Grand Duke of the Heibern House

Chapter 82

＜Chapter 82＞

Even in broad daylight, the 16th hall of the Royal Battlefield was gloomy.

A pile of broken bricks.

A bare pillar.

The spectator seats turned white with dust.

Even an arena full of rubble, such as small stones.

push type –

As debris flowed from the broken ceiling, the urging voice of the head of Hedeian was heard.

“Begin.”

“yes. Head of department.”

Neres, who arrived with the dean of the department, got busy.

The chief sorcerer of the Mage Tower dipped a brush into a reagent bottle and began to scatter it into the air.

Professor Gary Eldos’s eyes were busy following his movements.

The chief magician’s magic tracking method is a rare scene that is not easily seen.

Professor Helen’s eyes also had a strange look.

“Do drugs act as catalysts?”

“It is not an ordinary drug. It must be a special reagent that has undergone active distillation with at least 15 days of mana.”

“They said they could sustain the release of mana for more than fifteen days… … .”

As a human being with flesh and blood, he couldn’t sustain the release of mana for that long.

He must have used a special artifact that allowed for long-term release of mana.

“That’s why sorcerers are precious.”

sorcerer.

As a wizard, he had to reach a certain level, but it was a job that had to be premised on having various magical knowledge.

Understanding magic alchemy, timely use of rune combinations, wide application of magic circles, ability to create artifacts, other summoning techniques, astronomy, even astrology… … .

In order to demonstrate one’s abilities as a sorcerer, one must have one foot in each field of sorcery.

In fact, most of the artifacts used in real life were created by magicians.

They were the blacksmiths of the magical world.

ssssss-

When the reagent touched the air started to react, the magician Neres’ magic was scattered.

As the cloud of reagents vaporized by magical powers slowly spread out in all directions, Neres carefully signed the hand sign.

Whoaaagh!

The reagent cloud soon subsided.

Neres waited for traces of magical power that would form in a deep blue color.

But he couldn’t help but stare at the head of Hedeian with a subtle expression.

“Dean. This is a sign that someone put their hand first.”

“Did you use your hand?”

“Look here.”

In the direction Neres was pointing at, a blue halo of light remained faintly.

“It is a remnant of magic that could not be erased. Perhaps there was a ‘interference factor’ in this position.”

“What if it’s a disruptor?”

“I will show you.”

When Neres’ hand sign formed again, the glow revealed by his magic scan magic turned red.

However, such red traces were gradually expanding.

ssssss-

When Neres’ spell was finished, almost the entire arena was enveloped in red light.

Only the spot that had been shining blue until just now was empty.

Professor Helen asked as she ran her hand over the red aura that shimmered in the air like an illusion.

“What sign is this?”

The face of the sorcerer, Neres, turned white like someone who had faced something scary.

“I-I never thought it would be this vast… … This is an unmistakable sign of wide-area dispel. With just one spell, all traces of magic remaining in this arena were erased at once.”

“Is that possible?”

“It’s not impossible, but maybe… … .”

Neres’ eyes glanced at the dean of Heday.

“First of all, the amount of mana that can be released at once must be staggering. A wizard who could withstand the release of mana for such a long time, and who could control the released mana all at once with telekinesis. A sage-level archmage like that would be able to do it.”

“Sage!”

There were only two wise men in the Lemadel kingdom, Egios, the master of the magic tower, and the head of the Hedeian department.

Of course it wasn’t the head of Hedeian who set out to track down the traces of magic left in this arena, of course, but Egios, the lord of the Mage Tower?

When all those curious eyes gathered at the head of the Hedeian department, he shook his head lowly.

“No. This is not a trace of Egios.”

He was the dean of Hedeian, who had been entangled with Egios as a rival all his life.

Hedeian probably knew better than Egios himself how to implement magical power.

“Egios doesn’t waste magic power pointlessly. Rather, he must have efficiently divided the spells and perfected each area.”

“Then who… … ?”

The question of Professor Gary Eldos continued.

However, the head of Hedeian’s department was looking at the place where the red light had disappeared, a space that was distorted like a human figure standing.

“The disturbing factor you mentioned was sympathy. Someone sensed magic there.”

“Yes, Headmaster. If it wasn’t for that trace, I probably wouldn’t have been able to find this dispel’s spell trace.”

“hahahaha.”

A wide-area dispel spread with sage-level magic, and a sympathy possessor that can interfere with the magic of others… … .

“Are these really the traces of the no-rank cadets?”

Professor Helen stands with eyes that cannot be understood.

No matter how geniuses they are, these were traces that far exceeded the level of such geniuses.

