The Graduate Student Wants to Assassinate the Professor - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107

Leoryna ran her fingers across the crystal sphere, examining it from every angle. “So what exactly is this sacred artifact used for? I can’t make sense of the magical formula even looking at it directly.”
“So what is this sacred object used for exactly? I can’t quite tell even from looking at the magical formula…”
Khalid shrugged. “We’ll have to investigate that now. I don’t know every ancient magical formula either.”
Khalid was shrugging his shoulders when Pongko spoke.
As Khalid was shrugging, Pongko spoke up. “Leoryna, would it be alright if I examined that crystal sphere more closely?”
Why?
“Why?”
“But isn’t that magic using divine power?”
“The pattern seems similar to the magical formula I use.”
Then the Sujung Stone suddenly began to glow.
“But that’s magic utilizing divine power, isn’t it?”
People were startled and instinctively backed away from the crystal sphere. But Leoryna was different. She hadn’t retreated by choice; she was pushed backward as she lost her grip on Pongko, whom she had been holding.
Leoryna brought Pongko directly in front of the crystal sphere. He sniffed around it carefully, then gently tapped it with his front paw.
Leoryna tried to grab Pongko again, but he quickly turned around and attacked her.
That was when the crystal sphere suddenly began to glow.
Khalid reflexively cast a shield spell between Pongko and Leoryna.
“?!”
His two eyes turned red, his body grew larger, sharp fangs grew out from his lips, and his tail lengthened. And three magical circuits rotating counterclockwise were formed near his heart.
Everyone gasped and instinctively retreated from the sphere. But Leoryna was different. She hadn’t stepped back of her own volition—she’d been shoved backward when Pongko slipped from her arms.
“That guy changed the same way as last time! What’s going on?”
“Pongko!”
“It’s fine. I can handle it. Since they’re only at 3 circles, I can suppress Pongko’s magical power…”
Leoryna tried to grab Pongko again, but he quickly spun around and attacked her.
“Pongko, come back!”
“Leoryna!”
But there was a problem.
Khalid reflexively interposed a shield spell between Pongko and Leoryna.
Pongko’s mana circuits suddenly increased to twelve. Only then did Leoryna realize that it wasn’t just her circuit connected to Pongko’s mana circuits.
Pongko halted momentarily, blocked by the shield spell. In that instant, his body began to transform.
“What?!”
His eyes turned crimson. His body grew larger. Sharp fangs sprouted beyond his lips. His tail elongated. And near his heart, three magical circuits materialized, rotating counterclockwise. It was the same transformation as when I’d tested Pongko’s magical power before—he’d become like a Demon Beast.
“Twelve circuits?! Only gods have twelve circuits, so how in the world did Pongko…?!”
“That creature transformed exactly like last time! What’s happening?”
“This won’t work! If things go like this, the reverse current from over there will flow back into me…! With that many circles, I’m not sure if my circuit can properly break down the reverse current!”
Zigzagel muttered in a voice that, for him, was unusually flustered. But there was no way Leoryna could explain it.
“Growl!”
“It’s alright. I can handle this. He only has three circles, so I can suppress Pongko’s magical power.”
Zigzagel stepped forward to block Pongko’s path. He conjured a staff from thin air and launched an attack. Pongko staggered momentarily before retaliating with magic of his own.
“How clumsy!”
Zigzagel swung his staff and shattered Pongko’s magic in a single blow, then aimed another strike at his neck.
Clang!
It was a shield spell emanating from the tip of Leoryna’s staff that intercepted Zigzagel’s attack.
“Professor Zigzagel, please don’t kill Pongko!”
“I understand your attachment to your familiar, but if this continues, your mana circuits will be completely destroyed!”
Khalid wedged himself between Leoryna and Pongko, speaking urgently, but she shook her head.
“I can endure this! If I can just find a way to restore Pongko in the meantime…!”
“That’s far too optimistic, Leoryna!”
