Returning to the Golden Land’s mansion, Lina and the girls retreated to their rooms.
Normally, they gather in Alec’s room, and they had a lively time, but this time, they didn’t have that kind of leeway.
「!!!」
Lina glared at something in her hand.
The bright red flames, created by her Mana. A high temperature flame capable of melting iron upon contact and burn anything according to Lina’s will.
That flame is frozen.
「This is…Real magic?」
She grits her teeth and glared at the frozen flames.
The flame Lina made using her Mana remained still, contrary to her will, even though it could be touched, it didn’t burn, it was cold.
Lina’s mana is completely frozen. It wasn’t just Lina. Mira’s lightning, Sophie’s water, and Anastasia’s ice. The mana everyone gathered with their full strength, revealing the difference in class that the girls couldn’t contend with.
Then, it wasn’t just the girls.
“There’s the option to just freeze it, but how about this?”
Alec and Philip faced each other. It was a similar to their initial meeting, but this time, Philip was the aggressor. It was a contest whether or not Alec can stop the magic Philip unleashed.
Alec was defeated one-sidedly in that battle. Unable to block a single blow, he was sliced by Philip’s ice sword, his entire body froze, and was defeated, unable to move a hand or foot. It was a complete defeat.
For girls, who thought that Alec, who defeated the dwarf king, might be able to win against Philip, or at least fight honorably, the sight of Alec being defeated one-sidedly without being able to counterattack was a tremendous shock.
「ーUnforgivable」
Filled with hatred, Lina, Anastasia, Mira, and Sophie glare at their frozen mana.
The hate that their partner is tormented, and they understood their powerlessness for being unable to offer any support.
「I belong to Alec, but Alec is mine too!!」
Gathering power with the absolute limit, gathering their emotion, gathering mana. To shatter the mass of mana that doesn’t even flinch, deeper than the magic carved into this world. To realize the world they desire through power.
After receiving the potion from Philip and fully recovering, I lay in the bed and reflected.
I underestimated magic. Making the world follow what you wantーwhat does that mean? I feel like I touched upon the essence duright the fight with Philip-san.
「I mean, you can’t possibly think it’s Freezing the world…」
The essence of magic that Philip-san showed in the fight.
You wouldn’t that they could just use 《THE WORLD》 It’s not like super speed or hypnosis, it’s a situation where you suddenly realize the sword is swung and you were cut down.
Nononono, There’s nothing we can do about that, can we?
If course, I knew that the Great Lord was the pinnacle of the nation’s power, and he knew that magic could rewrite the rules of the world, but still… To think that he possesses the ability of the strongest class, like time stopーNot even I could’ve predicted it.
「That power, does it mean that it was just a bad matchup with the dwarf king? If the entire body is encased in armor, it didn’t matter if time was stopped, it was a complete meta ability」
Philip-san’s freezing had no effect on the god iron armor, and since even he stops time, the armor can defend against attacks, the best he could do was create ice blocks and have a punch-out.
In a direct fight, the dwarf king had an advantage over Philip-san, but I was stronger in the brawl against the dwarf king.
「Then, between Philip-san and me, he has his time top, which gives Philip-san the overwhelming advantage. I see, it’s a rock paper and scissors situation」
Me > Dwarf King > Philip > Me
「I got my hands on the divine iron Odachi, and I feel much stronger now, but wow, the world is so vast!!!」
It’s not just Philip who can use magic. There are plenty of other beings in this world who can use magic. In short, there are a lot of people as strong as him.
「Of course, just because it’s magic doesn’t mean you can do anything. I think the abilities are related to the attribute they manifest. Since Philip has the ice attribute, he specializes in freezing. He can’t strengthen himself or unleash powerful attacks.」 If he can do that, he would’ve used it against the dwarf king」
I think there’s a fewer attributes that can perform cheat moves like freezing the world. In a sense, Philip-san’s attribute is quite a strong one.
But even if we talk about other attributes, everyone who can use magic ends up using things like ‘Awakening of Abilities,’ ‘Opening a Domain X,’ or ‘Solving X,’ right? If it’s the Fire attribute, there’s a possibility they might use things like ‘Burning the world,’ ‘Burning the laws,’ or ‘Burning concepts.’
For example, if you could burn danger, or burn your own death, then you might be able to become immortal. That means Magic can be anything and it’s powerful.
「Oh man, the peak is farther than I thought. There’s still more to come」
After the victory, I defeated the old Kiryu, and I thought I got stronger but I realized that it’s not true at all.
「I’m going to work hard to master my own Magic!!」
I lack a lot of things. I’ll take one step at a time. I’ll continue to put on the effort.
This is for my dream of becoming the strongest in the world.