Chapter 83: Talent(2)
Chapter 83: Talent(2)
Lina faltered and stepped back from Kerry, who had just taken off his pants.
Her face was flushed red, and her startled eyes couldn't look away from his lower body.
“This is all to protect Natasha! Don't try to stop me, Lina!”
“Gah! You can do what you want, just… just don't turn this way!”
Lina averted her gaze, her eyes wide with shock.
I'm not ashamed of taking off my pants. This is all for Natasha!
Just then, Undine leaned in, her face close to my underwear, and spoke.
“Hmm. I don't know much about human reproductive organs… but for some reason, this one feels quite impressive.”
“Un… Undine. It's rude to Mr. Kerry to stare so openly.”
“I'm a spirit, anyway.”
“I don't care if she looks or not!”
“Mr. Kerry, you're a little too confident!”
Was I? But what can I do if I really am this confident?
Victoria, finding the situation amusing, chimed in playfully.
“Huhu. Now that's a size that's probably made many a woman cry.”
“Our son-in-law is quite something, isn't he? Indeed.”
“!”
Lina, who seemed to have no immunity to sexual innuendos, turned red enough to burst.
More importantly, Victoria is completely shameless.
She even looks like she's enjoying this.
“Mr. Kerry, if you're ready, please get into the water tank where Natasha is.”
Kerry nodded.
I thought Lina might run off to another room, but surprisingly, she was watching me along with the others.
She must have felt a sense of responsibility as the party leader.
“In here?”
“Yes, Mr. Kerry.”
Kerry did as Undine said and entered the tank.
The tank was deep and wide. There was more than enough room for two people.
The water was neither cold nor hot, but just the right temperature. Kerry opened his eyes underwater.
He could see Natasha, wearing only her underclothes.
Her eyes were closed, still unconscious.
I'll save you, Natasha. I promise.
[Mr. Kerry.]
A voice reached me, even underwater. It was Undine.
[You can breathe. Even though you're underwater, you will be able to breathe.]
It was true. I could breathe.
[There is only one thing you must do now. Fill this tank with the power of your mana. If you do that, I will take care of the rest.]
Kerry nodded, since he couldn't speak underwater.
This is incredible. How can I breathe underwater? It must be Undine's power.
My eyes didn't even sting, despite being open. It actually felt comfortable.
I could see the others watching me from outside the tank.
Lina, Victoria, and the old woman.
I couldn't hear what they were saying, but seeing them smile and wave leisurely, it was clear they had complete faith in me. I'd better do this right.
Kerry began to channel the mana within his body.
‘She definitely said to fill the tank with mana.’
Thanks to the Elixir, Kerry had ten years' worth of mana. Of course, he hadn't fully absorbed it all yet.
Let's do this. Lina wouldn't say it was possible if it wasn't.
There must be a reason the Regressor believes in me.
Kerry began to release his mana.
The mana accumulated in his heart poured out from his entire body, beginning to fill the tank.
The water in the tank rippled and stirred.
[Impressive. It's hard to believe this is the output of a mage who hasn't even reached the 2nd Circle. I think I understand why the hero told me to trust you, Mr. Kerry.]
Is it working? I just have to keep this up, right?
[But it's not enough. At this rate… at this rate, you won't be able to fill the tank with mana.]
This still isn't enough? I'm already giving it my all.
Kerry began to release his mana with all his might once more.
He gritted his teeth and poured out his mana, but Undine shook her head.
[As expected from a mage who has yet to reach a higher state… your output is insufficient. It's certainly surprising for a 1st Circle mage, but… we need the output of at least a 2nd Circle mage.]
The 2nd Circle. Since Kerry had never formally learned magic, he didn't know what that entailed.
But he understood what Undine was saying.
‘My mana output is too low. To fill the tank, I need to be able to release more mana at once.’
He had to fill the tank with mana faster than it was dissipating.
But for the current Kerry, this was his limit.
His body was overflowing with mana from the Elixir, but he couldn't draw it all out at once.
‘Mana output… I have to increase the output!’
[It seems to be impossible after all. You should give up and come out now.]
‘Can't she be quiet? I need to concentrate.’
How can I increase my mana output?
How can I learn to handle the mana simply pooling in my heart more freely?
An idea popped into Kerry's head.
Add rotational force to the mana.
If I can harness the force from continuous rotation and acceleration, my mana output should increase.
Kerry's idea was, in fact, the state one had to reach to advance to the 2nd Circle on this continent. Not that he knew that.
His talent had simply allowed him to intuit the correct answer.
Kerry formed a ring in his heart. He accelerated the mana along that ring.
Only then did the state of the tank begin to change.
The tank began to flash with a blue light from the rising mana.
[Mr. Kerry…!]
Undine stared at Kerry, who was releasing mana with his eyes closed.
In Undine's eyes, what Kerry was doing was absurd.
‘Is he trying to create a mana ring right here and now?’
A state is called a state because it is a wall that cannot be easily overcome.
And Kerry was trying to overcome that state in a single moment with talent alone.
[Just like that… just keep doing that! Mr. Kerry!]
‘Just like this?’
Kerry was puzzled.
All he'd done was create a mana ring in his heart to add rotational force. And she was saying that was enough.
I feel like I can do better.
Kerry could feel his mana output had increased, but it still felt inefficient.
