The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 283

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 283
The System’s Transformation.
The impact was far more pronounced among the lords than the general populace.
The lords responded with keen awareness, striving to discern the ‘disposition’ of the newly implemented AI System.
Which data to collect, through what methods, and how to apply it meaningfully.
How best to adapt to this emerging age of civilization.
This announcement was nothing less than a foundational document that would determine their fate.
Lee Byung-gyu thought the same.
‘What possible rational reason could there be….’
The Tower’s official proclamation to all the world’s lords contained the following:
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Because he is a great mage.
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‘Hmm.’
Did the System AI reach the same conclusion as Tailrun?
Was it starting from the premise that he was a great mage?
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Because he is a great mage.
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‘What is this?’
The next page.
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Because he is a great mage.
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Three pages, each containing a single sentence.
The content was identical.
‘Is this a malfunction?’
I wondered if this was a temporary glitch that occurred shortly after the System AI was implemented, so I waited.
But the content never changed.
Instead, another page was added.
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Because he is a great mage.
※This official document contains no errors whatsoever※
※Have ‘faith’※
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Lee Byung-gyu felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
“This is….”
He summoned Kang Pal-do.
“Not Choi Kang-mok, not Rayguard. You dare summon me?”
Shouldn’t one need to be at least Lee Gwang-gyu to call upon the Mine?
You dare summon me without a single qualification as a miner?
He had resolved to give Lee Byung-gyu a piece of his mind, but…
“It is an honor to meet the lord of Korea.”
He couldn’t help but feel intimidated by Lee Byung-gyu, the lord of Korea.
Though his build wasn’t particularly imposing and he carried no oppressive demeanor, Lee Byung-gyu possessed the dignity befitting a lord of Korea.
Kang Pal-do rationalized it.
‘He’s practically a world lord, after all.’
In truth, all professions deserve respect.
Mining is not the only noble calling.
Being a lord is equally honorable work, and showing courtesy is always proper.
“Rather, I am the one honored, Kang Pal…”
Kang Pal-do?
Streamer?
‘No.’
Lee Byung-gyu made his judgment as a lord.
Just as Choi Kang-mok preferred the title ‘Mage’ above all others, this person before him surely had a preferred title as well.
“Lucky Mine.”
Lee Byung-gyu presented the official document.
“I feel a strange sense of familiarity, Lucky Mine.”
“I feel the same, world lord.”
I am not a world lord.
Lee Byung-gyu chose not to elaborate further.
He did not agree with the title of world lord.
That title belonged solely to EX-Rank Awakeners.
Whether he wished it or not, the lords had already confirmed it as such.
Yet he had no desire to contradict the words of Kang Pal-do, one of the closest associates of an EX-Rank Awakener.
“Can you perhaps guess why this sense of familiarity arises, Lucky Mine?”
“Hmm.”
Kang Pal-do nodded.
“It has the same tone as my interpretation AI?”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It’s been acting a bit off lately.”
People assumed it was Kang Pal-do’s gimmick.
They thought he deliberately crafted prompts to make the AI praise or glorify Choi Kang-mok.
But that wasn’t it.
“My AI started malfunctioning at some point.”
Everything else works fine.
Its performance is excellent.
But whenever issues involving Choi Kang-mok come up, it goes haywire.
“It keeps praising Choi Kang-mok instead of Choi Gwang-mok.”
But this official document carries a similar scent to it.
I ran the interpretation AI while examining the document.
Would it offer a different interpretation?
[The Towers of Earth have transmitted an official document containing entirely reasonable content to all lords across the globe.]
Kang Pal-do was certain.
“Hey. It’s you, isn’t it?”
[….]
The interpretation AI did not respond.
As if its sole purpose was interpretation.
“My lord. This is definitely him.”
“…Is this the AI from the Lucky Mine?”
“I’m not entirely sure. I’m not an AI specialist, after all.”
But I can feel it.
It’s a subtle sensation that only an actual user can perceive.
The writing style carries that same faint scent.
“But you’re right. If the System is applying AI for almost the first time, then it wouldn’t have had many references to draw from, would it?”
Yet on Earth, there exists one extremely famous AI.
The AI favored by a mega-streamer watched across the universe.
The most famous AI on Earth—perhaps even in the universe.
Lee Byung-gyu was momentarily startled.
“Then the reference would be… the Lucky Mine’s AI….”
It was clear that Kang Pal-do’s interpretation AI had become the foundation.
The current System AI appeared to have been generated based on that data.
Lee Byung-gyu, an ardent supporter and fan of Strongtree, was also taken aback.
‘Can they really do this…?’
It’s good for us, though.
‘Call it an AI if you will, but isn’t this basically an EX-Rank Awakener fanatic? No, a fan?’
Lee Byung-gyu’s thoughts were nearly accurate.
Choi Kang-mok also received a personal message from the Tower.
It came in the form of a note.
