Ch.84Blood Tower’s Greatness (1)

The Red Tower Master’s declaration of defeat was a shocking sight to everyone watching the match.

Supreme and unrivaled.

Everyone couldn’t help but be astonished because Ignius, who was famous for his behavior that seemed to embody his nickname, had personally declared defeat.

Especially surprised were the mages of the Red Tower.

[Did he really lose?]

[Is this rigged?]

[How is she still alive after taking that magic?]

[No way…]

Most were showing reactions of disbelief.

Denial of reality.

To them, the Red Tower Master was like a god.

A great mage who unleashed overwhelming firepower that could burn anything.

They couldn’t help but be enthusiastic about Ignius’s bold actions that lived up to his name as the Great Mage of Flames.

However…

‘Did he really fucking lose?’

‘That’s impossible…’

When an idol of troublemakers gets caught in a situation that could be exploited, it typically causes extreme denial of reality.

They tend to think that it’s impossible, that something must be wrong.

Because in their minds, Ignius was predetermined to never lose.

And they often end up looking for the cause elsewhere.

In this case…

[Did the Blood Tower Master do something?]

[How could those mosquitoes beat the Red Tower? Does that make sense?]

[It’s obvious they must have used some trick lol]

They found the cause in the Blood Tower Master.

Since Red Tower mages were famous for stirring up trouble like this, once an incident occurred that would make them go wild, the forums would inevitably become chaotic.

Surely… that should have been the case.

[What’s going on?]

[Posts are being deleted?]

[Damn it, what are the admins doing?]

For some reason, posts insulting Midir were being specifically targeted and deleted from the Aether Tower forum.

The speed was so fast that posts were deleted immediately after being uploaded, and users were even getting banned for a day, which made them feel like they were about to burst with frustration with nowhere to vent.

If they tried to cause trouble at the Blood Tower, it was obvious their posts would be deleted immediately just like at the Aether Tower, since the Blood Tower was watching with wide open eyes.

Especially in the current situation where the Blood Tower’s reputation was skyrocketing, stirring up trouble on the Blood Tower forum would be meaningless.

After all, the purpose of causing trouble was to lower the Blood Tower’s image and prove that the Blood Tower Master had used some underhanded method in this match.

But causing trouble at the Blood Tower itself made no sense.

Normally, it would have been nearly impossible to stop the trouble since most Red Tower mages would have joined in, but the situation was a bit different now.

[How can we do that when Lady Eterna is watching…]

[We just lost… let’s accept reality]

Some mages who felt conflicted about their actions mentioned Eterna and accepted reality, saying there was no way underhanded methods could have been used.

As they thought, with Eterna directly involved in the match, no matter how skilled Midir might be, there was no way she could deceive Eterna and rig the match.

From the beginning, Ignius wasn’t the type of person who would accept match-fixing, so such talk quickly disappeared.

Seeing this, other troublemakers tried even harder to make their presence known, but after Ignius’s overwhelming defeat, no one paid attention to them anymore.

[Blood Tower Master! Is she a god? Blood Tower Master! Is she a god? Blood Tower Master! Is she a god? Blood Tower Master! Is she a god?]

[How did she win this? How did she win this? How did she win this? How did she win this? How did she win this? How did she win this?]

[Wow lololololol holy shit lolololololololololololololol]

The only posts appearing were ones expressing amazement at how Midir won, or praising her for defeating the Red Tower, which was considered the strongest.

They had nowhere to stand.

“I cannot allow Midir to be insulted.”

Eterna muttered as she floated a pad in front of her eyes, precisely identifying and deleting posts that insulted Midir.

While it would be natural to be angry at those insulting someone more remarkable than herself, as a ruler of a nation, there were things she had to endure.

And perhaps because the other party was a Tower Master, there weren’t many severe insults, which helped.

The forum had already been a more relaxed place for a long time.

It was necessary to have a place where people could breathe a little in the suffocating life inside the Magic Tower.

Of course, that wasn’t her intention when she created TowerInside.

“She won.”

Eterna, who was enjoying watching the chaotic forum, shifted her gaze toward Midir.

Someone who had overwhelmingly defeated Ignius, considered the strongest among Tower Masters, despite having become a Tower Master not long ago.

Naturally, she attracted the attention of all mages.

And the current situation was exactly what Eterna had been hoping for.

She’s a Transcendent like herself.

A Transcendent who had achieved something even more remarkable than herself.

Someone who, with a mortal body, had vanquished the Demon King who had driven the world to the brink of destruction.

If one were to compare, the Hero might be considered more remarkable, but to her, Count Vladimir was the more impressive one.

‘I wonder what it will be like.’

Eterna began to feel a strange exhilaration at the thought of such a person, now a Transcendent like herself, facing off against her in a big match.

She wasn’t particularly the type to enjoy fighting.

Nevertheless, she was getting fired up about Midir.

That’s why she had offered the winner of this competition the opportunity to duel with her—she was confident that Midir would defeat everyone and reach her.

Because she knew who she was.

And also knew what her purpose was.

She was certain that Midir would overwhelmingly defeat everyone and stand before her.

And now that moment had arrived.

‘I wonder what she’ll show me.’

How did she fight against the Demon King?

What kind of fighting style would she show when going all out?

She hoped to see the form from that distant past that she had admired.

She wanted Midir to pour out everything she had built up to defeat the Demon King back then.

After all, she had prepared this entire event solely for that purpose.

* * *

“It’s quite a commotion…”

As I overwhelmingly defeated Ignius, I was greeted by ear-splitting cheers.

Everyone probably thought I would win, but they were cheering wildly as if they hadn’t expected such a dominant victory.

Overwhelming…

Actually, it wasn’t entirely overwhelming.

It’s true that Ignius was defeated without being able to do anything, but I was too careless and allowed attacks that I normally wouldn’t have, and I especially hadn’t properly analyzed his Supernova, which he said he developed specifically to counter me, so I didn’t notice it could be created from a distance.

Because of that, I didn’t realize it was being secretly prepared above until it was too late.

Fortunately, I’m a vampire, otherwise I might have died from the Supernova without even knowing it.

In truth, I boldly took the hit because I have a body that won’t die even if struck, but that moment could be considered checkmate.

If you think about it, it would be more accurate to say that Ignius miraculously defeated me.

Even though I was careless, the fact remains that he defeated me.

But in the end, he lost, so whatever.

“Unni~!”

I waved back at Irina, who was waving at me from a distance.

I should go to her and prepare for the match against Eterna.

“… Wait a moment.”

“Huh?”

“… Please wait.”

I turned my head at the sudden voice calling me, and saw Ignius looking at me with a serious expression.

What’s this about?

“Next time… would you spar with me again?”

“I’ll think about it if you call me ‘hyung.'”

“… I don’t know why ‘hyung,’ but I’m asking you, Midir hyung-nim.”

“You really did it because I told you to…”

I made a disgusted expression seeing that, but soon smiled and extended my hand.

Smack!

“Ugh?!”

As Ignius looked at my hand with a puzzled expression, I changed my fingers and gave him a forehead flick.

“I’ll accept your challenge anytime, kiddo.”

I giggled and turned around to walk away.

From my perspective, I hope he comes back stronger.

It feels like I’ve found a decent punching bag.