Episode 191
A pitch-black sphere.
The presence is extraordinary.
The presence of the moon, floating in the blood-red sky and looking down on all things, was clearly overwhelming… … .
The pressure feels even greater as he quietly looks at me in an attitude that makes me feel lonely.
It’s truly a transcendent presence.
This was true even though it was at most the size of a human head.
in other words… … .
I even had the illusion that the large blood-red moon was not actually armor, but a sealing sphere.
“… … .”
Isn’t this an illusion?
My back is wet due to cold sweat.
The sound of heavy breathing rings in my ears in time with my heartbeat, and I don’t know if it’s my own breathing or if I’m hearing nonsense.
flinch-.
I pause and think about my fingertips.
Should I attack first?
Somehow, I thought that it would be too late to react if I had just seen the Demon King’s attack… … .
Nevertheless, at the same time, I felt a sense of crisis that if I made the first move, I would lose my life.
Even during this time, only questions are clear.
How does this guy attack?
Even during the blood moon, he only attacked in bizarre ways.
Either intentionally break your own body and send the fragments flying… … .
I fired my tongue at the expert subject… … .
Jongnaene was far from a normal attack, falling with the force of destroying his own body.
Now that that guy has revealed his true colors… … .
The method chosen was a simple approach.
Ugh-.
Is it a vibrating sound? A sound like the flapping wings of a swarm of bees rang in my ears. It seemed like the tinnitus was caused by my concentration being pushed to its limit.
The condition is so bad that it’s hard to clearly tell.
However, it was clear that the pitch-black sphere was approaching at every moment.
‘… … ?’
Something is strange.
It is clear that the distance is narrowing.
While most of the senses in the body were positive about the sphere’s approach, only the sense of sight shook its head.
This was because the size of the approaching sphere was constant.
It’s clearly approaching, but why is the visible size the same?
I stared blankly at the sphere and crashed into it.
Well-.
Unable to bear it, he drooled and vomited blood at the same time.
The pain came later. Is this what it feels like to fall from the top of a mountain and hit the ground?
It feels like my whole body has been crushed to pieces.
The reason I didn’t fall was purely because my body was slow to recognize the opponent’s attack.
With my limbs shaking and feeling dizzy, I looked back.
The sphere had already penetrated me.
‘What just… … .’
This is the second time I missed that move.
This is the third time that no penetrating wound was left on the body even though it passed through me.
The biggest question is how a sphere of that size can hit my entire body at the same time.
therefore… … .
I was shocked as if I had collided with a large iron ball almost the size of a house.
Could this physically impossible phenomenon be related to the confusion of perspective I just experienced?
‘Is this the secret to still movement? no. That alone explains it—.’
Well.
Before the second impact, I gathered all my energy and formed a strong force. The armor was a mess, as if it had been pieced together from scrap metal.
It was better than nothing.
“Cough… … !”
Since my body was already a mess, the pain was similar, but the shock was less.
However, the damage steadily accumulating in my body was enough to bring me to my knees.
“… … .”
I thought while bleeding.
Has there ever been a moment of such helplessness since the regression? Even when I met the two demon lords earlier, it wasn’t like this.
Kwaang… … !
This time the shock came from above. It feels like my vertebrae are going to break.
I felt lucky that I was already on my knees.
If I were standing as I am now, my kneecap would have been crushed by the impact.
If Kang-gi’s perfection had fallen even a little bit, his whole body would have been like a crushed rat.
Resist with all your might.
I felt blood leaking from the gums where my molars were located.
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At that moment, I heard a voice.
[Shoes, ears, ears.]
“… … .”
The voice that reached my ears was somehow like that of a girl. Is this an illusion I have because I saw Deathbury?
The smile that had disappeared bloomed again.
‘It’s persistent… … .’
I still haven’t given up.
At this point, it’s rather pleasant.
This would have been the case even if the opponent had not been the Demon Lord.
“… Do you want me to teach you how to have me?”
[…] … .]
At once, I felt the intensity of the pressure weakening slightly. It was as if he was listening to what I was saying.
“Kill me and then take my body.”
I wanted to at least spit blood mixed in, but I regret that I don’t have that much time.
[…] … !]
Although he had already lost his facial features, I realized it through his atmosphere.
This guy has a fever again.
