Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 200

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 200

Combat (5)

A strike that shattered the mountain range.

The flames that completely incinerated the dungeon were beyond my control.

They rampaged like wild, self-aware horses.

“…This is unusable.”

It rivaled the destructive power of a Great Magic.

This alone was more than enough reason to master this technique.

The 13 Great Mages in the entire world.

Few among them could display such destructive power, and not all of them were combat mages.

Everything returns to its origin (萬流歸宗) [a concept suggesting all things eventually revert to their source].

All paths lead to one.

Which also means one path can become ten thousand streams.

Someone who has reached the pinnacle of one magic could also venture into other areas of magic.

Even so, reproducing this destructive power wouldn’t be easy.

[Excessive power is overwhelming your body!]

[The muscles and bones in your limbs are damaged.]

[The ‘Super Regeneration’ included in the skill, 「Weakness Resistance Delay」, is rapidly repairing the broken body.]

Well, my body is on the verge of breaking down.

The detailed ability embedded in my artificial arm, “Arketrave,” ‘Lost Cloud Solas,’ had strong heat resistance.

Though it was nothing compared to the original.

It could withstand even high-level fire magic head-on.

That heat resistance crumbled helplessly before those flames.

So much so that my teammates rushed to me as I collapsed like a rag doll.

“L, Lord, are you alright?”

“I think I heard some bad sounds from your joints just now, let me see.”

“…Doesn’t it hurt?”

It was Baek Eunho, Chaehwa, and Erszebet in that order.

They were worried about me.

It was that powerful.

The dungeon was now in a state that made it embarrassing to even call it a dungeon.

A 4th Circle boss monster?

I had been seeing the message that we had captured the dungeon’s owner and succeeded in the raid since a while ago. It seemed to have been caught in the flames.

‘Even though my flames delivered the finishing blow…’

We somehow managed to clear it with five people.

The minimum number of people allowed to enter the dungeon was five.

We extracted the maximum efficiency that could be drawn from the absolute minimum number of people.

We gained a lot from this one dungeon run.

Confidence that I could become stronger and the dungeon raid reward I wanted.

‘And it’ll be in the news too.’

Our names and faces will be in the articles.

We accomplished something that was that amazing and rare.

But the strike that pierced the mountain range just now seemed to be more impactful than the fact that we cleared an A-rank dungeon.

Until we got out of the dungeon.

No one cared about the raid.

Step, step.

The dungeon raid reward naturally landed in my grasp as I walked out.

Roll, roll.

A round glass bottle that looked good for rolling.

This is what I wanted the most.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I came to the dungeon because of this glass bottle.

The reason I insisted on an A-rank dungeon with people I was teaming up with for the first time was for this.

A small glass bottle-shaped reward, 「Elixir of Life」.

Just by the name, it seemed to have abilities similar to an elixir, but its real ability was lifespan extension.

Exactly 100 days. That was the time 「Elixir of Life」 could give to the user.

It wasn’t a very long time, but.

“That alone is more than enough for me.”

Gulp, I swallowed the contents of the glass bottle straight away.

There was no special taste, and my body didn’t glow blue.

I just instinctively realized that my lifespan had been extended.

With this, I succeeded in buying myself a three-month grace period.

To avoid being held back by my lifespan, I would need to consume dozens more of these in the future.

‘But lifespan extension items aren’t common either.’

All lifespan extension items were one-time use only.

If they could be used infinitely, there would be nothing more fraudulent than that.

Perhaps because of that reason.

The lifespan extension items released on the market were really only a small amount.

That small amount was all on the black market or at auctions.

As far as I knew, the most recent one was three years ago, when a potion that extended lifespan by about three weeks was traded for billions of won.

‘The ones I know about, excluding the one I just took, are 27. If I combine them all, it’s a two-year lifespan extension.’

A two-year lifespan extension.

This is the same as saying that this body has two years left to live.

That’s enough. I wasn’t planning on dragging things out until the students graduated anymore.

I would finish everything before the students became third-year students.

I resolved to do so.

The fire I created was a resolution for that determination.

I’m starting to feel confident.

My growth is definitely not slow.

It’s a combination of various abilities, but in terms of power, I’ve already created magic close to Great Magic.

In fact, I had often doubted my own growth rate.

That’s because I’ve been seeing a genius with a crazy growth rate named Erszebet for the past week. But her growth rate will eventually stagnate.

You can’t get stronger forever.

‘Of course, the realm of genius and the realm beyond genius are divided depending on when they stagnate, but eventually, after overcoming the realm several times, they will eventually face a wall.’

And my role as a teacher was to help them overcome that wall as quickly as possible. There was no need to think that far yet.

No matter how fast the growth is, it will take quite a while until that day comes.

「Name: Baek (白) Erszebet」

「HP: C+」 「Strength: C-」

「Durability: D+」 「Agility: E+」

「Mana: B+」 「Sense: B」

There was a time when I thought that.

It’s absurd.

Now, I couldn’t even say anything.

