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#129. Element of Destruction (2)
A flash of light filled the space.
One thousandth of a second.
It’s an extreme moment where you don’t even realize that your vision has blinked.
The scenery before and after the light changed 180 degrees.
Phagec!
The terrifying lightning spear was about to pierce Allager’s shoulder.
Jeez!
This time, the gap in the space that had been torn open just in time swallowed up the window.
Then, he spat it out somewhere else.
It’s the same story as when Curiossa first appeared, but the results were dramatically different.
An attack with a speed that is difficult to keep up with.
Because Curiosa failed to control the direction of the space where the window was spit out.
Dismissal! Bam!
The lightning spear crashed into the wall, leaving a black bullet hole the size of a person’s head.
Pusss──
It all starts with a handful of ash that fell from a bullet hole.
But the next moment.
Saaaa …
The wall began to crumble and disappear in an instant.
Centered around the bullet mark.
Stretching outwards.
In the blink of an eye, a huge hole appeared in the wall, and the building, already weakened by the battle, began to collapse, screaming, “Please stop killing me!”
Kugugugugugu───!!
The ruined building howled like a beast being held captive.
Large, thick drops of debris poured down like an avalanche towards the humans inside the beast’s body.
An urgent situation where you could be buried if you don’t get out quickly.
However, Ray just looked up with a calm gaze.
‘I didn’t expect it to be this powerful.’
The attack on Allegheny was a deliberate act.
Because the principle of negotiation was an appropriate balance of persuasion and threats.
In other words, it was carrot and stick.
─But Ray, if you whip like this, the opponent will die… .
The illusion of Philip, who was smiling beside me, disappeared after being hit by a falling object.
“You…! What the…!”
Curiosa, who had disappeared with the ripples of space, reappeared next to Allegheny.
The chunks and debris that fell over my head were all eaten up by the gaps in space that appeared momentarily.
And for the boy.
Phage crackle!
All the falling objects turned into black ash and scattered as soon as they touched the thick electric shock that enveloped their entire bodies.
The result was that the power of the jewel was completely revealed, with no need to hide it any longer.
‘… The output has definitely increased.’
When comparing before and after entering the building, the amount of mana that can be drawn at once has increased.
It’s not a large amount.
Enough to make it clearly noticeable.
I felt like the limit of what the jewel’s mana could handle had been expanded thanks to the excitement and thrill it brought up throughout the battle with Allager.
“… … .”
But still.
‘This is only a very small part of the true power of the gem.’
I didn’t feel like I was making the most of the gems.
Guessworks and assumptions flashed through my mind.
If you later complete your emotions and achieve complete communion with the jewel’s mana.
and.
Collect the remaining six gems to complete the related emotions and achieve complete communion.
If only we could merge them all into one original thing called a rainbow.
“… … .”
Wouldn’t it be possible to make something beyond imagination a reality?
A pure thrill captured the boy’s body and mind.
Kugugugugugu───!
How much time has passed like that?
The collapse is finally over.
Under the dim sunlight streaming through the disappeared ceiling, acrid dust danced dizzily.
Some of the dust cloud stirred violently as someone shouted.
“I think we’re all going to die right now─!”
“I think you’re mistaken.”
Curiosa flinched for a moment.
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Crackle! Crackle!
Between the dust slowly disappearing.
The boy’s eyes glowed with a dazzling light, and his entire body, still covered in an eerie electricity, was revealed.
A voice so soft it sends goosebumps all over your body.
“I have the initiative.”
It crushed all the silence around it.
“There’s no way I’d let Allegheny go without doing anything.”
“… … .”
Curiosa’s anger, which had been rising rapidly, stopped for a moment.
“I’m sure you can sense what kind of emotions Allegheny has and how strong they are.”
“… … .”
“If I just let him go, he’ll definitely come running back to stab me again at any moment.”
Curios’ anger no longer grew, but rather gradually subsided.
Even though the boy’s words had some logical validity.
Rather, it was largely due to the boy’s sudden change in momentum.
‘This is….’
In addition to the magical electricity emanating from the boy’s entire body, an extremely thick anger was also emanating from him.
A feeling of suffocation.
The ability to sense other people’s emotions extremely sensitively was actually strangling its owner.
‘Again, like this… The intensity of the emotions is much more… … than last time.’
The boy was always like that.
I always suddenly felt a surge of emotion.
It was a deep emotion that I had never felt from anyone before.
That was why Curiosa always kept a certain distance when watching the boy.
Because the pure emotions that could explode at any moment were like poison to me.
‘I can’t… breathe…’
My breathing became rapid.
I had a question.
indeed.
Even if I were to be released from the leash called curiosity.
Will I be able to fight and win against the boy in front of me?
I couldn’t figure it out.
I wasn’t sure.
Even though I know that there is clearly an unbridgeable gap between the 2nd and 4th circles.
I was also curious.
Is the current situation also within the picture the boy intended?
… this was also unknown.
Because to the monster of curiosity, the boy was unknown.
Curiosity about the boy in Curios’ arms grew.
dump!
Curiosa, who had been holding on and holding on, knelt down and gasped for breath.
Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.
Maybe the boy might actually succeed in catching the doctor.
Curiosa’s bowl.
A dot of purple mana passed by and disappeared.
At a speed that no one can perceive.
*
Ray used white mana on the unconscious Allager.
A bright glow permeated my entire body, healing my internal injuries.
“… … .”
Ray’s white eyes aimed at Allager’s heart.
The opponent’s ring was no longer visible there.
Because just a few minutes ago, Ray had destroyed Allager’s circles just as Curiosa had instructed him.
