Book 1 Chapter 180
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“Bible?”
Leo’s unique magic, which he had announced as the practical exam for the first semester of the Department of Magic’s midterm.
It was such a preposterous magic that Torua also remembered it.
‘Didn't he say it was a magic that could use all the magic in the world without penalty?’
It was an absurd story.
All the magic in the world, he said.
This meant it included not only generally well-known magic but also unique magic.
Even common magic spells were too numerous to count.
And yet, he designed a magic that could use unique magic too.
‘It’s not human magic.’
Everyone who encountered Leo’s unique magic thought that.
But in the midterm exam, Leo even presented the basic formulas that made the magic work.
Just by seeing that, everyone knew that this first-year student was serious about completing the magic.
‘When they saw the thesis, everyone called him crazy.’
But Torua liked Leo.
Whether it worked or not, what Leo pursued was the ideal of a wizard.
However, Leo's magic, 'Bible,' was as shocking as it was lacking in feasibility, so it quickly faded from people's minds.
Torua also only remembered it as, 'Oh, he did something like that, didn't he?'
But…
‘He actually implemented it?’
Torua’s face showed an expression of astonishment.
If she had only heard about it, she would never have believed it.
But now, right before her eyes, Leo was using Torua’s unique magic.
The ultimate magic Torua envisioned was right before her eyes.
Feeling a shiver run through her entire body, Torua activated her magic.
Flash-!
Spectacular magic adorned the sky.
Leo also immediately activated his magic in response.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gang-!
Magic clashed in the air.
‘He’s really using my unique magic.’
Torua bowed her head deeply.
Her body trembled.
She hadn't lived a long life.
But for a first-year youngster before her eyes to be using the results she had obtained by dedicating her entire life to magic.
To casually imitate unique magic, which symbolized a wizard.
‘This… this is….’
Torua raised her head.
‘It’s so amazing!’
Torua’s eyes sparkled as she raised her staff.
“Leo-kun. I’m very excited right now, you know? How can you do that? How far can you imitate my magic?”
Gooooo-!
Thrilling magical power surged.
Seeing that, Leo broke out in a cold sweat.
‘Amazing.’
The title of Lumen’s strongest wizard wasn't simply given to her.
It was clear that she would someday become a great wizard ruling the world.
A crystallization gained through her own efforts and by conquering the world of heroes.
Jiiiing- Flash-!
Leo’s eyes widened as he saw the immense number of unique magic circles adorning the air.
Flash-!
“He even imitated this.”
Torua’s eyes slightly unfocused and became dreamy.
Before her eyes was a miracle-like magic that should absolutely be impossible.
This unknown magic was stimulating Torua, who was more driven by curiosity than anyone else.
‘I want to research it. I want to research it. I want to research it. I want to research it. I want to research it.’
Her mind was filled with a single thought.
Watching Torua, Leo felt his eyes burn.
‘Is it still too much?’
Leo's unique magic.
More precisely, the unique magic created by Kyle was, literally, a technique only possible for Kyle, utilizing Kyle's mana characteristics.
The mana characteristic Lyssinas named "Purity" granted Leo all-class talent because it could become anything.
And the same applied to each class.
It was not restricted by attributes.
Of course, he couldn't reach the extreme in any one thing, but he could follow paths already made by others better than anyone else.
Bible was also a magic of that nature.
It momentarily amplifies the formula calculation ability with magic power.
Then it analyzes the magic of others and absorbs it as is.
This was the principle of Bible.
‘Of course, it’s not omnipotent.’
Magic that cannot be activated by formulas alone.
Unique magic with characteristics that Leo was not born with cannot be used.
A prime example is Chloe’s Ice World.
Field magic is one of Leo’s weakest areas.
In that sense, Leo was like a natural enemy to Torua.
All of Torua’s magic was a product built purely by her own efforts.
Therefore, if only the formula could be calculated, it could be imitated as much as desired.
