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A massive ice barrier rose in front of the stands.
"Ah, no..."
"Good heavens."
"What on earth is this...?"
All the magic professors of the academy were gathered.
Even so, only a few could truly grasp the level of magical power contained in the ice barrier Davian had created.
"It seems to far surpass the 8th Circle, doesn't it?"
"In my view, it's already exceeded the 9th Circle."
"9th Circle? Is that even possible? Are you talking about the barrier of the 9th Circle that only two people in our kingdom have surpassed?"
The Head of the Magic Department of Elton Academy and the Royal Head Magician.
These two were the only ones who had surpassed the 9th Circle, reigning supreme over the mages of the Alcancia Kingdom.
Professor Kinesis cautiously inquired.
"Head of the Magic Department...?"
Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, quietly nodded.
The magic professors were shocked by this sight.
"Really... Really surpassed the 9th Circle?"
"A second-year student at the academy?"
"Heavens, even the great Archmage Fabian Hendricks didn't achieve this level at that age."
Only Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, knew that Davian had absorbed the 9th Circle magical power of the great Archmage Fabian Hendricks.
"How could this happen...?"
"Does that mean that student could take on all of us here and still come out on top?"
9th Circle magical power is double that of the 8th Circle.
However, that doesn't mean that two 8th Circle mages joining forces can stand against a 9th Circle mage.
The difference between two people each possessing 8th Circle magical power and one person possessing double that amount means that there is an incomparable difference in the power and scope of magic.
"That can't be. Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, is here, isn't he?"
"Ah, that's right. I got excited."
While the professors were amazed at Davian's achievement.
Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, quietly gazed at Davian's ice barrier.
'Is it similar to mine or a little short...? No. Is that magic really Davian's full power? If not...'
The students were also surprised, but in a slightly different way than the professors.
"What? He can create such a large ice barrier from that far away?"
"Is such control even possible?"
"You create a water curtain by spraying water and freeze it into an ice barrier? Does that mean we can block even an army's arrow attacks?"
"Just arrow attacks? It would be more than enough to protect our entire second-year class from any attack, right?"
"Hey, that's not true. If a mage with greater magic power than Davian attacks, it's useless."
They were naive classmates who didn't know that such a mage didn't exist in the world.
Well, that's the same with the professors, so it's not their fault.
"Anyway, it's amazing..."
Contrary to the bustling atmosphere of the gymnasium, Davian, with a calm expression, erected ice barriers on all four sides of the stands.
Davian and the stands were completely blocked off by ice barriers.
The surface of the ice barrier was so smooth that, fortunately, the inside could be seen through clearly like transparent glass.
"But he's not just going to show us this, is he? What is he trying to do?"
"Huh? This isn't all there is?"
"He wouldn't just show us the ice wall and leave with such amazing magic and control, right?"
"Ah... is that so? Then what on earth is he going to do?"
"I don't kno... Woah!"
At the startled student's scream, the other friends also focused on the bottom of the gymnasium.
A fiery red flame sprouted from Davian's hand.
And began to grow in size in an instant.
Before a few seconds had even passed, a house-sized flame was blazing on the gymnasium floor.
"But the ice barrier trick he showed earlier was more amazing, wasn't it?"
"Yeah. Of course, we can't imitate it, but that flame is just a hot flame."
"Did he create the ice barrier because we might get hot?"
"Davian is pushing in more magic power!"
"I knew this wasn't the end!"
Following each and every one of Davian's actions.
They were excited classmates, like fanatics.
Davian calmly and slowly poured magic power into the flame.
He could have poured magic power in faster.
But if possible, he wanted all the professors gathered here to gauge Davian's level.
Soon, they will all realize it one by one.
That Davian has surpassed his own level.
"That flame...! It's already surpassed my level."
They were people with a stronger sense of inquiry as mages than pride and face as professors.
Seeing Davian's flame begin to exceed the maximum magic power they could produce, no one coughed or tried to ignore the situation.
Rather, they were just watching Davian's flame get hotter and hotter without taking their eyes off it.
"In fact, it's already surpassed my level a long time ago."
A while later.
"I thought I wasn't far from the 9th Circle... He's easily surpassing my level."
"Are you saying that Davian has really surpassed the barrier of the 9th Circle?"
"That seems to be the case."
But Davian's flame didn't stop there.
Now, all the faculty except for the Head of the Magic Department, Sirims Andrian, could only feel that the flame was still getting hotter.
Not much time passed.
Only the sound of Davian's flame burning could be heard in the gymnasium.
Everyone held their breath and watched Davian's limits.
Most of the professors and assistant staff are now paying more attention to someone else than Davian.
