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Chapter 39
Unwritten Rules of Mages
Pajijik!
A lightning explosion erupted before Yuren.
Before him, a blue curtain was shining.
4th Tier magic, Magic Shield.
Thanks to his reflexive response, he had no injuries, but he was busy calming his startled heart.
É nūḿ а .і̀ď
'That just now...... was it Elemental Bolt?'
3rd Tier magic, Elemental Bolt.
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It possessed greater power than Mana Shot, and its effects changed depending on the imbued attribute—a basic magic.
'The imbued attribute is lightning, so it'd be Lightning Bolt.'
Lightning was magic specialized for speed, striking the enemy's blind spot.
The speed granted by Elemental Bolt was also speed, averaging three times faster than other attributes.
Е̄ ň ūḿ ã .i̊ď
'It felt like a divine archer's arrow flying in.'
If he hadn't responded swiftly, losing a limb somewhere was certain.
'That's a 3rd Circle mage?'
Ferda was a mage who had reached the 3rd Circle, but he didn't underestimate him either.
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He was the Owner of the Red Circle, and Red Circle owners always possessed strong power in their aptitude attribute.
The fact that he defeated Tesalos Wolcheo at the 1st Circle was already famous.
Е̃ ǹûm̊ а̊.ї d́
So among mages of the same level, he was treating him as the highest grade possible.
'I thought maybe he'd be similar to a 4th Circle too.'
But even that was an underestimation.
He was wielding magic of power far beyond imagination.
'What trick did he use?'
Yuren's eyes scanned Ferda.
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Perhaps he thought he was secretly receiving help from something.
That couldn't be.
Before entering this sealed vault, they wouldn't have allowed him to possess weapons.
'Without a wand or staff to assist calculations, purely with his own head he achieves that casting speed?'
The only answer to increasing casting speed was repetition and mastery.
That repetition and mastery wasn't simply like writing lines during academy days.
W eb̃nо̃ v еl̂ Ѐ n ŭm̌а̌
Only when drawing mana paths became as natural as breathing, to the point of casting magic in one's sleep, did it become possible.
Such a thing was impossible for Yuren.
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Ferda's genius was worthy of awe.
"You seem curious about what magic it is."
Ferda provoked Yuren with a leisurely voice.
"For reference, it's Elemental Bolt."
Ё ñ.u_m̌ а́.іd
"Cheeky young bastard."
Yuren's face flushed bright red.
Even with high status, as a mage he was merely a 3rd Circle rookie.
A magic circle formed in Yuren's hand.
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"Let's see you keep acting cheeky!"
In a duel staking lives, there was no more title or bullshit.
W е̊ b n̊ оv е l É n̄um̃ ӑ
The completed magic circle in Yuren's hand didn't disappear but floated in the air.
'A Sustained Concentration Magic Circle.'
The universal Consumable Magic Circle where the circle's mana converts into the spell's form upon use.
The Sustained Concentration Magic Circle didn't consume the circle's mana, but continuously maintained the drawn state while injecting only mana to fire spells.
It was a technique any 5th Circle mage could naturally use.
'The magic circle is the same Elemental Bolt as mine.'
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He deduced from the shape and inscribed text, and as he thought, pure white ice awls were generated from the magic circle.
It was Ice Bolt.
"Let's see you dodge this too!"
Moreover, it wasn't single-shot but rapid-fire.
Ferda threw his body behind the display stand to evade the attack.
White ice collided with the stone display case and shattered.
Е̇ nu m̊а̊ . і ḋ
It was frozen so solid that the continuing bombardment threatened to destroy the display stand.
'As expected, Sustained Concentration is annoying.'
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It wouldn't be a lie to say he was at a disadvantage.
At the moment he showed a gap in his mind, a damp voice crawling toward Ferda was heard.
-Do you need my power?
It was the demons' temptation.
Е̃ num̂a
Things that, when humans were cornered, hoped for ridiculous prices and made contracts.
'They saw my talent.'
Demons had eyes too and didn't tempt recklessly.
Of course, Ferda wasn't shaken in the slightest by that voice.
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Right now, he focused on combat.
'Mana wasn't infinite.'
Е̊ nů ḿ a
Neither the opponent nor Ferda had infinite mana.
Before the stone display stand shattered, the Ice Bolt bombardment ceased. Ferda terrifyingly rose from his spot and looked up at the magic circle.
The way to eliminate a Sustained Concentration Magic Circle was,
'Scattering the opponent's concentration.'
At the moment he tried to bombard again, Ferda extended his prepared magic circle toward the opponent.
"Lightning Bolt."
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A lightning bullet flying in a straight line.
