Admission is a waste of time (125)
Lesson 25. When you go away, you miss it – 6
The structure of the bracelet analyzed by Ban Yu-won is as follows.
First of all, all the information that can be checked through the status window of a typical climber is dummy data.
The bracelet does not have any function to create a protective shield or increase attack power.
It was just an elite who showed up wearing bracelets and acted plausibly.
However, the magical power contained in the artifact was real, and it was all used to activate teleportation.
‘To be exact, it’s not magic power, but telekinesis. Because it’s telekinesis, not magic teleportation.’
So, unlike magic, the coordinates were quite abstract, but even so, it was impossible to hide the identity from Ban Yu-won, the owner of the Babylonian Code.
Now, what Ban Yoo-won is trying to do here is the method of teleportation.
Originally, teleportation would occur the moment you equip this artifact, but the condition was slightly changed so that teleportation would occur simply by touching the artifact.
While you’re at it, modify it so that the artifact doesn’t move along with it, even though it was originally supposed to.
“Voila, if you just throw this and hit it, you’ve completed an infinite power weapon that will send the enemy straight to the constellation Yergel! If you give it the concepts of return and control, then retrieval and re-throw are easy. All of this configuration comes at an incredible price, just thirty-nine thousand… .”
―You, are you so excited that you’re using up your strength right now… …!
The key reason why Ban Yu-won calls this ‘infinite power’.
This is because the constellations are responsible for all causality and karma, including the magical power consumed for space travel and the activation conditions.
It is possible to move by ignoring the tower’s shift and jumping over the walls of space, but it is impossible to handle it with ordinary magic or telekinesis.
In other words, this bracelet is nothing but a terminal that extracts the power of the constellation Yergel!
“And since Yergel can’t directly influence this room, he can’t stop it or retrieve it… … .”
―You must have been convinced that you would touch it in Room 34 and activate teleportation. Surely you wouldn’t have thought that you would not only fall for it, but also bring it all the way to Room 39 and change its function to use it… … .
Still, Celon seemed to sympathize with Yergel, saying that they were once in the same constellation.
-I wonder how many I can send. It can’t be infinite, right?
No, it just seemed like it was full of experimental spirit.
―Deengdeengdeeng――!
Just as Ban Yu-won was putting the final weapon he had completed into his bosom and holding Celon in his hand, the great bell installed on the tall watchtower rang loudly.
Finally, the crustaceans began to come into view.
It was literally a wave of monsters.
The sight of a herd of crustaceans rushing in, clearing away the dense forest of trees that grew on the hillside where the city was located, was so terrifying that even Ban Yu-won, who was somewhat confident in his battle, hesitated.
“Don’t be scared, kid. We’re on top of the high wall! Look at this damn wall!”
“You monsters who are going to kill us, you can’t kill us! We’re on the wall!”
“Get off the land! We’re on the walls!”
Soldiers who deliberately use harsh language to boost morale before a near-death battle.
Everyone was holding bows and arrows, ballistae, or cauldrons of boiling oil, or carrying mountains of sharp stones up the walls.
‘It’s like I’m in a real war movie. I think I understand what Light said a little bit.’
Although he had burned the letter without hesitation, thinking that he wanted to skip the quest, he was not lying when he told Light that he wanted to reduce the sacrifices of innocent people.
The less people die, the better the reward.
‘Honestly, rooms 31 to 33 were okay. … … Compared to other teams, it might not be that bad, but anyway, for our team, it was okay. However, overcoming the constellation’s intervention in room 34 and seeing through the trick would have been well-received, and burning the letter instead of delivering it would have been a good attempt. If we can just get through room 39 with good results… … !’
Ban Yu-won took a deep breath and lifted the staff.
“Now let’s go for something big.”
-I like the light.
He was planning to use the volcanic eruption he had become accustomed to thanks to Yumina’s careful training to strike the center of that group of crustaceans… … But before that could happen, Celon’s voice flew in and stopped his movements.
– In Monster Wave, it’s light magic. Those who use light magic aren’t given preferential treatment for nothing.
