I got into school for nothing - 200
I got into school for nothing (200)
Lesson 39. I must have him - 5
Allowing the enemy to invade Earth was out of the question.
There was only one answer, then: to go out and fight.
“To think the target was right under our noses...”
“I'm agitated right now, so don't talk about my sister.”
Guiding them to the battlefield was none other than Lilyth, transformed into a spaceship.
Of course, only three people boarded Lilyth: Ban Yuwon, Rucell, and Kiira.
Even though Oculus Ruber and the Phoenix Knights represented the elite forces of their respective nations, confronting an Orc Wave head-on would have been sheer madness for them.
‘Wait a minute. What you just said...’
‘Ban Yuwon, you're going to pay for this later.’
...Honestly, he didn’t want to think about how he’d managed to resolve that situation and send Ban Yumi back to Korea.
He’d probably get an earful from his mother later.
Just thinking about it filled him with an uncontrollable sense of dread.
“I thought you readily agreed to my request because you might have feelings for me, but that wasn’t it, was it? You were just trying to protect your sister, who also happened to be my target? How cute, really.”
“Didn’t you hear me when I said not to talk about my sister?”
Kiira seemed quite embarrassed by her mistaken belief that Ban Yuwon might have feelings for her.
Now that she knew the truth, perhaps trying to suppress her embarrassment, she chattered on incessantly, ignoring his words.
But no matter how hard she tried to hide her emotions, she likely didn’t realize that, due to their relationship deepening after their recent kiss, all her feelings were being read by his Man-dok-an....
“It’s truly fascinating. Could it be that your incredible talent comes from having the blood of the S-7 Dimension mixed in? All the knights guarding our family were strong, you know. They were called the Knights of the Crimson Flame...”
Huh, that sounds pretty cool.
But this wasn't the time to dig into his mother's past.
Ban Yuwon raised a hand, stopping her ceaseless chatter, and instructed Lilyth to bring up the display.
The Orc fleet, surging towards Earth in real-time, was clearly visible on it.
“Whoa...”
“What kind of Relic must they have used to create an Orc Wave of that scale...? And how much money must have gone into planning and concealing this whole operation?”
At its immense scale, Rucell simply wore a dumbfounded expression.
Meanwhile, Kiira could only offer a bitter smile, seeing this chaos unfold due to the ambition of a single minor family head.
And Ban Yuwon...
“Cellon, let's go.”
—Even if we pour everything into it, we’d be lucky to wipe out two-tenths.
“That’ll be enough.”
He gripped Cellon, who had appeared and was floating in the air, and prepared to exit the spaceship.
He possessed Vajra, considered the supreme concept among body-protecting concepts, so he could easily endure even in zero-gravity. If needed, he could even create oxygen with his Authority and inject it directly into his body.
“Oh, you’re going to use magic? Then I’ll help too.”
“Then can you just add some mana?”
“Ugh... I might be acting like I’m ranked second on Earth, but I’m actually quite strong, you know? And the abilities I gained from my contract with a Constellation are still intact!”
“Say that after you’ve seen my magic.”
Though it was actually Cellon’s magic, Ban Yuwon boasted on her behalf.
Kiira looked somewhat displeased at feeling slighted, but obediently handed over her mana to him.
She extracted a crystalline mass of mana from her forehead, resembling a red seed, and handed it over. In truth, even such a seemingly minor technique was part of the Prominence family’s secret arts.
Extracting it while preserving the Prominence family's unique energy without any loss.
One could call it an advanced technique, fitting for a great family that had evolved through history... but to Ban Yuwon, who dealt with concepts themselves, it merely seemed like a somewhat peculiar action.
“It’s the Prominence family’s unique Crimson Flame Mana. Your sister probably has it too.”
—Too much unrefined energy. Can’t use it like this, I’ll have to purify it.
“Noooo, my Crimson Flame!”
Kiira was somewhat proud, but Cellon ruthlessly absorbed it, swiftly converting it into Hyungi.
