Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 76＞

Hall 16 of the Royal Battlefield.

It was a place that had not yet been repaired after it was destroyed by the cataclysmic ‘Meteor Storm’ that struck the kingdom seven years ago.

In the heyday of Lemadel Kingdom, the number of students in the academy reached 2,000, but now it is only about 700.

It was an extension of the building based on the number of cadets at the time, so it was no different from being used anyway.

“… … .”

Ruin indifferently looked up at the broken ceiling.

The moonlight trickling down gently illuminated the broken marble floor here and there.

Soon, Ruin concentrated his magic and stretched out his senses.

Indeed, within about 200 meters, I did not feel the presence of people.

Louin looks at the cadets.

“Who will do it first?”

“grow! I will do it first!”

Shiron took a step forward and brightened her curious eyes.

Shiron wasn’t the only one who was curious about Ruin’s true skill.

A knife-like tension wrapped around the battlefield.

“What are the fighting rules of the martial arts competition?”

“When either side gives up their will to fight, or when either side suffers an injury beyond sustaining the fight, the judges decide the winner by unanimous vote.”

“I like how simple it is.”

Ruin met Shiron’s eyes without taking any posture.

“Let’s start.”

As soon as the words ran out, Shiron started making hand signs in the air.

woo woo woo-

A red orb that burns with heat.

When the 3rd tier diffusion magic magic explosion began to contain brutal heat.

Ruin’s body bent like a bow.

What the cadets saw was Ruin’s whole body spreading like an afterimage, that was all.

Puff!

The place where the blurry figure of Ruin reappeared.

“Turn it off… … !”

It was right next to Shiron, who was holding onto his stomach with reddened eyes.

A fist dug so deep that you could feel the pain just by looking at it.

“Turn it off… … turn off… … .”

As Shiron’s eyes widened as if he was about to pass out, Severon ran out with his flagship.

“Hey, what is this!”

Ruin shook his fist and was looking down at Shiron with his characteristic nonchalant face.

“Bee, you’re cowardly! This is not a great magic battle!”

Severon was displaying the wizard’s anger.

It is the same with other cadets.

Rather than questioning why Ruin was moving like a knight, their anger came first.

-Ho? Have you finally been able to operate the Blood Fighting System without replacing your life force?

Gyrobell’s brief appreciation followed Ruin’s bloody fighting system that had changed beyond recognition.

The fusion magic of Ruin, who had risen to the 4th rank, was no less than the pure magic power emanating from the demon realm.

By adding a simple technique, it was possible to operate the Blood Fighting System with only magic power.

In addition, synergy was created even with the body that had been tenaciously trained for half a year.

Rather, the young body pulsating with vitality was much more powerful than that of the previous life. At least in terms of blood fighting system, it is getting close to its heyday.

In any case, the level of blood fighting was not very high in the previous life.

Compared to the true authority possessed by the terror of darkness, it is merely an auxiliary means.

The problem was that even this auxiliary method was a combat taijutsu at a level that was difficult for cadets to reach.

Ruin looked down at Shiron, who was soaked in fear while holding his stomach.

“Did I break the rules?”

“Ugh… … .”

Literally a martial arts competition.

Whether it’s magic, martial arts, or swordsmanship, it doesn’t limit or restrict the abilities of the students.

Lilia was staring at Ruin with eyes full of curiosity.

“Were you a knight?”

It was the mystery of Ruin that he faced again.

Amazing insight and perspective on magic.

Incredibly high insight.

A unique technique whose academic tradition cannot be measured.

However, Lilia was more shocked now than all the previous surprises.

Because he lived as a member of the Myeongga family, he knew him better than anyone else.

If it was confined to a person-to-person battle, how terrifying a knight was to wizards.

But now, Ruin was showing more powerful knight movements than he knew.

An eye that sees phenomena and essence, a movement that cannot be followed even with the demonic eye.

I had never experienced such an article before.

“… … .”

Ruin just smiled silently.

All the cadets gathered here remembered Ruin’s first appearance.

There was no way that a body that seemed to break at any moment belonged to a knight.

“I am not a knight.”

Ruin showed his white teeth even more brightly.

“But I know how to deal with knights.”

Creepy!

It wasn’t the strong momentum or the arrogance of the strong.

Conversely, it means that it is easier to deal with mages.

Lyria’s entire body shuddered with just such an affirmation from the indifferent Ruin.

“… … I still can’t engage in interpersonal combat with knights.”

Luin nodded.

“Know.”

“I want to play a true magic war with you.”

At that moment, Luin’s smile grew stronger.

Lyria didn’t know.

How much more hopeless the result would be.

Lyria’s spirit was still weak.

Will I be able to accept it?

But Luin liked her intense passion.

“good night.”

As soon as Ruin’s words ran out, Lilia opened the distance at once.

Even with their movements, the meticulousness of the master sorcerer called Abrelga could be seen.

When Lilia’s intense eyes were shining like that.

that buck

Louin slowly walked towards her.

Lillia gritted her teeth and stretched out her hands.

ssssss-

Ruin stretched out his hand to face him, and Lyria’s Magic Deceleration spell, a weakening spell specializing in blocking movement, was easily dispersed.

As her magic power started to run wild, Lillia’s eyes were stained with bewilderment.

The spell doesn’t follow.

The circuits are twisting like crazy.

He tried to memorize an incantation while concentrating like a maniac, but his mouth could not be opened as if even the tongue was blocked.

‘What is this?’

