Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 389

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 389

Spear (4)

“Why isn’t it working!”

The woman, driven to the edge, threw the machines in the lab onto the floor, grabbing whatever she could reach.

Bang!

The machine’s surface was crushed from the force of the throw.

Clang!

The glass coverings shattered, scattering across the floor.

The woman wrecked the items inside the lab. Another researcher, who had been blankly watching the scene of devastation, finally stepped forward to stop her.

Rustle, rustle.

Each step across the lab floor crunched with broken glass shards and snapped machine parts. It was a complete mess. At this rate, all of the Magic Tower’s assets would disappear.

“Hawa. Please, calm down.”

The man grabbed Hawa’s arm as he spoke.

“Calm down?”

Hawa, who had been about to grab another machine and throw it, stopped and turned around. The man thought she was finally listening, but he was wrong. Hawa turned back with bloodshot eyes.

“How can I calm down right now?”

A deep pain was evident in her eyes.

Her pupils were filled with burst blood vessels. Dark circles marked her eyes from countless sleepless nights spent working. Her face alone was enough to convey her difficult journey.

Moreover, the man was Hawa’s research colleague.

He had witnessed her efforts up close.

Therefore, he knew her pain and the sense of loss Hawa must be feeling better than anyone else, but he couldn’t just leave her alone, no matter how much she was suffering.

“I know. I know how much you’ve suffered. But we can’t just give up like this.”

“Give up?”
Hawa looked at him, questioning his words.

Her eyes burned with a deep desire. A desire so profound that even her colleague, who had researched with her for decades, couldn’t understand.

The man could understand Hawa’s pain, but he couldn’t comprehend her desire. It was beyond his emotional capacity.

In fact, none of the researchers in the Magic Tower could understand Hawa.

The plan to save humanity in all dimensions through the system had failed.

Instead, the worlds within the scope of the Spear. Those worlds were able to continue existing thanks to the system.

It was all thanks to Hawa’s research.

Her research saved countless dimensions.

It saved a number of lives that humans couldn’t even begin to count.

But she couldn’t save the world she wanted to protect the most.

She couldn’t save her own world.

“…No.”
The system they created didn’t save this world.

From the start, it didn’t even recognize this destroyed world as a ‘world’.

The system is perfect. So perfect that there’s no way to fix it.

So much so that it had left the hands of its creators and they could no longer interfere.

However, the system is ultimately just a program that makes the ‘Spear’ easier for humanity to use. So, it would be okay to have one administrator, right?

Hawa’s eyes hardened with determination.

On the day she destroyed all the equipment in her assigned lab.

She used her reputation and achievements to purge all the high-ranking officials of the Magic Tower and rose to the highest position.

Magic Tower Master.

That was how the title began.

Hawa, who became the master of the Magic Tower, secretly carried out a project.

The project was an extension of the system.

A wedge in this world. Creating a wedge and an administrator that would force the system to recognize this destroyed fragment as a world.

That was the goal of the Magic Tower’s basement that Hawa had newly created.

After decades of research, Hawa’s body returned to dust.

After hundreds of years of research, a miracle and a product of chance, the first test subject, was born.

And on the day they named the first ‘Eve’.

The concept of the ‘Otherworld’ was established in the system.

It recognized this broken fragment as a world.

The project was a success.

But it was still far from complete.

Because this world was still not saved.

* * *

Isabel rushed at Eve.

Isabel and Eve. Both were mages, but Eve had overwhelming magical capabilities. Eventually, Isabel changed her approach.

If she couldn’t win with magic.

“Hmph!”

She would fight in close combat.

Whoosh!

Isabel swung the weapon in her hand.

A giant lance made of light pierced through the wind and moved forward.

Clang!

Right at Eve’s neck.

Isabel’s lance, aimed at her flesh. Made of magic, it was light, and she swung it easily with one hand, aiming for Eve’s body, but her body was made of metal as hard as her clothes, making it difficult to inflict any damage.

‘This won’t work.’

Clunk.

Isabel adjusted the lance in her hand.

In the magical academic world, light is a versatile medium that can become anything.

Isabel reduced the weight of the lance to its limit when she swung it, and maximized the weight when it hit Eve, engraving all sorts of eerie formulas on the tip of the spear.

‘I was going to pierce her flesh with the lance and shove all sorts of curses into her organs.’

No matter how much she stabbed, not a single drop of blood came out.

There was no point in wielding the lance like this.

“Should I just really pierce her?”

Currently, Isabel was allocating her computational power to various areas.

Starting with balancing the ice tower created by Isis so that it wouldn’t shake or collapse, she controlled all situations to prevent Eve’s evil hands from reaching her colleagues, who were temporarily recovering from mana depletion and injuries.

Furthermore, the tip of the lance was engraved with formulas to stop Eve.

If she concentrated all her power on the spear and maximized the concept of ‘penetration’, it would be possible to wound her impenetrable skin.

However, the problem was.

‘Will my attack be a critical hit? Or just a simple scratch?’

Eve’s defense was so strong that she couldn’t figure it out.

