Magic Academy’s Genius Blinker

Chapter 262

The Noble Soul (12)

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Points, curves, and runes.

Magic is the phenomenon that controls the flow of mana that runs through all of nature using spells and magic circles.

Typically, a magic user had to necessarily utilize spells and magic circles to use magic.

It was a given that one would control the flow of magical power through spells and then materialize the magic through a magic circle.

However, a very small number of wizards break this common understanding.

Either they inherited a special lineage, possess special traits, or perhaps…

“Flip!”

A wizard who has reached Class 9.

Kuguguguung-!!!

Mage Arumun.

At his low utterance, the ground was flipped over and rose high into the sky.

Flowerseorin then reached out her hand into the air, and the branches of the World Tree thickly grew from the ground, supporting that land.

“Oh, oh…”

Cheollibeun looked at the spectacle unfolding with slightly surprised eyes.

Indeed, how could they fight without harming the ordinary people within the World Tree?

They simply lifted the entire ground and moved it.

‘Impressive…’

Both Mage Arumun, who flipped this heavy ground, and Flowerseorin, who supported it with the roots of the World Tree, were formidable monsters.

“Whew, you’re giving a great show. I can’t do things like this.”

“…You’re talking like you’re full of yourself, blessed with such abilities.”

Everyone who knows that Cheollibeun has a contract with Damgaltoiwol and receives the love of the earth is well aware of it.

Thus, there was no choice but for Mage Arumun to glare at him, but Cheollibeun was sincere.

“It’s true… No one believes me.”

He was just receiving the love of the earth, but he couldn’t control it. Just because he is blessed by the Twelve Divine Moons doesn’t mean he would automatically master that ability.

This ability is literally referred to as… ‘blessing.’

“You all have no idea how terrible a curse the blessing of the Twelve Divine Moons can be.”

“Ha. Are you saying that after signing a contract that makes you invincible with Damgaltoiwol?”

Mage Arumun had primarily cultivated earth magic, so he was hostile toward Cheollibeun, who could manipulate the earth without any training, but he was sincere.

“…Yeah, invincible.”

Cheollibeun muttered bitterly.

“Even when I don’t want it to be so… that’s the problem.”

“Nonsense.”

Mage Arumun wiped away his languid expression and spread his arms wide.

Without any preparatory movements, a brown magic circle was generated like interlocking gears, and a twisted dragon-shaped steel door fell from the air with a bang!

Kiiik-!

As the steel door opened, a black giant emerged from within. Standing over 30 meters tall, the giant held a hammer in its right hand and an axe in its left, glinting in the sunlight… it was clearly made of some extraordinary metal.

“Could it be a golem made from demonic ore…?”

Considering that dozens of alchemists would need to research for a year just to create a palm-sized black demonic ore, it was truly an absurd size. Cheollibeun was genuinely impressed, but he couldn’t just stand there in shock.

Wuuuuung!!

The black giant started to bring down its axe.

However, Cheollibeun did not move. He quietly waited, as the ground flipped over on its own to form a ceiling.

Jjeoeng-!!

The giant’s hammer collided with the ceiling formed from the earth, creating a shockwave that was unbelievable for just a physical force.

The earth caved in… and a crater several dozen meters in diameter formed, yet at the center, Cheollibeun stood there without a single hair being harmed.

However, Cheollibeun could definitely feel it. The earth’s protective barrier, which had been praised as absolutely invincible, was cracking.

“Haha… this is no joke?”

Indeed, a Class 9 wizard.

In ancient times, it was said that wizards had fought against the Twelve Divine Moons.

Seeing the current Class 9 wizards exerting such divine-like power, it didn’t seem entirely false.

Chills!

“…Huh?”

While quietly watching the black giant, Cheollibeun felt a chilling sensation and unleashed his mana with all his might.

Then, the earth, which absorbed that mana, stacked up the earth’s armor more than three layers high, and shortly thereafter…

…Siiiiiik-!!

With a strange noise that sounded as if a snake had slithered by, the earth’s armor melted and vanished.

‘Wha…!’

Quickly rolling on the ground, Cheollibeun then realized the nature of the magic that was targeting him.

“Solar light…”

The branches of the World Tree, stretching high into the sky, created transparent droplets like a magnifying glass, drenching the sun, and as the sunlight passed through it, it became a laser striking down to the ground.

“What kind of monster…?”

Flowerseorin, raising her hand to control the World Tree, stared at Cheollibeun with a cold expression. She had an appearance so mystical and beautiful that it would shake one’s heart just by looking at her.

“Looks fierce, despite her appearance…”

Saaaak!

As Flowerseorin spread her arms wide, the branches of the World Tree twisted like serpents and split to the sides. Within the branches of the World Tree, which spread like a fan, green mana gathered.

*…It seems I can’t avoid that solar light from earlier.*

After all, even if a Class 9 wizard were to recklessly unleash such power, it could potentially destroy an entire country in the time it takes to boil noodles.

Kududududud!!