“It has to be guys.”

“yes… … ?”

“Isn’t it a serious violation of school rules to enter an unauthorized place? It is natural for cadets to want to hide such traces.”

“Ha, but this!”

“Do you know Cadet Ruin well?”

“One of my classes… … .”

The head of the Hedeian department smiles.

“I don’t know.”

Soon he looks at Adrena.

“Did you say there were no witnesses?”

Adrena nodded absently.

“yes! However, according to the testimony of the Faculty Management Office staff, the key to Battlefield 16 must have disappeared! At that time, only the Chiron cadets were on record! The missing key reappeared the next day after Chiron came in and out!”

“That alone is not enough.”

Taking the key cannot be evidence of a school rule violation.

If you say that you mistook it for a different key, you won’t be able to drive it any further.

I thought I would be able to find traces of magic battles here, but such a large-scale, wide-area dispel.

“As expected, he’s an unusual guy.”

Louie Ryan.

A guy who can’t be dismissed as a cadet.

“hahahaha… … !”

The mouth of the head of the Hedeian department twisted in a fishy way.

Both of his eyes were glistening with madness.

* * *

The cadets who had finished the image were throwing questions at Ruin as if to exhort them.

“Have you learned martial arts since you started learning magic?”

“okay.”

The reaction of the cadets was astounding.

“There must be no War Mage school or family in our Lemadel Kingdom?”

“Isn’t it the same for other kingdoms as well as ours?”

“I haven’t heard of rumors that War Mages are active in the Arkhan Empire.”

In the distant past, in the era of the Millennium War, quite a few War Mages were active.

They splendidly roamed the battlefield using both magic and martial arts.

With agility that overwhelms ordinary wizards, their strength is survivability.

War Mage was able to deal with the knights even in person-to-person battles, but what was more terrifying than that was their group battles.

Agile tactical movements comparable to those of knights and magicians’ firepower created synergy, so the knights could no longer be their opponents.

The War Mage Corps, which dominates the battlefield with overwhelming firepower, is the most splendid wonder created by the Millennium War.

However, when the Thousand Year War ended, the legend of War Mage was quickly forgotten.

Human time is limited.

Although they displayed great efficiency on the battlefield, they were unable to reach the ultimate in either magic or chess, and eventually began to be weeded out.

Up to now, the training method of War Mage has been almost abandoned.

Naturally, the cadets couldn’t help but feel that Ruin was a relic of the distant past.

“But then it doesn’t make any more sense?”

“What?”

“No, it is. Let’s say Daphne and I fell out of the same room. It’s because I fell for War Mage’s trick. Then, what the hell is the confrontation with Lyria?”

Ruin never used taijutsu while dealing with Lilia.

The guy dealt with Lilia only with magic.

Even at the moment when it is not enough to exert a high level of concentration, he walks around and even shows his composure to make hand signs.

To Shiron, Ruin was a mystery of the century that could not be interpreted.

“I only learned magic from birth. It would be the same with Abrelga. Does it make sense that our magic can’t beat War Mage’s magic?”

“Ah, that’s Ruin-sama… … .”

Daphne said, ‘Fool! He’s a dragon!’

But if I did, I might get eaten by that dragon.

Those eyes even now.

It really looks like it’s going to eat people.

Daphne awkwardly swallowed her voice, and Ruin spoke coldly.

“It is an illusion to say that mastering taijutsu will reduce your magical abilities.”

Ruin’s voice dripping like pieces, instantly gave Shurie a chill.

“Well, that is not an illusion. Clearly, time is a limited resource. If you learn magic while training your body, your chances of reaching the ultimate are even higher. That is common sense.”

“Common sense?”

Louin smiled and asked her back.

“How much of your day are you devoted to magic?”

“Including class time?”

“okay.”

Shurie, who thought deeply, replied with a confident expression.

“About eight hours. Class time, personal image time, and time spent in the library are all combined. Oh, except for mealtimes and breaktimes, of course.”

“Six hours less than me.”

“yes… … ?”

The cadets all had blank faces.

I had forgotten about it for a while.

How Ruin is living in this Faculty of Magic.

Sleep time is only 3 hours.

The rest of the time except for meal time was all about physical training, undergraduate classes, wisdom libraries, or images.

rest?

Is his ‘walking in the rose garden’, which can be found like beans sprouting in a drought, truly a rest?

no.

Perhaps he is lost in imagery even for that brief moment.

If you think about it, isn’t this guy completely absorbed in martial arts and magic training, except for 3 hours of sleep and mealtime?