episode_0045
by adminHow did things happen like this?
I just tried to take first place by making full use of what I had and my abilities.
Even so, I never dreamed that a picture like this would appear in a marathon race where people compete against each other for ranking rather than a team race.
“Catch that bastard!”
“Let’s get rid of that guy first!”
“We don’t know when that guy will block our way again, so this is a temporary alliance!”
twice.
That was the number of attempts I made from my first match until I became a public enemy targeted by all first-year cadets.
In fact, it was conducted only once for all cadets. The other time I only used it on Seria Alfheim.
Nevertheless, was my blocking among the cadets more shocking than I thought? Many cadets… In fact, all the cadets united to compete against me in some way.
‘This isn’t it.’
Although the distance between me and the other cadets was obviously quite large, the gap had already narrowed to a distance where each cadet could be roughly identified with my naked eye, which had excluded the detection barrier.
Well, as my eyesight improved as I became a superhuman, the gap that narrowed was still quite a distance away.
But even so, it was true that it was abnormally fast.
Feeling puzzled by the incomprehensible speed of the chase, I checked the effect of the detection barrier technique that was set to omit some information by focusing on a group of cadets… A somewhat shocking observation stuck in my mind.
Could something like that happen in a marathon race? It’s so absurd that I have to ask myself a question.
‘Hundreds of people are joining together to chase me, what’s going on?!’
The secret to the ridiculously fast catch-up of the latecomer cadets was mutual complementation through division of labor and cooperation.
Hundreds of cadets were united with the sole thought of catching me, and were advancing, making up for each other’s shortcomings with their own strengths.
If you don’t want to be caught up, you have to speed up even more. That was the moment I thought about it.
Spot-.
“… What is that?”
Seria Alfheim, which I passed by a few minutes ago. Something rose from the ground towards the barrier that imprisoned her.
I immediately tried to use the detection barrier to identify myself, but strangely, the detection barrier informed me that ‘there was no one’ in that space.
There is only one person in the world whose detection barrier produces results like this.
Only then did I see that person’s appearance with my own eyes and realize her identity.
“Haaa!”
Pak-!
Cheon Yu-hwa, with a loud voice that was loud enough to be heard by my ears, who were quite far away, struck the outer wall of the round barrier floating in the air.
The terrifying shock caused incontinence above the barrier.
It may have been Cheon Yu-hwa’s own ability, but it was also thanks to the attacks of Ceria Alfheim, who were continuously attacking the barrier from within.
‘That barrier will break soon.’
Although he went through numerous trials and errors to overcome Cheon Yu-hwa’s illusion killing, he still has not been able to completely overcome it.
Although it wasn’t at the level of being helplessly destroyed upon contact like in the past, they had only succeeded in designing a technique that was enough to withstand her illusion killing for a while.
‘The rank of barrier arts has been downgraded, and that’s the limit to how much it can be suppressed right now.’
After discovering that the way Cheon Yu-hwa’s illusion killing works is not fundamentally ‘erasing’ magical power, but rather ‘absorbing’ magical energy limited to specific conditions or techniques in contact, much research has been done.
In this way, the current battle barrier between Cheon Yu-hwa and Cheon Yu-hwa was born.
The moment the body of Cheon Yu-hwa, who possesses illusion killing, comes into contact with my barrier, the barrier instantly loses the magic power that makes up the magic formula to her.
However, it is only ridiculously fast, and absorption does not end at the moment of contact or does not occur at the same time.
I succeeded in capturing the gap of subtle changes between Cheon Yu-hwa’s body, contact with the barrier technique, and the subsequent activation of the illusion killing effect.
‘The moment it comes into contact with Cheon Yu-hwa’s body, it instantly triggers the distraction dummy magic hidden among the barrier techniques and releases illusion killing.’
A barrier in which some structures were intentionally deformed during the design process of the barrier.
In fact, this is a technique that is difficult to call a magic trick.
When the barrier was created from the beginning, it was a technique that did not have any effect, but rather hindered the stability of the barrier and the effect of the built-in magic to a certain extent.
For that reason, the barrier I am deploying now is capable of resisting illusion killing, but somewhat loses its performance as a barrier.
‘In terms of skill level, I’m currently somewhere between B rank and A rank. The performance gap is greater than expected.’
Normally, a barrier that could never be destroyed by anyone except those with Seria Alfheim’s level of skill was lowered to a barrier that other ordinary cadets could easily destroy, just to block Cheon Yu-hwa.
Of course, the process is never easy. Not only is the EX rank higher than the standard, but the B rank and A rank are also skill ranks at the level held by high-level hunters or top hunters.
