The Shaman Wants Transcendence

10 – Foundation Construction

The aftereffects of the ritual are over.

Jinseong’s body was healthy, and there were no aftereffects left.

‘If it had been before the return, I would have performed a different ritual right away.’

In the past, he said that he would check unidentified witchcraft rituals at random, and repeated the rituals fearfully even after he got better.

After seeing it, a fellow mercenary I was close with said, ‘The game character doesn’t use the skill again as soon as the cooldown ends, so what is this?’

‘Now that doesn’t make any sense.’

It’s not that his disposition has changed.

The past and future of Jinseong.

Time is twisted and twisted, and Jinseong is now back in the past, but there is not much difference from the time when he could not overcome the side effects of magic and eventually burned himself with unidentified magic.

‘No matter where the flame blooms, its essence is the same. Even if the body and time change, if the spirit and soul are the same, then the essence remains the same.’

Whenever he discovers an unidentified spell, he will learn it, and when he discovers an unidentified ritual, he will perform it alone. Because magic was everything to him, and his life itself.

But he only realized it now.

The fact that if you don’t do it like the past, it’s only about the flame that blooms in the middle of the day.

‘The foundation has already been built, now what is needed is a strong body and wealth.’

Strong body.

It is an expression that is used in many places.

At the gym, in the military, and at the construction site.

If you have a job that uses your body, you must have seen this expression.

However, the ‘strong body’ that Jinseong needed meant a body that was a little different from the commonly used expression. Because the body he was trying to create was not simply a body made through physical training.

‘Sturdy. The best foundation created by knowledge and talent.’

If it ended with simply building up physical strength and building muscles, Jinsung’s life in the past would not have ended so vainly.

Being a mercenary is a job in which the body is an asset.

In particular, since mercenaries were literally treated as ‘consumables that can be bought with money’, which can be used much more easily than soldiers, it is natural for ordinary soldiers, and sometimes they had to have more physical strength than special forces.

Because the only thing that could protect his life in a fierce battle where his hair was about to fall off was his own physical strength and power.

As such, Jin-seong’s body in the past was also quite good.

He carried firearms and grenades as well as materials for various spells, so he was on par with the average mercenary in terms of physical strength.

In addition, he knew of numerous recovery magic rituals, so he did not have to worry too much about injuries.

No, it shouldn’t have been…

Kidney burst.

Lungs collapsed

The intestines were cut in half.

Jeongso lost his function and became a eunuch.

The extremities of the body rotted, and mold grew on the body.

Recovery was of no avail.

The ruptured kidney returns, but bursts again.

A shrunken lung shrinks again.

Even if a piece of intestine is regenerated, only the exact regenerated area turns into a cancerous mass.

No matter what method is used, the mold will bloom again, and the body will continue to rot.

The lost fertility never returned.

Even if the body is healed, it is only for a moment.

The human body could not overcome continuous recovery and injury, and scars remained on the inside that were not trained, causing problems. Although Jinseong’s body could overcome the disease, it could not be rooted out, and although he healed his injuries, he did not completely return to his original state.

Be close to me after seeing thatOne of Dawn’s colleagues threw out these words, frowning in horror.

” Hey! Mad Shaman! You, a good family man, why are you wallowing in a gutter like this? You can use your family’s money to learn your favorite magic spells to your heart’s content. I spend a lot of money, and I draw a lot of personal connections and spend it. Get info too! How good is it?”

It was when he was involved in the civil war in Europe and barely returned after going through hardships.

Maybe that was the question I asked because I was sure that I had become close enough with him.

If it’s not that, it’s fine if you just answer, or it might have been a nonsensical look.

However, what is certain is that the donkey-like human must have been certain that Jinseong would answer the question.

However, Jinsung answered the question like this.

『Magic magic can be obtained by doing so, but transcendence cannot be achieved by doing so. 』

When his colleague heard that, he laughed at Jinseong, saying, “You’re talking bullsh*t.”

However, Jinseong kept that thought intact, whether his colleagues laughed at him or not.

Even in the midst of a rough mercenary life, even in the midst of the world becoming a mess.

Even later when he was killed by Chinese berserkers.

Even when he became an existence that was shunned by everyone, despised by Gisaeng Sul.

