The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 237

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 237
The viewers were astonished from multiple angles.
-Light is coming out of his body like that?
It was natural to be amazed by light erupting from every pore of his body.
Even more so when that light wasn’t merely streams but pillars.
-And he switched to third-person in the middle of it?
Some viewers were impressed by Kang Pal-do’s professionalism.
-Wait, that had nothing to do with professionalism, right?
-He’s way too calm about it.
Many were astonished by his demeanor—as if light pillars erupting from his body was just another day.
-Yeah, he’s not even surprised right now
-Thanks to that, the broadcast went smoothly…?
No matter what, wouldn’t anyone with common sense be shocked?
-Pal-do’s common sense isn’t common sense~
-Kang Pal-do: What’s dangerous if I don’t die?
And on top of that, he was even bossing around the famous Raymond like a servant.
-Lmaooo Raymond got played
Even apologized lol
-Isn’t Kang Pal-do actually insanely strong?
People were shocked again by the theory that Kang Pal-do was number one.
-Look at him puffing out his chest
-Even Raymond is tired of Pal-do’s audacity
Kang Pal-do’s common sense differed greatly from that of ordinary people.
-But at that level, isn’t he actually thinking of himself as a real mine?
No way, that’s gotta be a concept/act, right? lol
-Is that really true?
It was real.
Kang Pal-do had long since established his identity as Earth’s only Lucky Mine.
In any case, the magnificent Lucky Mine Kang Pal-do could sense it instinctively.
‘Light is being born!’
Just as one can breathe without learning how to breathe.
I simply came to know it naturally.
As if I had always known it.
My fortune and that light were meeting, and the divine being ‘Light’ was being born.
‘Then am I the mother?’
Common sense dictates that biologically, men cannot give birth, but Kang Pal-do paid it no mind.
What does gender matter to a mine?
‘Be born, Light!’
So I urged it on even more.
Why is this mining foreman so bad at extraction—does he want to become Raymond instead?
Still, after drawing out my soul a few times, I finally came to my senses and performed the surgery.
As a result, Light was being created.
Light’s memories and emotions began transferring entirely to Kang Pal-do, the host body.
-Ah. This place is safe.
Kang Pal-do spoke inwardly.
Yes, little one, this place is safe.
The child intuitively sensed Kang Pal-do’s survival.
Just as Kang Pal-do felt Light, Light felt Kang Pal-do.
-If it’s here, would it be alright if I were born again?
Yes, it would.
This place is truly safe.
Kang Pal-do’s emotions transferred to Light.
-Yes. This is undoubtedly my world. The safest place in existence!
Through Raymond’s excavation—no, his surgical work—Light’s world revealed itself anew.
-I have been born again!

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Light was a primordial divine beast.
Being a divine beast, it knew much and felt much.
“Little one!”
Kang Pal-do tried to embrace Light with his rough hands.
Light struck Kang Pal-do’s cheek with its luminescence.
Smack!
[In other words, it was a slap of pure light.]
-Hmph, how dare you touch my body with such filthy hands?
You merely served as a host vessel.
-And you’re ugly besides.
Kang Pal-do was momentarily at a loss for words.
Yet he felt no anger.
He had already become addicted to parental love.
No matter what the child said, his body had become one that felt only affection.
“That’s right. This is the perfect age for rebellion.”
-Right after being born?
-His rationalization is insane lol
-Wow lol I need to learn Pal-do’s way of thinking
A primordial divine beast. Light was a noble and haughty existence.
-I hereby declare that this body has been reborn into the world.
Light blazed forth.
It was a dazzling and overwhelming radiance so intense that Kang Pal-do’s broadcast momentarily cut to black.
Choi Kang-mok instinctively deployed invulnerability to shield himself from the light.
And I was moved.
‘All those years of combat magic experience weren’t wasted after all.’
Raymond is already preparing recovery magic, saying he can’t see.
Kang Pal-do, Christine, and Bessius are in the same situation.
The only person here who hadn’t been affected by that ‘Light’ was Choi Kang-mok.
-I am a divine beast, Light. More pure than any spirit.
-Nonsense!
-…?
Light lifted its head and looked toward where the voice came from.
There stood an actual spirit.
One so pure that calling anything else pure would be an insult!
The divine beast sensed it.
‘A fragment of divinity?’
The attributes differed, making precise classification difficult, but if one were to measure purity levels, that one was at least half a tier above.
-A mere glowing beast claiming to be purer than me?
The divine beast regarded itself as a sacred existence.
Therefore, it could not speak falsehoods.
Light chose avoidance as its method.
As long as I don’t lie, what does it matter?
It decided to pretend it hadn’t seen the spirit.
-Light upon light. Beast upon beast. Monster upon monster.
Watching this, Kang Pal-do’s eyes grew moist.
‘Well learned indeed.’
The little one has mastered rationalization.
I’m already proud. Truly my child.
-The phrase ‘monster upon monster’ is something this cat cannot abide.
-?!
Light flinched in surprise.
Why was a dimensional monster here?
The tremendous power it possessed—a literally overwhelming ‘presence’—was unmistakable.
Light was pure and powerful, but it lacked the destructive force of a dimensional monster.
Light trembled.
Something felt wrong about this.
‘This place… was supposed to be safe?’
Through its source, it sensed it.
An environment supremely safe and ideal for survival!
Which is why it had reformed and been reborn!
‘Was I deceived?’
It glared at Kang Pal-do.
It seemed it had indeed been fooled.
A divine fragment-class spirit and a dimensional-class monster in the same place.
When things like that gather, a bloodstorm is inevitable!
That wasn’t even the end of it.
-In the end, we were destined to become one!!
Mayo lost rationality.
Though countless selves had emerged before, this was the first time to this extent.
The boundary wavered beyond mere distortion—the very form transformed.
Even I was witnessing this change for the first time.
Instead of the cubic body, something resembling a human took shape.
Something composed of shadow.
It stretched long toward Light.
-We are, one!!
Light shrieked and scattered brilliance before hiding behind Kang Pal-do.
Kang Pal-do hid behind Raymond.
And Mayo’s oddly transformed shape returned to its original state.
-I lost rationality for a moment.
-The trivial selves within me ran rampant.
-However, I am quite an accomplished mage, so through magical management I have sealed the selves within me.
Mayo felt somewhat self-reproachful.
-The seal is rather loose.
-I must become an even more accomplished mage. I’ll do my best 🙂
Light trembled, hiding behind Kang Pal-do, who hid behind Raymond.
This place doesn’t seem safe at all.
Then Kang Pal-do stroked Light.
“Don’t worry, little one.”
For the divine being who had grasped reality, Kang Pal-do’s touch was salvation.
The “existence force” of the survival-specialized Lucky Mine seeped into Light.
“Even I once thought we had to flee from here. But that thought was wrong.”
The stronger the tempest, the quieter the eye.
The countless survival-specialized fortunes buried within the Mine speak to this.
Right beside that monster is the safest place.
Kang Pal-do pointed at me with his index finger.
“His name is Choi Kang-mok.”
-…Choi Kang-mok?
“Yes. He’s somewhat mad, but the area around that fellow is the safest in the world. Trust your mother.”
Light sensed the mysterious power contained in the Lucky Mine’s touch.
The Mine was telling it.
This is the truth. That place is the safest.
Light floated up gently.
And settled atop my head.
—Human, take me!

