The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 214

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 214
Choi Kang-mok stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Somehow, I sensed there might be a way.
I withdrew the ‘Author’s Notebook’ from my pocket.
Through the series of events I’d endured, the ink had accumulated quite substantially.
“That is….”
“Compensation for countless criticisms, you see.”
The more those writer bastards intervened, the more ink I obtained.
Indeed, everything ultimately returns to its rightful path.
Such is the mage’s inevitable return.
‘I should be able to write a couple of sentences.’
But can I open a dimensional gate connecting to Neroph with this?
Choi Kang-mok’s expression tightened slightly.
To directly participate in this open-world setting, I had to become absorbed into this world’s framework.
‘Tch.’
I didn’t particularly like treating myself as some sort of boss monster….
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The magical anomalous entity opened a dimensional gate toward Neroph on its own.
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Would it work?
In that instant, the entire text seemed to blur before the entire sentence fluttered like a living fish.
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The magical anomalous entity opened a dimensional gate toward Neroph on its own. (Temporary Save)
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This sentence did not apply properly.
It wasn’t deleted; rather, the words “temporary save” had been appended.
[The temporarily saved sentence will be deleted in 5 minutes.]
A timer appeared before my eyes.
‘What is this?’
Why was the interface so inconvenient?
However, Choi Kang-mok had another excellent ally.
The Dimensional Gentleman Red Cat raised its paw with a meow!
For reference, the newly born Red Cat was learning and absorbing much from those around it.
From Lin Zhiwei, it was learning how to become a ‘right hand’.
-One cannot open a dimensional gate carelessly. The clues must be far more concrete and certain.
-Especially forced connections from a lower dimension to a higher dimension are extraordinarily difficult endeavors.
-To manifest a dimensional gate, one must find an exceptionally special space within Earth!
A place where powerful external forces have already weakened the world’s walls through cracks and distortions.
A dimensional gate can be opened there.
“So, I need to properly pinpoint the location of the dimensional gate, is that it?”
If I don’t choose the right location, the sentence won’t activate.
The path of a novice Writer is far too difficult.
But it doesn’t matter. I’m a mage, after all.
Failing at magic wounds my pride, but failing at being a Writer? That’s acceptable.
-This cat knows of a space where an extraordinarily powerful external force has been at work!
Red Cat snorted.
This time, I’ll finally become his right arm….
“Ah, Floor 60!”
Choi Kang-mok knew it too.
Red Cat’s whiskers trembled.
…The right arm can wait for next time.
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[The magical anomalous entity opened a dimensional gate leading to Neroph of its own accord. Location: Floor 60 of the Korean Tower.]
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I consumed all the ink I’d accumulated, but it was worth it.
This wasn’t the time to conserve ink.
‘My home was just bombed.’
What if my older brother or younger sister had been hit?
The thought alone was horrifying.
‘This is only natural.’
Mayo spoke.
-There’s no need to rationalize it further.
-It is a dimension of battle mages, after all. I find it quite fascinating myself.
-Exchanging magical knowledge with such beings is not without merit. And we shall have our revenge in the process.
A global alert for the entire Earth region appeared.
[!Global Alert for Earth Region!]
[Connected to Higher Dimension ■■■.]
[Dimensional gate activation complete!]
[This dimensional gate is one-way.]
[Location: ■■■]
It was the kind of notification that would jolt explorers awake from their sleep.
Everyone’s eyes burned red as they raced to pinpoint the location.
The Explorer Community was in absolute chaos.
A connection to a Higher Dimension. Whoever discovered this dimensional gate first would gain immense prestige as an explorer.
It was no different for Kang Hye, who had fallen asleep after an exhausting day.
Kang Hye’s eyes snapped open.
“Wow, I have to find this.”
Miss this because I was sleeping?
As an explorer, that was unforgivable.
‘I’ll find it.’
I ran barefoot.
I would demonstrate the pinnacle of my abilities as an Explorer.
I opened the door to my temporary lodging at the Hotel and knocked on the adjacent room’s door.
“Brother!!!”
One of an Explorer’s secret techniques.
I decided to deploy the pinnacle of exploration arts (asking Choi Kang-mok).
With this, I could become the world’s greatest Explorer.

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The Writers’ greatest preoccupation was the magical anomaly entity.
Those in the Lower Dimension Earth might not know, but EX-rank Awakeners did.
The magical anomaly entity had already permeated the open worldview, and countless Writers were watching it closely.
The world naturally contained all manner of people.
Some Writers were highly favorable toward the magical anomaly entity, while the vast majority wished to ‘raid’ or ‘contain’ it.
And those who wanted to dispose of the magical anomaly entity had to fabricate the plausibility that ‘the magical anomaly entity is evil’.
Only then would more Writers participate and consume ink.
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The magical anomaly entity has already permeated the open worldview and usurped the status of ‘Writer’. The entity actively consumes ink. It opened a dimensional gate on Floor 60 of the Tower (South Korea) of its own volition. The entity’s objectives are revenge and annihilation.
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From Choi Kang-mok’s perspective, this was infuriating.
Revenge, fine—but annihilation?
I’m not some annihilation mage who uses annihilation magic.
“This is absurd.”
What I demonstrated recently was clearly defensive magic.
I expanded the variety of defensive spells, demonstrated control ability, and showcased diverse defensive magical capabilities utilizing energy barriers and physical force.
Yet they still slander me with ‘annihilation’?
Last time they deceived me by calling it destruction.
“The truly evil ones are you monsters.”
I wanted to tear apart this ‘Writer’s Note’, but I couldn’t.
I’ll settle this later.
These monsters hiding behind anonymity.
I’ll destroy them through magical exchange for real.
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The magical anomaly entity moved.
To hunt the ‘Combat Mage’.
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-These guys are ridiculous.
-Writing magical exchange as hunting.
Red Cat did not intervene.
The more I observed, the more special this master of destruction and annihilation seemed.
‘I refuse to see what I don’t want to see….’
Even trivial system settings are dismissed with the ironclad conviction of ‘if I don’t look, it doesn’t exist~’.
Yet the sentences penned by the open-world Writers are perceived with meticulous precision, not a single one overlooked.
‘This cat knows the reason why.’
Humans on Earth these days speak of it.
They say they’ve been scratched.
In other words, those ‘Writers’ keep scratching at my destructive, annihilating master.
‘How will they handle the aftermath?’
My body trembled.
Can they truly withstand such destructive, annihilating magic?
‘I cannot.’
I should simply be a right arm.
A dimensional gentleman’s official right arm and companion cat seems far preferable to a dimensional monster.
Meow.
In any case, after successfully opening the dimensional gate, Choi Kang-mok surprisingly did not head directly to the Tower.

