Chapter 14

Chapter 14

14. Special Grade (5)

“Bite.”

The air around ‘Ash’ boiled fiercely.

But something was strange.

Clearly at first it was one···.

Fwoosh.

A form being made again next to it.

Two ‘Ash’ were born.

'Wait a minute.'

He hurriedly checked the [Magic Residue] effect of [Elemental Hyena].

[Twin] -When summoning a hyena, additionally calls one more summon of the same kind. -Mana consumption cost is regarded as one.

"······."

Did he lose his mind at the first Legendary grade magic acquisition.

Only now he confirmed the [Magic Residue] effect.

···It comes out as 1+1?

-Grrr. -Krurruk.

Living embers moved between the two ash-colored furs and heat haze. Eyes burned like bright red charcoal.

One sauntered to the left, one sauntered to the right.

They didn’t even hurry.

Just glared like hunters driving prey.

Craaaack! Kwaaaaaaaaaang!!

The mage who had been displaying fame until just now backed away and clapped his hands.

Rather than trying to kill the opponent, it felt like a struggle to live himself.

“Th-that’s impossible!!!!”

An enormous shockwave poured forward.

A giant flow of air completely destroyed the surroundings and advanced.

The sound of walls breaking, concrete powder scattering and the mouth becoming gritty.

That shockwave swallowed the two.

“Huff, huff···.”

The guy panted and glared into the dust.

In an instant two red charcoals floated from inside the dust.

‘Ash’ stood as if nothing.

“Th-that’s impossible··· h-how those guys···!! Wh-where on earth did such a s-summon come from···!!”

The guy trembled like an aspen tree.

His eyes were already dyed with fear.

-Krurruk.

One growled.

One just watched.

“D-don’t come! Don’t come!”

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

He poured magic again.

The guy’s magic that collapses all directions.

But the ‘Ash’ scattered into flames as if piercing everything and when they gathered again maintained form.

-Krung.

From the mouth of the growling 'Ash' ash-colored flame breath leaked long.

The surroundings instantly burned up.

[Combustion area unfolds.]

A strange message also appeared.

Combustion area unfolds?

Fwoossssh!!

“K-kyaaaaaah!”

The ash-colored flame breath that spread like a starving beast burned everything around.

Harsh heat to the point even the air covering the surroundings faintly flickered.

Concrete pillars melted down like candle wax, and iron lumps heated red and evaporated.

There was nothing left in the place the breath touched.

Not simply burning, a fire that erases everything.

The body of the mage who had suddenly appeared and shown an overwhelming appearance twisted grotesquely.

Flesh melted, and the scream cut short.

The guy eventually became ash and slowly collapsed.

The mage who had displayed fame just with breath disappeared.

[‘Elemental Hyena, Ash’ extinguishes.]

Fwoosh! Fwoosh!

At that time.

The mana that had been repeating filling and draining insanely no longer came in.

At the same time the extinguishing ‘Ash’.

When the ash disappeared the flames that had burned the surroundings also extinguished.

By the way did it maintain about 5 seconds?

“······.”

Even seeing directly he couldn’t believe it.

What did this guy just do?

‘Just with one breath··· dies?’

He didn’t even approach.

He didn’t swing anything.

Just blew one breath huu.

Too absurd that words didn’t come out.

‘If he can maintain this long? Ah, no. If he calls all three at the same time?’

No.

Precisely it would be six?

"Wow···."

Just thinking makes the spine cold.

How strong is this in total?

This really seems to be 10th Rank?

Recently it was noisy that someone learned 10th Rank magic.

At that time he had learned [Magic Residue].

The same Legendary grade as that.

It seems 10th Rank is right.

-Grrung.

At that time, a sound was heard from behind.

It wasn’t the sound of the hyena he called.

It was the Mana Lynx that had poured mana to him.

‘Because it shone from the right tail only mana came to me?’

He recalled the incident on the mountain.

At that time light had clearly come from the left tail.

Then some mana wave-like thing spread in all directions and all kinds of aberrant monsters popped out.

But this time was different.

There was no wave, and it was concentrated only on him.

‘They said the head is good, is it doing this knowing something too?’

Or was it just instinct?

At that time, the Mana Lynx’s third eye blinked.

As if answering.

* * *

World Magic Society.

A regular meeting was in progress.

The topic was naturally ‘10th Rank’.

“The whereabouts of the 10th Rank magic that disappeared from the Archive recently are unclear. We are looking into it centered on the US and Europe, but actually if it came from that side it would have been confirmed long ago.”

“It would be right to see that side as not. There is no place where mage management is as systematically well done as there. In other words, this is certain that someone from Korea learned it according to the message.”

