The Reincarnated Archmage’s Journey Chapter 148

Episode 148: Ecosystem Destruction (4)

I used the fire element to form a giant sphere.

It's a similar size to when I used linking with a banshee in class 1 to create a sphere comparable to a meteor.

And he started to shape the sphere by touching it with his own hands.

It's the same process as kneading dough by hand to shape it when making bread.

Create two stubby legs, a head, arms, and fingers.

After making everything like that, I injected mana again.

It was like the principle of breathing life into something.

Of course, this is just a metaphor, it doesn't really bring it to life.

After completing the shaping, the magic I created took on a complete form.

Something that resembled a burning person that reached the ceiling of the classroom.

That's about it.

“……Is this spirit magic?”

The banshee, who saw the magic's true identity, asked.

"No, it's not spirit magic. I can't use spirit magic. This magic is called Doom Reposal."

This is because spirit magic is defined as magic that does not exist in magical society.

There is a theory that spirits are also living beings and can be controlled by summoners, but the problem is that spirits, like elementals, have their own unique elements.

So, in theory, only double casters who are elementalists and summoners can use it, but even Cylard, who meets those conditions, has never used spirit magic.

So it became a magic that didn't exist.

Because I couldn't even use the only summoning and elemental double caster in the magical society.

Spirit magic has been studied in ancient books, and it has become a type of magic that has been speculated upon.

“If I were to interpret the meaning… I entrust it to you with my life? I entrust it to you until I am destroyed?”

"Either way, it's similar. I told you this isn't a living thing. It's just like a machine like a mob. It will remain in this position until the infused mana runs out or it's destroyed. It's a creature magic that guards."

Despite my explanation, the banshee still reacted strangely.

"Well, to explain, it's not a spirit, but a moving blocking spell. Shouldn't it be considered a higher level of magic than regular blocking magic?"

“The existing…… blocking magic…….”

Banshee chewed on that passage and imagined it.

“Its usual purpose is to block a designated area, like a door.”

“Yes.”

"But this thing can move. It's used to buy time by directly dealing with any monsters summoned from the altar, as well as students entering here. Ah, I can handle the monsters on the first-floor altar on my own."

“It sounds like some great magic just from what I hear.”

"It actually performs really well. Want to try it out?"

"yes."

"Are you ready? This Doom Liposol will recognize you as an enemy too."

Banshee took a deep breath and answered.

“Okay.”

“Yeah, it would be better for you to experience it yourself.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Doom Lipozol saw the Banshee and swung both of its huge arms at her.

“Wow!”

The startled banshee quickly dodged the attack and gained some distance.

At Ed's branch school, the physical training I did with him is really starting to take effect.

Before, I didn't move my body at all, but now I see it popping out like that unconsciously.

But Doom Liposol's attacks don't end there.

As soon as Doom Lipozol's arm touched the ground, flames erupted and headed straight for Banshee.

The banshee was so desperate that it was neutralized using Plewd magic.

“…….”

And the look of confusion is evident.

Doom Lipozol's attacks did not stop.

Now he jumped into the air and fell down, intending to crush the banshee and make it explode.

The movements were identical to those of a giant chimpanzee.

“That… stop! Stop!”

In the end, Banshee declared surrender.

In that short period of time, he attacked continuously without rest, so even the Plewood Banshee couldn't handle it.

I re-implanted the Banshee to Doom Liposol there.

“I’ve felt this way for a long time… How is it that all the magic you implement is so fraudulent?”

“Don’t you think you can get the position of Archmage by playing around?”

“Surely, with this magic… it would be okay to leave the seat?”

"Yeah. And if someone attacks, I, as the caster, can sense it, so just come here and it's over. How about that? Simple, right?"

“Yes, it’s a very simple method that only Arkis can do.”

It's an answer that seems to have some thorns in it.

"But can you implement six of these? It looks like a spell that requires a tremendous amount of magical power."

"Yeah. Of course I can't. If I'd known you could implement six of them at this level, I wouldn't have been killed by that disciple."

Suddenly, Banshee's expression changed.

The frowning reaction is, "What kind of pun is this?"

“……You said earlier that you could do it, right?”

“When did I?”

“Just now… I told you to follow me, I’ll show you.”

“I showed you, didn’t I? Doom Liposol.”

“……You’re not joking right now, are you?”

“Why would I play a prank on you?”

“Then what are you going to do with the other five altars?”

"Let's discard the first and second-level altars and only eat the third-level altar. Can't the four of us take turns guarding the other third-level altar? Like the other students do."

If I had my way, I would like to occupy all six altars.

But that's not realistically possible, so if there's a limit to how many you can occupy, wouldn't it be natural to choose the most efficient one?

So I chose two third-level altars.

A 3rd-level altar gives 5 points just by putting it to sleep.

And the only point I got today was 1.

With 49 points left, I had to clear the 3rd level altar ten times to advance to the next floor.

"Okay, let's call Kiena and Heido this time. We'll have to hear the explanation anyway."

“Yes, that’s right.”

I called Mobro Kiena and Hey.

***

Kiena and Hey came to the classroom I took.

As soon as they came in, the two of them couldn't help but be amazed at my Doom Liposol.

“Wow, so this is the magic you implemented, Artel? It’s really cool…….”

Kiena approached the flames as if Doom Liposol were a divine substance.

