Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 175

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 175

Reorganization (5)

Ten hours had passed since I woke up.

Time flew by as I practiced my expressions in the mirror and checked my new mask for any issues. It was only when I glanced at the clock on the wall that I realized how much time had passed.

My mind was slowly starting to clear.

The hazy energy disappeared.

Right then.

Ting!

[You have dozens of unread messages!]

[Since the recipient’s consciousness has recovered, the unread messages will be displayed in order.]

[Some messages may be unreadable due to the passage of time.]

No sooner had I regained my senses than a string of sentences filled my vision.

Right, it was about time to reorganize.

I took my hands off my face, lay still on the bed, and carefully read each sentence. As the status window said, some of the letters were garbled and unreadable.

I tried to decipher them by inferring from the surrounding sentences.

But even then, I lightly skipped over the unclear sentences.

Because what was important now wasn’t the unreadable sentences.

[Main Quest ‘Doomsday and the City’: Cleared]

─Rewards─

[1. ???]

[2. ???]

[3. ???]

Unkind explanations about the rewards.

However, my coffers were steadily filling up.

[You have acquired ‘Jormungandr’s Magic Stone’!] (Jormungandr is a giant sea serpent from Norse mythology.)

[You have acquired ‘Giant Sea Serpent’s Spine’!]

[You have acquired ‘Eyes of Paralysis and Petrification X2’!]

……

The first thing that greeted me was the corpse of the monster I had personally burned.

Perhaps because I burned the body, there was no flesh or skin in the rewards. But fortunately, the tendons were on the list.

[You have used magic that can easily be classified as great magic!]

[Your head and body instinctively remember the situation at the time.]

[Your magic power permanently increases by one level.]

……

[In a rapidly changing battlefield, you have created your own incantation.]

[The ability to evade the opponent’s attacks and land your own guides your senses.]

[Your senses permanently increase by one level.]

The next reward was an increase in stats.

With my body in this state, I couldn’t hope for an increase, let alone a decrease, in physical abilities.

Because I lost my entire left arm, I couldn’t even receive the ring’s power.

My physical abilities would probably plummet to rock bottom.

In the end, I had no choice but to fully transition into a mage.

Leaving behind my regret, I turned my eyes to the next reward.

I intended to soothe my heart by looking at these.

[You have given up much to reach out to those who cannot be saved.]

[You have acquired the ‘Title: Savior of the Doomed World’.]

[Along with that, you have made countless discoveries and achievements. You have acquired 147 points.]

「Savior of the Doomed World」

Classification: A+

Description: You sincerely tried to save a world that had already been doomed. Whether you could truly save that world or not, your actions and heart were those of a savior. The mind becomes the body, so that mindset will be a great help to you when the same situation arises.

*Exerts great power in the fragments of the doomed world. The higher the grade of the dungeon, the more the power increases.

A trait that adds strength depending on the situation.

Considering that I will be entering dungeons more often in the future, it is a very good trait. But there was something more important than that right now.

Namely.

[You have acquired the ‘Egg of Calamity’.]

It was a huge black egg.

This was the reason I had been working so hard.

「Egg of Calamity」

Description: An egg containing calamity. A being that brings destruction, causes disaster, and hastens the end is waiting for the moment to hatch from the egg. The egg is a world. The being that breaks out of its shell will inevitably break your world as well.

A miscellaneous item with no proper classification or grade.

Seeing that there is no grade displayed, it seems to be treated as an ordinary object like ordinary scissors or paper.

‘The description is nothing like that, though.’

Disaster and destruction, calamity, and the end.

It felt like all the ominous words that could be attached were used.

Furthermore, it was currently alive and breathing.

So maybe.

Like this egg, the people of that world might be alive……!

Ting!

─Temil Village was originally a village destined to perish soon.

The destruction of Frontier, the only city in the north, was to be the starting point of their destruction.

Even if the people who lived there died, the cold northern winds and snow would prevent their corpses from rotting, and some corrupt black magician might have used their corpses to cause harm to humanity.

Because the death of others is infinitely light to oneself.

And if it is to their advantage to use it, they are the kind of people who use it without hesitation.

But you have shown leniency.

Showing mercy.

Doing good.

Practicing salvation.

No one knows what kind of mindset and motivation was behind it, but the momentary peace you have achieved through your sacrifice was clearly an achievement worthy of praise.

But what a pity!

There is no one in this world to praise your achievements!

Unless the six strangers who came with you explain your story in a ballad.

Your salvation will not be widely known.

“……You’re elaborating on things that aren’t even worth talking about.”

I didn’t think it was worth reading anymore.

Until I read the additional message that was displayed below.

─Instead, maybe there was a possibility that might have existed.

No one knows if a new possibility has opened up.

However, that does not mean that their scheduled death loses its meaning.

[You have received all rewards.]

[Warning! ‘Egg of Doomsday’ is a scheduled disaster. We strongly recommend destroying it immediately!]

Get lost.

I pushed the message away.

I had no intention of being swayed by messages.

Even if it was written by Eve.

I would rather look at the status window, which had changed a lot, than look at that.

「Name: Baek Seungwoo」

「Age: 21」

「Race: Five-Tailed Fox」

「Title: Successor of the Vampire (B+), Six Supernatural Powers (—), Savior of the Doomed World (A+)」

「Grade: ──」

「Abnormal Condition: Solar Meridian Blockage, Physical Defect (身體缺損) [Physical Impairment]」

「Bewitching Star」, 「Beauty of the Country」, 「False Bravado」, 「Mind Sword Finger」

「Health: D (C+)」 「Strength: F+ (C-)」

「Durability: F (F+)」 「Agility: C- (F)」

「Magic Power: S (S+)」 「Sense: S+」

*Half of the ring you were wearing has disappeared. You are not receiving full stat bonuses.

