The Grand Mage who transcends by returning, Chapter 301
– …Are you crazy?
Reaction as expected.
Ptah was staring at me with quite fierce eyes, probably thinking that I was making fun of him.
– Breaking the circle. Do you think something great will happen with it?
“I think.”
– Nonsense! What you are saying now is equivalent to rejecting the history of magic so far. It’s a different problem from the idea you brought up earlier!
An attitude that even made me feel desperate, as if he was going to somehow stop me from doing it.
– You are the Great Mage of the 8th Circle! He reached the 8th circle at that age! To give up everything with such a futile experiment… …!
“What is absurd?”
I smiled.
“I do this after I have done all the calculations. Can you give up the circle you’ve built over your life without any grounds?”
– Tell me. Even if I can’t change your mind, I want to at least convince you.
“Well, to put it simply….”
I smiled and continued.
“It is said that I have already experimented with my body once. That’s why I’m so sure.”
– …for a moment.
He rubbed his forehead with an expression of incomprehension.
– So you mean you already destroyed your own circle once? Even so, he became the great mage of the 8th circle?
“That’s right. However, strictly speaking, when I destroyed the circle, it was not the 8th circle.”
– What does that mean?
“therefore.”
Looking at him now looking at me like a madman, he said the following.
“It sounds like it was the 9th circle.”
– ….
At that moment, Ptah stared at me frowning.
For a while, there was an unspeakably uncomfortable and long silence.
and after a while
– Are you kidding me?
Growling, Ptah said.
– Did you destroy the circle yourself because you didn’t reach the level of the 9th circle, which no one has reached in the current era? After that, did you somehow recover the 8th circle?
“To some extent, yes.”
– Ha, that’s not even funny!
To be honest, even from my point of view, it sounds like bullshit. If I were in Ptah’s position, I would have reacted similarly.
– Unless you go against time, that’s never possible… …!
“It was against me.”
– …Eh?
Ptah, who was more angry, stiffened her body.
Then he giggled and raised his head… ….
– what?
“It means that you have returned.”
I revealed the truth while answering that with a warm smile.
At my words, Ptah’s mouth trembled and was silent for a while… ….
– Damn it! Set, you can say something! What the hell is this challenger saying… …!
[That’s right… …?]
– …set?
Ptah’s pupils shook fiercely at Set’s subtle reaction.
Then he looked at me again.
– Wait a minute… ….
“I’m not lying.”
There’s no reason to hide anymore.
The drinker descended.
He must have noticed not only my existence, but even about ‘Return’.
so.
“I am a regressor.”
From now on, the fact that I am a ‘regressor’ is no longer a secret to hide.
* * *
I wonder if even the apostles couldn’t easily accept the idea of ‘return’.
After hearing my words, Ptah stared blankly into space for a while… ….
– that is…was it possible?
Soon he shook his head and muttered.
– Destroy the circles to temporarily reach the 10th circle. After going back in time with that, he rose to the half body?
“It happened.”
Of course, the reason why I was able to go back in time and step into the 10th circle for a while must have been a small share of Solomon’s blood… ….
‘After all, that’s also me.’
Isn’t that the definition of a country, including that lineage?
– …My mistake.
After a while, Ptah, who came to his senses, sighed and said,
– It’s only natural that it’s not common sense if you’re an existence that followed his arrangement in the first place.
“Looks like you got it.”
– Set is an apostle. I’ve caused trouble, and there are some things I don’t deserve… ….
Ptah said with a bitter voice.
– …I’m not lying about these things. that’s not sure
Well, the ball is the ball and the company that lives.
No matter how you feel about Set, you don’t doubt her as an ‘apostle’.
– So before the regression?
“I lost.”
– No, even if you lost, wouldn’t there be something like a miracle reversal, albeit temporarily.
“There was no such thing.”
– ….
If I had to call it a reversal, then I would be able to call it a reversal, as I was desperately returning at the end… ….
Except for that, humanity before the return was just sunk.
It wasn’t without success, but it was true that it was too insufficient to deal with the great army of demons.
– No arrangements? there was a grave Wouldn’t it have been a challenge at all?
