I Became a National Level Barrier Magician

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The temporal setting of is a time zone in the future rather than the present.

In the 21st century, a cataclysm occurred where monsters and magical powers first appeared, and after 200 years, society has become stable.

However, during the cataclysm, human civilization collapsed completely, and as a result, it took a long time to restore civilization.

Although it is set in the 2300s, this is why it shows a lifestyle similar to modern society.

‘It’s familiar.’

The route to the gate terminal at Seoul Station by subway is familiar.

Even in the world of the game, people’s lives are strangely similar to Korea.

What’s special about it is that the Korea of this world refers to the entire Korean Peninsula?

I heard that most of the leadership lost power and the entire country was destroyed due to the second-level gate that occurred in Pyongyang during the cataclysm.

Naturally, South Korea, which was in a relatively better situation, included that land in Korea as soon as North Korea was annihilated.

Of course, this was not limited to the Korean Peninsula.

‘Thanks to this, the world map has changed to the point where it is unrecognizable.’

As there are many countries on earth, there are countries that survived the cataclysm, and there are countries that ultimately failed to survive and perished.

The countries that won became stronger, but most of the countries that fell became part of the territories of the countries that survived.

So what about cases that don’t fall into that ‘most’ category?

Places such as the African continent, the North and South Poles, and the Amazon in South America are representative examples.

These places became uninhabitable places and disappeared into the back alleys of history.

It’s closer to a region or continent than a country, but let’s skip over such trivial matters.

What is important is that there are still parts of the Earth that humanity has not yet conquered.

[This station is Seoul Station, Seoul Station. The door to get off is on the left.]

I heard the familiar Korean guidance sound of the subway.

‘Even if the world changes and hundreds of years pass, that guidance sound remains the same.’

Eventually, the subway stopped, and quite a few people got off the subway.

‘Seoul Station has changed a lot.’

Unlike the scenery of Seoul seen from the subway, more things in Seoul Station had changed than expected.

What should I say? It’s not a place that mainly operates trains, but it feels like the gate terminal is the main thing and the trains are relegated to a secondary role?

The gate terminal is definitely convenient. Although maintenance costs were high, it wasn’t something I was concerned about, so I just passed on it.

‘How convenient it was to always teleport to the gate terminal in the game.’

was a system where each area was implemented as an open field, and it was accessed through a gate terminal.

Thanks to that, I got sick of Gate Terminal while playing the game.

That is why the gate terminal is both familiar and welcoming.

‘Was this the gateway to Eden?’

Gate terminal is an area where gateways to various parts of the world are gathered.

Since the area was implemented as an open field in the game, it was not that difficult to find the way.

I took the steps I remembered and arrived at the gateway easily, as expected.

A huge structure like Dongnimmun and a blue whirlpool rotating in the center.

Is this the difference between game graphics and reality? I felt a grandeur that was difficult to describe in words.

As I was staring at the gateway, a terminal employee came up to me and spoke to me.

“Are you a student at Eden?”

“Yes.”

We will verify your identity with “horsepower. Please place your hand on the crystal ball here.”

When I placed my hand on the crystal ball following the staff’s instructions, the ball absorbed some of my magical power.

[Seong Yu-jin]

─Gender: Male

─Age: 20 years old

─Criminal record: None (0)

I’ve seen this many times in games, but it felt different seeing it in person.

“Seong Yujin’s identity has been verified. Please stand on the step in front of the gate over there.”

“Thank you.”

An era in which resident registration cards have disappeared and personal magic has replaced them.

It was more convenient than I thought since the magic power in my body replaced my ID card.

“I will pass on the instructions.”

“Yes.”

After verifying my identity, I followed the staff’s instructions and climbed onto the scaffolding in front of the Gateway to Eden.

After waiting for a while, an employee came over and gave me some instructions.

“Do not use magic such as barriers or teleportation. You may feel a little bloated right after the transfer.”

It was an accent and guidance that I had often heard in hospitals before, but it felt fresh because it was mixed with fantasy-like stories like barriers and teleportation.

The employee who delivered all the instructions left for a moment.

The employee briefly inspected the gate to see if there were any problems, then nodded and activated the gate.

Wow-.

A low-pitched sound rang through the air. The blue vortex rotated rapidly, creating a hole in the air.

Just enter “.”

A huge hole appeared in the middle of the blue whirlpool.

The hole did not show the back of the gateway. The scenery beyond the hole is a place other than Korea.

‘The gates to Eden have been opened.’

Beyond the hole in the gate, that huge tree that takes up about half of the horizon is the symbol of Eden.

A sacred tree planted by the head of Eden 100 years ago after clearing the special gate-Paradise Garden.

gulp-.

I swallowed my saliva without realizing it. I took off my heavy feet and stepped forward.

Throw yourself into a hole and jump through space.

From Seoul to the land of old Australia, you jump a distance of about 6800km in one step.

Shuaa-.

Completely passed the gate. The staff member confirmed that I had passed and closed the gate.

“Oh… .”

There was a grandeur when it opened, but it also had its own feeling when it closed.

As I watched with a small exclamation, several cadets were giggling while looking at me.

They seem to be the type of person who only needs to make fun of a hillbilly to calm them down.

‘The entrance ceremony is coming soon, so we can go to the square, right?’

The location of the entrance ceremony event itself is around the gateway.

Originally, the cadets were instructed to wait in this area.

But I moved on. From what I remember, Eden’s entrance ceremony was actually close to a kind of hazing ceremony.

Everyone was gathered around the gate, but I headed to the square along the road I had seen so many times in games.

