Academy’s Second Seat

The altar collapses and the ground around it splits.

“her… … .”

Jeffrey looked at him with a puzzled expression.

The space where she spread her magic was not small.

It was about to occupy an entire corner of the forest.

Jeffrin engraved magic on the floor of that large space.

The floor was being completely broken by Astina now.

The magic that Jeffrey had unfolded was not hallucinatory magic.

It was a magic that caused all living things in this space to suffer the same damage when someone attacked them.

A magic circle created with the help of spirit magic.

He gave them cold with hallucinogenic magic to confuse the opponent.

I was going to make the other person imminent, kill myself, and die with them.

Of course, this was not the only preparation.

It was also predicted that if the opponent responded calmly, the magic in this space would be lifted.

So, he tried to deceive his opponent using several tricks.

But it was no use.

In the face of overwhelming power, such a trick did not work.

There were several measures to prevent the magic from being canceled, but there was no way to deal with it as the magic was engraved on the land itself.

‘But it can’t end like this… … .’

Jeffrin controlled mana.

I started dispelling the time magic that Aryandor had given me.

Instead of rejuvenating with time magic, mana had to be spent there.

This was the reason why Jeffrin, who was called the great wizard, was not using his powers properly.

After Jeffrin dispelled the time magic a little, he became more mature than he is now.

If Jeffrin was originally a teenage girl, now she has become more like a woman in her thirties.

‘Mana is back.’

After confirming that the amount of mana had increased, Jeffrin immediately moved his mana and aimed at Astina.

Fireworks were generated around it, and it flew towards Astina.

However, the attack did not go through.

“Priscilla.”

At Rudy’s words, who was holding Astina’s hand, Priscilla came forward.

Priscilla created an ice wall to block the two of them.

Jeffrin’s magic was blocked by Priscilla’s simple actions.

However, Jeffrey did not give up.

“Children… … !”

Jeffrey moved himself.

The hallucinatory magic is wrapped around the body and divided into dozens of figures.

After that, he ran towards the two.

Rudy looked at Jeffrey like that and waved leisurely.

Seeing the gesture, Priscilla created an ice pick and flew to the approaching Jeffrin.

It was divided into dozens of people, but Priscilla aimed at everyone approaching.

“ね… … !”

Jeffrey twisted to dodge the ice pick.

The illusions created by hallucination magic also moved as much as possible, but not everyone could avoid it.

The illusion struck by the ice awl vanished with a hazy smoke.

The phantoms that had been dozens of people were halved, and when Priscilla moved again, the other half disappeared.

“Invisible… … !”

This time I used invisibility magic.

Jeffrey faded and disappeared.

Then Rudy closed her eyes.

‘what?’

Rudy suddenly closed her eyes, giving Jeffrey a puzzled expression.

Jeffrin tried to run to Rudy first.

“Priscilla, over there.”

As Jeffrin was about to run, Rudy pointed his finger exactly where he was.

Priscilla threw ice where Rudy was pointing.

‘how?’

Although he had apparently disappeared, Rudy knew exactly where he was.

Jeffrin bit his molars tightly to avoid the flying icicle.

can’t approach

The magic doesn’t work either.

It was also a problem that Astina and Rudy were holding hands.

I couldn’t even create a fight scene to confuse each other.

In order to deceive the opponent with illusion magic, the environment had to be created, but the environment was already destroyed by Astina.

Even if he immediately used the hallucination magic, he could only deceive the other person’s eyes for a moment, but could not exert any other power.

‘To mere children… … .’

Jeffrey’s appearance gradually changes.

From 30’s to 40’s.

From 40’s to 50’s.

Wrinkles on the face thicken and the waist curves.

It became the look that Jeffrin had originally.

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Mana returned, but it became increasingly difficult to move.

“Guys… … .”

Jeffrin shouted with all his might, but his voice was hoarse and weak.

She took a deep breath and sat down on the floor.

The surroundings were a mess.

The altar on which Jeffrey was standing collapsed, and the ground cracked, making it difficult to find a proper place to stand.

