The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 203

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 203
I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it all.
“Now the boss monsters inside the Tower are firing missiles?”
Wasn’t this starting to look like the ‘Tower as player’ was deploying every conceivable method to capture ‘me as the boss monster’?
Even exploiting the gimmick of breaching the Mock Battle Field’s boundaries.
“Hold on.”
The attack had pierced through the Mock Battle Field.
It was a literal ‘sniper shot’.
This meant they possessed relatively detailed intelligence about me.
“It doesn’t seem like they fired just at this location.”
Had they launched only a single missile?
Unlikely.
“Christine. We should probably get out of here.”
This wasn’t the time to linger about.
The Secret Hideout might have come under attack as well.
“Will you concede defeat?”
“Will you?”
An energy bolt materialized in my right hand.
The fastest and most decisive spell.
“Surrender, Christine.”
Christine quickly raised both hands.
“I surrender.”
Until now, it had at least been ‘defensive magic practice’, but this was outright offensive magic.
The aggression had become far more ferocious.
There was no hope now.
Still, for Bessius, this was bewildering.
They were supposed to be an ‘alliance’, yet she decided alone?
Hmph, even if she decided, it wouldn’t matter.
This was a 2v1 mock battle.
Both participants had to surrender for the mock battle to end.
“Hey. Christine. Does surrender even make sense?”
Even so, they were the alliance of Earth’s finest mages—shouldn’t they at least put up some resistance?
Admitting defeat so readily was preposterous.
“We even have the missiles on our side.”
Magical combat demanded the highest concentration.
How could there exist missiles that might tear through the boundary and strike at any moment?
Attention would be divided. That meant the mage’s full power would be diminished.
“Aren’t you going to use that dog-like defensive magic to block the missiles?”
One of their defensive resources would be rendered useless.
The situation had turned favorable—surrender made no sense whatsoever.
Being overwhelmed by fear and making irrational decisions—that’s hardly befitting a mage.
“In times like these, I need to keep my wits sharp and absolutely deliver a loss to him.”
An energy bolt materialized, hovering in the air.
It was on the verge of being fired.
“Damn it, I surrender.”
Another loss was added to Bessius’s record.
“Useless missile bastard.”
I’d just needlessly irritated that monster and lost anyway.
Kang Pal-do stared intently at Bessius.
‘He’s scared too….’
There’s no difference between him and me, is there? Strangely, it was reassuring.
A former Archmage.
Even an elite-tier ranker from Real Madrid, among Earth’s finest, stood as an equal before Choi Kang-mok.
‘This isn’t so bad, actually.’
A laugh escaped me without thinking.
Then wouldn’t it be fitting to call me a Bessius-class Lucky Mine as well?

