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16 Imperial University Tower (2)
blood tower.
Literally, a tower where wizards who use blood magic are gathered.
Unlike other magic towers that exist several by attribute or series, there was only one Blood Tower in the Empire.
And even that was completely hidden from people.
Since ancient times, blood magic has not been well-recognized within the Empire.
To be honest, the source of blood magic was blood, and there were a lot of bizarre things about it, so it must have felt awkward.
A spacious laboratory that exists on the top floor of such a blood tower.
“ Whew… … .”
There, a middle-aged man with an impressive red tattoo under his eyes with a sharp impression was sitting and pressing his finger on his temple as if contemplating something.
The man’s name is Kerma DeColes.
It was the tower owner of the blood tower.
There was only one reason he was so concerned.
That is, the level of the blood mages belonging to the Blood Tower is too low.
“ If we go on like this, the very existence of the tower could be in jeopardy.”
In the first place, blood magic itself belonged to the particularly severe axis of magic, a science that is heavily influenced by talent.
There were many parts that were not established even with the level system, and the theoretical arrangement was also very difficult.
Therefore, raising the level of the Blood Mage had to be harder than other types of wizards.
In addition, even he, who was the owner of the tower, was on the lower level compared to the other tower owners.
“ It’s tough.”
At times like this, even the same blood mages had to unite, but they couldn’t even unite with a small number, so it was even more frustrating.
“It would be nice if there was at least one person like ‘The Thousand Year Witch’… … .”
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Mumbling like that, Kerma remembered the strongest blood mage that existed two hundred years ago in her head.
The handshake queen, the one-man army, and the person who was called the Thousand-Year-Old Witch.
He was the only blood mage in history to reach the ‘sky’ and was known to have killed the most humans in the world at the same time.
Since then, the image of the blood mages has completely fallen, but nevertheless, the blood mages considered that time to be the heyday of blood magic.
That’s because the power of a thousand-year-old witch was transcendent, and the weight of its name was great.
Even now, its existence is almost forgotten among people.
“ No, I wish the ‘thousand-year-old witch’ herself would come.”
It was time for Kerma to mumble and sigh again.
Aww!
A loud explosion sounded from below.
“ What?”
It’s been a long time since he’d heard such a loud explosion, so Kerma opened the lab door with a questioning eye.
“ Ta, Top Lord! It’s an intruder! I think you should go downstairs.”
“ An intruder? here?”
Following the guidance of the wizard who arrived at the door just in time, Kerma began to descend in a hurry.
Basically, the blood tower was a place hidden by magic.
An intruder who broke through such magic and created such a commotion would certainly not be a typical visitor.
That’s why, with a lot of anxiety in his eyes, he came down to the entrance of the tower at once.
“ Aww!”
Dozens of wizards flying through the air caught my eye.
“ What… … .”
Along with him, Kerma’s eyes gave a young surprise.
Because all the wizards flying right now have the strength that ranks in the rankings in the Blood Tower.
No matter how low the level of the blood tower, it was not enough to fly away like that and land on the floor.
Soon after, the figure of the intruder, the culprit of all this, came into his sight.
A seductive woman with blood-red eyes and ebony black hair.
“ Who, who… … .”
“ Are you coming out now?”
Such a woman, Riusina, looked at Kerma, who looked at her with bewildered eyes, and smiled.
* * *
Heinrich Whisperer.
300 years ago, he was the first wizard to rise to the transcendental level of level 10 and received the title of Great Mage.
A legendary figure who is said to have come closest to the truth among all the wizards that have ever existed, and is said to have glimpsed all the secrets and abyss that exist behind the world.
Throughout the long history of the empire, when asked to pick the strongest wizard, he is one of the characters that is always mentioned.
‘ That’s the guy’s previous life.’
Unlike other people who glance at Shion with curious eyes, a young man who yawns with his eyes fixed in front of him as if he is not interested.
Looking at Tyrian Friharden, Shion thought.
It doesn’t look like the reincarnation of a great mage at all.
In fact, at this time, Tyrian’s magical state was not very high.
Of course, he already possessed skills that were impossible to compare with his peers, but… … .
‘ It’s a terrible level for having the memories of a previous life as a great mage from birth.’
Zion already knew the reason.
sloth (懶怠).
This time, Tyrann was reincarnated, and the nature he acquired.
Because of that, Tyrann was not interested in most things since he came into the world and was annoyed at everything.
Of course, it is possible to suppress it, but is it because you have already accomplished everything in your previous life?
I didn’t feel the need to do it myself, and that’s why I’ve been like that until now.
‘ If you join the hero’s party, it will be fixed naturally… … .’
The problem was that the events taking place in the tower tonight pushed Tyrian’s meeting with the hero much further back.
Later, after twists and turns, Tyrian is the last to join the hero’s party.
However, at that time, the war with the demonic was already on the verge of starting in earnest, and Tyrann left without being able to properly align with the party or fully develop his strength.
One of the main reasons for the failure of the warrior party to kill the Demon King.
Therefore, Zion was planning to twist the future today.
It was Zion’s character that he would not blink an eye even if someone dies in matters that are not directly related to him, but this time his character was different.
‘ If the warrior party fails, the empire will also be destroyed.’
In order to prevent the destruction of the empire, precisely this world, Zion had two main thoughts.
One is to prevent division by cutting out all the rotten parts after Zion himself devours the entire empire.
And the other is to rewrite the story of the hero and his companions to his own taste.
