Admission is a waste of time (286)
Lesson 55. Center of the Tower – 6
The bundle of talismans, which had come together in the air and transformed into a form resembling a dragon with scales rising upside down, emitted a powerful energy and collided with the tsunami.
Then, as if it were truly alive, it opens its mouth wide and swallows the center whole!
– It’s amazing, my lovely child… … But everything will be different since we met last time!
The full-blown sorcery hasn’t even manifested yet.
The moment the observer in the bay let out a loud voice, the black tidal wave exploded without a moment to stop it.
The bundle of talismans in the shape of a dragon quickly formed a sturdy hexagonal barrier, just as Ban Yu-won, a barrier specialist, had said, preventing it from engulfing the group――.
“Ahhh—it’s being eroded. The entire space… …!”
“It’s not like we’re going to the boss stage or anything.”
The only ones who were able to escape were the party protected by the barrier and the extremely small area of land affected by the barrier.
The interior of this place, which had been protected by magic for a long time and maintained a natural environment rich in energy, was completely dyed black.
It has become a dangerous terrain that can transform into a cursed tar with murderous intent and devour the party at any time if the observer of Manan so desires.
Ban Yu-won was relieved that the ‘spell’ had not been activated too late, but he was terrified by the scale of power displayed by the observer of Man-an, and muttered to himself.
‘Infinite Field Magic is a scam, really.’
And then, at the center of the explosion, a giant, slimy female titan suddenly appears――.
Ban Yu-won muttered as he looked up at the giant, who seemed to be several kilometers tall and so large that it was ridiculous to even call it a ‘humanoid’.
“That day, mankind remembered… … .”
“Okay, so when are you going to show me the sorcery?”
Dokgo Yeon, who realized that he was joking even in this situation, slapped him on the shoulder and made a demand.
Ban Yu-won laughed and raised his hand.
“It’s already been activated. The condition was to devour a part of the enemy’s body, and the final step was to form a magic formation. Now all I have to do is wait for it to be completed.”
“… … Ah, that. How could you perform such a high-level spell in such a short space of time?”
What he pointed to with his finger was a hexagonal barrier spinning in the air.
Just before the tsunami erupted, it was formed in the air with each border filled with talismans, each of which represented a complex spell written in a magic book. At the center were two words that were the core of it: one was ‘human’ and the other was ‘banishment.’
It’s not about banishing humans.
It is to banish anything other than human.
“Expelling, that is, rejecting. Also used to block non-human energy. And depending on the size of the energy granted to the spell――.”
-Huh?
Because it was so large, it was a barrier formed by a talisman… … So, was it too late to check the magic formation?
The giant, who belatedly noticed that the magic circle had not lost its energy even after blocking the tsunami, struck it with his palm, which was as big as a house.
He tried to strike, but was blocked by the dazzling light emitted by the magic circle and was unable to accomplish his goal.
-Huh, even so, where would a fragment of the constellation be able to see my light?
Celon spat out bluntly.
Yes. Many of the talismans currently forming the magic circle are holy light talismans that Selon made with great care.
It was the most outstanding energy in the entire universe that could suppress the power of the constellation, so not even the constellation itself, or even a descended body, would dare to approach it.
It was a perfect harmony, as if it had been prepared for this moment.
“The compatibility was good. He had Seonggwang complete the sorcery that negated everything other than humans.”
―How can this be――! I gave this nearly 10% of my strength, but how. How?!
As the rotation of the magic circle became more intense, the giant’s body began to be pushed away little by little.
No, the bastard was even rising into the sky little by little.
The black curse that covered the land also broke off into small pieces and rose into the sky.
The movement that seemed to defy gravity was both eerie and mysterious.
If you reverse-play a video of black rain falling, would it look like this?
It was a sight that ‘denied’ all the things the constellations had done by invading this space.
“Weren’t you supposed to win the fight?”
“It’s too much right now. It’s hard to chase them away… … Ah, Asha. Let’s give them a little stabbing right now. The weaker the opponent is, the easier it is to chase them away.”
“Okay, Lucelle, let’s go!”
Ban Yu-won closed his eyes tightly and focused on his magic again as he watched Asha and Ruchel float into the air and fire attacks with their own energy towards the temporarily defenseless giant.
‘The strong will of the one performing the spell, the quality of the energy given to the spell, the magical meaning of the words that make up the spell… … It’s fortunate that there is something in common with the spirit. Perhaps, the method of dealing with beings that surpass humans all become similar when they reach the extreme.’
The sorcery book contained a wide variety of sorcery, but most of them could be resolved through Ban Yu-won’s words or other powers.
However, the spells that form the core of the spellbook were not something that could be accomplished by activating a few concepts, and one of them was the banishment that was taking place now.
This spell could only be performed if extremely stringent prerequisites were met, the first of which was that the target of the banishment had to be a being of a different nature from oneself.
Second, the target must be of a higher status than oneself.
So in other words, this spellbook was something that a human would have created while fighting against a high-level enemy in a situation very similar to the one Ban Yu-won and his party were currently facing.
Perhaps, in the world of martial arts.
‘I don’t know why this spellbook came all the way here, but… … Perhaps the humans of this dimension knew about it and tried to use this spellbook. However, they didn’t get it right, and with the intervention of all the constellations, the world was in chaos, and some of the spells ran wild, completely destroying the world.’
