Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 615



Compressing Compressed Air

Floating castles are also classified as castles. If they are castles, they must have means of defense when enemies invade. This is the case even for castles that are impregnable.

The capital of the Magic Federation, as its name suggests, had magical defenses. The five magic towers located at the top of the Pentacle were aimed at a great power that could even destroy a mountain.

But give us that power? Why on earth?

Lancart answered my question.

“I was editing the scroll and ended up on a forbidden trajectory. It is forbidden to fall vertically from a trajectory that is much higher than the floating point.”

“Hey, Emma. It’s because of you!”

“Well, don’t worry. I’m partly responsible for this situation, so I’ll handle it.”

“Say the obvious confidently…. How are you going to handle it?”

“Yeah.”

Before Rankart could finish speaking, the magic tower began to emit light. First, a long trail of light formed, followed by a torrent of power that surged along the path.

Flames, wind, lightning, steam, vibration. Magical light containing different elements shoots out. Long bullets strike us across the sky.

Magic that changes the situation of a battle on its own is called tactical magic. And magic that changes the war strategy on its own is called strategic magic. The five beams fired from the magic tower had the power to change the terrain if there was just one of them.

A situation where it is difficult to even move in the air.

In a critical situation, Rankart raised his right hand.

“The world of right-handed people.”

Lancart’s unique magic replaced all straight lines with curves.

Five beams of light, each drawing a different trajectory, strayed in all directions. They did not hit anything or change direction. They naturally drew different curves around Rankart as if that was the path they were truly supposed to take.

It was such a vain result compared to such a powerful force.

The tower, sensing the deviation, changed the direction of the light beam. As if swinging a giant sword made of light across the sky, the light curved greatly and swept towards us.

But it was the same no matter what. Just as transparent glass beads surrounded Lancaart, the light sword and the light beam all passed through Lancaart in a circular motion.

“That’s cliche. That kind of thing.”

Lancart fell, ignoring the floating defense magic. It seemed like it didn’t bother him at all.

“It’s just a power increase, there’s nothing new about it. It might be useful when dealing with fools… but it’s useless for people like you and me who change the rules.”

“Why me all of a sudden? That’s scary enough for me.”

Rankart, who has a unique magic that is close to absolute defense, or that is called a cliché, if it were me, I would have died as ashes. It is an attack that has magical properties beyond simple physical power. Even Shayla in perfect condition cannot easily break through it like Rankart.

The halo gradually faded. Lancart muttered quietly.

“They’ve also decided to stop wasting their magic power. Still, they’re wizards, so they have the intelligence to stop doing useless things.”

The floating castle either realized that the defensive bombardment was useless or realized that Lankart was here, so it stopped firing and lowered its defensive posture.

We now fell straight towards the floating castle, ready to welcome… Oh, wait.

“Wait a minute. It’s falling?”

We couldn’t sense the speed because we were in the air, but the speed at which we were approaching the floating castle was unusual. The floating castle in the distance filled our field of vision in an instant. The large building that was clearly in the distance came right before our eyes.

“It’s colliding!”

It was then. Just before reaching the floating point, at that moment, a great force calmly and without any shock enveloped us. We, who should have been crushed by falling at a speed similar to that of a meteorite, landed lightly on it as if we were stepping on the top of a mountain.

“Is this… Reverse Gravity?”

“Equilibrium Gravity Field. A great magic that applies different gravity depending on speed, so that people or air converge on this floating object. With it, the floating object can hold neither air nor people in this high void.”

“There are all kinds of magic.”

“This is the Magic Federation. It’s the country that handles magic the best in the world. It’s on a whole other level than a military state. Even you, Huey, would have to study for a year to master all the magic here.”

Anyway, thanks to that, I landed safely on the floating castle. The floating castle, the castle that I had only heard of in legends. It was certainly mysterious, but… it was a little different from what I had expected.

When I heard the word “buyuhsung,” I thought it was a castle that literally floated in the sky, looking down on the world and floating majestically in the sky.

But the ground is so far below that nothing can be seen. All that can be seen is the endless sky and the clouds that lie below. It is too far from the ground to rule or govern anyone. It seems like a completely different world to live in.

“… More than that. Is it okay for it to fall like this?”

Shay, who had fallen behind, asked with concern. Lankart answered.

“Do you feel any gravity abnormality?”

“No. Not that. There was that light from the magic tower that attacked us earlier.”

“Floating defenses? Nothing much. The products of custom cannot destroy my right-handed world.”

“That’s not the problem! Using the defensive magic means they’re going to exclude us! Even if we break through the defensive magic, if the Federation Defense Forces come…!”

Ah, that pattern again. The pattern that comes when Shay belatedly warns of danger. Feeling a sense of foreboding, I looked around and took a step back.

And this time, without fail, it came again.

Chuck. Chuck. Chuck.

From the tower, people wearing giant cloaks began to fly like bats. Each holding a jeweled staff, they clung to the wall and aimed their weapons at me. Amidst the flashes of hundreds of magical lights, a woman in a green dress approached them with a sullen expression, holding an umbrella.

“Ugh. Rankart Spendrei. It’s you again?”

Five magic towers that protect the floating castle. Only the most powerful wizard who guards the magic towers can become the master of the towers.

That means, the magician you see in front of you is one of the five most powerful magicians in this floating castle.

“Green Tower? Why here?”

“Why do you ask? You’re a federal investigator?”

