The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 110

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 110
Professor Raymond was in rare high spirits.
EX-rank magic.
That single word alone made the blood in his veins writhe with excitement.
‘Rank isn’t everything, but… this is different.’
Take Choi Kang-mok’s Energy Bolt as a simple example—it was S-rank.
Yet who would dare call magic that obliterates structures and everything around it with a single shot “merely S-rank”?
In the end, magic was entirely about ‘who wields it and how.’
…But the weight that came with the name “EX-rank” was different.
Raymond unfurled his observation magic and watched his ‘disciple’ activate the Meteor Form.
‘His understanding of space is exceptional.’
Magnificent.
He rendered the entire battlefield in his mind like a minimap, concentrating his mana with perfect precision into a single point.
In that instant, something tore across the sky.
From an invisible place, something vast, scorching, and savage drew near.
‘…This isn’t mere spatial release!’
Professor Raymond drew upon his mana further to observe.
And he trembled.
‘Exactly! A magic that can strike beyond dimensions!’
Beyond simple spatial transference, it was a Meteor Form of the highest conceptual order—capable of dimensional transference itself.
If understanding of dimensions was established, it meant striking one dimension from another would become possible.
He felt the savage force bearing down on him.
‘A power that destroys everything in this space!’
He sensed an aura that annihilated all things, tangible and intangible alike.
A mass of mana embodying a concept one step closer to fundamental destruction was materializing.
Meanwhile, Choi Kang-mok was momentarily startled.
[Skill ‘Energy Bolt (S)’ activated…]
[Meteor Form effect applied.]
[Energy Bolt’s rank rises.]
[S ▶▶▶ SSS+]
[Energy Bolt (SSS+) activated.]
The spell’s rank jumped up three entire tiers.
Despite the explosive surge in power, the burden on his body was remarkably light.
This magic—it was real.
‘This is… EX-rank magic!’
Obstacles are ignored. Barriers become meaningless. Trajectories? Irrelevant.
Mana itself, directed toward a single coordinate, becomes destruction.
‘Any space I can perceive falls within my range.’
Far in the distance, beyond the horizon, light flashed.
Professor Raymond appeared to be resisting the Meteor-Form Energy Bolt.
BOOM!
A tremendous explosion echoed through the space.
Though I couldn’t see with my own eyes, I could tell the surrounding area had been devastated.
‘Surely he didn’t die.’
Fortunately, a few seconds later.
Raymond returned, drenched in sweat.
“That was truly a tenacious spell.”
“Tenacious? What do you mean by that?”
Raymond laughed.
With his World Interpretation magic still active, he chose an Earth-style expression.
“It means it was a spell worthy of the highest praise! Hehehehe!”
Destructive power, precision, penetration.
Mastering just one would be remarkable, but it possessed all three in equal measure.
“I even considered dimensional escape.”
I couldn’t do it because the meteor might chase into another dimension and cause damage there.
“Was precision perhaps your first acquired trait?”
“Yes, it was.”
“That explains it. A guided missile, no less.”
The first acquired trait supposedly doubled its effectiveness or something like that.
Choi Kang-mok asked further.
“But how did you block it?”
“In the end, I appropriately used defensive magic, evasion magic, damage reduction magic, and reverse conversion magic to resist the spatial release. As for the detailed method….”
Raymond stopped his explanation.
Curious? If you’re curious, first try registering at the Magic School.
Though he had this attitude, Choi Kang-mok didn’t catch on to that much.
“In any case, I only blocked it because I knew the nature of meteorization beforehand. If I’d been hit without knowing, I would’ve gone straight to the afterlife.”
My teacher added with satisfaction.
“At this level, the concept of a failed assassination wouldn’t even exist.”
I didn’t mention the part about being able to strike by creating dimensional gaps.
Though I didn’t voice it, I believed this disciple would realize it before long.
He added one more thing in a passing manner.
“Oh right. Compared to my combat magical resistance, it’s trivial, but I did sacrifice an offering to cover the destructive power.”
I sacrificed a single flower. That was the tone of it.
Since he spoke so casually, I thought it really was trivial.