To obtain the hidden piece hidden in this part, which is almost like a tutorial quest.

Turn right, turn left, turn right again and go straight.

As I continued walking without stopping, I soon saw the square in the distance.

‘There is also.’

A golden window embedded in the center of the square. That window is the hidden piece of the tutorial I’m aiming for.

… However, someone might think this way.

Why are you ignoring the established story line and suddenly picking up the hidden piece hidden in the tutorial section?

They say it was a game, but is it okay to be so reckless in a real world?

… That is correct. Since this is reality, there is no harm in being cautious.

But more than that, we need to move boldly because this world is real.

Of course, the rewards you get when you clear the tutorial properly are always useful.

It is possible to increase the favorability of key characters in the story or acquire large amounts of credits, the currency used in Eden.

However, the hidden piece I am trying to obtain is not, strictly speaking, a hidden piece.

A hidden piece that was not included in the training plan I made and only exists in the setting.

‘It’, a hidden piece that was impossible to obtain due to the structure of the original system, became something that could be obtained as this world became a reality.

‘It has begun.’

Announcements began to flow from loudspeakers installed throughout the building.

Fake news that Eden’s professors spread throughout the school using loudspeaker magic.

Gate collapse. A phenomenon in which monsters living in the dungeon beyond the gate break the gate and cross over to reality.

‘It’s impossible for something like that to happen in Eden, the world’s best hunter academy.’

Existing Eden cadets do not attend school on this day. Professors also do not appear.

Using these two elements, ‘Eden is empty for some reason’.

As if it were a real situation, the professors instill fear in the freshmen with urgent speech and strong accents.

And the next moment, the area where the gateway was located became noisy.

Because the distance was quite wide, I couldn’t hear the exact conversation, but there was probably screaming and all kinds of swearing.

Of course, that’s all a lie.

There is no history of a gate collapse in Eden, neither in the past nor in the future.

‘That’s why there’s a rumor coming from the community that it’s like a declaration of voluntary enlistment in Eden.’

Yes. It’s all a show of professors messing around.

The goal is to suddenly declare an emergency and evaluate the level and potential of the cadets by seeing who responds in that situation and how they respond.

Of course, this is not just an emergency.

A large-scale illusion magic prepared in advance creates the illusion of monsters around the cadets.

‘Even users who experienced it for the first time thought that the real Eden had been attacked.’

I remember being surprised when I played as ‘Romance One Tool’, the first character I created.

It was so elaborately made that it hit all the elements that humans use to recognize something.

All external elements such as appearance, smell, touch, weight, speed, and power were implemented… A setting called.

is a regular computer game, not a VR game, so I just watched some crappy cutscenes.

Still, now that the game has become a reality, anyone who has experienced this illusion for the first time will never think that the monster in front of them is an illusion.

This is because we created a ‘plausible situation’ created by carefully stacking everything from small to large elements.

‘Still, I know.’

I already know very well what this situation is, and it has been a long time since I was outside the range of effect of the genjutsu.

All I have to do is get my hands on that hidden piece. For that, I gave up the tutorial reward and came all the way here.

Past the grassy area, over the stone floor, to the window pedestal made of special metal.

I walked through the square in a straight line and finally reached the golden window.

“I will transfer ownership to the person who picks up this spear, regardless of reason, noble or not.”

These are the words that Othinus, the head of Eden, declared directly.

Since the same words were written on the metal stand where the spear was inserted, many people actually tried to pull out this spear.

‘Although everything failed.’

The identity of this spear is a replica of her divine spear, Gungnir, created by Othinus herself.

Compared to the original, many parts have been removed to reduce costs, but it is still a powerful weapon that can be counted in one hand.

‘In the game, this window only existed as dummy data for settings and clients, and was a weapon that no one could obtain.’

A spear that I could never pick up even after seeing the ending and hitting max level.

As it turned out later, the reason why this spear could not be pulled out was because the S-rank sealing techniques were so densely applied.

A final level item that has been sealed in layers with the highest grade sealing technique.

There were many people who coveted it, but the choice given to all of them was a fair, easy-choice choice.

‘Either disarm all of the spear’s spells and take it, or give up the spear cleanly.’

In , there are two ways to completely disarm magic or skills cast by others.

First, achieve a higher level than the target and use the dispel or custom deactivation technique.

In conclusion, this method was not possible.

Othinus, who placed the seal, was a recognized figure in the world of heaven, and there was no way for the player at the time to reach that level.

… But now this world has become a reality. There is a second method that only I can do.

‘Overwriting the spell the opponent used with a higher-level spell, and then canceling the spell entirely.’

It is the same concept as adding a new board marker over board marker that sticks to the white board and cannot be erased and then erasing it all at once.

In the middle of the story, I remembered the setting of the sealing technique approved by magic professor Rayna Graven.

‘Sealing techniques basically confine the target in a barrier and bind its power by imposing several restrictions and conditions.’

Since the sealing technique is basically based on a barrier, it can be easily lifted by neutralizing the barrier itself.

No matter how elaborate the calculations and drawings are, all you have to do is tear the paper they are drawn on.

‘You can do it.’

The highest level sealing technique that Othinus casted directly on this window is S rank, the highest level in the game.

On the other hand, the barrier technique I can use is EX rank, which goes beyond the limits of the game due to the influence of the sovereignty of the other world.

[Barrier Art (EX) rewrites the Seal of Selection (S).]

In other words, it is possible to rewrite it with my barrier technique, which is a higher level skill.

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