If someone heard it, theyd ask: what the hell are you talking about?
Of course.
All of a sudden, I declared that I was the founder of oddity,
There was no way to prove it.
But the archmage must know it well. Why did Jessie, who had almost no knowledge of magic, know about oddity, which was a higher concept than that?
Dont tell me?
There was no teacher-disciple relationship among the mages?
I agreed.
But I was a demon hunter, not a mage. So I had a pretty in-depth conversation with Jessie about magic and oddity.
Heh The archmage laughed.
Yes, I certainly have a memory of that. Damn it.
Did they look back on the memories contained in Jessies head or the pointed hat?
Their face, which had been relaxed, became a little more serious.
It seemed they were slowly coming to grips with the situation.
Its too late, though.
Grandfel lived in pride and died in pride.
If you took other peoples pride lightly in front of Grandfel.
You had to pay the price.
As for that price, I didnt have to say it.
Indeed, lets compete to see whose pride was more upright and fanatical.
But, youre not allowing access to oddity. Even if youre the founder, do you have the right to do that? I dont understand what you mean.
Yeah.
The road to oddity was not really a road to walk on.
It was something I couldnt block.
However, even though I was not a mage, I was the chief of the Mage Tower.
Thanks to this, I know what mages were most reluctant to do.
The limit of magic you were aiming for.
So I declared.
The end of oddity, I will reach it first.
!
Basically, I would steal their truth.
For the archmage.
That was probably the only way to break their pride.
After a short silence, a question returned.
Can we take that as a declaration of war against us?
Naturally, my silence was an affirmation.
Oh, Jessie who fainted was an exception because she was innocent.
I turned my head.
Its an incredibly turbulent day until the end.
Wasnt there a saying that the polar opposites were connected?
I couldnt believe I was in a hostile relationship with not just one archmage but so many of them.
I wondered if this was really the effect of greatly increased luck.
Nevertheless, I didnt doubt it.
Ive seen the effect of luck.
Therefore
Lets think about it in reverse.
There must be a reason why this situation was treated as luck.
I looked back on todays particularly difficult day.
Meanwhile, I recalled the memory of the Mage Tower.
To be precise, Marcelos writing.
The Tower Master reacted for the first time.
At the same time, I thought of the voice of the archmage.
As the chief of the Mage Tower, dont you know better than anyone else?
Thats right. To borrow Mage Towers word, it is truth.
The archmage in front of me knew too much about the Mage Tower.
In addition, if they entered the social gathering of time and space as a transcendent, that meant, as a mage, they had at least formed a circle.
To my knowledge, there was only one mage who formed a circle in the Mage Tower.
I opened my mouth.
It was you.
At the same time, the quest window flashed.
[Quest: Reconstruction of the Mage Tower]
The true nature of the contradiction that existed in the Mage Tower.
Now even the purpose of the Mage Tower, the pursuit of truth, has become impure.
Set the Mage Tower straight from its foundation.
Encounter with the Tower Master. (Succesful)
The moment when my guess became certain.
I couldnt feel more bitter.
As expected, there was a reason why the downstream stream wasnt clean.
Because this is the truth that the Tower Master thinks.
The elder mages including Karimjeva.
The senior, skilled, apprentice mages below it, too.
The truth was trapped within a fence.
But at this moment, that wasnt the only quest goal flashing.
Find the true truth. (In Progress)
Yeah, the Mage Tower had thrown away the truth that was in name only.
They were starting to move to find the true truth.
They had changed.
Tower Master, a lot of things have changed since you were floating in the magic sphere.
At this point, there was nothing more to talk about.
I dont know what youre talking about.
I said as I got up from my seat.
Youre not good at acting.
Acting?
Id advise you to quit now.
Do you know that youve only been saying cryptic things since a while ago? This is my first time meeting a man who is this difficult. Besides, Ive given up on acting since a while ago. Its a thank you for being all serious about my personal jokes, Chief Lee.
No.
The acting that I tell you to quit.
Im not talking about your impersonation of Jessie.
Adventurer Jessie Heinness. Did you grant her the title of apprentice mage so that you could keep a close eye on the vessel of archmage?
!
Oh, I have a question.
The archmages expression began to harden at my words.
Isnt your body floating in a magic sphere, unlike the previous archmages? If what you said is true, then it must be against the one-person rule.
Well, I dont know what youre talking about.
As I said, youre not good at acting, Tower Master.
!
The fact that I was telling him to quit was just a play of his own making.
He was planning something and even went so far as to violate the archmages procedures.
Separating his body from consciousness.
I didnt know if he was doing something dangerous, but.
I will keep this matter a secret for the time being.
Tower Master, its not because Im worried about you.
I dont want to disappoint Chief Marcelo.
Even when Marcelo was dying due to the curse of the terminal illness, he was worried about you, Tower Master.
I feel sorry for him.
So, dont misunderstand.
The moment I brought up Marcelos name.
There was no trace of composure on Tower Masters face anymore.
Creak!
There was the sound of a chair being pulled nervously.
Then a sharpened voice followed.
Wait, is it okay to leave like this? Id be worried if I were you. No way, you havent forgotten that I have control over this childs body, have you?
Was that a threat?
It seemed he hadnt fully grasped the situation.
I could say the same thing.
I snapped back coldly.
Tower Master, keep in mind that your body is also in my hands. And I advise you once again. No matter how I look at you, you have no talent for acting.
Moreover, the Tower Master occupied Jessies body.
The significant increase in luck had an impact.
I had a vague guess.