Sirims Andrian.
Leaving the flame far beyond his own level of comprehension behind.
Most of the professors were looking at Sirims Andrian.
Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, was motionless, watching Davian's flame get hotter.
Eventually.
Even though the flame did not directly touch.
Water droplets began to form inside the ice barrier that Davian had created.
"The ice barrier is melting!"
"Surely Davian won't go berserk like this, will he? Or will the flame explode?"
"Will we all die then?"
Karin Obelia, who had been standing and watching Davian's flame, collapsed.
"He created an ice barrier that I can't even make... and he's melting that ice barrier with just the heat from the flame far away... What on earth are you, Davian...?"
Karin, with a dazed expression, turned to Latia.
Latia Meridian, still expressionless.
"What do you think? Latia."
"About what?"
"Davian. Does that make sense?"
"It makes sense."
There's no way.
Karin Obelia, who entered the Royal Magic Division at the age of four and became a secret project, has been hearing the same words for over a decade.
"There has never been a mage with as much talent as you, and there never will be. You are the future of our Royal Magic Division. Karin Obelia."
Lies…….
It took a long time to admit that Latia, who was sitting next to her, had more talent than her.
Davian, what on earth is he?
"It makes sense? This situation? When we're just the same age?"
"Yeah. Davian is..."
Does Latia know Davian's secret?!
Karin Obelia opened her eyes wide and waited for Latia's next words.
"Because he's an oddball."
Ha.
"Latia, are you just accepting this situation with such a word?"
"Yeah. There's nothing else."
Early in the first year.
Telekinesis magic class.
Not only did he surprise Latia by defeating the Gray Witch alone.
Davian easily succeeded in telekinesis magic.
"Sigh, anyway, what a great genius you are. ...I've made up my mind, Davian."
"About what?"
"I'm going to catch up with you no matter what. I'm going to prove that my cousins are wrong. It's what I've been doing all my life anyway. Proving they're wrong."
"Yeah. Good thinking."
"But."
"But what?"
"If even one more like you comes out, I might give up on everything."
"What does that mean again?"
"It's just that you're an oddball. I can only hold on if I think I was a genius."
"Ah. Do whatever you want."
"...Have you ever thought about the weight of being born the best and not becoming the best?"
Latia's self-rationalization to overcome the weight of being born the best and not becoming the best.
Separating Davian as an oddball altogether.
The classification was still valid.
"Let it go, Karin. Davian is not someone we can do anything about."
"I know that, but..."
Even at this moment when the two girls acknowledge the difference with Davian.
Davian's flame was getting hotter.
Sirims Andrian was concentrating all his senses on Davian's flame.
'Davian Naone...'
There is no way to calm the overwhelming heart.
Suddenly, he thought of the midterms in the first grade.
It was less than two years ago.
"You've been waiting a long time. Davian Naone."
"No."
"What you're showing me now isn't the best, is it?"
"Yes."
"Then show me."
"The steel box may melt."
"What a joke. It's not a box that a freshman can melt. Do you know that this box has been used as a test tool for decades? Don't worry about useless things and show me. Your real level."
"Yes, I understand."
That day, Davian eventually melted the steel box with fire attribute protection magic by showing a flame that exceeded the 5th Circle.
"Stop. I'm going to burn the entire auditorium floor."
"I haven't shown you everything yet."
"I know."
I thought it was amazing back then, but it's a completely different level now.
'It's amazing how well you've grown.'
Davian's flame, burning freely in Sirims Andrian's eyes, was reflected.
You can still guess the magic power contained in it.
It means that it has not exceeded Sirims' level.
'More. Show me a little more. Davian Naone.'
A while later.
Sirims Andrian, the Head of the Magic Department, stood up suddenly.
All the other professors stood up in unison and looked at the Head of the Magic Department.
An expression waiting for him to say something.
But the Head of the Magic Department was just looking at Davian's flame.
"Head of the Magic Department, what's wrong?"
"Surely Davian..."
"Su, surely..."
They were professors who couldn't easily put the rest of their words into words.
Sirims Andrian is the spiritual pillar of all magicians in Alcancia.
He couldn't ask him, "Has that eighteen-year-old student surpassed you?"
Sirims Andrian held out his palm.
His voice, full of magic power, echoed in the gymnasium.
A vivid voice that everyone could hear.
"Stop, that's enough. Stop now, Davian. No one in our academy can gauge the level of that flame anymore."
Tick, tock.
Inside this gymnasium, the largest building in the second-year space of Elton Academy.
Other than the sound of Davian's flame burning, no other sound was leaked.
It was a moment when even small breaths were not allowed.
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