“Why…? Could it be a wave?”
– That’s right. Light magic suppresses the activity of infection waves. It also eliminates the unique monster strengthening phenomenon that only occurs in waves, so it’s best to hit the center with light magic that’s injected with as much magic power as possible.
Light magic wasn’t considered a superior form of elemental magic for nothing!
For a moment, the thought ‘What about dark magic?’ crossed Ban Yu-won’s mind, but he put it aside.
Because if I said this out loud, I felt like it would definitely be a foreshadowing of something else!
“Okay, then with light.”
A sphere of light appeared in the air.
Since we couldn’t blind the soldiers guarding the walls, we first temporarily sealed the outside of the sphere with a faint shell of light.
And fill the interior with intense light.
-Your magical power has increased a lot, hasn’t it?
‘When on earth are you comparing it to?’
Ban Yu-won snickered and focused all of his and Celon’s vertigo—mana—into a sphere of light.
And at the moment when it reached a critical point, he threw it towards the crustacean swarm without hesitation.
“It’s light… … the magic of light!”
“Oh my god, the mercenary was a wizard! And a wizard of light at that!”
As a giant sphere of light descends into the middle of a group of monsters, guided by Ban Yu-won, the soldiers are shocked when they finally realize the nature of the magic he used.
But it’s still too early to be surprised.
The sphere, which had rushed in at high speed, withstood the attacks of the crustaceans who were on guard and trying to intercept it in advance, but it did not explode, and safely reached the center of the group… …and exploded!
-Saaaah
It was like the sun was bursting out.
The sight of the sun descending to the earth and splitting into tens of millions of fragments, exploding and engulfing the entire area—if I exaggerated a little, it would have looked like a god descending on that spot.
―Now you can create such a sight… … . No, this is strange! A child who has not even been initiated into magic for two months! Even with my help!
‘I was touched and shocked. You’re really busy too.’
-Kuhaaaaak!
-Goooooooooo!
The screams of the crustaceans overlapped in several layers, making it sound like a choir.
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However, Ban Yu-won was more shocked by the disruption of the infection wave spreading from the swarm of crustaceans than by the direct destructive power of his area-of-effect magic.
Infection waves are the core of the phenomenon that induces monster waves.
As soon as that was disrupted, the monsters’ movements began to become strange.
‘It’s true… … .’
-Then I would lie to you? You should quickly recover your magic power by doing meditation or something. There is no time to relax.
Celon had probably been on many battlefields like this when he was human, and was surprised by his magic for a moment before calmly urging him to take action.
Ban Yu-won nodded silently, sat down, and began eating breakfast.
-Crunch
-Keeeeeeee!
Of course, it’s not like I’m not doing anything during that time.
The rain sword that was floating in the air, twelve raindrops were moving instead!
Although there is a limitation in that you cannot move much while using the Unki Breakfast, the difficulty level itself is not that high, so controlling the sword that is connected to you through resonance is not that difficult!
“Swords are flying… … The wizard is controlling them! The walls must have been remodeled by him as well!”
“Great Mage, Great Mage. I never thought someone like that would come to save our city… …!”
“We can’t afford to lose either. It’s our job to protect Erathon! While the monsters are still out of their minds, we must attack as much as we can and reduce their numbers!”
“Woooooooooo!”
The spirited soldiers began their attack on the crustacean.
Due to the monster wave, the crustaceans were each much stronger than the soldiers, but they were now weakened by light magic, and the battle situation was developing infinitely in favor of the humans, as arrows that were not supposed to hit were hitting.
“The sword wielded by the Great Mage protects us. Don’t be afraid and face it!”
“Get off the land! We’re on the walls!”
Are you continuing with that?
* * *
The situation was the same for the other walls that the Rebellion party was in charge of.
Even though multiple shifts occur and the difficulty level increases significantly, the power of the Rebellion members far exceeds it.
That would be the case, didn’t they already defeat the divine descent once last week?
There are differences between individuals and groups, but even taking that into account, they were more than strong.
