Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’ - Chapter 105



105 – Viette

What Alexander Bond unfolded was a black magic circle. To be precise, it unfolded through the medium of Alexander Bond’s body. Maybe that wasn’t what Bond intended.

The reason he made a contract with the devil was to win over the Leoris family, not to end his life miserably as a sacrifice to the magic circle.

It would be more accurate to say that Angra Mainyu pressed the self-destruct switch installed on Bond’s body. It would not have been an easy choice for them either.

Alexander Bond is an Archmage-level strongman. Besides, he is the head of a noble family with a great reputation.

No matter how much Angra Mainyu is a cult that has influence over the entire continent, it won’t be easy to find a collaborator like that.

If the fact that Bond had signed with them hadn’t been exposed, he would have used it forever. In other words, in this situation, they also held their tears and made a sh*t show.

In a sense, it was a blow to Angra Mainyu, but the current situation was not very good.

It is a black magic circle spread through the medium of an Archmage-class strongman.

Black magic guarantees a stronger effect the higher the level of the offering. This is not just black magic, but all skills that use sacrifices as a medium.

Anyway, the black magic circle covered the entire academic hall and succeeded in imprisoning all the magicians inside. I too got caught up in it and fell into a space full of darkness.

If this magic circle was similar to what Geo Strandal had installed, it wouldn’t have been described as a crisis.

However, as if he had learned something from Geo’s failure, this magic circle has evolved further. It really feels like a great magic battle weapon.

[Dark mana affects the body. HP recovery and mana recovery are reduced by half.]

[Will of Wicked Wisdom prevents spell implementation. The cost of all skills that use mana is increased by 1.5 Times.]

[The pressure of the magic circle weighs you down. Stamina decreases every second.]

[Disorganized concentration hinders immersion in battle. Critical hit chance and accuracy are reduced by 30%.]

All sorts of debuffs that interfere with battle are attached. In particular, a curse that weakens the magician’s combat power was applied in large quantities. With this level of debuff, even an Archmage like Ralph Leoris can’t be caught off guard.

‘Angra Mainyu guys. It looks like they prepared thoroughly.’

If you kill all the archmages including Ralph, it will be a good deal for them.

I feel like I got hit in an unexpected place.

Me and Angra Mainyu split the jab one-on-one.

‘First, I’ll have to dismantle the magic circle.’

I moved forward. In order to get rid of the black magic circle, the existence that forms the backbone of the magic circle must be removed. Just like in Geo Strandal’s magic circle before.

‘The problem is if the owner of this magic circle is a demon….’

The demon contracted with Alexander Bond is Akmana, the evil demon of wisdom.

It is very difficult and dangerous to deal with him with the wizard class. Even as a deceased person, I am on my guard.

If the wizards wandering around the magic circle meet him, they won’t be able to save their lives.

‘I’ll have to move quickly.’

The fortunate thing is that you can’t feel the power of Akmana.

When a demon-like being appears, its presence will be felt throughout the magic circle. Judging from the fact that there has been no sign of such a thing yet, it seems that the devil’s intervention has not yet taken place.

No matter how much the Archmage was sacrificed, there was no proper ceremony, so if the Archmana came out, it would inevitably appear in the form of an incomplete descent.

It must be because they know the fate of Saruwana and Zarick, who appeared in the present world due to the incomplete advent.

As I walked through the magic circle with many thoughts, I saw a familiar figure in front of me. A ray of flame that lights up the black darkness.

What is reflected in the raging flames is red hair that is more splendid than the flames. The woman who swung a claw that reached her waist and defeated the eyeballed monster was Viet Leoris, the heroine of the Leoris family.

“Gorgeous monsters! Burn it down!”

Viette raising her hand with a voice as passionate as a hot flame.

At her gesture, the eyeball monsters crawling around her flare up.

Fire-!

The firepower of Viet is so strong that even the death of a monster is swallowed up in flames.

