I Became the Only Non-mage in the Academy

Something like a shadow covered the entire world.

Above the city of Pyongyang, it looked as if the abyss had emerged there.

Slither.

Wriggling, something black, like paint spilled on a canvas, spread out in all directions. In the blink of an eye, so quickly that the Mines nearby didn’t even notice.

It was covering everything on the ground.

‘What is this…?’

The villain.

One who had accepted the suggestion of a Mine to offer tribute to the extraterrestrial by terrorizing Pyongyang, was trembling with fear. He had only desired a comfortable life.

He had received an advance payment from the Mines. In return for invading the city of Pyongyang with them, he had received a hefty amount of gold and jewels, and all the wealth he could seize from there. If he fled to some secluded country, he could live a stable life.

In truth, this shouldn’t have been possible.

Because of the efforts and money Korea had invested to redevelop North Korea, the heroes of the Association would have been here to protect this place.

But this time, it was truly worth trying.

The Nazi Empire was stirring.

The Empire, which sought to drown the world in evil, had declared war.

The Association’s attention was entirely drawn to that place. The same was true for all the large organizations: Olympus, Asgard, Hundred Temple, and Japan’s Divines. Therefore, the villain accepted the offer to invade in exchange for payment.

-S-save me!!

-F-father!! Why have you abandoned us!!

The Mines screamed in despair. They didn’t struggle. The ground, now entirely black, didn’t allow them to resist.

It denied their strength, absorbed it, and burned it, embracing the bodies of the Mines.

The blackness that used the ground as its canvas targeted only one thing: the Mines who had gained power in exchange for selling out this world. It was only them that the abyssal power was after.

The villain’s gaze followed its path. It was a man in a black coat and a mask.

Something immense seemed hidden within the man. He appeared to be a well-proportioned male model, but the power he contained was beyond imagination.

“Ha, haha.”

The villain went insane. The one who had cherished life the most had given up on life.

Due to his heightened state, he could feel the black power that covered this area. This was a power not meant for mere humans. It was a power that could barely be granted to a great evil or a being above it. The black power that swallowed everything made him lose all will to fight.

‘So, it was an Apostle…’

An Apostle of God.

Beings allowed to distort the laws and interfere with the material world by the extraterritorial entities. Each one of them was a monstrous existence capable of suppressing the guardians of the middle realm known as the dragons.

To the villain, it was like a story from a distant world.

“Damn, I knew something was off…”

He looked at the ground. The entire abyss was black. Someone once said that when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. The abyss was slowly creeping toward him.

Sreung.

He drew his sword. His expression was that of a man who had made a decision. The villain held the sword and plunged it in.

Puuk.

Into his own heart.

It was the easiest way to die, so the villain stared at the black demon king. Fortunately, the demon king had no interest in him.

‘Thank goodness.’

Because he was the king of holy evil, who would not even permit death.

The villain was grateful to the demon king who allowed him his death.

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‘What was that?’

Seeing a conspicuous villain, I thought I’d capture him, but he burst into tears and committed suicide.

I couldn’t recall his name. I vaguely remembered he was tough to catch because he was fairly balanced. He was classified as a villain because he was a mercenary who didn’t discriminate between bright and dark jobs as long as they were profitable.

-Indeed… That’s the legendary state that kills people with just a glance.

Eternal Heaven murmured in admiration.

-During the Heavenly Demon era, only the previous master could perform such a feat. Even if the previous master coughed, all the vassals below her would confess their sins and die.

-As expected, the king of the Chinese…

-What?!

While my attention was diverted, Eternal Heaven and Black Heaven were bickering. They seemed to grow closer as the days went by. Though it’s not easy to argue like that, I just let it be since we’re the only ones who understand each other.

I raised my hand and withdrew the blackness.

Srrr.

The blackness receded to beneath my feet. The cluster of black flames rotating inside me began to spin slowly.

‘This is beyond my expectations.’

The efficiency was tremendous. The power that surged to its maximum output in an instant was beyond imagination. I had thought that after obtaining the absolute stat Black and 「Infinite Black Flame Star (Ex)」, I would become at least twice as strong.

‘But it’s not just that?’

If done right, I could even take on Daji one-on-one in my current state.

Of course, other great evils were still too much. Unlike the other great evils, Daji didn’t know how to fight, and her specialty, illusions, didn’t work on me.

The problem was that the burden on my body had doubled.

‘I need to create a new martial art quickly.’

I was likely to be with Kim Seo-hyun for a long time.

Kim Seo-hyun had inherited the thousand-year martial vein and had the talent of a great master in creating martial arts. In exchange for sharing Black God Martial Arts, she would create a new external technique. It wasn’t a bad deal.

-So, you’re not hiding it anymore.

‘There’s no reason to hide it.’

