chapter 10
The answer that came back was no.
His gaze never looks at me.
He closed his eyes and covered his ears as if he were not there.
“Pu-huh!”
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Josephine covered her mouth and suppressed a laugh.
The other empresses also had an expression of ‘Okay then’.
But, even so, I don’t care.
From his point of view, I am like his own shame.
It must be the dark clouds that tarnish the name of the King.
‘As it is. King Seong, pretending to be noble alone by hanging yourself with such an unreasonable name.’
Rather, it was fortunate that it was like a memory of the past.
He has lived his entire life as a guardian of peace who has protected the peace of the continent for a long time.
It is in the same context that the empress’ position has been left empty for over 10 years.
Originally, she would promote one of the empresses to empress and lead state affairs, but she could not shake off the sorrowful feeling of ‘her own integrity and innocence’ and ‘missing the empress’, so she just left it empty.
Bullshit, of course. It’s a tight-knit show.
image is to create.
And I have never seen a person who has built his image as perfectly as the Holy King Deus.
“Sir Croft. It’s surprising that you come to a place like this.”
He only cared about Croft, the best swordsman in the Empire.
Croft lowered his head slightly.
“Looking at His Majesty’s shining eyes, it feels like my stuffiness is breaking through.”
“It’s not just the age, I think the flattery has also grown.”
“My gray hair has also increased a lot.”
“It seems that it is difficult for even a sword master to avoid the passing of time.”
Shaking his head and clicking his tongue, Deus looked away.
He then went up to the Central Guryeongdae where the imperial family was sitting.
“It must have been a long journey, but it was a lot of hard work.”
At the same time, the masters of the four magic towers folded their hips.
“no. thank you for the invitation.”
“It is an honour.”
“I would have come running even if I was on the other side of the continent!”
“What does distance have to do with seeing Your Majesty?”
Fathers with twinkling eyes.
Four Mage Masters. All of them are wizards who are said to be the best on the continent.
There are around 20 wizards in the 8th circle on the continent as a whole.
Four of them gathered here.
They are famous for their high noses, but their opponents are the emperors of the empire. Since you are the ‘big hand’ who spares no support for the Mage Tower, what can I say?
‘Anyway, when the famine passes and support for the Mage Tower ceases, these are the ones who will return without any regrets.’
As a wizard, his research is more important than Mincho’s hardships.
They said it was understandable since they were making a living from research results, but all the wizards from the Mage Tower in the imperial palace withdrew because they had cut off support for only one year.
“Listen, they said they wanted to confirm the achievements of the princes to Jim.”
The eyes of Emperor Deus turned to the other princes.
There was a bit of emotion in Deus’ eyes as he looked at them.
Then Empress Josephine intervened.
“your majesty. How about confirming the achievements of His Highness Carmon, the host, today?”
The order of confirmation was also important.
Who decorates the beginning, that alone could add extra points.
There was no way other empresses could observe her obvious words and actions.
“your majesty. For the dignity of the imperial family, you must do it in order of rank.”
The second empress immediately responded.
It seems that even if the player can be given to the first prince, the player cannot be taken away by the third prince.
It’s an old fight.
It was also the fault of the emperor, who had vacated the position of empress for a long time.
“…Let’s check with the first prince first.”
And according to the order, I would start with me, not the first prince, but I was no longer in the emperor’s field of view.
Hwaaak!
The 1st prince, whose entire body was flooded with flames, climbed onto the demonstration table in the center.
1st prince. An unsalted genius sponsored by the Flame Magic Tower.
His Phoenix Knights were also the strongest group with only the best in the empire.
Ten Phoenix Knights followed him up.
It is to be shown in the form of sparring.
Chaeeng!
There is no gap between swords to the extent that it is reminiscent of a real battle.
With his flamboyant swordsmanship, he cut down the knights in an instant.
Choi So-yeon Sword Expert The appearance of a top-notch sword expert.
But it doesn’t end there.
aaagh!
A huge flame behind his back spread his wings wide, forming the shape of a phoenix.
“ah···! You have completed the ‘Phoenix Ring’!”
The flame mage lord exclaimed in admiration.
Phoenix ring. The highest level circle training method developed by the Flame Mage Tower.
Heat rose from the body of the first prince who had awakened by the advent of the phoenix.
He defeated all ten knights in an instant, twice as fast as before.
clap clap clap!
1 The Empress clapped her hands.
Clap clap clap clap!
“You are amazing, Your Highness!”
“I got goosebumps!”
The rest of the knights and the wizards of the flame mage tower began to clap.
However, it is not an applause for pretentiousness.
That skill was real.
‘A genius who works hard.’
That’s the scary thing about Prince 1.
A genius of unsalted genius even makes an effort.
If you don’t take a day off and insist on training, you can have such skills at that age.
Next it was the second prince’s turn.
The 2nd prince waved his hand with an expression that everything was troublesome.
“Wind, chain and blow strong.”
Kurung!
Thunder thundered and a whirlpool created around the second prince.
However, it is nothing out of the ordinary for a 6th circle wind magic.
“Three, three…!”
“Controlling three typhoons at the same time?”
The problem was the number.
Creating and controlling three typhoons at the same time.
This is difficult even for a normal 6th circle mage.
It is only possible when mana is abnormally large and the mana response is unimaginably high.
Doing it with such a troublesome expression.
“······ Sooner or later, you will eat in the 7th circle.”
The owner of the Wind Magic Tower admired it.
