112. Special Training with Yunir (3)

Thus, four days passed.

It was early evening. The evening of the 5th day. The special training with Yunir had continued relentlessly in the meantime.

“Tomorrow is the final check-up day to face the Fallen Star. And two days from now, the Fallen Star’s seal will be released.”

Yunir and I were in the Grand Shrine of the Sixth Underground Shrine. Even there, we faced each other in the Hall of Roia.

The Grand Shrine was a massive hexagonal building. Near each vertex was a chapel dedicated to one of the six gods under Jedin.

Everyone except Lucia was a student representative of the Order.

Each of them had spent special time in the chapels blessed by their respective gods.

“Your women seem to be preparing well for the events of the day after tomorrow, -gun.”

“Yes, -nim. The reinforcement of Siertia seems to be going smoothly.”

As I said, the group was newly reinforcing Siertia.

It was already a holy sword so powerful that it was unmatched by any other weapon in Isrand.

However, the opponent had absorbed Yunir’s Holy Body and was a Fallen Star, practically a demigod. To face that Fallen Star, the existing Siertia was not enough.

So, the group spent half of each day gathering divine power through prayer and meditation in the chapels. And with that divine power, they adjusted Siertia for the rest of the time.

“And you too, Yulian.”

Yunir’s eyes met mine.

I hadn’t been adjusting Siertia like the others. Instead, I had been continuously sparring with Yunir.

‘No. It would be more accurate to say we were sparring with magic power rather than swords.’

Siertia was in the hands of the others, not me.

Yunir had forbidden me from using Siertia, Jedin’s holy sword, for pure magic power training.

On the other hand, Yunir was free to use Akierin, Lucia’s sword and a masterpiece.

The first two of the past four days were more like a time of unilateral beatings than special training.

“Heu-heum. I apologize if that’s what you thought. But that was all for the sake of a new awakening of my magic power, you know.”

Yunir seemed pricked and made a slight excuse.

“Well, it’s alright. Thanks to that, I was able to advance a step as well.”

Two days of being unilaterally beaten. But in the remaining two days, I began to resist Yunir’s sword and magic power.

I said to Yunir.

“I’ve rested enough, let’s start again.”

Yunir nodded. I, who had briefly returned to human form, released my magic power again.

[Remaining time: 6 minutes]

Dragonification Stage 2. I had increased the duration by one more minute in the Sixth Underground Shrine. That time didn’t seem very long, but.

I had gained more from the special training with Yunir than just the duration of Dragonification.

“Now you can resist my magic power quite well, -gun.”

As Yunir said, I was beginning to see her level.

‘An unbelievable level of dominance.’

When I first faced her, Yunir had countless openings. She felt far less threatening than Lucia, the owner of the body.

‘If someone didn’t know better, they would have just thought she was a young and pretty woman.’

But, despite that, the reason I felt a fear close to death from Yunir. I could now understand that reason.

Yunir, facing me, was perfectly dominating all the space around me, including myself, with her magic power.

Yunir, who immediately read my thoughts, said.

“That’s right, Yulian. Perfect dominance. Those who enter the realm of that dominance cannot even recognize the gap.”

Yunir’s words were correct.

Magic power is the power to take and dominate everything. With that perfect dominance, the hierarchy is already determined at that moment.

Not just a simple rank, but the difference between a god and a trivial creation.

Just as an ant cannot understand the life of a human, the absolute gap caused by that dominance makes the dominator an incomprehensible being.

‘So, I couldn’t even perceive Yunir’s level at all.’

But now I could understand.

Yunir was suffocatingly dominating everything around me with magic power.

The surrounding air. Mana. Magic power. As well as space and time.

If she wanted, she could even take away my free will at this moment.

‘I can’t let that happen!’

Of course, the fact that I was feeling this overwhelming gap in magic power meant that I was already escaping from Yunir’s magic power, her dominance.

“Amazing, -gun. Even though I’ve doubled my dominance since the first day, you can still resist my magic power this much.”

Yunir smiled at me.

“Well, you realized the concentration of magic power on your own from the first day, even though I didn’t tell you. You truly are the Saint of Destiny.”

Yunir raised her sword. And magic power began to gather on the blade.

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There was no sound from Yunir’s sword.

If it were an Aura Sword, which is refined energy of mana, a unique resonance would be heard.

But the condensed blade of magic power that Yunir created. It only exuded that jet-black aura silently.

‘A terrible cold…’

But I sensed it instinctively.

That blade of magic power, replacing the Aura Sword. It had the power to turn even a huge building, or even a whole village, into dust in an instant.

‘If I could create not only Aura, but also that intense dominance of magic power…’

Aura is the most powerful energy that humans can create.

But as Yunir had shown.

No matter how much one hones Aura to create a strong power. If one is dominated at that moment by Yunir’s overwhelming dominance of magic power.

One cannot reach the opponent even if one swings an Aura Sword ten thousand times.

“That’s right. And the Fallen Star you will face can create that dominance with not only magic power but also demonic soul power.”

Demonic soul power is the power of chaos. That power is also a variant of mana. Meaning it can mimic the unique characteristic of magic power, which is dominance.

‘So, I need the dominance of magic power.’

To face the Fallen Star without being dominated by its magic power and demonic soul power, that is the only way.

Of course, if one could create Aura that transcends humanity, like a Grand Master. One could destroy the momentary dominance with that Aura.