Even as she argued with Khalid, Leoryna was desperately working to prevent Pongko’s mana circuits from backflowing into her body.
I cursed inwardly. I could handle circuits exceeding my own capacity through sheer willpower, but whether a Mage with only four circles could truly withstand this level of power was another question entirely.
Pongko resumed his assault, but both Khalid and Zigzagel blocked simultaneously. As Zigzagel swept his hand, his magic bound Pongko’s limbs, and Khalid’s spell sent him plummeting through the air.
Crash!
Pongko collapsed to the ground, thrashing about while still attempting to cast magic.
“Hah!”
Leoryna erected a magical barrier around Pongko, confining him so that even if he cast spells, they couldn’t penetrate it.
Having descended to the ground with Pongko, Leoryna could only maintain the barrier, helpless to do anything else, when Khalid raised his great blade high.
“If this crystal sphere is the problem, then there’s no choice!”
Khalid attempted to destroy the crystal sphere with his blade. Then Zigzagel issued a warning.
“Wait! That’s the most sacred relic in these Ancient Ruins! You can’t touch it!”
“Then do you have a better idea?”
Though he asked for input, he didn’t wait for an answer. Khalid brought the blade down upon the crystal sphere, but a magical formula activated from within it, blocking his strike.
Khalid gritted his teeth.
“I thought as much.”
Since it was a sacred relic rather than an ordinary crystal sphere, it wouldn’t be destroyed so easily. He seized control of the magical formula and forced his mana to penetrate into the sphere. The backlash caused blood to stream from his nose and eyes.
“Professor!”
Leoryna cried out in alarm and tried to stop him, but he didn’t relent.
Soon the mana flowing from the crystal sphere into Pongko began to subside, and his mana circuits came to a halt. Yet Pongko’s mana circuits remained at twelve.
“Ugh….”
Since Pongko’s mana circuits were entangled with Leoryna’s, further interference would exact a considerable toll on Khalid as well. Leoryna, understanding this, was briefly hesitating whether she should stop him.
Pongko staggered to his feet and trembled violently, and a strange energy emanated from his body. It traveled up through Leoryna’s mana circuits, attempting to invade her body.
Khalid, sensing that same energy, spoke with an expression of shock.
“No! It’s divine mana!”
“What?!”
Leoryna too stared at Pongko with an astonished expression.
“Zigzagel!”
Khalid called to Zigzagel, who had been monitoring the situation.
“Kill Pongko!”
While Leoryna recoiled in horror at Khalid’s words, Zigzagel rushed toward Pongko without a moment’s hesitation.
“Professors, wait just a moment!”
Leoryna wedged herself between Zigzagel and Pongko, attempting to restrain Zigzagel. But he paid her no heed, leaping over her and swinging his wand toward Pongko.
“Pongko!”
Leoryna reached out toward both Pongko and Zigzagel, but Zigzagel’s spell was already hurtling toward its target.
Yet Pongko’s movements suddenly stilled, and divine magic blossomed forth, gently repelling the incoming spell.
Zigzagel’s brow furrowed, and understanding dawned across his features.
“This is…!”
Having deflected the spell, Pongko abruptly calmed himself and sat in an upright, dignified posture while gazing toward the heavens. He neither attacked Zigzagel nor allowed his divine magic to seep into Leoryna.
“What’s happening? How did he do that?”
“I don’t know.”
Everyone present struggled to comprehend what was unfolding before them.
Pongko slowly lowered his gaze. His eyes shone with a brilliance as if they held the sun itself.
Leoryna’s eyes widened. She recognized what this phenomenon was.
‘That is…!’
Pongko turned to face the assembled crowd. His expression was vacant, as though all emotion and sense of self had been stripped away.
The people stared at him in bewilderment, their mouths agape, when Pongko finally spoke.
“Those who hear my final voice, defy your fate.”
“?”
The crowd was overwhelmed by the weight of his presence, able only to gape in silence.

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