Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12: Skills Show up 3

The next day’s morning.

The two had a good night’s sleep, ate their meals and headed towards the Gigant Arena.

The Gigant arena was located on a hill, east to the city of Lamer.

Looking at it from a distance, it seemed to be built of the grey stones, so it was assumed to be a fortress or a castle.

‘The world has developed so much.’

The old arena was mostly of wood, and the crowd of people was just around 5,000.

Another surprising act had followed, Philip added that the arena could take 30,000 people, and yet called it medium.

“I don’t know if the young Lord has even been there, but the arena in the king’s state is very large and beautiful as it had been built by the dwarves. It can accommodate up to 100,000 people at once.”

‘Huh!’

As he listened to the stories, it wasn’t just because it had some kind of fame.

At least 8 meters till 15 meters of steel giants were fighting back and forth, which was why such a sized arena was needed.

‘Ah that is a Gigant, there are many interesting things in this era.’

Not surprisingly, one of the marvelous things was passing from right in front of him.

Pangpang?! Paaaang!

A horseless carriage was running on the vapor which came out of a steel stove pipe that was attached to its body.

And then followed was a large iron cart carrying something covered in black.

At first glance, the cargo seemed to be very heavy, but the cart seemed to move on its own, spewing out a lot of vapor, like a strange wagon that was moving ahead.

Even then, it wasn’t slow.

‘Was that mobile? And the one following it was a trailer. Apparently, this is powered by steam that boiled water in the engine engraved with a flame magic circle.’

And it wasn’t just the merchants whom Luke has met while coming to Lamer.

There were also wizards who were adept masters in magic engineering.

They had said that magic engineering had advanced significantly since the launch of it at the Veritas Magic Tower 500 years back.

A machine using a steam engine was also invented at that time, but not much attention had been paid to it then.

‘It is a waste to use magic on things that can be done by an utter physical effort like a horse or a man. The magic stones that form magic circles aren’t a common thing.’

The magic circles draw mana from nature, and it was necessary to convert that magic which needed a certain element, that was the magic stone.

But that ore was a scarce resource.

It was ten times more expensive than the same weighted gold.

‘But did things change from 100 years back?’

An elven wizard called ‘Erwin Lesa’ devised a way to make an artificial ore by combining some minerals with crystals.

When Luke had heard that story, he was as shocked like he was hit by lightning.

‘Not to make some other thing, but to make magic stones! The elven wizard must have been a real genius!’

At any cost, the artificial magic stone production improved the conditions of the technology, since then, and now it was being produced in large quantities, and the price has been much lower than the past.

So magic technology could currently be used in magic and non-military sectors too, such as transportation, and countries could do much with the falling prices.

‘And can watch gladiators like this.’

What was the weapon that grew the Baroque into an Empire after causing a revolution and war?

What was it that was causing such an excitement in the eyes of those who got to see it?

Luke was excited. Which was why the steps he took to the arena were fast.

The game had already begun, and as they got closer to the arena, the whole arena seemed to be shaken by the screams of the people.

Kwaaak?!

Kwaak! Ciaa!

“Wahh!”

“Kill it, kill it!”

‘It is so hot!’

Luke, who paid the entrance fee and went into the arena, began to burst into sweat because of the heat that was generated by the crowd.

He turned to look at the center of the arena where the eyes of all people were stuck to.

Thump!

Steel giants with enormous swords and shields were exchanging clashes.

Everytime the steel giants moved, the vibration could be felt under the feet of the men, and everytime the swords clashed, a thrilling huge gust of winds spread in the air.

It was like watching mythical warriors fight up ahead!

“It is awesome!”

“Right? There is no other eye candy like this in the entire world.”

Luke had lost the dark circle curing his reincarnation.

Even if the body wasn’t aware, the soul belonged to Saymon, so the feeling of mana could be understood.