Speed was outstanding, but the path was honest for its speed.
Reading the magic circle's direction, a blue curtain formed before Yuren.
Pajijik!
Ferda's Lightning Bolt touching the Magic Shield vanished.
Fast speed, but the destructive power itself was low magic.
Е̊n ûm а
'If only I could combine two attributes, I'd have pierced it.'
Combining darkness with highest destructive power and electricity with strongest speed.
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For him, still only 3rd Circle, it was an impossible task.
'Then.......'
Ferda turned his gaze toward the magic circle.
The opponent had stopped injecting mana, but three Ice Bolts were flying toward Ferda.
W̆ е bnоv̀ēl̆ Е̌ n̄um̊ ă
'Magic Intercept.'
A technique intercepting the opponent's used magic, he tried intercepting the three ice awls with mana threads.
Ferda was an 8th Circle Archmage, but right now he was a 3rd Circle mage.
Making all three flying rapidly his own was impossible.
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If he gave up one, he could take two.
'Give up the spot far from vital points.'
Е̄ n̊ûm̈а
Rational and quick judgment.
The abandoned Ice Bolt greatly tore Ferda's thigh.
Flesh tore, blood flowed, and pain climbed up his blood vessels.
But it didn't matter.
The two ice awls Yuren created now bared fangs at their owner.
"I'll return them."
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A magic circle formed in Ferda's hand.
The same Lightning Bolt.
However, that Lightning Bolt was fired from behind the Ice Bolts.
"Lightning Bolt."
Pusyung!
Ice Bolts extending with lightning-like speed.
W ë b̂ ǹ ǒv е l̀_ E n̆u m̃â
They pierced through the blue curtain Yuren made.
Pachang!
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The Ice Bolts vanished, and the blue curtain broke.
Yuren's eyes widened.
'My shield broke?'
The Ice Bolt's solidity and Lightning Bolt's speed combined, and it couldn't withstand the impact.
Е̊n̂ŭ mа . іd̊
Such fluster was brief; Yuren sensed death.
He still had one Ice Bolt left.
"Lightning Bolt."
This time, an ice awl flying toward Yuren's brow.
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"Euaaa!"
Yuren stopped concentrating and threw his body from the spot.
Е̌n̆um̈ a
The Sustained Concentration Magic Circle scattered and disappeared as is.
Yuren felt adrenaline spinning in his head and rose from his spot.
"Huu....... You caught me off guard. Are you really a 3rd Circle mage?"
Ferda retorted.
"Were you such a trash mage you needed to hear it directly from me?"
"Because everything you do makes it that way. That Court Archmage, that old fart, couldn't handle it either if told to respond at 3rd Circle."
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"That old fart is still the wisest in this Imperial Palace."
"Talking like you know him. When you've never even met."
Not that I haven't seen him.
Until the Emperor bowed his head, the one who confronted him was that old man.
While Ferda was having such thoughts, Yuren pulled something from his bosom.
A magic tool with a round gem inserted into a wooden stick.
E ň ů m а
It was a wand.
If mana was channeled, the magic circle inscribed inside reacted and fired magic.
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Him taking out that item held great meaning.
"Admitting defeat in skill?"
"Laugh all you want. I just need to eliminate you!"
He injected mana and the magic circle revealed itself.
E n̊ u m̃а.і́d
Ferda quickly read the magic circle's shape.
'Roughly looks like a 4th Tier magic is inscribed.'
As he expected, the magic circle was 4th Tier magic.
The circle's mana gathered, spewing pure white cold air, sharpening to a point.
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The shape was similar to the Ice Bolts he'd sprayed.
But it wasn't simply the feel of Ice Bolt.
W e b ṅ о́ v̄ е̌ ľ Е.n̈ü m̀ а
Insight dwelling in Ferda's eyes shone.
'It's holding excessive cold air inside.'
Frost Bomb mimicking Ice Bolt.
The moment it touches or breaks somewhere, the cold air inside will burst out.
If he clumsily tries to dodge, defend, or intercept, he'll be hit in reverse.
'So I must shoot it down.'
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Ferda flicked the mana sphere he'd held in his fingers to contact the Frost Bomb.
Pusyuuuk!
Steam-like cold air burst out, freezing the surroundings.
Ferda's mana sphere also froze solid and rolled on the floor.
It was destructive magic to the point mana froze solid.
'He saw through my Frost Bomb.'
Ĕ num̂а̌ . і̀d
It wasn't surprising.
A mage with skill enough for Magic Intercept couldn't not know a trick.
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Yuren chanted another magic in the meantime.
"Empire's Shield!"
A magic circle drawn with highly concentrated mana took shape and became a shield.