“There was not enough talent to pass the ordeal of the tomb ‘certainly’.”
– Who is He Hekau? what the hell is he… …
“Ah, the communication window was smashed by demons who had infiltrated the church in advance….”
After that, I briefly summarized what had happened before the return.
It is because what I am trying to do now requires Ptah’s ‘understanding’ of the pre-regression.
And after hearing my explanation.
– …her.
Ptah sighed and cupped his forehead.
Even in that short interval, Sak’s face grew even brighter.
– I roughly understood. So it happened. Are you willing to reveal the fact because you decided that there was no need to hide it anymore?
“Probably even the god of drinking would have noticed. As a bonus, I need your ‘understanding’ for what I’m going to do from now on.”
– …yes i guess
Did he realize what he had to do through the words he had just said?
Ptah nodded.
– You need my strength. No, to be precise, should I say that I need my ‘sacred thing’?
“You know me well.”
Yes, what is needed is the god of Ptah.
He knows what kind of ‘divine thing’ he has and how he can use it.
It’s supposed to be information that shouldn’t be disclosed, but how did you know?
that’s it… ….
– Is that Tote the bastard?
“You know.”
Thoth did it all.
before and after regression. As an apostle with everything intertwined, I delivered the information by piercing the ‘ambiguous gap’.
In any case, Ptah’s god is right.
“< pocket watch >.”
– …Tsk.
With an expression of disapproval, Ptah clicked his tongue briefly.
I spoke again.
“< Pocket Watch > can be ‘rewinded’. It is impossible to rewind time, but it is possible to rewind the flow or form of mana.”
Currently, I am in a situation where I cannot use ‘Mana’ due to an ordeal.
However, there are some loopholes in this ordeal here, so ‘mana release’ through circle destruction does not constitute a sanctioned subject of the ordeal.
and at the same time.
As much as it blocks the use of mana from ‘outside’, Ptah has no choice but to assist me, whether it likes it or not.
Ptah, who noticed, grumbled.
– …I wonder if I’m going to use the penalty of the damn ordeal like this in reverse. Certainly when this happens, I have no choice but to do my best to calm you down no matter what.
“That’s it.”
I wonder if it is a situation where PTA has become my safety device.
Before the regression, the meaning was simply ‘breaking’ the circle.
However, breaking what I am trying to do this time is just a ‘process’ to complete a new circle style.
in other words.
– I have no intention of destroying it permanently from the beginning. After destroying it, I will use the power of my god to reassemble the circle.
“Exactly.”
– But you’re still not the owner of the sacred object? In other words, I’m not qualified to write < Pocket Watch > yet.
Ptah’s words are valid.
I am not the owner of the sacred object, so I do not have the right to use it right now.
– Well, it’s an ordeal anyway.
“No, I still have something to write about, so I have no intention of passing it.”
It is not yet time to pass.
“It looks like you didn’t say anything, but your ‘trial’ temporarily increases the challenger’s capabilities, right?”
– ….
Of course, it’s not that the degree to which the ‘capacity’ has increased is huge or anything.
In normal cases, it is so weak that it is not easy to feel it.
However, the case of Topju is different.
The rise of that ‘weak’ capacity can lead to enlightenment and the creation of new theories.
That’s why the top owner still needs time.
Ptah tilted her head.
– …So what are we going to do?
“What you have to do is simple. Just recreating < pocket watch > in front of me endlessly.”
Ptah’s expression hardened at my words.
He looked at me with a puzzled expression and then… ….
– Wait, you can’t… …
“yes.”
I’ve never tried to recreate a divine object through ‘theory’.
In the first place, the sacred object itself is the power of Asar.
Because in the past I didn’t have the ability to reproduce that ‘authority’.
But now it’s different.
Now, I have the ‘price’ to reproduce divine objects as a theory, albeit imperfectly.
“As of now, I will be interpreting The Pocket Watch.”
* * *
Second hand and minute hand.
And behind it, a gigantic mechanical device was diligently moving.
The sawtooth embroidered with mana and holy power meshes and the second and minute hands move.