In addition, despite gaining the thunderbolt and gaining even greater power―.
“A mercenary? Such a delicate girl? I wonder if she’s wasting her life for nothing… … .”
“Oh my, what a sight. What a shame, what a shame.”
―It seems like it didn’t look that strong at first glance.
This doesn’t happen often in the Union, but… …Is it possible that there is still an uncivilized prejudice here that judges people by their appearance?
Ruchel, who felt that there was no need to mix in with this space due to his fighting style, jumped over the wall.
“Ugh!”
“Hey, hey hey hey!”
“Are you trying to commit suicide?”
It is a wall that has already become higher due to the imposition of the concept of semi-circle.
Watching Ruchel jump without any safety equipment, it wasn’t unreasonable to think that she was trying to commit suicide.
However, during her fall, she grew to more than three times her size in the air, then quickly halved and landed on the ground with ease.
-Strange
-Koooooooooo!
It was only natural that the crustaceans advancing toward the castle walls saw her as a tasty prey.
Pulling out the blue lightning claws on both hands and feet, Ruchel raised his wildness that could not be defeated by the men and howled loudly.
“Awwwwww――!”
The battle howl of the Suin tribe increases the wildness of themselves and their allies, and lowers the morale of their enemies.
Although he had howled before, intending to energize himself before a battle, this was the first time Ruchel had succeeded in a true battle howl.
‘Thanks to you, Master.’
By connecting with him, he was able to not only rule over the mind, but also gain the power of a giant.
Thanks to that, I was able to transform into an animal to some extent, which I had long ago given up on, and I no longer had to feel ashamed of myself.
‘So― I dedicate this battle to my master!’
Kwaaaaang! She cried out again and kicked the floor.
She dashed through the crustaceans scared by her howling and swung her blue lightning claws!
-Kwajijijik
-Kiaaaaah!
“Kyaaaaah!”
The crustaceans that could destroy a house with their forepaws and even withstand artillery fire with their tough shells were torn apart like sheets of paper by Ruchel’s claws.
It wasn’t just one or two, but every single monster that rushed at her was split in half and died before they could even last a second.
As she sat there, completely unmoving in front of the castle gate, the entire wave of monsters rushing toward the gate came to a standstill.
“A monster?”
“Could it be that you’re infected? No, judging from the way you fight monsters, I don’t think so… … .”
“Oh, anyway, now is the chance! Attack, attack!”
As Ruchel, who had become a giant beast, stormed through the enemy lines, the soldiers also began to attack one by one.
Even if they are not strong individually, when they become a group, it is not impossible to kill a crustacean.
Moreover, for Ruchel, who was running wild on the field, if there was a movement to restrain the crustacean, he could be twice or three times more active.
“Awwwwwww――!”
Ruchel battle howled again, his claws growing in size.
Her wild magic was imbued in the sparkling blue sparks that bloomed.
‘When the weapon is completely aligned with myself, I can draw out the aura of lightning… …!’
She bounced back on her feet again, recalling Dokgo Yeon’s words.
Her appearance, burning and tearing apart everything she encountered as she roamed the battlefield, was already like a bolt of lightning.
* * *
Meanwhile, what was Light doing?
-Dudududududu
-Kuaaaah!
“You seem so excited, Eve… … .”
I was running behind Eve, who was excited to be active for the first time in a long time, and fighting the crustaceans.
Now the guy had transformed into a machine gun with four of Tike’s barrels cut off and thickened to make them longer and thicker, and was firing bullets like crazy, wiping out a group of crustaceans.
-Kwaaak!
-Keeeek!
-Shishit, shishishit!
Eve’s omnipotent ability was completely enhanced as she was able to devour the various concepts that Ban Yu-won had acquired, and furthermore, she was able to follow the concepts that only she possessed through ‘resonance’.
The core concepts that the guy holds, such as life and phantom beasts, are currently at 400.
Compared to the crustaceans they were currently facing, their level wasn’t that high, but Eve’s attacks were always critical hits, and the crustaceans’ attacks couldn’t even graze Eve.