7th circle. He was trying to capture the number of less than 50 people on the continent at the age of less than twenty.
What a blessed talent…
The future of the imperial family was indeed bright.
Fast!
The only one who could bite his teeth would be Empress Josephine.
Both the 1st and 2nd princes showed talent beyond imagination.
I never dreamed that I had already reached that level.
‘Okay. Carmon, the guide of light. The 1st and 2nd princes are in a state of wonder that can never be reached.’
what is light
It is hope. It was a wonder itself.
Karmon was born with the qualifications to become the Lightbringer.
Carmon, who caught her gaze, climbed onto the demonstration table.
thud!
“ah···!”
My armor was clumsy and I fell down unsightly.
But soon after, Carmon got up and brushed off the dirt on his legs and face and smiled at Empress Josephine bravely.
“Light.”
The mana of light gathers around Carmon.
One, two, the light illuminated Karmon’s surroundings more and more.
Now round 2.
Although it can only call the light and indicate the direction.
“Light, dance more splendidly.”
Carmon went one step further.
more brilliantly. He memorized the spell of ‘strengthening’, which was possible only after reaching the 3rd circle.
“This, double overlap…!”
However, the wizards recognized at once that this was not a problem.
Didn’t Carmon mention the word ‘light’ twice?
Mana resides in language. It moves according to the will of language.
However, even this magical language had taboos.
double overlap.
repeating the same words at the same time.
The result is ‘runaway’.
It is a basic and a taboo that must be observed.
Nervous, Carmon made a mistake.
Of course, if it was just a simple runaway, nothing special, but since he was greedy, the aftermath is unlikely to be small.
Woo woo woo!
The cluster of lights expands in an instant.
“ah······.”
Empress Josephine’s eyes widened infinitely.
Light was leaking from every hole in Karmon.
“No, stop it! What is the magic tower doing!”
“Light, calm down!”
“Light, come back as it was!”
The Magic Tower of Light moved busily.
There was no choice but to press down the mana for which the command had already been entered with stronger mana.
But the runaway didn’t stop.
“Uh, mother.”
“His Highness Carmon!”
“Ah, it hurts… ah.”
only eight years old
The pain multiplied as the mighty mana pressed down on his young body.
If this continues, it will explode.
She stomped her feet.
Even the Mage Tower of Light couldn’t come up with a solution.
The same goes for other magic towers.
If mana with a different attribute interferes, the runaway becomes stronger.
“I mean, do something!”
“Choi, I’m doing my best.”
I went to the mage tower lord of light.
But the runaway didn’t stop.
[Confirm the rampage of unauthorized nanomachines.]
A word that resonates in the brain at that moment.
[‘Unauthorized nanomachines’ are combined with ‘induced pluripotent stem cells’ and are processed to follow one command.]
[It doesn’t have AI-like intelligence like mine, but instead it can run around the outside and execute commands.]
[In the case of nanomachines overflowing with command overlap, you can ‘force adsorption’ using the nanomachines that have successfully dominated.]
[Are you sure you want to accept?]
In a word, it means that the runaway can be put to rest.
“It hurts, ah! It hurts!”
Carmon lay on the floor and scratched all over his body.
“majesty···! Please, anyone is fine, please stop!”
Empress Josephine wept and began to beg.
Even though Empress Josephine didn’t want to see her.
Carmon is innocent.
‘Approve.’
[Confirmed Master’s approval.]
At that moment, transparent mana and nanomachines began to flow through my fingertips.
The ejected nanomachines quickly flew up through the air and reached Karmon.
After ‘absorbing’ the runaway Carmon’s mana, it slowly returned to me.
[Begins dominance over the ‘forced adsorption’ unauthorized nanomachines.]
[The domination is complete.]
Maybe it was because of the runaway, but rather the speed at which he dominated was very fast.
Soon, I felt the nanomachines filling my heart draw a circle.
‘······ 1st circle.’
realized at the same time.
That I, who was looked down on as having no magical talent, had made it to the 1st circle.
“Uh…?”
“Po, runaway?”
“The runaway has stopped!”
The Wizards of the Mage Tower of Light shouted.
Suddenly, the runaway stopped, and the group of lights disappeared in an instant.
“Ah, thank you, thank you, magicians of the Mage Tower of Light. How should I express my gratitude? If there’s anything you want, just tell me. I will listen to anything.”
Empress Josephine expressed her gratitude.
“That, that’s… fortunately, Empress.”
However, the Mage Tower of Light’s mage lord is only showing a bewildered expression.
It was because they knew better than anyone else that the runaway didn’t stop because of them.
But, who?
If it wasn’t the Magic Tower of Light, who else could stop the runaway mana?
“It is abnormal.”
“Double stacking and mana runaway even happened. How can I stop that?”
“I wonder if it’s a magician of nothingness…”
“That’s an attribute of illusions invented by wizards.”
Wizards began to whisper. Those gathered here are the faces of the Mage Tower. Everyone knew that there was something wrong with the evolution of the rampage just now.
“It wasn’t the people of the Mage Tower of Light that stopped the rampage.”
As if to point him out, someone stepped out.
When he stepped out, everyone’s eyes focused on him.
It was because someone who could never come forward spoke out.
“They aren’t the people Empress Josephine should be truly grateful for either.”
The Empire’s greatest swordsman, Sword King Croft!
Everyone swallowed their saliva in silence at his remarks with absolute public confidence.
At the same time, Croft’s eyes turned to mine.
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