As I thought before, the main story of this Flosimar chronicle was the story of a group of heroes.
It’s also a story that ended in failure.
It was a story that had to change the future from the beginning, so Sion was planning to actively intervene in the story from the beginning.
at that time.
“… … So, the correct answer to this ‘correlation between space distortion and time according to gravity-based magic’ has not yet been found in academia. So, do you have any students with whom you would like to share your thoughts on this?”
The professor, who was continuing the class calmly even though the royal family was suddenly observing his lecture, asked the students.
The blackboard next to the professor was filled with magic tricks that seemed very complicated at first glance.
“… … .”
Students are silent on the professor’s question.
That’s probably because the magic that the professor is asking right now was so difficult that even the prestigious Magic Society shook his head.
In fact, the perfect answer has not yet been found, and although it is said to be the best university in the empire, it was a very difficult problem for those who were still only students.
“ Isn’t there? Then, in the next lecture, an easier example… … .”
It was a time when the professor was also trying to proceed with the class naturally, whether he had high expectations from the beginning.
“ Professor.”
Someone got up and called the professor.
“ Um? Student Essien, what’s going on?”
The professor looked at the pale blonde-haired boy who stood up with questionable eyes.
Essien Clover.
As the eldest son of the Clubutter family, one of the most prestigious families in the empire, he was one of the students whose name the professor remembers because he maintains the highest grades in Mato.
Essien, who smiled softly at the professor, slowly opened his mouth.
“ Are only students able to answer the professor’s question?”
“ Hmm, that’s not it. Student Essien, what do you want to say?”
“ If it were anyone else, I would like to hear the thoughts of His Majesty Prince Zion, who is now observing the class in this classroom.”
“… … ?”
At Essien’s words, the professor’s eyes lit up with embarrassment.
Because it was really nonsense.
Asking the royal family who came to visit, and even Prince Zion, who has no special knowledge of magic, about the rites?
The professor looked at him as if he was going to say something to him, but Essien looked at Zion as if he had not said anything wrong and continued.
“ I heard that the royal family of Agnes learned all things from an early age, and they all showed outstanding qualities thanks to the Holy Blood flowing through their bodies. If so, then His Majesty Zion must also have basic magical knowledge.”
To be precise, it was thanks to the unique power of the Agnes family called the Holy Spirit, not the Holy Blood, but not many people knew about its existence.
“ Then your Highness must have understood the magic written on the blackboard over there, and perhaps you are looking at it from a new perspective, different from ours, regardless of the realm of magic? He is the prince of the Great Agnes Empire. And since it is a question that has no answer anyway, I think it is right to listen to various points of view.”
A direct blood relative of the Agnes Empire known to have special powers and superiority to all others.
Essien’s words were cleverly stimulating and encouraging people’s expectations for such an imperial family.
In the depths of Essien’s eyes, a young laugh.
Contrary to what he had said, from the beginning, he never thought that Prince Zion would be able to give an answer to that rite.
No, I didn’t even think I would understand that magic trick.
It was because he was Prince Zion, who was called the shame of the imperial family until not long ago.
Still, the reason he was acting like this was to bring shame to Zion.
‘ What did you come to think of as a stranger to the subject of breaking your marriage with Priscilla?’
To be precise, there were rumors that the marriage was going to break up, but that wasn’t important.
What was important to him was that after that Prince Zion entered the classroom, Priscilla’s gaze remained only on Prince Zion.
No matter how much Essien herself spoke to her, she had a cold expression on her face and never gave her a single glance.
However, he could not understand why he was making such an expression on the prince who had even been rumored to be imprisoned.
Jealousy and anger welling up in his heart.
‘ Even if you accept it, you won’t be able to give an answer anyway, and you’ll lose face if you don’t accept it.’
No matter how Prince Zion reacted here, Essien himself was able to achieve his goal.
“ Until now, there has never been a case of directly asking a question about the contents of a lecture to a person who observes the lecture. So that question later… … .”
It was when Professor Proud, who had a bewildered expression next to Sion at Essien’s words, opened his mouth to quickly rectify the situation.
“ No, you want to hear my thoughts, so you have to let them know.”
Shion got up from her seat with a low voice and began to move towards the school table.
“ Si, His Majesty Zion… … .”
Professor Proud calls out Shion’s name with a bewildered expression on his face, and Essien secretly smiles.
bum bum, bum bum.
Shion felt people’s eyes focused on him as he slowly approached the school table.
Doubts, ridicule, embarrassment, etc.
Neither one looked very good.
That’s right, because the current situation was like saying that a novice who had just learned a sword was cutting a rock the size of a house.
And as such people thought, Sion had killed wizards many times, but never learned the science of magic itself.
However.
jerk.
Now I knew the answer to that formula written on the blackboard.
Correlation between space distortion and time according to gravity-based magic
Because it was a theory that appeared once in the Chronicle of Flosimar.
Sion, who stopped in front of the blackboard by passing the other professor in front of the school table who was making a bewildered expression like Professor Proud, waved his hand once.
Then, the blackboard was filled with alcoholic beverages that were erased without leaving a single word.
“… … ?”
When doubts arose in the eyes of those who watched it.
Swag-
Shaking his finger to move the magic chalk, Shion began to write a new trick on the blackboard without hesitation.
That moment.
The professors and students who watched it and… … .
“!!!!!!”
Tyrian’s eyes, who had a grim expression behind them, began to glow with astonishment.