*Your body is twisted and broken, and all physical stats are permanently reduced.

*Without borrowing the power of any external objects, you have reached the limit of ‘Sense’ with your own abilities. Your world will be clear from now on.

……

「Charm (S)」, 「Foxfire (A)」, 「Yoma Eye (A)」, 「Essence Absorption (A)」, 「Blood Absorption (B)」, 「■Multiple Helix (?)」, 「Black Mist (C)」, 「Weakness Resistance Delay (E+)」

*As your tail increases, there is no sample to estimate the number of helix strands that can be controlled. Clear notation is not possible until you directly handle the skill and provide a sample.

Many ways to increase the details.

No news is good news.

Why are the messages so noisy?

“It’s increased in a very bad direction.”

Magic power and senses have increased.

Magic power reached a transcendent level of ‘S+’ by borrowing the power of the ring, and senses reached the ultimate level by itself.

Instead, physical abilities have decreased significantly.

At this point, it’s at the level of an elementary school student.

Maybe even less.

“One more abnormal condition has been added, and, huh……?”

The last line is a bit strange.

As if it’s not over yet─

“─Wait, could it be!!”

Pazzik!

Suddenly, electricity sparked from my body.

I didn’t do it.

But it came out of my body.

It was as if something incomprehensible had done something to my body.

That’s because the electricity was made of magic power.

The arrangement is a helix.

Five helixes that I had never seen before were laid at the base.

[Evolution has already ended.]

[Evolved from 「Race: Three-Tailed Fox」 to 「Race: Five-Tailed Fox」.]

……

[Five tails respond to magic power and affect the arrangement of the skill, 「Triple Helix」.]

[Two helixes land side by side.]

[You have acquired the skill, 「Octuple Helix (A)」.]

Ting!

Ting!

Ting!

My eyes gradually darkened at the incessant mechanical sounds.

I don’t know what’s going on all of a sudden.

Did the messages pile up additionally because my tail suddenly became five?

I don’t know what it is, but a creeping sense of unease began to rise.

[You struggled to save a person destined to die.]

[Their death is heaven’s destiny.]

[So you who tried to save them are naturally walking the path of salvation. What greater practice could there be than this?]

[The title, 「Six Supernatural Powers」 has been newly reorganized!]

「Six Supernatural Powers」

Classification: —

Description: A symbol of complete mental unity. Six mysteries that lie above enlightenment and nirvana. There is no information or record of how to train the authority or how to awaken more supernatural powers.

*Currently, , which looks down on all things, and , which understands the inner thoughts of others, are open.

Something is coming.

It is also enlightenment.

At the same time, it is also agony.

I cried out in pain at the sea of information rushing into my head like an angry bull. I grabbed my stomach with one hand and my head with the other and screamed.

……Wait a minute.

‘One hand. And another hand?’

Unless I have an artificial arm attached to my body.

I shouldn’t be feeling this sensation.

I desperately wanted to check my body right away, but my vision and sense of touch were playing tricks on me due to the amount of information invading my head.

I floundered in pain like that.

[Pain has reached the threshold.]

[Led by the fallen flesh, you acquire resistance related to regeneration!]

[Skill, 「Super Regeneration」 is incorporated into skill, 「Weakness Resistance Delay」.]

I knew this skill would grow soon.

But I never thought I would have resistance related to pain.

Because there’s nothing I can endure better than pain.

[Congratulations! Skill, 「Weakness Resistance Delay (E+)」 grows by one level.]

[Weakness Resistance Delay: E+ → D+]

「Super Regeneration(超再生) [Super Healing]」

Description: Immediately recovers from injuries. Even if an arm is cut off, it can be healed quickly. However, it consumes a considerable amount of stamina in the process of healing, and the result of the treatment may not be to your liking because it is not restored to its original form.

*It is the only ability comparable to the constitution of the Troll King. However, it cannot heal scars that have been around for a long time.

……

Could it be because of this?

I felt like I had found the cause of the foreign sensation that shouldn’t be felt in my left arm.

And from the moment I realized that.

“……!!!”

An ominous energy that made my mind shudder lingered.

In response, I somehow grabbed my left arm with my pain-stricken body.

And as I forcibly tried to tear off my arm.

Flutter.

The blanket fell to the floor, revealing the arm that shouldn’t exist in all its glory.

“Ah…… Ah…….”

My face hardened the moment I saw my arm.

A primal sense of disgust that even the mask couldn’t hide.

All of that was openly revealed in my expression.

“Disappear…… disappear. Disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear.”

I muttered like someone without a sense of language.

The words did not form sentences.

The only thing I could utter was the few words that came to my mind right away. My head was too shocked to form neat sentences.

What the hell is this.

All I could do was shout in vain because I couldn’t believe the sight before my eyes.

─Get a grip, are you okay? Haa, I was going to put you to sleep quickly because I thought this might happen, but I failed in the end.

“This doesn’t make sense. Why the hell is this, this…….”

The brain lost the reason and intellect it had barely regained from its hazy mind.

A creeping sense of disgust based on instinct and experience.

The cause rang an alarm in my head, riding on my left shoulder.

What was there was dyed black.

It was a jet-black arm reminiscent of a demon’s magic.

‘I, I hate it. I’d rather have this ugly arm hanging down─.’

I swore.

I will no longer use any means or methods.

Now is the time to prove that determination.

It was much earlier than I thought.

─Squeak!

A sharp cutting sound.

The fresh smell of blood filled the sickroom, and the air purifier, which had barely regained stability, screamed again, emitting a red light.

It wasn’t just the machine that was screaming.

I let out a scream mixed with a cry that I couldn’t bring myself to say.

No one knows whether it was because of the pain or for some other reason.

Only screams lingered in the sickroom where no one would come.