Nanomachine Emperor

Wizard.

one who works miracles

In the eyes of the common people, they looked like gods.

But wizards say otherwise.

“A wizard is one who puts will into mana.”

Androsen, the lord of the Mage Tower of Light, said.

Magic is not something unimaginable like a miracle, but like a tool that can only be created by ‘imagination’.

It was the magician who put his will on the mana catalyst and used it.

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Just as a farmer plows a field using agricultural tools, a wizard also uses magic using mana.

If so, I can’t help but wonder.

What is Mana?

How do you put your will on something you can’t see or feel?

“But research on mana is still ongoing. The 217 mage towers that exist on the continent and the 274,365 wizards registered there.”

There are well over 200,000 wizards registered with the Mage Tower.

The number of unregistered wizards is even greater.

It was because the level of formal wizards who could claim to be dogs, cows, or wizards and register in the Mage Tower was defined as the 4th circle.

“And if you include unofficial wizards, that would be enough for a million. Among them, the ‘great wizard’ who rises to the 8th circle is only around 20. Including me.”

A path that can only be entered through training and enlightenment that transcends imagination.

That was the Archmage of the 8th Circle.

“Even I don’t know exactly what mana is. They say you have to realize that to reach the 9th circle.”

“Lord Androsen Magic Tower. Wasn’t mana a fundamental component of nature and life?”

Most of the wizards brought to the imperial palace were promising.

The next-generation faces of the Mage Tower.

All of them are geniuses who crossed the wall of the 5th circle at an early age!

It was the imperial palace that I came to with a light heart to get acquainted with the people of the imperial family and to get some fresh air from the outside.

Originally, it was supposed to leave the day after the princes’ demonstration, but they were already tied up in the imperial palace for the third day.

Androsen, the lord of the Mage Tower of Light, shook his head.

Now is the time to tell the truth.

“Humans instinctively reject knowledge that violates their ‘concept’. Mana is nature and life is artificially created false knowledge.”

“Don’t all wizards learn that way…? Is that fake?”

“Achieving Circle 6 starts with that question. ‘What is mana?’ I mean. I’ll ask you guys. Is nature artificial?”

“no.”

Everyone answered simultaneously.

nature is nature

It was nature to move on its own even without human touch.

Androsen nodded.

“When it goes through human hands, we call it ‘artificial’. However, humans cannot originally manipulate nature. Nature can never be artificial.”

“That’s why I learned that it’s like a privilege granted only to wizards.”

“no. Mana is not natural. not naturally occurring That’s why we can artificially put our will on it and use magic.”

Feeling like being hit in the head with a blunt weapon.

However, it’s just a mood, and I don’t know what exactly Androsen’s words define.

This is a clue.

If you use this clue to gain enlightenment, you can rise to the 6th circle.

Androsen continued.

“A wizard’s circle is, in the end, just a difference in how well he handles mana. However, that is limited to the mana ‘suitable for one’s affinity and inscribed in the circle of the heart’.”

This is a story common to all ‘mana users’, including wizards.

Mana cannot be seen or felt.

However, it is possible for those who have adaptability and affinity to have very little mana.

That embrace uses mana to perform magic or aura.

The mana I embraced instinctively resides in my heart and draws a circle. The circle was called the ‘source’, and the circle was defined according to how many times mana rotated around the circle.

“That’s why we can’t touch other people’s mana. can’t even feel If the circle rises, it can have a slight effect on the mana spread over the land, but it can’t handle it.”

“That must be the reason why you can’t stop the ‘runaway’.”

“yes. Mana runaway is caused by one’s own mana. Others can’t help it. Unless you are a legendary 9th circle wizard who is said to be able to handle the mana of others and air.”

“Then are you saying that the crown prince is from the 9th circle?”

Androsen shook his head.

“The crown prince is not a member of the 9th circle. No matter how much a wizard cannot feel the mana of others, the ‘sense’ for mana is activated when he reaches a state. The prince doesn’t feel like a wizard at all.”

However, there were people who recognized it.

Croft.

Called the Sword Master, the Sword King, and the strongest swordsman, he was the first to notice that the Crown Prince had cured the Third Prince.

It wasn’t like I knew it in the first place.

‘Ordinary sword masters are often compared to the 7th circle.’

Comparisons between wizards and knights have been going on for hundreds of years.

