Limit Breaking Genius Mage Chapter 131

Episode 131: The Commander's Jewel (4)

“It wasn’t darkness. It was the carapace of a bug. I could only run away as I watched my comrade’s body disappear into the darkness in an instant.”

────Gold Rank Adventurer, Chekelin

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Verden fell into the darkness, pulled by gravity.

Not stopping there, he additionally used flight magic to increase his speed even further.

The scenery of the cliffs on both sides passed quickly.

If it had hit the ground like that, it would have been impossible to find its shape, but Verden was confident.

Because the ability to manipulate delicate objects was one of his specialties.

As I was falling into the abyss at full speed, a rustling sound passed by my ears.

As I looked down, the darkness on the wall was moving.

'That's it.'

The 'Black Loach', a mutant species recorded in the adventurers' records.

They are carnivorous insects that usually sleep all day attached to the walls of caves, but when prey comes or they are hungry, they form groups and hunt.

Each one is as big as a human head, and they usually consist of several hundred individuals in a group.

They have excellent color sensing abilities and react sensitively to intruders within their territory.

Even if you use transparency.

This is a species that even adventurers avoid because it is so annoying to deal with.

But the Black Loach in the deep ravine was a whole other level.

'At least ten thousand units as determined by magic power detection.'

It's a crazy number, it seems like they have no natural enemies.

That would be enough to destroy a decent city.

Before we knew it, Verden had entered the center of Blackroach's territory.

The guys who had been hesitating for a long time now fully recognized the intruder.

It flapped its wings disgustingly and moved around, so much so that it literally looked like the walls were moving.

Wooooow!

A sound that stimulates the wind.

Soon, the Black Roaches all flew up and rushed at Verden.

If you were exposed to that crowd naked, you'd be boneless in the blink of an eye.

<Flame Curtain>

Verden was engulfed in flames all over his body.

Black Roach's ranks, which had been charging forward in a reckless manner, were incinerated.

But that's only part of it.

The Black Loach pack never stopped hunting.

Ta-da-da-dak!

Tadadadadadadak!

Dying over and over again.

A nauseating smell of carbonated food tickled my nose.

That's when hundreds of them died.

[Kiririck.]

A black roach poked its head through a damaged part of the curtain.

The black eyes characteristic of insects. The four-pronged jaw wiggled.

Verden frowned.

“……It’s disgusting.”

It was honestly disgusting.

<The Curtain of the Whirlwind>

The wind blew in a circle.

The group of Blackroaches that had gathered around were swept away, and soon the whirlpool turned black.

Blackroaches hit the wall in shock.

But their shells weren't broken to that extent.

He charged towards Verden again.

'They're quite persistent.'

Territorial species usually give up on pursuing someone once they leave their territory.

However, there was no sign of that happening to the Black Loach gathered here.

'We have no choice but to annihilate them all.'

Of course, Verden had a way. He had already obtained information through the adventurers' records.

Chaos magic using the center of the three primary colors.

Among the spells I've been thinking about while training lately, here's one that fits.

'So the first priority is to gather them all in one place.'

Verden, having finished his thoughts, released the curtain of whirlwind.

<Outburst>

A burst of compressed air created a breach in the siege.

Then, Verden used the magic <Weight> embedded in his shoes and quickly passed through the gap.

Then, he immediately performed evasive maneuvers to avoid pursuit.

A precise movement that even Black Loach can't even brush past.

Even if it was Verden, it was physiologically impossible for it to be touched by man-eating insects.

Hwaaaaah!

I fell into the darkness as if I was racing through the air.

I glanced back and saw that the distant ravine was filled with bustling black roaches.

Now was the time.

Verden focused his magical power on the tip of the Oculus.

'What I need is a chain of destructive power that is widespread.'

A symbol of the reverse flow appeared in his right eye.

The spread of <Chain Lightning>.

Contagion of <Flame Plague>.

The wind surrounded it and strongly compressed the magic itself.

The disassembly and reassembly of magic and concentrated magic, all located on the fourth level.

Normally, Verden would need several tens of seconds to calculate, but Maan did it instead.

A strong enough repulsion force to be a burden even to Verden.

If it had been anyone else, he would not have been able to maintain the magic and would have perished.

