Chapter 114.1

Chapter 114 – Rule 31: The Leader Restores Order in Academy City (16)

Seo Gang-jin looked around frantically, his face filled with shock.

The form of the Absolute World was nowhere to be seen.

Only the colors of Ahn Woo-jin’s cracks filled the space that had once been the Absolute World.

If the Cube’s walls blocked the flow of magic…

Then all Woo-jin had to do was form a crack within those walls.

And that strategy led directly to the downfall of the Absolute World.

‘The cold…!’

One of the principles of magic:

A magic user is not harmed by their own magic.

However, the Absolute World was structured so that even the caster would be harmed by its cold.

In other words, the cold wasn’t a manifestation of the caster’s magic but a natural law created by this world itself.

So then…

‘Did he figure out the source of the cold and block it with his cracks? Did he notice that!?’

Within the Absolute World, there existed an extremely cold source of magic that generated the freezing air.

This principle applied to all Cubes.

Energy was required to sustain the Cube.

Did Woo-jin figure out what was making the Absolute World so cold? The source was perfectly hidden somewhere within the walls, shrouded in intense cold, making it nearly impossible to detect with magic.

‘No… that’s not it…!’

Gang-jin quickly realized.

‘He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know what sustains the Absolute World. He’s covering everything because he’s clueless… he’s blindly engulfed the entire vast expanse of walls…!’

Woo-jin had no idea where the cold source of the Absolute World was, nor did he know how to counter it. He wasn’t even aware such a thing existed.

He simply used his overwhelming magic to cover the entire expanse of the Absolute World’s walls, ceiling, and floor with cracks.

He had blocked out all variables.

Indeed, to defeat Woo-jin with the Absolute World… he was simply too powerful.

“Haha….”

Even as he sensed his defeat, Gang-jin couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
“What a ridiculous guy…!”

He felt a tinge of admiration.

To fight such a monster before dying—there was something thrilling in that.

*Flash!*

The air was torn apart as if by some kind of rule, new cracks forming in various spots.

The Absolute World was being distorted, covered with cracks like a bugged video game.

And then.

*Whoosh!!*

The cold pouring onto Gang-jin intensified rapidly.
Parts of his body began to freeze, so swiftly that even with his affinity for cold, it was almost unbearable.

‘You’re funneling all the cold toward me?’

The cracks formed at the walls of the Absolute World absorbed the freezing air, then released it through cracks in the void, directing it solely at Gang-jin while leaving Woo-jin untouched.

Magic techniques that manipulated spatial concepts were meaningless before Woo-jin.

*Whooosh!!*

The concentrated, cascading cold was intense enough that even Woo-jin would struggle against it.

But Gang-jin wasn’t one to stand still. He lunged at Woo-jin.

As a living being, Gang-jin could pass through the cracks without being affected.

He charged at Woo-jin, attempting a desperate strike, but it was in vain.

*Thud!*

His frozen legs refused to carry him any further.

As Gang-jin moved, the cracks shifted dynamically, reforming into new shapes and releasing cold that relentlessly targeted him.

It was a cruel sight.

Feeling the freezing air invade his entire body, Gang-jin let out a bitter chuckle.

He was on the brink of death, toyed with by an invincible opponent.

Woo-jin gazed down at Gang-jin, his eyes as cold and emotionless as the freezing air.

Gang-jin was certain of his defeat.

To die at the hands of such a powerful foe—he didn’t know how to express his gratitude to the man who had given him this exhilarating final fight.

With a trembling voice, Gang-jin managed to utter what little he could.

“What a dull life… such a boring life….”

“…….”

“Ahn Woo-jin… thank you. Thanks to you, the end was… quite fun….”

Gang-jin couldn’t say any more.

He was entirely frozen, taking his final breath.

*Clatter!*

The Absolute World vanished in a brilliant white light.

Woo-jin retracted the cracks that had covered the walls, ceiling, and floor. He then began to fall once again, landing in the middle of the Center Area.

The Cube that formed the Absolute World had disappeared.

“What is that…?”

The Martial Law Guards and the Disciplinary Committee alliance, locked in battle, turned their heads as the enormous Cube that had made up the Absolute World vanished in a burst of light.

At the same time, the towering ice palace that had once surrounded the Central Tower, symbolizing Gang-jin’s might, began to disintegrate into glowing particles, drifting away on the wind.

The glowing dust surrounded a falling figure, shining brightly before disappearing.

As if mourning a death.

It was a corpse frozen solid, one that fit the description of the white-clad man—Seo Gang-jin.

Everyone watched the scene unfold.

“White…!?”

“He… lost…?”

Everyone was stunned.