The Mage Who Devours Disasters

When I asked, the Sword Emperor, Aritolt, responded.

“What is the definition of magic?”

“Is it a technique that uses mana to create mysterious phenomena?”

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It was, literally, a textbook answer.

“Magic is the ability to twist the laws of the world.”

“5 points.”

Shrugging my shoulders, this time the Great Sage, Plunium, answered.

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“It could also be considered the most advanced form of science.”

“Oh, science?”

“To a primitive man, wouldn’t a firearm seem like magic?”

“Isn’t that too ambiguous?”

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“Quite a fresh approach.”

“A conversation… with the world?”

“That’s not a bad perspective. 7 points.”

The Lord of Spirits, Park Hayan, who had been hesitating, spoke.

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“8 points.”

“Feeling the mana, speaking with its flow, and achieving what you desire… that is magic…”

“Hey, Kim Jeongseok. agent Why the hell do we need a definition of magic in this situation?”

The Martial Emperor, Yamamoto, frowned.

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From the periphery, looking at the Earth’s core, a massive crater was spewing volcanic ash without end.

In the stratosphere of the universe.

The landscape I pointed to with my hand was truly alien.

We were at the top of the tower.

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On one side, floods.

On another, extreme droughts.

The land had fragmented into countless pieces due to constant earthquakes.

Countless typhoons swept across the entire planet.

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Observing all those phenomena, I gave my definition of magic.

And in other places, epidemics were ravaging humanity.

“Disaster.”

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Like that which exists before our eyes.

“Magic is the power to create disasters.”

Its purpose is to create disasters.

In the end, the ultimate objective of magic is.

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“Then, were all those disasters that occurred on Earth the work of a mage?”

“Correct.”

The Sword Emperor, Aritolt, asked.

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He fixed his gaze on me intensely.

The Great Sage, Plunium, murmured as if he had understood something.

I nodded slowly.

“Wait. crystal Then… the dragons and demonic beasts we have defeated, all those mysterious entities and aberrations… they didn’t appear and cause disasters…”

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“That’s how it should be seen.”

“…A devastated land calls forth demonic beasts, a polluted sea gives birth to aberrations, and the desperate cries of humanity create the mysterious?”

“As expected of the Great Sage. ability You saw it correctly.”

“But rather, the disasters occurred first, and because of that, they were able to appear in the world?”

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I clicked my tongue and added.

It was then.

“From the beginning, our approach was wrong. advance We saw the results and mistook them for the cause, fighting against them… so we could never find the correct answer.”

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The entire tower trembled slightly.

An overwhelming presence, completely different from anything before.

The dust floating in the air began to dance before a strange wave of power.

Rumble—

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The density of the air changed.

Even the flow of time seemed to slow.

The darkness stirred, and space itself was torn apart, slowly revealing a human figure.

At the highest level of the tower, behind us.

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“Calling him a mage makes him sound quite harmless, doesn’t it?”

“…So that is the mage.”

I couldn’t help but let out a remark.

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“Hey, does magic seem like a joke to you?”

The owner of the tower.

I smiled faintly as I adjusted the formation.

The one responsible for all these phenomena.

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Because the Absolute God had appeared.

A name my parents gave me, hoping I would live properly.

Kim Jeongseok.

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And then the world ended.

I studied hard, got a respectable job.

To live up to those expectations, I truly lived following the right path.

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Too many things happened at the same time for humanity to react.

In the end, we couldn’t do anything.

Even if the intermediate process is omitted a bit.

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Of course, I, as a mage, reached quite a high level.

I couldn’t protect anything.

…And what was the point?

I achieved many accomplishments and was praised as the strongest mage.

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There are far too many classifications of magic, and I did not have the ability to encompass them all.

For example, the techniques called arts are divided into five major categories.

With the magic I learned following the proper method, I couldn’t create variables.

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And magic?

Sorcery, Taoism, dark arts, illusions, and spiritualism.

Its classifications alone exceed one hundred.

