Memoirs of a Wicked Magician - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62
Given that the Magic Tower housed countless mages, it was not uncommon for them to undertake collective exterminations of Corrupted Holy Grounds.
So in itself, multiple Spatial Transfer Magic Circles manifesting simultaneously in the same location was hardly rare.
But it was extraordinary precisely because they connected to the Outer Estate.
“Don’t tell me the mages assigned to the Outer Estate made a mistake this year and sent the children who just completed the ceremony to the Inner Estate instead of the Underground Cavern?”
“I’m not sure! I’ll go check right away!”
And then, finally, human forms began to materialize one by one from within the brilliant light.
When exactly nine Spatial Transfer Magic Circles faded and the shimmer of light ceased completely, the plaza held children with noticeably pale complexions sitting crumpled on the ground.
“We’re, we’re outside…….”
Like bats emerging from a cave for the first time to meet the sun, they hurriedly shielded their eyes from the sunlight with their hands.
Yet even with their eyes barely open, they strained to capture as much of the surrounding landscape as possible.
“Really, really the sky? Look at that—it’s so bright I can barely see…….”
“W, whoa, it’s really so blue.”
The faces of the children, who had been muttering in dazed confusion at the reality before them, gradually began to glow with joy.
“Wow, we really made it out! Woooow……!”
Then a thunderous cheer erupted from the group.
With children embracing one another and bursting into tears of emotion, or letting out cries of jubilation, the surroundings quickly grew loud.
Several Inner Estate mages who had happened to be nearby and come running at the sight of the light pillar were equally dumbfounded at the sudden appearance of so many successful candidates on the first day of the test.
Moreover, this year’s successful candidates appeared to be in remarkably good condition aside from looking pale from prolonged sun deprivation.
That they had endured more than a year in the harsh Underground Cavern—scarcely eating or resting properly and facing multiple crises—seemed utterly unbelievable.
Moreover, they all shared a common mark: a Black Diamond Mark on their wrists.
If that were so, it meant they had not used an escape route, but had instead collectively passed the test by utilizing the Mana Gauge—which typically required at least two to three years of grueling work in the danger zone to fill completely.
Yet the surprises were far from over.
Bang!
“What’s this? Another one coming?”
A light pillar vastly larger and more intense than before suddenly appeared in that same spot.
Whereas moments ago multiple rays of light had gathered to form a thick column, this time it was truly a single, massive pillar of light.
An overwhelming cascade of radiance completely blanketed the entire Plaza where successful candidates were being received in the Inner Estate and more.
The Inner Estate mages panicked and hastily assumed defensive positions.
“This aura…… seems to be Danger Rank 4?”
“But the Outer Estate shouldn’t have Corrupted Creatures of this magnitude…… Regardless, something large is coming! Everyone prepare……!”
And amid the spells that bloomed in the midday sky like a constellation, something enormous finally emerged, drawing darkness with it.
“A, a tree?”
The first thing to enter their field of vision was lush green foliage.
Even as elongated branches laden with dense leaves and part of a thick trunk protruded through the light, everyone felt only confusion and astonishment at the unexpected apparition.
But the moment they realized the tree’s form being grudgingly expelled by the Magic Circle continued to swell endlessly in size, completely covering the plaza yet still only halfway through the transfer…….
Everyone could do nothing but tilt their heads back and gape wide.
“Wait! Isn’t that the tree rooted in the center of the Outer Estate?! But why is it so enormous?”
“It, it’s tipping over……!”
A tree the size of a house, seemingly uprooted entirely, even showed signs of toppling with a creaking sound.
The mages unleashed Lightening Magic, Fixation Magic, and Gravity Magic like flames to support the tilting tree.
Boom!
Thanks to their swift response, they managed to prevent the tree from crashing down. Yet the moment the pitch-black roots touched the ground, a dull thunderous impact and clouds of soil erupted.
The shockwave sent bright green leaves cascading down like a downpour.
Splash!
“Insane, what is this now!”
It would have been a relief if that were the end, but then filthy black water began gushing forth from the thick tree roots in torrents.
Whether the interior was completely hollow and held an entire lake’s worth of water, contaminated murky liquid poured out endlessly, instantly turning the area into a complete mess.
The mages hastily contained that as well.
Throughout it all, the tree standing as if touching the heavens was truly immense in both size and height.
The Inner Estate of the Northern Magic Tower rose through thick clouds to a staggering altitude. Even compared to that, the tree’s height easily reached about the thirtieth floor of the tower.
“Where do I write down the successful candidates’ names?”
The chaos of shock and confusion was broken by the calm voice of a young girl.
“Uh, what?”
“The successful candidates’ names.”
When those who had regained their senses turned to look, they saw a blonde girl walking toward them, the fading light of the Spatial Transfer Magic Circle at her back.
“I’d like to wrap this up and get inside quickly.”
The girl, whose face was notably beautiful, appeared just as neat and presentable as the other children who had arrived earlier.
“And this thing kept reviving, so I wanted to dispose of it completely this time, but it ended up fusing with the tree, and I had no choice but to bring it along.”
“What? What do you mean…… Gasp! What, what exactly are you holding?”
Upon closer inspection, her hands held a half-skeletal, tattered corpse of a boy.
Had it been only that, the people present might not have contorted their faces in horror, but the state of the corpse was enough to make anyone’s complexion pale and recoil.
As if two pieces of paper had been fused together, the boy’s lower body was grotesquely connected to the roots of the massive tree.
Bewildered stares flickered between the tree transferred root and all, and the bizarrely formed corpse in disbelief, before finally settling on the small girl’s face.
“You…… what exactly did you bring? No, more importantly, who are you? What’s your name? How long have you been in the Outer Estate?”
The girl then simply dropped the half-skeletal boy she had been gripping onto the ground and answered calmly.
“Liriope. I entered the Northern Magic Tower last year. I’d like to go meet someone now—could you handle this?”
With that, no one dared stop the girl as she began walking briskly toward the tower.
One mage, belatedly regaining his composure, called out urgently to the girl who had already grown distant.
“W, wait! Hold on! Stop right there……! Someone go fetch Cameron at once! Hurry!”
But the girl did not slow her pace, as if she could not hear the calls, and several people had to rush after her in desperation to try to stop her.
Thus, on a deep winter’s day, an unexpected upheaval descended upon the Northern Magic Tower.
Yet none of those present knew that this was merely the beginning.

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