Episode 84
At that moment, I was hurriedly approaching Jack.
Phew-!
Thanos’s two eyes were focused straight ahead.
Jack with a pierced neck and bloodshot eyes.
Blood flows from the corner of Jack’s mouth, clearly an adult.
Thanos slowly shifted his gaze.
under.
A little further down, I went and finally saw it.
heart.
The sword in Jack’s hand was piercing his own heart.
Cool!
oh my god.
You’re going to counterattack in that situation?
Your neck is pierced, but you can fight back?
‘Nonsense… … No way.’
Should I say that my eyes have been opened?
Thanos didn’t know.
What kind of person is Jack?
How did a man named Jack have such strength? And how did he accumulate such strength?
And how on earth did it grow?
I don’t know anything.
But now, a little glimpse of that fragment has emerged.
Thanos’ head is slowly raised.
Thanos’ trembling eyes met Jack’s straight eyes.
I looked into those eyes and was convinced.
Jack’s eyes were fixed on something solid.
Obsession? Madness? No.
That’s not it.
This is will.
Fatal.
A deadly will to kill anyone, no matter what happens.
The will to kill the opponent unconditionally even if it means having one’s neck pierced.
A man’s will to completely change his life, his future, and himself.
I felt it, I touched it, I realized it.
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I didn’t have that.
I guess growth can’t be achieved through simple effort.
In that moment, Thanos’ thoughts become clear.
The Jack in front of me is not the Jack I know.
This is just a training partner, a foundation that makes me stronger.
So I gritted my teeth.
He still held the sword handle, gripping it tightly.
The mana that was focused on the eyes is transferred to the palm of the hand.
It wasn’t like Jack did it all at once, but I tried to follow along as best I could.
My pounding heart gradually slows down, and Jack’s arm in front of my nose starts trembling.
Who dies first?
Thanos wanted to turn the situation around, as it was only a matter of time.
Win.
I will win.
The muscles in my right arm swell.
An arm containing all the mana of the 3rd circle, and a sword held in that arm.
Thanos gritted his teeth.
The moment when the sword is strongly turned to the side.
Crunch-!
The neck of fantasy rises into the sky.
Time seemed to pass slowly.
Accelerated thinking, extreme concentration.
Jack’s neck flying in a parabolic arc into the sky in slow time.
Thanos vowed and resolved.
I will grow more.
That I’ll get stronger.
I will become stronger than I am now.
That determination is engraved in my heart.
At that moment.
Another circle is engraved into Thanos’ heart.
* * *
[It’s amazing. It hasn’t been that long since we formed a circle, and yet we’re growing again.]
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The sight of Thanos floating in the air was more spectacular than I expected.
And the fourth circle is slowly engraved into the heart.
The teacher was surprised, and I was surprised too.
“There is a saying that changing yourself means changing your future.”
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[… … .]
“He changed his own future.”
The teacher turns his head and looks at me.
What was in those eyes was clearly admiration.
[You made it. You have a natural talent for teaching people.]
He shook his head slowly.
“I just opened the door. I just changed a guy who only worked hard into a guy who knows how to work hard. I didn’t do much.”
[……I see.]
The teacher looks at me as if he really admires me.
I don’t know what to do with myself.
“By the way, I’m starting to get curious. About our Thanos’ past.”
[hmm.]
Let me be honest.
As mentioned a few times, Thanos is the guy whose circle was shattered in the past.
It’s not like one circle in the 3rd circle broke and became the 2nd circle, but rather all the circles broke at the same time.
I can see it in my eyes.
Two remnants engraved on Thanos’ heart.
This is evidence that two circles were broken simultaneously.
The exact time is not certain, but judging from the shape of the remains… … about 5 years.
So when Thanos was about 12 years old, he lost the Circle due to ‘something’.
But, if you were able to create two circles at the age of 12… … it means that the surrounding environment was really good.
‘This guy, come to think of it, he’s not a member of a royal family from some country or anything like that, right?’
I ended up chuckling at the pointless thought.
As I said before, I’m honestly curious.
But I didn’t really intend to ask.
I’m just going to wait until the guy tells me on his own.
The fact that he didn’t say anything in this situation… … means that it carries that much weight.
Right now, I’m more curious about Thanos’ body than his past.
I don’t mean it in a weird way.
This might be a bit off topic, but how are the limits of Mana users determined?
I think I’m big enough to be in the 7th circle.
It would be big up to 8 circles.
Oh, this one’s limit is 4 circles.
The reason we can make such a conclusion is because the standard is firm.
It’s simple.
The limits of a mana user are determined by the number, length, and passage of their bloodlines.
