The Sword Genius of the Magic Empire - Chapter 34



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… … What happened?

The persona stared blankly at the pool of blood gushing out from his own cut stomach.

The series of events that occurred so suddenly was impossible to keep up with.

Dozens of times, his arms and legs were cut off, and his throat was torn by a sword blade.

The pain of that repeated death filled my head.

So much so that any accident would be impossible.

An inner world of such perfection that it cannot even be reached with one’s own magic.

Even though it is someone else’s inner world, the sensations are as vivid as the real world.

The identity of this inspector who has cut himself countless times.

Persona couldn’t understand any of this.

‘Why? How did it turn out like this?’

I have never felt so helpless before.

His mind was already blank from the pain of death that had been repeated so many times.

Rather than continuing to experience this kind of pain, the desire to truly die and be at ease dominated the persona’s mind.

“how is it.”

Enoch crouched down next to her, who lay bleeding, and asked the persona.

“Do you feel like talking now?”

Enoch stared blankly at the Persona whose entire body had been mercilessly cut down by the swordsman’s slaughter.

Even for Enoch, who had experienced it hundreds and thousands of times, the sensation of death was still terrifying.

If it weren’t for the mental power that Enoch originally possessed, he might have gone mad thousands of times.

A persona that experiences that for the first time, or even repeatedly, would probably feel like dying.

Sigh.

Meanwhile, Geomseong looked down at the helpless Persona for a moment, then glanced back.

Enoch nodded to him slightly.

Then his silhouette shimmered and disappeared.

I didn’t know much about that guy because he just kept killing me, but surprisingly, I think he and I might be able to communicate with each other in this world.

Anyway, that’s not important right now… …

‘If I keep doing this, I’ll become a real wreck.’

Enoch looked down at the persona’s expression, which had already lost focus and become dazed.

It seems that the pain of so many deaths in such a short period of time has already broken his heart enough.

Now was the right time to hear the information she wanted. He asked her with his weary eyes once again.

“What is the purpose of the magic experiment that Tantalus is conducting?”

The demons he created were the ones who killed Enoch in the original work. Therefore, now that he had become Enoch, he absolutely had to know the fundamental purpose of the demonization experiment.

“What are you planning to do with the demons you created?”

At the very least, we need to figure out why the demonized subjects killed Enoch, so that we can definitely avoid the death that is coming.

“… You won’t understand anyway… .”

As Enoch thought about that, Persona’s lips, from which blood was flowing, opened slightly.

She spoke with difficulty, her voice filled with pain.

“If you want it so badly, tell me. He wants to prevent a repeat of the past.”

“past?”

“Yes. This magic experiment is also related to that.”

“Details.”

“… A phrase from a forbidden book left behind by black magicians belonging to the old-generation underworld. It is a prophecy of the past.”

The persona muttered softly in a fading voice.

“… What has been will be again, and what has happened will happen again. I have concentrated my mind and gathered my wisdom, and have deeply studied and examined all the things of this world… .”

There was a moment when Enoch stopped in his tracks at the appearance of some rather unexpected sentences.

He sensed a flow of mana, shining from Persona’s left hand.

Woohoo.

A small mana that was secretly built up here, with the intention of suppressing even the flow.

As soon as Enoch discovered it, he immediately materialized a sword and stabbed her in the neck.

Phew

Blood spurted out in all directions.

However, the persona regained consciousness while panting, and with the last of its strength, it grabbed the fragment and drew a space in its inner world.

In an instant, the olive-colored mana transformed into the shape of sharp glass shards, creating a small crack in Enoch’s inner world.

“Ugh…!”

The moment the sudden crack occurred, Enoch stumbled for a moment.

What she had torn apart was his inner world. It wasn’t just a concept, so the dizziness he felt was also real.

It seemed clear that the reason she suddenly started spouting off information was because she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.

widely.

Taking advantage of the gap, as if it was urgent to escape from here immediately, the Persona quickly placed his hand on the crack he had created and activated his magic circle.

For a moment, her form was engulfed in a dazzling olive-colored halo, then disappeared outside the inner world as a beam of mana light.

Enoch stumbled and looked in that direction. A tiny crack appeared in his inner world.

‘Oh, I have to unlock my inner world… .’

Perhaps the persona’s spirit had escaped into the real world. I had to hurry and return here as well.

