The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 298
“Enough then!”
After the hero finished his business, he turned around and left the room as if he had no regrets.
The elders looked at the place where the hero was with a bewitched expression, then looked at each other and muttered.
“her?”
“That…Warrior?”
The ‘hero’ that the elders thought was not like that.
No, quite a few people would all have the same image of a hero.
A knight with a holy sword Sense of justice Uprightness that never compromises… ….
Even if that knight turned into a wizard, it would be no different.
Would God choose a worthless person as a warrior?
After picking and choosing, wouldn’t it be natural to want to pick someone who is a bit sound and listens well?
So, of course, I think that the type of model student is a hero.
This is not prejudice.
It is just an answer that history has told us and came out of natural logic.
But what is that
Where on earth do you see that being a warrior? It’s just a common sight when you go down the street.
“That me…!”
At that time, one of the elders, who had been still, fell down belatedly grabbing the back of his neck.
It seemed that he was quite resentful of even turning his eyes upside down.
“Elder Jace! Come to your senses!”
“I’m a person who has been under a lot of stress lately, but of course….”
The elders had to close their eyes tightly as they picked up Elder Jace, who had collapsed from a fire disease.
It reminds me of something that just happened.
– Oh, I don’t work without compensation? There are many places more urgent than here. really!
– Oh, you want to become a warrior with just a few pennies? Don’t you have that much money in the tower? No, I’m not asking for money, it’s money, just basically… …You know?
Quick.
“Cheer cuckoo!”
“Elder Car Kareid…! Even you… …! Oh no! Take control of your heart!”
The moment I remembered, the second elder grabbed the back of my neck and fell down.
The mournful sighs of the three remaining elders filled the room, leaving the fallen elder Kareid behind.
“so…What will you do?”
“No huh…this really… ….”
Since the two lost their minds, it was up to the remaining three to worry.
As a result, the warriors who scraped their insides in all kinds of ways.
The price the hero offered.
“From now on, all the manpower in the tower will be diverted to research on divine magic….”
Holy magic research.
The hero said to study the power that they called the apostle earlier.
If he asked for magic tools or money, he would just give them away, but this is a different story.
how much time will it take
Also, I have no idea how many people will be needed.
“It’s not even normal magic, and it’s not an attempt to fuse holy power and mana in earnest. In order to proceed according to the hero’s words, at least all of the tower’s personnel must be mobilized to make any progress.”
“Surely so.”
The elders continued their discussion with dark expressions on their faces.
No matter how closed the tower has been, it has not built a wall at all.
It is true that the news coming from outside is unusual.
If nothing had happened, it would have been an unreasonable demand, but the current situation is not very good.
In the end, the request of the hero now is no different from saying that the tower should abandon the ‘closedness’ that it has maintained so far.
There is even a justification for the current hero’s request… ….
“first…Isn’t the most important thing whether the hero can solve the tower lord’s problem?”
“but.”
All the troubles were created under the premise that the warrior could eventually solve the tower owner’s problem.
The Crisis of the 8th Circle Great Mage.
Of course, it is clear that the hero is also a member of the 8th circle and is an out-of-standard person who uses divine magic.
But what about this time… ….
“…But could a hero heal something like trauma?”
“I mean.”
The elders were aware of the situation the tower owner was in to some extent.
No matter how I look at it, my spirit wasn’t good, so I recognized it.
so i knew
“It’s easy…wouldn’t you?”
A dark period in everyone’s life.
It could be said that the thing that binds the tower now is the ‘dark age’ itself.
Will the warrior be able to liberate the tower owner from the Dark Age?
You never know. really.
* * *
[…] …Well, it’s a dark period of life.]
Heading to the place where the pagoda was located, Set muttered that with an expression as if he was looking into the distance.
[Everyone goes through a dark period in their life. It’s really unfortunate.]
“Human? Are you talking like there is no dark period?”
[…] …pretend not to know Please.]
I remember a set from the flurry period I saw in a pseudo-reality.
