What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 880

The magic stone embedded in the staff glowed like lava.

Zibril Diop, who had approached nearby, looked at the two with a serious face.

“……”

“Your Highness… Are you….”

Gain was not fully understanding the situation. Or perhaps, she didn’t want to.

She was so bewildered that honorifics and casual speech mixed together.

“You’re opening a gate with mana? Is that even possible….”

“Barbara Shue.”

The Crown Prince retorted, as if spitting out the words.

The reply was only five letters long, but it contained the long story they had experienced.

Gain looked up at the man with a dazed expression for a moment. Barbara Shue was the magic teacher of Alexandre, Cedric’s father and the Prince Consort.

A metallic sound flowed from her throat, which had become rough from spitting up blood for a long time.

The two had met her before.

“……Could it be……”

“……”

In the ‘Dongsan’ world line.

‘-Paaaaat—!’

‘Oh my god, Ms. Shue!’

‘We will definitely succeed this time! Of course!’

‘-Ssaaeeng, ssaaeeng, ssaeeae……!’

The rainbow storm that seemed to completely collapse the cliffs of Evelyn, and the screams of the Palace Lord being torn apart.

The magic circle that dyed the closely cropped grass and dirt red….

“……That’s magic that even Prince Consort failed at.”

“Shue succeeded. With only four magic circles.”

“……You’re really crazy….”

-Kugugugung……

No—to be exact, it was an induction formula [a specific sequence or pattern used to initiate a magical effect].

A super-difficult spell that requires higher-dimensional mana calculation and magic power control, unlike general space distortion magic, and incomparable to it.

‘Kurururung….’ Gain slowly looked up at the sky, which was howling like a dying beast.

The black hole that split the heart of the moon shadow was gradually shrinking above the group’s heads.

They didn’t have much time.

“You’re going to open that… with magic…?”

“……”

Ms. Shue, a 4th-circle mage, clearly succeeded in opening the closing dimensional gate that day and sending them back here.

Yes. I admit that.

Even that intermediate-level magician did it in one go, so there’s no way the 7th-circle man in front of me can’t do it….

“Ms. Shue has been researching that magic for decades.”

……There was.

Moreover, Cedric had cut through dimensions dozens of times just now, so his stamina and divine power were completely exhausted.

I clearly saw him spitting up blood, so it was hard to say he was in good condition even as a formality.

As a divine art, the ‘Dimension-Cutting Sword’, the Hyegeom of Mars, was his divine artifact.

“……Of course, she would have perfect control too. I’ve never seen such a complicated magic circle since I was born, cough, complicated magic circle. Ms. Shue is an adult who memorized it so well that she can cast it in an instant. But Your Highness….”

“I’ve memorized the formula perfectly, so there’s no problem.”

“What? When did you….”

“Sixth cousin is going to grab and open that door with mana instead of aether [a magical energy source]. Is that what you two are talking about right now? This looks like a magic power amplification tool that has been specially polished into a 58-faceted gemstone.”

Diop looked down at the sandy ground and asked. Only then did Gain flinch and roll her eyes.

The large diamond rolling on the floor was clearly not an ordinary jewel, but a magic stone.

The crimson treasure of the Imperial Family that Emperor Frederick had given to his son as a gift.

Moreover, it was a very rare top-grade one.

The Crown Prince had explained it in passing some time ago.

“Yes.”

“I understand. I’ll support you with mana, so take as much as you need.”

“Hey, are you crazy…?!”

Gain, shocked, stared at the two men with her mouth wide open.

Zibril was extending his right hand to his sixth cousin with an unwavering expression.

‘I won’t forget the Diop family’s contribution.’ The Crown Prince replied bluntly and shook his hand without hesitation.

‘Saaaa……!’ Then, in an instant, the red energy began to drain from the swallow’s body and move to the pig.

The Cardinal gritted his teeth but hurriedly turned Tite’s swaddle around and soothed the lying Herrit in his arms.

Shit! These crazy royal bastards who hate contacting others so much are so in sync only when they do things like this!

-Gugugugu……

“Your Highness! If something goes wrong while doing this, you’ll be in my hands that day!”

