The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Rista Alter Schirpen.

The Hero, Rista.

Though Payquarians have existed in every era, not all are recorded as heroes. Only two Payquarians, including Rista, have been recorded as heroes.

‘Hero, a hero, you say.’

Living as Rain until now, I’ve had many opportunities to hear tales of Rista’s party, but I deliberately closed my eyes and ears.

Because I knew all the stories?

That too, but the biggest reason was sorrow. Whenever I heard my companions’ names, the grief etched into my soul overflowed.

‘Yet, the reason I’m reading this book now is only one thing….’

It was because I suspected that the entity who sent me this book might have left some hint here.

[The Archmage Lynn was an unsociable and inflexible child when she joined the party.]

Oh, you know that very well?

[It is said that the only reason she could become a member of the Hero’s party was her overwhelming skill.]

Ah, that’s also correct.

Confessing with a guilty conscience, there’s some embellishment. There were several mages with Glados (4-star rank) besides me at the time.

[Raised as an orphan, Lynn was dishonest, always sullen, and constantly complaining about everything, a typical unlikeable brat.]

I wonder who the author is.

No, I’m really asking out of curiosity. It’s not like I’m going to find them and beat them up, absolutely not.

How do they know me so well?

[It is said that Lynn only followed Rista well, perhaps feeling a mother’s affection from her.]

?

[One day, Rista confessed that Lynn, who had her mental age regressed by a black magician’s curse, said, ‘Wah, I’m baby Lynn, give me milk!’ This can be seen as a glimpse of Lynn’s true feelings.]

“Ah, what the hell.”

A curse burst out of my mouth. It was the first curse I had uttered since taking on Rain’s body.

Are you kidding me right now, Rista?

I’ve never been cursed to have my mental age regressed, and even if I were, I would have bitten my tongue and died rather than say such a thing.

[She supposedly said to Freede, ‘Wah, Freede noona [term of endearment for an older sister], hug me tight!’]

???

[She supposedly said to Kies, ‘Hyung [term of endearment for an older brother], my pee-pee hole feels weird….’]

????????

I doubted my eyes for a moment. I was so dumbfounded that I started coughing as if I had choked.

“Are these guys collectively crazy? They’re messing around because I’m trapped in ice and can’t refute them?”

I was fuming, but before I knew it, I was blankly turning the pages. My eyes scanned the letters written in the book quickly and thoroughly.

‘Of course, there are many parts that are close to fiction….’

Still, the overall context was similar.

The book contained the process of a brat who didn’t know the world or people, seeing the world and meeting people through Rista… and gradually growing into an adult.

‘When we entered the Black Forest, Kies almost died because he ate poisonous mushrooms.’

‘Freede found a treasure vault and ran off, only to get caught in a boar trap….’

We really traveled to many places, I realized. Even though it was a chaotic time, everything looked dazzling and felt beautiful.

[Finally, when they encountered the core forces of the Black Church who opened the dimensional gate, Lynn deployed a defensive barrier to protect her companions.]

The problem was that someone, I don’t know who, on the other side was better than me. The barrier couldn’t hold.

[In the end, Lynn switched the runes of the barrier from ‘Impact Defense Rang (艆)’ to ‘Damage Absorption Ron (論),’ concentrating all the damage on herself.]

“……”

[Lynn was instantly poisoned by a deadly dark poison, but even in that situation, she did not remove the barrier she had deployed to protect her companions.]

Did I maintain the barrier?

I was so out of it that I don’t remember.

[That was not just self-sacrifice. It was proof that the boy who only knew himself had become an adult. Palace Star Kies confessed so.]

Kies did?

Where are you peddling drugs?

Kies is mute and illiterate, so there’s no way he could have said such a thing.

“Uh…?”

But as I turned the page, the evidence was attached. The moment I saw the collection of squiggly worms, my vision blurred.

[▲A note left by Kies. He is said to have learned to write from Lynn.]

Kies, you idiot….

I struggled to teach him just one or two words, and now he can write such a decent sentence.

– Kies can’t talk and can’t write, so what’s he going to do? How did he become a Palace Star [a high-ranking warrior]?

– ……!

– You became one with just your skills? Don’t shrug your shoulders as if you’re proud! Come here. I’ll teach you how to write. It’s so easy.

– ……?!

– You don’t need it? Don’t need it my ass. You don’t need it now because you’re healthy, but you’ll suffer later when you get old and your brain goes bad.

I could almost hear Kies’s groans as he frowned and diligently learned each word I taught him.

[In his final moment, Lynn attempted a death reversal by casting the vision of the 5-star magic he had developed.]

“……”

[The name of the magic is Juyeoso Gye Dae Ban (主濾小計袋反), a miraculous ability that combines the essence of the Empire’s magic and the Republic’s sorcery. Among modern magicians, no one has yet been able to interpret that magic.]

It wasn’t that I was great, but that I was only able to complete it with the help of Freede, who was skilled in sorcery.

[The moment the magic was cast, Lynn promised her companions. That she would definitely return.]

That’s right, I promised.

I promised Rista.

[And as everyone knows, Lynn has not returned even after 300 years. Whether she has not returned, or could not return.

The Hero, Rista.

The Palace Star, Kies.

The Shaman, Freede.

The Archmage, Lynn.

Now that her companions have all turned to dust and returned to the embrace of the gods, even if Lynn awakens in this era, can she really be said to have returned?]

I think so too.

This isn’t a return….

Just as my heart was throbbing so hard that my breathing became rapid, the last phrase came into view, and a lump of breath stopped in my throat.

[So Rista is said to have left a letter for Lynn. To give the returned Lynn a reason and guidance for life. Along with an apology for not keeping the promise.]

* * *

Part 1 dealt with Lynn’s life, while Part 2 described the magic and combat style Lynn mainly used.

