Ch.89The Great Blood Tower (6)

# Eterna was defeated.

Though it happened right before their eyes, no one could believe it.

That Eterna.

The founder of the Magical Kingdom and the master of magic.

In the Magical Kingdom, Eterna was essentially a deity.

But…

‘She lost…? Lady Eterna…?’

‘That’s impossible…’

The spectators watching the match all had their mouths hanging open, expressions blank with shock.

An upset had occurred.

The Eterna they had so much faith in had been defeated by someone who was merely a Magic Tower Master, and not just any tower master—the “disciple” of a former Hero party member.

How was this even possible?

“This can’t be happening…”

“Was this match rigged…?”

Most people thought the situation was so absurd that it must have been fixed.

But they knew better.

They knew Eterna wasn’t the type of person to do such a thing.

There was no reason for her to deliberately lose when her own citizens were watching the match in person.

Moreover, those who had witnessed the match firsthand could tell that Eterna had fought with everything she had.

Each spell Eterna cast during the match was nothing short of catastrophic.

It was fortunate this was happening in an arena—had those spells been unleashed in the real world, they could have easily wiped out an entire country.

Even if that country were the massive Magical Kingdom itself, someone of Eterna’s caliber could burn it to the ground without breaking a sweat.

Yet Midir dodged all those spells with ridiculous ease.

Not only that, she also blocked some of the spells rather than just avoiding them, making it impossible to say she was simply good at dodging.

Perhaps Blood Magic was actually powerful after all.

Such rumors had been circulating, but most people didn’t believe them.

Even Blood Mages who knew about Blood Magic couldn’t understand how such powerful spells could be blocked so easily with mere Blood Magic.

Midir clearly had the upper hand against Eterna.

As they continued their war of attrition, the unthinkable finally happened.

Midir’s strike severed Eterna’s arm.

She had inflicted significant damage on Eterna, who was said to be impervious to attacks.

When that scene was broadcast to the audience, everyone was shocked.

“With B-Blood Magic…”

“She cut off Lady Eterna’s arm?!”

The very fact that Eterna had fallen victim to Blood Magic was enough to send Blood Mages into a frenzy.

An upset had occurred.

Attacks could actually work on Eterna.

Although the severed arm was quickly regenerated, once it became clear that attacks could affect her, the war of attrition was over.

Eterna was thoroughly thrashed by Midir.

She wasn’t even given time to cast spells.

A mage of Eterna’s caliber would normally cast spells at incredible speed, but Midir moved even faster, overwhelming Eterna.

There was no time to use magic.

Whenever Eterna tried to cast a spell, Midir would interrupt her, and when she tried again, Midir would interrupt her again.

All the while, Midir pressed forward without showing any signs of fatigue.

In the end, Eterna was the first to tire.

Unlike the early stages of the fight where it had been somewhat evenly matched, Eterna was now struggling just to defend against Midir’s attacks.

After being pushed back for quite some time…

– I admit defeat. You’re stronger than me.

Eterna, having lost her will to fight, conceded.

Midir was stronger than her.

That’s what she had said.

“She lost…?”

“Lady Eterna…?”

Eterna’s defeat.

A completely unexpected outcome.

For the spectators, this match was supposed to be about seeing how impressive Midir would look, what kind of magic she would display…

And how long she could hold out against Eterna.

But the reality that unfolded before their eyes was completely different.

Eterna had been defeated.

She had been overwhelmingly defeated by Midir.

“Ah…”

Even the snack vendor couldn’t close his mouth at this unexpected result.

Then,

“Wooooooah!!”

The frenzied cheers of Blood Mages echoed throughout the arena.

Nothing seemed to change immediately, but deep down, everyone understood.

Midir had put an end to Eterna’s reign of nearly a thousand years.

They could instinctively sense that Midir was a being on the same level as Eterna.

“Long live the Blood Tower Master!”

“Long live Lady Midir!!!”

Make the Blood Tower great.

The moment Midir, the Blood Tower Master, defeated Eterna—

That was the moment the dream became reality.

* * *

[Blood Tower Master <- Just a god, upvote if you agree lol]

If you’re a Blood Mage who finally understands the profound vision of Count Vladimir, who created Blood Magic that turned Lady Eterna into a mere mortal, upvote lol

Comments:

– Upvote upvote mega upvote lol

– Who stole my upvote?