While you are in the inner world, your real body will be defenseless based on your experience.

But when he wanted to release his inner world.

Suddenly pale letters appeared in my mind.

? Warning: Currently detecting abnormal cracks in the “World of Impermanence”

? Notification: Automatic repair work of “World of No-Future” has begun… .

? Recommendation: Maintain connection to “Free World” until the current recovery work is completed.

‘A world without meaning?’

Is this the original name of this inner world?

Enoch approached the crack and examined it. Sure enough, an alien light was leaking in from the crack that Persona had created in his inner world.

And the space was quickly being restored to its surrounding darkness. But there was no time to leisurely wait for everything to be fixed.

‘There is no time.’

Enoch concentrated again.

Persona may already be moving in reality to kill this side.

The next moment, in response to his will, another warning message appeared before his eyes.

? Notice: Caution! When “World of No-Future” is released, status abnormalities will occur until complete recovery.

? WARNING: Before completing this task, there is a risk of being temporarily affected by other people’s mana.

***

“… Ugh.”

Persona stood up from the darkness of reality, even though she was staggering.

My breathing is rapid and I am sweating profusely.

With the magic that was deployed in the previous world, I can sense that my mana is running out.

She looked at Enoch, who was still lying in front of her.

‘You’re like a monster.’

Clearly, at the last moment, she desperately squeezed out a large amount of mana and unleashed her unique magic.

If this amount of mana had been consumed as usual, the opponent’s inner world would have collapsed long ago.

But in that inner world, there was only a very small gap for escape. Now I could understand why.

The persona muttered quietly.

“No way. That failed work, that confined direct descendant… would be the manifester of the unique mana.”

Only after escaping did I have the time to think about the inner world built with unique mana.

It was only then that I began to see some strange parts.

His weapon.

At first, I thought it was just a unique magic weapon in the shape of a sword, but there was no magic stone anywhere to indicate that.

And never once did I catch a hint that he was trying to use magic.

Of course.

‘Those who have manifested unique mana cannot become magicians.’

After finishing his thoughts, Persona looked down at the boy in front of him.

Enoch had opened his eyes and was looking this way, but he still seemed to be unable to control his body properly.

The persona said with a small smile, biting her lip in pain from the exhaustion of mana.

“It looks like your body isn’t moving very well.”

It’s only natural, since it cracked his inner world, his ego.

However, while it would have been a blow that would have caused an immediate ego collapse in an ordinary person, it would have only caused a temporary paralysis in that boy.

A perfect world built with unique mana quickly restores itself.

Only those who have ‘built their own inner self with unique mana’ through endless reflection can transform their own image into such a complete world.

It is the inviolable realm of those who have built a firm inner world through their own will.

The world is never so soft that others can permanently influence or interfere with it.

‘… But that makes it even stranger. Why on earth is this guy… .’

Expressing your own mana and creating your own inner world.

It is a realm of talent that only a very few can achieve.

-The highest state that a human being can reach within himself.

Normally, it would have been impossible to interfere with his overwhelming inner world with such a clumsy magic of his own.

However, this last resistance, although very small, succeeded in creating a crack in that world.

What on earth could have made this absurd phenomenon possible?

“… Ah, haha. That’s what it was.”

The persona seemed to realize something for a moment, then stumbled and laughed with a bewildered expression.

As soon as an idea crossed her mind, Enoch’s absurd situation began to make sense to her.

“You. You’re making some ridiculous mistake.”

She slowly opened her mouth, looking at Enoch, who was still unable to control his body.

Originally, it was impossible to invade someone’s inner world established with unique mana. There was only one reason why it was possible to not only enter that inviolable space, but also interfere with it.

“I don’t know why it’s like that, but… … ”

Persona muttered while looking at Enoch.

“You’re not sure who you are.”

She quietly repeated that surprising fact.

So, I was able to enter this boy’s inner world.

He himself is not sure that that is his inner world.

‘I have no idea why that boy thinks that way…’

That’s right.

That must be the only reason she was able to enter that pure inner world.

I have seen the inner selves of countless people so far.

But this is the first time I’ve actually seen a world built entirely with unique mana, and I’ve also seen someone so confused about their own ego.

“But anyway… … .”

Kwak.