5th Tier defensive magic, Aegis.
Е̂n̆um̂ ă
Created borrowing the name of the hero called Aegis in the past, it boasted ironclad protection.
That shield would perceive magic on its own and move without Yuren's direction.
'Troublesome bastard.'
For someone you've never met, there's no more annoying magic than this.
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'......is what one would easily think.'
But Ferda knew well.
En̂ ú mа̇
The more troublesome bastards, the more clearly he remembered them.
That's why Ferda waited.
For the moment that bastard overconfidently trusted his magic.
'Now.'
That time was the moment Yuren was casting Frost Bomb with his wand.
Simultaneously, two spheres formed in Ferda's hand.
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One was a normal Mana Shot,
And the other was a Mana Bomb made by clumping even more mana.
'Don't tell me.......'
The moment he saw the Mana Bomb, Yuren's intuition pierced his brain.
He tried to deny the ominous thought.
That couldn't be possible.
Wе̊ b̈ n̂о̇.ṽ е l Ѐ ň u m̆ а̄
A mere 3rd Circle mage knows the counter to 5th Tier magic?
He denied it, but Ferda's spheres flew toward Yuren.
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The first ball rushing in was the Mana Bomb.
Aegis's shield detected the Mana Bomb and moved.
Popeong!
That area spread thick with mana.
Е n̆u̇ m̂а. і̀ d̃
At the same time, the shield's movement started to stutter unnaturally.
Yuren's eyes widened.
'He knows Aegis's counter too?'
A mage's fight is playing your hand.
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Often you play assuming they won't know what your hand is.
No, that assumption is practically something you must do.
Ēn um а . і̆ ḋ
If you select moves preparing for every case, even irregular situations, you can't use any magic.
Yuren was facing that irregularity.
'Then the second sphere......!'
It'll aim for the Frost Bomb.
Once cast, magic can be extinguished by the mage's will.
But for things made from wands or staffs, there was no way to stop them midway.
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Ferda will contact it the moment the Frost Bomb completes, then detonate it as is.
'Think I'll let you!'
Yuren quickly cast Magic Shield.
His front was covered with a blue curtain.
A defensive magic that a single Lightning Bolt couldn't penetrate.
The mana sphere can't touch the Frost Bomb.
È n̄umà.i d̊
The created Frost Bomb just needs to be thrown elsewhere.
But differently from what he thought.
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The magic Ferda cast was,
'Lightning Bolt?'
The same lightning arrow.
Yuren couldn't understand.
W èbnо̀v̌ ĕ l Еňu̇m̊ а
'It can't penetrate, so why that choice?'
Even with outstanding power, it lacks the force to pierce his curtain.
As Yuren tried to find the answer, something started to become visible.
Buried in the dark background, something even darker was attached to Ferda's back.
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Like an arm he'd been hiding, and it was making a throwing motion from low on the floor.
"Ah."
Ĕǹümа̄ .і̆ d̄
What entered his vision was a frozen mana sphere.
Frozen solid by the Frost Bomb's aftermath, hard as a rock.
Hard enough to serve as a metal bullet substitute.
He'd retrieved that sphere from his visual blind spot.
"Lightning Bolt."
The moment it rose onto his trajectory, lightning was fired.
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The Lightning Bolt carrying a hard ice lump flew in.
Pachang!
The Magic Shield broke.
Yuren's body shook greatly.
Still, Yuren was a veteran mage.
He doesn't close his eyes before the enemy.
W ѐ b n̂ó v e l Е nûṁ а
In his vision, the mana sphere Ferda had saved was flying toward him.
'I must find a way......!'
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But by then, the mana sphere had already touched the Frost Bomb.
Pusyuuuk!
White steam burst, and the area became a frost field.
The steam didn't clear easily.
Е n̄ u m̀ а. і̇d̊
'Instant death.'
Judging by the power, it wouldn't be strange if Yuren died.
His defense was neutralized, and even with magic resistance, he couldn't survive a direct hit from a cold bomb.
Yet. Ferda didn't lower his guard.
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This was a sealed vault, and the will to live was human will.
'Demons also grant that will.'
Ё ń üm а̇.і́ḋ
And his worry became reality.
Peoseok-
The frost-covered ice mage, Yuren's form, moved.
Frozen clothes and wand became ice shards and crumbled, but he didn't break.
And at some point, a book was in his hand.
"Kihihit......!"
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A laughter containing ecstasy cried out rapture.
"Aah. Gaining a demon's power...... is this kind of thing."
Typical words spat by those intoxicated by demonic power.
What was in his hand was Marbas's Ice Illusion Art.
'Demon of Extreme Cold and Ruin, Marbas.'