Doom Liposol does not feel any heat when touched by friendly forces.

So, there was no danger in Kiena touching it like that.

“How do you create magic so easily? What’s your secret?”

Hey asked.

"It's an original magic. I remember seeing it in a book before. Anyway, I called you here because of your future life. I wanted to teach you about it."

So I took over another third-level altar and told them the four of us would take turns guarding it.

Everyone's reaction was positive.

Anyway, there are no classes at the main campus, and like in Class 5 at the Ed branch campus, you have 24 hours of free time.

If you divide that 24 hours by 4, you get 6 hours.

So, they started discussing whether to have four people take turns guarding for six hours a day, or to split the six hours into two-hour shifts and have one person guarding for three shifts a day.

In the end, the final choice was to rotate guards for 6 hours a day.

"Okay, now that we're done talking, let's head to the next third-level altar. You see that classroom over there? It's right there."

I was leading the students to the third-level altar at that time.

thud!

The sound of something falling was suddenly heard.

It's a sound from the altar.

At the same time, everyone, including me, stopped walking and looked back.

The altar suddenly began to move.

'It's strange. I've never been this active before…?'

***

Same time, top.

Tyrant was watching the sealing stone with a serious expression.

That's because the sealing stone was shining particularly brightly.

It has been 300 years since he guarded this seal stone at the top.

In my long life, this is the first time I've seen a phenomenon like this.

“Full moon…….”

The gatekeeper also looked at the tile with a tense posture.

“Why is the Seal Stone so active today?”

I've never been active twice in one day.

"Well, it doesn't matter. After all, the more Sailor struggles inside, the faster the Sealing Stone absorbs his power."

In fact, the black ratio of the sealing stone has already exceeded 80%.

If I were to calculate it precisely, it seemed to be about 81 percent.

I can confidently say that he has never been this visibly upset while he was at the top.

“What about the Holy Grail? You’re working on it diligently, right?”

“Of course. There are a few problems, though…”

Tyrant frowned.

“So, that’s what the problem is?”

***

Garent also came out on top of the inspection school.

He also looked at the sealing stone that had been pierced through 80% and grabbed his throbbing hair.

“Suddenly… the speed has increased?”

“Yes… I don’t know the cause. Why does the sealing stone activate so frequently…?”

The only silver lining is that even though the Seal Stone is active, monsters won't be summoned to the Inspector's School.

The area of activity of the Seal Stone was limited solely to the magic school.

So, while it might not matter to the inspectors how often the Seal Stone was activated, it didn't matter to Garent.

This is because I had previously thought that if the black ratio exceeded 80%, then it would be an all-out war with the wizards.

But was it since last year?

There were no more battles between wizards in the wizard's street in the lower world.

The Sealing Stone absorbs almost all of the power of the Silent Wizards, but they are quiet wizards.

Watching this incongruous phenomenon, Garent's head felt like it was going to explode.

“What is the world below like?”

“It’s peaceful, for now. But the sealing stone looks like this… Have you received any contact from the Archmage?”

“Yes, we haven’t had any contact since we agreed to divide the territory.”

“I just don’t understand what wizards are thinking.”

"For now, we can only watch, right? Since we didn't create it, we don't know the cause."

“Yeah, I’m going to the world below just in case.”

“Yes, if anything unusual happens, I will inform Garent.”

"okay."

So, Garent headed down to the world below with an uneasy heart.

Hoping that the world below will be peaceful.

***

The identity of the monster that emerged from the 3rd-level altar was a giant, black Pegasus with a strangely transformed appearance.

But it is so hideous that it is difficult to look it in the eye.

One of his eyes was dangling as if it would fall off at any moment, and bones were poking out like awls from all over his body, dripping blood.

‘What on earth… … is Cylard in that state that all his summons look like that?’

At this point, it's fair to say that Silerard has become a complete wreck.

Although all of the original Cyrus monsters had hideous appearances, to be exact, they were more frightening than hideous.

But the monster I'm facing now doesn't feel like that fear, it's just a corpse that looks like it's about to collapse.

“Ugh… what is that…? It looks… just like my Pegasus….”

The summoner Kiena saw the monster and started a match.

I couldn't help but retch at the sight of such a hideous sight, which I had never seen before.

The monsters that the altar spewed out were three Pegasus.

As expected, even though there is only a 2-level difference, the difficulty level definitely seems to increase.

Pegasus, emerging from the altar, showed hostility as soon as he saw my Doom Liposol.

And the moment Pegasus attacked Doom Liposol, I destroyed Doom Liposol.

“……Why all of a sudden?”

Banshee asked.

“Well, I thought it would be better for you guys to gain experience rather than me having to deal with everything alone.”

That's exactly what he said.

It's okay since we already have the altar in this classroom.

But what altar will be occupied next?

Since four people have to take turns guarding the place for six hours each, they have to subdue students who come to take the place again, and if the altar becomes active again during that time, they have to know how to put it to sleep on their own.

It might be possible since this is the first floor and the largest altar is level 3.

So, since this is the altar I worked so hard to occupy, and it just started working and even spat out three Pegasus, I plan to leave.

“Ah… So that’s what you mean.”

The banshee immediately understood what I meant.

“Okay. Stay out. We’ll do it ourselves.”

“Well, if you feel like it’s not working out, call me.”

"You're only a third-class? You say you're a third-circle level. You're ignoring us so much."