ㄴ Blood Tower Master

ㄴㄴ Hey, Lady Blood Tower Master didn’t “steal” it… she received it as “tribute”

ㄴㄴㄴ lol wtf

– The greatest Blood Mage in history, the strongest Blood Mage of modern times… to think we’d live to see the Bla-Mi War again…

ㄴ Bla-Mi War lmaooooo

ㄴㄴ Average Bloods lolololol

– Blood Tower Master? Is the Blood Tower Master your friend or something?

ㄴ She’s our goddess…

– I just want to hold Lady Midir’s hand once…

ㄴ Pedo

ㄴ Lady Midir is legit…

[Wow, I just saw something shocking…]

(Image of Midir betting on herself.jpg)

Someone bet on Lady Midir’s side…

It wasn’t their entire fortune, but it’s still a lot of money…

I’m so jealous, damn…

Comments:

– Were there no Blood Mages who believed in Lady Midir…?

ㄴ You didn’t bet on her either

ㄴㄴ lol

– Isn’t that Lady Midir herself? lolol

ㄴ Honestly, it’s suspicious lol. Who would think Lady Eterna would lose? lol

ㄴㄴ Lady Midir doesn’t gamble

ㄴㄴㄴ It’s not gambling, it’s a money duplicator lol. She probably knew she was going to win lol

ㄴㄴㄴㄴ Upvote if you’re a Blood fanatic who thinks she’ll announce that all the money she won will go to the Blood Tower lol

ㄴ I’m not sure, but it really seems like it lol. Very suspicious lol

ㄴㄴ For real lol

– Wow, how much money is that?

ㄴ The amount bet on Lady Eterna must be in the hundreds of billions… so whoever placed that bet takes it all

ㄴㄴ Wow…

[But how did Lady Midir actually win…?]

I recorded the video, but I still don’t understand even after watching it again

They were just doing various things, then suddenly Lady Eterna’s arm got cut off, and after that, Lady Midir suddenly started pushing Lady Eterna back…

And then Lady Eterna surrendered…

What was that really…? I don’t understand what happened…

Comments:

– You don’t need to understand… we wouldn’t understand even if we saw it…

– I’m a fairly high-level mage, but I couldn’t recognize any of the Blood Magic Lady Midir used…

ㄴ That’s exactly right lol. It would be weird if you could recognize it

ㄴㄴ She won, didn’t she? Let’s have a drink lol

– I’m just happy Lady Midir beat Lady Eterna lol

ㄴ lololololol

Surprisingly, the Blood Tower forum was functioning normally.

True, the post generation rate had skyrocketed, but the server wasn’t on the verge of crashing.

In the past, it would have crashed long ago, but now the server wasn’t even slowing down despite the traffic.

Some people questioned how it could handle so many users, but Blood Mages already knew the answer.

The Blood Magic Tower must have expanded its server capacity in anticipation of this event.

Midir had increased the Blood Tower forum’s server capacity long ago, preparing for the influx of people after the tournament.

She was trying to create as many Blood Mages as possible using this opportunity.

And that plan was proceeding very smoothly.

The news of Midir’s victory over Eterna had spread throughout the Magical Kingdom via broadcast, shocking the entire nation.

Of course, the Magical Kingdom wouldn’t collapse just because of a magical duel.

While Eterna’s authority was significant, mages were practical people.

No matter how divine they considered her to be, they didn’t have blind faith.

Part of it was due to how impressive Eterna had been during the match.

After seeing her unleash catastrophic spells one after another, no one thought Eterna was weak just because she lost to Midir.

Rather, it was Midir who was strong—suggesting Eterna was weak would be like announcing one’s own stupidity.

In any case, the moment it became known that Blood Magic could be this powerful when used by Midir.

The attention of countless battle mages had turned toward Blood Magic.

Perhaps mages, who were typically glass cannons that needed protection while unleashing powerful attacks from a distance, could become tanks capable of fighting directly…

That was the expectation that had begun to form.

They started making their way toward the Blood Tower, one by one.

No one knew how this expectation would play out.

Perhaps the disappointment would be as great as the expectation.

But they would continue to seek answers.

Because that’s… what mages do.