Even though the environment that was unfavorable to wizards had been created this far, Viet’s magic slaughterd the monsters with great enthusiasm. It was a part that could explain why she became the owner of the Meteor Magic Tower at that age.

However, there was no end to the monsters that were automatically created in the black magic circle. Moreover, the eyeball monster was only an advance guard.

From noble mtl dot com

Geu uh uh-!

What appeared in front of Viette after defeating the cute eyeball monster was a huge mouth. To be precise, it is a monster with an open mouth.

A monster with her whole body round like a ball opened her mouth and stood in front of Viette. The only thing that sits on her sleek face with no eyes, nose, or ears is her mouth. To the extent that the mouth occupies more than half of the face area.

“Hey! Here, why are there so many gross things?”

Viette grunts and unfolds her magic. Her characteristic “Endless Casting” Demonstrates her power. A stream of water spewing out with much more ferocious force than the fire magic a moment ago.

It looks like a water cannon from a distance, but with that much water pressure, it’s not enough to call it a thick water knife. A stream of water fired with enough power to dismantle a building is shot out of the monster’s mouth.

“To fill the water tummy? It’s a funny monster. Only-“

Viette was about to shout, ‘I can’t stop it with just that!’.

But she couldn’t finish her words. Because the monster with its mouth wide open drank all the water flowing out of it.

What Viet expected was the appearance of a monster that would explode her body and die.

Unfortunately, the monster didn’t come out without thinking either. The guy swallowed Viet’s magic.

“Sheesh. If you really showed your skills, an ugly monster like you would have been one shot.”

Turning the cause of her attack’s failure to the interference from the magic circle, Viette immediately continued her magic.

Damn it!

A huge rock that spawns in the air.

Jagged rocks fall towards the monster. It’s a simple attack that crushes it with a huge mass, but its power is by no means simple.

However.

Awesome~!

A rock that disappears into the mouth of a monster that is as wide open as its own body.

He swallowed Viet’s magic again.

The body of the monster that swallowed the huge rock became twice as large as before. As if she had absorbed Viet’s magic into her body.

Chuck!

Eyeball monsters around the giant monster make bizarre noises, as if the boss’s victory news is happy. Indeed, the giant monster ate several such eyeball monsters, then opened its mouth wide as if laughing.

If you want to shoot, shoot.

It felt like this.

“……”

Viette looks at the monster with a serious expression.

The cold sweat running down her forehead indicated that she didn’t have much mana left. Of course, since the black magic circle, which was frantic to interfere with the wizard, threw magic of that scale in succession.

Moreover, her characteristic 「Endless Casting」 Has bad fuel economy. This is because it is a characteristic that gave up fuel economy in exchange for her power. Her situation is an obvious pinch.

‘I’ll have to step out.’

As soon as I confirmed that, she moved in front of her.

“You!?”

Viette is taken aback by the sudden intervention of a third party.

That face is not the face of meeting a Buddha in hell.. But the face of meeting one’s enemy on a single wooden bridge.

“The bastard who sold our family!”

“Hmmm. It is a misunderstanding.”

“What a misunderstanding!”

Viette shouted, pointing at me. It seems that he was quite resentful that I sold out the family name.

“Isn’t good good? The credit for revealing the bond family’s infidelity will only belong to the Leoris family. It would be nice if it was good from the family’s point of view, but it wouldn’t be bad.”

“That’s true, but…. Oops! It sucks to not be able to refute!”

It’s amazing that you can say that even when you’re cornered. Viette is not called the heroine for nothing.

“Are you okay? This strange magic circle is in the form of collecting mana.”

“I’m still fine. Just like Viet-sama did.”

“Angra Mainyu guys! Doing such a thing in District 1 of the Royal Capital? I can’t forgive you!”

They won’t ask for forgiveness from us either.

“That bastard. It moves.”

The monster with a huge mouth, ‘The Devourer’ didn’t seem to have any intention of listening to our jokes. It opens its huge mouth that absorbed Viet’s magic and bounces toward us.

“Danger..!”

“Mana Arrow.”