Thanos’ bloodline is very narrow.
It is the result of the body’s blood vessels receiving a huge shock along with the shock of the past circle being shattered.
But still, the guy had enough blood to spin four circles.
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It’s not just ‘just’ four circles, it’s ‘as many as’ four circles.
When a circle breaks, especially when all of them break at once like Thanos did, the blood vessels throughout the body become twisted, torn, and blocked.
But a blood vessel that can rotate 4 circles?
So, how big of a bloodline did Thanos have before the Circle was shattered?
I guarantee you that he definitely had the talent to reach at least the 9th Circle, and if he was lucky, even the Master.
Let’s look at the five musketeers we just met.
Like Thanos, the Circle was shattered but could not be rebuilt.
Because I couldn’t expand my narrowed blood vessels again, and I couldn’t endure the immense pain that came every time I tried to circulate my mana.
Thanos was different from them.
The guy stuck with it and eventually did it.
It was accomplished and it was achieved.
That was so amazing.
Of course, we shouldn’t be satisfied with this level of growth, but let’s just move on for today.
Clap clap clap-
Thanos, who had been standing there blankly, slowly turns his head as they clap.
“… … My lord… … .”
The guy was crying.
As I look at the guy’s tears flowing down my face and spread my arms wide to the left and right, the guy runs towards me.
And then he hugged me.
It felt like a wild boar was rushing at me, but I just let it be.
Cute guy.
“My lord… … sob… … .”
I patted the guy’s back for a moment.
Earlier, when he became the 3rd circle, he was a calm guy, but now he is different.
It seems like he saw something inside the magic circle and felt it for sure.
No matter how I look at it, it seems to be a positive influence.
He kept patting me on the back.
My forehead was throbbing, but I ignored it.
“Do you remember what I said when I first created the illusionary magic circle?”
“… … Ugh… … .”
That’s when I asked Thanos.
Are you ready to work so hard that you die?
To that question, the guy answered that he was prepared.
“I’ll ask you again now.”
Thanos steps back with a tearful face.
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“Are you still ready to work hard to the point of death?”
“Oh… yes… my lord. I am prepared.”
He smiled brightly.
“Yes, do your best. Don’t forget that promise now.”
Thanos rushed at me again.
Should I say that the guy who hugged me tightly strangely looked like my younger brother?
He continued patting my back like before.
1 minute.
Pat pat-
5 minutes.
Pat pat-
10 minutes.
ha.
“How long are you going to be like this? Aren’t you going to school?”
“……ah.”
Thanos, who had been crying for a long time, steps back and wipes his tears with both hands like a child.
I glanced back and saw Sel and Charlotte, dressed in casual clothes, looking at me with strange expressions.
What is it? Why are you looking at me with such meaningful eyes?
I’m going to get married.
* * *
Thanos has great mental strength.
Maybe that’s why, but at least in my eyes, it was clear that he had sorted out his feelings, and he headed to the academy with Charlotte.
Of course I do.
I moved into the house with Cell.
I opened the door, walked down the hallway, and went down the stairs in the corner.
Basement 2nd floor.
As I said before, the basement was originally a place to store weapons and other supplies, and was a surprisingly large space.
I paused for a moment in front of the entrance there.
I turned my head and looked at the cell.
The question of why he came here was written on Cell’s forehead.
I opened the door slowly.
Squeak-
The moment he entered, Cell’s eyes naturally moved towards the corpses of the five musketeers in the corner.
The movement was so natural.
Five dead corpses, shoved in a corner, fill Cell’s field of vision… … .
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Hehehe… … .
For a moment I doubted my eyes.
You laughed… … ?
It’s not an illusion.
Clearly, Cell laughed.
And slowly the smile on his lips disappears.
This is almost 3 seconds.
If you count all the units, it all happened in about 3.31 seconds.
Then, Cell’s gaze turns to the gold and potion boxes.
The sight of nine Death Knights sitting on the ground, shoveling gold into small pouches was comical in itself, and Cell’s eyes widened at the sight, his small eyes filled with surprise.
But the smile didn’t come like it did when I saw the corpse.
-Wow, boss. What is all this?
… … Is this okay?
If it had been Charlotte, she would have reacted in a horrified or retreated way when she saw those corpses.
But the cells were different.
A gaze that seems to be looking at trash on the street.
And then the laughter came naturally.
It was a laughter so natural, so lifeless, that it felt a little uncomfortable.
Wow.
Is this the kind of reaction a 10 year old child would have?
No matter how I look at it, this doesn’t seem normal.
Cell still looks up at me with a curious expression.
I looked at that little kid and thought about it again.
Seriously, what should I do about this?
