episode_0051
by admin“This is true. It’s my loss with no room for excuses.”
After the game was over, Hermod and I returned to the lounge and were chatting among the other cadets.
Although they would soon compete against each other to achieve their goals, the cadets were completely fascinated by the tournament.
Because of this, Hermod, who had above-average skills, was eliminated by my hand without being able to land a single effective hit.
“Who will play next?”
“With Miguel Loenzo… Lucas.”
The cadets’ enthusiasm and enthusiasm for winning were increasing beyond the attention paid to Hermod and me.
“Whew, anyway, the barrier thread that Seong Yu-jin used is really embarrassing.”
“Hmm?”
As I was thinking about how Miguel would fight in the next match, Hermod suddenly approached me and gave an awkward laugh.
It’s embarrassing. Is it a story of trajectory or form? The binding thread I use is basically a thread, so it can move freely and become a binding armament, so it can take any three-dimensional shape.
But did he read my intention from my facial expression? Hermod shook his head and raised his hand.
“Did you notice my mystery during the game just now?”
“… Yes.”
It’s hard to fool this guy. To be precise, it is impossible to falsely deny the facts that Hermod himself said.
Since he always moves after completing all preparations and verification, it was certain that he approached me with the confidence that I had seen through his mysteries and tactics.
So I nodded my head in the affirmative and Hermod opened his mouth.
“Let me add one thing: I couldn’t do anything about Seong Yu-jin’s stringy barrier.”
Telling a story that even I never expected.
“What are you talking about? The mystery of yours that I have grasped is clearly… .”
“Passing a barrier using boundary distinction. Seong Yu-jin’s reasoning was correct, but it was a matter of form.”
I couldn’t quite guess what he wanted to say.
As my expression subtly crumpled, Hermod smiled and began to explain step by step.
“What do you think the boundary is?”
“… A point where two different entities or concepts meet and do not belong to either.”
It may not fit the dictionary definition, but at least that was the concept of ‘boundary’ that I thought of as a person who had dealt with barrier techniques.
The inside and outside of the barrier, the magic’s area of effect and its outside.
Ironically, the boundary of barrier art is the barrier itself. This is because the role and basis of a barrier is to divide space and split it into two different spaces.
And Hermod nodded, as if he liked my answer.
“That’s right. So, I divided the defensive barrier surrounding Cadet Seong Yu-jin’s body into a ‘boundary’ that separates the body from the outside, and tried to use my mystery to leap forward.”
Of course, I was caught beautifully and lost. Hermod swallowed bitterly and began to hesitate, but soon his expression hardened.
He is like a very suspicious villain in the dark, with no trace of his usual light-hearted, debonair impression.
“It was the third time.”
His green light shined through the gap in his eyelids, which was a symbol of narrowed eyes.
“If I could not observe the boundary due to my mystery. Each person neutralized my observations for different reasons.”
What are those three things? The boundary insight used by Hermod’s Mysteries is surprisingly accurate and has excellent performance.
In the latter part of the main story, the magic of the highest level hunters was differentiated and passed through, and even Othinus’ magic was canceled out only once.
His mysteries found three exceptions, including my barrier.
“Seong Yu-jin’s Gyeolgyesa was a simple matter of form. With my current knowledge and experience, I couldn’t tell the difference between the dividing line created by the thread and the two points that resulted from it.”
If you cover the cup and block the entrance, the space where the cup was will be split into two spaces: the inside and the outside of the cup.
The dividing line that divides the two spaces is the cover, and that is the boundary that Hermod captures.
However, what would happen if you hung a thin thread on the cup?
The space is not divided, and a new element called thread is added to the space where there were only cups.
The two different beings are not compatible, nor do they have any symbolic meaning.
Hermod said that’s why he couldn’t do anything about my barrier.
“But, but.”
However, he was clearly nervous and broke into a cold sweat, as if revealing that this fact was only the foundation for the story to begin from now on.
Uncharacteristic of Hermod, he even seemed to stutter a little.