The ground trembled as the roots of the World Tree surged up, and suddenly, a volcanic mountain began to sprout from the ground, spewing lava. It was, quite literally, a natural disaster.

However, even though the real attacks from Mage Arumun and Flowerseorin began, Cheollibeun remained calm.

“Haha… you still don’t know me well enough.”

Underneath his feet, a breath began to stir.

Damgaltoiwol, sensing the threat to Cheollibeun, opened its eyes.

It loved Cheollibeun so much that it could never forgive the cause of the danger.

Even if the opponent was a god.

*…Must someone die again because of me?*

It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand them. Cheollibeun, he was a dark mage and a killer.

But truthfully, Cheollibeun has never killed innocent people without reason, not even once.

However.

His abilities.

The blessing of Damgaltoiwol.

Because it wanted to obliterate all forms of threat directed at him.

That desire was too excessive.

Countless children, elderly people, women, young men, homes, villages, cities, and nations crumbled away.

He is an evil man.

No matter the reason, disasters approached everywhere he went, causing massive casualties.

In his heart, he would rather die than let them perish.

No, perhaps… he should have completely died that day when he visited the Dark Mage King to commit suicide.

But he could not die.

Because he was a coward.

And so, he creates another victim today.

He is loved by the earth.

And because of that, he could not be loved by anyone.

***

…Meanwhile, in Leafanel’s garden.

Baek Yu-seol looked at the still figure of Leafanel after sending Soya back.

He had expected it to be somewhat so, but witnessing the reason for her fall directly felt extremely uncomfortable.

‘She chose to fall on her own.’

Soya’s abilities were not contained in Bulbul Glasses, but at the very least, he could ascertain that she was a ‘half-witch.’

‘A clone…’

That was no ordinary clone.

It wasn’t as simple as a clone technique where a clone suddenly appears in the air like in a cartoon; there had to exist a ‘doll’ that would become the physical body of the clone.

The user imbues their soul and mana into that doll, and at that time, the value of the clone varies depending on the grade of the doll.

From wooden dolls at the lowest tier to… living people at the highest tier, to grant self-awareness to a conscious human, one had no choice but to ‘corrupt’ the other with their energy.

In other words, it means drawing out all of a living person’s blood and mana to fill it with one’s own.

…What a disgusting woman.

The reason that woman who had stolen Leafanel’s heart returned here.

It was not simply to absorb her heart.

She had been planning to corrupt Leafanel with her energy and turn her into a doll.

But who was Leafanel? Even if she spoke in a childlike manner and had a youthful appearance, she was a spirit that had lived for a thousand years.

Even if she lost all her energy, she did not lose her dignity, and to avoid being corrupted by Soya, she chose to fall herself.

…To become a spirit, she had given up on the ‘noble soul’ she had built up for hundreds of years.

Her fists automatically clenched.

The more she thought about it, the more pitiful Leafanel became, and the more she wanted to kill Soya, she couldn’t hold back.

‘That cannot happen.’

She must not be consumed by anger.

A mere death would not be sufficient punishment. It was necessary to give her pain even worse than death.

To make her regret daring to touch Leafanel’s heart.

“Just wait a bit. I’ll get you out of here soon.”

Leafanel had lived trapped in this garden for far too long. After losing her heart, she had become so fragile that she could not adapt to the outside environment.

However, now that she had completely fallen… it might be possible to purify her soul and take her outside.

‘That woman is surely heading to Cheollibeun.’

The emotion she felt at the last moment was none other than ‘desire.’

To behead Cheollibeun and completely absorb the heart of the spirit.

That intense desire was vividly felt.

Is there any more reason to be thankful for the blessing of Red Spring March?

Thanks to the conviction, he could move strategically.

‘But… purification is the biggest problem.’

She could not ignore the pressing issue right in front of her due to blinded anger.

If Leafanel had fallen on her own, restoring her to her original state would be extremely difficult. Perhaps if she hadn’t fallen at all in the original game, it would be another matter, but now that she had fallen, there were hardly any spells to revert her back, making it even more troublesome.

‘The only hope is…

The only girl in the world who could revert a fallen dark mage, Flame, but whether that would be possible in this situation, she didn’t know.

It was one thing if it was a forced fall, but Leafanel had fallen of her own free will.

“Phew… I don’t know. Just wait a moment. After I deal with Soya, I’ll come back quickly.”

Baek Yu-seol gently caressed the violet protective barrier surrounding Leafanel’s surface, then stepped outside the garden.

Now, in the moonlit garden, no one remained.

Srrr…

The fallen spirit slowly opened her eyes. Though the air was clearly tainted by corrupted dark magic, what was happening?

Leafanel’s gaze was clear and pure enough to still be considered a ‘spirit.’

She remembered the back of Baek Yu-seol.

A back that seemed to carry a heavy burden.

A back that overcame everything and moved forward.

‘I’ll be back soon…’

Leafanel desperately tried to convey her spirit to Baek Yu-seol, but it was futile.

However, it didn’t matter if he didn’t hear her.

They would meet again.

End of Chapter