Persona slowly grabbed Enoch’s neck.

Since this side was close to running out of mana, it was impossible to use magic recklessly.

But this alone would be enough to kill one of the helpless boys in front of me.

She grabbed Enoch by the neck and choked him to death.

‘If we leave it like this, this guy will grow to a level where there is no end in sight.’

I could tell because I had just seen an infinite world built entirely of unique mana.

Because the existence of that world implied confidence in Enoch’s possibility.

‘A being so powerful that it can change the fate of the empire, incomparable to the first-class wizards that exist today. If left alive, this boy will one day become something more.’

The persona who had thought that far smiled faintly.

But now the boy’s neck was in his grasp.

There are always variables, and they determine who wins and who loses, who survives and who dies.

That’s just the way the world works.

That’s why she could smile.

“Blame me.”

Persona tightened his grip on Enoch’s neck.

This boy has reached the level of building his inner world with his own unique mana.

Even if it is a realm that only a very few can achieve, it does not mean that they are immortal.

But the next moment,

─Kwaaaaang!

The side bulkhead between them shattered and collapsed, with a single trace of silvery mana light passing through.

The debris and loud noise caused the Persona to miss Enoch’s neck and look at it.

Behind the falling fragments of the bulkhead, a maid with silver-white hair appeared.

The girl’s white cheeks and the apron of her maid’s uniform were splattered with bright red blood.

Swish.

She walked out slowly, glanced at Enoch’s condition, and then quietly turned her gaze towards Persona.

“… … .”

Blue-silver eyes that shine clearly with faint anger in the darkness.

At that eerily cold yet beautiful sight, Persona held her breath for a moment and muttered.

“The demons…?”

Suddenly, the scenery inside the bulkhead of the building she had destroyed came into Persona’s sight.

The flesh and limbs of those numerous demons were now all cleanly severed and strewn across the floor and walls.

‘Even the elite demons that can easily surpass dozens of them… … .’

The walls and test tubes inside the room were covered in blood, reminiscent of hell.

Persona bit her lip and glared at Lien. She quickly grasped the situation, somehow managing to keep her thoughts from becoming dizzy due to the exhaustion of mana.

‘A unique riding and fighting style. And a person with enough strength to kill all the demons. A 10th-grade wizard.’

But even if it was a level 10 or higher, how could it have overwhelmed the demons so much in such a short period of time?

‘Each of their specs is clearly enough to easily deal with an 11th level battle wizard.’

Of course, I know very well that the gap between a wizard who has surpassed the 10th level and one who has surpassed the 11th level is so great that it is hard to describe.

But the maid who killed that many people in such a short time without a single scratch.

“Is the maid outfit your style? It doesn’t match your skills at all.”

Persona tried to regain his composure by deliberately approaching Lien and talking to her.

If I didn’t do this, I felt like I would lose consciousness from the pain of having to forcibly escape Enoch’s inner world.

‘I thought you weren’t just a simple maid since you came this far… but I didn’t know you were this kind of monster.’

Even in the midst of the confusion, she had already mentally assessed the situation and its power.

Since the 9th rank direct lineage that is currently facing expulsion is highly unlikely to have a following family, the silver-haired girl in front of me would probably be a bodyguard protecting the direct lineage.

Besides, judging by the looks of it, Enoch would come to his senses after a while.

A situation where the enemy joins in on an already unfavorable situation.

But that was only a story based on the standards of ‘ordinary wizards’.

However, if it were our own unique magic, this situation would be completely different.

‘… … It went well.’

The persona smiled as she faced the maid, who was pulling the wire with her slender fingers, spreading it out briefly.

The nightmarish experience in Enoch’s inner world just now was a peculiar exception, one he had never experienced before.

But what about the maid in front of you?

Exceptions are exceptions because they are uncommon.

So the answer was already decided.

Woohoo.

Persona quickly formed a magic circle and extended his hand.

That maid is the one who will turn this overwhelmingly unfavorable situation around.

‘If I interfere with that maid’s mind and make her go crazy, I can buy her time to escape…!’

Persona immediately began arranging mana.

─Pheing!

The next moment, Lien’s silver-white mana-filled wire stretched out through the darkness towards me.

And at the same time, the persona unfolds as if opposing his own olive mana.

Two manas clashed intensely in the darkness.