The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 54

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 054
High Pass Privilege.
A new system had been implemented at Seoul Tower.
The clear record from Floor 21 was automatically reflected on Floors 22, 23, and 24 as well.
[So the Floor 21 record just gets copy-pasted to the upper floors?]
└Is this real?
└World Rank 1 monopolizing everything again (photo attached)
These four consecutive floors shared a common trait:
‘Speed’ was everything.
To put it in terms of running races:
Floor 21 is 100 meters. Floor 22 is 200 meters. Floor 23 is 300. Floor 24 is 400.
The difficulty increases, but the scoring is based on the 100-meter result.
[So Seoul will monopolize the world rankings for Floors 22~24?]
└Don’t fall for East Asian fabrication
└Fabrication? lol How do you even fabricate system rankings?
└There’s a 200% chance someone with that kind of fabrication ability exists
└If they were that confident, they’d have opened the borders completely lol Honestly, they can only go to England anyway
Countless Awakeners were flocking to Seoul.
At this very moment, thousands of Awakeners were climbing Floor 21.
A single clear time on Floor 21 automatically reflected across Floors 22, 23, and 24.
Countless others began treading the path that the EX-rank Awakener had carved open.
The results appeared swiftly.
With Floor 21 records now recognized through Floor 24, the name ‘South Korea, Seoul’ began appearing on the world tabs for Floors 22~24.
And finally.
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[Hall of Fame – Floor 21]
[World] [Country]
1. South Korea
2. England
…
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South Korea’s name was etched at the top of the Floor 21 country rankings.
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[Hall of Fame – Floor 22]
[World] [Country]
1. South Korea
2. England
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Floors 22, 23, and 24 were no different.
South Korea’s overall national ranking rose one tier to 28th place.
PlayerNet. The post regeneration rate in Korea’s community achieved an all-time record.
[???: The Hall of Fame can be fabricated too lol]
└Lmaooo at this point people just don’t want to believe it
Even if individual rankings are whatever, the country ranking is 1st lol
└Yeah but the overall ranking is still 28th though?
└This is all thanks to our EX-rank Awakener~ stop being salty~
[When you think about it, it’s seriously insane. Isn’t this all EX-rank Awakener’s doing alone?]
└Yeah he literally created the world’s best Tower quality up to Floor 24 by himself
└The fact that it’s still ongoing gives me chills
└I joined the EX Salvation Corps yesterday
The world’s best Tower quality up to Floor 24, the Golden Labyrinth.
And even up to Floor 7 (7th Floor Lottery).
In many ways, Seoul Tower in South Korea had become the center of global attention.

* * *
Seoul Guild Headquarters.
This place, guarded by the Pocket Dimension Mayo, was currently the safest location in South Korea.
Only those with Choi Kang-mok’s permission could enter, and it was difficult to cause trouble here.
Here gathered Seoul’s Lord Lee Byung-gyu, London’s top-ranked awakener Christine, and EX-rank Awakener Choi Kang-mok.
Christine was the first to speak.
“To be honest, Real Madrid. Those bastards are the most suspicious.”
Joshua, the traitor from within the London Guild.
He was originally from Spain and had come to England as a traveler before national borders were established.
Later, based on his exceptional combat magic skills, he became a top-ranked awakener in London.
“Joshua’s infiltration plans into the Tower were quite meticulous.”
There was definitely support behind it.
Support from one of the world’s three greatest Guilds, no less.
London was obviously not it. And it was difficult to find any connection with Munich either.
Real Madrid remained the most suspicious candidate.
“I have suspicions, but no concrete evidence.”
“Suspicion is enough.”
Choi Kang-mok shrugged his shoulders.
“Then we just don’t collaborate with Real Madrid.”
“…Huh?”
Christine tilted her head in confusion.
But they were still one of the world’s three greatest Guilds?
“It seems reckless to ignore them based on just these circumstances.”
Once again, her head tilted in bewilderment.
It didn’t quite seem right either.
Thinking about it, there’s no real rush.
The ones who should be panicking are them.
Choi Kang-mok cleared up to Floor 24 in the blink of an eye.
This momentum doesn’t seem like it’ll break anytime soon.
‘If I support him, and the London rankers provide assistance.’
He’ll maintain his charge at least up to Floor 40.
Even if not EX-rank, he’ll definitely reach at least SSS-rank.
Given enough time, Seoul Tower will stand as the greatest tower in the entire world.
Christine let out a hollow laugh and spoke.
“The ones in a hurry aren’t us—it’s them.”
Lee Byung-gyu spoke.
“In fact, Real Madrid has requested the opening of Korea’s borders multiple times.”
It’s not just Real Madrid.
Cities across the entire world are repeating the same request.
One EX-rank Awakener.
A single individual is reshaping a nation’s standing.
Christine let out an exclamation of disbelief.
“Wow… A player who’s only cleared Floor 24 is shaking an entire country. Is this really happening?”
Soon after, she smiled with satisfaction.
“Truly worthy of my master.”
The meeting ended anticlimactically.
Finding Joshua’s backer was left to the Seoul Guild and London Guild.
The conclusion was that Choi Kang-mok would focus more on magic.
After Lee Byung-gyu left first, Christine asked.
“Strongtree, you’re still researching damage reduction, right?”
“Yeah. But can’t you ask your craftsman to increase the durability a bit?”
“Durability?”
Christine accepted the destroyed rune.
“Insane. It’s completely shattered.”
It’s natural to grind useless runes and use them as materials.
That work is only possible at the Smithy.
Which means artificial destruction is impossible.
But this?
“It broke because it couldn’t withstand my mana.”
“Mana, not magic?”
“Yeah.”
Mana is merely the fuel for magic.
Without magical refinement, it has no substance.
Yet the rune was destroyed.
“I’m so dumbfounded I can’t even speak.”
Christine accepted the rune fragment.
“I’ll talk to our craftsman about it. You need a damage reduction rune with enhanced durability, right? Where did you get something like this? Usually people just grind them into materials to obtain them… Oh, the Boddari Union exists.”
The Boddari Union.
Their growth trajectory was far from ordinary.
“Anyway, I’ll ask Emily about it.”
Christine, who had been sitting across from me, moved to sit beside me.
“What are you doing?”
“No, wait. Your body got toned?”
She poked my chest repeatedly with her index finger.
Christine tilted her head in bewilderment as she continued speaking.
“Don’t tell me you raised your Strength stat?”
‘Strength’ had a direct correlation with physical durability.
To withstand the magical power of a high-tier mage, the body had to be robust, and raising Strength naturally increased muscle mass as well.
“This isn’t a change from raising just one or two points. You’d need to have raised at least 10 stats or more.”
“… Insane. How far ahead are you thinking?”
Strength.
It was an ability that had never been particularly recommended for mages.
The Christine of the past would have scoffed, saying ‘dump everything into Intelligence.’
But things were different now.
Even she was beginning to feel the limits of her body’s capacity to withstand magical strain.
“I couldn’t do it because of my pride as a mage.”
After staring at me for a long while, Christine spoke quietly.
“You’re already ahead of me.”
Christine felt a profound inspiration.
The new paradigm didn’t lie with the rankers—it lay with the EX-rank Awakeners.