-Saaaaaaa……!

Gain quickly ran towards the prince and shouted.

She wanted to hurl more insults, but she knew it inside.

The Crown Prince wanted to use all the last resorts he could use here, and Gain herself felt the same way. Now they had no other choice.

In the first place, opening the ‘Gate’ itself was the only way to get back the lost moon, and the only answer to get back the lost friends.

So if they backed down here, everything would end like this.

A complete end.

-Jiiiiing—!

“Th, that…….”

-Saaaaaaa……!

The Crown Prince, who had absorbed an enormous amount of Zibril’s power, immediately deployed seven magic circles.

However, the two men did not stop there and continued to exchange mana.

The huge sand dune under the moon shadow was completely covered with magic, magic, magic.

Gain couldn’t distinguish the color red right away, but she knew how terrible the sight was.

Prince Yeseo hurriedly took Herrit and asked what was going on. The Cardinal’s excited voice bounced around.

“Crazy bastard! He’s a complete madman, that guy. He has no divine power or stamina left in his body, but he’s going to run out of magic power now…!”

“Ms. Carme. Please bring Anpeta, Martier, and the spirits as soon as possible. Sir Christel, please go and support Duke Diop.”

“Yes?”

Gain, who was covered in blood and ranting, blinked her eyes.

Then the prince wiped her cheek with his palm and gave a bitter smile.

Carme was running towards the ruins, sweating profusely, even though she seemed to have little strength left in her legs.

“The Duke does not understand the purpose and composition of the induction formula, so in the end, there will be no way to help His Highness other than providing mana. There is no time to teach him the formula right now. Magic and aether are so different.”

“……”

“Please go and bring him here.”

-Gugugugung……

Goosebumps rose all the way to her neck. When Gain hurriedly turned around—

“Hey! Swallow……!”

-Thud!

Zibril Diop was collapsing on the sand. The Cardinal was shocked and ran.

Shortly after, a roar that seemed to split the sky occurred.

-Uuuuuung!

-Kwakwakwakwakwa……!

Perhaps it was the sound of the earth collapsing.

Or perhaps it was the groan of a world shaking in all directions.

-Jiiiiing……!

-Kwagagagang……!

The Crown Prince’s magic circle—the ultimate ‘induction formula’ to open the dimensional gate and grab the moon—was finally being cast.

Cornelise, who had barely regained consciousness, whispered to Gain and her brother in a terrified voice.

The whole world was dyed red.

A blood-red tornado was raging right under the moon shadow, and all that could be seen here was the sparkle of the fire opal [a type of gemstone].

She no longer felt the hot flames or heat.

Instead, Gain’s vessel was boiling to the bottom.

“Crazy bastard, are you really out of your mind?! Is it normal for a high-level 8th-circle mage to use up all the mana in his body in one go?! If His Majesty or the Palace Lord finds out about this, you’re really going to get in trouble!”

“Quiet, my head is ringing, please be quiet…….”

Zibril, lying on the sand, muttered with his eyes half-closed.

Regardless, the Cardinal sitting next to him constantly checked his condition and yelled at him.

She didn’t even remember how she had the strength to carry him here, dragging him along, and the process had completely disappeared from her mind.

“No, you haven’t even gotten your memories of the Palace Lord back properly. Why are you overdoing it like this? If you’re not here, who will protect the prince, the princess, huh!”

“I’m sleepy, I can’t understand what you’re saying…….”

“Frankly speaking, you’re the one who complains the most and nitpicks the most among us. Why didn’t you oppose that and readily cooperate, and now you’re in this state? Do you know what this is right now……!”

“……Hey.”

The magician raised one hand to stop her.

Gain discovered that the palm of his right hand was burned and mottled.

It was Cedric’s trace. For a moment, she was speechless.

“……It’s okay, so calm down.”

“……What?”

“I guess you’re scared of losing your sixth cousin too……. You seem quite scared.”

He pointed to her chest with his finger.

It was the place where His Majesty’s cloth doll was sleeping.

Ham Gain looked down at him with the most foolish face in the world.