“But that also doesn’t make sense, right? How can one learn not other ranks but Rank magic in a place that is not a magic great power?”

“Does Alex say he doesn’t know at all? If even Alex called the current strongest mage says he doesn’t know··· who on earth did this enormous thing?”

Various opinions went back and forth.

But the point of contention was one.

The society president opened his mouth while pressing his throbbing forehead.

“Stop it. Right now whether magic great power or what is not important at all. So, in total, who learned Rank magic is important!”

“······.”

“······.”

Everyone tightly closed their mouths.

Because who that is has not been revealed yet.

Even mages counted on one hand in the whole world said it was the first time hearing.

Knock knock knock!

At that time.

Someone knocked on the door.

They said not to disturb during the meeting unless urgent···.

Knock knock knock!!

“P-please open the door a bit! R-right now an enormous thing has happened! P-please let me in!”

Urgency was heard from outside.

What is it?

They let him into the meeting room.

What was waiting outside the door was the ‘Archive’ person in charge.

“What business do you have here?”

“A-an enormous thing has happened!”

“Enormous thing?”

“Yes, yes!”

The person in charge’s face was greatly flushed.

What on earth is it?

“A-a little while ago··· another 10th Rank magic list disappeared!”

“······!”

“······!!”

Everyone’s eyes widened.

What disappeared? 10th Rank again?

“What nonsense is this! I-is that true? Really disappeared again?”

“Yes! It’s true! I confirmed and came right away!”

“Ha! W-world···.”

“The 10th Rank magic that didn’t disappear for a hundred years··· suddenly two?”

“Th-this is something wrong··· th-that can’t be···.”

Everyone couldn’t believe it.

Does this make sense!

No one could learn for a hundred years?

“N-now wait a minute!”

The stirring meeting room.

The society president who stood up abruptly quieted the surroundings.

“R-right now in a situation where not even much time has passed since one 10th Rank magic disappeared another one disappeared··· d-do you know what this means?”

“That what···?”

“Wait a minute, president··· s-surely you’re thinking that···?”

“Precisely that! Would several people have learned 10th Rank magic that no one could learn in the meantime, at a similar time!? No! That doesn’t make sense! One great mage whose identity is unknown! Is saying that he has learned two 10th Rank magics right now!”

“···An impossible thing!”

“R-really··· c-can that be?”

“Impossible! Such a thing has not existed even one person in magic history! One person learning more than one 10th Rank magic!”

“If that is true··· this is a matter of rewriting magic history···.”

Everyone received shock.

One person two 10th Rank magics?

Couldn’t believe it and the whole body trembled.

But he couldn’t not believe either.

Because as the society president said such coincidence cannot exist.

A rare genius suddenly in one era, one period?

That was a probability too nonsensical for coincidence. From the start the possibility of that would also be low.

The answer was one.

Only, one person.

Thud!

The society president whose strength left his legs sat down on the chair with a vacant expression.

“···Wh-what on earth is happening right now?”

His own age seventy life, he didn’t know such a thing would happen.

* * *

The company all burned.

Especially the place where ‘Ash’ blew breath completely melted.

“···I killed them.”

The president’s low voice was heard.

“Those friends didn’t know anything···, they just received salary and worked···.”

The president’s hands trembled.

Hana was also shedding tears beside.

A situation where casualties occurred due to the guy.

The president seemed to feel great guilt.

“Because my eyes were blind I the guys’ request···.”

The president complained.

What kind of work he had been doing in the meantime.

He said he was progressing research necessary for illegal mana manufacturing.

Then when it seemed he would be caught he tried to cut the tail.

‘Future City Construction···.’

But why are these guys doing work like this?

Weren’t these guys a real estate series company?

It seemed a place closely connected with this industry.

“···I will turn myself in. I will receive the punishment to receive, and do everything I can for the employees’ families.”

“······.”

At that time the president uttered the words of turning himself in.

He couldn’t say anything.

He has to receive the price for the illegal work he has done.

But he himself probably didn’t know it would become like this.

The heart of wanting to protect the niece called Hana was understood a bit.

“First sorry. And thank you for saving us.”

Bow—.

The president bowed while bending 90 degrees and greeted.

Hana who was beside also bowed her head along.

“The compensation we talked about I will send right now. Thinking of it as my life value, I will send more additionally to the magic account you informed.”

As he did he said he would definitely take care of the compensation.

···Yeah, he has to receive what to receive.

“Th-this what on earth is this!”

At that time.

A familiar voice was heard from the entrance side.

“Mr. Park?”

