Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 175
Chapter 175
The 7th Main Tower (6)
All external affairs of Stella were concluded.
I found the solution to Flowerseorin’s curse, discovered the existence of the sacred relic, acquired an artifact in Malentires that would greatly help with [Dark Mana Erosion], and successfully obtained the ‘sacred relic’ after exploring the ruins at Poongryujin’s place.
I wanted to return to Flowerseorin immediately to lift the curse, but due to the ongoing Dark Mana Erosion episode at Stella, I had no choice but to return.
I planned to find Flame right away and boast about the ‘Amulet of the Vengeful Spirit.’ With this, we’d be well prepared for the Dark Mana Erosion episode at the 7th Main Tower.
But upon arrival,
“Flame…? Now that I think about it, she went off somewhere to investigate the ghost stories herself…”
“What, dude?”
I sensed that something was going terribly wrong.
The episode was progressing unusually fast, and the ghost stories at the 7th Main Tower had already started in earnest.
‘Damn it…’
Cold sweat ran down my entire body.
Was this unexpected? No.
Episodes had deviated several times before, and each time I had to struggle through it.
I had a vague feeling this might happen.
I just hoped it wouldn’t.
‘Even though episodes change whimsically, this is too much.’
The main perpetrator of the Dark Mana Erosion, Professor Maizen Tiren, had disappeared and been replaced, so there was no helping it.
Still, I was relieved that I wasn’t too late. It hadn’t been a few hours since Flame’s party entered the 7th Main Tower.
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I quickly finished preparing and headed to the 7th Main Tower.
This episode was peculiar as the player had to find the dungeon entrance themselves.
Most quests had a guide map indicating where to go, but in this episode, the player had to uncover and unravel the ghost stories and mysteries.
Initially, many were confused and couldn’t progress the episode properly, and I was one of those fools. But who are the veterans?
[★Mandatory Read★]
[★Final Compilation of Dark Mana Erosion★]
They discovered all dungeon entrances, all ghost story mysteries, all routes, all shortcuts, and various clear methods within the game and posted the final compilation on the community forum.
You could only describe them as insane.
But thanks to them, I was grateful. Because of their efforts, I encountered no obstacles on my way to the 7th Main Tower.
However, there was one concern.
‘I hope Flame doesn’t overdo it until I get there…’
In the original game, whenever an incident occurred, she had a personality that made her gather all her strength and explode, so I couldn’t help but worry.
Additionally, there was one thing I couldn’t tell Flame due to the lack of [Narrative Power].
[Attention newbies, caution when clearing the 7th Main Tower dungeon with the Flame character]
[There’s a full-body mirror behind the boss; don’t approach it]
[For some reason, touching the full-body mirror with Flame results in instant death]
[It doesn’t affect other characters, so it seems to be a bug??]
A bug that was never resolved or fixed.
What if it wasn’t a bug but something with a reason behind it?
‘I don’t know. I need to get there quickly before something happens.’
Squish!
I felt a sensation of passing through space, and in an instant, I was sucked into another world.
A world where all colors were reversed.
There, I took the most efficient and fastest route, sprinting towards Flame.
* * *
The reason why the final boss of this story, Maizen Tiren, was dangerous was that she could handle the magic of all the students who entered the 7th Main Tower.
In the original romance fantasy, Maizen pressured Aiselle with infinite mana and various spells instead of using Dark Mage abilities. Back then, Hae Wonryang managed to identify the enemy’s weakness with his incredible observational skills, even in extreme situations.
Even during battles, Professor Maizen Tiren barely used the unique physical abilities of a Dark Mage and maintained the same position as if protecting something.
Shortly after, he realized,
‘The full-body mirror is the weakness.’
With that one line from Hae Wonryang in the original romance fantasy, Maizen Tiren was startled, and confident in his deduction, he approached the mirror and shattered it with a close-range spell.
‘We can win.’
Whoosh! Boom!
Blocking the massive flames flying towards her with a protective light barrier, Flame stared at the mirror behind Checyrin.
The unidentified mirror emitting a gloomy aura was the item causing this ghost story incident and the core artifact maintaining the 7th Main Tower.
“Hiyah!”
Anella let out a cute shout as she punched, partly breaking the earth barrier protecting Professor Checyrin.
Through the gap, Aiselle shot lightning bolts, but the stone fragments on the ground flew up to block all the attacks.
Crackle!
However, Aiselle’s blue lightning defied the laws of science, chaining through the earth and striking Professor Checyrin directly.
Crack-!
The shield protecting Professor Checyrin didn’t shatter but cracked like a spider web.
“Remarkable for freshmen.”
But the cracked shield quickly recovered. It was much faster than the time it took other students to restore their shields.
Indeed, although he was a Dark Mage, he didn’t hold a professorship for nothing.
It seemed like there was no chance of winning. Even in a normal magic battle, they were already disadvantaged, and their opponent could exert even more powerful strength.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
“Ahhh!”
The fragmented stones floated in the air and fell with terrifying speed, causing Anella to jump around in panic.
“Hup!”
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As Flame struck the ground with her staff, pillars of light rose, smashing all the falling fragments. But the attack wasn’t over.
Crash! Boom!
A massive lightning bolt pierced the dome and fell from the sky!
Its power was at least 5th-class, capable of breaking through shields.
“Dodge!”
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Crackle!!
Sensing the lightning in advance, Anella quickly jumped aside, while Aiselle cast an ice barrier towards the ceiling.
