The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 205

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 205
Red Cat pondered the situation.
There was no point in attacking that mechanical being.
The ‘mechanical being’ that kept spouting lies was itself the fake.
Literally an avatar.
Aimonshuter, the 3rd Section monster, was far closer to a conceptual entity than some mere avatar.
A phantom monster existing on a conceptual level.
Yet it was a sophisticated boss capable of exerting unmistakable physical force against Tower climbers.
Should I reveal this fact?
‘But now is not the time.’
Red Cat was a dimensional beast who placed immense value on timing.
I instinctively distinguished between when to intervene and when to hold back.
‘I must appear like a savior at that precise moment when striking a conceptual entity becomes necessary.’
There were far too many competitors.
To gain the upper hand among them, I would seize my moment well.
A dimensional gentleman’s patience runs long, yet the fruit shall be sweet.
Throughout the space.
Red threads of light began pouring forth from the optical equipment—lasers.
-Such parlor tricks mean nothing to a mage.
-:)
The advanced Magic Fortress’s friend-or-foe identification activated.
-Your concept does not reach this mage.
-You filthy traitor.
The red threads warped in a bizarre manner.
They bounced off haphazardly, their trajectories bending.
Unable to penetrate Mayo’s friend-or-foe identification, they vanished somewhere.
The mechanical being’s eyes glowed green.
“That’s right—that is how you distinguish friend from foe.”
Vast amounts of data accumulated.
I had anticipated something like this.
Along with the red lasers, green lasers began firing from all directions.
This created numerous gaps in Mayo’s friend-or-foe identification.
“This is science.”
Part of the friend-or-foe identification ability was breached, and a red laser struck Choi Kang-mok’s chest.
The mechanical being swung its arm and hurled a mass of machinery.
“Based on statistical inference models and predictive simulation results, the response you will most likely choose with the highest probability is shield activation. Therefore, I shall measure, verify, and convert your primary defensive pattern into data in real time.”
The green eyes glowed even brighter.
The scientist’s prediction was accurate.
The magical aberrant entity—Choi Kang-mok—used a shield to block the attack.
The magical entity’s response was logged.
“Continuous, cumulative micro-stimuli ultimately produce the same effect as drizzle soaking through fabric. Your [Friend-or-Foe Identification] algorithm and [Shield] defense system will gradually degrade in performance, eventually rendering themselves completely inert.”
If I could just neutralize Mayo’s defensive capabilities, that magical anomaly entity would have virtually no protective structure whatsoever.
I only needed to be cautious of Blink and Invulnerability.
Drones mounted with lasers materialized throughout the space.
They fired red and green beams, obscuring Choi Kang-mok’s vision.
Mayo attempted to defend through interception, but it proved difficult.
-Damn these drone bastards.
-This mage’s evasion flight speed appears to be marginally faster than my computational velocity.
This was the user’s fault.
Had I invested more in intelligence, I could have managed it!
In the past, I would have blamed Choi Kang-mok somewhat, but not anymore.
Meow, meow.
I learned much from that treacherous cat lurking in the shadows, constantly seeking opportunity.
I gained wisdom in distinguishing what should be said from what should remain unsaid.
“Now, your artifact-based defensive mechanism will soon be lost. Therefore, in the next phase, you will activate your [Blink] and [Invulnerability] protocols to evade and intercept my attack vectors.”
The cyborg was supremely confident.
Scientific approach and deduction based on accumulated data.
The 3rd Section boss monster’s certainty soared.
Machine guns materialized throughout the empty space.
After neutralizing Mayo’s defenses with lasers, I would strike the magical entity’s body directly with gunfire.
Rat-a-tat-tat!
The machine guns erupted with fire.
“Go on, use it—your invulnerability.”
As expected.
The magical entity activated invulnerability.
Everything was controlled under Aimonshuter’s perfect plan.
“That invulnerability offers no guarantee of continuity.”
Yet Aimonshuter’s assault was relentless.
“Reverse-calculating from various data. Your invulnerability persists for a maximum of five seconds.”
I had assumed the ‘maximum duration’ to narrow the margin of error.
Five seconds would never hold, but I calculated for five.
“My science does not halt.”
Five seconds? Laughable.
Fifty seconds, or even five minutes—I could sustain this.
The machine guns would not cease until they claimed his life.
Acrid gunpowder smoke billowed upward.
“Your [Invulnerability] duration has already expired. Now you will be exposed to normal damage calculations.”
Multiple machine guns merged into a grotesque form.
Barrels and gun bodies twisted into bizarre configurations.
The mechanical barrels pulsed as though possessed of a heart, unleashing torrents of bullets.
Rat-a-tat-tat-!
Rat-a-tat-!
Thousands of bullets traced abnormal trajectories, converging toward Choi Kang-mok in a torrent.
Invincibility should have ended.
“This scientist deliberately opened an escape route for you.”
Now.
Try using that Blink you’re so proud of to get over there—
“….”
Invincibility hadn’t ended.
It seemed the magical anomalous entity’s invincibility ability had evolved.
“…such trivial variables are always bound to accompany experiments.”
It was absurd, but I’d calculated a maximum of five seconds.
My scientific approach had been partially flawed.
‘I wasn’t wrong.’