Cellon continued to research the primordial energy, Won-gi, that Ban Yuwon had newly acquired, but it seemed she couldn’t transform it as easily as when she first mastered Hyungi.
So now, whenever they unleashed magic with their full power, Cellon would first transfer all her mana to Ban Yuwon, who would then reprocess it into Won-gi and pour it into the magic spell formula Cellon had created.
“Then I’ll go first.”
“We’ll follow soon.”
“You two can take your time. I’ll try to thin out their numbers as much as possible from a distance.”
After giving a light wave to the thoroughly sulking Kiira and the consistently worried Rucell, he activated Giwon Sword and moved out of the spaceship.
The sensation of being flung into outer space without any protective gear was truly strange—but not entirely unpleasant.
Of course, if the depth of his Wonshin hadn’t been profound, if he hadn’t possessed the concept of Vajra, it would have been an impossible dream.
‘So much mana.’
—Stay focused and only look forward. I’m about to unleash the biggest magic I can create, so diligently convert your mana.
‘Okay.’
Ever since Ban Yuwon mastered Yugi, acquired Won-gi, and had free time, he would do something as a pastime.
That was to mass-produce and stockpile talismans, each made of just the two characters for 'Won-gi'.
Though there were material limitations preventing each one from storing a large amount of Won-gi, the quality of the energy was so high, and the effect of the Seal Ring he had obtained earlier was so good, that once created, they could be stored for a long time and used effectively.
And now, he took out the talismans he had steadily accumulated from a talisman pouch—just like the one he’d made for Stonemason—and scattered them all into the air!
—Even now, he’s like this. If he grows stronger with time, I wonder if anyone will truly be able to handle him?
A swarm of talismans slowly rotated in the air, swirling around Ban Yuwon and Cellon under his control.
At the sight of this Oriental fantasy-like spectacle, Ban Yuwon wondered if he should perhaps form a hand seal and utter some impressive incantation.
‘Lin Bing Dou Zhe...’
—Don’t sprinkle in unnecessary incantations; it’ll mess up the spell formula. Don’t you know there’s real power in your words?
‘Ah, yes. My apologies.’
—You’re actually relaxed, aren’t you?
Cellon, having admirably preempted Ban Yuwon’s idle antics, began constructing a colossal spell formula.
Meanwhile, Ban Yuwon, who had perfectly converted all the Hyungi Cellon had given him into Won-gi, instantly drew more Won-gi from the surrounding floating talismans, adding it all to the magic circle that was revealing itself amidst the fluttering, scattering talismans!
—Starlight Shower!
The moment the mana-filled magic circle began to glow dazzlingly, Cellon’s clear cry was added, finally completing the Starlight Magic.
The magic circle instantly swelled to a size that could swallow not only them but also the surrounding space, creating countless other smaller magic circles within itself.
As all those magic circles emitted a blinding light, Ban Yuwon briefly wondered—'Is this magic meant to blind the enemy?'—right before...
The magic circles vanished.
‘Huh?’
—It’s a success.
Cellon said in a confident voice.
—Honestly, it’s been so long I wasn’t confident... but indeed, your mana and my magic are a perfect match. If you could ever wield Starlight Magic yourself, the efficiency would probably skyrocket, but perhaps that’s just a pipe dream.
Well, it is a unique magic, after all.
No, more importantly right now.
‘The magic circles vanished, but what... No, what exactly is the core of Starlight Magic, then?’
—You’re seeing it right now.
The moment Ban Yuwon raised his head, it began.
The light emanating from the myriad stars filling outer space—its direction was being guided and manipulated according to Cellon’s will.
Presumably, anyone looking up at the night sky from a nearby dimension at this moment would find it utterly dark, unable to see anything.
Because all that light and heat... was being focused and slammed into the Orc fleet advancing through outer space!
‘This... if I could hear it, it would be quite a spectacle.’
—It wouldn’t have been very harmonious.
The magic that creates and utilizes starlight is precisely Starlight Magic.