[Remaining time: 3 minutes 21 seconds]
With his own mouth.Ch𝒆êck out l𝒂t𝒆st 𝒏𝒐v𝒆l𝒔 on nov𝒆l/bin(.)c𝒐m
He said it had been a long time since he saw the world.
I felt like I once again benefited from my occupational disease.
Is it because I only deal with vicious demons?
At least, distinguishing malices.
I was amazingly good at that.
So I didnt know why he did something like that.
There was no malice from the Tower Master who threatened to hold Jessie hostage.
Besides, there is a solid evidence.
He was the Tower Master whom Marcelo respected. If I denied Marcelos perspective, I would be denying myself, who achieved the position of chief thanks to Marcelo.
So, the acting that I told you to quit.
I am talking about acting as a villain that doesnt suit you, Tower Master.
Bit
Tower Master bit his lower lip with Jessies face.
Then he looked at me and said.
Youre so rude, Chief Lee.
What?
I am rude?
Me, who cant live without formality?
Do you have to reveal your bosss secrets like that?
Ah, if you bring up ranks, I have nothing to say.
I had nothing to say so I just stayed quiet.
The face of the Tower Master changed again.
His facial expression changed quickly depending on the situation.
It scared me because it really felt like I was seeing my manager.
As expected, you cant ignore years of experience.
Just as I inwardly clicked my tongue.
Chief Lee. Now that youve seen through everything, theres nothing I can do. No matter how I think about it, you have to be my accomplice.
But, what, accomplice?!
Am I crazy enough to ride the same boat with my stinky boss?
The best way to live in society was to not hold on to rotten rope.
But at this moment, my vision flashed.
[Quest: Reconstruction of the Mage Tower]
The true nature of the contradiction that existed in the Mage Tower.
Now even the purpose of the Mage Tower, the pursuit of truth, has become impure.
Set the Mage Tower straight from its foundation.
Encounter with the Tower Master. (Succesful)
Stop the conspiracy of the archmages. (In Progress)
Only then did I realize.
Wait, the acting started from there?
Maybe I should take back my words that he couldnt act.
*
The dragon kicked off!
The breaking news spread all over the world.
The impact was enormous.
Even players who were hunting monsters in Zero Mountain without any fear stopped in their tracks after hearing the news.
Thats not going to fly to us, is it?
What kind of boss monster comes out to meet you at the entrance?
Right? Its an unnecessary worry, right?
Up until they received the news from AAU.
Players in the Zero Mountain had no clue about it at all.
Zero Mountain was very high.
It was natural that they couldnt hear anything unless it was a loud noise like the crash that occurred when Hoyeol and Sword Saint Shegwin clashed.
Southwest of the Zero Mountain.
At the base camp of the Great Alliance.
Analyst Nam Cheolmin recited the information coming in.
A phenomenon similar to the Broken Dimension Gap rupture was detected at the top of the Zero Mountain Thats all the information received so far. Is everything okay there too?
Hn. Theres nothing other than the extremely tough rabbits.
Thats a relief. I heard that the dragon had not been spotted anywhere since their glide at the top As expected, I think its most likely that it headed to the Arcana Continent through the rupture it created.
Really? The expert next to me said the same thing.
Expert?
Nam Cheolmin tilted his head at Nam Taemins words.
How could a dragon expert exist
No, was he with Hoyeol?
Im not talking about Hoyeol-ssi, Im talking about the Dragon Knight, Skal.
Again, I No, Skal?! Why is Skal next to you?
Oh, he joined us a little while ago.
W-What?
Nam Cheolmins eyes opened wide.
Who was Skal?
He was a mystery.
A player who had never fallen from the top of the Arcana official rankings even though he didnt belong to any guild. Moreover, the dragon knight was considered the best among hidden classes in terms of potential!
That kind of Skal joined the Great Alliance?
For a moment, a calculator pounded in his mind.
If we do this well, Shining and Union
Maybe the Great Alliance could beat them?
Of course, Nam Cheolmins imagination didnt last long.
Nam Taemin, who finished his fight with the rabbit, added this.
Thats right, its pride.
Stare
Leonie, who was nearby, rolled her eyes at those words.
No, do you think thats going to explain it?
From Hoyeol and dragons to class quests.
Skal joining the Great Alliance was so detailed and complex. Even explaining the details wouldnt be enough to tell the whole story.
But he explained it with one word, pride, how could that be enough?!
As expected, I thought you would understand.
?!
But, it was enough.
Leonie was once again distraught.
No way, was she the abnormal one?
Damn it, her head was pounding.
Everyones really crazy
But Leonies headache didnt last long.
U-Uaaah!!
Skal, who was combing Alexander.
He screamed in shock.
Neiigh!
Punch!
Alexander, startled by the wind, jumped and kicked back.
Skal, who had been hit, seemed to be used to it, but he showed no emotion.
Rather, it was Hisagi and Schraig who were worried.
Are you all right, Skal-ssi?
I heard something scary.
Somehow, this image of Skal is unfamiliar. Unnie?
There were murmurs everywhere.
But Skal couldnt care less.
Terrible writing appeared before his eyes.
Getting hit in the groin by a horses hoof would be better than this.
N-No.
When he heard the news of the dragon, he couldnt believe it.
No, he tried to turn a blind eye to it.
But now the new quest window was flashing.
He couldnt deny it anymore.
[Class quest: Summoning All Dragons]
Tears welled up at the corners of Skals eyes.
The great family? Come back to the Arcana continent? All the dragons gather?! What on earth is this?! How long has it been since the dragon moved, and where and what did they do? A quest like this!!
It was the moment when the repercussions of luck began.