Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 63

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 63

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 63

Rank Test (3)

A monster more suited for an A-grade test than a B-grade test.

After catching the Magma Tortoise so easily, my appetite was whetted, and I started to feel unsatisfied.

It wasn’t enough with just that.

Since I was going to play around anyway, I needed a bigger toy.

“Is there no higher-grade test?”

“W, well, those without licenses can only take up to B-grade tests….”

“Then when can I take the A or S-grade tests?”

“It’s possible after at least half a year to a year….”

Half a year to a year.

Considering the time I have in this world, it wasn’t an unbearable amount of time, but I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

I was hoping I could take a higher grade while I was taking the test anyway. Well, there’s a valid reason for spacing out the test times like that.

‘Since I succeeded in my original goal anyway. It’s not a big problem.’

I met the minimum requirement of obtaining a B-grade player license to become the special team leader of .

With that alone, my business at the association was over.

Even so, my feet wouldn’t easily move.

I felt like taking a few more tests at that moment.

Thump, thump.

A man entered with light footsteps, receiving greetings from the staff. He must be someone of considerable status.

“D, Director! What brings someone who drinks coffee and watches videos in the pantry here….”

“Haha, Ms. Darae. People will misunderstand if you say that. I was merely taking a break, exhausted from hard work, you know?”

“A, ah yes! T, that’s right!”

Director, huh.

I don’t know what his position is within the association, but he seems to be the highest-ranking person in this test room, at least.

Maybe he’s right below the association president or executives.

“Nice to meet you. I am the director here.”

“Ah, yes, nice to meet you too. I’m Baek Seung-woo.”

“Haha, aren’t you the head of the great Cheonho Baekga family? I’ve heard a lot about you. You minimized the damage from the attack in Chilseong and killed the culprit, I heard. It’s an honor to meet such a heroic person like this.”

His tone was somehow unsettling.

He was clearly praising me to the skies, but I felt thorns between his words.

He’s the type of person I often encounter.

A type of sycophant who looks down on others and knows how to subtly screw people over. The director exuded the same tone and energy as those kinds of people.

“I was watching you from the pantry, Head of the family. I heard you wanted to take additional tests?”

“…It would be nice if I could.”

It would be great if I could take the A-grade test and eventually get the S-grade license.

But wasn’t that against the internal regulations?

I wondered why he was asking, then.

“You can take the A-grade test.”

“Is that true?”

“What? Are you serious, Director?!”

“All I have to do is put it on the list. It’s not like I don’t have that kind of authority.”

“But if the Association President finds out…!”

“Haha, why wouldn’t I know that? But look at that face──.”

‘─That’s a face that was commonly seen on the news a few days ago. You know the incidents he’s caused, right? A guy like that can never pass the A-grade test. His personality is the worst. Even if he passes the personality test, would he even be capable? All those recent news articles that praised his skills must be exaggerated or fake. You know how those rich people are.’

“……”

The director spoke as if whispering to his subordinate.

He was openly looking down on me.

I know very well that people’s gazes towards me aren’t favorable, but being openly ignored like this is a bit much.

I want to say something, but.

There was no need to further tarnish my reputation with unnecessary actions here. That part was too twisted to clarify.

Instead.

I can prove my skills at this moment.

“It’s been too noisy with just us talking. So, have you thought about it?”

A tone implying, ‘How dare you challenge?’

I nodded and accepted.

“Yes, let’s start right away. I have plans later tonight.”

“Haha, I see. Then let’s start right away. Well, even if it’s an illusion, the damage from the impact is as real as it gets. Keep in mind that if something goes wrong, you might end up in the hospital, plans or whatever.”

Who knows?

You might end up with a hole in your stomach?

Hahaha, the director’s laughter filled the space as the illusion filled the space once again.

This time, I didn’t specify the opponent.

A randomly designated monster was materialized, revealing its disgusting appearance.

A small physique that was hard to believe was the opponent for the A-grade test.

It was a monster in the form of a monkey.

It seems like I see them often.

─Ookik?

I don’t remember the name, but its characteristics were its quick mobility and unique abilities.

What was it.

…I think it was an ability related to throwing or spraying.

I don’t remember the details.

─Hey, hey, crazy! Why is that coming out in the A-grade test?! Stop the machine right now!

─That’s because the director is manipulating it. This place was originally made with only the B-grade test in mind!

─Excuse me? Isn’t that just a simple illusion? Why are you so excited?

─A simple illusion? Yes, everyone here except for that person is an illusion, but the impact is real!

─What?

─So! If that thing puts a hole in our stomachs, blood and guts will flow out of our stomachs even if it disappears! Damn it, I didn’t want my stomach to be pierced!!

─You crazy! This wasn’t all an illusion?!

─It is an illusion. Except that the Association President is so good at realizing illusions that the effects influence reality. So stop the illusion now!

─Ah! I’m doing it!

The monkey shook its long arms greatly and clapped its hands.

Every time it did, magic power rose into the air, and I could feel the expressions of the association staff hardening in real-time.

They felt a threat to their lives.

“…Throwing. No, at that level, it’s more like throwing spears.”

