The Return of The Mythical Archmage [EN]: Chapter 444

The Rebirth of a Mythical Archmage-445

Mora had said.

That from now on, I would indirectly experience important events of the future.

She said I would see the major events that would occur in the next three months, albeit indirectly.

‘I naturally thought that being indirect meant observing the future from a third-person perspective.’

I never imagined I would meet my master like this.

How is this an indirect experience?

‘Originally, as Mora said, I would have been watching you and the future you talking from behind the scenes.’

While I was pondering the question, my master spoke.

It was as if he had read my mind.

‘If I hadn’t intervened in Mora’s divine technique, that would have been the case.’

It really felt like he had read my thoughts.

Or, did he read my expression, not my thoughts?

I don’t know. I don’t even remember what kind of expression I had on my face just now.

‘No. That’s not important.’

Whether my master read my thoughts or my expression, it doesn’t matter.

There’s something else that’s important.

‘You said you intervened in Mora’s divine technique?’

Intervened in Mora’s divine technique.

This is important.

‘Yes.’

‘It wouldn’t have been easy to change an indirect experience into a direct encounter.’

Intervening in Mora’s divine technique, which manipulates time, is already absurd.

And on top of that, to cause such a dramatic change.

What on earth did he do?

‘It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t that difficult either.’

My master’s expression was very relaxed.

As if he was saying it was nothing special.

‘If I had a physical body, it would have been difficult. Interfering with time, space, and the astral plane is nearly impossible with a physical body.’

I couldn’t easily understand what he meant.

Time, space, and the astral plane.

I haven’t reached that level yet, so I had no way of understanding.

‘But now, I am an astral body with only thoughts remaining. Since I am not bound by any concepts or laws, interfering with time is not that difficult.’

Is it that only ‘something’ not bound by time can interfere with time?

And that ‘something’ is what my master called an ‘astral body.’

‘There’s no need to think too deeply about it. My state is not that important. Unless you have the desire to become an astral body, it’s a useless story.’

In short, it was a useless story unless I was planning to die.

‘What’s important now is that I succeeded in interfering with Mora’s divine technique. And that I can have this conversation with you.’

I nodded slightly.

That’s right.

What’s important now is not why this happened.

What’s important is what I can gain from this situation. That’s it.

‘First, I know about the current situation. While interfering with Mora’s divine technique, I heard the conversation you and Mora had.’

‘While interfering with Mora’s divine technique, you even knew that…’

For a moment, another question arose.

How can you know even that by interfering?

I’m genuinely curious.

‘No, that’s not important.’

But that question was only for a moment.

I immediately erased the thought.

I erased the question and reminded myself that it wasn’t important.

‘I’m sorry for interrupting. Please continue.’

I cleared my mind and listened to my master.

‘I was very surprised to see it. Things are going worse than I expected.’

My master smiled bitterly.

‘And to think, my past was like that…’

It seemed my master didn’t have the memories of when he and Veil were one.

‘Even after hearing the story, I can’t believe it. That Veil and I were once one, and we were gods called heroes.’

‘…When you split, it seems all the memories were passed on to Veil.’

‘Yes. I guess so.’

My master stared into the distance.

‘It was probably the End God’s scheme. It would have been better in many ways to concentrate the memories of the time when we were good, when we were heroes, on the side that concentrated evil.’

‘…Yes.’

The End God’s ultimate goal is to take over the body of the Human God.

To take it over and resurrect.

To achieve that goal, as my master said, it’s better to concentrate the memories on the evil side.

‘Looking back now, I was foolish. Just because I had no memories, I assumed Veil would have no memories either.’

He smiled self-deprecatingly, as if he was ashamed of himself.

‘If I had paid a little more attention, I would have noticed.’

It was a self-deprecating smile filled with regret. He must have been thinking about many things.

‘He has a point.’

Thinking about what Veil had said before, Veil thought that my master would naturally have memories of when he was the Human God.

In short, Veil had no intention of hiding the fact that he had memories of when he was the Human God.

If my master had acted a little more carefully, he could have extracted information about the time when he was the Human God from Veil.

He has a point to regret.

‘I’m sorry. I can’t face you.’

He smiled bitterly, as if he was saying he was sorry for not leaving proper information.

‘Still, it’s a relief. That I have a chance to make up for my mistake, even if it’s late.’

A light flashed in my master’s eyes.

The emotion of determination was conveyed directly through my master’s eyes.

‘Shin Hayul. My successor.’

My master slowly approached me.

‘From now on, I will pass on all the power I have left to you.’

He came right up to me and placed his hand on my shoulder.

‘Originally, it was power that I should have given you on the day you reached the 9th Circle, at the last gate of the Halamanium Site, but I will give it to you now.’