“Hngh…!”
But it wasn’t enough to fully block the lightning. Some fragments of the lightning splashed and wrapped around Aiselle’s body.
“Ugh, damn it…”
Flame hastily placed her hand on the ground, summoning green vines to armor Aiselle’s body. The lightning soon dissipated and disappeared.
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‘How can we approach the mirror?’
She had already explained the plan.
If something could create a space of this scale, there must be a ‘core.’ She would destroy it, so they needed to buy time. But Professor Checyrin fought much better than expected, making it impossible to approach.
‘Any spells cast from a distance would be blocked…’
Coordinate-based spells were too weak to break the mirror, and casting spells from a distance would halve their power, not to mention Professor Checyrin would notice and block them.
He wouldn’t leave something as vital as his heart unprotected.
‘This is driving me crazy.’
In the original romance fantasy, Professor Maizen was an alchemist. Due to his lack of magical talent, he was forced to transfer to alchemy and couldn’t handle large-scale magic.
Thanks to that, Hae Wonryang found an opportunity to break the mirror.
But Professor Checyrin was a master of elemental magic, making him proficient in combat. Honestly, he had abilities far superior to most battle mages despite being a Dark Mage.
That’s why even with Anella joining, making it three against one, they couldn’t even approach.
‘No, there’s a way.’
Flame looked at Anella, jumping around like a frog.
Having awakened her physical abilities, she displayed incredible speed and power.
‘She might not be as good as Uncle or Ma Yuseong, but… she can be useful as a knight.’
The moment she had that thought, Flame shouted loudly.
“Anella! I just realized, the mirror behind that bastard is the weak point! Go break it!”
“What, oh, huh?!”
Startled, Anella widened her eyes. Her look seemed to ask, ‘Is it okay to say that out loud?’
Of course, they had discussed targeting the mirror right before arriving here.
But keeping the target unknown to the enemy was a basic strategy.
Yet she just blurted it out?
“Ah… understood!”
But what could she do?
Thinking it all must have meaning, she followed Flame’s direction and charged at the mirror.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
Crack! Boom!
Anella’s leap was not a power jump, but it was fast enough for Checyrin to focus on her.
He gathered debris to form a massive boulder to roll her way, set off flames in the air, and fired lightning bolts and ice shards to block her path.
“Aaahhh!”
This was too much.
She was really going to die!
Seeing the magic flying her way without any gaps to dodge, Anella’s eyes welled up with tears.
‘Oh no, I’m going to die at the age of forty. I haven’t even tried dating.’
At that moment, golden magic circles spun around Anella’s body, summoning dozens of chain bundles that deflected all incoming magic.
The lightning bolts dissipated along the chains, the boulders were bound and halted, and the ice shards were swatted away by the chains.
‘This is…!’
It was undoubtedly Flame’s magic.
Though each chain was only 4th-class, having dozens of them meant Flame had strained herself to use this magic to protect Anella.
‘Damn it, I can’t stop now!’
Not relying entirely on the chains, Anella maximized her dynamic vision and leg strength. She blocked as much magic as she could with her fists, conserving Flame’s mana while advancing.
“A traitor receiving a mage’s protection, how laughable!”
Checyrin gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. A giant golden wall rose from the floor to trap Anella, but…
Drip!
“Hmm!”
The gold failed to solidify and melted back into the floor.
‘Why?’
When students are consumed by the ghosts and shadows of the 7th Main Tower, all their magic is absorbed by Checyrin.
Jeremie Scalven must have been completely consumed by the ghosts.
He thought he had fully absorbed his magic…
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‘Damn it!’
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Now was not the time to think about that. The spell he had prepared to trap her had failed, allowing Anella to get closer.
‘Killing at least one should be fine!’
It was hard to fully absorb the magic taken from the ghosts and shadows. To absorb the pure magic of Aiselle and Flame, he needed to suppress them without killing them.
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But Anella could be killed.
She was a Dark Mage, so there was nothing to absorb anyway.
“Stop being a nuisance and die.”
Sss!
A black energy coiled like a snake around Checyrin’s wrist, forming a small sphere.
It was Checyrin’s original ability as a Dark Mage, not an absorbed magic.
As it headed toward Anella…
…Crack!
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Something cold jolted Checyrin’s senses.
‘Danger.’
His instinct warned him.
If he didn’t defend quickly, something terrible would happen.
Halting his spell casting, he turned his gaze to see Flame approaching with a glowing staff.
Not towards him, but the mirror behind him.
‘Ah.’
That spell’s power was undeniably 4th-class or higher. Though he had placed protective spells around the mirror, he wasn’t sure it could withstand such a direct hit.
‘I must… stop her…!’
Checyrin gritted his teeth, calculating a spell to stop Flame. If not to kill, he could at least prevent her from reaching the mirror.
-Do not stop her.
“…What?”
The ‘voice’ that had remained uninvolved in the battle suddenly issued a command.
Momentarily dumbfounded by the unexpected order, Checyrin watched as Flame reached the full-body mirror.
“Hiyah!”
With a shout, she thrust her glowing staff into the mirror.
Flash-!
A tremendous light erupted momentarily but was soon swallowed by the dark energy from the mirror.
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“…Huh?”
Realizing something was wrong, Flame tried to pull back, but it was too late.
-Child of the stars, do not resent this.
The black shadow engulfed Flame.
-This too is fate.
End of Chapter.
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