Limit Breaking Genius Mage Chapter 514

Episode 514: The Conversation Chapter (3)

"therefore……."

Verden summarized the remarks he had just heard from Dahith into one paragraph.

“While observing a frozen wizard with no magical circuits, I began to contemplate the stability of the hierarchy, and that led me to doubt the naturalness of magical circuits, is that correct?”

"okay."

“The delusions are excessive.”

Verden dismissed the view without hesitation.

That's crazy.

Even though it's my personal opinion, to describe the hierarchy of a wizard as something like breeding is not enough to be criticized and despised by the magical community.

Dahit snorted.

“It certainly deserves to be accused of being crazy. No matter how much you say it’s just a hypothesis, I can’t deny that it’s over the top. Of course, if it’s just a guess.”

“It sounds like there is clear evidence.”

“You’re trying to learn a lot with just one question.”

In every way, Dahit seems to have no doubts about his own thoughts. What on earth is the basis of that confidence?

Verden pushed the other person's answer to the back of his mind and opened his mouth again, recalling the questions he had originally intended to ask.

Second question.

“I have seen your research notes that the bodies of ancient wizards can accept external magic with an odd ease. What have you found out about that?”

Dahit mentioned that the corpses of the ancients had true value other than the absence of magic circuits.

It meant that there was a special element that Verden and Isabella had not noticed, as they had not had time to properly examine him.

Verden opened the [Eternal Hourglass] twice more before meeting Dahit, but unlike the first time, he did not obtain any significant information.

Dahit said.

“As you know, magic is not a power that originated from humans. It has been an essential element that has made up this world since its beginning, regardless of humans.”

“…….”

“Strictly speaking, the race that is truly qualified to be called a magician by handling pure magic power is the elves of the Great Forest. Unlike humans, the inhabitants of this closed-off great nature are able to use natural magic power without filtering.”

Dahit put his arms on the table.

“In that sense, the magic circuits of elves are indistinguishable from those of humans. Even though they may seem similar at first glance, their core characteristics are different, so it’s safe to say that they’re completely separate entities. The term “special magic circuit” for elves’ unique organs is merely a convenient term used in the magic world.”

anyway.

“I have developed a hypothesis about the magic of ancient wizards.”

For a wizard, the temporary premise prior to verification is like fate.

“That frozen ancient being had no magic circuits, so his magic resistance was extremely low, and he was able to accept magic from outside. However, his physical structure was different from that of an elf, so he would not have been able to handle magic. However, magic existed even before the first magic tower, and I judged that there must be some kind of ‘medium’ in the middle.”

A means of processing external magical power to create a magical form.

“And I found it.”

Bam.

Dahit touched my neck.

“It’s the ‘vocal cord.’ Looking at the entire body of the ancients, this is the part of the body that had the strongest ability to accept external magical power. In addition, judging from the fact that the skull and lower jaw were subtly twisted into an abnormal shape, it was possible to guess that the ancient wizard spoke a lot during his lifetime.”

In other words───

“Before the creation of hierarchical magic, it is possible that magic was cast using the voice, or ‘chanting,’ rather than calculations as is done now.”

“Voice…….'

Verden did not make a prediction, as it was a wild guess based on his imagination.

Magic spell.

It was a topic that once arose in the past magical world.

'Theory of the Magic Channel. It was said that if a magician who had deviated from the rules of hierarchy, such as a sorcerer, directly uses his voice to calculate his unique magic, his concentration would naturally increase and his power would increase.'

It was known to have shown some significant effects, but of course it was discontinued.

Because it's inefficient.

As soon as it was concluded that there was a clear advantage to performing one more magical operation at a time, it was buried.

Verden asked.

“But is it possible to cast magic with just words, without any calculations?”

“It is often said that words have power. In fact, there is a transcendent being who uses ‘language’ as power. Well, he is not a magician, though.”

The being Dahit mentioned must refer to the one who took the oath.

Verden could somewhat understand this, having dealt with knights of the age who made a pact with the oath-holder in the volcanic zone──knights who literally manifested special abilities with their words.

“It makes more sense than comparing the hierarchy to a sheep ranch.”

A third question followed.

“But aside from the interest, the question of how the ancient wizards used magic is a completely different topic from the evidence that the magical circuits did not come about naturally. Tell me now. The real core that was found in the wizard’s corpse.”

“Oh, it seems like it’s really hard to contain your curiosity. If you were to use your veto here, it would be worth seeing, but I’ll be especially lenient.”

Dahit leaned his back comfortably against the back of the chair.

“I conducted full-scale experiments, coming up with and proving various hypotheses. If you’ve seen my research records, you’ll know that I tried everything, even the most miscellaneous elements. Most of them didn’t bear fruit, but I eventually figured out the secret. The answer was that most ancient magicians who used chanting each had their own unique magic.”

Modern wizards each possess their own unique magical powers, but before they developed the magic of the past, they used a common hierarchical magic.

The hypothesis is that since ancient magicians had no hierarchy, even if they used the same external magical power, the magic they could implement would have been very different depending on their individual characteristics.

“Magical innateness. Do you understand what I mean?”

There are few things in the magical world that can be called innate.

“You’re talking about a special trait or ancient lineage.”

“Yes, the deformed magic and magic circuits. The former, the special trait, only appears in an individual, while the latter, the ancient bloodline, is passed down through blood from generation to generation. I thought that the unique magic of the ancient wizards was related to the magic derived from the special trait or ancient bloodline, so I secured modern wizards and compared them.”

Dahit himself goes on about conducting human experiments.

