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“Bible?”

Leo’s unique magic that he presented for the 1st semester Magic Department midterm practical exam.

Torua also remembered it well, not because it was impressive but because it was absurd.

‘He said it was a magic that could use all the world’s magic without penalty, right?’

It was a ridiculous story.

All the magic in the world?

That meant not only the widely known spells, but also unique magics.

Even the number of common magics was countless.

But to design a magic that could use even unique magic?

‘That’s not human magic.’

Everyone who encountered Leo’s unique magic thought so.

But in the midterm, Leo even presented the basic spell formula that made the magic possible.

Just by that, everyone could tell this 1st-year student was serious about completing his magic.

‘When they saw his thesis, everyone called him crazy.’

But Torua liked Leo for that.

Whether it worked or not, what Leo pursued was the ideal of a mage.

However, Leo’s magic “Bible” was so shocking that people soon forgot about it for its lack of feasibility.

Torua also only remembered it as “Ah, that kid tried something like that, didn’t he?”

But……

‘He actually implemented it?’

Torua’s face showed a look of astonishment.

If she had only heard the story, she never would have believed it.

But right now, Leo, who was using Torua’s own unique magic, was right before her eyes.

The ultimate form of magic that Torua had imagined was right in front of her.

Feeling her whole body tremble, Torua activated her magic.

Flash—!

Brilliant magic embroidered the air.

Leo also immediately activated his magic to match it.

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-gang—!

Magic clashed in midair.

‘He really is using my unique magic.’

Torua lowered her head deeply.

Her body trembled.

She hadn’t lived a long life.

But the achievements she had built through a lifetime of devotion to magic—

A 1st-year rookie was now using them before her eyes.

To imitate the unique magic that symbolized a mage as if it were nothing—

‘This… this is…’

Torua lifted her head.

‘So fascinating!’

With her eyes sparkling, Torua raised her staff high.

“Leo. I’m really excited right now, you know? How can you do that? How far can you copy my magic?”

Goooooooo—!

Thrilling mana surged wildly.

Seeing that, Leo broke into a cold sweat.

‘She is really impressive.’

The title of Lumene’s strongest mage wasn’t earned for nothing.

Someday, she was sure to become an archmage who would command the world.

The crystallization of her own effort and her conquest of the Hero's Worlds.

Jiiing—! Flash—!

Seeing the immense number of unique magic circles filling the air, Leo’s eyes widened.

Flash—!

“You’re even copying this?”

Torua’s eyes turned slightly hazy.

Before her eyes was magic that should have been utterly impossible.

The unknown magic was stimulating Torua, who was filled with more curiosity than anyone.

‘I want to study it. I want to study it. I want to study it. I want to study it. I want to study it.’

Only a single obsession filled her mind.

Seeing Torua like that, Leo felt his vision burn.

‘As expected, it’s still too much for me?’

Leo’s unique magic.

Strictly speaking, the unique magic made by Kyle. Only Kyle could use it properly due to his mana trait.

The mana trait named “Purity” by Lysinas could become anything, granting Leo talent in all classes.

And that applied even within each class.

He wasn’t bound by attribute.

Of course, he couldn’t reach the extreme in any one field, but he could follow any path already created by others better than anyone else.

“Bible” was a magic of that kind.

It amplified the magic formula computation ability in an instant through mana.

Then it analyzed and absorbed another person’s magic exactly as it was.

That was the principle of Bible.

‘Of course, it’s not omnipotent.’

It couldn’t activate magic that couldn’t be done through formulas alone.

Unique magics whose traits Leo did not possess could not be used.

A representative example was Chloe’s Ice World.

Field-type magic was one of Leo’s weakest areas.

In that sense, Leo was like a natural enemy to Torua.

Torua’s magic was all the product of her pure effort.

Therefore, as long as one could compute the formula, it could be imitated.

‘Of course, that formula is insanely complicated.’

Leo felt his vision burn.

He could feel his whole body straining from the overload.

‘For now, just copying it is my limit.’

The completion of Bible would be when he could record a seen formula and recast it later exactly as it was.

But for now, imitating on sight was all he could do.

‘Besides, even if I perfected Bible to the previous level, these magics would still be impossible to reproduce. They're are too complex.’

His mind couldn’t store them.

It was like a book with too few pages left to write on.

Leo blocked Torua’s magic once more.

‘Current Bible activation time: one minute.’

So far, about 30 seconds had passed.

But cold sweat was pouring down his body.

His vision was burning and his head throbbed.

The limit from overload was drawing near.

Yet the overly excited Torua kept firing off magic after magic.

“Can you copy this too? This one? And this one?”

Like taking toys out of a toy box—

Torua kept unleashing new unique magics one after another, and Leo felt the massive consumption of mana and stamina.

Just as Leo was reaching his limit—

Boom—!

The lava golem guarding Torua’s goal exploded.

The ball had shattered the lava golem.

Torua widened her eyes and looked toward the ground.

Leo canceled Bible and said,

“We won, didn’t we?”

“What?”

“You said if we scored even one goal, you’d count it as our victory.”

“Ah……”

Torua recalled her own words from earlier, wearing a blank expression.

Seeing her like that, Leo smiled and descended to the ground.

Everyone looked at him with strange expressions.

As he landed, Leo staggered.

“Are you okay?”

Chloe hurriedly supported him.

“Just a little tired.”

“If you’re exhausted, lean on me a bit.”

“Then I won’t refuse.”

As Leo leaned in, Chloe braced herself slightly to hold him up.

Seeing that, Leo smiled faintly and held out his hand to her.