The sphere struck again, and I braced myself for the shock that would follow.
─I was trying to prepare.
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Suddenly, a formidable presence of mana appeared at some point ahead. The pain that ran through her entire body was enough to make her shiver.
The black sphere, the devil’s attention, left me for the first time. That alone made my breathing easier.
The Demon King’s attention turned to the source of mana.
A place a little far away.
Spiritual energy waves were coming out from the remains of the collapsed building.
It was as if the lid of a jar filled with steam had suddenly opened.
The stream of mana that surged like an explosion shattered like a remnant.
“… … .”
This was my second time seeing great magic, and the person using it was the same person… … .
I felt that this great magic was on a different level from before.
Wow… … .
The bluish stems of mana took on color. The roots of the giant tree looked as if they had been drawn into the sky.
The self-luminous purple rhizome seemed more mysterious than the Milky Way across the night sky.
Mysterious science, magic.
For a moment, I understood the feelings of those who devote their lives to that field.
When you see a landscape like that from your childhood, you can’t help but feel longing for it.
The blood color that had been coloring the hidden world had completely disappeared at this moment.
Soon, hundreds of roots crossing the sky bent down… … .
A purple tsunami hit the black sphere.
* * *
It was a long time ago that Alderson Marvour first learned about Cartel Academy.
“… “Become a professor?”
He was a young man.
Although he was already 40 years old at the time, his appearance and temperament were clearly the same.
With a face without a single wrinkle, Alderson looked crookedly at the man he called older brother.
My brother said with a bright smile.
“okay. old.”
“why me.”
“As I have said many times, the joy of education is… … .”
“Is it the greatest joy that humans can enjoy?”
A cynicism crossed young Alderson’s face.
“That’s not it. What my brother really wants to say is. Well, even a priest can be a family… “Don’t you want to make such a fuss?”
My brother’s expression hardened.
Even though Alderson knew that, he fired back sharply.
“Brother, stop accepting it now. “My parents are already dead.”
“… … .”
“Dead people are not buried in the chest. Then why is there a tomb? So, brother, stop living your life. “Stop being a stupid teacher.”
“old.”
I turned around without listening.
With those last words, Alderson returned to the magic tower and locked himself in. It was no different from a chip.
It was because I was crazy about new studies.
It was because of the new science that took the small world of wizards by storm at the time – puppetry.
Alderson did not take a single step from the stone tower.
It was a study bordering on madness, similar to the closed-gwan practice often practiced by martial artists who had reached the state of mastery.
I don’t know how many seasons have passed.
Alderson, who had been concentrating on his studies while forgetting about time, suddenly realized that he had achieved his goal.
“done… … ! Finally finished! Hahaha!”
When he created the most precise doll, Alderson kicked the magic tower with joy.
I went to see my older brother looking miserable and dripping with water.
Eventually, what greeted Alderson was the tomb of the three temples.
“… Died two years ago. I was suffering from a chronic illness. “We only found out after he fell.”
“He only worried about you until the moment he died. “He told me never to reveal his illness or death.”
“… “What is your will?”
Looking at Alderson, who was staring blankly at the grave, my brother’s close friend answered.
“Old said, let him concentrate.”
“… … .”
It was Alderson’s nickname.
Now that the entire family is dead, it was a name that will no longer be used and will be forgotten.
“… But, behind them… … ?”
“… doll.”
There were two dolls that looked exactly like his parents standing behind Alderson, but the older brother who was supposed to see them had already left.
Alderson quietly asked himself.
Who on earth was tied to the dead person?
* * *
After spending four days standing in front of the tomb, I collapsed from exhaustion.
Immediately after coming to his senses, Alderson headed to the Empire’s greatest battlefield.
A land of war and barbarism.
wilderness.
Southern part of the empire.
It was a land of conflict between various armies to secure interests, ferocious monsters, and the influence of the imperial family, so it was a lawless area where the largest number of church members were hidden.
Alderson spent three years as a war mage in that land. In fact, his memories of that period are vague.
I clearly remember killing a lot of people.
He threw himself into the battlefield as if looking for a place to die.
Eventually, around the time when the sick nickname ‘Death on the Battlefield’ arose, a person from the imperial family came to visit.
He was a nobleman with bright red hair that reached his waist.