There was no way that the current Black Hour, known as the Death Wizards' Group, would keep to the magical ethics that even the Magic Tower violates behind the scenes.

“After thoroughly examining the magical circuits of the test subjects, we discovered something truly shocking. The ‘only line.’ We discovered a single line that starts from the heart, passes through the entire body, and reaches the brain.”

If we have to compare, the magic circuit is similar to the blood vessels of the human body.

Common sense tells us that the number of blood vessels is innumerable, and the length of these blood vessels connected together is long enough to connect continents.

So, distinguishing and specifying the magical power line was the same as closely examining each and every blood vessel in a person.

“It took me years to figure that out. I can confidently say that no other transcendent being could have done it.”

This was possible because Dahit Westroel's insight was capable of directly grasping objects and phenomena.

Verden was not shy about expressing his discomfort with human experimentation.

“So, the single strand of magical circuitry you painstakingly found is solid evidence to support your outrageous claim?”

“To conclude, yes. When we experimented with what function it had, we found that it was deeply related to the hierarchical inhibition response.”

Dahit lightly tapped his temple.

Heart, body, head.

A line of magical circuits that runs through him.

“I wondered what would happen if I removed it. I decided to try removing that magic circuit against a second-tier wizard. And I did. But guess what happened?”

Dahit whispered softly.

“The subject died instantly.”

* * *

“It’s clear that the magical circuits I destroyed had no direct connection to life. Also, even if you look at the entire magical circuit, the proportion it took up wasn’t that much. As expected, there shouldn’t have been any danger to life. However, it died in an instant before I could do anything. The other test subjects were no exception.”

It was a truly incomprehensible result.

There is something.

Dahit approached the problem with confidence and was able to come up with his own answer.

“What lies between the magic circuit and the magician is not visible to the eye. Whether you cut it off with a blade or use my magic, it is impossible to remove it while keeping the subject alive. This is because the causal relationship between the two is ‘conceptually’ connected. Do you know what this phenomenon implies?”

“…….”

Verden was lost in thought.

Although he actively exerted his magical knowledge and understanding, the clues were vague.

He shook his head.

“What is that concept?”

“It is literally the essence. It is something that beings like us always have. It is the ultimate image that encompasses the details.”

Hwaruk.

Dahit faintly created a pitch-black flame from the tip of his finger.

“Like my ‘extinction’.”

The concept that Dahit is talking about is a higher concept with a greater extension, and beings like us would mean transcendent beings.

“…….”

Verden suddenly thought deeply about the powers that the Transcendents claimed.

Bohemian Tower of Dawn, the omnipotent of Baloch Besias.

The death of Dark Warton's Tower Master, Linedel Nexleon.

Sword of Arnak, Wave of the Archduke of Rivandale.

Outside, welcome to Ignacia.

The oath-taker's words.

The space of Sheorn Kernoden, the Ark's librarian.

And Verden's 'Infinity' and 'Destruction'.

In this way, each of the transcendent beings possesses a power that symbolizes itself. The result of the interlocking of the body and enlightenment through awakening.

The properties it possesses are especially evident in transcendence or super magic. It was proof that only one's own path had been opened.

'If you express it as a concept, what Dahit is saying is… … .'

Verden opened his eyes wide.

“Are you saying that a transcendent being was involved in the creation of the magic circuit?”

“Well, maybe it came naturally but we couldn’t interpret it. But we can’t ignore the possibility that someone intervened artificially.”

Dahit laughed.

“Whatever it is, isn’t it very interesting? If it is true that someone intervened, then what on earth was the purpose of implanting magical circuits in humans?”

and.

“Perhaps that being is a transcendent being who is truly off-track. Considering that even with my power, I cannot dare to invade its entire territory.”

For a moment, Verden paused.

… … You couldn’t invade ‘everything’?

An idea flashed through my mind.

───What you find from the corpse of that ancient wizard will change the world of magic. By me. Yes, the world from now on will be based on me. No one will forget me.

Conversations from the past and present were interconnected and intertwined in my head.

“Dahit, what are you trying to do?”

“I answered four questions.”

Then Dahit folded his fingers one by one from the thumb to the ring finger.

“The last one is a veto.”

Dahit's possession even folded and his fist clenched.

“The conversation ends here.”

The air current is rushing in.

Verden reflexively gathered his power. Soon, their eyes flashed and they released a powerful magical power all at once.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A shockwave spread out so fast that the cabin was shattered in the blink of an eye, and the nearby forest was scorched. It was the aftermath of the clash between the Transcendent's power and magical power.

Two transcendent beings faced each other, separated by rubble.

“You are an unexpected obstacle, but you are also an unexpected opportunity for me.”

Dahit took out the black gloves of the artificial artifact [The Chaos of Manifestation] that he had converted in advance and put them on both hands.

“But I don’t need you alive. And since we have a long way to go, it would be more efficient to finish you off here.”

Black Hour executives, hearing the sudden noise, flew in and gathered.

A group of 12 wizards, including the first members and top executives, Karindin and Mabel, as well as upper and lower executives.

All of the Black Hour executives gathered.

Phew.

Verden summoned his staff [Interis], held it in one hand, and touched the ground.

“Efficiency may vary.”

A sudden movement that approaches in an instant, countering the power of Black Hour.

thud.

Adrian and Isabella arrived in order, followed by Osgar, Medrant, Cain, and Junia, who stopped after them.

Their faces were known to the outside world, but their identities were hidden.

And then Melad showed up.

Alderney herself was pushing her wheelchair, while Grave, sitting next to her, dropped and trampled a half-smoked cigarette.

The Dahit and Berden forces faced each other.