Cellon, having mastered the Way of Magic, could certainly create starlight herself, but there was no need to go to such lengths now.
They were in space, and stars were everywhere.
Attacking by utilizing such starlight was akin to bringing the entire universe over to their side.
If Cellon’s body had been normal. No, even if she could only form a body on par with Ban Yuwon’s, the Orc Wave would have been cleanly annihilated here.
‘Wait a minute, pulling in starlight... does Starlight transcend dimension walls?!’
—Why couldn’t you conceive that Starlight is part of the dimension walls?
‘That’s truly incredible magic, isn’t it?!’
Perhaps even dimensional travel could be managed with Starlight Magic?
Ban Yuwon, having thought of such a brilliant idea, nodded, certain that his conjecture was correct.
And the moment he realized it—
[Light above light, the power to construct absolute order. You have comprehended the Way of Starlight. The depth of Elemental Magic has reached 400, and the depth of Photon Magic has reached 300. Your affinity with the unique magic ‘Starlight Magic’ has increased, allowing you to clumsily imitate it.]
He had barely managed to make contact with a Constellation’s unique Way of Magic.
As he experimentally gathered a tiny ball of starlight in his palm, Cellon, who had been admiring the devastation he’d caused, realized what he was doing and shrieked in alarm.
—What?! How did you...?!
‘You were the one who said I’d be able to imitate it someday.’
—I said you could imitate it, but I never said it would be this complete...!
‘Going solo seems difficult and inefficient. It feels like I’m barely mimicking it by adding Elemental Magic to Photon Magic.’
—Still, you’ll be able to wield magic much more freely from now on. Ugh, I’m happy, but I’m also annoyed. To be able to create Starlight after seeing it just a few times!
‘Haha, now you sound a bit more like Cellon.’
Cellon, who had only shown her mature side since her last transformation, let out a squeaky voice, making Ban Yuwon chuckle with a touch of delight. Cellon then barely managed to compose herself.
—Ahem, anyway, prepare for battle. As I said earlier, we only managed to eliminate about two-tenths of them.
It should be noted at this point that the Orc Wave numbered in the tens of millions, with the momentum to swallow Earth whole.
Having eliminated two-tenths of them meant at least several million were annihilated in one go.
It was simply frustrating that the distance prevented him from recovering their concepts.
—And if we don’t hurry, they’ll eventually absorb mana from their surroundings and replenish their numbers.
‘I never had the absurd thought of fighting tens of millions alone. But I do need to tie them down.’
He summoned all his vassals.
Naturally, setting aside his other vassals, all his robots were equipped with specifications allowing them to move freely in outer space.
After all, if they couldn’t perform in space, how could they appear in a movie version?!
‘If I add Lilyth to this, it’ll be complete... but perhaps I should postpone that for a bit.’
The time during which ‘Abel’ could be operated was limited, and everyone would be exhausted after its use, so the timing of the decisive battle had to be delayed.
Ban Yuwon first deployed all his vassals, instructing them to chip away at the Orc fleet, which was currently in disarray from the Starlight Magic, from the outside, while also recovering the concepts left behind by the Orcs who had just died.
—Phew, alright, I’ll go rest now.
‘Okay, you’ve worked hard, so rest to your heart’s content. Ah... and also.’
—...Ah.
Ban Yuwon, filled with gratitude for both this incident and their usual efforts, offered her a concept he had been secretly hoarding.
—Are you really giving this to me?
‘The task I thought would require it ended up finishing surprisingly quickly.’
—To digest this starting now... it might take quite a while.
‘You’ve already managed to imitate Starlight, however imperfectly. I’ll take care of the rest, so you eat this, get stronger, and come back.’
—...Okay. Thank you.
Though her face couldn’t be seen, Cellon’s voice sounded incredibly moved.
She expressed her sincere thanks, and then.
With the concept she had received from Ban Yuwon—the 'Ten Thousand Changes'—absorbed, she entered the inventory.
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