Deploy magic towards such a monster.

An arrow of mana that extends in a straight line shoots lightly into the mouth of the eater.

“It’s no use! Magic for him… !”

“It works.”

“Wrong!?”

Puong!

The body of the glutton who swallowed the mana arrow exploded like a balloon. A completely different situation from before.

Even the magic I used was weaker than Viet’s magic.

Viet asked, lighting twin wicks in his eyes.

“What!? How did you do it!?”

“That monster can only consume elemental magic. Its weakness is non-attribute magic or physical attacks. In particular, if you use a skill other than property magic, it explodes like that.”

An opponent that is not difficult if you know the strategy.

However, if you don’t know the strategy and only use elemental magic, it’s an enemy you can’t defeat. It is very difficult for a mage who specializes in property magic like Viet.

“What is it? It’s simple. I can do non-attribute magic, too.”

When the boss dies, the eyeball monsters that gather around him panic and run away. The will to fight was completely broken.

“You’re backing off on your own. Fortunately, the.”

“Haa…. My body feels sore after using magic. I need to get out of this strange space quickly.”

Viette shrugs her shoulders and speaks tiredly.

“I agree. It’s not nice here.”

“You seem to know a lot about this magic circle, do you know how to get out?”

“Two things. One is to wait until the lifespan of the magic circle is over. However, the sacrifice of this magic circle is none other than Sir Alexander Bond.”

“The magic circle that sacrificed the Arch Mage….”

Viette muttered as if moaning. Expecting the natural extinction of the magic circle was dismissed at the point where Bond was sacrificed.

You wouldn’t know if there were no enemies, but it’s a magic circle where monsters appear every now and then. The situation was not good enough to leave everything on time.

“How else?”

“It is to destroy the backbone of the magic circle. This is a more recommended method than the previous method.”

“It’s classic. But, I like it.”

The magic circle is a kind of elaborate building. It can easily be extinguished by destroying the pillars that support the magic circle. Of course, the problem is finding the location of the poles.

“Where is the center of the magic circle?”

Viette was also smart enough to point that out.

“Unless the opponent is an idiot, they won’t easily reveal the core of the magic circle. However, it is not without clues. If I were the designer of the magic circle, how would I protect the core?”

“It’s obvious. I’m going to protect it with the same monster as before. That’s what wizards think, because they’re all there.”

“Bingo. After all, you are Viet-nim.”

At my praise, Viet brushed back his red hair and put on a confident expression.

“So, do you have some respect now?”

“Of course. If it hadn’t been for me, I would have respected you more.”

“Ehh… ! It didn’t hit me!”

“Well, let’s say that.”

“What do you do!? Can’t do it! If we get out of here, it’s a match again!”

“Um…. I hate it.”

“What!?”

“Why do I have to fight Viet-nim again? What profit is lost to this Mecca.”

“eee” ! This guy is pissed off!”

It would be fun to make fun of Viette whose face was flushed red like her own hair, but I didn’t have time to do that right away.

“First of all, I think about going out. Everyone is at risk now. Including Miss Sarah.”

As soon as Sara’s name was mentioned, Viet’s expression became more serious.

“Yes. It will be urgent to get out of here.”

“Mrs. Viette. Take this.”

You gave the mana recovery potion to Viet. Since it is a top-notch mana recovery potion, it should be able to replenish all of the depleted mana.

After receiving the potion, Viet looked at me with rabbit eyes. It’s the look of saying ‘Really?’ With his eyes.

“To find the center of the magic circle, it is efficient to move separately. I’ve taught you how to hunt gluttons, so there’s no problem, right?”

From noble mtl dot com

“Of course. What will you do when you find the backbone?”

“It’s simple. Break it and you’re done. This is not an elaborate magic circle. There are always gaps in poor construction.”

That’s how I broke up with Viet.

Finding the center of the magic circle is urgent, but what is more urgent right now is finding Sarah. Probably, Viet had the same thoughts.

‘Ralph…. I’ll survive on my own.’