“Whew… … .”

As soon as the situation was over, Astina stopped the magic.

Rudy and Astina held hands and walked forward.

“That’s it. Jeffrey. Surrender can save lives.”

“… … life?”

Jeffrey burst out laughing at Rudy’s words.

“If you save me, what are you going to do? Are you going to ask about the rebels?”

Rudy didn’t reply to that.

Jeffrey lived long enough to live.

The average life expectancy of the empire was far beyond that.

Of course, death was terrifying.

Exactly, I was afraid of what would happen after death.

Jeffrin’s first life, as a wizard, was a failure.

Far from jumping over Levian, there was no one around him, and he was abandoned by the Empire.

He was praised as a great wizard, but his life was meaningless.

But Jeffrey’s second life was different.

A life devoted to helping Aryandor as a rebel.

It was much more valuable than living for several decades as a wizard.

According to the ideology of the rebels, he killed the rotten nobles and helped the commoners under him.

He killed a lot of people, but he also saved a lot of people.

And he saw people saved by the people he had killed.

Their lives became peaceful and rich.

I heard you say thank you so much that my ears hurt.

The gratitude that came from the people’s hearts was enough to make Jeffrey’s heart flutter.

Their greetings set a new goal for Jeffrin.

– We will create a world for the many commoners, not for the few nobles. whatever you do That has to change to some degree.

‘It’s a pity I can’t see the world like that.’

It was a world that I wanted to see at least once.

But, the really scary thing was that it didn’t happen, rather than not seeing it.

Jeffrey saw the people around him working to create that world.

It was not different from the way he tried to surpass Levin in the past.

He had failed once, so he knew what it meant when they failed.

“There are things more fearful than death.”

Rudy and Astina hardened their expressions at those words.

Jeffrey looked at Rudy’s expression and smiled.

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Mana moved.

The body is aging rapidly.

“ね… … .”

Rudy saw that and widened her eyes.

“Priscilla! It must be stopped!”

Priscilla moved quickly.

I tried to freeze Jeffrin, who moves mana.

Priscilla’s ability froze Jeffrin from his toes, but he smiled.

“With something like that… … can’t stop big… … .”

Blood drips from Jeffrey’s mouth.

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Mana fluctuated.

It did not fluctuate voluntarily, but released the mana it was controlling and made it fluctuate wildly.

Rudy was aware of a similar phenomenon.

Black magic mana runaway.

A phenomenon in which magic fails to control mana.

Jeffrin forced this to happen.

Rudy saw that and moved his mana.

have to kill

“The devil’s finger.”

Whoops-

“ah… … .”

Rudy’s magic pierced Jeffrin’s stomach.

I couldn’t kill them at once.

Jeffrey looked at the thorn that had pierced his stomach.

Then he smiled.

Kugugugugung-

A black sphere is drawn from the Zeppelin side.

The sphere grew larger and began to engulf its surroundings.

They approach Astina and Rudy at high speed.

“Avoid… … .”

It was not a speed that could be avoided by reacting.

“Hold on, Rudy!”

Astina held Rudy’s hand tightly.

And I was swept away by the black circle.

***

The black sphere swallowed me up and then I opened my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, I saw nothing.

just black.

Neither her body, nor her hands, nor Astina, who had been swept away with her, could be seen.

I felt strange and opened my mouth.

‘What happened?’

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My voice could not be heard in my ears.

“… … ?”

no sensation is felt

Smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing.

No sensation was alive.

I thought slowly.

Jeffrey’s last action.

Jeffrin himself ran out of mana.

I don’t know how the mana runaway I know was achieved because I only knew about the runaway caused by black magic.

However, having seen Luna’s runaway before, I knew what it felt like.

So what happened now?

It seems that a magic that blocks the senses has occurred, but it is difficult to define exactly what kind of magic it is.

Blocking the senses… … .

no. Confused your senses?

Psychedelic magic is magic that interferes with people’s senses.

So there can be such magic.

‘It’s a matter of how to solve this… … .’