How many circles of wizards do sword masters who can cast auras fall into?

Although it is said to be approximately 7 circles, there were severe individual differences.

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Just as there are deviations even in the same 8th circle mage.

Croft was probably the closest person to the ninth circle in terms of a wizard.

Maybe that’s why he immediately recognized that it was the crown prince who cured the runaway.

It hurts my pride, but I had to admit it.

“Then how did the crown prince cure the other people’s outrage?”

“It must be a person who possesses the nihilistic attribute that only one or two people appear in a generation, or a person who has accomplished the feat of a god and has been blessed by the ‘God of Mana’. Oh, it could be a scam.”

“… that’s all absurd.”

“Or it could be a human with more ‘something’ we don’t know about.”

number of four cases.

It all makes no sense.

The nihilistic attribute is a characteristic passed down only in legends.

feat of god?

Occasionally, there were people who received revelation through ‘falling stars’.

It is said that if you achieve twelve feats, you will have god-like powers, but you usually give up after three.

It is said that only one in a thousand can achieve those three feats.

With just three feats, he receives the protection of a specific god and displays power that transcends humans.

No human in human history has ever accomplished all 12 feats.

Top 10 achievers. Only the existence called the ‘absolute one’ who founded the empire.

It’s possible to say that he was blessed by the god of mana, but how could a crown prince who was only in the imperial palace achieve such a feat?

It could be a scam, or literally a mystery.

“So you have to find out. Maybe, it’s an existence that can quench our thirst. Even if it’s not…”

The ability to mitigate runaways.

that’s great

A wizard’s research is always accompanied by the risk of runaway.

There was no end to the deaths caused by it.

What if there is an existence that can drastically reduce that accident?

Magic will make remarkable progress.

It can advance tens or hundreds of years, and perhaps even become a milestone on the way to the ultimate ‘9th circle’.

‘9th circle.’

If only I could be the first to set foot in the realm that makes my heart flutter just by hearing the name.

You can become the owner of all mage towers.

This is an oath made by all of the 217 officially established Mage Towers.

―All magic towers and magicians serve those who have reached the ultimate as their masters.

However, the wizard of the 9th circle had not appeared for a thousand years.

It is said to have existed in ancient times, but no one has confirmed the reality.

‘We have to contact first.’

It was the same reason why the other Mage Tower owners did not leave the imperial palace.

A state where everyone is watching.

‘Though we have contact with the 3rd Empress.’

At least, Prince Reinhardt was treating the 3rd prince, so the Mage Tower of Light, which had contact with the 3rd empress, was in a slightly more advantageous situation.

However, it was not something that could be solved by blind contact.

I understand that it is different from the rumors because of the appearance of the prince.

I understand… but I couldn’t quite figure out what he wanted.

‘There are too many eyes to see.’

Even more so, if he accidentally made contact with the crown prince, he could have earned the hatred of the imperial family.

A situation that is troubling in many ways.

“Ah, Lord Androsen!”

Androsen frowned as he opened the door and saw the wizard entering.

“You didn’t even knock, what happened?”

“That, that, contacted.”

“contact?”

“The Ice Mage Tower and the crown prince made contact!”

Androsen’s expression hardened even more.

The player was taken away while taking a break.

***

“You’d better not do that.”

Edith, the owner of the Ice Magic Tower, said.

It was when I was walking on the same road as yesterday.

‘I didn’t know he would contact me directly.’

I was also a little surprised.

I thought it would take at least a few more days to send one of the wizards under me pretending to be a coincidence.

He never imagined that the head of the Ice Mage Tower would come to visit him.

It was because the royal family judged that even the sound of their breathing was intertwined with politics, so wizards who were not familiar with politics had no choice but to be more cautious.

But, Edith.

80 is an age well over.

Still, he maintains his youthful appearance.

Wizards who have reached the 8th circle are said to experience a ‘mana shower’ and rejuvenate their bodies. It is said that they can live up to 200 years of age.

Some people live as old people for the sake of authority, but Edith seems to have chosen youth.

‘I must have been in a hurry.’

Edith’s granddaughter died from mana runaway.

He didn’t die right away, but he was probably doing it today or tomorrow.

That arm is proof of that.

And after the death of his granddaughter, he resigns as the owner of the mage tower.