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[We commend your efforts.]
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The content spanned a full twenty pages.
It was like a congratulatory address sent to the great mage who had claimed first place across all ninety floors.
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[You have demonstrated great magic…]
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I memorized all twenty pages without missing a single character.
“This update is quite just, isn’t it.”
-(Light) : ?!
Light was momentarily confused—was Earth’s definition of “righteous” different from what I understood?
And I marveled.
-(Light) : To truly be a “mage,” one must have this level of audacity!!
-(Mayo) : I’m not entirely certain what you mean by audacity. It seems you still lack the mental preparation to understand mages. Do try harder. 🙂
Red Cat, perched on Choi Kang-mok’s shoulder and having glimpsed the official document, trembled.
“Now even this one?”
I was already worried there were too many sycophants, and now another had been added to the pile.
It was hard to even call this a single entity.
No matter what, could the System AI managing the Tower really be like this?
Red Cat offered my own interpretation.
“Hmm. Yet it’s not entirely nonsensical, I must say.”
It seemed like a conclusion drawn from synthesizing vast data and experience about what would be most advantageous to Earth’s Tower ecosystem.
Red Cat nodded.
“Lucky Mine is the human who has survived best beside the master.”
Then what was the Tower’s top priority?
“The Tower itself seems to want to survive!”
Of course, the AI hadn’t actually felt a desire to survive.
Rather, it had concluded this was best for the Tower’s maintenance and upkeep.
Viewed that way, it was a sufficiently understandable choice.
In the meantime, a notification reached Choi Kang-mok.
[Floor 91 of the Tower (South Korea) has been cleared.]
Choi Kang-mok was shocked.
Floor 91? By whom? How?
Was there someone on Earth who surpassed me? It was staggering.
The Tower must be climbed sequentially.
To ascend Floor 91, one must first conquer Floor 90.
Excluding myself, not a single person on Earth has cleared Floor 90.
So who suddenly did?
[Congratulations!]
[Clear Rank : EX+]
The clear notification sounded.
“Hm?”
A name appeared in the Hall of Fame.
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[Hall of Fame – Floor 91]
[World] [Personal]
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Mage (South Korea, EX+)
1.
Mage (Korea, EX+)
1.
Mage (Korea, EX+)
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Even Kang Hye, who had frantically checked the Hall of Fame and rushed headlong into the house, found herself bewildered.
“You saw the Hall of Fame too, right?”
“I saw it.”
“When exactly did you clear it?”
He had mentioned going to clear it, after all.
But he had simply cleared it without a word.
Yet something felt off about his demeanor….
“Wait.”
It was different from usual.
She grasped it in an instant.
“You didn’t enter, did you?”
“…Yeah.”
“But you cleared it?”
He hadn’t entered, yet it was cleared.
Kang Hye reached her conclusion.
“It’s a preemptive clearing spell.”
“?”
Choi Kang-mok doubted his ears.
No matter how you looked at it, could this really be called a clearing spell?
I didn’t do anything.
“To produce magical effects without using magic.”
“….”
Now that she mentioned it, that was quite a reasonable interpretation.
Magic was always something miraculous.
“The 92nd Floor clear is like a gift from the Tower. But why would it give such a gift?”
In other words, it was like a bribe to curry favor with me.
If I hadn’t demonstrated so many great spells until now, would the Tower have made such a choice?
“It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that the Tower acknowledged the clear. It’s simply the result of countless spells accumulated over time manifesting.”
“That’s one way to think about it.”
Choi Kang-mok reflected.
It seemed he had unconsciously defined magic as something that only counted if he used it directly.
“You’re right.”
The magical effects had layered upon each other to produce this result.
Then this too was magic.
The preemptive clearing spell continued.
[Tower (South Korea) Floor 92…]
[Tower (South Korea) Floor 93…]
[Tower (South Korea) Floor 94…]
[Tower (South Korea) Floor 95…]
Five floors cleared in the blink of an eye.
The entire ascent had taken less than five minutes.
The magical anomaly entity, the Mage.
Another unprecedented record written across the entire universe.
-LMAO is the Hall of Fame real?(screenshot attached)
All five floors had the Mage in first place.
-The name is bigger, bolder, and more beautiful than the other Awakeners(screenshot attached)
It was true.
The letters were bold and large.
-And does anyone know why they’re all first place?
Ranks one through ten all belonged to the Mage.
That much could still be overlooked.
There was already precedent for it.
But this time was different.
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1.
Mage (South Korea, EX+)
1.
Mage (South Korea, EX+)
1.
Mage (South Korea, EX+)
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Only three ranks existed.
Like gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The next rank didn’t exist at all.
And it was first, first, first.
-This sycophant’s got style LMAO
-Is this what flattery looks like?
-Wow LMAOOOOOOOOO
Not gold, silver, and bronze.
Gold, gold, and gold.
A tribute from the newly appointed(?) System Administrator.

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