Sieg Krauss
Zeke Krauss.
A genius chosen by the gods to face the demon king.
Warrior.
In the past, Zeke had 6 circles of magic and 10 stars, but now, 4 years later, he has reached the limits of human beings of 8 circles and 12 stars.
It was faster than the growth of the hero that Leon remembered.
According to the original history, it was only after Leon reached the age of 19 that a hero reached the limit of a human being just before Leon died.
However, Sieg, who was stimulated by his meeting with Leon, accumulated numerous training sessions and shortened the period by three years.
“Where are your colleagues?”
Leon asked a story that was already somewhat predictable.
“They were killed.”
A paladin, Karen Violet, who was known as the most talented swordsman in the Holy Empire.
A priest with excellent healing magic, Sepia Innocence.
Melanie Granada, a sorceress who speaks few words but calmly and calmly solved the tasks she had to do.
and,
“Is it even Elyos Rael?”
At Leon’s question, Zeke lowered his head.
As Leon surpassed the 5th circle in quantum magic, he actually possessed the greatest amount of mana.
However, it was only a story within the category of ‘human’, and in terms of the amount of simple magical power, it was far less than that of the Elyos, Rarael.
That Rarael was murdered?
“Did you enter the dungeon?”
Usually, they were collecting relics to prepare for a decisive battle with the Demon King.
Of course, there were many opportunities for the warriors to enter the dungeon, and most dungeons have a limit on the number of people entering.
When the dungeon accepts the entrant’s magic wave, it reaches a critical point and the dimensional rift closes.
For this reason, Elyos Rael, who has a particularly strong magic wave, used the power of the Earth God to limit his own magic.
Because if you don’t do that, you won’t even be eligible to enter the dungeon in the first place.
If that’s the case this time as well, the death of the Elyos Rael is understandable.
But the hero Zeke shook his head.
“It was not a dungeon. As an Elyos, Rarael has freed all the powers that she possessed…”
nevertheless couldn’t stand it.
“Maybe to the Demon King?”
“Thanks to Lord Leon subjugating the Demon King of Destruction, the demonic forces’ offensive has weakened. The Holy Empire made a plan to take advantage of that opportunity to subdue Ktos, the Demon King of Harvest, resting in the deepest part of the lands occupied by demons at the southern tip of the Radiant Continent.”
And, of course, as the being created to face the Demon King was a hero, Zeke was also called to the battlefield.
As a human being, Zeke has already developed all his abilities to the limit.
Armed with numerous relics, he thought it would be a great opportunity to subdue the Demon King of Harvest, the natural enemy of the Elyos.
“However······.”
I couldn’t even see the Demon King’s face.
The only thing standing in their way was blood and blood alone, appearing in front of the Holy Empire Army and slaughtering everyone.
“Rarael sacrifices herself to pass the time, saying that she should plan for the future.”
However, despite Rarael’s dedication, Zeke lost his left arm and right leg.
The holy relics, the only weapon that could resist the demon king who was given power by the demon god, were all shattered.
The present Sieg Krauss is no longer a body that can be called a hero.
“She introduced herself this way. He is the incarnation of the demon realm.”
“If incarnation.”
It’s talking about the god’s body.
God cannot appear in the human world.
Because its presence is so huge, it takes limitations to cross the dimension through the dimensional rift.
Even if it were possible to descend on the earth, it would consume an unimaginable amount of karma.
So, the idea was to create an alter ego with his own powers and use it as an agent on the ground.
“But if it’s the incarnation of a demon, isn’t that referring to the Demon Lord?”
However, demons usually did not need incarnations.
In the first place, the demons had absolute command over the demons, and they were granting them power in return for their loyalty.
“She was no ordinary Demon King.”
An incarnation who inherited the will of the demon realm.
In other words, a compound soul creature born from the souls of multiple demons.
“The adversary of truth.”
If the hero was created to face the demon king,
She had been created to oppose Leon.
Leon took a deep breath.
“Whoa. I was just resting now. So? Are you asking me to subdue the incarnation of the devil?”
The warrior shook his head.
“As long as she claims to be the adversary of the truth, even if I don’t ask Lord Leon to do this, the two of them will collide with each other. What I would like to ask is a teaching. Give me a chance to get revenge on him myself.”
With that said, Zeke’s eyes looking up at Leon did not show the brilliance or cheerfulness he had seen before.
Vengeance, malice, and anger.
It was the emotions of wealth that burned hot as if they were burning themselves.
“I am no longer a warrior. I don’t know what the world will be like now. But before the end of this life, I just want to defeat her, the foe who killed my comrades, with my own hands.”
So I found Leon.
He thought that if it was Leon’s magic, which was not born with the outstanding talent he was born with, but after a lot of training and hard work, he would know how to grow beyond what he is now, if his limbs were dissatisfied with Leon’s magic.
“I will exile in the Demon Kingdom. After I get my revenge, I will faithfully follow any orders. Please accept me as a disciple.”
Leon sympathized with his feelings as he received Zeke’s bloody eyes.
Above all, there was nothing bad about Leon in receiving him as a disciple.
Sieg Krauss is none other than the world’s greatest genius, guaranteed directly by God.
Once you help subdue the enemy of the truth or whatever, you will be able to wield him as your own tool at will.
Even so, Veritas, the Demon Kingdom, was in a situation where relations with neighboring countries were faltering, so no matter how many talents there were, it was insufficient.
In such a situation, it would be of great help both politically and militarily if the hero came to exile in the magic kingdom.
If there is one problem, the thought of the hero has changed.
Leon was once like a hero, so I knew it.
‘It is his true intention that he does not care what the world is.’
The hero Zeke was born as a commoner.
And, according to rumors, the family environment was not so good.