‘Of course, those formulas are incredibly complex.’
Leo felt his eyes burning.
He felt his entire body straining from overload.
‘For now, imitating it is all I can do.’
The completion of Bible meant storing a formula once seen and being able to use that magic as is when Bible is next completed.
But for now, seeing and imitating was the limit.
‘Furthermore, even if I completed Bible to its previous level, these spells would be impossible to implement. They are too complex.’
His head couldn't remember.
It was like having too few pages to write in a book.
Leo blocked Torua’s magic once again.
‘The activation time for Bible right now is 1 minute.’
Half of that, about 30 seconds, had passed so far.
But cold sweat streamed down his body.
His eyes burned, and his head throbbed.
The limit due to overload was slowly approaching.
Yet, the very excited Torua continued to cast spells in rapid succession.
“Can you imitate this too? This too? And this?”
As if taking toys out of a toy box.
Watching Torua continuously unleash new unique magic, Leo felt an immense consumption of magic power and stamina.
It was then that Leo reached the brink of his limit.
Boom-!
The lava golem blocking Torua’s goal on the ground exploded.
The ball had shattered the lava golem.
Torua’s eyes widened as she looked at the ground.
Leo deactivated Bible and said,
“We won, didn’t we?”
“What?”
“You said if we scored even one goal, you’d acknowledge it as our victory.”
“Ah…”
Torua recalled what she had said a moment ago and wore a blank expression.
Seeing Torua like that, Leo chuckled once and descended to the ground.
Everyone looked at Leo with strange expressions.
Landing on the ground, Leo swayed.
“Are you okay?”
Chloe rushed to support Leo.
“Just a little tired.”
“If you’re tired, lean on me a bit.”
“Then, I won’t refuse.”
As Leo leaned on her, Chloe slightly braced herself with strength.
Seeing that, Leo smirked and extended his palm to Chloe for a high-five.
After Chloe high-fived him, Avad and Chelsea also approached and high-fived Leo.
“Leo oppa! You finally completed it, didn’t you?”
“That was amazing. Can you show me the magic formula next time?”
“Ah, me too.”
It was when the four of them radiated a harmonious atmosphere.
“Who said you could end the game?”
Torua stood squarely in front of the first-year students.
“Didn’t we win?”
When Avad asked with his characteristic gentle smile, Torua nodded.
“Yes. There’s still time left.”
“You said if we scored one goal, we’d win,” Chelsea said with a pout, peeking out from behind Avad.
Torua replied, “Yes. But promises are meant to be broken.”
It was when the first-year students made bewildered expressions, seeing Torua teaching them such a good lesson.
“Torua. Promises are meant to be kept. You should treat the first-years with love.”
Ulta appeared and restrained Torua.
“Eiria. Let’s politely escort Torua off the field.”
Ulta summoned her Pegasus, Eiria, and dragged Torua out of the arena.
“Aagh! Let go!”
Watching Torua being dragged away, struggling with her hair caught, the first-year students covered their mouths and suppressed their laughter.
Regardless, Ulta looked at Leo and said,
“I thought you would use summoning magic.”
“Did you?”
“Your magic was amazing too.”
At Ulta’s words, Leo burst out laughing.
Meanwhile.
Hwa-reu-reuk-
At the sound coming from the adjacent arena, everyone’s gaze turned to Celia.
Bastera’s exclusive ball surged with flames.
Everyone looked surprised, watching Celia unleash firepower beyond her limits, even getting burned by her own flames.
Hwa-ak-!
Celia’s flames were sucked into Bastera’s ball.
As Celia threw the ball into the air, Duran, enveloped in lightning aura at his fingertips, kicked the ball towards Chen Sia.
Clang-! Pa-ji-ji-ji-jiiik-!
Chen Sia spun her body, watching the ball enveloped in flames and lightning aura.
Hwa-ak-!
Chen Sia, who drew the ball into her rotation radius, spun in place, starting to accelerate the ball.