It was Verden's hard work that made that possible.

Verden, who had finished preparing, turned his back and extended his oculus.

<Military thunderbolt>

A small blue sphere disappeared between the black roaches.

and.

────Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!

The compressed chloride exploded, sending hundreds of lightning bolts engulfing the space.

The Black Loach that touched it died instantly, and death spread in all directions like an infectious disease.

A particularly deadly spell to a group of insects that are clinging to each other as if they were glued to each other.

In the blink of an eye, a bolt of lightning reached the caster, Verden.

Verden was stuck to the wall of the pit.

<Terrain Manipulation>

Manipulate the terrain while falling.

Not only that, but it also permeated other walls that came into Ma-an's sight with magical power.

It was terrain manipulation through triple casting.

As he slashed the air upwards as if scratching with an Oculus, the terrain came together and a ceiling was created above Verden.

Between the Black Loach group and Verden, where a magical plague is spreading.

The space of the vast abyss was divided.

Kugugugugugugugugu!

I can hear it through the wall.

The sound of the agonized Blackroach crashing into the wall and the contagious explosions that were emanating from between them.

The ceiling is starting to crack.

But soon after, it became quiet.

Black Roach was annihilated by a plague of fire and lightning.

Or maybe the crowd was annihilated to a comparable degree.

'No matter what, I can't chase after you any longer.'

When I used Ma-an repeatedly, I got a backlash.

The same goes for the head and magic circuits. The difficulty of the magic used just before was very high.

As Verden headed down, shaking off his fatigue, the end was finally near.

Verden landed on the ground and looked around.

'It's huge.'

Unlike the scenery so far, a huge cavity appeared in my field of vision whose size could not be determined even with the use of hints.

The darkness of silence.

A shallow layer of fine-grained sand was laid on the bottom.

There is no sign of any attack or movement.

All I can feel is the aura of death stimulating my senses.

Verden stepped forward.

And finally.

'Found it.'

Commander's Orb.

It was sitting on top of a huge sand mountain, emitting a faint purple light.

I don't know how they got up there though.

The fact that the mission is just around the corner has not changed.

'The effort paid off.'

Now, take that, get your reward, and go to the auction house to buy whatever you want.

And up to the 5th rank.

Bohemian Tower.

It was no different from taking a few steps closer to becoming the absolute transcendent being of the seventh level.

I got closer to revenge.

The moment Verden approached the jewel while thinking like that.

I felt an unfamiliar presence.

“The Commander’s Orb! I finally found it!”

A voice heard from far away.

He quietly turned his gaze to the side.

Three humans dressed in black robes of extraordinary beauty.

At the center of it all, a man so ugly that you'd think he looked like a ghoul if he came to life.

In front of him were five undead made of mutilated pieces of meat.

'… … crumbler?'

It looks like it's not a naturally occurring entity.

It was probably summoned using a black magic summoning spell.

'A group of black magicians came to a cave where no light enters.'

As far as Verden knows, there is only one group of warlocks that would come here.

The glory of the corpse.

Verden's job has been decided.

<Flare>

The flame ray approached Kun'el.

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Verden explored a cave where no light could enter, fighting a fierce battle.

In contrast, Kunel and his party's journey was very peaceful.

It was thanks to Kunel's special trait that he was able to understand the command more deeply.

Even though there were hundreds of passages right in front of me, I never got lost, and I easily detoured whenever I encountered a troublesome alien species.

Since there were three of us, we didn't have to worry about dying while taking a short nap.

Of course, it was a suffocating and arduous journey deep underground for several days.

In the end, I was able to arrive at my destination without any injuries and without using up much magic power.

“Ahhh. I can feel it, the energy of the Commander’s Orb!”

Kun-El couldn't hide his laughter.

I was wondering what to do when the jewel was stolen unexpectedly by a traitor who suddenly appeared.

If this was the case, it was certain that Nosa, whom he respected, trusted, and followed, would be satisfied.

And ultimately, it is a giant step towards the goal of the glory of the corpse.

Kun-El couldn't help but be happy that he was the main character.

I finally found it while I was wandering in the darkness.

The spirit's jewel shining brightly on the sand mountain.

“The Commander’s Orb! I finally found it!”

