The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 145

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 145
A mage.
Choi Kang-mok immediately used Tower Entry.
[Seoul Tower…]
Moving directly to Saudi Arabia through the EX Layer.
[Exiting at Tower (Saudi Arabia).]
Al Hirab also hurried back to Saudi Arabia via the Tower.
‘I should extend state guest treatment, but…’
The situation didn’t permit it right now.
Placing EX-Awakened Choi Kang-mok on a photo line felt awkward.
No matter how much his identity had been revealed, it was still ambiguous to present him at an official ceremony.
Unless he requested it himself.
Choi Kang-mok didn’t desire excessive protocol either.
Protocol is a luxury for a ‘mage’ about to cast spells.
“Here, a map.”
Al Hirab handed over just one map and several photographs.
That was sufficient.
Inside the car heading to the Saudi Guild’s mansion.
Choi Kang-mok held a sheet of paper and memorized the coordinates.
‘A place I’ve never visited myself.’
I had to visualize it without seeing it.
In other words, remote structural reconnaissance.
‘Until now, I’ve always grasped things by sight.’
An advanced application of the perception expansion I’d been training.
The ultimate application of the practice I’d done so far.
‘…I’ve never attempted this before.’
That’s what makes it thrilling.
This operation is different from usual.
‘This time, precision doesn’t need to be perfect.’
It’s a bombardment, after all.
Moreover, it’s ‘Monster Land’ where there are no people around.
Rather, it’s an ideal condition for using high-tier spirit meteor transformation.
Unrestricted space. A battlefield without constraints.
Today, my magic has no limits.
‘Let’s do this.’
The ‘limits’ vanished from Choi Kang-mok’s magic.
Choi Kang-mok took a deep breath and spoke to Al Hirab.
“The magic I’ll use is high-tier spirit magic. It’s an advanced form of dark spirit magic.”
A mage who finds a friend who appreciates his magic is always delighted.
Isn’t that why Professor Raymond didn’t dislike Choi Kang-mok himself?
And naturally, as a ‘mage’, I wanted to showcase my magic.
“Multiple elemental magics will be deployed to Monster Land through spatial liberation.”
“You mean that miraculous magic that obliterated the Dragon Palace?”
Choi Kang-mok nodded.
“However, I hadn’t completed it back then.”
….
Al Hirab was left speechless.
To have destroyed the Dragon Palace so thoroughly, yet it was incomplete.
“This time, I will complete it. The Archer of Light. And even the dark spirit reaper wielding the scythe.”
I’d already contacted Raymond beforehand.
He’d been eager to witness the complete forms of light and darkness attributes.
Honestly, I wanted to show off a bit too.
Choi Kang-mok closed his eyes and visualized the coordinate system.
“Meteor Transformation.”
I’d already attacked Real Madrid from London before.
By restricting the range to the Tower, I’d executed a precise ‘snipe’.
It had required sophisticated control.
‘In terms of difficulty, this is lower.’
I’d need to be careful about circuit burning though.
Aside from that, there wasn’t much to worry about.
[Using skill ‘Meteor Transformation (EX)’.]
And the high-tier spirit.
[The high-tier spirit’s rank increases.]
[SSS+ ▶▶▶ EX-]
Through spatial liberation, from Saudi Arabia to Iraq.
The transformed high-tier spirit bombarded Monster Land.
And the best practice is real combat.
Choi Kang-mok fell into a state of absolute focus.
‘Don’t stop at simple transformation….’
Beyond that.
Another realm materialized in my mind, almost within my grasp.
‘Overlay another spell on top.’
Magic layering.
This was something I’d practiced and mastered ceaselessly since my reawakening.
Now it felt as natural as breathing.
‘Extract only the distinctive advantages of the magic and blend them.’
What I was attempting was to extract the characteristics of ‘Energy Floor’ and graft them onto ‘Meteor Transformation-High-tier Spirit’.
Continuous strikes within the Energy Floor’s range. So-called floor damage.
I’d made this possible with Energy Bolt.
‘I can realize this with the high-tier spirit too.’
I’m uncertain whether I can perfect it to the level of Creation Magic.
But application is possible.
And one more revelation had been added to the mix.
‘…Ah!’
The respawn points of monsters.
The hint lay there.
Monsters continuously spawn from a single ‘point’.
‘Visualize the point.’
Establish a defined magical domain using the properties of an energy field.
Designate a respawn point above that domain.
From there, continuously summon the spirits of high-tier spirits.
The combination of ‘high-tier spirits—energy field—meteorization’ had been achieved.
Monster Land. Iraq was utterly annihilated.
[Fundamental destruction….]
[Fundamental destruction….]
Notifications poured in without number.
So many notifications flooded in like a tidal wave that I couldn’t even process them.
[‘Black Blood Leech’ will no longer respawn.]
…
[‘Glutton Evler’ will no longer respawn.]
A few minutes later.
Another notification arrived.
[!World Announcement!]
[Monster Land (Iraq) has been destroyed.]
Countless online communities erupted in flames.
[???: The guy who destroyed Reale Tower was a sniper, apparently]
└ I thought it was misinformation, but it was true
That’s definitely a snipe.
└By the way, Iraq’s land area is approximately 440,000 square kilometers, roughly twice the size of the Korean Peninsula.
└Seriously, isn’t that stronger than a nuclear weapon?
The destruction of Monster Land in Iraq.
Several border cities in Saudi Arabia were caught in the magical shockwave, but compared to the devastation monsters would have wrought, it was a bargain price.