I responded to Black Heaven.

‘Or I could create another identity.’

Like a demon king using the identity of the masked man.

“…You’re going to create even more?”

-I foresee a future where the master’s followers suffer.

‘Well, it can’t be helped. I won’t be able to use those identities for a while.’

-What? Why not?

Eternal Heaven wagged its tail in curiosity.

I extended my hand to show them.

I brought out Myeolcheon, channeling the Conceptual Stat through it.

Pajijijik!

Black lightning crackled from my grip. The brilliance it once had was gone. The radiant golden lightning had turned into abyssal black lightning.

-This is…

‘Should I say it’s the price for gaining new power?’

The Absolute Stat Black had devoured everything, even the color of the Conceptual Stat.

‘Is this because Absolute Stat Black is too strong?’

It was a power that literally overwhelmed the Conceptual Stat.

And considering my stat’s absolute value was also small.

‘I thought about raising it brute-force with points.’

But that didn’t work either.

The reason was simple.

[Absolute Stat Black-100,000,000p]

It required 100 million points just to raise a single point.

‘To be honest, it’s like telling me not to raise it with points.’

I chuckled bitterly as I moved quickly. The target was quite far from here. While the geography in the game and this place were similar, there were slight differences, so I had to hurry.

Bang!

I drove my movement skill to its extreme. My body began to move at a speed incomparable to before.

Before I knew it, Eternal Heaven, with its seven tails, was wagging its tail beside me.

-But, Seo-ha, what business do you have here?

-I’ve been here before, but there doesn’t seem to be any power that the master would desire.

Black Heaven, now as tall as me, muttered.

Eternal Heaven and Black Heaven.

They were once just mascots, but as I grew stronger and gained more power, they began to regain their strength. They were also draining my power rapidly, but they were now starting to regain the sense they had before they became like this.

“It’s a power that won’t be detected.”

-Is it a power like the Energy of Defying Heaven?

I nodded in response to Eternal Heaven’s question.

“More precisely, it can be detected. But that power cuts off everything, so you have to enter the ruins to sense it.”

-A power like the Energy of Defying Heaven. But it can’t be as good as the Energy of Defying Heaven, can it?

“What are you talking about, Black Heaven?”

-M-master? If you give me that “what nonsense are you talking about” look, even I will get hurt!

“…The Energy of Defying Heaven. The power that Heavenly Demon possessed, which wouldn’t pale even when combined with Black God Martial Arts, lies dormant here.”

-What?!

Black Heaven looked at me in shock. Eternal Heaven asked me curiously.

-Is there really another unreasonable power like that?

“Yeah. That’s why I moved to North Korea when the Black Flame Dragon came.”

-Ah, because you didn’t know what influence the dragon’s power might have on the ruins or if it might reveal them. So, what’s the name of that power?

“Boundary.”

If the Energy of Defying Heaven denied everything.

This power distinguished everything.

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Boundary.

It was a power that divided this world. It was also a power that allowed movement to any location.

Some even said that it was a power that created a Hollow Space.

“To be honest, I don’t fully understand it either.”

Unlike Black God Martial Arts and Heaven Defying Body, I had handled this power a few times.

When I played Epic World, many people thought of the power of Boundary as a convenient means of transportation, but the more you delved into it, the more immense its potential became, leading many users to explore Boundary further.

‘But no matter how much you explore Boundary, it keeps revealing more.’

The potential of the power of Boundary was so absurd that this happened.

Just when you thought you had understood it, another ability popped out from somewhere.

One of the greatest abilities of Boundary was the power to transcend boundaries.

Boundary was a force that distinguished all places and allowed one to leap across any location.

-…Isn’t that completely overpowered?

Eternal Heaven stared blankly at my explanation. Black Heaven was the same. They both wore expressions as if questioning whether such a power could truly exist.

‘It is.’

What’s more terrifying was that even I didn’t know how far it would go once it combined with the Energy of Defying Heaven. I put my hand in my pocket as I climbed a tree.

‘It’s around here…’

Moving north from Pyongyang, there’s a place with lots of mountains.

I didn’t know the exact name, but this was the location. Besides, North Korea was almost all mountains anyway.

-With Seo-ha’s current power, can’t you just smash the ruins and make them appear?

‘If I do that, the difficulty of the trial will rise significantly.’

-Ah, since your natural power is strong, it’s a trial that tests the potential or character of the one who would be the master.

Eternal Heaven answered my question.

I looked at Eternal Heaven. Eternal Heaven blinked and looked back at me.

‘Come to think of it, this one was so extraordinary that even Heavenly Demon forcefully kidnapped it.’

There were moments when it surprised me, despite the usual playful antics.

Anyway, after searching for about an hour, I finally found the ruins.

“Let’s go.”

I headed into the depths of the ruins.