Kun-El tried to approach with a high-pitched scream.

But then, at the edge of my vision, I saw an unfamiliar figure.

He was a very famous person.

'Huh? Why are there people here… …?'

It's abnormal.

Even Karzan and Daniel, who followed him, were perplexed.

Honestly, it gave me the creeps.

A person who exists in a place so deep that no human hand can reach it. I couldn't understand it no matter how hard I tried.

This was not a warlock's emotion, but a natural human emotion.

That was when.

A ray of fire flew in.

“Huh?!”

Kun-El opened his eyes wide.

He set up a shield of crumblers and surrounded them with a <Soul Shroud>.

Kwaaaaah!

Undead who couldn't be stopped for even a moment and melted into flames.

Moreover, even part of the soul curtain was damaged.

'Did you concentrate your magical power to the limit of magic…?'

It's the power of ignorance.

Kun'el clicked his tongue and raised a wide wall of skulls from the ground.

In this way, he created a means to protect his body and gained time to conserve his magical power.

Verden thought as he saw that.

'You're quick at judging situations.'

Judging by the way you deal with surprise attacks, you seem to be used to combat.

But what if this?

<Terrain Manipulation>

The terrain began to ripple and soon a giant tidal wave engulfed the skeleton wall.

Cracks began to appear in the massive mass, and soon the wall collapsed.

Behind them were the warlocks.

However, Kun'el was not such an easygoing warlock.

<Death of the Earth>

He slammed the staff to the floor.

A curse that causes skeletons to rattle and fall down.

Karzan and Daniel assisted from the side, maximizing the power and range of the curse.

As the earth died, it lost the concept of terrain.

Verden's magic flowed out, and an uncontrolled tidal wave of sand engulfed the surrounding area.

Kun-El and his party were swept away by it.

This was a result that was different from Verden's original intention of crushing him to death in one breath.

Verden narrowed his eyes.

'Even if magic penetrates, it doesn't move. At this rate, I won't be able to use terrain manipulation anymore.'

A curse magic that corresponds exactly to terrain manipulation.

Verden has raised his assessment of his opponent's level by one level.

“Coolook, coolook!”

Kun-El woke up, shaking the sand off his head.

He coughed and gave Berden a sharp look.

“Who the hell are you? Who are you to dare attack us!”

I have no intention of answering.

Verden activated the magic eye.

This is a common area where no human eyes can see. There is no risk of Verden's abilities being exposed.

In addition, there was no intention of sending any survivors other than Verden out.

Three warlocks.

The sand beneath their feet shifted.

"hmm?!"

Kun-El noticed and quickly left the place, but the other two did not.

Kwajik!

“Kuaaaahh …

A spear of earth rose from the ground and pierced Daniel's back.

His heart was destroyed before he could respond and he soon died.

Karzan fell to the floor with his knees bruised.

Kun-El's eyes trembled slightly.

'Earth Sphere? But how can you cast magic from a distance…?'

weird.

Suddenly, I felt magic in an empty place.

It's a phenomenon that I can't understand, and have never heard of.

'Could it be that the attacker also has a special trait?'

My head is getting complicated.

Kun-El was more confused than ever when the Commander's Orb was stolen.

In the meantime, Verden approached Karzan, who was closest to him.

He desperately cast black magic, but it was a meaningless resistance.

<Stone Crack>

A shard of rock the size of a house snatched Karzan's arm away, and Verden, who had come within a stone's throw, swung his Oculus.

The concentrated magical power was converted into a shock wave, and Karzan's upper body was shattered beyond repair.

'This leaves only one thing.'

Kun-El shouted in anger after losing two of his subordinates in an instant.

“Why on earth are you attacking us! What did we do? What is the reason!”

“…….”

“Speak up! Please!”

I felt like I was going crazy because of the suffocation in Kun-Elo.

After coming down the cave where there was no light, I was attacked by a strange man wearing a light green robe.

Besides, the level is no joke.

If he wasn't careful, Kun-El might die too. Without even knowing what was going on.

Well, it wasn't Verden's fault.

'Let's finish this and go back.'

A blue current flashed across the Oculus.

At that moment.

[Estiria… … Kingdom… … .]

A chilling voice echoed throughout the room.