‘There’s no need to read this part.’

I turned the pages absentmindedly and eventually closed the book completely. There was nothing more to gain.

‘Why did they send this to me? To let me know there’s a note? I already knew that.’

Do they know my identity? Is there anyone alive among my companions?

No, even if they are alive, how can they recognize me? My appearance is completely different. If it’s possible to recognize me, why haven’t they contacted me?

It was an incomprehensible problem. Seeing things like this, there’s no riddle as honest and neat as a math problem….

The most likely person to have sent this to me is the Light Dragon Haraderiman, who is said to be able to see through everything in the universe.

One of the three immortal Divine Dragons, and the leader of the Light Dragon Orthodox Church….

Then why did he send it?

To look up the stories of my companions? But if it’s not Haraderiman?

‘I’ve been trying to ignore it until now… but I should go to the library and look it up sometime.’

To find out what happened to my party members.

I knew that Rista was ‘missing’ without even looking it up.

The Payquarian, the strongest soldier of mankind, is a propagandistic being who must never die, that is, a hero, so no matter how they died, they are treated as missing.

‘But Freede and Kies… hmm.’

As I was reading the book, it was already 11 PM.

It was the time when dormitory access was prohibited, and lights were forcibly turned off. Unless you applied for extended hours in advance.

“Should I turn off the lights before the supervisor comes?”

As I was about to get up, Lynn’s diary caught my eye.

Come to think of it, this is….

It was the moment I felt a strange sense of déjà vu and opened the notebook.

—Flap.

As a butterfly of light fluttered up, scattering particles of magic beautifully, my heart leaped.

It was Ludyen.

Not the Ludyen that Rain made, but the one I made when I was Lynn, which was twice as big. But strangely, the color was a deeper and richer dark blue than before.

“How is this guy….”

Has it been maintained without disappearing for 300 years? My vigilance amplified at the unbelievable situation, and my hands and feet trembled.

It was then.

As soon as Ludyen landed on Rain’s head, the blue particles it shed gathered and formed a string of characters in the air.

Socrafres.

– You can inherit the progress of ‘Unique Magic’ research from the surrounding environment.

– Progress 37%.

* * *

Unique Magic (固有魔法) is the ultimate of magic that a 6-star magician, that is, a sage, must go through to enter the realm.

It is said that it can only be used when one can create runes themselves and create a formula that can change reality with those runes.

Unlike standardized common magic, Unique Magic can only be used by the creator (it is impossible to pass it on to someone), and because one interprets their own runes with their own formulas, its power and performance depend on the magician’s personality.

The Empire Magic Alliance only recognized those who could handle Unique Magic as 6-star rank, that is, ‘Lenpage.’

「The truth will set you free.」

As the first magician, Emmitsa Page, said, only those who see the end of magic, the truth (眞理) [ultimate understanding], and freely use magic could become sages.

The Lenpage rank is the ideal of all magicians, as they get to proudly erect a statue in the Square of the Sages of [the capital city].

“I have been researching this, but….”

The reason why I prioritized magic training over studying this theory again after realizing reincarnation was because I was at a loss as to how to start researching this again from the beginning.

■ Yoon (蝡).

– It seems possible to give the trait of ‘molecules wriggling,’ but the mathematical formula becomes complicated, and the compatible magic circle is only fire attribute.

– The casting mathematical formula has been named ‘Matrix Mechanics.’

■ Ro (癆).

– It seems to have the property of ‘splitting the time of a magic strike long.’ In the battle with Roomalden, I succeeded in lengthening the damage time of the fireball like a poison-type magic.

– The casting mathematical formula has been named ‘Lynn Infinite Function.’

……

…(Omitted) …

……

■ Eun (齦).

– It has been confirmed that it can give the trait of ‘biting and crushing.’ It seems possible to develop it into Unique Magic, but the problem is that its use is too limited.

– The casting mathematical formula is named ‘Variable Fluctuation,’ a formula that expresses the coordinates of magic as probabilities.

They were twelve self-made runes that I had researched directly and tested in practice during the era of war. I thought they had all failed, but the progress is 37%?

“Ludyen, aren’t you a 4-star magic?”

It is incomprehensible that a 4-star magic can confirm the progress of a 6-star rank. There was no such thing in my previous life.

‘Who the hell….’

Did the sage who appeared before reincarnation give some kind of help?

That can’t be.

Until Lynn died and Rain was born, one Archmage came out, but no sage came out.

‘But if this is real…?’

The reason why Archmages despair without advancing to the stage of sage was not a complicated problem.

It’s because they don’t have confidence.

Whether I am on the right path now, whether this rune will ever be completed, whether I can create a mathematical formula even if I complete the rune….

“Ha.”

A short laugh burst out.

Originally, I thought it would be fortunate if I saw the truth right before I got old after pouring my whole life into this life, but if this signpost has appeared, the story is different.

‘It’s different from my previous life.’

There’s no need to conserve magic power for a fight that may come at any time, and there’s no need to risk my life to use an incomplete rune in battle.

‘Now I have plenty of time.’

The environment is also excellent. has training facilities and the best magic library.

I need to set a new goal.

First of all, it’s best to see the truth before graduation. If not, before I turn 30.

“Ah, I love it so much. I’m going crazy.”

Rain jumped on the bed, hugged the suspicious Ludyen with both hands, and rolled around.

The reasoning about the existence that sent this was instantly pushed to the back burner. Rain barely suppressed the laughter that burst out like a child.

I was quite calm, but when it came to the path of exploring the truth, I was always in a pure and innocent childhood.

‘Starting tomorrow morning.’

That day, Rain couldn’t calm her excited heart, so she couldn’t sleep. Her heart was pounding, and her eyes were wide open until late at night.

‘I have to start researching right from the morning.’