Book 1 Chapter 179
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Sedjen, who was watching Toura and Jamua's match in the air, moved his pen.
‘Those two are certainly on a different level.’
Scratch- Scratch-
‘It seems Toura is finally going to move seriously. I wonder how the first-years will respond.’
Whether it was the distant past.
Or the present, the number of usable spells is one of the measures of a magician's strength.
Of course, one can become a powerful magician without mastering a variety of spells.
There are also magicians who excel with just a few spells boasting overwhelming firepower.
Magicians like Elena Zeron of the third year.
Unlike Elena, Toura was a magician who skillfully used countless magic spells.
‘The amazing thing is those spells.’
Sedjen curled up the corners of his mouth.
‘Not mass-produced spells, but all unique spells created by himself.’
Toura's strength was magic research.
And that research spared no field as long as it fell into the category of magic.
That's why the diversity of his unique magic transcends imagination.
‘Now, how will you respond to Toura? From your perspective, all of Toura's magic is unknown magic.’
Flash-!
Chelsea gasped in astonishment as she saw the magic adorning the sky.
“What, they’re all unique spells?!”
“Logically, does that even make sense?”
A knight major student, who was on the same team, screamed.
Even he, who was ignorant of magic, knew that it was logically impossible to create so many unique spells.
“Logically, it makes no sense. But this is Lumern, isn’t it?”
Chloe gripped her staff.
“It’s a place where common sense can be broken anytime.”
Whoooosh-!
Blue mana surged from Chloe's body.
“Ice World.”
Chloe’s unique magic was activated simultaneously with her low utterance.
A field magic that exerts influence over the surrounding area.
Literally, within this alternate space, Chloe could be called a queen.
Crack, crack, crack-
“Hmm?”
Toura admired, seeing even the flow of mana begin to freeze.
“Amazing. Junior. To have boosted the power of your magic to this extent.”
He clapped his hands and smiled.
“It must be because you have an excellent goal, right?”
Toura glanced at Leo.
At that moment, Avard also completed his unique magic.
“Tempest.”
CRAAAAASH-!
A massive storm raged in the middle of the ice world.
Seeing that, Toura narrowed his eyes.
‘Wind doesn't have a bad affinity with ice.’
Avard's Tempest, imbued with scattered ice shards, was emitting an immense chill.
In addition, Chelsea was adding power to Avard's magic with a power-boosting spell.
It was, literally, an ideal magical link for a magician.
Crack, crack-
As Toura tried to avoid the magic, an ice wall formed in the air.
Meanwhile, the remaining students quickly aimed for the empty goal.
“Oh, no.”
Toura casually waved his hand.
CRAAAAASH-!
“Ugh?”
“Is it a Golem this time?”
“Hey! Break through! It can't be as strong as the slime from before…”
Wriggle- Wriggle-
“AAARGH? It's a Lava Golem?!”
“Run! Run!”
Seeing the golem with lava flowing all over its body, the students screamed and ran away.
A Lava Golem, which could not be created without top-tier skill in the Golem field.
‘What can't this senior do?’
‘This is Omnipotence Wizard Toura Yan.’
A name given because she was a magician close to omnipotence.
It was an alias that suited Toura more than anyone, as she showed near-perfect magical abilities in all aspects.
“Give it to me.”
“Ah! The, the ball!”
Toura snatched the ball from the first-years.
Then she floated lightly in the air.
“Excellent, first-year students! As a senior in the magic department, I am immensely happy!”
Toura straightened her chest and said.
“You will probably be the best! You will lead Lumern's golden age!”
Mm-! Mm-! Toura nodded and folded her arms.
“I wasn't as great as you when I was a first-year.”
“Hmph. Don't lie. You're a complete monster!”
Chelsea grumbled.
Toura, who smiled at Chelsea, adjusted her staff.
Whoooooosh-
Mana surged from Toura's body.
Seeing this, the first-years made tense expressions.
“How important effort is, you see.”
Flash-!
Numerous magic circles appeared in the air.
Avard's Tempest, which was targeting Toura, was dismantled.
Flash-!
Chloe's Ice World also disappeared.
Seeing that, the two's faces hardened.
‘So quickly?’
‘Did she push it away with mana?’
The faces of the two, who had bewildered expressions, hardened.
‘No!’
‘She analyzed the incantation and dispelled it!’
