[362] Magic Association (8)
All the wizards in the bunker walked to the elevator.
Sirone didn’t understand what the situation was like now. Why is it inconsistent? Even if he blocked the photon cannon, it was Gaold’s greatness, not his own ugliness.
‘Isn’t this enough power?’
No, what level was Gaold demanding of himself from the beginning?
“The president of the association.”
Everyone who was waiting for the elevator to come down turned their heads to Sirone.
“Give me one more chance.”
Flew snorted in embarrassment. How dare you ask a first-class archmage for a second chance. It was clear that there was no respect for the Association beyond being bold.
But this time, she didn’t have to step out. Gaold was walking toward Sirone with cold eyes.
His thoughts were the same as the flu. Toys that lost their play value were trash.
“Are you misunderstanding something? this is not the place for you I’m here to test the quality of being my tool. But you didn’t even get through that.”
Sirone also admitted that he was wrong.
“I won’t ask you to treat me the same as before. If you give me a chance, it doesn’t matter if it’s a real match. So give me another chance to demonstrate.”
The emotion faded from Gaold’s face. All that was left was a cool life.
He is not an authoritative person. However, he was not good enough to accept the treatment of a child who was not good enough.
“May I attack? Does that mean you want to stick with me?”
“I don’t mean to stick together…”
“Shut up.”
As lifeblood erupted from Gaold, Sirone’s vision was blocked. Then, a curtain of fire engulfed all around, and a sea of fire spread all over it.
Even though I knew it was a hallucination, I felt like I was burning my flesh with the heat. I couldn’t think of anything because my head was filled with the sounds of pain, screams, and grief.
Guessing Sirone’s condition, Fleur’s face turned pale.
‘It was a big deal. I really intend to kill you.’
Those who fall into Gaold’s self-denial, the great heat hell, are crushed by terrible fear and their minds are destroyed. It was a terrifying ability that, over time, could suffocate and kill a person with just emotions.
However, Sirone was not consumed by fear. No tears were shed, no knees trembled. I was just calmly looking at the great heat hell.
“How…?”
Fleur couldn’t accept Sirone’s calmness. Could it be that it is not a great heat hell? But Gaold’s grotesque face was no different from when he terrified himself.
‘This is what Mr. Flew suffered. It’s enough to be frightened.’
Sirone even turned her head to look at her surroundings. Then, thinking that the tour of hell was enough, I stared at the front again.
His eyes pierced the front. Although he couldn’t see it with his eyes, Gaold was supposed to be standing in the real space.
‘Mikea Gaold…’
When I heard about it from Fleur, I thought it was just an exceptionally strong wizard. However, looking at the hell spread out in front of his eyes, he could guess what kind of life he had lived and how far he had fallen.
Sirone closed her eyes and put her thoughts together. Even if something other than hell is unfolding before your eyes, the incarnation defined by the perfect law will not be shaken.
Sirone’s eyes widened. The sea of fire split into left and right sides, and in an instant, hell disappeared. Then I saw Gaold’s face, revealing the whites and laughing like a monster.
“Cheack.”
Gaold let out a throat-scratching laugh and shrugged his shoulders. Then he looked at Sirone with burning eyes and said.
“Beyond the mind.”
He seemed to know why Kang Nan, who was pessimistic about this incident, had brought Sirone. Although he did not know his immediate skills, his talent was a material that could definitely go first-class.
“Spirit transcendence? Are you eighteen now?”
Gando muttered with a shocked face.
Flu was equally as absurd. She knows what mental transcendence is. However, the more I dug deeper, the more vague concepts I didn’t know were drawn rather than enlightenment.
“Hmm.”
Gaold stroked his chin and thought.
The reason I thought of including Sirone in the project wasn’t because she was strong. Currently, those who are stronger than Sirone are widely spread throughout the world. But the idea is definitely genius.
A battery with a unique mass endowment among Unlockers. Numerous practical magics that follow from there.
Sirone is a lumber that can add genius to the team he organizes. His talent for finding breakthroughs in any situation becomes a key code that can create variables in adverse situations.
In that sense, returning the mind of a first-class archmage was also a talent.
“You want to go to practice? Do you know what that means?”
“yes. I know you’re not the kind of person to be moderate. It’s okay to die.”
Gando was worried about Sirone’s beating. A mage could easily speak of death. However, in a situation where one must die, no magician would say such a thing.
“good night. But let’s ask one thing first.”
said Gaold, his eyes widening.
“Why do you want to die?”
Sirone shut his mouth.
Perhaps he is the only one who sees even a little bit of the possibility of life in this place. That fact made my body tremble like the chill of a winter night.
Gaold changed the question slightly.
“So I mean… what are you imagining? What conclusion did you reach? Do you know why I called you? You don’t know anything, but do you think that something important enough to risk your life is behind me?”
“I don’t know anything. But I guess.”
“Hoo? for example?”
Sirone remembered the face of Archangel Ikael. He was a warm and kind angel. However, he was also an archangel powerful enough to destroy Kergo Ruins.
Why did she… leave the future to herself?
“There is someone you absolutely must meet.”
The first thing I thought of was after going through something in Kazura Kingdom. To be precise, from when Guffin’s security device was unlocked.