Hermod hesitated for a moment, licking his lips, and finally opened his mouth with an expression that seemed like he was prepared to say something.
“Ode Spartium and Cheon Yu-hwa. Be careful with those two. They both harbor something we couldn’t even imagine, something truly terrible.”
After saying that, he coughed and coughed up blood.
When I urgently helped him who was startled and staggered, he started to have a bit of a nosebleed and was trying hard to wipe the blood away and take a deep breath.
“Ode Spartium is… It’s quieter than you think. Like my magic, it is well refined and lies deep inside him.”
As if the story wasn’t over yet, Hermod frowned in pain but didn’t stop talking.
“But, it is not Cheon Yu-hwa. The girl you have by your side is more dangerous than anyone I’ve ever seen. It contains something similar to Odd Spartium, but compared to what Chen Yu-hwa contains, it is at the level of dross. If Ode Spartium holds a cup of poison, she holds an ocean of poison.”
As the story continues, Hermod’s complexion worsens, as if divulging information to me is itself a risk and a burden.
‘Why is this guy suddenly doing this again… !’
Even though I thought it wasn’t right, I listened to him, completely trusting this strange feeling.
Just as it’s scary when a normally quiet person gets angry, the guy who always seemed light and frivolous came out serious, so I couldn’t just dismiss it as nonsense.
Ugh-.
“… Is it medical magic? You have many talents. It got a little better. Anyway, let’s continue the story… .”
“I’ll listen to it later, so take a break for now. My medical magic isn’t that great.”
“Don’t worry. This is the last story anyway. What is secretly lurking inside of Cheon Yu-hwa is the only opportunity now, when the ban placed on me for a moment is weak.”
He took a deep breath and exhaled as if all the air had been pulled out of his lungs.
“Cheon Yu-hwa is not without magical power.”
“… What?”
“He has more magical power than anyone else, and it is all consumed by what is inside him.”
The back of my head tingled as if I had been hit hard on the head. My dazed mind stared into Hermod’s eyes, unable to say anything.
He also looked at me with a stern expression, as if he had witnessed something shocking.
“Her power to erase magic and magic was actually an ultra-high output of magic absorption.”
“I figured that out too. So, a valid barrier against Chun Yu-hwa… .”
When I opened my mouth, unable to hide my surprising emotions, toward Hermod, who had reached the same conclusion as me, he cut me off resolutely.
“Then, if the identity of her innate power was absorption rather than erasure of magic power.”
─Where did the magic power absorbed like that disappear?
The moment I heard those words, I felt an indescribable feeling.
That was natural. Because it was something I had never thought about. Absorption does not mean magical power disappears like erasure, but is literally a concept of taking something away from yourself.
If Cheon Yu-hwa had absorbed magic power through illusion killing, the magic power would have entered her.
As Hermod said, where did so much magic disappear?
“Be careful of her, but keep an eye on her. Because it seemed like you had a lot of trust from her.”
With those words, Hermod fell unconscious, as if losing his dazed mind.
As soon as Hermod collapsed, even as the medical staff rushed to take his body to the treatment room, I cast my gaze towards Cheon Yu-hwa.
Could the reason she appeared as a hidden boss be related to Hermod’s story?
‘… There must be. Almost certainly.’
What’s more, Odd Spartium also contains something ominous that lies within Cheon Yu-hwa.
As shocking facts struck my mind one after another, I got a headache as if I had been struck by lightning.
“Phew… .”
I sighed deeply and repeated dry washing my face.
Before I had time to organize my thoughts, the match between Miguel, a familiar name, and Lucas, a cadet I had never heard of, began.
‘perhaps… ‘Cheon Yu-hwa may be very deeply tied to Ragnarok.’
The fact that Hela, who was exercising her power as an apostle of the apocalypse, used the same illusion killing as Cheon Yu-hwa’s was definitely not a coincidence.
─Oh no! The decision was made in an instant! Cadet Miguel Loenzo wins with a neat clean hit!
Be that as it may, the holographic broadcast, which I had no idea about my serious concerns, only loudly announced Miguel’s victory.
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