Amazing.
And as a magician, it was wondrous.
‘Such a level.’
Avard had seen many magicians in his family.
Among them were powerful individuals who could be called Archmages, and many who had risen to the status of heroes.
Chloe was the same.
Although she was not from a high-ranking family in the Northern Magic Tower, as a member of the Magic Tower, she grew up watching amazing magicians.
They, too, showed great interest and taught Chloe, who was exceptionally talented.
Among them were magicians stronger than the current Toura.
But it could be asserted that no magician understood the field of 'magic' as well as Toura.
Even after graduating from Lumern, she would become even stronger.
‘Usually, if you show something like this, people would be intimidated.’
Chloe and Avard showed no such signs.
They simply looked like they had found a new goal.
‘Is this all because of Leo? So, what’s Leo’s reaction?’
Chuckling, Toura looked towards Leo.
And her eyes widened.
Leo's gaze, looking at Toura from the ground, was somewhat unique.
‘Admiration… and… understanding?’
Toura's face changed subtly.
***
“Toura seems quite excited too.”
“I’d be happy if the knight students did that much.”
Ris chuckled at Ulta's words.
“Well. Our juniors don't seem to be falling behind either.”
Ris smiled, looking at the junior knight students facing Jamua.
“By the way, Toura’s weakness is that she can't control her strength.”
“Don't worry about that.”
“Ulta. What do you know about Leo?”
Ris looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Ulta smiled, looking at Ris.
‘Phoenix, and a fairy contractor.’
When the fairy incident occurred on Phantom Beast Island in the first semester.
Ulta genuinely wanted to make a contract with a fairy.
That wasn't due to a summoner's ambition or a desire for improvement.
‘How fun would it be if I became friends with a fairy?’
It was an extremely simple and childlike thought, but Ulta was such a person.
‘But there was already a contractor.’
He perceived that fact when facing the beast tamers of Tartarus.
Later, he heard from Yura that Leo had contracted with a phoenix on the first day of admission.
A summoner's ability is determined by the phantom beasts and spirits they have contracted with.
‘Of course, no matter how powerful a phantom beast is, it's useless if you can't use it properly. But Leo can handle the phoenix and fairies well.’
If so, he lacks nothing as student council president.
Ulta thought so.
And he had a personal desire too.
‘It would be good if a student council president came from the Summoning Department.’
Just as Toura and Jamua unhesitatingly believed Leo belonged to the Magic Department and Knight Department, respectively.
Ulta also firmly believed Leo belonged to the Summoning Department.
‘I don't know why Leo isn't announcing that he's the contractor of the Phoenix and fairies… but I hope he reveals it on this occasion.’
As the top student in the Summoning Department, Ulta wanted to leave the junior students with the strongest summoner as a gift.
‘Come on, Leo. Toura won't be able to be dealt with without the Phoenix. Show people that you are the Phoenix's contractor.’
***
“First, we need a way to deal with those unique spells.”
Avard said in a serious voice.
“Shall I fly to Senior Toura and disrupt her vision?”
Chelsea raised her hand and stepped forward.
Chelsea, being the fastest among them, might indeed be able to disrupt Toura's eyes.
“No. Those are all unique spells. If you approach carelessly, you'll be hit.”
Chloe shook her head.
“I don't intend to win by scoring a goal. I intend to wipe you all out, alright?”
Toura let out a bubbly laugh from the sky.
Seeing that, Leo said,
“I’ll hold her off for a bit.”
“Leo?”
Chloe was surprised to see Leo stepping forward.
“You guys prepare to score a goal.”
Leo flew forward to Toura using his Fly magic.
“Hello, Leo. I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“I'm your far senior, and an older sister, aren't I?”
“That's right.”
“Normally, a cute adolescent boy like you would blush or be embarrassed when seeing a beautiful older sister like me. You should show a fresh reaction.”
“Isn’t it true that no one, not just the first-years but all the male students in the magic department, shows such a reaction to Senior Toura?”
Toura was indeed beautiful.
She was also 21 years old.
For first-years, she was a woman for whom it wouldn't be strange to have long-cherished romantic feelings.
However, no student in the magic department showed such a reaction to Toura.
This was not only because she was a senior to look up to, but also because Toura had such a peculiar personality.
She was famous as a magic-fool who knew nothing but magic.
“Anyway.”