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In a word.

To learn a single desired magic, it was necessary to master at least ten related sub-magics.

By attributes, by ranks, and even alchemy, divination, necromancy, summoning, and creation were all grouped under the name of magic.

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The most common classification is that of the four elements fire, water, wind, and earth.

To learn it the proper way, there is too much magic.

That’s why a criterion was necessary.

“There are too many useless things to learn.”

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I was no exception.

Of course, with that, one cannot reach the absolute.

Each with clear strengths and weaknesses.

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It was nothing more than scooping up a handful of sand in a desert.

It’s not enough.

“Really… it’s superficial.”

I mastered the magic of the four elements and was called a Great Mage.

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Another method was needed.

But the field is so vast that it cannot be reached.

A turning point.

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“Disaster.”

I looked at the god in front of me.

A clearer method of classification.

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Or the one who is the disaster itself.

That.

The one who brings disasters.

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That is the answer.

The Sword Emperor, Aritolt, the Great Sage, Plunium, the Lord of Spirits, Park Hayan, the Martial Emperor, Yamamoto…

But it was already too late.

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After everything we discovered.

They all died, and only I survived.

That bastard spoke.

After everything we understood.

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“This is not the end of the tower. admire I only came down for a moment because I was curious about your final despair.”

“You are wrong.”

“…….”

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Only I, who traveled the world in search of the truth.

I knew.

“……I know.”

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I clenched my teeth.

‘…I’m really going to die.’

The time I had left was, at most, about 5 minutes.

That thing they call a god.

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Painful. canvas Unjust.

He is nothing more than someone who came down for a moment to observe our despair and defeat.

And probably, the one who stands at the very top among them.

That bastard at the top of the tower is one of the many gods of disaster.

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“I was waiting for you.”

But humanity, the Earth, were destined to disappear.

However.

I smiled.

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“I knew that when destruction became inevitable, you would come down.”

That’s why.

“No matter the cost… I’m taking you with me.”

“……?”

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Of course I do.

And moreover, the ultimate means.

“Do you still have any means left?”

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Spitting dead blood, I raised the heart.

I pulled out my dying heart.

Cough!

Clack!

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From the start, our objective was only one.

After all, if the Earth was going to disappear, what did winning matter?

“From the beginning, we never intended to win.”

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The collapse of the tower.

“With a mere heart…”

We climbed up here with the intention of all dying together.

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“Does that still look like a heart to you?”

Magic has many classifications.

“……?”

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If you count all its subdivisions, there would be hundreds, thousands.

My heart was the last hope, concentrating all that magic, the very essence of magic.

Alchemy, divination, necromancy, spiritualism, summoning, and creation are all called magic within the same framework.

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What does that mean?

Fwoooosh—

“Idiot. canvas It’s the Philosopher’s Stone.”

At that instant.

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The mana of all the lives that perished on Earth begins to gather.

From the corpses of my fallen companions, blood vessels sprout and connect to the Philosopher’s Stone.

A magic circle is drawn across the entire Earth.

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The ultimate magic!

I traveled the world drawing magic circles for this very moment.

In the process, I gathered the greatest alchemists, diviners, necromancers, spiritualists, summoners…

Gathering the mana of the entire planet into my heart, to forge the Philosopher’s Stone.

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And I released all that energy at once.

From the beginning, we never intended to win.

The final strike created with the sweat and blood of everyone.

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“Explosion is art, you son of a bitch.”

I raised my middle finger toward the ‘god’ and smiled.

We ran only for this instant.

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An absolute darkness.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

Ding!

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[You have killed the Absolute God, Irresistible.]

From somewhere, a familiar sound was heard.

[You have destroyed for the first time a being that humans could not resist.]

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[You have been named the most powerful disaster.]

[You have destroyed the Earth.]

[Absorbing the ‘Causality’ of the Irresistible.]

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[With the title of ‘God Slayer,’ you have awakened the authority ‘Devourer of Disasters’!]