The Max Level Hero Strikes Back!

‘This… This feels almost immoral.’

—How could you think of something like that? You libertine. Why are you like that when you don’t even touch the girls who like you?

Looking at Perserque’s wicked smile, Davey slowly made a fist with his hand and punched the empty space.

Crackk! The empty void shattered before he pulled out a strange-looking dark brown staff.

“Just wait, I’ll set up something incredibly spectacular.”

‘Then, I’ll set up a portal connecting the Heins Territory and the elf village.’

It was time for Davey to make an independent transportation portal, one that he had planned in the dwarf village. No one could interfere with his portal.

—Th… That’s…?!

When she saw the big staff that Davey had pulled out, Perserque screamed with sparkling eyes.

Davey hadn’t felt this comfortable grip in a while; he couldn’t help but feel a little happy at the somewhat familiar feeling. He had thought of this before, and it would be nice to test it out in a smaller place than the Heins Territory before actually setting one up there.

“Sorry, but I’m not making a barrier that will completely block contact. I will put up something else instead. What do you want? Do you want a big magic defense that can withstand a meteor once, or maybe a saint sanctuary to constantly fill this place with life?”

Premium options were expensive.

“Pardon?” Yuria was confused by Davey’s question.

“Well, if you don’t want that, do you want a barrier powered by spirit mana that reflects physical attacks?”

Since the elves were his territory’s residents now, Davey was going to take care of them.

Yuria looked puzzled at the choices Davey was laying out for her. She asked, “Um… Did I mishear you?”

“You heard me right. Make a choice. Whatever it is, I’ll set it up today. I have to make a transportation portal connecting this forest and the Heins Territory quickly.”

“I… have… a… a meet—” Almost running away from Davey, Yuria disappeared into the forest quickly.

* * *

At last, Yuria compromised and asked for a barrier that could protect the forest in many ways.

The elves could not take their eyes off of Davey, as if thoroughly fascinated by him. They were also curious, wondering if such an unbelievable barrier could even be created.

—He… Giggle. Look at this beauty. How can it be this gorgeous?

This was what losing face looked like.

“…”

Honestly, Davey was fully focused on something else than the elves who watched him doubtfully.

—Oh my… The body made of adamantium, the engraving of the orichalcum’s symbol, finished with the bones of an ancient dragon and pure-mithril (extremely pure mithril), and coated with the Elixir (The Teardrop of God)!

The culprit grabbing all of Davey’s attention was glued to the staff that he held onto. It was Perserque, who had an intense and creepy smile. Her eyes looked like they could shoot lasers out of them.

—Davey! Tell me! What kind of magic did you put in here? [Meteor]? [Hellfire]? Or maybe… Is there something like the multidimensional atomic division magic that is only theoretically possible?!

What could Davey have hidden? As she kept asking questions, the former Demon Lord rubbed her cheeks against the staff shamelessly.

‘You’re going to drool on it. That’s expensive, man.’

—Slurp. I… It’s the first time I’m seeing something like this! The Transcendence’s Demise… What a great name. Davey!

‘No, I don’t want it. Stop it.’

That phrase wasn’t only restricted to Red and Blue Ribbon.

—You can’t even let me borrow it for a while? So mean! So stingy! You are the first man who is making me beg!

When Davey shook the staff, Perserque, who was whining like a child and throwing a tantrum, screamed. She could no longer hold onto the staff and fell off.

‘Why are you so greedy when you can’t even touch it?’

—No! A little bit of my soul is left! I have slight control over some objects, so one day! I will be able to borrow it!

Perserque backed off with a pout and looked at the staff in yearning.

The staff was called the Transcendence’s Demise; it used to belong to Odin, who had been Davey’s magic teacher, but it was his now. Odin had been the best mage in the Atrellia continent and called the God of Mages. It was a little odd that Odin had given Davey his most treasured item before Davey left, but Davey planned to use it well now that it belonged to him. Using magic with this crazy staff was incredibly addictive, like a drug.

At last, the Transcendence’s Demise, the ego-less but living staff capable of instantly reading, saving, and utilizing his mana, began reacting in a familiar way. The heart of a dragon more superior than an ancient dragon had been put inside the staff. From within the regular magic crystal, it vibrated, as if eager to release its power.

“Uh… Gracious Savior? Don’t you have to create and leave magic circles at the corners and the middle to make a barrier?” Yuria asked.

Davey nodded in response. “That’s right.”

Yuria had mentioned the conventional way, which Davey could have used as well.

“The point is to cover this entire forest, right?”

As Davey slightly raised the Transcendence’s Demise, which resonated while remaining connected to him, up into the air before letting go, the large staff defied gravity by floating up and began spinning around.

“Okay, good.” Speaking calmly, Davey stretched out his hands and clapped lightly.

