Entropy Reverse

“…Dale Enberton.”

A massive dome of physical force.

As its surface raged roughly, turning the surrounding air into strong winds, the girl at its core called out the boy’s name.

“From now on, I will attack you with the maximum power I can exert.”

What followed was a declaration.

A declaration that what would happen from now on would be on a different dimension from what had happened so far.

“Try to face me with whatever means you can. Whether you block this attack in advance, or surpass it with even greater power…”

Of course, just holding onto this is painful enough to make her whole body twist, but she gritted her teeth and endured it nonetheless.

What was more unbearable than the pain in her body was being looked down upon by someone she couldn’t acknowledge.

“If that’s possible with just that peculiar constitution of yours, that is.”

So she had to show the boy in front of her, even if it was just bravado.

How futile it was to assert such trivial friendship games to her.

Furthermore, how much the position he unknowingly held was coveted and desired by so many others.

“Wow.”

But the boy doesn’t despair.

He doesn’t beg for his life even in the face of overwhelming power.

He doesn’t lose his reason, swept away by this wave of power.

“…Amazing.”

Contrary to her wishes.

At this moment, the boy was fascinated by the disaster trying to swallow him whole.

“What…”

She couldn’t understand it.

No, no one would understand the reaction the boy was showing right now.

“What on earth are you saying in this situation…!”

To merely express admiration in the face of this power.

The murmurs coming from the thousands of people looking down on this scene prove that such a thing shouldn’t be possible.

Yet clearly it was.

‘No, he’s sincere.’

The moment she saw the unusual light in those two eyes, she could immediately tell that his current statement wasn’t bravado.

That boy was genuinely feeling awe.

At the phenomenon overwhelming him.

At the reality that such vast power, which he thought a mere human couldn’t construct, could be held in one place.

“It’s not just gathering mana.”

Yes, in theory.

If it’s just the principle, one could try to analyze it through what’s visible to the naked eye.

What’s in front of him, this sight the boy is seeing, unlike his innate power, can’t be called unknown at all.

“You’re considering everything about how to operate the flow of mana to create such a form. As expected, you’re amazing. Binz, you…”

Yet it’s this magnificent.

That it can truly be accomplished by human hands, and the fact that it can be ‘proven’ by showing it to others, seemed so beautiful.

“Right now, grasping the situation…”

“…No, I understand perfectly.”

An experience so different for the boy who had been exploring only the unknown all along.

That realization quietly swept over the boy’s heart as a thrill.

That’s why he doesn’t back down.

To the extent of forgetting even the pain of the bruises throbbing from being hit by the stone throws earlier.

“That’s why I want to see more. What will come after this.”

The expectation raised by this vast power.

What kind of result will appear before him.

‘He’s crazy.’

She belatedly realized.

That the person in front of her wasn’t normal.

‘This child isn’t in their right mind.’

Wasn’t he from a lawless area to begin with?

The perspective of a boy who grew up there and came out into the world couldn’t be the same as that of ordinary people.

When everyone sees fear in a disaster, he alone sees a fragment of truth.

That fragment.

Her efforts that no one recognized, only overwhelmed.

‘Binz, no one will understand the path we’re taking. Nevertheless, are you prepared to walk that path?’

The fact that there’s someone who recognizes the research and understanding to hone that.

Ironically, at this moment, she thought it was just a little, just a tiny bit, but happy.

“…If that’s your wish, I’ll gladly grant it.”

But such simplicity is nothing in the face of grand ideals.

Rather, by turning away from it, the girl regains her composure.

Through that controlled will, she shatters everything existing in the range, and finally, the moment she lifts it above herself.

-Crack, crack.

All of that defying gravity clumps together, and gradually compresses, reducing in volume.

Even that reduced volume is still larger than a house.

The mass of tens of tons resulting from it will ignore all attacks it faces and crush even its target.

Yes, this is her full power, the ideology and ideal inherited from her family.

She will implement and prove all of that here.

In the face of overwhelming power, everything becomes meaningless, and therefore, that can become a sure means of correcting the order of the world.

“…Alright.”

What the boy did when faced with the result of such determination was one thing.

He simply picked up a stone fragment from the shattered floor of the training ground.

Not to throw it to stop her action like before.

The time for that had already passed, and above all, he didn’t wish for such a thing at all.

To resolve the question of what would come next, he had to accept that full power.

Yet he’s not afraid, because even at this moment, the boy was looking for an opportunity from the phenomenon unfolding before him.

‘Yes, I knew nothing.’

He came to the surface knowing nothing.

Because he knew nothing, he was curious about everything.

Because things he didn’t know when underground were scattered all around, it was enjoyable to learn about all of them.

He felt his world expanding as he learned about these things.

Then he learned about an unknown power.

If he could grasp even this unknown, perhaps he could know everything needed to live in this unfamiliar world…

Achieving that would be amazing in itself, and he thought that maybe everyone would acknowledge him further.

‘But that was wrong from the start.’

Yes, there was no need to go as far as the unknown.

Even just by utilizing what already exists, such a magnificent and vast phenomenon can be caused, so how could he indulge only in the unknown as before?

The first thing to do is right in front of him.

What is called truth can be achieved by honing what one already possesses.

‘So before knowing the unknown, I must first know the world.’

That small realization gradually calmed his excited mind, and eventually, the stone in the boy’s hand began to float in the air.

The moment the whirlpool of physical force slowly rotated that stone.

Its surroundings also begin to be gradually enveloped by another power possessed by the boy.

To maintain that power so it doesn’t flow away.

So that even if his will breaks, that power doesn’t spread outward.

‘Simply.’

Eventually, when an ‘isolated system’ where no energy loss to the outside occurs is created.

‘Even more simply.’

The interior still swirling with power.