On the day I took the test at the first stage of the Halamanium Site.

I met my master’s replica.

At that time, I heard these words.

That we would part like this now, but we would meet again later.

That when that time came, I would know everything.

‘So that’s what he meant.’

It seems it was designed so that I could meet the real master after I reached the 9th Circle.

I understood exactly what the structure of the Halamanium Site was.

‘…If I receive power from my master, can I defeat Veil?’

It was a natural question.

Mora said.

Even if I received help from Mora and accelerated my body’s time, the probability of winning was less than 5%.

In other words, even if I received power from my master, the probability of defeating Veil was less than 5%.

‘It would be difficult to win.’

As expected, my master shook his head with a firm expression.

‘Even if I pass on my power to you, your power will only be at the beginning of the 9th Circle. It won’t be enough to defeat Veil, let alone the End God.’

As expected.

It was as I expected.

‘Then…’

‘If things had gone as planned, and you had received my power at the Halamanium Site, that would have been the case.’

…As planned?

That means.

‘Are you saying it’s different now?’

‘Yes.’

Mana concentrated on my master’s right hand, which was touching my shoulder.

‘The Halamanium Site is a device to materialize my astral body with minimal loss. Only within it can I exist as my true self.’

The Halamanium Site is a device that can materialize my master’s soul as efficiently as possible.

That’s what it seemed like.

‘My loss rate at the Halamanium Site is 15.7%.’

In other words, it’s a 84.3% reproduction rate.

‘Then here’s a question. How much of the power you will receive will be lost due to the 15.7% loss rate?’

‘…Isn’t it 15.7%?’

Naturally, it should be around 15%.

‘Wrong.’

My master shook his head firmly.

‘38.33%. A loss rate of 15.7% causes a loss of 40% of the power you will receive.’

‘38.33%… That’s a lot.’

‘It’s a lot.’

It was a higher number than I thought.

‘But.’

The mana in my master’s hand shone even more intensely.

‘Things are different now.’

The density of the mana itself seemed to have become even more solid.

That was the feeling.

‘This is not the Halamanium Site.’

No, it’s really getting solid.

The mana, which was already at an amazing level, is becoming even more enormous.

‘This is a gap in time and space. A conceptual space where no temporal or spatial laws intervene.’

It keeps, keeps getting bigger.

‘There are no laws here to bind me, an astral body. Here, I don’t have a loss rate of even 0.1%.’

My shoulder is hot, to the point of being painful.

Even though he’s just concentrating mana, I feel a pain as if I’m being branded on my shoulder.

‘In this place created by Mora’s divine technique… In this place created by the overlap of coincidence and necessity, I am not restricted at all.’

The pain soon began to spread from my shoulder to my whole body.

The mana in my master’s palm spread to my whole body, and the pain began to spread with it.

‘Here, I can pass on my power to you without any loss.’

It hurts. It hurts so much that I can’t even make a sound.

‘I can pass on everything I have left to you.’

I feel like I’m going to cry.

But I couldn’t shed tears. I don’t have the luxury to shed tears right now.

My senses were occupied by the pain, and I couldn’t do anything other than feel the pain.

‘Also.’

No, there’s one exception.

My hearing is still alive.

My vision is slowly disappearing, but my hearing is clear.

‘Fortunately. There is no filter to block the transfer of my power to you right now.’

Filter?

What does he mean?

‘Mimir Bell Bytenar. My daughter.’

Mimir?

Mimir is a filter?

What does that mean?

‘Mimir is the best partner to assist you and increase your magical processing efficiency.’

Then, the pain intensified again.

If the pain that had been binding my body was the main thing until now, now it felt like my mind was hurting too.

That was the feeling.

‘The problem is that to do that, you have to be 100% synchronized with your mind.’

It hurts.

I feel like I’m going to lose my mind like this.

‘Because Mimir is synchronized with your mind, I have no choice but to go through Mimir to send power. At this time, loss will naturally occur.’

My body was filled with my master’s mana.

All senses except hearing and pain disappeared.

I wondered if my body would disappear like this.

‘But fortunately. Mimir is not here now. There is no filter for you now. You can receive 100% of my power.’

100%.

It’s something to be happy about, but I couldn’t be happy.

Because it hurts so much.

I couldn’t feel any joy.

‘Rejoice. If it’s now, you can win.’

My master smiled.

I couldn’t see it, but I could tell by his voice.

My master was genuinely happy.

‘If you receive power without any loss like this, and then succeed in synchronizing with Mimir again. Surely.’

The mana became even more enormous.

Now, even my hearing is slowly fading.

This is really the end.

Soon, I will lose my mind.

I was sure of it.

‘Rejoice. The future you have chosen is, I assure you, the best future.’

In my fading mind, my master’s last words were clear.