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Raymond urged me forward.
“Move faster, Mine!”
I had to see it with my own eyes.
The completed Meteor Transformation—High Spirit form that I hadn’t witnessed before.
“Through the EX Layer to Saudi Arabia! Now, I said!”
Raymond stepped forward without hesitation.
Pyongyang, Seoul, Saudi Arabia.
Crossing the continent in an instant via Gigapolis.
[!WARNING!]
[NPCs are restricted to designated zones…]
His vision turned crimson.
Warnings flashed like a siren.
[The further you venture from your designated zone, the greater the penalty…]
It didn’t matter.
If I could witness such transcendent magic, I would stake my life on it.
[Exiting from Tower (Saudi Arabia)…]
Still, bringing Kang Pal-do along—someone who could extract survival-specialized luck to near-infinite levels—meant I wouldn’t die.
If worst came to worst, I could simply extract and consume his luck…
“Kang Pal-do, stop.”
“What now?!”
Kang Pal-do’s irritation boiled over.
This insane professor not only kept treating him like a mine, but worked him like a slave.
Squelch!
And now he was poking his stomach again.
It was a chilling sensation.
“Please just tell me beforehand before you dig! Are you actually insane?!”
A bandage materialized in midair, sealing Kang Pal-do’s mouth shut.
Tape appeared, binding his arms and legs as well.
“Excellent. The mining was successful.”
Then I approached Choi Kang-mok, who was still using Meteor Transformation.
“Injection.”
An infusion spell.
I breathed the freshly extracted, piping-hot survival-specialized luck directly into Choi Kang-mok’s body.
‘He’s already entered a state of no-self!’
The magic was on the verge of runaway.
Simply standing beside Choi Kang-mok made my skin tingle.
He was unleashing high-tier magic with overwhelming force.
‘With just the driving force alone, this much physical power…’
Kang Pal-do’s skin began to crack.
Raw wounds scattered across my body.
Kang Pal-do let out a desperate cry.
“Let me go! At least let me escape!”
“It’s fine. Have you ever seen a Mine die?”
A lucky Mine doesn’t die.
However, an EX-Rank Awakener seemed somewhat precarious.
Already completely absorbed in the magic, there was nothing I could do about it.
I could only hope that my brand-new premium luck would do its job properly.
Crack!
With the sound, the ‘Kinetic Power Buffer Module’ shattered.
Choi Kang-mok, absorbed in his magic, seemed oblivious to it.
Fortunately, nothing happened to Choi Kang-mok.
Choi Kang-mok’s eyes snapped open.
“Professor?”
“Are you alright?”
“You saw it?”
“Yes. I watched through vision magic.”
“I’ve finally completed it.”
Seeing Raymond, I felt an overwhelming sense of joy.
Opening my eyes to find a friend who understood magic—it was truly a blessing.
“I’ve also succeeded in combining magics by utilizing the properties of the energy field.”
“I saw. I’m thinking it was wise to wear diapers.”
“…You wore diapers?”
“Indeed.”
For mages, proof is always paramount.
Raymond subtly lifted his robe to reveal the edge of his diaper.
Then Raymond’s body trembled.
“I declare, among all the [High Spirits] I have witnessed, that was the most beautiful.”
Not only were light and darkness perfectly manifested, but all those attributes harmonized flawlessly, sweeping across all of Iraq.
“However, it was an extremely dangerous attempt. It seemed you deployed magic without limits. Did you truly believe you could handle that output?”
It’s common for mages to die while casting magic.
Circuits can rupture, or bodies can burn.
But Choi Kang-mok couldn’t afford that.
It would be troublesome if a talent about to enter the Magic Graduate School died here.
“Ah, I recently changed jobs. To a Combat Mage.”
“…That explains it!”
So that was it.
This rational mage’s reckless attempt finally made some sense.
“But the job alone doesn’t explain it. That destructive power cannot be endured by a human body alone. There must be something more… Let’s think about this carefully.”
Under Raymond’s guidance(?), Choi Kang-mok recounted the situation.
Now that I think about it, it seems other factors have also played a role.
“I’ve been consistently feeding Mayo stabilization fragments crafted from an indestructible stone.”
Thanks to that, Mayo has become far more stable.
As a secondary benefit, my ‘shield’ has grown considerably more resilient.
“Impressive as that artifact’s performance may be, the explanation alone seems insufficient.”
“It appears I’ve manifested the reinforced shield to envelop and protect my mana circuits.”
I did this without conscious thought.
Through my conversation with Raymond, my understanding gradually crystallized into concrete form.
The things I’d accomplished through instinct began taking on theoretical foundation.
“Anything else?”
“I minimized the burden placed on my mana circuits by utilizing my friend’s damage reduction formula.”
Raymond’s eyes gleamed with sharp interest.
The more I explained, the more flawless it all seemed.
Choi Kang-mok continued.
“In the process of linking the spells together….”
Suddenly, Raymond’s teachings(?) came to mind.
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[Understanding of the Coordination Principle Between Heterogeneous Multiple Spells]
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My ‘Spell Harmonizer’ seemed to activate on its own.
As naturally as breathing.
Without intention, I had derived the optimal result.
“Your lectures have proven remarkably effective, Professor.”
“I knew it would be!”
[Favorability increases.]
[Favorability exceeds 100.]
[Favorability minimum value is fixed.]
[Under no circumstances will favorability fall below 100.]
My eyes flashed with realization.
This was my opportunity.
“Professor, I have an important question for you.”

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