Behemoth, who knew the answer, disappeared along with mental transcendence, but the question engraved in his mind was still haunting him. That’s why you have to meet Ikael.
Sirone’s answer did not fit into the options Gaold expected. Even though I felt that he was an interesting child, I thought that I shouldn’t take care of the situation. He doesn’t like talkative people.
“Are you saying you’re going to use the association for your personal business as a kid?”
Sirone did not answer. Gaold’s question was emotional, and that’s why it missed the point. A question that didn’t need an answer didn’t need words.
Gaold turned around as if that was enough.
“Okay, I’ll give you one last chance. The break is one hour.”
After casting Ataraxia, his mental strength must have been quite exhausted.
However, Sirone shook her head. There was something more useful than restoring one’s sanity if the other party would provide convenience.
“it’s okay. Instead, there are other conditions.”
Sirone took out Armand from her waist.
“Please allow me to use the Keumgang Armament. I think there should be an advantage to this level.”
Gaold looked at the sword in Sirone’s hand. The object called < Demonic Sword Armand > was already known even before it fell into Sirone’s hands.
“I thought you were a less-than-sophisticated guy, but you seem to be grasping the subject.”
Doing my best even though I know I can’t win means that I risked my life and death this time. It wasn’t a bad suggestion for Gaold either, since it would save time anyway.
“However, hearing only one object does not change anything. So let’s set the rules.”
Gaold compressed the air over his palms. Transparent spheres flickered as the density increased.
“As you can see, what I use is air magic that anyone can learn. Among them, the press series. I’m not good at magic, so I don’t know anything complicated. I’m just here because I’m a little stronger than the others.”
A bitter smile formed on Sirone’s lips. If the magician who could block Ataraxia with one hand had a little more power, all the magicians in the world would have to be said to be dead.
Gaold clenched his fists, and air bubbles burst with a pop.
“Anyway, here are the rules. I’m going to get ataraxia once again with the bakum press. The difference from before is that it only casts attack magic on you once.”
Gaold pointed his index and middle fingers at Sirone. A small bubble of air formed on the tip of my finger.
“As you can see, the magic that will attack you is an air gun. The principle is simple. It compresses the air and releases it. Will this be enough for 10,000 presses? I don’t know.”
Gaold’s arm bounced up quickly. The air bubbles that had been compressed with tremendous force exploded, and an eardrum-shattering roar was heard.
The air gun that passed by Sirone landed at the end of the bunker. Until then, Sirone wasn’t even aware that something had passed. My ears were just ringing. Then I felt a vibration and slowly turned around.
A huge circle dented in the center of where the air gun struck, and cracks stretched out in all directions.
The radius of the crack was approximately 20 meters in diameter. Also, I couldn’t confirm it, but the size of the air gun was probably no more than 2 cm in diameter.
Sirone couldn’t even blink and looked back blankly. Gaold was laughing as he waved the hand that had fired the air gun.
“Well, it’s like child’s play magic, but it’ll sting a little if you get hit.”
it stings? Even the Geumgang Armed Forces, equipped with the best defensive posture, were instantly killed the moment they were hit. However, it didn’t sound like a joke because it came from the mouth of a first-class archmage.
“anyway. Try your best.”
Sirone’s lips trembled as he smiled.
He’s a strong enough person to be afraid of, but on the other hand, that’s why I wanted to challenge him.
How far can its power soar when it fires a photon cannon with the 4 combinations of Armand’s magical power amplification, immortal function, mental transcendence, and ataraxia?
“Geumgang Armed Forces.”
Standing upright, Armand swallowed Sirone, and the transformation ended in an instant. It spun around the cybernetic chamber like a gale, then landed on Sirone’s shoulder.
“let’s begin.”
Despite Sirone’s changed appearance, Gaold was relaxed. He wiggled his fingers while maintaining the shape of the air gun. Then, as if being dragged, Sirone attacked.
Halo was already drawn where he was standing. Thanks to the time-sharing ability of others, Ataraxia began to accumulate faster than before.
‘It’s a division operation. It’s pretty fast too. If this is enough, I’ll cut off 50 invitations, right?’
Sirone created a blade made of bone from her gauntlet and wielded it. However, Gaold still kept an eye on Ataraxia and shook only his upper body to evade all attacks.
‘You can’t win with brute force either. The actual experience is different.’
Sirone pushed desperately. The bunker was so wide that it was a loss to stick tentacles into it. However, to that extent, Armand’s physical augmentation ability was maximized.
‘What are you doing?’
Flew tilted her head.
Even though both of them were wizards, they were not casting magic. Gaold could only try the air gun once, so it was strange that Sirone insisted on hand-to-hand combat.
“Why don’t you show your longevity? If it’s time-sharing, there’s one slot left, right? There might be a chance of winning if you fire attack magic continuously. The president of the Association cannot even use defensive magic.”
Gando said without taking his eyes off the battlefield.
“Because they’re both serious.”
“yes?”
Caught in tension, Gando had no time to continue his explanation.
Anyway, there is no meaning in the movement they are unfolding now. The match would eventually end in an instant.
‘perhaps… Something completely unexpected could happen.’
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