Hwa-reu-reuk- Pa-ji-ji-jiiik-
Her hands were a mess from the intense flames and lightning, but Chen Sia didn’t care.
The most important part of this combined attack was none other than Chen Sia.
Chen Sia, who maximized the ball’s acceleration, sent the ball flying towards Zamua.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gak-!
Zamua admired the ball filled with powerful destructive force.
“Try to receive this!”
Celia shouted confidently.
Seeing that, Zamua smiled broadly and swiftly dodged the ball.
Kwa-aaaa-ang-!
The ball that entered the goal made a tremendous noise, piercing through the goal and destroying the wall of the training ground.
“You won. Amazing.”
Zamua laughed heartily and clapped his hands.
Celia, with burns all over her body, Duran, whose feet were swollen from the excessive use of aura, and Chen Sia, whose hands were a mess from controlling the rampaging ball, looked at Zamua with hollow eyes.
“Wait a minute! Why did you dodge it?”
When Celia protested, Zamua shrugged.
“If I took such an attack head-on, even I would end up in the infirmary, wouldn’t I? I don’t like pain.”
“Kuh-uh-uh-uh!”
Ha-ha-ha-ha! Celia tore at her hair, watching Zamua cross his arms and burst into laughter.
Meanwhile, Lys, who had been watching, crossed his arms.
‘Celia, you’ve grown so much I almost didn’t recognize you.’
He had expected his sister to grow even more once she entered Lumen.
But Celia’s growth rate was far exceeding Lys’s expectations.
‘And just now, Leo’s magic.’
Lys was not a wizard, but he could instantly recognize how preposterous what Leo did was.
And seeing that magic, he could understand Ulta’s words that Leo was already fit to be the student council president.
‘It might not take long.’
Lys looked down at his hands.
His hands were soaked with cold sweat.
As the successor of Jerdinger, he had lived his entire life as the "best."
As he was still young, there were many stronger than Lys.
But Lys was confident that he would surpass all of them.
And he had no doubt that as the master of Jerdinger, he would someday become the "best."
So, it was the first time.
‘Seeing a junior who will surpass me.’
Lys wiped his hands, watching his younger cousin who would someday overtake him.
***
In the principal’s office, Kalian silently gazed at his beloved sword.
An old sword called Klessys.
But it was also a sword that contained an unbelievably massive amount of mana.
This sword was a symbol of the Sword Saint and was considered one of the most powerful swords in this world.
A sword whose origin was unknown.
‘But in that moment, it transformed as if it were brand new.’
Kalian fell into thought, recalling the time he defeated the remnants of Kigors, the King of Curses.
‘The lingering scent of mana on the sword is definitely Leo Flobe’s.’
Not only was he an unprecedented all-class student, but he also defeated formidable opponents to become the class representative.
On top of that, he had already conquered the world of great heroes twice and even found evidence of Kyle's existence, who was considered non-existent—an unbelievable first-year student.
Those destined to become heroes show extraordinary behavior from their first year.
Kalian, too, as a Lumen student, had an unusual school life from his first year.
But he couldn't dare to compare himself to Leo.
‘What exactly is his true identity?’
He had questioned it many times.
The Sword Saint had seen in Leo the demeanor of a seasoned hero, not a young boy, multiple times.
‘Elena Jeron seems to evaluate Leo as a vessel for a great hero… but he’s different. He’s already like the great heroes of legend.’
It was when Kalian was resting his chin on his hand, deep in thought.
Knock-knock-
At the sound of a knock, Kalian said,
“Come in.”
The door opened, and Lys entered.
“Lys-kun, what’s the matter?”
Lys said, looking at Kalian who asked with a puzzled face,
“I’d like to recommend a candidate for student council president.”
“You’ve been deliberating for a long time and have finally decided, it seems. So, who is it?”
“Leo Flobe.”
At the mention of an unexpected student’s name, Kalian let out a dry laugh.