Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 377

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – 377

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 377

I didn’t want to see him here (2)

‘Looking closely, this guy…’

He resembles that snake-like guy.

His eyes are a bit gentle, but his gaze is that of a madman.

He’s exactly like Simon.

‘Maybe his build is similar too.’

In my estimation, their skeletons are probably exactly the same. The subtle differences in their physiques must be due to muscle.

“He’s a bit frail.”

“Excuse me?”

“He lacks flesh and muscle.”

“Well, it’s not like there’s a lot to eat in the city, and he’s busy with research every day, so he doesn’t have time to build muscle through exercise.”

Seungwoo stared intently at Simon.

Simon took a step back from the burdensome sight.

Tok.

Seungwoo also took a step forward, matching the distance.

This was extremely uncomfortable for Simon.

‘No, why are you coming closer…!’

I deliberately avoided you. Anyone could see that I was avoiding you, so why are you following me?

Simon lamented inwardly.

“D-don’t come closer!!!”

“Don’t come closer? That’s informal.”

“Please don’t come closer!”

“…….”

“Please!”

Simon didn’t even know what he was saying.

But that was secondary. Seungwoo’s gaze was too frightening.

Regardless, Seungwoo thoroughly analyzed Simon.

‘It’s certain.’

Appearance and physique.

And even the faintly felt energy.

‘This guy is definitely that Simon.’

A cultist of the Demonic Sect. And the same person as the man who called himself the System.

‘But they’re not exactly the same person.’

It’s a bit confusing, but.

Even though they are both Simon, they are not the same individual.

─What do you mean?

‘Maybe it’s something like parallel worlds?’

Seungwoo learned the basics of space magic from Nam Hwayeon.

Having built a solid foundation, he built a tower on top of it with his own knowledge and insights. Nam Hwayeon touched the tower again, which was so strong that it wouldn’t even shake in a typhoon.

‘Professor Nam Hwayeon, no, my teacher, explained that space and time are inseparable, and the perspective from which we view all of this is solely up to us humans.’

─What does that mean?

‘I don’t know either.’

─…….

Why? What?

What am I supposed to do if I don’t understand it either?

Nam Hwayeon is the best instructor and magician in the academy, but sometimes her explanations contain absurd words that seem to grasp at clouds.

‘Of course, you can’t understand it.’

The lectures and classes that Nam Hwayeon explains are adjusted to the level of the listener. How likely is it that a kindergartener will understand university-level math, even if it’s explained simply?

‘I can do that much, though.’

It’s a different story if it’s a transmission (傳受) [a direct, often unspoken, imparting of knowledge or skill] that goes beyond lectures and classes and conveys everything you’ve built up.

No one in the world, not even Seungwoo, who belongs to the seat of the Archmage, is close to competing with Nam Hwayeon in magical knowledge.

Eve. Only she can match Nam Hwayeon and hold more knowledge and wisdom in her small head.

‘She’s an amazing person. My second teacher.’

Seungwoo recalled her now-faint impression.

Although he couldn’t fully serve Nam Hwayeon as a teacher because he had already performed the nine bows (九拜) [a traditional sign of respect and apprenticeship] to his first teacher, he couldn’t hide the reverence in his heart.

‘But knowledge and fighting are separate.’

It is true that Nam Hwayeon is a great person, but fighting is a bit different.

Seungwoo was lost in thought for a moment.

The four theories and papers that made Nam Hwayeon known as the Demon King. She perfectly understood and embodied those theories and papers with her own formulas, and soon reproduced them in the form of skills and magic.

Those four magics are Nam Hwayeon’s Demonic Path (魔道) [her unique and powerful magical philosophy].

‘If you apply that to combat, it would be ridiculously strong.’

It is the four magics that prove the Demon King’s Demonic Path.

If Nam Hwayeon had used and modified her magic for combat from the start, the number of high rankers would have been pushed back by one digit.

─Aren’t you praising your teacher too much, even if she is your teacher?

‘Praising? Who am I? My teacher?’

No way.

Seungwoo was not the type to praise someone without reason, even if they were close.

‘Then think about it. How many demons are there who dominate the underworld, but why is my teacher called the Demon King?’

─Didn’t you say before? That she’s called the Demon King because she’s the king of magic, not the king of demons or the king of demons.

‘Do you know that the Chinese characters are the same?’

Demon King (魔王) is Demon King.

Depending on how you read and interpret it, the meaning continues to change.

‘She is now called the queen of magicians because she is working as a lecturer and researcher at the academy, but if you see her true colors, you will change your mind.’

Someday, if that day comes.

‘Surely.’

It is obvious that Tamamo, the founder of Shamanism, will be impressed.

‘You will have no choice but to admit it.’

In fact, I haven’t seen it properly either.

It was all about admiring while reading the traces of descriptions or residual magic. That’s why I wanted to see it with you.

‘Let’s broaden our horizons together.’

Let’s appreciate, critique, and master Nam Hwayeon’s magic together, even though I, who once reached the end of swordsmanship, have lost everything and reached the realm of the Archmage, which is called the ultimate of magic.

To do that, first.

“We need to reduce the listening ears a little. Luna, move.”

“Yes? Weren’t you two having an intimate conversation?”

“Stop talking nonsense. Kill them all.”

Seungwoo ordered Luna.

Simon’s mind went blank upon hearing those words. Why is it that one person is talking about having a conversation with someone who was just standing still, and why is one person talking about intimacy while the other is uttering murderous words to kill them all?

“…Did I get caught up with strange people?”