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My Strength had increased by a full 24 points.
It meant my body had become that much more resilient.
‘Just how much, I wonder?’
If Dilknu’s magic was a cannonball, then my body was a cannon barrel made of glass.
I needed to verify just how fortified that barrel had become.
[Entering Tower (Seoul) Floor 4.]
I could move freely between Tower Floor 4 and other areas.
Thanks to Blood Blessing, cooldown timers were completely ignored.
‘Familiar territory.’
Vast plains stretched before me.
And dummies waiting to be destroyed.
“Let me test the High Spirit.”
I couldn’t afford to let my guard down.
“Exhale.”
Dilknu.
The very Dilknu that once obliterated Floor 7.
One careless mistake, and the mage’s own body could detonate.
‘There’s no way to know without trying it.’
Repetition and mastery. Experience was essential.
Without taking that first step, there could be no growth.
‘I’ll maximize Christine’s damage reduction formula.’
The sensation arrived.
An advanced spirit magic. A wide-area spell of the spirit family, surely.
When unleashing a spirit, a dark-attributed phantom wraith—a manifestation of magical force—would devastate the surroundings.
If living creatures were present, they were struck first.
After that, it was an indiscriminate area spell that swept through the vicinity.
‘I’m ready.’
At last, it was time to unleash the advanced magic.
[Activating Skill ‘High Spirit (SSS+)’.]
[The first spell’s effect cannot be skipped.]
The first spell’s effect unfolded before me.
‘Actually, this is better.’
In such cases, a magnificent spectacle would display.
Within the slowly flowing time, the spirits appeared one by one.
‘I’ll prepare Blink and invulnerability just in case.’
Whoosh!
A burning spirit materialized.
Armor ablaze with crimson flames, a massive crimson greatsword.
A weighty and ferocious spirit of flame emerged, shaking the earth beneath it.
A gust of wind followed, sweeping emerald light in its wake.
A woman wielding a harp played the song of the wind.
Spray scattered down from the sky.
A small child appeared, shields gripped in both arms.
Next came earth.
A golem monster engulfed in a sandstorm shook the ground with its presence.
Then came light.
An archer-shaped spirit born from holy radiance raised a golden bow.
Last was darkness.
A malevolent spirit wielding a blood-red scythe materialized as a formless shadow.
Fire, water, wind, earth. Light and darkness.
Six attributes. Elementally neutral magic that transcended most affinities.
These were high-tier spirits.
My physical condition…
It was better than expected.
I could endure this once.
Strength stat: 24.
Excellent.
[First spell effect concluding.]
The first spell effect mechanic.
Choi Kang-mok had observed this spell slowly over dozens of seconds, but in reality, less than a second had passed.
The high-tier spirits Choi Kang-mok had manifested surged forward in unison.
Whoooosh—!
A tempest engulfing the entire space of Tower Floor 4.
Fire. Wind. Water. Earth. Light. Darkness.
A wave of mixed six-attribute mana instantly enveloped the dummy.
Something’s strange.
Something feels off.
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