I sat down on a chair, crossed my legs, and it just made a fuss. Why do you hold on to shit like that when you know you’ll regret it for the rest of your life in the distant future?
i really don’t understand
– Do not really understand the contractor. Or did he just erase the memory from his head?
“….”
My past passed quietly in my head.
Before the return, to be precise, the memories before I came to my senses… ….
“…Right. Everyone has a dark period they want to bury. It is not right to attack others with it.”
– hmm.
“How come our ancestors seem to have had a dark period in their later years, not childhood.”
– ….
“It is not easy to say that the last years are the dark ages, but should I say that he is the progenitor of our family? I mean, there is something extraordinary about it.”
I know the ancestors whose existence itself evolved into the dark age while going through many hardships.
very true… …They say it’s like Walpurgis. In many ways.
– I… …I think there must have been some circumstances.
“I didn’t tell you.”
– No, it’s the ability to empathize that any intelligent body has… …Do you have something like that? now i have it… …I’m talking about it.
“Oh, yes.”
Seeing Wise do his best to make excuses, a warm smile appeared on his lips.
Seeing this guy flustered, how can my heart be warmed like this?
Weiss was still making excuses.
– For people… …There is always a moment of choice… …It’s just a stereotype that it will definitely grow in chronological order… …
“Okay, let’s say that.”
What are you talking about so much?
If you’re a person, you don’t say anything when you’re confident.
I can’t be proud of all of this, so weird nonsense comes out easily.
“Anyway, the important thing is that Topju is now a challenger in the ‘trial’. And obviously, the pagoda owner won’t pass the ordeal.”
[Why are you so sure?]
“If I had been able to pass the ordeal, the number of divine object holders would have increased by one in the first place before returning.”
For reference, there was no such thing.
We didn’t find all the gods either, and Siegfried forgot all the gods that were there… ….
Anyway, the top lord can’t pass.
It is true that he is a great mage of the 8th circle and a competent person, but when it comes to trials, ‘being competent’ is not enough in the first place.
Besides, even the contents of this ‘trial’ are perfect for arousing the tower’s owner’s trauma… ….
‘Is it more accurate to say that the apostle in charge is like that?’
In any case, objectively, the tower owner’s probability of passing the ordeal converged to 0%.
Fortunately, however, this ‘trial’ is not something that only one person can respond to. Challengers can have two or three if they wish.
Then the story is easy.
[Well then, first of all, your goal is to free the tower owner from this ‘trial’, right? You complete the ordeal and get sick.]
“Um.”
[…] …Mikhail?]
After staring into the air for a while and pondering over and over again, I opened my mouth.
“Does it really need to be liberated?”
[huh…?]
“When you reach the 8th circle, being a human naturally becomes lazy. You can aim for a higher level, but this… …It means you don’t become desperate.”
[So?]
“Graduate student in the 8th class…This is valuable again. It’s not easy to be crazy about research with an 8th-circle level brain running like that.”
[…] ….]
Set looked at me quietly.
Where the eyes see the trash.
why are you looking at me like that
“If someone needs to sacrifice for the future of the world…Wouldn’t that be a graduate student from the 8th circle?”
[Don’t fuck.]
“…hmm.”
Apparently, my thinking was way ahead of its time.
[Besides, you promised the elders to restore the pagoda owner to its original state. If you do something like that, it won’t come back to normal… ….]
“Why do you think it is impossible?”
[No, what kind of sophistry… ….]
“Isn’t it enough to make you enjoy yourself as a graduate student?”
Wise, who had been listening to me quietly, interjected.
– We decided to call it mind manipulation. Contractor.
[Yes, there is nothing different from saying that you will make people give up.]
“….”
is it?
I’ve lived a similar life, but I don’t think I’ve ever given up on being a human being.
Even after going through such a process, I am confident that I have become a more righteous human being than anyone else.
– The contractor’s expression is strange.
[Leave it. It’s probably full of unfounded confidence. Who stopped that?]
“….”