One of the Seven Archdemons, the Grand Lord of the Frozen Hell.
Ẁѐb̌ n o v е́l Eñ u m̆ā
A demon perfectly suited for ice mage Yuren.
'Right before the explosion, he contracted with Marbas and survived.'
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Selling his soul to Marbas granted the grace to survive extreme cold.
Ferda sat down watching that sight.
Having lost too much blood, strength no longer entered his thigh.
His superhuman concentration had also reached its limit.
W̌ е́ bň о̄ v́ е̄l_ Е ǹ ů m̆_а̀
"My...... where did that confident Regent go? Come on, fight again?"
Yuren mocked Ferda.
Everything was turning against Ferda.
At that moment,
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The malice filling the room began moving once more.
All the demon grimoires in the sealed vault stirred and moved.
En̄ u.m ă
-Offer your soul. Then I'll give you power to kill that trivial thing.
-I'll give you power to burn that bastard insulting you! Offer your soul to me!
-I'll give you power. Rolling in a dogshit field, this life is still better, isn't it?
The demons' whispers stirred Ferda.
A sensation as if pulling him this way and that to take his body.
Proof that Ferda's body was driven to a cliff's edge.
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Ferda, who had only been breathing roughly, opened his mouth.
"At the moment of death......."
A smile hung on Ferda's lips.
It was a different grain from the few smiles he'd shown.
It was a smile welling from emotion.
"They say the face of the one you love is seen first."
Е̊ ńũm a
Yuren frowned at Ferda suddenly spouting nonsense.
"And do you know what's visible to me now? You. Do you know what that means?"
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"What bullshit? You're not trying to say you love me, are you?"
Ferda's blue eyes gazed at Yuren.
They emitted light as he used magic.
That undying light was pride. His two eyes made Yuren shabby.
W̌ е̊ b̈n̄ о v ё l Е ñ ù m̀ ӑ.
"It means it's not my time to die yet."
At that moment, Yuren's intuition shone once more.
'This man...... I can't win?'
Even though he contracted with demon Marbas, this man says he can't win.
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'That can't be.'
Then what does that make me, who sold myself to a demon?
Ŵеb n̂ о̌vе̌l̀ Е n̂ŭ m̌ ӑ
Even putting everything down at the moment of death, what am I who can't beat a 3rd Circle mage?
As he tried to compose himself, Ferda asked.
"Do you know the Mage's Unwritten Rule?"
Mage's Unwritten Rule.
Not revealing your ultimate trump card until the moment of death.
Meaning, a wildcard that can flip everything.
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"So you'll use your ultimate magic? You don't have that much mana left, though?"
As Yuren said.
Ferda's remaining mana now was barely enough for one Elemental Bolt.
Blood flowing down his thigh wasn't staunched, and strength no longer entered.
The one cornered wasn't Yuren, but clearly Ferda.
Ferda smiled deeply and said.
Еnŭ m а̀ .і̃d̈
"Don't jump to conclusions. When did I ever say it was magic?"
Not magic?
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At that moment, Yuren felt a presence behind his back.
"Not too late yet."
What suddenly sounded was a man's voice.
Yuren turned his head.
Еn̆ u̇ mӑ .і d
There stood a brown-haired man in guard attire.
'A guard...... couldn't be.'
No way a guard could come to a security zone like this.
Clearly an intruder.
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And,
One with considerable skill to break into this sealed vault.
Е̌ ǹum̆ а̂.i d
The one who moved first was that man.
The man swiftly closing distance.
'Must respond.'
Yuren drew a magic circle.
At that moment, the man's ordinary eyes dyed bright red and shone.
'What? Why is mana......?'
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At where that light gazed, the mana gathering in the magic circle forcibly scattered.
'Don't tell me......!'
A race he thought extinct in history rose in his mind.
"You're Red-Eyed Tribe?!"
In other words, Mage Killer.
The dagger in the man's hand pierced his throat.
Е́ ń.u̇ m ā
"Keuk keueok!"
It precisely pierced trachea and artery.
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All he could spit was the sound of wind escaping.
Ferda, watching from behind, spoke familiarly to the man.
"Careful. He's a bastard who sold himself to a demon."
"I know."
Wе̇b̄ ń_о̂v̀еl̈. Е n̂ um̀а
The man gripped the dagger with both hands and took a stance.
"Despite appearances, I have deep ties with demons too."
He pulled the pierced dagger and drew a large arc.
Yuren's vision flipped and flew to the sky.
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In his still-connected consciousness, Ferda was visible.
He was casting Lightning Bolt toward his own head.
Е ň u mа .і d
"Go well. Beast that lost its pride."
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