And later, even the moment when he burns himself because of the side effects of the magic he randomly learned.

He did not regret his actions.

However, since I went back in time and became healthy again, there is no need to follow the past.

Humans are creatures that learn from the mistakes of the past and develop.

‘The reason I couldn’t transcend was because of the limitations of my body.’

The side effects of the mercenary life and witchcraft rituals piled up in layers, and in the end, even a short recovery was not possible, and even if all means were used, it was only barely breathing.

This was due to the limitations of Jinseong’s poor physical body.

From the beginning, I tried to endure all that with the body of a normal person, so I had no choice but to get sick.

‘But it is difficult for a shaman to create a strong body.’

There were few people who had the ‘strong body’ of the true standard even if it was martial arts right away. There was a reason that inner work, which builds up energy and exerts supernatural powers, was more popular than outer work, which trains the body, but it was also because it was very difficult to train the human body to its limits. It was a field that required specialized knowledge beyond simply gathering and training.

Even if you look at the details right now, you need at least university-level knowledge.

Telomeres related to longevity.

Synapse related to reaction rate.

Immune system related to tolerance.

Adrenaline and Endorphin are closely related to combat.

Liver involved in detoxification.

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To enumerate, there are countless elements that make up the human body.

Jinseong wanted longevity and resistance among these numerous factors.

‘I am a sorcerer. Therefore, a body that is more than necessary is just greed.’

His main spells are Primal and Forgotten.

Unlike the so-called ‘refined’ form of modern sorcery, which removes symbolism and minimizes side effects, it had severe side effects, but the opposite benefit was also great sorcery. Because of that, if you were prepared, you could substitute any number of abilities necessary for combat, such as reaction speed, memory, and regeneration.

‘The foundation is the most important law when you don’t know. However, it’s a pity that I can’t put it into practice.’

The problem is that Jinseong has no way to strengthen the immune system and telomeres. ＜Br＞

‘Money and connections.’

The reason was simple.

No money, no connections.

To be precise, you don’t have the money or connections to access the INNER CIRCLE that knows how to boost your immune system and telomeres.

‘Only those who have built up their strength with a long history can approach it.’

A very long time ago, maybe even when humans first started making tribes.

Those with power wanted to keep their power for a long time, and feared the poison of their opponents. Along with him, longevity and detoxification developed remarkably, but the desires of those in power were not satisfied.

And now.

In modern times, their desires have come to fruition to some extent.

“ॐ-“

The information age, the dazzlingly developed science, capitalism that can do anything with money, the enormous population of 7 billion, and even the geniuses who pop out from time to time.

All of those elements have come together to reveal a way to significantly strengthen telomeres and the immune system.

However, there is no way that those in power can release it to ordinary people.

Of course, this ‘surprising secret recipe for extending lifespan and not having to worry about poison’ circulated only among the rich and powerful, and it became knowledge only for them in a fortress that ordinary people could not even approach at all.

‘Life span, immunity…’

Immunity is the most important.

Lifespan would be meaningless if transcended, so it didn’t matter, but immunity was necessary.

If there was no immunity, there was a high possibility of facing the same end as before.

“You must have money first.”

Connections, money, and power.

These three are one Body.

Even if you only have one of the three, you can somehow get the other two.

Jinseong took out a barrel from his chest.

A barrel engraved with a bluish eye shape.

“Head, head. Where is the most shiny gold piece?”

He brought his mouth to the barrel and whispered, and an eye-shaped figure bulged out as if it were alive and glared at him.

Quadduk!

Eyes soon became mouths. It, like the mouth of an elongated fish, opened his mouth wide and bit Jinseong’s hand hard with its own teeth protruding to the roof of his mouth. Then, after coveting the blood from Jinseong’s hand for a long time, it turned into smoke and went back into the barrel as if satisfied.

What remains is the shape of the eyes that have turned gray and the golden smoke that can only be seen in Jinseong’s eyes.

Jinseong started walking along the golden smoke.

* * *

“It’s long.”

Jinseong smiled crookedly at the shabby building.

On the 2nd and 3rd floors of the shabby building, there were signboards saying ‘Godmother Capital’ and ‘Sambon Money’.