No matter how fast a child’s growth is, even a normal genius couldn’t raise dozens of stats in a week.

‘It seems like the growth rate is starting to slow down, but well. There’s no one who has grown at this rate so far, so I can’t define it.’

Erszebet’s crazy growth may continue as it is.

It could plummet as it is.

Perhaps there was a possibility that she might grow like crazy after a certain amount of time. There were too few samples to define her growth rate.

‘The only thing I can do right now is to maintain the current growth rate as much as possible.’

Actually, it doesn’t matter much if it doesn’t work out.

Erszebet’s stats are already on par with the average first-year student at the academy.

Judging from the destructive power of her skills, she wouldn’t be pushed back much even if she fought against promising first-year students.

Students called the Golden Generation.

The most promising players among them.

Erszebet’s power was not inferior to Seo Yerin, Seong Yeonhwa, or Kyle.

Of course, this is limited to the current point in time.

‘Even considering that, it’s still a terrifying growth rate.’

I heard it from Baek Eunho.

He told me casually while camping in the dungeon.

Originally, Erszebet’s role was supposed to be a villain.

The cursed descendant of a vampire who was not loved by anyone.

A child who was born in human society but shunned sunlight and avoided being involved in society and groups. And now that child has become my adopted daughter.

I had no intention of letting this child become a villain.

That was a natural duty to be done as an adoptive father.

However, I intend to raise her power so that it is not inferior to that of a villain, while preventing her from becoming a villain.

Anyway, my child.

I, who have never even been in a relationship, have a child.

Looking back on it, I was dumbfounded.

I’ll raise her well and teach her.

Erszebet was sure to grow up well because she had many wounds and was deep inside.

I wasn’t too worried about raising children.

‘Come to think of it, I wonder how those kids are doing.’

Rather, I was worried about the other kids.

My students whom I taught.

“Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the kids.”

I didn’t realize it because I had a lot of work to do even after getting out of bed.

A week of being collapsed.

Two weeks of making the artificial arm.

A week of entering the dungeon.

If I add the day I lectured instead of Professor Nam Hwayeon and the day I burned down the slave market, I haven’t seen them for at least about a month.

‘I taught them the basics, so even if I wasn’t there for a month, there wouldn’t be any difference in the progress of their training. But I miss them because I haven’t seen them.’

Because I had already taught the children things, the progress of their training would be proceeding step by step even if I wasn’t there.

But apart from the achievement of training.

I wanted to see those kids for emotional reasons.

Well, anyway, I’ll be able to see them soon after I get out of the dungeon.

Since my position has become a teaching assistant assisting the professor in lectures thanks to Nam Hwayeon.

There will be many days to meet the children as a routine.

Thanks to that thought, I didn’t think about the students anymore.

“Well, shall we part ways here?”

“Alright, Lord. Then I’ll go first because I have a car I brought.”

“I’ll be on my way too. There may be aftereffects after the dungeon raid. Come to the infirmary right away if it hurts.”

After leaving the dungeon, we immediately moved to the association.

There, we presented evidence that we had cleared an A-rank dungeon.

The association employee, who was surprised to hear that only five people had cleared an A-rank dungeon, brushed his surprised chest.

He said that he would dispatch employees to the vicinity of the dungeon within a few days to check the facts of the raid and issue the relevant documents.

As things progressed to that point.

Now, all that was left for us to do was to disband and return to our respective daily lives. Of course, more than half of these five people will face each other at the academy because of work.

Anyway, that’s what it sounds like.

“Then, I’ll see you all next month.”

That’s how we broke up.

Baek Eunho went to his main house.

Chaehwa went home.

I was about to go home with Erszebet’s hand in mine, but I was suddenly worried about Mugung, who was heading to the academy, saying he had work to do.

So I grabbed him.

“You definitely said you had work to do. What kind of work is it?”

“What kind of work? Well, it’s natural to prepare for the final exams. There’s not much time left.”

Ah, final exams are understandable.

Moreover, Mugung is the chief teaching assistant of Professor Namgung Seongjin, who teaches martial arts.

There must be a mountain of things to deal with.

That’s why his expression is so bad.

It was a face that didn’t want to see how many documents had piled up on his desk while he was in the dungeon for a week.

By the way.

“More informal speech again?”

“…There’s not much time left until the final exams. But didn’t you, no, didn’t the professor call you?”

“I’m a newbie.”

“Everyone from the chief teaching assistant to the youngest will be working like crazy to prepare for the final exams.”

“…What?”

Mugung’s words made me feel hopeful.

Three weeks left until the final exams.

And the professors had only a week left to make the final exams perfect. It was not the time to be intoxicated with the sense of victory over the dungeon raid.

I just checked because cell phones didn’t work in the dungeon.

Nam Hwayeon’s name was accurately recorded 25 times in the call history.

“…I know what she wants.”

The meaning of 25 call records was easy.

A request for support to help her quickly.

“Damn it.”

Overtime and overwork were confirmed in real time.

It was a moment when I was sincerely worried that I might die from overwork and the 100-day lifespan extension would be meaningless.