Perhaps, for the cadets, the destruction of the barrier has just crossed the border from impossible to possible, and making it happen will take more effort than expected.
However, that alone makes the situation quite difficult right now.
“Now I’ve got the hang of this too!”
“That guy went up to the sky! Someone please drop it!”
The barriers, which would have been quite difficult for an individual to rush into, are gradually broken through with the joint attack of dozens or hundreds of cadets.
The barrier, which has become structurally unstable due to the built-in countermeasure against phantom killing, is not able to last as long as expected.
I frowned and calculated the magic formula. Since Cheon Yu-hwa left the group with the intention of rescuing Seria Alfheim, there would be no need to deploy an incomplete barrier against the remaining cadets.
‘Try destroying this too.’
The cadets’ path ahead was blocked by barriers, and lines of barriers were laid out in all directions.
It is a complete EX rank barrier without any unstable dummy techniques.
As the road ahead was blocked, the cadets who tried to spread out in different directions were stopped by the wall of the barrier that was slowly narrowing.
The barrier and the cadets’ magic collided several times, but as expected, unlike before, the barrier remained firmly in place.
‘It would be a waste of time to tie Seria Alfheim and Chun Yu-hwa any further. Fast forward before the two join the other cadets… ‘
How long has it been since I thought that way and accelerated forward?
In a short period of about ten seconds, the barrier blocking the group of cadets collapsed.
‘This feeling… ?!’
For a moment I thought I had made a mistake. The sense of the barrier being broken in this way could never have been caused by an ordinary cadet’s attack.
Fantasy murder.
Someone else broke my barrier with illusion killing.
‘Chun Yu-hwa did not join. She is still breaking the barrier of Ceria Alfheim.’
So who? Who on earth used illusion killing?
I chewed my lip slightly as I looked at the cadets who had crossed the broken barrier and started moving forward again.
Was there another exception like Hella? Or is it just that the barrier was destroyed in a way similar to illusion killing, such as absorption of magical power?
The probability of the latter was also quite high. Not only was the output of illusion killing ridiculously high, but the absorption of magical energy itself was not a rare enough ability to be found often.
‘It is highly likely that a similar effect was achieved simply through magic or mystery… .’
Maybe it’s because I’ve been particularly concerned about phantasmagoria lately, but a strangely uneasy feeling remained and tormented me.
‘… Let’s move first. It’s a problem we can look into later.’
I tried to suppress the rising anxiety and turned my head forward again. Before I knew it, I was halfway through the fourth section, the canyon.
After looking down, a small smile appeared. This is because the terrain of the canyon was much rougher than expected.
No matter how well the cadets cooperate, if the terrain is this rugged, it will be difficult.
“That guy runs away!”
“Damn, the road is narrow! Someone please make some scaffolding!”
“It is a canyon terrain! Don’t push!”
As expected, as soon as they entered the canyon terrain, the cadets became upset.
I succeeded in making a platform using a barrier and jumping through the air because I tried it.
Calculating and using a technique that serves as a stepping stone at every moment places a greater burden on brain resources than you can imagine. Moreover, most cadets do not have enough magical power to maintain this method for long.
This is a method that only someone like me, who has a multi-core, and Ceria Alfheim, who has a vast amount of magical power born from birth, can try.
‘Even then, Seria Alfheim flew through the air with so much magic power.’
As I was thinking about Ceria Alfheim’s elemental magic, a signal came from the barrier that had imprisoned Ceria Alfheim.
The barrier had been destroyed.
‘Judging by the lack of notifications in the status window, it appears that the barrier was destroyed by Ceria Alfheim’s elemental magic, not by illusion killing.’
I suddenly became curious. Why does the status window only display a notification when Cheon Yu-hwa’s illusion killing breaks my barrier?
The status window was quiet even when the cadets tried to break my barrier using various means and even when some professors, including Professor Caria, broke my barrier.
I also thought that the illusion killing was special, but in reality, the status window did not display a notification in the case of Hela’s illusion killing and something similar that appeared in the group of cadets just before.
‘… ‘Is Cheon Yu-hwa’s illusion killing particularly special?’
Illusion killing may not all have the same ability. I thought carefully about the questions that arose along with those thoughts, but unfortunately, my worries did not last very long.
Huh-!
‘Ugh… ! ‘Has this wind already chased me!’
As I frowned and swallowed, a pleasantly sad voice coldly pierced my ears.
Her voice sounded as if she was extremely annoyed.
“You blocked the way twice.”
Distance remaining to the finish line of the first race, approximately 4km.
The fairy flew in with golden light, swinging the green wind.
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