– …tsk look at something
I don’t know if it will work, but Ptah moved his hand, saying he’ll show it anyway.
Then, at that moment, it stopped.
The second and minute hands, as well as all the structures that move them… ….
And slowly started moving in reverse order. Then the flow of mana in the area changed.
I saw that in my eyes.
In order to interpret, it is not enough to simply see.
It is necessary to clearly understand the structure of this flow.
‘…You have to understand the principle of < pocket watch > so you can add it to the new circle formula.’
Destruction and restoration.
The point of the circle style that I want to create anew this time is ‘change and adaptation’.
To adapt to the change of destruction and restoration.
Demon god’s power and Asar’s power.
I would say something in between.
Considering that I am a demigod, an intermediate being between a human and a god, this is quite a significant realization.
It was hard at first.
In the first place, it was not easy to interpret the principle of the pocket watch, even though the purpose was not to reproduce ‘perfectly’.
But it’s okay.
If not once, twice, if not twice, even ten times… ….
Because repeating is enough.
Either way, in the end, it was no different from a familiar ‘habit’ to me.
– …her?
Ptah, who had a sullen expression at first, changed her expression the more I repeated the interpretation.
and.
– No crazy.
His mouth hung wide open as if he couldn’t believe the scene unfolding before his eyes.
Rewinding Mana. unstable circle.
The act of ‘breaking the circle’ itself is no different from a taboo, so it must be approached carefully.
And how many times did you repeat that? Slowly, the flow of mana began to rewind at your fingertips.
Unlike the existing ones, it took on the shape of a semicircle.
Ok I got the principle.
Seeing that, Ptah’s expression turned pale, but that wasn’t so important.
What’s important is… ….
“Now.”
That you have to break the circle now.
The more you hesitate, the more time delays.
The delay meant that the time to respond to the Demon God’s movements would be reduced.
Because of that.
“Ha damn it.”
Eight rings that exist inside me.
The result was created after improving the circle, which was precarious by rolling it arbitrarily in the past, through ‘autonomous circulation’.
The circulation points that exist throughout the body are clearly felt.
The feeling of the collapse of the circle that I experienced before returning was obviously so terrible that it was completely embedded in my mind… ….
Okay.
If you have experience then it’s easy.
focus your mind
My circle without hesitation.
Kwajik!
destroyed
That moment.
“Cuck!”
The excruciating pain and exhaustion I felt before returning hit my body.
Unprecedented sensations that would not be strange even if I lost my mind right away ran rampant in my body.
Mana is released.
Wow!
Temporarily, the mana in the room began to rage like a storm.
Normally, it would be impossible to get the circle together and use another ‘magic’ in this situation.
But I’m different.
‘< pocket watch >.’
It reminds me of the ‘theory’ I learned after repeating it several times before.
The hand moved by itself.
And right after that, the ‘mana’ that moved along with the collapse of the circle started to flow into me again in reverse order.
It was a pain like a huge storm ripping through my body.
Ironically, however, the memory of overcoming so many tragedies and pains has sustained me.
so as not to collapse.
so that’s fine
Tragedy and memories.
All of them are intertwined to support my legs and back.
The circle begins to recover.
But it doesn’t mean anything until it’s restored the same way.
A ‘pocket watch’ must be added to the circle restored this time.
Besides, not eight.
‘9th circle.’
Make sure to make one more loop this time.
The pain came as if thousands of ants were digging inside.
But instead of shrinking in pain there, I made a ‘ninth’ loop just like I did before returning.
in a slightly different way.
Exactly the reverse order of the original circle.
Yes, to put it bluntly… ….
– Approval of reversal!
Ptah exclaimed in admiration.
circle of reversal.
yes this one
“Reverse circle.”
Quaaaaaa!
At that moment, a storm of mana began to rise so fiercely that the room would explode at any moment.
That’s not the end.
Instead of destroying the room, the swirling mana created a new ‘space’ for mana to be released.
exist by me.
A space just for me.
It’s too small and weak to be called a ‘world’, but… ….
Limited omniscience and omnipotent power.
And I realized
‘succeded.’
At this moment, I have transcended myself before returning.