The green tower asked, tapping the ground with its umbrella.

“Landing on a floating object at an angle greater than 45 degrees from an altitude higher than Zone 7 is prohibited. This is because you cannot distinguish between yourself and a falling meteorite fragment from space. The Magic Tower also cannot distinguish between the two and will fire a defense magic sword.”

It’s too powerful for something that’s aimed at people. The bombing from the tower must have been used to intercept meteors. Do you see meteors often enough to need to intercept them? That’s interesting in its own way.

“It doesn’t matter. Even the defense magic ultimately follows the right-hand rule.”

“It’s not a matter of you being okay, Fed. What about the wasted mana because of you? Five axions of mana is a loss that your salary can’t compensate for.”

Even when confronted with one of the five lords of the wealthy castle, Rankart’s attitude remained unchanged. He spoke shamelessly and self-centeredly as if he were the center of the world.

“You shouldn’t have shot it in the first place. It’s useless.”

Snap. Greentopju’s brow furrowed. She pulled down her green brim, her face distorted menacingly.

“You… are running wild without even knowing the subject, having been lucky enough to obtain a powerful unique magic sword.”

“Luck? Is that something you, who has enjoyed the benefits of the unique magic more than anyone else, should say?”

“That’s right, Rankart Spendrei. It’s just bad luck that you, who got the unique magic sword by chance when you were young and act like you own the world, have such power.”

If I had to pick the one thing that you would most likely not need on a floating island, it would be an umbrella. It doesn’t rain or snow on a floating island above the clouds. If you want to use it as a parasol, there’s no reason to stop you… but that’s also a bit hard to understand.

Because the floating residence area is below here, inside the floating castle.

That is why the umbrella that Noktapju had was closer to a weapon than an object with a practical use.

“Even if I’m not lucky, you are. I’ll fix that bad habit, sweetie!”

Greentopju opened his umbrella. The leaf-like green umbrella had sparkling jewels hanging from its tip. The colorful jewels that crossed the umbrella ribs formed a magic circle in itself.

“Emerald parasol, set.”

Magic flows between the jewels. Light enters a few dozen of the hundreds or thousands of umbrella ribs, forming a geometric pattern.

This is the essence of white magic using jewels as a medium.

The green tower master aimed an umbrella with a magic circle drawn on it at us and recited a spell.

“pascal!”

The wind doesn’t blow very strongly on the floating island, probably because the thin air is trapped in some way.

However, a huge wind blew behind the green tower umbrella. The floating castle had nowhere to lean on. If I was not careful, I would be blown away and fall down the floating castle. I lay flat on my stomach and pressed my body against the ground, and Shay absorbed the wind flow with the sky bird.

As soon as we arrived at the floating castle, Shay and I were attacked by the magic tower master and shouted in desperation.

“What? Why are you suddenly attacking me?”

Even in the midst of the storm, Lancart, who had been standing still in the ‘right-handed world’, tilted his head.

“I don’t know. Is it an inferiority complex?”

“I feel inferior to you?! How can that be, you little brat!”

Noktapju popped his head out from behind the umbrella and got angry.

“Rancart. You say it isn’t?”

“Then there is no reason to have a seizure. Let alone cause a fit of rage when it won’t work.”

Lancart muttered to himself, thinking seriously. For some reason, he thought he knew why Noktopju was angry. They say that wizards are lost in their own world, but Lancart was so bad that even other wizards thought he was acting like a role model.

I’ll have to fix this guy’s temper someday. First, after I save my life.

“It might not work for you. But it will work for us! Try something!”

“It makes no sense.”

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“There’s no point in doing it. The unique magic that Noktopju possesses cannot be pierced by the means I have. So there’s no need to do it.”

Lancart answered shamelessly.

“I don’t use meaningless magic. Unlike Noktapju.”

“I tried to correct your bad habits a little…!”

And Lancart ended up touching the switch of the green tower.

The only difference is that magicians are self-centered. They must have the stubbornness to project their own image onto the world in order to awaken their own magic.

Greentopju was also a powerful wizard who was considered to be one of the most powerful in the world. In other words, he was stubborn and self-centered.

So much so that he would attack a federal agent who had just returned from a mission without any hesitation.

“You’re so cocky to the end. Die.”

At the last moment, Noktopju, whose anger had reached its critical point, declared in a cold voice. And then the world’s principles were turned upside down.

The unique island is a one-way street.

The unique magic of the Green Tower is simple.

It’s an invisible, imaginary wall. The wall is one-way. It allows you to go from one side to the other, but it doesn’t allow you to go from the other side to this side.

A very simple, yet powerful force that fixes the direction of an entire space to one side.

And the true power of one-way traffic is not when you stop it… it’s when you ‘stop stopping it.’

“Windbreak. Liberation.”

The green tower’s umbrella contained an imaginary sphere. This sphere, visible only in the green tower’s imagination, was made up of a one-way wall that allowed entry but not exit.

And the wind blown by white magic unfortunately entered the sphere and was trapped in the unique magic.

The wind is a flow of countless gaseous particles. The particles that should be free to run around are trapped in a one-way umbrella and gradually compressed. Pile up, pile up, and now the wind, which has become condensed to the point where its shape is visible, shines on its own and reaches its limit.

The power compressed by just maintaining the unique magic surpassed that of strategic magic alone.

The green tower put away its umbrella. The one-way barrier aimed at us was lifted. The wind that had turned into light was released and swept over me.