I can do better. I can increase the output more efficiently than this.
Kerry modified the ring inside his body once more.
Into the shape of an infinity symbol (∞).
That shape was harder to control, but in terms of pure output, it surpassed a simple ring.
[ ! ]
The moment Kerry formed the infinity loop in his heart.
The tank filled with a blue light, so bright it was blinding.
Lina and the others outside were all watching.
Lina couldn't take her eyes off Kerry, who was inside the dazzlingly bright blue tank.
“...Incredible. Mr. Kerry's talent is beyond imagination.”
“Huhu. He is the man I chose. This much is only natural.”
Lina had thought that with his talent, Kerry might be able to break through to the next state.
But what she had expected was, at most, the state of a normal mana ring.
The shape of the mana now surging inside the tank was that of an infinity symbol.
That meant only one thing.
‘Did Mr. Kerry just create the same type of Circle as the White Witch?’
It was the shape of her Circle that had made the White Witch, the archmage of a century ago, so special.
A Circle in the shape of an infinity loop that other mages couldn't replicate even if they knew its form.
Even in her past life, Lina had never seen a mage other than the White Witch create such a Circle.
[Mr. Kerry, that's enough now. Leave the rest to me. I will connect your mind to Natasha's. You must find her and wake her up.]
Kerry finally opened his eyes.
He nodded at Undine through the water.
The inside of the tank glittered with blue mana. Amazing. Did I do this?
Well, as long as it worked out.
Kerry had no idea just how incredible his accomplishment was.
Just then.
His consciousness began to drift away.
He could have resisted, but he didn't.
He knew instinctively that this was Undine's power.
His vision went black in an instant. Kerry suddenly found himself alone in a pitch-black space.
The blue tank, Undine, Lina and the others—they were all gone. Everything had vanished.
“What the? Where am I all of a sudden? Undine? Did it work?”
The water was gone, so he could speak easily. But there was no reply from Undine.
“Lina? Victoria? Grandmother. Is anyone there?”
Kerry recalled what Undine had said.
She'd definitely told him to find Natasha and wake her up. Does that mean I have to find her here?
But there's nothing here.
He decided to try shouting first.
“Natasha! Are you there? If you can hear me, answer!”
“...”
No answer. Not even an echo.
What am I supposed to do here?
“Natasha!”
“...”
“Natasha! Don't you remember you promised to listen to me? You have to answer when I call!”
“...”
Still no answer. Maybe Natasha isn't here.
But Undine definitely told me to find her.
Let's try one more thing.
“If you don't answer, I'm not giving you any more cock! I'm serious! This isn't a joke!”
The moment Kerry shouted that, a voice came from the distance.
“Hiiiing!”
It was a whimper, as if to say anything but that.
Turning his head toward the sound, he saw Natasha running toward him.
“Hing! Hiiiing!”
Natasha ran up and threw her arms around Kerry. Then she started rubbing her cheek against his.
The obedience training wasn't for nothing. I knew it was a good idea! I'll have to keep it up.
“Natasha, there you are. Since you answered, I'll give you cock. Don't worry.”
“Heehee!”
Finally relieved, Natasha laughed.
Then she licked Kerry's face.
It had been a while since I'd seen this side of Natasha, and it was cute.
“Alright, let's go back now. Wake up, Natasha. I know it's painful… but if you stay here, the others will worry. And you still have to get revenge for your tribe!”
Kerry spoke to Natasha, but she just stared at him blankly.
“Natasha? You don't know how to wake up?”
“?”
“You really don't know… What do I do? I don't know either.”
Undine had just said to find Natasha and wake her up.
Wasn't finding her supposed to solve everything?
Just then.
“Heehee!”
“Natasha?”
Natasha took Kerry's hand and started pulling him.
As if telling him to go this way.
“You want to go this way?”
“Heehee!”
Kerry decided to trust Natasha.
He didn't know how long they walked, hand in hand.
They walked and walked through the dark, pitch-black space.
Just then, a pure white light began to leak from the distance.
He didn't know what it was, but it looked like an exit.
“Good job, Natasha.”
“Heehee!”
Natasha glanced at Kerry's cock, as if asking for a reward for a job well done.
“Not right now. I'll give it to you later, okay?”
“Hiiing…”
Pestering me for it at every opportunity. She must have picked up some bad habits from Victoria.
Kerry soothed the whining Natasha as he walked into the light.
The dark space vanished, and a new one began to appear.
Where is this? A mountain?
Seeing Natasha next to me looking around with fond eyes, I had a pretty good idea.
“Natasha… is this your home?”
Tents that looked to be made of stitched-together leather stood on a green field.
Natasha stared at the tents in silence.
Feeling a little sorry for her, I stroked her head.
Natasha looked up at Kerry and licked his face as if to say she was okay.
Lick—
“Haha. That tickles, Natasha.”
Just then, Natasha took his hand again and began to lead him somewhere.
As if there was something she wanted to show him.
Kerry followed her.
Occasionally, people who looked like members of Natasha's tribe passed by.
But they didn't seem to see Kerry and Natasha at all.
Kerry couldn't even touch the trees or grass. It was like they were completely invisible.
He didn't know how long they walked, hand in hand.
Natasha finally stopped walking.
And there, he saw another Natasha.