‘As expected, the destruction of the circle was real.’
When I was taking classes at a bookstore.
Ray had been peppering Graham with questions about all sorts of things related to magic, including one about destroying the Circle.
“Circle destruction… As far as I know, it’s an impossible act. Once formed, the circle has high durability that makes it unaffected by any amount of mana activity.”
“But I don’t know. The world of magic is infinitely wide and deep. It’s entirely possible that my knowledge just doesn’t reach far.”
Circle destruction can be real.
The old man only mentioned a small possibility, but the boy was confident.
I thought that if it was possible to create a circle, it would also be possible to destroy it in reverse.
The boy, burning with curiosity, later had his own circle and conducted experiments within a safe range.
─Woooooooooo!
All possible elements were used.
I tried all sorts of things, including applying pressure and impact to the inner walls of the circle and doing handstands.
“The circle is too tight.”
But there was no harvest.
The more I thought about it, the more my confidence deepened.
“… If we do a little more here, we might damage the circle.”
It was because of a feeling that it might or might not work out.
When you arrive at success, it feels like you just need to knock down one more wall to get there.
That’s why I wasn’t giving up on the possibility of destroying the circle.
I met Curiosa.
“Kid. How did you know that I had knowledge of destroying circles?”
I didn’t know that.
I just thought it was possible.
Because Curiossa’s room was full of books and things that looked like magic-related tools.
Also, the ripples of atmospheric mana that Curiosa would observe would sometimes disappear and then reappear.
The return can take hours.
Sometimes it took longer, several days.
I thought maybe he had used spatial magic to travel somewhere.
‘You must have been to many places.’
He will have more experience and knowledge than a normal wizard.
I thought maybe you knew about the destruction of the circle.
“Did you take a peek inside my head? Hmm… .”
The prediction was right.
Judging from the reaction, it seems that circle destruction is a very secret technique.
Ray pulled away.
“I’m curious. How do you know the principles and methods of destroying circles?”
“… … .”
Stillness and silence.
Soon a dull voice came out from behind Curiosa’s mask.
“The ruins… It was written on the stone tablet I saw there. It was a perfect theory. Beautifully so. However, I thought it was a theory close to fantasy that could not be put to practical use. Because…”
The words trailed off for a moment and then continued.
“…because it was a technology that could only be used if it could handle all the elements that existed.”
The principle of circle destruction that Curiosa taught Ray was simple.
It will combine all the existing elements.
Inject the unified compound into the opponent’s circle.
…it was easy to say, but practically close to impossible.
There are close to a hundred known elements in existence, but an individual can only handle about 20 of them at most, depending on the nature of the circle.
There were no exceptions.
Any wizard, no matter what.
There is also something called dynamics between elements.
If you attach elements that don’t go well together.
Woohoo──!!
“… … .”
They bounced off each other with such strong repulsion.
Curios felt confused as he sensed the elements of change and maintenance flying far into the air.
‘This is normal.’
He turned his gaze to the boy.
Woohoo──
Currently on the boy’s palm.
The elements in the air were gathering there.
Although it is only a small amount.
All existing elements.
It didn’t explode or bounce off.
They just clumped together and clumped together… the very same lump that had corroded Allegheny’s circle.
Curiosa muttered, feeling her stomach turn.
“This is ridiculous.”
“… … .”
“Kid, what on earth are you?”
Ray looked at the top of his palm without saying a word.
To others, it was an empty space with nothing in it, but there was something reflected in the boy’s white eyes.
It was a black bead.
It was an infinitely black color, as if it had absorbed all light.
It looked like a small hole in the air, with no sense of light or shade or texture.
“… … .”
It’s not like I’ve never made black mana before.
When I was younger, it was routine to spend all day experimenting with the mana in the air.
But it was not possible to create a black color this pure.
‘Back then, the ability to manipulate elements was much lower than it is now.’
To put it simply, there were limitations to color mixing.
When colors were mixed haphazardly, the result was always black, but traces of other colors remained, so it could not be called pure achromatic.
“… If I mix more colors, I think I can make a completely black color.”
I tried, but it wasn’t possible.
Because elements that do not get along strongly refuse to mix with each other.
“… … .”
But now it was different.
Ray had an epiphany as he watched the emotional whirlwind that was forming in the vessels of Colin and other supporters.
Love and hate.
A whirlwind of love and hate.
Even emotions with opposing properties can be combined in some cases.
Ray applied the principle directly to the combination of elements.
And the result is.
Woof─
It was the same as now.
The red and blue mana flowing before Ray’s eyes began to mix together and create a new color.
Red and blue mana, the main ingredients.
‘The elements of fire and water.’
Elements that were originally impossible to combine even in extremely small amounts gently adhered to the boy’s guidance.
It required a high level of concentration.
The mental fatigue was also considerable.
However, since it was not a battle, there was no disruption to the work.
Other elements on the opposite side could also be bound in the same way, although the amounts and times required were different.
As a result.
Wooooow──
The boy mixed all the colors of mana that existed in the air and created pure black.
“… … .”
The boy recalled what had happened a few minutes ago.
The moment when the first black bead, made in this manner, was injected into the ring through Allager’s arm.
As soon as the marbles reached their destination, they caused a tremendous effect.
「──────」
Allegheny’s ring, starting close to the bead, turned black and crumbled like ash.
And then it disappeared in an instant.
All four rings.
As if it had never been there in the first place.
Additionally, the black bead gradually decreased in size while performing its role, and eventually disappeared.
While I was lost in thought, I heard Curiosa’s voice.
“That’s what it said on the stone tablet. That was the element of destruction.”