Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 365

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 365

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 365

Why are you guys here? (5)

The fight between the young students caught Seungwoo’s attention.

He concealed his presence and silently observed the students fighting.

‘The opponent is too strong.’

After a quick assessment, the enemy’s level was 5th Circle [a measure of magical proficiency].

Moreover, it was a relatively high-ranking entity.

It didn’t seem like they could win.

‘I don’t like these unnatural encounters, but…’

It’s better than the kids getting hurt.

Just as he was about to intervene, a massive light erupted.

The source of the light was Isabel. The flash she emitted brightly illuminated everything around. It was a light with no offensive power, but the monsters touched by the radiance slowly began to melt—their fur and skin dissolving.

‘……Huh?’

Looks like I don’t need to intervene here?

* * *

“Easy, restrain the enemies.”

“How many?”

“Five.”

“Okay. Then I’ll restrain seven.”

Easy, wielding an axe and shield in both hands, charged forward.

The monster responded to the small boy’s charge with a massive forepaw.

It was a movement that implied this much was enough to crush the small creature. The monster swung its forepaw lightly, but…

Swoosh!

It was cut in half.

Cleanly bisected.

Easy, now able to skillfully imbue the axe with axe force [a technique to enhance the axe’s cutting power with magical energy], instantly cleaved through flesh, bone, and organs. The gazes of the monsters, having lost a comrade so absurdly, simultaneously turned to Easy.

The monsters, whose attention had been on the humans behind them, immediately targeted him, but the monsters that were still watching them with the eyes of predators all rushed towards Easy.

And this was exactly.

“Now!”

What Easy was aiming for.

Thump, thump, thump!

Something burst out of the ground in an instant.

What emerged through the concrete floor were several giant hands made of tangled, intertwined roots. The massive wooden hands grabbed the hind legs of the monsters, whose attention was focused on him, with their crude grip.

The number of wooden hands was seven.

The number of monsters grabbed by their hind legs was also seven.

Easy perfectly carried out Isabel’s command.

“I’ve caught seven!”

“Seo Yerin, fend off the ones coming at us. Focus on pushing them back rather than killing them. And Easy! Good job. Now, block their movements so they can’t come towards us!”

“Okay!”

“Isis, how much magic is prepared?”

“Almost. I’m currently verifying its safety.”

“Safety? I’ll take responsibility for the aftereffects. Throw it to the left.”

“Where the five monsters are clustered?”

“Yeah. There.”

“Understood. Projectile launch in 5 seconds. Everyone nearby, get out of the way.”

“Seo Yerin! Fall back. Magic is coming!”

“……Okay.”

A clear command system. Organic movements. Powerful techniques.

Nothing about them was at the level of students who had just entered the academy this year.

BOOOOOOOOM───!!!

A massive ice bomb exploded.

Sharp ice shards scattered in all directions, accompanied by intense cold.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

That’s how sharp the shards were. The scattered ice shards pierced through the concrete of the city floor. Moreover, in the case of monsters hit by the ice shards.

Kehk!

The power was so strong that they died a miserable death with a short death cry.

“Wow! It almost pierced my shield too. The power is really good. Is that like advanced magic or a unique magic you created yourself?”

“No, it’s not that great of magic.”

“Hey, don’t be so modest. The seven monsters I was holding onto just now were instantly annihilated.”

“That’s right. Isabel. Your magic was definitely amazing.”

Easy, who was binding the monsters’ feet and blocking them with an axe and shield, exclaimed in admiration.

Isabel felt the same way. Even to her, who was building her own unique domain and writing her own magical path (魔道) [a personal and unique approach to magic], Isis’s magic from just now was something she couldn’t imitate.

Her magic was simple but powerful.

In theory, the amount of magic power Isis used for the magic shouldn’t have been able to produce that much power. But she actually did it.

A magic that transcended theoretical limitations.

Isabel sincerely praised the magic her friend had cast.

“Easy and Isabel.”

At the gazes of those friends, Isis looked around.

It was definitely powerful magic. The magic power invested in the magic was only 1%, but more than half of the wolf pack died from the aftermath of that magic.

Even her friends were within the range of the magic and weren’t hit.

Easy’s shield wasn’t even touching her friend’s body, but was in contact with the wolf monster’s forepaw, so she was hit by her magic several times.

Aside from such minor mistakes, it was perfect even in her eyes.

But that’s why she was even more ashamed.

“I really appreciate the praise, but what I did wasn’t that great of magic.”

“……If you’re saying that, is there a reason?”

“Yeah. No particular reason.”

Thud.

Isis pulled out an ice shard stuck in the floor.

Irregular ice that wasn’t clean. The reason why it’s so irregularly bumpy is.

“Actually, that magic from just now was made by combining lower-level magic.”

“Ah, so you combined lower-level magic. That’s why such a patchwork magic formula was created…… What?!”

Isis said calmly.

Isabel, who heard those words, nodded to sympathize with her, but suddenly had a big question about what she had heard.