“……I gave him mana so that wouldn’t happen, so calm down…….”

“……”

“……That rascal left you guys here……. He can’t be comfortable.”

“……”

The man smiled briefly from his lips and closed his eyes.

His amethyst earrings also drooped down.

As soon as Gain was horrified and raised her head, the prince grabbed her arm. Very firmly.

“It’s a mana resting period. That’s all.”

“……”

“He will wake up healthy after sleeping for a few days.”

A soft and kind voice that was always on her side.

Soon Gain’s face became very gloomy.

She really didn’t want to have a hard time, but it was hard enough to die.

She hated worrying more than death, but everyone was really making her worry, so she was furious.

Her whole soul was boiling like hot spring water.

“……Your Highness, Crown Prince, if you keep doing that, the vessel……. A long time ago……. My father used that method…….”

“Don’t worry. He can feel it.”

“……”

“Only good thoughts.”

‘Please have wonderful thoughts like you.’ He smiled, curving his familiar eyes.

Even though half of the group was lying in the middle of the desert, and one of them was going into the shadows alone at the risk of his life.

-Urrreung!

-Kigigigiing……!

“……”

Gain quietly closed her eyes and nodded.

The prince held her bloody hand with his white hand.

The man recalled someone’s will that had never been broken.

-Papapapapat……!

-Kwaaaaang—!

Mana. ‘The power left over from the main god.’

After a long time, once again, it was rushing towards the sky.

‘Thump!’

-Ssaeeeeeeeeeng……!

“Huff, cough.”

Cedric spat out blood again. His body was clearly exceeding its limits.

‘Thump!’

-Hwiiiing, hwiiiing, hwiiiiing……!

“Kuluk! Keut…….”

-Gugugugung……!

The red magic circle that brightly illuminated the man’s feet was a perfect imitation of what Barbara Shue had cast that day.

It was also a perfect copy of what the boy had witnessed on the day his father died.

Cedric could swear on the full moon that he was not wrong at all.

At the same time, he could be sure that his magic would never be inferior to hers.

She had great experience, but he was still young and quick to learn.

‘Thump!’

“Keut.”

However, one thing the Crown Prince had overlooked was his body.

He was not in the best condition right now, by anyone’s standards. No, it was the worst.

His magic power was already close to the bottom. Thick nosebleeds dripped down.

The 8th-circle mage had given him all his power, and Cedric himself had also consumed most of the mana he had accumulated.

Even so…….

-Kwakwakwakwakwa……!

“Heoeok, keuek……!”

-Kwaaaang!

—Perhaps the sound of a heart exploding would be similar to this.

Something exploded and crumbled from the deepest part of the earth or the highest point of the sky.

At the same time, a dizzying dizziness occurred. The feeling of even the last drop of energy being drained swallowed him.

However, miraculously, the man supported his body with his own legs instead of the Hyegeom that had fallen to the floor.

What was supporting him now was only mental strength.

‘Thump!’

-Jiiiiing……!

“Haa…….”

The magic stone diamond, which amplified his magic power to the maximum, to a level surpassing the 8th circle, was emitting a brilliant sunset glow from the sand pile.

Cedric gritted his teeth and swung his magic staff again.

‘Cedric. You are destined to become stronger in the future.’

Mother.

‘So don’t worry.’

-Hwiiik!

-Paaaaaa—!

-Kwagagagang……!

As the complex and elaborate magic circle emitted light again in accordance with the man’s command, a terrible roar erupted from the core of the moon shadow.

His gaze, isolated in the mana storm, moved to check the results.

His limbs staggered greatly.

-Kwaaaaaaa……!

“…….”

Without a doubt, it was effective.

The speed at which the dimensional gate, which had been shrinking endlessly, was disappearing had slowed down significantly.

But their goal was not to stick a finger into the slowly closing gap.

It wasn’t about struggling and clinging to the doorknob when everyone was pushed to the limit.

‘My son. You are not alone.’

“…….”

……It was not about sacrificing while leaving behind those who were more precious than life.

It was not about withering away without being able to reach a distant hope.

‘I didn’t mean to hurt you like this……. My good son.’

