I Became the Only Non-mage in the Academy

Chapter 169: Festival (7)

Chapter 169: Festival (7)

-Do you know what the size of one’s inner image means?

In the past, Black Heaven once said this.

Black Heaven stood with arms crossed, gazing at the sky within my inner image.

‘It means you can expand your world more and manipulate its laws at will.’

-That’s correct. But my former master described the size of one’s inner image differently. He said it was the size of the world I possess.

‘......?’

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Black Heaven spoke to me again.

-So, master, the way for you to become stronger is to fill this inner image. A sea the size of the world you live in, not just that vast sky that replaces the heavens. That sky is not good. It’s a force obtained by coercion. A force gained by being bound can eventually devour your inner image.

The words were ominous.

And now, once again.

‘A sky without the sun is too dull. How about that one?’

-It’s not bad. Of course, you can’t fully accept that black sun. It’s something filled with the power of life. Let’s replace it with the power you possess, the Black Flame Radiance Spirit.

Black Heaven laughed as she said this.

-Master, do you know what others called my previous master?

‘What is it?’

-An unreasonable being. A being that denies all power and goes against everything, the Heaven-Defying Being.

‘.......’

I looked up at the sky.

A black sun made of corrupt power was staring down at me.

-You don’t trust your power. Black Heaven and the Black Sea, both are strong forces. Even in the scattered memories left by my previous master, these two powers were dangerous enough to fit in both hands. Even in a weakened state.

Black Heaven pointed at the sun next to me.

-But the Heaven-Defying Power is not inferior to those. It’s a stronger force. The only reason you feel weak is because you haven’t yet filled the vessel of the Black Flame Radiance Spirit. The Heaven-Defying Power doesn’t fall behind them. Even combined, they can’t surpass the Heaven-Defying Power.

Black Heaven spoke to me with certainty.

I raised my hand to my chest, where my heart is. It has now been replaced by the Black Flame Radiance Spirit.

Thump.

The Black Flame Radiance Spirit throbbed as if agreeing with Black Heaven’s words.

Whoosh.

An unholy black flame that defied everything ignited.

Its size was different from before. It was massive, as if it intended to burn the sun.

Sizzle!

Destruction began to disappear. As soon as I released the Black Flame, it evaporated as if acknowledging its inferiority to the Black Flame.

‘......Really?’

Honestly, I thought Black Heaven was exaggerating.

Then I laughed bitterly. My Conceptual Stat, Heaven-Defying Power, was at 100. Even Kim Seo-hyun could only achieve this at the age of 25. And it’s easier to increase a special stat than a conceptual stat.

‘Well, it was difficult back then.’

I lifted Black Heaven.

The Black Flame responded. The black flames surrounding me flickered like shadows. It was the effect of containing the special stat, Spirit.

[The special stat, Struggle, responds.] The power left by the God of Struggle embedded itself in the Black Flame.

-Despair.

From above, a voice spoke.

It was in the form of a black sun. Tentacles gathered, crawling out, forming a grotesque and repulsive sun.

To beings from other realms, it grants life.

To beings from Earth, it brings death. My inner world’s distortion began.

‘Time is almost up.’

And it was proof of its overwhelming power. I converted all my strength into Black Flame. Everything that could be put in was poured in.

[Flame Demon (S-) is now subordinate to the Black Flame Radiance Spirit.]

The Black Flame Radiance Spirit screamed.

The middle dantian, corresponding to the core, creaked. Blood gushed out.

Crack.

He had to inform them.

But it was impossible.

It had to burn everything.

His life, the life of a soldier who had devoted himself to the Nazi Empire and the black sun, ended here.

Thud.

Leaving only his neck, he fell to the ground. The black earth began to disappear. It signaled the end of his inner world. Himmler silently watched one being.

-So that’s how it is. Now I understand the words left by the god.

“Are you dying? Did you just realize you were being used?”

-Puhuh. Puhahahahaha!

Himmler laughed.

Yes, keep thinking that way. The being that handled destruction died. That death was sudden. Until last year, the being that formed the sea of the other world suddenly disappeared. Just like the sky of the other world.

Until now, he thought it was like that.

It wasn’t. Destruction and Destruction’s Heaven were quietly preparing. Hiding behind that being.

He felt many gazes.

The true gods of the other world. Their stature was similar to that of the black sun I served.

He felt other gazes as well.

The defeated beings inside the boundary who had lost to the true gods. He noticed the false gods were also sending their gazes.

‘They wouldn’t know.’

They would only know that they were defeated in the inner world.

Himmler saw a fragment of the power that denied everything.

They would empower the black sun. Since they are beings that desire the life of Earth together.

However, Himmler felt regret.

He wanted to gain the glory of being a pawn in that great work and witness it.

Meanwhile, Lee Seo-ha was confused.

‘What nonsense.......’

He looked at Himmler.

But he wasn’t lying. Come to think of it, he had spoken nonsense. That destruction had died.

‘No way.......’

The being that used destruction was alive in the game.

In the game, that being was different from others, merely existing. There was no such thing as emotion, just a drifting existence. Yet, it was a being that would descend to Earth and annihilate all life.

Lee Seo-ha closed his eyes for a moment.

They were beings that had to be killed anyway—these guys, those guys, and the ones outside the boundary.

‘For now, smile.’

He lifted Black Heaven. The long, rising blade slit Himmler’s throat.

A faint smile lingered on his face.

The inner world disappeared.

I felt that the things that made up my inner image were becoming complete.

‘This is the rank of status.......’

It was a different power than before. It was complete.

Just that alone increased my strength tremendously.

Ding.

[The world is astonished by the path you have walked so far.]

[Few know the path you have walked. Only you and the sword around you. You have saved countless lives.]

A blue screen flashed on my retina.

[Your epithet is Savior.]

[You have gained 10,000,000 achievement points.]

[......!]

[.......]

And numerous message windows greeted me.