Book 15 Chapter 22

Episode 60

"You're really ready, right? Here I go."

Friede said, putting his pipe in his mouth.

February, 1104, Era of Origin.

Tallen Gorge, Red Mountains.

Against Friede, who lightly breathed out a breath of flame, I formed the hand seal of 'yeong' (霙) in a frost-type magic circle.

"Shuk, shushuk, shushushuk!"

This isn't a sound made with the mouth.

The closer a rune is to the four major elements and four minor elements, that is, the primordial runes, the more powerful it becomes, but the more hand seals it requires. Even assisting its calculation with the Yorhen-type has its limits.

That's why I usually avoided dealing with runes that lack practical utility, but now it's not a problem.

Chwa-reureureuk…!

This is because the rosary tied to my left arm dazzlingly unfurled, linked to my hand seal movements, assisting the combination of magic circles, runes, and mathematical formulas.

For instance, the 'yeong' (霙) rune, which grants the property of 'scattering snow,' requires two runes, but now, even if I only formed a half-hand seal with my left hand, the rosary would complete the remaining seals.

Seeing the snow scatter almost instantly, dispersing the flames, I nodded my head in satisfaction.

"Kuh, I'm so satisfied."

Friede raised an eyebrow as if truly surprised.

"What? It's almost instant. That rosary helps with magical calculations?"

"Yeah."

"That's insane cheating."

"Cheating, cheating, it's cheating."

"It's not cheating. Until now, I had to manually mix in the Yorhen-type to assist, but this thing just automatically uses my 'knowledge' to perform that role. Of course, it doesn't seem to be omnipotent, as it can't use information that isn't in my brain?"

Of course, a slightly incomprehensible part was that the moment this rosary was wrapped around my arm, the hand seal information for over two hundred runes, including the necessary runes for 'brain internal bleeding,' was acquired. What was that?

"There's no risk at all? There's no way such power exists."

"There is. But of course, I'm not telling Friede."

"Why, you bastard!"

The drawback, of course, is that the magic power consumption for operating the rosary is beyond imagination.

When I used two 5-star spells this time, I thought my main crystal would burst. I suffered inwardly for two days.

Nevertheless, hand seal omission is perfectly applied, and variable double casting is possible, where I deploy the Yorhen-type with my other hand during an off-hand seal.

In short, through this, I've come significantly closer to becoming the strongest.

Now, the tasks I need to focus on are increasing my magic power so that my body remains unharmed even if I overuse or abuse this rosary, and establishing the remaining runes as hand seals.

And 'brain internal bleeding'… When I originally designed it, it was meant to use three to four shots, but I only managed to fire two before collapsing, so there's still a long way to go.

- Lin.

Still, I look forward to the day I can show this growth to the Dean. How happy he'll be… Kwaaaak!

"Why aren't you telling me? I even helped you with the test, you wanna die? Huh?"

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it really hurts! Stop it, unless you want to see the strongest magician angry!"

While Friede was twisting my head with his fists pressed against both sides, Sbal appeared, dancing gleefully.

"What is this useless guy?"

"Gyuung?!"

"Watch your mouth with Sbal. Sbal was the one who protected you this time."

"Yeah, next nonsense."

"Your memory suddenly cut out during the fight this time, didn't it?"

"Yeah."

"That's because Sbal completely froze your body."

"Then it's not useless, it's a nuisance, isn't it?"

"No, if it hadn't, you wouldn't have just lost consciousness, you would've died. So apologize."

Complete freezing?

Come to think of it, when I regained consciousness, my body was somehow extremely cold and wet…

"Gyu-gyut-gyut-gyut…"

Sbal quickly turned his back and pretended to cry sadly, then peeked at me and pretended to cry again. Teacher, this rascal isn't crying…

"Apologize, apologize, apologize!"

Friede shouted, waving his hand as if protesting. Pipi chimed in.

"Apologize, apologize, ungrateful Lin, apologize, apologize. Pipi likes corn more than apples."

"Apologize, apologize! Woo-woo-woo-woo! You trash! You wannabe gigolo who loves swindling money from innocent women!"

It seems like some things I didn't do were mixed in, but it doesn't matter. [The Strongest Magician] never apologizes in any situation.

Why? Because I'm [the Strongest].

Just as I was casually picking my ear with my pinky, dismissing the protests of the lowly beings, Lista appeared in the distance. A man was with her.

"The final stop on the journey to the Papal State has been decided. It's the Academic City (學術都市), <Bedinheim>."