‘But even if I’m at the Master level, reaching the Grand Master level with just the 6th Circle is impossible.’

My current Aura Sword cannot break the Fallen Star’s dominance.

But there was a way. If there wasn’t, Yunir wouldn’t have given me special training.

‘I have the magic power of a Magic Dragon.’

If I can neutralize the opponent’s dominance with that magic power. I can create effects like speed delay or power reduction.

In simple terms, it means I can create the effect of ignoring defense or evasion.

‘So, if I increase the dominance of magic power against the Fallen Star. I can unleash the destructive power of a Grand Master with just Master-level Aura.’

And that defense-ignoring effect is just a part of the potential that magic power has. That’s how special magic power is.

Yunir nodded.

“You are right. Combat using the special ability of magic power is much more efficient than purely using Aura. So, show me once again. How much dominance can your current magic power create?”

At Yunir’s words, I also grabbed a sword.

A new sword that I took out instead of Siertia, which had temporarily left my hand.

It was a sword of magic power created by pushing away the space dominated by Yunir’s magic power.

“When you first created that sword of magic power, it was only at the level of a dagger. Now it’s comparable to a longsword in size. Excellent, Yulian.”

As Yunir said, I concentrated magic power in my hand.

A special mana heart of the 6th Circle. I gathered all my magic power with that Dragon Heart and detonated the Magic Dragon’s Breath inside it.

If it were a normal body, the mana heart would have been destroyed.

But the multi-dimensional structure of the mana heart. And the spiderweb-like meridians endured the reaction force of that magic power explosion.

‘In that state…’

I refined the magic power like Aura. No, perhaps compression is a more accurate word than refinement.

The result was the jet-black sword of magic power created in my hand.

The sword created by condensing magic power. It temporarily pushed back Yunir’s dominance.

“Heu-heum. If it’s the amount of pure magic power, I overwhelm you right now. But the magic power density that has momentarily increased due to that magic power concentration… It’s enough to break even a part of my dominance. You truly have a blessed body.”

At that moment, the corners of Yunir’s lips turned up.

“Then show me! How much dominance can you take away from me!”

The two swords collided fiercely in the air.

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‘Huu… I feel like I’m going to die.’

I continued to spar with Yunir until late at night.

The concentration of magic power. It was different from the mana refinement method of refining mana.

Magic power has a hidden potential ability called dominance. So, it is never easy to fully handle even one’s own magic power.

‘In reality, most magic power is borrowed from contracted demons, after all.’

Demons who can create magic power on their own like me are rare.

Even demons who have used magic power frequently need a long time to accumulate magic power in their bodies.

Unlike Aura, which can be refined relatively quickly through the cultivation method. Magic power is difficult to accumulate in the human body due to its dominance.

‘If it were a dragon, it would have taken at least 300 years.’

But I didn’t have the luxury of waiting hundreds of years.

So, I used a special method that only I could do, artificial magic power acceleration through internal explosion of Breath.

Through that method, I awakened dominance quickly.

‘To detonate Breath like that… For someone who awakened mana less than half a year ago to awaken dominance… Even I am seeing it for the first time.’

As Yunir said, I had succeeded in doing something that humans could not do. But in return, even I couldn’t keep my body intact.

‘Damn tired.’

Yunir had cast a blessing spell through her magic power. But because I had overheated the Dragon Heart so much, there were still aftereffects.

But I had to endure.

Tomorrow is the last training with Yunir. Not only training, but also a place to be tested on the dominance I have practiced in the meantime.

If I can’t overwhelm Yunir in that test. I can’t defeat the Fallen Star.

So, even in the pain of my whole body being torn apart. I couldn’t calm down because my competitive spirit was boiling at the thought of tomorrow’s test.

‘I want to… increase the dominance of magic power even more.’

But today’s training was already over. Yunir recommended that I rest. I left the Chapel of Roia and headed to the central hall.

There, Siertia, which the group was adjusting, was located.

I checked Siertia with the system.

——-

「Holy Sword Siertia – Divine Power Enhancement」

* Rank: Celestial+

* Details: A holy sword created through Jedin’s blessing. Even the apostles of the Celestial Realm send praise to its existence.

## Special Effect

: The holy sword has been enhanced with a large amount of divine power. It is now possible to attack the Etherealized Holy Body.

..

..

[Special effect is activated.]

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‘Celestial Plus, huh…’

Siertia’s rank had increased. It was the result of the group enhancing Siertia for the past 5 days.

Holy light was shimmering like heat haze from Siertia’s blade.

‘It’s now possible to attack the Etherealized Holy Body.’

As the description said. The Fallen Star is an existence that has swallowed Yunir’s Holy Body.

So, if I attacked the Fallen Star with the existing Siertia.

No matter how much of a holy sword it is, it belongs to the terrestrial realm. So, the attack would not work on the Fallen Star, which is half-spiritual.

‘But now it’s possible.’

The group had successfully completed the adjustment. This Siertia will be a great help to me.

Then, all that’s left is for me, who will wield that power, to finish preparing.

Again, I couldn’t fall asleep like this. I wanted to increase the dominance of magic power even more.

But I couldn’t spar with Yunir anymore. Since she had borrowed Lucia’s body. Yunir also had to rest so that the body wouldn’t be damaged.

And at that moment, a good idea came to my mind.

‘Wait. To increase the dominance of magic power… there’s another training method.’

I left the central hall and moved my feet.

The place I had decided to go was Chloe’s chamber.