Shin Sang Legend
The magic spring
In addition, there were a total of three tents. Vivian and Diere share one. Lumia and Melika shared the others, and the latter used Shien himself. That special tent was for some reason placed at a certain distance from the other two, so it had to be said, it was something rather pitiful.
The next day, when the sky had only a hint of dawn light, the fire in the camp at the foot of the mountain was already extinguished.
While Shin was still sleeping like a dead man, Vivian entered his tent and dragged him out.
“Now is the best time when demonic beasts return to their lairs, and most demon beasts will only appear after dawn, so this is the best time for us to enter the mountains.
Vivian used such an excuse to gather everyone.
It was just that, the girls seemed to have already made preparations for it, or rather, they seemed to have gotten used to such things, since each of them was completely alert and active, he said, without a little sleepiness.
Only Shin was among the group of energetic girls who kept yawning and showed a figure like him would fall at any moment.
“Go wash your face and make yourself alert. ” Vivian encouraged Shin to do his morning routine like a caring older brother, which made Shin reply with a bitter smile.
“I think I've been used to getting up early since I came to this world, but as expected, I can't compare to the right adventurer, huh?”
As an adventurer, not only did they have to stay up for half a night to guard the night, but they also had to get up early to enter the mountains and complete their quest. They're really hard.
“Do they not need to consider things like sleeping pretty?”
Shin was sleepy while imagining such things. Only until he splashed cold water onto his face did he end up becoming wary.
Only then did Shin return to the girl group and, along with the girls who were complete and ready, get ready to enter the Mangir mountains.
“Everything is here for a while.”
Vivian called out to everyone and retrieved the map from their luggage, before spreading it out in front of everyone.
It was of course a map of the Mangir mountains.
On the map, it not only displays various detailed routes, but also has some special marks.
There was a red X-like sign, and there was a puddle-like sign. This is in addition to other types of signs. This particular map was clearly made with great care.
“First, we have to confirm our destination for this trip.”
Vivian swept her gaze across the group.
“Currently, we have cleared the vampire vines, so our two remaining missions are to collect the springs from medium-sized magical springs and collect the skins of fire salamanders.
Vivian first confirmed it, and then continued.
“Mangir Mountains has a total of 17 magic springs. One is large, three are medium, and the remaining 13 are small. Therefore, we must first exclude all small-sized magic springs.”
With that, Vivian took out a pen and made an X mark over the 13 symbols of that pool.
It was only then that Shin learned that the symbol of the pond showed the position of the magical spring within the Mangir mountain range.
“After that, we will also not go to the large-sized magic spring.” Vivian spoke, “Although the quest giver will definitely be happy to call it a success if we bring back the spring water of a large-sized magic spring, the, and they might even give us extra money as a bonus, large-sized magical springs are generally also the highest places.Dangerous demonic beasts in this area tend to gather. Plus, the huge Mangir Mountain magic spring is said to be the resting place of a level 80 super strong demonic beast. Therefore, for the sake of security, we will not go there.”
Vivian also marked a very interesting gold pool on the map, and she also did the same to other pools close to her.
Vivian marked it because the magic spring was too close to a large-sized magic spring, right?
“Then, we only have 2 magic springs left. One of them is quite close to us, and the other is on the other side of the mountain range. Therefore, it is quite clear which one we should go to. ”
Vivian went ahead and marked the other pool symbols, leaving only one pool symbol left.
Afterwards, Vivian used her quill pen to highlight the path from where they were currently to the location of the remaining pool symbols.
“This is the closest path to the magical spring we are targeting. We will take this route.” Vivian pointed at the clap with the tip of her quill pen, “Through this path, unless there is a problem, we should reach our destination around the time when the demon beasts start to activate. Our goal was to finish collecting the spring water before it happened, and then camped near the magical spring. Then, when we find a flock of fire salamanders, we will continue the hunt.”
“That's our plan. If there are any questions about the problem, go ahead and take it now. ”
Vivian asked towards the group.
Diere, Lumia, and Melika did not open their mouths, so they definitely had no questions.
Yet…
“I have a question.”
Shin raised his hand with a serious expression and asked.
“What is a magic spring?”
Indeed indeed. This question was one that Shin had wanted to ask for some time now.
Even until now, Shin still did not know what exactly this so-called magic spring was.
Then, upon hearing Shin's question, Lumia and Melika could not resist the changes in their bodies and nearly fell to the ground. Even Diere gave off an aura without words. Vivian herself was basically silent for a moment as well.
“It looks like you are very lacking in general knowledge, Shin.”
Vivian spoke somewhat resignedly.
However, Vivian did not have a confused expression like she did before.
“You should have known this already, but everyone has magic power within them, right?”
“... Sorry, but I don't know.”
“Ah... Is that so..”.
Vivian began to give Shin a sympathetic and even pityful look.
Even the other girls at least felt resigned. It made Diere speechless, Lumia acted as if she did not know what to do, and Melika showed a strange expression. It all gave Shin a feeling like he was a child who was treated as a failed student in front of a teacher. It was a pretty strange feeling.
“Then, let me explain it to you from the beginning.”
Vivian let out a dry laugh and began to explain patiently.
“All things in this case may have magic in them. This is especially true for living beings, who will have magic from the moment of their birth. This was because the source of magic was life energy.
“Life strength will become magic power after being changed, so even ordinary farmers will have magic power. It's just very weak. Only when one reached a certain level would they have magic power at a detectable level and be able to use magic and skills.”
“Because the world itself is an existence that gives birth and nourishes all life and objects, then it will have many life forces flowing through it.”
“Therefore, be it in the air or on earth, the magical power of the world will flow through them all. When those magical powers gather in large numbers in one location and change into physical form, they will form a spring.”
“That's the magic spring.”
Vivian's explanation was very simple and easy to understand, so Shin instantly understood the basics of the magic spring.
However, there was one thing that Shin had actually been thinking about for quite some time.
“Magic power is formed from life force, right?”
Shin spoke as if he had a problem with it.
“Such settings are quite common, but I always want to comment. In such a case, if one were to use magic in large quantities and exhaust their life force. People really won't die because of it?”
It was a question that Shin had been worried about for quite some time.