“Is it Alderson Marv?”
“however?”
“I came here after hearing a rumor. “Over the past three years, they have killed hundreds of church members in the south and won a landslide victory in a short-term decisive battle with the priests.”
The moment the vague gaze swept over his entire body, Alderson was trembled.
I felt the gaze of the Absolute.
Eyes resembling rubies seemed to be scanning the entire inside of the body.
The corner of the nobleman’s mouth quirked up.
“He’s quite outstanding. It won’t be a waste of time. “It is a quality too good to be used as a decisive battle weapon for lowly mercenaries.”
“Who the hell are you…?” … ?”
Red hair with an unusual vibe.
Also, a letter said to have come from the imperial family.
Alderson recognized this man as a member of the royal family.
That was true, but it wasn’t the complete truth.
“It’s called Red.”
“Um, Red Mage… … !”
The best of the seven color archmages, the master of the red flames, the strongest of the empire, the immortal.
How many modifiers are there to decorate the noble person in front of you?
Alderson was not one to be intimidated by authority, but at this moment, his heart could not help but tremble.
Red said.
“There is a gap in the seven colors. I was looking for someone after that, and you might be a good fit. “Of course not right away.”
“… I am.”
“Know. I see deep water in your eyes. Are you experiencing a mental illness? “It’s useless, but you humans always need growing pains.”
Red muttered in a calm manner and handed something over.
“Read. “This is a letter left by your brother.”
“yes?”
The most noble wizard in the empire spoke those words for the last time.
Alderson, who was left alone, looked blankly at the letter. It didn’t take long to take it out and read it.
There was no special content.
The bitter words, nagging, worries that your older brother might leave behind right before he dies, I hope you are happy, live long… … .
“… … .”
The sun has already set.
Alderson, who continued to look at the one-page letter, suddenly realized that there was something more inside the letter.
“This… … .”
It was a photo.
The moment I saw it, I laughed.
It was the first laugh I had after my brother died.
I thought he left alone.
I thought that because my pathetic younger brother could not do his job properly, he would have suffered a lonely and painful death in the hospital bed.
It wasn’t.
There were many people next to my brother who was lying in a hospital bed.
They were disciples.
“… “It’s better than blood.”
Looking at the people smiling brightly, Alderson couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
And the following year.
Alderson Marvour was appointed professor at the Cartel Academy.
* * *
I will admit it.
Teaching others is not easy.
Rather, it occurred to me that the talent for teaching might be the opposite of a universal talent.
Making imbeciles understand required constant patience.
“Teacher’s class is so boring.”
He was a cadet with an unusually bright personality.
Although he was from a commoner background, he had good grades and a good reputation.
Judging from my position while taking class and the gazes of those around me, I was also the center of the class.
The only downside is that it is too nosy? So much so that after school, he would stick up next to the most unpopular teacher in the academy and make fun of him.
Alderson responded harshly.
“Why do we need fun in education?”
“If it’s not fun, you won’t be interested, and if you’re not interested, the will to learn will disappear!”
“That’s because your intelligence is low. My class preparation is perfect. “If you have enthusiasm and dignity, you will be able to fully understand.”
“Ugh.”
“What.”
“The way you talk really sounds like a no-brainer… … .”
“… This is usually the case with precious knowledge. “Only those who are qualified have the right to obtain it.”
“ah. He says that again… … .”
The girl looked bored and blurted out.
“Then, try making a joke during class! “That alone will lighten the mood!”
“… “I’ll consider it.”
In any case, this cadet was the only one who paid any attention to Alderson, so he humbly decided to accept his advice.
next day.
“The sun sets early these days… … .”
After class, Alderson cleared his throat and made a desperate pun.
“… “Please go back to the dormitory quickly.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Afterwards, Alderson did not attend church for a week.
The eighth day.
Alderson, who had barely overcome his shame, went to see the cadet who gave him some damn advice.
“Puhahahaha!”
The girl burst into laughter as if she had just heard a joke.
“you. Because of you, my authority… … .”
“no way! It’s okay! “There are times when people find this extremely funny, but it ends up being funny, but you’re perfect—.”
“done. “I wasn’t taking advice from someone with low intelligence.”
“You say that again. “I guess the response was really good after that yesterday?”