Wow, isn’t my life completely twisted?

It was then that Simon looked back on his own life.

“Your life has been ruined from the start. From the moment you went in and out of the Magic Tower’s basement and knew about the existence of this basement, you were doomed.”

“…Ah.”

“I’m going on a little outing with her for a while. Stay here.”

“O-outing?”

Simon tilted his head.

“Don’t you know what an outing is?”

“To put it simply, there are eyes secretly watching us and ears eavesdropping on our conversation. It means we’re going to kill them all and come back.”

“Ah ha!”

Simon nodded vigorously.

It’s not that he didn’t know the meaning of outing, so he asked again.

Would a researcher not know that?

However, the outing he knew was quite, no, very different from their outing, so he was just curious and asked again.

‘I shouldn’t have asked…!’

I heard something unnecessary. I can already see the researchers who will die.

Simon cursed his foolish curiosity.

“Take good care of Eve while we’re gone.”

“I’ll take good care of Eve even if you don’t tell me to!”

“…Your way of speaking has been bothering me since earlier.”

I can’t help it.

I’ll have to fix it when I get back.

“Heeek!!!”

Simon screamed.

He was making so much noise that they left him alone and left.

‘By the way, what is their relationship?’

Simon seemed to know something about the one who resembled Eve.

Eve look-alike and Simon.

To be more precise, Adam and Eve.

The Bible comes to mind.

‘It feels like they match when you put them together like this.’

The combination of names goes well together than I thought.

I think it’s an amazing coincidence, but there’s one thing I’ve learned while living a difficult and winding life.

That is that there is no coincidence in the world.

There is a reason for everything, even if it is insignificant.

I’ll find out later when the time comes.

* * *

There was a lot of silence.

A wide joint [facility] that doesn’t deserve to be called quiet.

Even though there were countless people wearing white gowns in that wide place, the sound of feet trembling and the sound of breathing could not be heard.

“…Hoo.”

Someone barely exhaled and inhaled a long-held breath.

Even that was not enough to rest because he had held his breath for too long.

But that alone was enough to be a nuisance.

“Be quiet.”

Someone who appeared to be a superior said.

There was no such cliché greeting as ‘Yes, I understand’ to his words.

They would not even answer according to his words.

Only then did the superior nod with a satisfied expression.

‘Unlike the morons rolling around in the city, they’re still researchers, so they understand what I say.’

The place where they were located was the basement of the Magic Tower.

To be exact, it was the 65th basement floor.

It is a control facility that observes and leads everything from the floor right above the lowest floor.

The people here were now turning up the volume of the video showing the lowest floor to the maximum and trying to hear everything that was happening there without missing a single thing.

The reason why they were watching the lowest floor so closely was.

“Oh, there are a lot more than I thought.”

“One hundred, two hundred, three hundred. Oh my… It’s going to take a long time to clean up. Can’t you just kill a little less instead of killing them all?”

“No. We’re going to kill all the witnesses.”

“Has your hand been so cruel? I don’t think it was like that before.”

“I’m not a merciful person enough to let go of someone I can kill, but at least I have no intention of saving those with blood on their bodies.”

“Ah ha, so it’s okay for these guys to die? Is that what you’re saying?”

It’s because of the guys who just broke in.

Clearly, the guys who were on the lowest floor suddenly appeared on the upper floor.

“Wh-what is that…!”

“Is it teleportation?! Then is it Blink? Or Teleport?”

“They appeared in the exact same location as they were on the lowest floor! It’s highly likely to be coordinate movement! Lower the anchor line quickly! Prevent him from moving through space any further!”

The researchers broke their silence and hurriedly talked because of Seungwoo and Luna, who suddenly appeared on the 65th basement floor. Is it really because it’s the Magic Tower?

Koong!

Suddenly, an anchor line presumed to be from a warship was stuck on the floor.

It’s not a normal anchor line.

It’s an anchor line mixed with magical concepts.

“Huh? The spell doesn’t work anymore. What’s interfering? Hmm? Coordinate fixation? That anchor line?”

It was a device with some strange ability.

No, there’s really everything. Why is there something like that?

Seungwoo realized the ability of the anchor line thanks to the spells that kept failing.

Maybe if I just burn that anchor line, I can use it again. I can’t rule out the possibility that there are multiple anchor lines, and from the beginning, I came to deal with those guys.

Kwaduk!

First, he lightly picked up the anchor line that had fallen on the floor and threw it at a researcher far away. The anchor line was not heavy, but the anchor line swung with force directly hit the researcher’s head.

In that way, Seungwoo killed the researchers indiscriminately.

There were many things I wanted to ask about Eve on the lowest floor, but that’s about it.

‘Just ask the person at the very top. The one who looks the tallest.’

─Are you really going to kill them all?

‘That’s what I’m thinking.’

─Then kill them as painfully as possible.

Tamamo stared at the black objects attached to the researchers’ shoulders.

Those black objects, which Seungwoo could faintly see but the researchers didn’t seem to see, were ghosts.

The ghosts of people who died in experiments led by those researchers.

Although the circumstances were different, Tamamo felt sympathy for the fact that those ghosts, like her, had already died a long time ago. She didn’t even care about anyone other than Seungwoo, but at least she could give a fleeting glance to the dead.

“That’s not difficult.”

Seungwoo nodded.

People exploded at his gesture, and attempts to block Seungwoo’s movements with devices summoned from all over the joint continued, but in the end, everyone’s bones and flesh were separated equally. They were instantly killed.

─Neat.

The client was very satisfied.