Seriously, these days, why are these two so upset that they can’t eat me?
I don’t know at all.
* * *
As I moved while thinking about many things, before I knew it, I had arrived in front of the tower owner’s room.
And upon arrival… ….
– Giving up Ohhhh!
…A desperate scream greeted me through the door.
“Um, great.”
It’s to the extent that memories of the time when he repeatedly practiced while vomiting blood under Master Merdin came to mind.
Feelings of sympathy.
The moment I heard the scream just now, as a magician, I could understand the state of the tower owner.
[Great…?]
“It is proof that we are gradually being liberated from human emotions. We have reached the first stage, ‘denial’.”
[…] …Isn’t that just the wrong way to be liberated from life?]
“Isn’t it similar?”
Isn’t life and emotions similar in terms of liberation?
Beyond the gate, a fierce battle was unfolding.
– shut up! You guys don’t have a choice. Whether you pass the ordeal or not and live your whole life like this, only one of the two!
– I’d rather kill you! I mean kill!
– You can’t write a thesis if you die.
– No shit!
“….”
Miss you. There was a time when I was like that too. Even Master Merdin would not allow me to die.
Of course, it wasn’t because of affection or anything like that, but the reason was that there was no one to inherit the autonomous circulation system if I just died.
You should live and use it, so why waste it?
I have to save it with evil and can.
After all, I can’t keep listening to that crazy conversation.
Quaang!
I kicked the tower owner’s door and went inside.
– What?!
“What are you, a graduate student?!”
As soon as you enter, what you see is Aleista, the tower owner, attached to the desk like an inanimate object, buried in all sorts of papers.
The image of the pagoda owner I had heard from my father was, to put it mildly, an old man who was more like a wizard than anyone else and had a clean look.
But should I say that what’s there right now is more like a withered mummy than a human… ….
What is clear, however, is that it doesn’t look like a human.
– who are you?
The ‘apostle’ attached to the tower owner frowned and looked at me.
A wildly grown beard.
Sharp eyebrows and tousled gray hair that hadn’t been taken care of at all… …She is wearing a white coat that has been stained here and there, probably because it has not been maintained.
He looked at me, then turned his gaze to my shoulder.
– …hmm? set?
[…] …Long time no see.]
At that, Set let out a small sigh and spoke to the apostle.
[Ptah.]
– It’s been a while.
The apostle Ptah, who was staring at Set with wide eyes, said,
The two apostles reunited after thousands of years.
What kind of reaction is Ptah… …
– Did you come all this way because you wanted to be a graduate student?
hmm.
First of all, I’m not crazy.
No matter how you look at it, it’s just a demon haunting the poor victim.
Set let out a small sigh.
[No, not mine, you can see it here. Mikhail. He will do it.]
– Hmm… ….
Ptah looked at me quietly and tilted her head.
– You’re answering the ordeal?
“That’s right.”
– No, I can see the half-goal award just by looking at it, but I don’t think you’ll be able to withstand my ordeal.
“No what.”
I said with a bright smile.
“So you’re not going to accept it?”
– It’s not.
“Then you can take it.”
At my words, Ptah looked at me with a suspicious expression.
– …what? something strange
“Haha no need to worry!”
To put it bluntly.
I already know how to pass this ordeal with certainty.
The ‘enlightenment’ that Ptah wants is already clearly conceived in my head.
Yes, it is possible to pass the trial with a one-second cut.
however.
‘That’s no fun again.’
If there is an ordeal, you have to pull out enough to eat and use it.
One question here.
Is the apostle in the position of superior to the challenger who responds to the ordeal?
Most of them are like that. The tower in front of me is an example of that.
But is it ‘absolute’?
no it can’t be
An apostle is always the best for anyone he can communicate with.
Of course, if you are incompetent, you will be able to communicate and leave and just be crushed.
But what if there is a madman who is both capable and dumb?
In some cases, even the lower pole is possible.
Of course I wasn’t crazy.
just just… ….
‘Crazy ON.’
I’m just playing a madman.