The lone stone placed inside is also moving rapidly in sync with that rotation.

If not manipulated further from here, this power will continue to be maintained.

Until ‘all entropy in this isolated system is lost’.

‘There’s no need to think of something new.’

Then, if.

What if change is introduced to this isolated space before the moment that loss ends?

‘By applying what I already know…’

It’s a simple problem.

If a space where specific forces don’t leak to the outside is compressed.

‘If I aim for that limit…!’

As the volume decreases, the density increases, and as a result, if the internal pressure increases.

How much force does the fluid (energy) existing inside exert when released to the outside?

-Crackle!!

The barrier, which by nature is not affected by the internal force, gradually narrows.

As the volume decreases, the internal space also shrinks.

The force swirling inside raged madly within the limited space, but still, the barrier doesn’t disappear.

Because this power can take precedence over all effects caused by mana.

No matter how much the force losing its center of will swirls hoping for liberation, it can ignore that resistance and push this power to reduce the space.

‘Theoretically, beyond a sphere to the level of becoming a point.’

A force invisible to the eye and impossible to confirm sensually.

If he can truly maintain the balance of that force to its limit.

‘What is that?’

That process was visible to the girl standing on the opposite side at this moment.

A perfect sphere that’s neither a circle nor a dome.

The form that can theoretically operate energy most efficiently was clearly visible to the girl’s eyes at this moment.

‘Something…’

But isn’t it strange?

Mana is invisible to the eye.

The vibration sound and heat haze perceived when recognizing its existence are ultimately phenomena derived from the distortion of medium and light source occurring as mana creates physical force.

The phenomenon occurring in front of her should also be a phenomenon strictly caused by energy.

‘Something is happening…’

Yet it’s visible.

Inside a space completely isolated from the outside using some means.

Only the visual information from the energy that uniquely passes through was being perceived even by the girl’s eyes.

‘…Light?’

Something shining in various colors around the circular space.

When her attention was drawn to that, the girl finally sensed it.

That everything existing around that circle was being distorted.

‘The force is concentrated too strongly at one point, distorting space and absorbing the surrounding light.’

The strange light occurring around that sphere must also be because it’s continuously absorbing only light.

But does that really make sense?

Without extracting the internal force outward, slowly drawing in only external force…

‘No, theoretically… it’s possible theoretically.’

If terrifying energy is concentrated in one place to the extent that no loss occurs where force is released to the outside.

And astronomers who observed fragments of such phenomena wrote in the dictionaries they compiled:

‘Event Horizon.’

A phenomenon that occurs when the density in space approaches infinitely close to 0.

It’s said that what’s sucked inside can’t escape even light due to overwhelming gravity, and some light clusters are distorted by that force, creating an outline around it.

‘Really…’

But constructing a black hole through mana.

How can a boy who just entered middle school construct something that even archmages only implement to the extent of creating disasters?

‘Did he really cause it?’

That boy truly nullifies transformative effects caused by mana.

Has he reached such a realm through that one ability, and by his own power at that?

“Dale Enberton.”

No, coincidentally, that answer can’t be given right now.

And it’s probably the same for that boy.

What kind of phenomenon is occurring in his hands.

Whether it just looks that way visually but is actually a different phenomenon in reality.

“As expected…”

Simply compressing space to increase internal pressure, amplifying the force released to the outside when liberating that space.

What the boy has done is just a ‘coincidental result’ created from such a simple and common-sense idea.

Since the intention and result are different, in actual combat, understanding the detailed principles isn’t important.

“As expected, you were the wall I had to overcome and surpass!!”

Just that its intensity is unimaginably vast.

Knowing just that is enough for now.

That alone is enough to ignite fighting spirit.

-Boom!!

Yes, at this moment, all preparations are complete.

Now all that’s left is to clash with each other’s full power, strength against strength.

The girl who faced that moment gathered strength in both her hands and shot forward the massive mass of matter constructed by her will.

The massive mass created by gathering the force spread outward centered on herself and.

The pressure of fluid exerted by releasing the force compressed inside. Which of the two will gain the upper hand?

-Whoosh!

The moment that massive mass approached him.

The boy widened his eyes and prepared to release the light occurring in his hands.

Feeling that vast power through his fingertips, he muttered.

“…Entropy Reverse.”

Drawing energy from outside the isolated space.

Uttering the ideal of bringing down before him a realm that no one has yet reached, but which surely exists somewhere in this world.

-Crash!!!

The barrier is released through that will.

The vast air current shooting as if wedging through the gap in front begins to push out the tiny mass that was the only thing existing inside.

Quickly disappearing from the moment of release.

But at the very moment of release, a projectile of maximum power with the lowest rate of energy loss.

-Crash!!

A fierce breaking sound echoes at that moment.

The surface of the struck boulder is pierced too easily, and everything collapses miserably centered on the point of penetration.

At a speed faster than sound, almost like light, too fast for humans to perceive.

-Boom!!!!

The resulting collapse sound echoes throughout the space, and the barriers surrounding the training ground begin to vibrate roughly as they receive the sound waves.

Even the aftermath is an absurd force.

It was vividly felt even in the spectator seats beyond the barrier.

As if a ripple had occurred centered on that point.

The silence formed as even breaths were swallowed up in that scene.

“Te-Teacher… Gale?”

The one who barely opened her mouth in that scene was the girl who had now sat down, looking at the sight before her.

Gale Harsion.

The moment the man who was judging this duel blocked in front of her.

“…Binz.”

His hand was precisely blocking the direction from which the boy’s attack had come.

“You probably know too, but if I hadn’t blocked that just now, you would have died.”

The smoke rising from his fingertips and the trembling of his hand.

It showed that something that made even a man called a hero tense up had collided with those fingertips.