The girl smiled, showing off her pure white teeth.
“The kids will have a lot less trouble with their teacher now!”
It actually happened that way.
From that day on, other cadets began to ask Alderson questions.
Alderson listened.
And as I realized what areas the cadets did not understand, I got a feel for the teaching method.
Alderson Marvre finally learned how to stand in the shoes of a cadet.
The extraordinary brain quickly grasped the essence of the teaching, and soon Alderson’s classes became the academy’s most popular subjects.
Students gradually treated Alderson without hesitation.
“omg. “Did the professor like dolls?”
“okay.”
“wow… … .”
“Wake up a little.”
“My late mother often collected dolls. “She probably was influenced by that.”
“sorry.”
Before I knew it, I was joking with the cadets and becoming friends with the teachers.
Naturally, there was a change in personality and speaking style.
Most people looked favorably on the changed Alderson.
“The depth is gone, Alderson.”
One day, when the red archmage came back, he blurted out those words.
This mysterious wizard, who was nothing short of absolute power, had not changed at all since the last time I saw him.
As if time had passed by, the face without even a single wrinkle was still that of a young man.
“It’s an imperial official document.”
“Please tell me.”
“First, I will bestow upon you the rank of archmage. From today, the final color of the seven colors across the sky, the seventh color, and purple, which symbolizes the beginning and the end, will be your second name.”
“I will accept it.”
After pausing for a moment, Alderson asked.
“The word first… … ?”
“okay. “There is also a second one.”
The red-haired nobleman smiled slightly and said.
“Alderson Marvre, he said he would like to appoint you as the 7th Dean of the Cartel Academy.”
“that… … .”
“I heard that all professors, including the former university dean, unanimously agreed. They say this kind of overwhelming support is unprecedented. “It’s only natural that the Academy has been reformed for 20 years.”
“… … .”
20 years.
It’s already been 20 years.
Alderson suddenly felt the passage of time, groping his face.
I felt the texture of my rough skin and beard at the same time.
The young wizard’s life had already reached a downward slope.
I was happy about that fact.
My brother’s words about living a long life suddenly came to mind.
“… “I will.”
Alderson said, looking at Red.
“I will take charge of the 7th dean of the academy.”
* * *
When my perspective changed, the world changed.
The young wizard, who was heartbroken after losing his entire family, now considers everyone he can see as family.
Almost a hundred years passed meaningfully like that.
‘You were right.’
It was a satisfying life.
Even if the same life were given to me again, I would walk the same path without hesitation.
Alderson looked around.
I saw the academy polluted with blood and darkness.
‘… It’s all my vice.’
What created the current situation.
What caused the crisis.
The entire body’s veins were damaged and he was trapped like a fool.
The reason I received help from Youngdo because I couldn’t even use one great magic smoothly… … .
It’s all because I’m not good enough.
If you are the dean of the academy, and if you are the successor to the venerable Platinum King, you must protect all of the students.
Of course, it won’t be possible to keep it forever.
I know that these immature, adorable children will go out into society someday.
We will most likely face harsh winds. The empire is currently experiencing unprecedented chaos.
‘therefore… … .’
We must allow them to enjoy peace in a safe place, at least until they graduate.
In the future, when they are tired of the ups and downs of life, when they walk through a swamp of endless pain, and now when they want to give up and sit down… … .
May the memories of today bring comfort.
In fact, that was the duty imposed on educators at the academy.
Must be observed.
‘A duty that must be maintained even at the risk of one’s life.’
I’m crying-.
Blood spurted out.
The burden of practicing great magic with a broken body rushed through my entire body. His vision turned red, but Alderson didn’t care.
Kwazijijik!
Immediately after, the intangible energy that came out of the black sphere pushed away the great magic.
The purple world begins to be eroded by blood once again.
‘… Is this the devil?’
It’s a tremendous amount of pressure.
Although his old body felt like it was about to break, Alderson strengthened his grip on the cane.
If you miss the opportunity now, you will die.
That’s the moment.
‘That… … .’
A princess was seen crying from a distance.
Do you feel guilty about your current situation? In front of the princess was the Lady of Good Spring, who seemed to have lost her mind. She was crushed under a pile of rubble.
“Seren, Seren… … .”