Thinking back, it was a little funny.
That would be the case. Wasn’t this spellbook created to protect pure humans and their world?
But that object was stuck on one side of the tower, which was the space for nurturing transcendent beings.
――Of course, it was difficult to come to any conclusion until I secured some of the spellbook that I had not yet recovered, so I decided to put my thoughts aside for now.
“Haaaaaap!”
“What are all the constellations! This is the power of the dragon!”
I wondered what the point would be for humans less than two meters tall to attack an enemy several kilometers tall, but since they were not just humans, but descendants of gods and dragons, their auras were emitting energy that blew up the tar and destroyed it, noticeably reducing its size.
Ban Yu-won nodded and shouted after checking the magic circle spinning fiercely in the air.
“Asha, Ruchel! Now back off!”
“!!”
“yes!”
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When the opponent can’t move, that’s the deal time. Asha and Ruchel, who had been adept at striking the enemy, learned from Ban Yu-won that they had to somehow attack, and they quickly retreated and came down to the ground.
-Woooooooooooo
The barrier spread and temporarily covered the world.
The golden energy swept away like a gust of wind, scattering all the energy of the constellations that had been eroding the ground.
“Now get out where you were!”
―Ah, our child… … is so cute because he doesn’t know anything yet.
However, even though he had lost the descent body and even the magic book he had wanted, the voice of the observer of Manan remained calm.
―But since I lost today, I’ll give you a gift. Since you showed me how much you’ve grown, I’m looking forward to the next time we meet.
The next moment, everything was blown away by the gust of wind and disappeared without a trace.
With a little exaggeration, the giant that was so large that it could cover the entire sky disappeared, and a clear blue sky filled the group’s eyes, with no trace of the curse visible.
“ah–.”
“Ha, I thought you were retiring. This is something you should really take to the Academy. You were definitely not at the student level! This is what happens when you first enter the tower after a long time!”
It was only in an instant that the destruction that seemed about to engulf the world receded and peace and tranquility returned.
Ruchel blinks his eyes, unable to realize that the powerful enemy has disappeared in an instant, and Asha returns the True Dragon Spear to her body and begins to grumble.
Meanwhile, Ban Yu-won frowned as he noticed something falling from the spot where the giant had disappeared.
Because I suspected that the black shape might be a remnant of a curse… … When I opened my eyes wider, I could see that it wasn’t.
It was a letter.
The letters that probably made up the spellbook.
“Is that the missing part?”
As he instinctively reached out, his power naturally manifested, pulling the string in the air and absorbing it into his body.
[Absorbs 750 sorcery, 251 ancient language, and 150 stigmata. Because the target’s level is too high, it takes time to fully digest.]
[The depth of the spell has become 2,000. The depth of the stigmata has become 300.]
[You have absorbed concepts that complement previously absorbed concepts. Your understanding of higher level concepts will be much faster.]
The moment I obtained the ancient language and sorcery in addition to the large number of stigmata left by the observer of Manan, I felt a satisfying sense of fullness even though I had not actually eaten anything.
Now that I had recovered some of the spellbook, the process of digesting the uninterpreted concepts that had been clumping together within my body would become much faster.
‘With this, the depth of my sorcery has also increased to 2,000… … . It goes well with my power, but it has suddenly become much stronger than the magic I learned in an entire semester.’
The power to manipulate language has grown, and new combat techniques have been acquired, so if you just look at the results, it’s all good.
However, there was one part that was a little unclear. Even though the concept left behind by the descent of the Observer, who had clearly eaten all the remaining fragments of the sorcery book in this world, had been neatly absorbed, it felt like the concept of the sorcery book was not yet complete.
‘Was the concept I got not complete? Well, we didn’t cleanly end the bastard’s life, we just banished him, so it’s possible that I took some of the concept with me.’
However, it seemed that the curse he had learned from the spellbook could be understood by interpreting all the concepts he had acquired.
I still don’t know what the hell Ban Yoo-won doesn’t know, or why he keeps whining and running away like he doesn’t know anything.
No, at least give a hint and say something like that.
Wouldn’t you be mad if someone who is climbing the tower just fine kept talking nonsense about not knowing anything?
“Ah… … It’s a shift.”
Whether or not the condition was really to defeat the descent of the observer of the ten thousand eyes, they were thinking of checking the world outside the barrier to see if they had missed anything when Shift happened and transported the group to Eden.
Originally, I wanted to check the traces of other constellations that had intervened in this world, but when I remembered that the observer of Manan had caused the descending body to go berserk at the last moment, I thought that any traces of such things would have already been completely swallowed up, so I shook off my regret.
“Huh? Wait a minute. Eden?”
Ban Yu-won, who was naturally accepting the changed environment, let out a voice of shock.
That would be the case, because before entering this room, wasn’t the place the group was in Eden?
If they were transported to Eden after clearing only one room, then the space they were just in was… … .
“Oh, that’s right. It says room 210 here?”
Ban Yu-won sighed in frustration as he looked at Asha’s face as she checked the numbers appearing on her student ID and answered.
I sat down on the prepared bed, hoping that the next room wouldn’t have such an absurd environment.
But to get to the point, the group was able to successfully explore up to 250 rooms through this exploration.