No, does that make sense?

“You combined lower-level magic?”

“Uh, yeah. I thought it would be better to end it quickly.”

“Why didn’t you just use advanced magic?”

“That would take too long. Lower-level magic is weak, but the casting time is short. I thought it would be good to combine lower-level magic and fire it off.”

It’s not theoretically wrong, but.

It’s not like it all works out just because you do that.

Magic is like explosives or firearms, so if the mixture is even slightly wrong, it will explode. But Isis boldly succeeded without even worrying about the possibility of the magic itself exploding.

“……Ah. I see.”

Isabel, who was lost in thought for a moment, knew the reason.

Isis’s specialty. Ice magic.

Born with a talent for intense cold, she was able to apply the cold in her body to the magic she created. Through this, Isis completed this forced magic by lumping her magic together and cooling the concept of the formula itself when the formula was about to explode due to overload.

“Even if it’s forced, you use it if you can. It’s a very you-like magic.”

“Thanks for the compliment.”

“Still, I hope you do a pre-verification of this kind of improvised magic before using it. I know your skills well, but you can make mistakes in urgent situations, right? Don’t you think so?”

“I know what you mean. From now on, I’ll complete the pre-verification, demonstrate it in front of you, and then use it in actual combat.”

It was an extremely relaxed conversation for a conversation right after defeating monsters of the high 5th Circle.

It wasn’t a level of conversation that students could have, let alone skilled veterans.

Easy interrupted their conversation.

“Hey guys. What are we going to do with the rest of the monsters?”

“Huh? Didn’t they all run away? Most of the pack died from that attack just now.”

At Easy’s words, the other students’ gazes turned to the same place as him.

There, twelve wolves were crouching with house-sized bodies, taking a defensive stance. They should run away with the energy to take a defensive stance.

Why are they doing that? Isabel, who was wondering, strengthened her eyes with magic power and grasped the situation the moment she observed beyond the wolves.

“There are corpses of dead monsters behind them.”

“Corpses of monsters? Do those guys have the ability to revive when they die? If not, why are they protecting the corpses?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“They’re monsters, but they’re wolf-type monsters, so they care about their own kind.”

Ah. Easy understood now.

“So. You can’t leave your comrades’ corpses in this remote place. Is that what you mean?”

“That’s probably it.”

“Haha, if they have that much camaraderie.”

Swish!

Easy’s axe screamed sharply.

“I’ll have to kill them all.”

“You have to. Monsters with such a strong sense of camaraderie will definitely come back to take revenge on us someday if we leave them alone.”

“It’s a little sad, but I agree. We have to do things for sure.”

“My hypothesis that they might be resurrected in the form of undead might be correct, so let’s completely crush the corpses.”

Clench.

The other students also clenched their weapons tightly.

At that moment, a tremendous flash swept through their vision. The corpses of the monsters could not be found where the flash had passed, and there was no evidence that monsters had been there. Only the circular, hollowed-out traces of destruction proved what had happened here.

Seungwoo, who was watching the scene from afar.

“……What the hell happened while I was gone?”

He was startled by the students’ strength, which had become so strong.

What happened during the second semester when I didn’t stand on the podium?

If not, did my skills develop so much while I was with Luna’s alliance?

‘Besides, those techniques from just now are clearly techniques that appear in the middle of the book I gave to each individual. How did you use them?’

Whatever it was, it was a very surprising thing.

─What? Was that a very special technique just now? Is it like a finishing move, a life-saving technique, or a desperate trick?

‘It’s not something that grand.’

─Then?

‘I have a book written for their future.’

A book detailing the techniques and martial arts suitable for each student.

The contents of the book were difficult for even 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to fully master, as well as those who would be active as active players in the future.

The early content was not difficult for students to understand, but.

As you go to the middle.

Techniques that only A-class players can barely enter.

He filled it with martial arts that only S-class players can barely attempt. The latter half is covered with martial arts that are difficult for me to perform, so it is very difficult for the children to learn all the contents of the book.

‘Everyone is making full use of the techniques written in the middle of the book.’

─Really? Isn’t it good if you’re using difficult techniques well?

‘The techniques written in the middle are written assuming that those children will become S-class players someday?’

─……That means.

Tama and I stopped talking and looked at the students at the same time.

They still look like children in our eyes, but their skills have already reached the point of establishing a family [becoming masters in their own right]. That realm was a position that could not be treated as just children.

“……S-class player.”

These were people in a position that I was not very interested in.

Strong people who exist in very small numbers around the world.

Of course, they are weaker than me, who has reached the realm beyond the ranker or high ranker, but considering the age of those children, this is no longer a state that can be called promising.

“No, seriously.”

I scratched my head.

My monstrous growth rate was just walking a path I had already walked once in a slightly new way, so it wasn’t that strange.

But those kids haven’t seen the end of swordsmanship and martial arts like me, so does that growth rate make sense?

“What the hell happened while I was gone.”

I felt a little uneasy.