* * *
Kim Ki-chul, the artifact fighter, circled around the Aila Advanced Research Institute once more today.
‘An EX-rank awakener will definitely appear.’
It didn’t matter who they were or what they looked like.
If he just fired at enough people, one of them was bound to be the target.
There was only one thing he trusted: his artifact.
To catch fish, you had to cast many lines.
‘Accidentally’ killing several people—eventually, he’d hit the jackpot.
‘My Crossbell Rifle is invincible.’
A sniper weapon that silently eliminated targets—Kim Ki-chul’s ultimate tool for covert assassination.
It fired without sound and obliterated its prey.
He had positioned twenty-seven rifles in all directions around the Aila Advanced Research Institute.
In the Tower Civilization era.
Mysterious deaths were commonplace.
‘Today, it’s that one.’
It didn’t matter if they weren’t an EX-rank awakener.
Either way, he’d gain experience points.
Serial murder sometimes granted titles with quite potent effects.
‘Three seconds until firing.’
[3]
[2]
[1]
A silent, soundless rifle discharged.
And Mayo sensed it first.
-A slime-rank attack is approaching.
-Shall I intercept it?
“No.”
Choi Kang-mok smiled.
He had just finished a mock battle with Professor Raymond.
‘Perfect. Real combat.’
Pink guidance lines unfolded across my vision.
A minimap generated automatically in my mind.
Twenty-seven red dots marked within it.
‘And they’re all connected.’
I felt one thicker guidance line than the others.
Like a rainbow blooming in the sky, it curved in an arc descending toward the ground.
The distance was considerable, but it didn’t matter.
“Meteor Conversion.”
[Skill: Energy Bolt (S)]
[Meteor Conversion Applied: Grade SSS+]
[Target designation complete.]
The sniper shot was precise.
The meteorized energy bolt soared skyward,
and the thick guidance thread evaporated into nothingness.
Sniper shot, successful.
And a few seconds later.
Kim Ki-chul, buried in the earth, staggered to his feet before collapsing entirely.
[Awakening qualification has been destroyed.]
The sniper who had dreamed of becoming the world’s strongest was now an unawakened human.

* * *
Choi Kang-mok spoke with a beaming smile.
“As a mage, I feel like I’ve grown several stages. I’ve finally awakened not just offensive magic, but transformation magic, you know?”
Christine and Kang Hye both fell silent after hearing the explanation about meteorization.
‘Transformation… let’s call it that.’
‘Though it does seem like offensive magic too.’
At a stretch, one could call it transformation.
But calling it a “sniper shot” was pushing it.
‘If you obliterate everything, then technically that’s a sniper shot… in terms of results.’
What was truly terrifying was that any magic could be layered onto this meteorization.
‘What if we layer an energy barrier onto it?’
‘A long-range barrier sniper bombardment?’
An energy bolt had already scorched hundreds of meters in radius, so what about an energy barrier?
High-ranking spirits? The mere thought sent chills down their spines.
Meanwhile, Choi Kang-mok was utterly exhilarated.
“Magic manifested through meteorization fundamentally has its ‘magical effects’ amplified.”
“Magical effects—specifically what?”
“Like the ability to break curses or purify contamination, that sort of thing.”
Destruction wasn’t the right word—curse-breaking or purification was more accurate.
Kang Hye held her tongue.
Choi Kang-mok, his imagination running wild, spiraled further.
“Think about it carefully. What if we layer healing magic on top of this?”
Heal meteor. Long-range precision-guided healing bombardment.
Just thinking about it was fantastic.
But would that really be “healing”? Kang Hye fell silent again.
“What about water-element spirit magic? Rain magic?”
Christine, somewhat resigned, played along.
“Forest fires would just be swept away. The Amazon drought would be solved in one shot.”
“Nah, it probably won’t be that extreme, haha!”
….
Now I truly feel like I’m growing into a real mage.
Since my class is Dil-jjik-nu, I was somewhat weak in other types of magic.
But if I convert and enhance through Meteor Transformation?
Curse purification, contamination cleansing, healing bombardment, even wildfire suppression.
I’ve discovered the potential to grow as an all-around mage.
Of course, I was well aware that I was being overly optimistic about this.
That said, I couldn’t help but think about what Kang Hye and Christine were thinking.
I just didn’t want to dwell on it right now.
Kang Hye let out a bitter smile.
‘Is my older brother really going to use rainfall magic through Meteor Transformation?’
While it would solve droughts, wouldn’t it just end up devastating the surrounding area instead?
It would cause less damage than the direct attack magic of Energy Bolt, but ultimately it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
The difference between getting shot by a gun or a cannon. That’s all it amounted to.
Christine, who had been playing along, asked a question.
“So? How did Professor Raymond survive?”
“He gave me a theoretical explanation, but I couldn’t understand it. He said he made some minor sacrifice.”
Christine showed me her phone.
“Part of Naples Tower collapsed. It’s not related, is it?”
“Part of it collapsed?”
“The reward system went down.”
Even after going through all that hardship and clearing the tower, nothing drops.
No leveling up either. At that point, having no tower would be better.
“It just went bang all of a sudden and broke, apparently.”
“That’s quite an incident.”
In this era of Tower civilization, so many things happen in the world.
It seemed Naples Tower had been struck by terrible misfortune.
‘It couldn’t possibly be related to me, could it?’

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