Some kind of knot was interfering with everything.

Such an unknown power dissipates mana, invades circuits, and completely blocks speech and spells.

I could definitely feel it with my senses, but I couldn’t figure out how the power was realized.

that buck

Ruin took another step.

His right hand stretches out again gracefully like an illusion.

‘ah… … !’

At that moment, Lillia was barely holding on to her fading consciousness.

I didn’t gather my mind.

The image was being torn apart.

I gritted my teeth and tried to concentrate my mind, but my eyelids were getting heavy like a thousand pounds.

‘What the hell is this… … ?’

Is this magic?

I couldn’t believe it even though I was able to handle it with my whole body.

It’s like absolute authority itself.

that buck

Ruin’s footsteps were now fearful.

The pressure was indescribable in words.

When only the weak heart that wants this moment to end quickly is boiling.

Suddenly, Ruin came close to me.

The moment his mouth twisted strangely.

Tsutsutsutsutsutsu-

A gray mana ball slowly emerged.

Not to mention the power, the identity of the magic he is using is unknown.

Papa papa papa pat!

Suddenly, the mana ball starts spinning at an unimaginable speed, and a huge gust of earth raises a thick cloud of dust.

Quack!

Let Ruin grab the mana ball.

In an instant, the air was pushed in all directions and there was a roar.

aaa-

When the silver hair that had been fluttering like crazy faded away.

Lyria’s eyes, wet with fear, finally returned to reality.

she knew

That if Ruin hadn’t grabbed the mana ball at the end, his face would have been torn apart by the blade-like gust of earth.

“ah… … Ahh… … .”

This was not the grand magic war she had imagined.

It feels like all the common sense that I believed in is denied.

Daphne opened her rabbit eyes and ran to it and muttered as if possessed.

“Could this be an absolute blockade spell… … Lastly, is it some kind of mental trap?”

All the cadets had their eyes wide open.

The absolute blockade spell, which controls a certain area with the caster’s magical power, is a super-high-level area.

Besides, magic that invades the opponent’s mental world?

Truly a realm of legend and imagination.

Mental magic was the exclusive property of dragons, and it was the extreme of magic that even wise men did not dare to try.

– Cluck! You have childishly transformed my meatma.

Meatma (ѩѯѯѹ).

High-ranking black magic that invades the opponent’s mental system and causes confusion and fear.

Meatma was a generic term for all the dark magic that the demon Gyrobel loved to use.

“I don’t know what you are talking about. I just used the ‘magic field’ that was advantageous to me, and the last was sleep magic and residual wind magic.”

“Eh, magic field? slip?”

The result will be similar to white magic.

However, there was a fusion of the dark magic used by the demon Gyrobel, no, the fear of darkness.

“Oh, lie! It was definitely mental magic! How can a mere slip magic bind such an enormous mind… … !”

Ruin looked at Lyria.

“Didn’t you fall asleep?”

“… … .”

Obviously, Lilia couldn’t control her eyelids that were getting heavy.

But it wasn’t just a sorcery.

Can a simple slip spell tear a wizard’s image apart?

Is the sleep magic so powerful that even the spirit of a third-tier wizard cannot move?

If so, the great magic battle would have been calmed by slip magic.

No, the great magic battle could not be established in the first place.

‘Besides, all of them were telekinesis magic… … .’

Lyria’s teeth trembled.

After experiencing Ruin’s terrifying telekinesis, it didn’t feel like a human level at all.

dispel?

react?

It is a yard where even the manifestation of magic is not caught in the senses.

It feels like facing a magical god.

Such an overwhelming experience had never been felt even in the sorcerer’s family of Abrel.

As if the psychological shock was too great, Lilia was unable to open her mouth.

“Besides, I’ve never heard of such a magic field! What kind of magic field can completely seal the opponent’s magic, spells, and spirits?”

To reveal the dragon’s mental magic to the subject he was playing with.

Are you saying it’s okay to reveal your identity so easily?

Daphne couldn’t understand why Ruin showed more power than necessary in a confrontation with the cadets.

Weren’t they the ones who were strictly wary of actions that violated the world order, that is, the ‘Oath’?

“What are you talking about so much?”

Louin confronted Daphne.

“You have to experience it yourself.”

“… … .”

At that moment, all doubts disappeared from Daphne’s mind.

A chance to experience the great magic battle with the great race.

It is an opportunity that is never easily encountered in a wizard’s life.

“Can I do my best?”

Ruin smiled faintly at Daphne’s feverish question.

“Are you hiding something?”

“Sure.”

Geeing-

The space rips apart, revealing an artifact with dazzling light.

“wow!”

“Oh oh!”

The cadets were watching in awe.

A milky white staff wrapped around a full-color crystal ball.

It was a level of magic staff that could never be obtained as a cadet.

“Greetings. It is my precious companion, ‘Breath of Frost’.”

Ruin looked at the magic staff with a cautious expression.

A magic staff that increases the catalytic power and sensitivity to magic.

Depending on the level, it doubles the magic of the caster at least twice, and up to five times in the case of outstanding artifacts.

Daphne’s level that Ruin expected was 6th.

If Daphne, who is facing a high-ranking wizard right in front of her eyes, even has a magic staff… … .

“I can’t help it.”

Tsutsutsutsutsutsutsutsu-

The air is torn open, revealing a black space.

When everyone’s mouths are open.

Ruin grinned as he put his arm into the dark space.

“I have a lot of weapons too.”