‘Just because the levels are similar doesn’t mean they’re the same strength. They’re both water creatures, so they’d be foolish. They were born different.’
-Crunch
As I thought about the thoughts that suddenly came to mind when I saw that guy, I realized that these were words that only the residents of higher dimensions would say.
No, but this guy was a bat at first, so it feels like he made it on his own… … In the end, if Ban Yoo-won hadn’t existed, Eve’s upheaval wouldn’t have happened, right?
He made ordinary objects into artifacts, gave those artifacts the concept of living creatures, and eventually evolved them into beasts.
Eve was a symbol of the miraculous powers of the half-witch.
‘Eve started out as just a normal bat and became a beast, but I have the blood of a dragon and yet I’m still struggling like this.’
-Quick
Maybe that’s why he finds himself even more inspired by Ban Yu-won’s abilities.
I thought that maybe it would change my inadequate and inferior self―.
‘No, that’s not it. Then it would seem like I’m trying to be friends with Ban just because of his abilities. Huh, what if Ban gets that wrong? We’ve barely opened up to each other and become friends… … .’
-Kwaaaaang!
It’s natural to be attracted to people with outstanding abilities.
But I’m reluctant to say it out loud, and I feel embarrassed because it seems like I’m admitting that I’m not that good.
More than anything, I didn’t want him to hate me.
‘I guess it’s better not to talk about my dragon’s blood. It seems like I’m asking for help. I’ve already received a lot of help… … .’
– Kwajik! Kwaaah!
‘Yes, Aire is helping me too. I’ll tell you when I fully awaken the power of the dragon. As for handling the holy sword… … I said I would help you from the beginning.’
-Crunch! Ss …
Light sighed.
In the end, isn’t it true that you are receiving help from everyone?
That’s not all.
Even in this case, he tackled Ban Yoo-won’s actions as if he were something and asked him about his intentions, so even if he lost interest in him, there was nothing he could say.
Since it was Light’s only objection, it would have been better to just deal with it more calmly, but Ban Yu-won, who thought seriously and answered, was a really cool guy… … I didn’t want to be hated after all.
‘But this won’t do. I said that a proper friendship should be free of debts… … . So, shouldn’t I just give back as much as I received?’
-Kwaaaaang!
Light thought as he swung the spear imbued with terrible magic and cut down the horde of crustaceans blocking his view.
So, what should I give my friend?
“That young mercenary is amazing. How many crustaceans does he cut down by himself?”
“An artifact that moves alone and shoots out magical power is amazing… … But, would a person like that really be the owner of the artifact?”
Light was so lost in his thoughts that he reflexively swung his spear, forgetting the battle situation. Fortunately, Eve was moving ahead of him and guided him in the right direction, so he was able to deal with the crustaceans at a speed no less than Ban Yu-won and Ruchel.
* * *
Dokgo Yeon opened his eyes that had been tightly shut and stood up from his seat.
I felt a heavy vibration shaking the earth.
-Dooooooong, doooooooong
Indeed, it was clear that their exploration of the Tower of Babel was incomparable to that of others.
A sharp, high stone mountain that has always stood firm behind the city, seemingly protecting it from the elements.
I don’t know what the monsters were doing beyond that, but right now, magical power was gathering at the center of the mountain and creating a core.
‘Even inanimate objects are infected with the Monster Wave. It seems that the power of the constellations was at work here as well… ‘
What do you call an inanimate object that has a nucleus at its center and is active?
It’s a golem.
‘If this were to just fall over, the situation would end right then and there. … … I hope that this time, I can go up a little bit in level, as it makes me carve out a mountain by myself.’
Dokgoyeon, who saw the stone mountain that stood hundreds of meters high gradually change its appearance and evolve into a golem with a form suitable for movement, silently drew his short sword and held it.
Standing alone against the mountain, challenging the achievement that will surely be certified by the tower.
“If you think that you can’t kill something just because it’s inanimate, you’re very mistaken.”
The girl exuded death from her entire body.