I looked straight ahead with a calm tone.

The magic power emitted by the monster solidified in the air, turning into numerous spears. In fact, the completion is crude to call them spears, but with that size and amount of magic power.

In the worst case, it might penetrate the test room.

─S, stop the test right now!

─It’s too late to stop it! The illusion has already been fixed inside the space for a long time!

The spears floating in the air were slightly pushed back.

At the same time, the wind rises. By using magic power, the charging of the spear throw was completed with just that simple action.

All that’s left is to shoot it out.

Wizards who predicted the tragedy put forward defensive magic, and warriors bent iron to forcibly create shields.

Screeeeeech──!

The sound of the wind tearing.

Along with a loud cry that made me grab my ears.

Thousands of spears were fired to penetrate the test room as it is and pierce the people beyond.

────!!!

Everyone’s eyes widened as the wind and explosions occurred simultaneously.

Everyone used their own means of defense, but it was best to bend down in the face of an unexpected emergency.

Everyone desperately hugged themselves and forgot to breathe.

“Stop.”

A low voice echoing out through the speaker inside the test room was buried in the sound of the wind.

Then, the wind and explosion stopped at the same time.

“……Huh?”

“A, are we alive?”

“……Why don’t I feel any impact on the defense magic?”

There was no impact that would pierce even the test room’s barrier like paper.

Looking around, it seems that other people are the same.

The students who hid in the dome made of ice and the director who bent the iron door and used it as a shield also slowly opened their eyes as if they were strange.

“……Huh?”

Then what I saw in my sight was the clean test room barrier without any traces and the inside of the test room where everything was stopped.

“Did it stop? Did the camera stop?”

“Hey, that’s not it. The timer next to it is still running.”

“Then does that mean the inside of the test room stopped entirely as in the video?”

Stop. Yes, it was literally stopped.

Everything stopped as if pausing a video.

For a moment, everyone thought the camera was broken, but they realized that it wasn’t a camera problem because of one person walking leisurely in the stopped world.

“……That was close.”

I said, flicking my hand.

In the instantaneous wide-area spear throw, I released about 30% of the total magic power without considering efficiency.

The released magic power spread in all directions like red smoke and was applied to this space along with the incantation flowing out of my mouth.

“Time-based magic…… It can’t be.”

“Telekinesis, is it telekinesis.”

“Isn’t that weirder? Rather than time-based, it’s almost perverted to stop the area with telekinesis.”

As they say, this is not telekinesis.

If you go into the details, it’s a magic of the telekinetic system, but Baek Seung-woo, who created the magic, named it 「Pyrokinesis」.

It’s different from ordinary telekinesis from the structure.

Ordinary telekinetic magic simply uses magic power to move objects without touching them. However, 「Pyrokinesis」 controls matter by releasing heat in all directions and grabbing that heat.

It’s not just about using magic power.

My own unique magic that grabs objects in the material world through a medium of heat along with a vast amount of magic power.

……The words are grand, but in conclusion, it’s impossible to even touch me, let alone pierce the wall with this kind of spear throw.

If I develop it a little more here.

“It’s also possible to bind the limbs of living things.”

Kwaaaaaaak!

The heat, shimmering like red smoke, spread widely in all directions.

Thanks to that, it became easier to interfere with the space in the area.

Based on this, I grabbed the monkey’s limbs tightly.

It was so strong that it not only bound the limbs, but also tore them apart.

“Tsk, it’s too strong compared to the facilities inside the space. It’s impossible to have a normal test like this.”

I scanned the surroundings. I clicked my fingers with a clicking sound.

Click─

Then a large amount of magic power escaped from my body.

The escaped magic power did not draw formulas or magic circles.

It just permeated the air and increased the output of 「Pyrokinesis」.

Normally, the focus would be on increasing the output of fire magic, but now the magic power was focused on telekinesis, which forms one axis of 「Pyrokinesis」.

Woo wo wo wo woong──!

The magic power and heat in the atmosphere tore apart and broke the limbs of the monster. As something invisible went beyond the level of binding its limbs and began to break them, the monkey tried to make a high-pitched cry unique to monkeys.

I didn’t wait for that.

─Kwaddeuk Kwaddeuk!

The spine was folded.

The limbs were bent in half.

It was folded neatly as if doing origami or block games.

─Kwaddeuk Kwaddeuk!!

How much more was it folded?

It was not until the point where no more living things remained that everything in the area disappeared. The blood pooled on the floor, the blood splattered on my face.

Everything disappeared like a mirage.

‘……My throat hurts a little.’

The backlash of the incantation that was urgently activated without prior preparation and the feeling of exhaustion felt by using a considerable amount of magic power in an instant is no joke.

In particular, the backlash of the incantation was quite severe.

Is it because it’s still incomplete?

My throat was scratchy as if I had swallowed a handful of chili powder.

Thanks to that, my voice is half-locked and my voice is rough.

What should I say, if I were to make a comparison, it’s like the typical arrogant villain’s voice that often appears in novels or comics?

A dark and rough voice that wouldn’t be strange to kill someone right away echoed lowly through the test room through my mouth.

“Next.”