Chapter 141
A five-colored crystal called the academy’s proud treasure.
As I counted them, I asked an involuntarily question.
“What about the transparent crystal in the center? There are actually six crystals, right?”
“Not much is known about that. I couldn’t find any special features.”
Although it is said to be a crystal of five colors, it is an unknown colorless crystal that is not included in it.
I looked it over without speaking and turned my head away.
It is not yet time to investigate that.
“Does the black crystal symbolize the great man who is said to be the first black magician?”
“I know.”
“I learned a little about imperial history.”
Speaking humbly, I approached the black crystal.
“Then, this is what I, a black magic practitioner, have to do.”
Because this is what I have to look at right now.
The event that will lead to my power-up is here.
The test of the last black magic class.
This will definitely improve my skills.
When other kids do their midterm assignment levels.
I study at the final exam level.
This is learning ahead. He is the one who calls dirty gifted education.
* * *
If you clear the trials here, you will get a passive skill that will further increase the ability of each major class.
that’s my purpose
“Are you sure you want to?”
“yes. I’ll finish it right away.”
There is no reversal.
I know what to do here. There will never be a single mistake.
“Then I won’t stop this teacher.”
Professor Daniel seems to have resigned himself to not being able to stop it any longer, so he pours his magic power into the artifact presumed to be managing this place for final approval.
The lens is activated.
A black lens that emits black light according to my class.
“You just have to enter the road that opens in front of you. The test will begin there.”
“yes.”
“Don’t worry if you make a mistake. There are two more chances.”
Come to think of it, originally, this ordeal is a quest given for the final exam, but did I mention that there are many guys who have not succeeded even once in three years?
In the first place, this is a test with a separate purpose under the guise of final evaluation.
“Come to think of it, did the professor also take this test when he was a student?”
“Sure.”
“… … Personally, I’m curious, how many times has Professor Daniel succeeded?”
A really trivial question.
Professor Daniel hesitated a little as if he was embarrassed, then taught me.
“once. It was only in the last year right before graduation that I barely passed.”
“… … indeed.”
As I nodded as if I understood, a gate finally appeared in front of the crystal.
An entrance to a separate space where the exam will be held.
“Then I’ll be back right away.”
I went in there without hesitation.
* * *
After passing through the gate, the scene unfolded like a gladiatorial arena.
“oh? You arrived right.”
I was worried that this ordeal would work properly because it was a bit early, but it didn’t matter.
Are there any other anxiety factors other than what I know? While looking around to find a sense of incongruity, Emily materialized in the air as she pleased and landed slowly.
“It’s stellar. I even prepared a place like this for one test… … . I like to work hard.”
“I didn’t call you to come out now.”
“Well, how are you? Wouldn’t it be strange if this older sister came out with me for the current exam?”
Emily deliberately clung to me, as if she was very bored at not interfering with me during the exam.
Well, as she said, this ordeal is a separate quest from the normal evaluation exam.
No matter what you do, as long as the conditions are met, there is no such thing as injustice.
Well, there must be other reasons why Emily jumped out on her own.
“Above all, you can’t just hide in front of that thing.”
“ah… … . Did you notice?”
After all, it’s a devil far superior to me when it comes to perception.
Emily’s gaze stayed the same as if she was wary of one place even as she played a joke on me.
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“There is no need to be vigilant. native people. I have no intention of interfering with your contractor.”
A voice is heard.
center of the test site.
There was a black crystal cut in the shape of a plate, and a demon was sitting on it.
Slightly muffled voice.
It wasn’t a pleasant voice, like a mixture of a human voice and a beast’s growl.
“The contract to be fulfilled is to give trials to those who visit this place. That is all.”
“It is as the devil said. … … That so-called guy is the exam supervisor.”
There are trials for each class in the five-color crystal.
The black magic type of quest is the devil sitting on that big plate over there.
“Call me Genil. It’s a child wearing clothes with imperial patterns.”
“It’s Xi’an. Black magic class. It sounds obvious, but the purpose of coming here is.”
“Okay, I’ll supervise your test as per the contract.”
It is a demon that appeared as an NPC in charge of this quest even in the game days.
“It’s hard to believe that people’s trials are being led by their own people.”
The devil’s nature is known by the devil. Emily is still wary and sarcastic.
“Don’t speak lightly, fellow countryman. We are just fulfilling the contract.”
“oh? contract? with who?”
“… … That devil’s contractor is a sorcerer called the Black Founder. He seems to be a demon who was properly caught while helping to prepare this place.”
I know the rough settings.
According to the contract with the ancestor, that devil gives the children trials.
even for a short period of time.
“The price of the contract wasn’t bad. It is right.”
“I guess so. It would be impossible to establish this kind of contract under normal conditions.”
Even more so, if it is maintained even after the contractor’s death, it is probably not a normal condition.
It was only then that Emily seemed to understand, and then she lifted her guard against the demon.
“Would you like to hear an explanation about the test?”
“Let me listen.”
I understand it, but I filter it out, so if I make a mistake, I won’t be laughed at.
When I demanded an explanation, the demon Genil slowly raised his cracked voice and spoke of the test.
“What we will pursue in this test is that you humans use dark magic… … It is your human magical capacity named by my contractor.”
“What can I do?”
“Show me. And you just have to prove it.”
Spacious testing room.
Just looking at it doesn’t mean sitting at a desk and taking the exam.
“You mean to fight.”
“Are you with that fellow countryman?”
“You can say yes or you can say no.”
Genil gives an ambiguous answer to Emily’s question.
“The opponent to take the test is the result of my abilities. Go beyond it through your skills. that is enough.”
It is faster to show than to explain.