When Chloe high-fived him, Abad and Chelsea also came over and high-fived Leo.

“Leo-oppa! You finally completed that, huh?”

“It was amazing. Can you show me the spell formula sometime?”

“Ah, me too.”

As the four of them shared a cheerful mood—

“Who said the game was over?”

Torua stood firmly before the 1st-years.

“Didn’t we win?”

Abad asked with his usual gentle smile, and Torua nodded.

“Yeah. There’s still time left.”

“You said if we scored one goal, we’d win.”

Chelsea, peeking out from behind Abad with a pout, said so, and Torua replied,

“Yeah. But promises are made to be broken.”

The 1st-years looked dumbfounded at the valuable lesson Torua was teaching them.

“Torua. Promises are made to be kept. You should treat the 1st-years with love.”

Ulta appeared and restrained Torua.

“Aeria, gently escort Torua out of the field.”

Ulta summoned his Pegasus, Aeria, to drag Torua out of the arena.

“Ah! Let go of me!”

As Torua struggled and got dragged away by her hair, the 1st-years stifled their laughter behind their hands.

Ignoring that, Ulta looked at Leo.

“I thought you would use summoning.”

“Did you?”

“But, your magic was impressive as well.”

At Ulta’s words, Leo chuckled.

Meanwhile—

Whoosh—

Everyone turned their eyes toward Celia at the sound from the next arena.

Bastera’s exclusive area was overflowing with flames.

Everyone was shocked as they saw Celia unleashing power beyond her limits, burning herself with her own flames.

Fwoosh—!

Celia’s flames were sucked into Bastera’s ball.

When Celia threw the ball into the air, Duran, whose toes were wrapped in lightning aura, kicked it to Chen Xia.

Bang—! Crackle-crackle-crackle—!

Seeing the ball wrapped in fire and lightning aura, Chen Xia spun her body.

Fwoosh—!

Pulling the ball into her rotation radius, Chen Xia spun on the spot, accelerating the ball even further.

Whoosh— crackle—

Her hands were ruined by the intense fire and lightning, but Chen Xia didn’t care.

She was the key to this combo attack.

Maximizing the ball’s acceleration, Chen Xia sent it flying toward Jamua.

Kwa-ga-ga-gak—!

Jamua watched the ball, filled with destructive force, and admired it.

“Let’s see you take this!”

Celia shouted confidently.

Jamua smiled faintly and dodged the ball with a whoosh.

Kwooooom—!

The ball pierced the goal, creating a massive explosion that broke the training ground wall.

“You win. Impressive.”

Jamua laughed heartily and clapped.

Celia, whose body was covered in burns, Duran, whose feet were swollen from overusing aura, and Chen Xia, whose hands were wrecked from controlling the rampaging ball, all looked at Jamua with blank eyes.

“Wait! Why did you dodge it?”

Celia protested, and Jamua shrugged.

“Taking that head-on? Even for me, I’d end up in the infirmary. I don’t like pain.”

“Arghh!”

Hahaha! With his arms crossed, Jamua burst into laughter while Celia clutched her head in frustration.

Meanwhile, watching that scene, Rhys crossed his arms.

‘Celia, you’ve grown so much I can hardly recognize you.’

He had expected his little sister to grow rapidly once she entered Lumene.

But Celia’s growth rate had far exceeded even Rhys’s expectations.

‘And just now, Leo’s magic.’

Rhys wasn’t a mage, but he could immediately tell how absurd what Leo had done was.

And seeing that magic, he now understood what Ulta meant by saying Leo already had the makings of a student council president.

‘It might not take long.’

Rhys looked down at his hand.

It was soaked with cold sweat.

As the successor to Zerdinger, he had lived his life as “the best.”

There were still many stronger than him, as he was still young.

But Rhys was confident he could surpass them all.

And as the rightful owner of Zerdinger, he had no doubt he would one day become “the true best.”

So it was the 1st time—

‘That I’ve seen a junior who might surpass me.’

Looking at his cousin, who would someday overtake him, Rhys wiped his hand.

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In the principal’s office, Kalian silently looked at his beloved sword.

An old sword called Clesis.

But it was also a sword that contained unbelievable, vast mana.

This sword was both the symbol of the Sword Saint and one of the most powerful blades in existence.

No one knew how long it had existed.

‘But at that moment, it looked brand new.’

Recalling the time he had defeated the remnants of the Curse King Kigoros, Kalian fell deep in thought.

‘The mana residue left in the sword definitely belongs to Leo Plov.’

Not only was he the unprecedented All-Class, but he had also defeated formidable opponents to become class representative.

On top of that, he had already conquered the World of the Great Hero twice and even found proof of the supposedly non-existent Kyle. He's an unbelievable 1st-year student.

Those who become heroes always show unusual paths from their 1st year.

Kalian, too, had an extraordinary school life as a Lumene student.

But he could not compare himself to Leo.

‘Honestly, just what is he?’

He had wondered that many times.

The Sword Saint had seen, in Leo, not a young boy but the presence of a seasoned hero.

‘Elena Zeron seems to regard Leo as a vessel for a Great Hero… but no. He’s already like the legendary heroes themselves.’

As Kalian rested his chin and sank into thought—

Knock knock—

At the sound of knocking, Kalian spoke.

“Come in.”

The door opened, and Rhys entered.

“Rhys, what brings you here?”

Looking puzzled, Kalian asked, and Rhys said,

“I’d like to make a nomination for student council president.”

“You’ve been thinking for a long time and finally decided, I see. Alright, who is it?”

“Leo Plov.”

At the unexpected name, Kalian let out a small, incredulous laugh.