“What do you mean?”

When I asked back shamelessly as if I didn’t know what she was talking about, Edith said with a cold face.

“Wizards are more toxic than the imperial family thinks. If you move so openly, you never know what you’ll do.”

“Am I worth that much to a wizard? Enough to move the imperial family to the point of pretending?”

“Don’t you know?”

know.

It’s a ride you know too well.

That I relieved the runaway. Perhaps they are imagining that there might be an ‘ultimate’ to that method.

However, there is no ultimate.

There are only nanomachines.

You wouldn’t believe me saying that, but I just shrugged my shoulders.

“I didn’t know that the mage master of the ice mage tower would move directly.”

“I thought it was worth it.”

“Oh my. So, do you know what it means to be associated with me?”

Are you related to me here, in the imperial palace?

I want to die.

It means to be isolated.

The amount of money supported by the royal family for the magic tower is beyond imagination.

As a rule of thumb, it would exceed 80% of the Mage Tower’s one-year budget.

It was also the reason why the tower masters, who were known for their heavy hips, came directly to the far away imperial palace.

If they get involved with me, the empresses will be determined to cut off that support fee.

There were many Mage Towers who wanted to receive support from the imperial family.

“······ There is no greed for the position of the Master of the Magic Tower. I was thinking of retiring sooner or later.”

He was emphasizing that he was separate from the Ice Mage Tower.

The problem that has arisen from this is that he wants to take care of everything himself.

“There must be a reason why you came to me.”

“Would you like to heal my granddaughter?”

“good night. Bring me.”

he said bluntly.

Edith was also adventurous, so there was no reason to measure things.

But Edith shook her head.

“That is impossible.”

“How?”

“Because I froze the whole body.”

“Could it be that you froze the whole body the way you froze that arm?”

“Yes.”

crazy.

Now I understand why he took the gamble of coming to me himself.

Because I have to move to where Edith’s granddaughter is.

However, if I leave the imperial family, I will die.

To be honest, the chance of dying reached almost 99.9%.

“If it’s frozen enough, wouldn’t it be enough to move it?”

“It was completely immobilized to sustain life. If you move carelessly… you will die.”

It is said that it is impossible to move here.

I couldn’t help but ask

“Do you know what being outside the imperial family means to me?”

“I will risk my life to escort you, Your Highness.”

An escort for the 8th Circle Archmage.

really reassuring

It’s reassuring.

‘I can’t take ten hands with one hand.’

Even those ten hands are the same level of strong people.

The most worrisome is the first empress and the fourth empress.

Now that I had contacted the Ice Mage Tower, the 4th Empress would definitely move, and the 1st Empress, who couldn’t kill me, would start playing tricks the moment I left the imperial palace.

The 3rd Empress, Josephine, will be safe right now because she has her shackles on, but it’s better to give up hope that she alone can protect me from the attacks of those two and the movements of other magic towers.

But what if the second empress moved?

It’s hopeless.

It is clear that this is a golden opportunity to make the magician of the ice magic tower on my side.

With him, ruling the high-level convict ward would be much easier.

“It must be difficult right now.”

“Is that so.”

But, that was the reality.

Of course, there was no way.

“I wonder if something big enough to not care about me happens in the imperial family.”

If something so big happens that the empresses don’t care about me.

“Can that be?”

I said with a smile.

“It’s possible if you help me.”

At the same time, he raised his right arm.

“This, this is…!”

“I know, too.”

“Isn’t it a spirit word?”

government ordinance.

An ancient being whose contact with humans has completely disappeared.

The language used by those spirits was engraved on my right arm.

‘I destroyed the seeker of light.’

Immediately after receiving the Seeker of Light staff from Empress Josephine.

I broke it.

It was to check the spirit word inside the wand.

However, due to Nanomachine Zero, the letters that were drawing the elemental language, so-called ‘unauthorized nanomachines’, began to parasitize on my right arm.

A situation I didn’t expect.

“What if a spirit appeared in the imperial family?”

“There will be an uproar. Not just the imperial family, but the entire continent.”

“I see what you need help with.”

I looked at Edith with a smile as I adjusted my clothes.

Edith’s eyes twinkled.

However, Edith soon nodded with a determined expression.

“I will absolutely succeed, Your Highness.”

＜The Road to the Ultimate＞ End