Five seconds or six seconds.
It was merely a matter of time anyway.
“Variable detected. Maximum duration corrected.”
Time was on Aimonshuter’s side.
“Maximum ten seconds.”
Rat-a-tat-!
Ten seconds had passed.
Invincibility hadn’t ended.
“….”
The submachine gun continued spewing fire, but the momentum of the bullets had diminished slightly.
It meant that Aimonshuter, a ‘conceptual entity,’ had lost some confidence.
After twelve seconds.
Aimonshuter intuitively sensed that invincibility had vanished.
This space was Aimonshuter’s domain.
“Correct. The upper limit of [Maximum] is quantitatively defined as twelve seconds.”
Did this even make sense?
How could invincibility last twelve seconds?
It was excessively unscientific, but now was the time to accept the reality before my eyes.
“Thus, the continuity of invincibility has reached its conclusion.”
Rat-a-tat-!
A surge of bullets poured forth with renewed momentum.
“This time, you must absolutely evade through Blink—”
Mayo expelled invincibility.
Mayo was in a state of having stored ten invincibilities.
“For the first time, a crack has appeared in this scientist’s calculations.”
Aimonshuter continued speaking with unshakeable composure.
“An unexpected variable exceeding my predictions. However, correction is possible. Calculating the invincible vector. Considering the magical entity’s non-standard attack capability, the maximum sustainable count of said invincibility is at most seven activations.”
I performed ‘non-standard calculations’ to capture the margin of error very comprehensively.
Accounting for that ‘absurd duration’ just now, I determined the ‘absurd repetition count’.
Seven times.
Assuming seven activations, I commence the ‘boss raid’.
“This scientist continues to accumulate new data even at this very moment.”
I’m using invincibility through Mayo.
I don’t know the principle, but it’s certainly happening.
“When the invincibility protocol is activated through Mayo, you temporarily lose your attack capability.”
No.
Choi Kang-mok was calculating in his mind to properly use ‘physical magic’.
Truth be told, if I only wanted to fire basic magic—an energy bolt—I would have done it long ago.
‘The calculations are roughly complete.’
Choi Kang-mok’s current magical research project was the ‘expansion of defensive magic’.
More precisely, combining physical magic with defensive magic.
The fake scientist keeps trying to combine magic and science.
The real mage demonstrates the combination of physical magic and defensive magic.
‘The principle is identical to implementing a miniaturized energy field platform in empty space.’
I receive the aid of the brilliantly gleaming staff.
Converting a portion of magical damage into physical damage, but….
‘I fix it to spatial coordinates.’
‘Physical force’ materializes magic floating in empty space.
Like suspending an energy field platform in the air.
“The attack capability of the magical entity has been experimentally verified as nullified. This scientist disregards defensive and suppression procedures, entering full offensive mode.”
The machine guns hovering in empty space rushed toward the mechanical humanoid in unison.
Metal fragments adhered thickly to the arm, then solidified into a single form.
Soon the arm transformed into a massive cannon, its muzzle glowing crimson.
It was now a cannon.
This was the moment Mayo activated invincibility for the seventh time.
An attack that takes time to load but possesses overwhelming destructive power.
“Scientific simulation cross-verification complete. The magical entity will die with 99.98% probability.”
It wasn’t.
Invincibility blocked it.
“0.02% variable emergence. A sufficiently predictable variable when dealing with magical entities.”
Invincibility activated consecutively eight times.
Then nine times would be impossible.
Scientifically, nine times is truly absurd.
“This time, I shall finally eliminate the magical entity….”
Blocked.
By the ninth invincibility.
“….”
Blocked again.
By the tenth invulnerability.
At this point, the data had become utterly unreliable.
Scientific analysis and methodology were failing across the board.
Being a ‘conceptual entity’ only deepened the confusion.
The very concept itself was beginning to fracture.
My mechanical body trembled.
Crackling with distortion.
My existence itself was being negated.
“Is this a phenomenon that can actually exist?”
No.
This should not exist.
How could a twelve-second invulnerability be used ten times consecutively?
With merely a trivial penalty of falling into an incapacitated state.
“No. This is a phenomenon that should not exist.”
I fired the cannon again.
It was almost an act of desperation.
“….”
Blocked again.
This time, Choi Kang-mok activated invulnerability directly.
Boom!
The Laboratory shook violently.
The ‘concept’ itself took a tremendous impact and began to waver.
Green light erupted from between the cannon barrels.
Cracks spreading everywhere, as if fractures were forming.
‘Damn it, my concentration broke.’
Yet a true mage must maintain focus no matter the circumstances.
Choi Kang-mok finally completed preparations for a variant of defensive magic.
Physical-defense magic.
Choi Kang-mok swung a staff that gleamed brilliantly.
The invulnerability’s twelve-second duration had not yet expired.
This dealt an even greater shock to Aimonshuter.
“Extreme discrepancy with scientific prediction. He was not in an incapacitated state?”
The concept wavers. Logic collapses. Science is denied.
Then came a thunderous crash.
Choi Kang-mok had succeeded in manifesting ‘defensive magic’ in empty space.
Damage conversion through magical power.
A conceptual ‘impact’ without substance was caught in the void.
In that instant, something extraordinary occurred.

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