23
Previous story:
Reina meets a strange magician in the form of a small black snake. The black snake was a magical beast that they had previously found in the lake.
Right now the black snake was losing its power from being sealed for hundreds of years. The snake began to make a deal with Reina. He'll give Reina a book of light magic. The magic book would contain some attack magic that would be useful for him. Meanwhile, as a reciprocal Reina must help him recover his strength. Reina agreed to the deal and a cooperative relationship began.
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Upon reaching the core of the opportunity, the little snake began to enter into Reina's dimensional space. The snake volunteered to follow him. Although the snakes were in dimensional space, they could still communicate telepathically due to their close proximity.
Reina returned to the tent. It was past midnight, so Eva and Dean Crsytal had fallen asleep. Although Dean Crsytal did not really fall asleep because he could feel a sudden foreign presence coming at them.
Dean Crsytal just opened his eyes for a moment. The moment he knew it was Reina, he closed his eyes again.
Reina did not even look at the two people beside her and directly lay in place.
"Wait on! I felt a strange chill in this place" the snake suddenly attacked his mind and Reina did not close her eyes.
"What do you mean?" reina asked tired. Even though he could eliminate fatigue with magic, his mentality still needed rest.
"Hm, maybe it's just my feeling" replied the snake. But he thought to himself in his mind now. He felt an extremely strong dark mana before. Even now the air is completely gone. He became doubtful, did he just missee the situation. Whereas if it turned out that there was a powerful dark mana source nearby, he needed it the most. He needed to absorb the mana to restore his strength.
The snake also did not want to tell Reina that she needed dark mana. After all, that girl is a light witch. He wouldn't help her if he knew that he needed dark mana to recover his strength.
Seeing that the snake had not invaded her mind anymore, Reina calmly closed her eyes.
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Three days have passed. Today is the last day. We decided to explore the group again. Although there are some people who want to split up, so that the coverage area is wider.
But I don't agree to split up. After all, my main goal is to keep an eye on not to find treasure. We eventually became a group.
When I woke up, Rexus was still fast asleep. This time I carried her using a small bag with a padded base because I found it difficult to move if I put her in my robe. I also feel that Rexus is getting bigger. In the past, he was only as big as a palm. Now it's almost as big as my arm. That's one of the reasons why it's kind of hard to put it in my robe.
We continue our journey by choosing a path at random. And I never let go of my surveillance from Reina. Could it be that the ancient beast would appear today? But if the ancient beast chooses Reina, how will I stop it?
Ah, nevermind.
We better think about it when it actually happens.
After an hour, we finally found a mysterious swamp. This swamp gave off the same aura as that strange lake. Are there any other treasures here?
"There's something interesting in this place" Dean Wason said as he stroked his beard. "It's probably an ancient artifact. But the three of us won't go inside because these artifacts are useless to us" He stared at the five young people in front of him. "It will be very useful for you. Because this is an artifact that can increase the efficiency of your meditation so that it can widen the pool of mana in your body. Very useful for young seeds"
Everyone's eyes immediately sparkled.
"You can come in. But who manages to get it depends on your performance. Good luck" continued Dean Wason.
The three deans saw the five young men disappear into the swamp.
"All of them can surpass all of us. These parents" Dean Wason said.
"of course. I feel there are many superior seeds in the younger generation this time" Dean Crsytal responded.
"Requally relieving. At least they can defend themselves in case something happens in the future" Dean Wason mused as he looked up at the sky. He thought of something in his mind. He felt relieved and anxious at the same time.
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I headed straight towards the swamp. The area within the swamp was foggy so I could not see the contents within the swamp at all.
But strangely when I went into the swamp, I only found an empty room and I was alone in this place.
"Eh?"
I looked around, but I found no one. There was Sayn beside me. But I'm completely separated from the others now.
I look around me. This place was not a swamp at all, but just an empty place. As I looked down, I could see my own shadow reflected. This place I stand on is like a shallow lake with frozen clear water, so that I can stand on it.
This place is also foggy so the view in front of me is less clear. I only saw a gray scene because the fog was too thick.
I kept going forward, but I didn't see anything. Then as I continued walking to the end, I saw a large gate.
Unfortunately, the gate was locked.
I tried to push him, but didn't want to open up. I also attacked using magic, but it did not have any effect. It was as if the gate was absorbing all the magic I put out. Even dark and light magic had no effect.
But a strange object suddenly appeared by floating in the air. It was shaped like a thermometer, on a scale of 1-10.
The scale in front of me didn't even reach 1. Maybe only 0.5.
I'm a little confused, what is this. But I did not give up attacking that gate with my magic.
As I continued to attack I realized there was a change. The scale on the strange object rose to 1!
Eh?
Do I just need to cast magic to attack the gate. Then the gate will continue to absorb the magic.
Maybe the gate will open if the scale reaches 10, right?
I'm so excited.
Alright, I will use high-level magic because I am not willing to waste my time!