It was not just because of a simple sense of duty that Zeke tried to save the world as a hero.
Colleagues who have been training with him since childhood.
Because of his colleagues who supported him, he was able to ignite his sense of duty to protect the world even for them.
For example, for Leon, Arya, Ailee, Olivia, and Veronica were Karen and Sepia, and Melanie and Larael to the hero.
If Leon loses all of them and even his mother, will Leon be able to endure the sadness and anger on her own?
Even so, if a warrior with the world’s best talent learns quantum magic from Leon, his power will reach unimaginable territory.
A power so huge that it could literally destroy even the world.
As long as he can achieve revenge, as Leon did in the past, he will gladly accept it even if the world is torn as a result.
Will Leon be able to stop his runaway then?
No, can I stop it?
“For now, I know.”
“Are you accepting me as a disciple?!”
“But before that, I need you to promise me one thing.”
“A promise?”
“If you notice any signs of running rampant, then…”
A ray of light rose above Leon’s head.
And a powerful magic wave subdues the hero.
He lost his left arm and right leg, but the hero is a hero.
As a being who developed all abilities up to the limit of a human being, he resisted Leon’s magic wave a little bit, but a more powerful magic wave that was meaningless swept over it.
“I will kill you.”
* * *
Leon tried to heal his left arm and right leg before teaching him to be a hero.
But his injuries were no ordinary injuries.
“The Pope tried to heal my wounds, but even the power of the gods could not heal them.”
devil’s incarnation.
The adversary of truth, created by fusion of the souls of numerous demons, was dealing with the power of a powerful curse.
The injuries she suffered are not just physical injuries.
Physically, even if new flesh and bones sprout and recover from the cross section of the wound, nerves do not connect and blood does not circulate.
In the end, he had no choice but to cut off his rotting arms and legs once again.
It was unavoidable even for Leon.
“Then I’ll have to use a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg.”
Leon proposed a prosthetic arm and a prosthetic leg that was being developed with the miners.
A technology created by applying the reinforced exoskeleton that was made when arming the Hwarang Magic Division in the past.
Aurors are the power created by the influence of the soul matter created in the nervous system on magical power.
He was developing a body artifact that could freely move joints by receiving it in reverse with the power of the shadow and converting it into a nerve signal.
“It may feel a little uncomfortable because it is still in the development stage, but it will be of great help in our daily life.”
“This is a machine-made body, but you can feel it.”
“You engrave a sensor on the surface of the armor, a magic circle that receives the senses, and convert it into an auror signal and transmit it to your nervous system.”
“It’s really amazing technology.”
squeak. squeak.
He clenched his fist made of metal several times, then drew the sword he was wearing around his waist and swung it.
The body artifact, which is still in the development stage, has many problems in the process of sending and receiving auror signals with the nervous system, so there are many false senses, and there are many problems in moving quickly and accurately because there is a signal delay.
However, Zeke wielded the sword a little awkwardly at first, but soon began to swing the sword well.
“Well, I think I know the trick to some extent. I think this can be used enough for battle.”
“Looking back, it’s a great talent. But like I said, it’s still an artifact in the development stage, so this is a temporary shell I put on for everyday life. I’ll give you a new custom-made shell after the adjustment is done, so maybe it’s best not to get too used to the current one.”
Of course, this may have been unnecessary advice for Zeke, who learned the tricks and was able to move freely within 5 minutes of putting on a new body.
“Yes! Master!”
Zeke responded cheerfully with a bright expression on his face after a long time.
“Are you learning the basic theories properly in Matthew?”
“Yes. The more I knew, the more amazing theories were. These are the days when I realize that the sensations that were previously indescribable were really like this.”
“Then what’s the process for designing the light wheel?”
“Hey, that…”
“Are you sure you haven’t memorized it yet?”
“Not that. I wondered if there was a need for that…”
Sieg Krauss was an 8-circle wizard and a knight who learned the martial arts of 12 stars at the same time.
If Leon was regarded as a new race and excluded from the human frame, he was the strongest human being who reached the limit of human beings in name and reality.
Above all, Zeke asked Leon to teach him because, in a situation where he lost his left arm and right leg, he could only believe in magic.
Aura is a force created by the soul matter generated in the flow of the nervous system acting on magical power.
And it was the same even with the body Leon had made.
At the most, the aurors that can be dealt with are about 11 stars.
Of course, there were a lot of Aurors as they once achieved the martial arts of 12 stars, but it was inevitable that there was not enough to deal with the status of the deep sword, which is the pronoun of the 12 stars.
In such a situation, breaking the eight circles engraved in his heart and building up a light ring from scratch was the most dreadful challenge to Zeke.
“But you have already lost even with 8 circles of magic.”
“Ugh…”
“In order to contain more magical power than we have now, we have no choice but to destroy the vessel we have now and build a larger vessel from scratch.”
At Leon’s words, Zeke shook his head with a dark expression.
Leon is right.
Zeke came to Leon to break the limits he had hitherto.
If such a Zeke is afraid of change, he will not be able to break the limits forever.
As soon as he was determined, Zeke immediately slumped to the floor and broke the circle in his heart.
It was such a bold move that what he had been hesitant about until now felt like a lie.
Then, using the light ring design technique learned in the Tower of Truth, the light ring is engraved on the head.
Although it must have been the first time, Zeke designed the circle as if he had repeated this action many times.
A circle emitting light from above absorbs the surrounding magical energy, overlapping space-time to form the second circle.
“Up to 2 circles at a time?”
Leon was amazed at the talent of such a hero, but his limitations were not that much.
When the second circle was filled with magic power, space-time overlapped once again, forming the third circle.
“You see this and call it a talent?”
For some reason, Leon smiled bitterly at the feeling of relative deprivation.