Ferist was trying to push the stone away to save Seren, who had lost consciousness.
Was that appearance annoying?
Kwazijijik!
An icicle-like fragment was shot out of the black sphere.
Desbury, the doll once held in the arms of the princess, seemed to have already forgotten about her one-time owner.
Ferist’s eyes opened wide.
Sigh!
Blood splattered out.
Ferist looked up with trembling eyes.
“Uh, why… … .”
“… … .”
It was difficult to respond.
As it turned out, the fragment went right through the abdomen.
The flow of mana circulating throughout the body was cut off for an instant, and the great magic that had been chanted almost disappeared.
Alderson in that state.
“… “It’s okay.”
“… … !”
He smiled without saying a word.
I wanted to reach out and stroke my head, but my body wouldn’t move easily.
I had no choice but to brag in a blood-stained voice.
“Ha, Dean… … .”
Perist’s eyes suddenly became watery.
“Well, it’s my fault. sorry. sorry… … .”
Is that possible?
Alderson laughed bitterly.
If ignorance deceived by the devil is a sin, then the educator who made him commit that sin is the one who committed the greatest mistake.
I had to guide that child to the right place. I should have developed character enough to be able to distinguish between right and wrong.
So there is nothing wrong with Perist.
“… Anyone can make mistakes. That’s why there is an academy. “I don’t want my children to repeat the mistakes we made when we were foolish.”
Alderson still loved all the cadets. He considered them family.
Princess Perist was no exception.
“No one will hurt you.”
Alderson smiled brightly and looked at the Demon King again.
A bluish natural light burned in his eyes.
Thump, thump, thump… … !
My heart was beating wildly. It is a precursor symptom of runaway. The body is warning you. Remove the magic now. Otherwise you will die.
didn’t follow
“… “You will have to pay a price.”
Right after muttering quietly.
“Listen! Hadeneihar!”
Alderson’s shout echoed loudly throughout the space.
The purple stem, which had shrunk for a moment, stretched out vigorously once again.
“Your malice and deception will not be able to invade the Academy! This is a sacred place for learning! This is the future of the empire! It is the tree of knowledge, and—.”
And, what else?
This place.
To me, Cartel Academy is.
‘ah… … .’
Alderson smiled.
“… “It is my home.”
Struggle, tap… He smiled despite the terrible pain of his entire body being torn apart and torn apart.
“It’s not a place that you devil can invade and defile… … !”
Kegegegeung!
A terrible laugh echoed everywhere.
It was the sound of a crack in the pitch-black sphere. Therefore, if you look at it from a different perspective, it could sound like a scream.
“I am the purple archmage—!”
The wizard’s roar raged in all directions. The great magic that was revealed also resonated with him, raising its final momentum.
[…] … !]
Purple roots surround the sphere, eroding away, and finally—.
Quaching-!
It breaks.
The main body of the devil, the lord of evil, the jet-black sphere.
The collection of malice that invaded the academy was finally broken.
* * *
A storm of mana swept the land.
It was the final trace left by the great wizard.
Alderson’s great magic completely destroyed the jet-black sphere and persistently removed even the black fragments scattered everywhere.
The purple streaks that spread widely across the sky soon looked like gold engraved on a glass window.
That gold became the starting point of the collapse.
Damn… … .
In an instant.
The eyes of everyone in the hidden world were turned to the sky.
And witness it at the same time.
Clink!
A sinister overlapping world, a world of malice that captured hundreds of cadets.
The blood-red sky shattered.
“ah… … .”
There was the stubbornness of the dean, which most of the cadets derided.
That was exactly why the highest level of dormitory was given a purple crown instead of a red crown.
Dean Alderson placed the seven horse colors at a higher level than the most noble royal family’s symbolic colors.
Some professors and cadets quietly criticized him for being an old man’s stubbornness and miserable pride as a Malstone Archmage.
But at this moment, those watching this scene realized the feeling. I understand.
Like the red color that burned the sky, the bluish purple color was also the color of a sunset.
It was a harbinger of sunset.
Quaching-!
Even the last piece of the blood-red fragment was consumed by the ecstatic purple light and disappeared.
The world, which had been shrouded in ominousness, was soon colored with a warm scarlet color.
The warm wind carried rest and tranquility.
Dawn has come.
fantasy,