Toura crossed her arms.
“It’s peculiar that a first-year like you looks at me with eyes like an old man.”
“What do you mean I look like an old man?”
“Yes. Eyes that look like a far older person understands me. Like Professor Irua, who retired when I was a first-year.”
“Who is that?”
“A 60-year-old magician from the Northern Magic Tower.”
“That sounds like more than an old man.”
It was Toura who glimpsed a 60-year-old grandfather in Leo's eyes.
Leo chuckled and said.
“Anyway, I understand a bit.”
“What part?”
“What kind of effort you put in to build such skill.”
Toura's skill was the culmination of unimaginable effort, even beyond talent.
‘She's different from Elena, Chloe, Avard, and Chelsea.’
In terms of talent alone, those four were students born with overwhelming and exceptional talent in one way or another.
But Toura was different.
In Leo's eyes, Toura, even if she was born with many talents, had no talent that could reach the ultimate in any single field.
‘Like me.’
She was like Leo, who was an all-class but couldn't reach the ultimate in any one thing and had to borrow from his friends.
‘She built up such skill purely through passion and effort alone.’
She studied and researched various fields and compensated for her shortcomings.
Toura's magic skill, which was even evaluated as omnipotent, was completed in that way.
Toura's eyes widened at Leo's appearance.
Most people evaluated Toura's ability to become Lumern's best magician as talent.
Of course, they did not deny her efforts.
But they didn't fully understand what her mindset was like on her way to her current position.
Her friends, with whom she had lived through thick and thin for five years, were no different.
But Leo seemed to completely understand Toura's efforts.
Though unsaid, Toura felt a strange sense of kinship from Leo.
“Leo.”
“Yes.”
“Let's get married.”
Leo burst out laughing at the unexpected words.
“It would be cute if you were even a little flustered. This makes you seem like a real senior.”
Toura grumbled at his calm reaction and crossed her arms.
“So, are you going to stop me alone?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm. I know you're an excellent magician, but isn't that a bit reckless?”
“It is reckless.”
‘With my current skill, I can't do anything to Toura.’
A clear difference in weight class that couldn't be overcome with technique and skill.
That difference existed between Leo and Toura.
Leo stirred his mana.
“But there is a way to stop Senior Toura for a short time.”
“Hmm? Confident, aren't we? Fine. If you stop me and your team scores even one goal, I'll admit your victory.”
“No changing your mind.”
Leo stirred his mana.
Then he glanced at Ris.
‘Student Council President, huh.’
When he first heard that, he wasn't particularly interested.
But his thoughts changed in the last few days.
He read the memoirs of those who subjugated the fragments of Erebus 3000 years ago.
‘I vaguely thought that even if I couldn’t achieve it now, I could leave it to later generations.’
Leo clenched his fist.
‘But no.’
Fragments of Erebus are sealed in the Hero Record.
In addition, Tartarus is after the Hero Record.
Someday, far in the future.
What if the records of other great heroes disappear, just like his own record?
What if Tartarus's plan succeeds and the Hero Record is completely destroyed?
If that happened, only a dark future might remain.
‘To prevent that, I need to become a great hero once again.’
He had to leave new achievements in the Hero Record.
And he had to pass on those records to later generations.
So that in the future, someone who inherited his power could appear.
‘For that, becoming the student council president from the first year wouldn't be bad.’
Of course, there could be enormous backlash.
‘I'll just have to show them with my skill.’
A way to counter Toura, who was overusing unique magic.
It was to counter with the same magic.
Logically, it is almost impossible to neutralize unique magic with the exact same magic, especially when it's not even mass-produced magic.
But Leo had a way to make that impossibility possible, even if only for a short time.
‘Unique magic for unique magic.’
Leo closed his eyes.
Whirrr-!
Magic circles appeared all over Leo's body.
Seeing that, Toura furrowed her brow.
‘What is this? A form of magic I've never seen before?’
It was when Toura had a puzzled expression.
Leo opened his eyes.
Leo's eyes glowed red.
Toura's magic incantations, adorning the sky, came into his vision.
In an instant, the magic incantations were interpreted in his mind.
Leo stirred his mana.
Humm-!
Leo used Toura's unique magic.
Seeing that, Toura's eyes widened.
“…What did you do?”
Leo smiled at Toura's question.
“My unique magic, Bible.”