When Genil beckoned, a black shadow shimmered in front of him and soon took on a human form.
“… … oh?”
Emily makes a surprised noise with an interesting face.
I knew it, but seeing it in person made me feel a little strange.
What he created was me.
Another cyan that looks just like me.
“It’s a very plausible test.”
isn’t it often
Literally, what I have to overcome is myself.
With that devil’s ability, he created an alter ego that looked just like me.
“Couldn’t that alter ego be stronger than me?”
“There is no such thing. The power of this shadow is equal to yours now.”
Magic power, status, level.
Duplicates where everything is the same.
“Really~! That’s the same condition. It’s good that it’s filthy fair.”
It’s not being sarcastic, it’s just being happy because it’s as expected.
You know the content of the test.
The ordeal of the black magic class is to fight and defeat an enemy of the same specification as the character you are developing.
‘Fortunately, even under this condition, it’s the same duplicate.’
The reason I calculated that I could speed up this quest is because the opponent is always a duplicate of me.
To the end, the specifications of the clone are based on the player’s level and abilities at the time of the ordeal.
If I’m 50, just that much.
If it’s 99, just as much as 99.
‘So, of course, even if I take the test now, the difficulty level won’t change.’
Of course, there was a possibility that it wasn’t, but then I should hold back tears and promise the next time.
“Oh, that’s simple.”
Emily was the first to say that it was surprisingly easy.
“Hey, Emily, why are you so confident all of a sudden?”
“Whoa, you just have to pet Xian, who looks just like Xian.”
then leave it
“Above all, the only thing copied is the cyan. Then, when this older sister joins in, doesn’t she easily overwhelm me?”
There is a point.
“Or, are you going to copy this sister too?”
“… … that’s hard To the end, my authority is to imitate humans.”
Genil simply admitted that he couldn’t copy his familiar.
But it’s strangely disturbing that he doesn’t seem to care at all about that.
“Will you accept the test?”
“of course.”
When I finally agree, Genil nods leisurely and announces the start of the test.
“According to the contract, we impose trials on young warlocks who visit this place.”
“… … .”
“What you have to overcome is your own wall. Get qualified by proving your growth here.”
Perhaps that wasn’t the devil’s line, but a message from the guy’s contractor.
Genil floats in the air as a whole disk and rises into the sky.
What’s left is me and my clone.
《Trial of Five Colors》
《The trial of black begins.》
《Goal: Prove your competence》
“OK. However much.”
I immediately took out my cane and raised it.
The opponent’s specs are the same as mine.
If so, there is no need to verify the opponent’s skills by conducting a search war.
‘In the first place, if I were myself, I would know the pattern I would use.’
Even at the time of the game, the skills and behavior patterns used by duplicants were based on the skills frequently used by the player in question.
that it is
“… … .”
Magical power boils in the duplicator.
The guy is bare-handed, not wearing the same type of equipment as me, but the specs are the same due to the same stats.
in short.
“I’m going to grind.”
As expected, the Duplicant fires a torrent of black flames at me.
Black flame magic.
“Yes, yes. I will use it from there. I know~ I know!”
I also completed and deployed the countermeasure black magic.
Black Prison.
The cold air, which has become even colder due to the staff’s black magic strengthening effect, rushes in, and the wall of black ice soars up to catch the black flame.
As the heat and cold collided, a large amount of steam swirled around, and as if Emily expected it, a wind blew it upwards.
“good job. It’s annoying when your vision is blocked.”
At the same time, I cast and ejected the Bone Spear.
I opened a long spear of bone with the power to lightly pierce bedrock.
Let’s shoot it.
Duplicants also shoot the same amount of Bone Spears to counter them.
“Since the specs are the same, if we only fight with firepower… … It’s annoying.”
Attrition must be avoided.
“If you want to overwhelm, you have to fight with control, not force.”
Let’s hit the back.
Quickly activate a shadow move.
A movement ability using shadows to return to the back of the duplicator.
‘The Duplicant’s weakness is the lack of thinking ability. It’s because they only use patterns imitated.’
Just roll your head a little bit.
He raised black flames from behind his back and poured them out.
Although he tries to offset it the same way I blocked it a moment ago.
“That’s why you can’t. FALSE.”
You got caught.
I grinned.
There is another difference.
A difference that Emily confidently pointed out just a moment ago.
“How are you going to do this, fake?”
At the same time as I asked with a smirk, Emily reappeared from the blind spot of the duplicator, whose awareness was sold only to me, and launched a surprise attack.
“It hurts a little because I look exactly like Xian… … . Well, don’t be resentful.”
No, why are you looking at me and saying that?
Throwing a nasty joke, Emily stretched out her magic like a blade and tried to cut the Duplicant in two.
Even if it was a duplicant, the judgment of being hit was the same as that of a human being.
If it inflicts damage equivalent to a fatal wound to a human, that would be enough.
The moment I was so sure of victory.
“oh?”
What I heard then was Emily’s voice, which was somehow puzzled.
and… … .
I was able to see the replica that Emily wielded with the same shape and power as the blade of Magi, and hit it back.
“… … It’s bothering me.”
Only then did he realize the true nature of the sense of incongruity he felt when he started the test and passed on Genil saying he didn’t care about the existence of his familiar.
The ability that now my duplicator received the same attack from Emily.
It’s not my skill.
To be precise, Emily’s ability.
in short.
“The specs are the same as mine, but you added Emily’s abilities to them?”
It’s not 2 to 1.
If this is a warlock and a familiar two.
The other side means that one person equals two people.
“You’re cheating!”
You’re out of your game days.
It seems that the saying that reality is more messy is correct.