That was not the goal of Cedric Liester.

The door had to be opened again. For all of them to cross dimensions and get the moon back.

—To finish what his father had failed to do with his own hands.

-Ppadeudeuk……

Blood seeped out from between the man’s teeth.

Blue veins bulged out on his long neck and forehead.

He finally looked down at his staff.

-Ssaaaaa, ssaaaaa, ssaaaaaa……!

The weapon that wrapped around his left hand was miraculously maintaining its original shape, but there was a high risk of it breaking if he swung it a few more times.

It wasn’t because the staff was weak, but because the magic he was casting was too powerful.

It was common for the weapon to be injured instead if the owner was not strong enough.

‘……Keuheum. It was made by carving a ‘Korean cinnamon tree branch felled on the full moon,’ which is said to be the most precious among the imperial magicians, and the handle is decorated with the highest-grade magic stone fire opal.’

“…….”

Memory.

‘That, the staff……. I heard you haven’t used it since you were young.’

‘Thump!’

‘Because you like magic. I thought you might be able to fight better if you had a staff…….’

“…….”

‘Because sometimes you seem to like magic more than swords.’

……But the one who gave it to him was strong.

‘It may sound presumptuous, but I hope you don’t think of it as a curse.’

Even if it’s broken,

‘I hope you don’t give up and keep fighting. Keep trying everything in the future.’

The moon that has never been broken even once.

‘Since it’s fire, it would be warm in winter.’

‘I told you when we climbed the mountain, I’m a pretty strong priest. I’m not running away.’

‘That’s your fault for trying to taxidermy us alive.’

‘[You guys are the villains in this novel!]’

……So he will not break either. At least not today, not in this place.

-Kugugugugu……

“…….”

A stream of hot blood flowed down his coldly cooled Adam’s apple.

Since when, a pigeon was circling around his feet as if cheering him on.

Cedric slowly closed his eyes and gathered the last drop of mana remaining in his body.

The staff also began to gather its final power in response to its owner’s will.

-Saaaaaaa……

‘[Always, always……. I’ll think and wait while looking out the window.]’

‘[……Until the day you come to see me. I promise.]’

‘Thump, thump!’

-Hwiiiiiiing……!

“…….”

-Ssaaeeng, ssaaeeng, ssaeeaeeng—!

The mana storm that surrounded the magician became even more fierce and turned into a deeper blood color.

It rose as high as to pierce the moon shadow and became large enough to completely cover the dimensional gate.

His black hair and blood-stained shirt fluttered wildly in the wind.

Cedric sensed that his heartbeat was slowly slowing down.

‘Thump……. Thump……. Thump…….’

There was no aether left in the vessel, nor mana playing at his fingertips.

The energy close to the end of life was gradually consuming the man.

The vessel was not broken, but it no longer contained the water of life.

In the distance, he could hear Gain calling him desperately. Very faintly…….

‘……Your Highness!’

……There was something he wanted to say back to her. But his mind was quickly dyed with darkness.

“Seueu…….”

Soon, his breathing stopped first.

He looked like a battlefield swordsman meeting death while standing.

Or…….

‘Thump…….’

‘……Thump.’

…….

—Flash!

His eyes opened sharply, and his orange irises burned like the sun that had descended to earth. ‘Crack—!’ The magic stone diamond finally split in two, unable to withstand the pressure. ‘Hwiiiiik!’ His blood-dried left hand swung the staff like an unstoppable chariot, and a red square as clear as metal stretched out with tremendous speed. ‘Swaaaaaaaaa……!’

“I will not allow you to delay me.”

That is ‘magic.’ The power of the great god that dyes the entire desert red.

-Jiiiiiiiiing—!

-Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng!

One, two, three, four…….

-Chaechaet, chaeng!

Seven, eight—

-……Chaenggeurang!

-Swaaaaaaaaa……!

And the ninth magic circle of thrill spreads out like a fan, casting a silhouette more majestic than the moon shadow on the ground.

“……Break.”

Cedric Liester of the Blancar bloodline—he looks like a magician who has gained life alone in the desert.