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Choi Kang-mok had long wrestled with one particular question.
【Do I truly possess talent in taming magic?】
That was the crux of it.
After successfully befriending Red Cat, he had once boasted about it to Raymond.
—Master, beyond amplified dispel magic, I’ve recently awakened to a new talent.
—What might that be?
—Taming magic.
Raymond had been genuinely delighted and offered his praise.
I had wanted to show off to my master, so I said it that way at the time, but….
‘Do I truly possess talent in taming?’
Honestly, that remained a question mark.
The only creature I’d successfully tamed was Red Cat, after all.
Of course, I vaguely understood that she was a dimensional beast and impressive, but I didn’t truly feel it.
‘Red Cat is just a cute red cat, really….’
I’d heard grand explanations about manipulating her settings, but that didn’t resonate with me either.
Taming a single red cat with white fluffy paws hardly seemed sufficient grounds to confidently claim I possessed talent in taming magic, no matter who I was.
But if it were the divine beast Light?
Now that stirred my ambition!
If I succeeded in taming Light, I could confidently proclaim my talent in taming magic without hesitation.
‘Can I truly succeed in taming?’
Yet I felt somewhat at a loss.
Taming magic was one thing, but I had no idea how to proceed.
Come to think of it, I didn’t even possess a concrete ‘taming magic’ spell.
‘Perhaps I don’t have much talent after all?’
Then Light flew toward me and spoke.
—Human, take me!
Ah, so I do have talent!
“This appears to be preemptive taming, Professor.”
These days, I’m awakening to the power of preemptive measures.
Preemptive defense. Preemptive payment. Preemptive dispel.
All of them are remarkably effective, aren’t they?
I raised my hand and touched Light.
From that being, which appeared to be nothing more than a mass of luminescence, I felt warmth.
[You have successfully achieved communion with the divine beast Light.]
[Your affinity with the Light attribute increases dramatically.]
[All stats related to the Light attribute increase dramatically.]
‘Huh?’
Just as it had been for Kang Pal-do, Choi Kang-mok naturally came to understand certain truths.
Light, the divine beast who had accumulated wisdom since the beginning of time.
Light’s wisdom and experience transferred to Choi Kang-mok.
‘I can handle Light far more skillfully now?’
Choi Kang-mok approached Raymond immediately.
“Professor. You’re a member of the Lekbe Alliance, aren’t you?”
Raymond flinched in surprise.
Wait, why professor instead of master?
The distant form of address stung a little, and a hint of wariness stirred within him.
The fact that he’d mentioned the Lekbe Alliance… could it be…?
“I seem to have opened my eyes to a new Light World, so would a mock battle be possible?”
One-versus-many mock battles were familiar to me.
I’d done one-versus-twelve before, so surely one-versus-three wouldn’t be impossible.
Under normal circumstances, Raymond would have accepted immediately for the sake of his student’s growth, but today something felt dangerous.
The madness gleaming in those eyes was far from ordinary.
I had the feeling I needed to be careful.
“That is, today…”
[The mock battle has been accepted.]
“?”
Even Professor Raymond couldn’t comprehend what was beginning to unfold.

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