‘If I can focus on wielding the lance and deliver a critical blow.’

It wouldn’t matter if her colleagues got hurt a little.

Her colleagues had reached the level of masters in their respective fields. They were friends who could take care of themselves without her help.

But what if her attack ended up as a simple scratch?

‘I have no choice.’

She had to play it a little safer.

Isabel thought of the possibilities.

If her attack ended up as a scratch, Isabel, who was close to Eve, would be severely damaged, and.

Her colleagues might get hurt.

‘Let’s go for a long-term battle.’

A long-term battle. At first glance, it seemed like an advantageous condition for Eve, who controlled all the magic in this city and this dimension, but.

In fact, a long-term battle is more advantageous for us.

Boiling.

Isabel’s feet bubbled up black.

The ice ground Isabel stepped on was dyed black like boiling water.

Immediately, the ice tower was dyed black.

Sanctuary, 「Melancholy Shadow」 [a spell that converts light and color into black, turning the energy into magic power].

All light. All colors are converted to black, and the energy generated in the process is naturally converted into Isabel’s magic power.

With some conditions attached.

“We also have infinite magic power.”

Until everything in this world disappears and the moment it is dyed black arrives.

Isabel’s magic power will spring up infinitely.

But.

Cough!

Isabel coughed.

A somewhat violent reaction to call it a cough.

As if to prove that it was not an ordinary cough.

A faint red color flowing from her mouth.

Blood flowed from her mouth.

Her internal organs were slightly injured because she expanded the range of the sanctuary so quickly.

Well, this level of injury can be naturally healed with the magic power coming in through 「Melancholy Shadow」, and it can be solved by casting a simple healing spell with the remaining magic power.

If it’s too much of a hassle, you can drink the recovery potion hanging in your pocket.

“…If it hurts, step back a little.”

She could leave her back to her colleague for a while.

Swish!

Seo Yerin took the lead with a spear.

The spear cut through the air and aimed for Eve’s arm.

Of course, she couldn’t inflict a proper blow this time either.

Boom boom boom boom boom─!!!

The magic formula that Eve was secretly developing with her left hand was crushed.

The formula was destroyed, and the magic power infused into the formula exploded, instantly turning the air into a sea of fire. An unpleasant smoke brushed her nose.

“…I’ll buy you some time.”

Seo Yerin kicked off the air.

She flew into the air above the tower.

“Seo Yerin!”

Isabel called her in a urgent voice.

She was the leader and the ‘head’ who commanded this team, and she knew all of her colleagues’ abilities and how to use them. That’s why she could be sure.

Seo Yerin doesn’t have the ability to fight in the air!

Of course, she could pour too much magic power into it to make it seem like she was floating.

That was only to reduce the falling speed to the extreme and fall very slowly. Therefore, Seo Yerin was doing the same thing as trying to fall from this high altitude.

“That idiot! I didn’t even give the order!”

“…Because you didn’t give the order. I’m moving according to my will.”

“Hey! You wait right there!”

Thud!

Seo Yerin stuck the spear into Isabel’s clothes.

She couldn’t pierce her skin, but she somehow managed to get the spear into her clothes.

Now, if she could just swing the spear and somehow deal with this woman… but that would be difficult.

“…It’s amazing that it doesn’t go in any further.”

Seo Yerin poked Eve while leaning on the spear.

It was possible to pierce the clothes and the fine layers of the skin, but somehow the attack didn’t reach the blood vessels.

Maybe this.

“…Isn’t there another way to attack her?”

If not, she’s practically immortal.

She doesn’t get hurt, so she doesn’t die. And she has infinite magic power.

Isn’t the system working?

How can this otherworld, where such an absurd boss reigns, not be a ‘Legend’ grade?

“If not, we’re all dead.”

There’s no reason to stick the spear in any longer.

Seo Yerin pulled the spear out of Eve’s clothes and flew away, sticking the spear into the ice tower pillar.

Crack crack crack crack!

The spear that had dug into the surface of the ice tower ground the ice.

After going down about 3m, Seo Yerin quickly pulled out the spear and started climbing by sticking the spear on top of it.

It was a roughly built tower, so they didn’t make anything that could be called stairs.

Seo Yerin finally climbed back to the top after a difficult climb.

I guess I should talk to my friends about her weakness.

There is no enemy without weaknesses. If Isabel, who is smart, and the collective intelligence of 5 people, I thought a good result would come out.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh─!!!

Looking at Eve desperately trying to put out the fire that had spread to her body, I guess I don’t need it. Weakness discussion.

“…Collective intelligence or whatever. In the end, it was something that only one person needed to do.”

The flames burn fiercely.

In front of that overwhelming firepower, Eve looked distressed, but the giant ice tower created by Isis didn’t seem to be affected at all, not even melting the surface.

The flames clearly distinguish between what to burn and what not to burn.

Only one person in the world was capable of such a feat of identifying friend from foe.

“…Teacher.”

Seo Yerin called his name as if possessed.

“You bought me time well. Thank you for your hard work.”

Seungwoo burned the research log that was no longer needed and drew his sword against Eve.