I tried to be as calm as possible, but I was starting to feel strange.

Not feeling anything was enough to make people anxious.

It seemed that people could go crazy even with just a few hours like this.

What you can think of is… … Can you use magic?

I tried moving mana.

I could feel the flow of mana in my body.

I didn’t feel any sensation, but as mana moved, my mind calmed down a bit.

‘The senses of the body were blocked, but mana was not blocked… … .’

I was convinced that this phenomenon was caused by hallucinogenic magic.

Hallucination magic is a technique that interferes with the senses, but it cannot interfere with mana.

Now the question was how to get out of here.

I thought of the situation where I was surrounded by a black sphere.

Obviously, Astina took my hand and wrapped it in a circle.

So am I holding hands with Astina right now?

I read the flow of mana.

I could see a huge flow of mana right next to me.

‘Astina-senpai… … .’

It was like we were lying together.

‘Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any problems so far… … .’

Astina’s mana is still stable.

He seemed to be comprehending the situation calmly.

But I couldn’t be reassured.

‘Once this is psychedelic magic, the core exists.’

The only way to escape from hallucination magic is to break or touch the nucleus.

However, the nucleus was most likely Zephrin’s body.

I slowly increased the area of reading mana.

When I widened the range, I felt two mana.

One was probably Zeppelin and the other was like Priscilla.

‘Mana is fluctuating… … Is that Jeffrey… … ?’

While one was stable, the flow of mana in the other was messed up.

Then you just have to attack the messy side.

However, there was no way to attack.

The magic I used was mostly used in a certain direction.

But now I am lying down, and it was not easy to determine the direction.

Usually, when setting coordinates, extend your hand to one side or check the exact location with the naked eye.

I didn’t know where the magic would go if I set the wrong coordinates.

If we use magic incorrectly, our body can be swept away by it.

‘then… … .’

After concentrating, I said quietly.

‘Priscilla.’

Then Priscilla’s voice rang out.

[Are you Rudy? Are you okay now? Can’t you feel anything?]

‘Oh, I can’t feel anything either.’

I was able to talk to Priscilla, so I became more and more stable.

I pondered slowly and opened my mouth.

[Is there any solution?]

‘Oh, there’s something you need to do.’

Elemental handling practiced with Serena.

What I did while practicing was sharing my mental strength.

To share my mental powers, I needed to have a proper connection with Priscilla.

share each other’s spirits.

Originally, I was able to communicate by thought, but I practiced sharing more information than that.

He trained to the level of passing over the images and information in his head, but he had not yet succeeded properly.

But now it felt like something was going to happen.

All of my senses were blocked, so I felt better connected to Priscilla.

‘Information… … hand over… … .’

I hand over my thoughts to Priscilla, who is connected to me.

It’s like handing over something.

I concentrated and passed the information to Priscilla.

[uh… … ?]

‘Are you okay?’

[…] … To attack that mana?]

Priscilla said what I was thinking, making sure I was well communicated with what I was thinking.

‘It looks good.’

[I feel it. It’s a strange feeling.]

‘Then I’ll ask you.’

Unlike black magic that is difficult to handle and has a fixed scale, Priscilla’s abilities can be fine-tuned.

Because Priscilla can use ice as if it were her own body.

[Try it once.]

I moved as I listened to Priscilla’s words.

I don’t know exactly how my body moves, but I felt the flow of mana and moved as much as I could.

I approached Astina as close as possible to the next Astina.

Priscilla’s attack could spread and reach Astina.

I can withstand attacks to some extent, but I am not Astina.

So I tried to cover Astina with my body.

[Goes. Rudy.]

It felt like Priscilla’s body was mine, and I could feel my mana moving.

It felt unified.

‘ah… … .’

Is this the feeling of sharing your psyche?

From the amount of movement of Priscilla’s mana to the manner in which it moved, I could feel it accurately.

Priscilla’s ice slowly approaches Zeppelin’s direction.

‘… … Stretch out there!’

Slowly approaching the ice, it stretched in the direction of Jeffrin’s mana.