[8th circle]

[Space magic]

[Custom Space]

This spell gave the caster a certain set of rules according to their mastery of mana: the vast, quick, and accurate computational power and a large amount of mana. Normally, a custom space was for mages to create rules to reinforce their magic in a small space and bombard attacks in a short amount of time. This stupidly strong spell had barely been used since the continent’s sage was at the 7th circle, but this did not apply to Davey.

[Attack Absorption]

[Grand Magic Protection]

[Great Illusion]

Davey used illusionary magic to prevent invaders from interrupting the process and created the barrier with near-perfect physical and magic resistance. He then released his hand seal and muttered quietly, “Gnoass.”

Boom… Boom!!

Then, the Spirit King was summoned. A large presence began to take form in front of Davey before the giant of the Earth appeared in this forest once again. Some may think that Davey was overworking a Spirit King, but he had no intentions of leaving the spirit he had made a contract with to just relax, even if the spirit was a king.

‘He has to work since he has taken my hard-earned spirit mana.’

“Hup!”

“T… The Spirit King has been summoned again.”

Ignoring the elves’ whispers about how unbelievable the sight was no matter how many times they saw it, Davey addressed the fully summoned Spirit King, “I give you my request.”

[I take your request, Contractor.] Gnoass, the tall giant answered. He wasn’t as big as the first time, perhaps due to what Davey had said to him when he had been first summoned, but his presence alone contained a huge amount of mana.

“What I want is the circulation of spirit energy.”

The barrier had to store power independently and circulate the energy used to maintain itself semi-permanently. As such, it needed a spirit, since a spirit’s power was strongest here. If it had the will of the Spirit King, the most powerful spiritual being, it would be highly effective.

Understanding Davey’s intention, Gnoass broke down into huge clumps of soil and surrounded Davey. At the same time, Gnoass’ huge whirlwind of power merged with his mana to create a giant magic circle made of hundreds of spirit languages and tens of thousands of rune language combinations.

Each rune language differed in the size of the letters, the font, the location, and the shapes they made together. They required a migraine-causing level of deep computational abilities, but it didn’t matter to Davey. Instantly repositioning itself, the spirit language was absorbed into the rune languages, which encrypted the physical and magic protection, and they mixed together.

Then, Davey clasped his hands together and spoke with one knee on the ground.

[Lord Almighty, I beg with great will.]

[If I executed it this perfectly, give me a blessing or something.]

Whoosh!!!

[9th level Holy Magic Defense]

[Thea Sanctuary]

A pure white light spread and enveloped the magic circle in its entirety. Then, as Davey stood up and shook his hand, the huge magic circle shrunk to about ten centimeters wide and took on the distinct shape of a hemisphere. It was so cute and small that no one, not even animals, could go through it.

“I can feel a great deal of power. What did you put in it just now?” Yuria asked.

Davey felt exhausted, perhaps from the large amount of mana that drained out of him. Still, he offered an answer while waiting for the barrier to completely solidify. “A 9th level holy magic protection spell with an 8-circle custom barrier. On top of that, I added resistance to physical and magic attacks, and made the magic circle’s power circulate with the Spirit King’s blessing.”

Yuria glanced at the barrier in surprise, but looked puzzled after realizing something weird. She muttered, “But…”

“Hm?”

“That…is too small, no? It’s so small that an animal couldn’t fit through it, let alone a person…”

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Yuria raised a valid question about the barrier, which was only about ten centimeters wide. She was right; the size was bound to become smaller as more powers were added to it. In that sense, the ancient control system covering the entire Heins Territory was an absolutely unbelievable thing. Of course, there was a magic stone large enough to support it.

“Wouldn’t it be a huge waste to make such a barrier bigger?” Davey asked.

“W—What use is it to make the barrier that is supposed to protect the forest this small?!” Dumbfounded by Davey, Yuria glared at him. She stated, “It just has to be bigger.”

Davey had pulled out the Transcendence’s Demise for a reason. He lightly grabbed the adamantium body of the staff that was floating in the air. Then, he asked, “Do you know this staff’s nickname?”

“W… What is it?”

“A genie’s lamp.”

It defied all logic. It was stupidly strong like the Divine Sword, or perhaps even stronger than that. Of course, Yuria wasn’t going to understand what Davey meant by a genie’s lamp; it would be better for him to just show her.

‘The size… is maybe enough to cover the entire forest.’

There might be a side effect of spirit energy becoming extremely abundant as a large amount of energy would circulate, but there was a reason Davey cast a sanctuary.

Like rock paper scissors, magic created the base, and the power of the spirit and holy power strengthened each other’s weaknesses and cooperated together. The theory of correctly incorporating the three kinds of power was quite famous in the study of magic.

“Genie, make it bigger.”

As Davey lightly tapped on the barrier with the staff, Yuria’s eyes widened as she saw what happened next.