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Choi Kang-mok’s fears became reality.
The Secret Hideout had been bombed.
[Breaking News: Missile Strike on Single-Family Residence in Central Seoul, Cause Unknown]
[Breaking News: Korean Guild Launches Emergency Investigation]
[Breaking News: Residents in Shock “Concrete Walls Collapsed” Residential Area Bombing Site in Chaos]
A single residential district.
Fire and smoke engulfed everything.
[Is Korea’s Border No Longer Safe?]
[“Who Fired It?” Tensions Rise Among Nations Over Bombing Attribution]
It resembled a war zone.
And one fact came to light.
[An EX-rank Awakener’s Secret Hideout Was Bombed?]
Actually, they say that despite keeping it a secret, all the high-ranking people already knew about it.
└Foreign journalists apparently knew about it too
The hideout’s location had never been particularly well-concealed.
Even before this bombing, there had been multiple assassination attempts.
Though Mayo prevented them from even beginning.
[Wow, what kind of crazy person touched the EX left? Hahaha, are you out of your mind?]
└If they can fire missiles, isn’t that at least military-scale?
└Could a nation be behind it?
└China?
There’s a possibility it could be China, yeah.
China had always been a military powerhouse.
Even after entering the Tower civilization era, it steadily expanded its military capabilities.
It had rightfully ascended to the ranks of great nations.
While inferior to the United States and Europe in Tower civilization technology, the consensus was that China’s military strength remained formidable.
Having possessed the magical city of Shenyang until relatively recently, China’s ability to synthesize scientific and Tower civilizations was considerable.
[Lin Zhiwei’s submission to an EX-rank Awakener was all part of the plan]
└Yeah, a great power wouldn’t grovel to a minor one
└At minimum, she was severely wounded
└She might even be dead
└EX-rank Awakeners are one-hit wonders
Rumors swept through Chinese online communities that the “self-proclaimed emperor” of a minor nation had been assassinated by precisely calculated missile strikes from a great power.
Haha, serves you right.
└A new-age emperor? Nope, not happening~
└An emperor from some backwater country? Pfft
└? You’re not even a Chinese citizen, are you?
└What’s some island monkey doing sticking their nose in?
Lin Zhiwei of China issued a statement in record time.
“This missile attack on civilian residential areas has absolutely nothing to do with China. Violent acts targeting civilians are utterly unacceptable, and China strongly condemns this….”
She looked like someone who had just jumped in shock after scalding water splashed on their feet.
Notably, Lin Zhiwei’s emergency statement was released at 2 AM.
[LOL If you’re a Chinese monarch who couldn’t sleep and rushed out in a huff, that’s a shame]
Your makeup’s a mess too lol
I was just sleeping and got attacked like this lol
Lin Zhiwei issued successive statements, repeatedly denying that China had any involvement in the terrorist attack.
[Not China? Then who?]
└Other lords besides Lin Zhiwei?
There’s a possibility they’re former lords who were pushed out by Lin Zhiwei.
└Launching missiles across borders means they wanted to showcase their technological prowess.
Lin Zhiwei was practically foaming at the mouth in denial.
Several suspects were narrowed down.
Former lords of China were named.
Immediately, the former lords issued statements in unison.
[Former Lord of Guangzhou, “This incident is an unethical terrorist act targeting civilians…”]
…
[Former Lord of Chengdu, “I have absolutely no connection to this horrific terrorist attack…”]
At least China’s major figures were not the culprits.
Then suspicion shifted to the Villain Alliance.
[There’s a rumor that the Blue Dragon Guardian Group did it]
“Lol, I’ve heard he’s strong, but to this extent?”
└For real? But now that I think about it, they might actually be capable
The Blue Dragon Guardian Group was the most radical and right-wing faction of the Villain Alliance within China.
They were known for boasting about various terrorist attacks and violent incidents occurring worldwide as “displays of our power.”
They released an official statement through their website.
[We seek combat, not massacre. This bombing has nothing to do with us.]
└So basically… they don’t want to be massacred themselves?
└But they always claimed responsibility for everything before?
└Now suddenly they deny this one lol
Villain Alliance factions within China issued statements in unison.
The speed of these announcements was unprecedented.
[That’s strange… then could it be Japan?]
└Makes sense since they lost their position as Asia’s leading power
└They’ve been awfully quiet lately
└Would Japan really sit back and watch Korea thriving?
When it comes to technical prowess, it’s Japan, no doubt.
Before South Korea entered its golden age, Japan had been the most advanced nation in Asia.
In particular, the Tokyo Guild was said to be only marginally inferior when compared to the World’s Three Major Guilds.
[It’s absurd that China developed this mysterious technology to breach borders. But Japan? They could pull it off.]
└Isn’t that the land of craftsmen?
└Yeah, it’s definitely looking like Japan
Japanese warlords and influential politicians all came forward to deny the accusations.
They characterized this incident as a petty and despicable act against civilians, and Japan condemned it accordingly.
The wording varied slightly between speakers, but the content and expressions were identical.
Most of them were visibly sweating.
It wasn’t just China and Japan.
Armed coalitions and terrorist organizations from around the world all stepped forward, crying out “It wasn’t us!”
[“It wasn’t us”—an unprecedented chorus from brutal armed groups. Complete denial of residential bombing.]
└Now that’s unity
└”We don’t touch civilians” suddenly becoming human rights advocates lol
└Weren’t they kidnapping civilians just days ago?
└Former gangster, current global choir ㅇㅇ
└They really pulled off a peace treaty performance lol
Terrorist organizations and nations worldwide asserted their innocence and made every effort to communicate with the Korean Guild.
The messages were all essentially the same.
-“We really didn’t do it.”
-“EX-rank Awakener, please just let us say it wasn’t us…”
The dedicated team handling the EX-rank Awakener’s phone lines was overwhelmed.
Separate from the trembling warlords and Villain Alliance leaders worldwide, the Korean Guild had already narrowed down the culprit.
Choi Kang-chul spoke with Choi Kang-mok, his expression dark.
“I’m sorry. There was a spy from Arcsia.”
“Don’t apologize for that.”
Arcsia’s assistance was necessary for Iraq’s reconstruction.
A fusion of magic and science. To create an entirely new form of innovative city, support from a more advanced civilization was indeed essential.
It was proving to be genuinely helpful.
Iraq was steadily taking on the appearance of a livable city.
But where there is light, there is also shadow.
Among the Arcsia Mages dispatched in large numbers, there were those harboring dark intentions.
“A package arrived at the Korean Guild.”
It was a box containing a single note.
[For the eternal glory of the great magical empire Arcsia]
“The note was clenched in a mouth.”
“A mouth?”
A human mouth.
Inside the box was the head of an Earthling.
It was the head of a Korean Guild member who had been managing Iraq’s reconstruction project.
Choi Kang-mok’s face hardened.
“So… the Arcsia Mages and Floor 60 boss Aimonshuter collaborated to pull off this atrocity.”
Destroy my house?
Now that I think about it, it’s terrifying.
What if my brother had been there?
I don’t even want to imagine it.
“Kang-mok. What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to beat them.”
With magic.
What kind of magic would I use?
“Brother. Is Byun Ha-gu still at the Guild?”
“Yeah. That’s right.”
“Could he make another one of those gleaming golden spears?”
“I’d say it’s probably possible.”
Those were surprisingly popular among collectors.
They even had a function that made them look legendary…
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Description: A glittering golden spear (club) that shines brilliantly.
Effectively displays one’s wealth.
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Because of this, wealthy individuals with strong exhibitionist tendencies coveted them greatly.
It had recently become Byun Ha-gu’s primary creation.
“It seems like it’s time to review physical magic, brother.”
Choi Kang-mok’s eyes gleamed with intensity.
Red Cat let out a small meow and hid herself in the corner.

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