“A-are you not hurt anywhere? No! What on earth is this! Yeah!”

Tracksuit and tricolor slippers.

The appearance of having come hurriedly was clear.

“I tried contacting you but you didn’t even answer the phone. So I came hurriedly but··· this what on earth···.”

“By any chance are you the laundry shop owner?”

“Yeah, right. Are you the president here?”

“Yes, that’s right. This matter··· sorry. Because of our request this kind of thing···.”

“I also came because of that. You people. Do you think requests are a joke? If there was a place involved you should have said that too! This matter will be formally reported to the request association! Know that it will be hard to receive requests from now on! By the way where on earth are you involved? Where that you can deceive so cleanly like this!”

Mr. Park was solidly angry.

It seems he belatedly learned that there is a place involved.

“···Sorry. Actually we were progressing research at the request of ‘Future City Construction’. We couldn’t even imagine they would send even Kim Myeongdo. Sorry.”

“Yeah, wait a minute. Who did you say? Kim Myeongdo? And Future City Construction?”

Kim Myeongdo, Future City Construction.

When the two names came out the uncle’s eyes widened.

“If it’s there it is understandable. Those guys are completely meticulous so even if you deliberately try to find out you can’t know. Of course, even so it’s not that I have no fault··· sorry, bachelor Dojin. This is also my fault is big so I will compensate separately.”

The uncle also apologized right away.

“By the way··· Kim Myeongdo came but where is that guy? Why are you people fine?”

“Ah, thanks to this person we were able to live. Kim Myeongdo has already been processed.”

“···You processed Kim Myeongdo? You?”

“Ah, yes.”

“That guy is not an ordinary guy how? Even certified mages don’t touch that guy if possible. Recently there are plenty of mages who died meeting the guy while doing requests. But wait a minute. Come to think of it why is here like this? What on earth did you use that here··· Kim Myeongdo that bastard uses shock-type magic so this form wouldn’t come out···.”

Shock-type magic?

···Was it that?

The uncle continuously looked around the surroundings and was puzzled.

But no one spoke about ‘Ash’.

Accordingly the uncle also seemed to have noticed something.

He didn’t deliberately dig further.

“Ah! This is not the time! More than that those guys are gathering more! The guys I encountered on the way I processed, but it seems they were determined to completely end here and are gathering in a horde!”

What? There are more?

‘Well. They said they sent to erase the company traces so there is no way they sent only one.’

There was nothing strange at all.

To erase the traces of one company coming alone is rather more strange.

“By the way what is that? How is such a big guy···.”

At that time, the uncle mentioned the Mana Lynx.

What to do with that guy?

“You, want to go with me?”

-Gruk?

He asked lightly.

Then it reacted right away as if understanding something.

Really the head is good···.

“Let’s go together with me.”

Step, step.

The guy slowly lifted its feet.

And stuck tightly behind him.

···Ah, a mana battery appeared.

“Hehe, a rare guy. It doesn’t seem like a guy called with summon magic either··· it seems it likes you. First let’s go. Quite many guys are coming.”

They hurriedly left the place.

However, they couldn’t go that far.

“What are those bastards?”

“···Wasn’t it something Kim Myeongdo was supposed to clean up?”

“Huh? Isn’t that bastard the president? It seems right?”

In an instant guys who covered their faces with masks appeared.

Just by looking they didn’t look like company employees.

“Those guys are mercenary mages. They would be guys Future City Construction employed. It seems they were determined to completely smash the company···.”

Step, step.

Mr. Park stepped forward as if nothing.

“Sorry, bachelor Dojin. For entrusting the request like this. But don’t worry. Now that I came. As a request office owner shouldn’t I take responsibility?”

Rub, rub.

Mr. Park gestured in the air.

It looks like casting, but it seemed like drawing something.

“Come out.”

Crrack! Crrack!

In an instant the air tearing.

A crack occurred in that air.

Then···.

Whoosh. Kwaaaaaaaaaaaang!!

‘Wh-what foot is that?’

Some giant monster’s foot fell thud! and trampled the guys.

But even so it wasn’t that he knocked all down. Roughly looking it seemed over fifty.

‘···I also have to do something.’

However, there is a problem.

The [Elemental Hyena] used a little while ago.

With this mana completely bottomed out.

Wooooong—!!

“Huh?”

At that time.

Suddenly his chest became plump.

Thud, thud.

-Grrung, grung.

When he turned his head because someone thud thud, the Mana Lynx was sitting behind him like a dog.

The Mana Lynx’s left tail fluttered.

“It was you?”

Ah mana battery best.

He immediately cast casting.

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