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Kang Hye burst into the room.
She was barefoot.
“Brother! Did you see the alert for the entire Earth domain?”
“Wear your shoes when you walk around.”
Choi Kang-mok handed her a striking item from his inventory.
Miscellaneous items accumulated automatically in the inventory as he cleared the Tower, and this was one of them.
What he gave to Kang Hye was a Unique-grade item.
Kang Hye’s mouth fell open.
Unique-grade items appearing as casually as pebbles?
“Windstep Leather Boots? These have been extinct on the auction house….”
No. Never mind.
Such magic is trivial for this anomalous magical entity.
I remind myself every time not to be surprised by such trifles.
Still, curiosity compelled me to ask.
“Where did you get this?”
“Don’t know?”
“Don’t know?”
“Don’t know.”
Kang Hye nodded.
Perhaps he picked it up while clearing the Tower, or obtained it as tribute from places like Italy or Saudi Arabia.
Or perhaps….
“He must have deployed some kind of item acquisition magic.”
“…That might be it?”
Red Cat’s eyes gleamed with recognition.
Blood truly runs deeper than reason.
“Anyway, oppa. I’m trying to locate the dimensional gateway, you see.”
An alert had swept across the entire Earth.
This monstrous mage must be directly or indirectly connected to it.
Even the smallest, most trivial clue would give me a far greater advantage than the other explorers.
“I need to understand the circumstances behind how this dimensional gateway opened in the first place. Based on the information I’ve gathered so far, the higher dimensions capable of connecting to Earth are….”
Kang Hye pulled out her notepad.
She was about to narrow down the possibilities and list them out.
“Oh, it’s connected to Neroph.”
“….”
Kang Hye put the notepad away.
That single statement told her everything.
So this bastard opened the dimensional gateway!
“I was simply trying to deploy peak exploration technique.”
It wasn’t merely peak.
“It was ultra-peak exploration technique.”
Kang Hye’s expression grew serious.
An explorer’s inquiry could be this devastatingly effective.
Blood-kin exploration technique truly reigns supreme.
“Neroph… that’s the dimension of those combat mages, isn’t it?”
“Yeah. They’re the backers of the Arsia Liberation Army.”
“Ah, I see. Then the mages would have needed some exchange between them?”
“Exactly.”
My sister truly understands.
With barely a few words spoken, she’s already grasping the concept of ‘exchange’.
Meanwhile, those who know the situation far more thoroughly keep spouting nonsense about destruction and annihilation.
“Well, you’re not a combat-specialized mage, oppa, but as it turns out, you’re quite proficient at combat too… so you could engage in considerable exchange. Though you’d need to take a hit first, naturally.”
My chest felt suddenly unburdened.
Blood-kin truly is supreme.
“Then all that remains is pinpointing the location.”
That monstrous mage opened the dimensional gateway.
Now I, an EX-rank advisor, must somehow locate that gateway and act as an advisor should.
“Floor 60 of the Tower.”
“I see, Floor 60 of the Tower… wait? Floor 60 of the Tower?”
Kang Hye was momentarily at a loss for words.
What? He pinpointed the location and opened the dimensional gateway?
“Wow….”
This was nothing short of awe-inspiring.
“What kind of opening magic is this? Or is it connection magic? What on earth is it?”
“….”
Choi Kang-mok fell silent for a moment as well.
No matter how I looked at it, could I really call this magic when I’d opened it with a ‘pen’?
This was weighing on my conscience a bit.
“Or perhaps dimensional fusion magic?”
“….”
Whatever it was.
“Brother, you bastard. You really were an amazing mage!”
“…Was I?”
Choi Kang-mok recalled his master.
That master who taught him nothing yet claimed to be a genius at teaching!
Now that I thought about it, this seemed less shameless compared to Raymond.
Dimensional fusion magic. The name had quite a nice ring to it.
I was glad I waited a moment.
I knew my sister would jump at the chance, so I held back for a bit.
“Brother. But don’t go to Floor 60 just yet.”
“Why?”
“I’ve been agonizing over whether to tell you this.”
It seemed this mage was forgetting something important.
As an EX-Rank advisor, there was one thing I absolutely had to point out.
“Isn’t there something you’ve forgotten?”

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