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“But humans are stronger than any other race.”
“What? Aren’t dragons much stronger? They exert such tremendous power with their own strength, without borrowing the power of nature.”
“We may not be able to contend with dragons, but even dragons cannot eliminate all humans. And humans are a race that knows how to pass down the knowledge of their ancestors to future generations through writing. In the distant past, they were a race that couldn’t even manipulate magic or inner strength. What about now? Humans are the ones dominating the human realm.”
“Ah……”
Sirims Andrian stretched out his arms, palms facing up.
“Now, behold. This isn’t my own achievement, but the result of research and effort by many senior mages.”
A flame flared up in his left hand.
Ordinary four-element magic.
And shortly after.
A flame flared up in his right hand as well.
Hup.
Latia was the first to gasp.
Then Davian and Karin reacted.
After that, a few more students reacted, but about half didn’t notice the difference between the two flames.
“Can you tell the difference between the two flames?”
Latia replied in a trembling voice.
“The flame in the department head’s right hand isn’t natural……”
“As expected of Latia.”
Davian also stared intently at the flame of the Magic Department Head Sirims Andrian.
‘That’s……’
A dragon’s flame.
Humans have been studying dragon magic for a long time, but there haven’t been any significant achievements.
Yet, the Magic Department Head Sirims Andrian just created a dragon’s flame before Davian’s eyes.
“If you were to ask a Red Dragon to show you its flame, I think it would be similar to this. I’ve never actually seen one myself, so I can’t say for sure. Based on various papers and research results, I only managed to create this flame recently. You can tell that it’s not a natural flame. Maybe it’s nothing special.”
Davian shook his head without realizing it.
No, Professor.
It’s not nothing special.
That’s definitely a Red Dragon’s flame.
Eventually.
Davian, who rarely spoke up in class, raised his hand high.
“Didn’t you say that there haven’t been any significant achievements in researching dragon magic yet? But it seems like the department head has created a dragon’s flame.”
Magic Department Head Sirims Andrian smiled and extinguished the flames in both hands.
“That’s as far as it goes. The flame in my left hand is created by manifesting the magic power in my heart, stimulating mana, and borrowing the power of nature as a result. Therefore, the power and size of the flame can be changed depending on the amount of magic power I have. Thanks to that, only a very small amount of magic power is consumed.”
The power of magic varies depending on the amount of magic power you have.
Using magic consumes magic power, but the extent is not that great.
That’s why high-level mages can unleash tremendous magic spells in succession.
This is possible because they use the power of nature through a medium called mana.
“But the flame in my right hand is different. That flame was made by burning the magic power in my heart itself. While the flame is maintained, magic power rapidly depletes. I can show it to you, but I can’t actually use it.”
Of course, the depleted magic power is naturally replenished by resting.
But if the rate at which magic power decreases is too fast, then you can’t continue to use such magic, nor can you maximize its power.
“As I said earlier, this flame is not my own achievement. It’s the result of research that has been carried out over generations. But in the end, humans cannot use dragon magic because of the limitations of their own magic power.”
A student raised his hand.
“Then what is the difference between the two flames?”
“If they have the same temperature and size, the dragon’s flame is much purer and more powerful. If you ever encounter something that cannot be burned or melted by fire element magic, then you might need a dragon’s flame. But even if humans can use dragon flames, it’s uncertain whether they can be used in actual combat due to the inherent limitations of humans, that is, the ridiculously insufficient magic power compared to dragons.”
Davian raised his hand.
“Are we learning that this semester?”
“You mean creating a dragon’s flame?”
“Yes.”
Magic Department Head Sirims Andrian shook his head.
“I only managed to do it myself recently. Today is a theory class, and I’m teaching you about various methods of magic manifestation.”
“Ah……”
Davian looked disappointed.
A faint smile appeared on the lips of Magic Department Head Sirims Andrian.
Even though he was well past the age where he wouldn’t show small emotional fluctuations on his face.
He revealed his emotions again.
“But. If you want, come see me separately. I’ll teach you as much as I can.”
Only Davian, Latia, and Karin’s eyes sparkled at the last words of the Magic Department Head.
Deep within the Alsace Forest.
The Gold King bandit camp.
“Boss. About that mansion.”
“What mansion. Ah, you mean the one being built by the river down there?”
“Yes. It looks like it’s almost finished.”
“What? That big mansion already?”
“You wouldn’t believe it. I don’t know how many workers they’re using, but hundreds of people come to build one house every day and work all day long.”
The bandit boss stroked his beard.
“Heh heh. They must be pretty rich.”
“I guess so, Boss. And I tried to approach them disguised as a worker, Boss.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes, Boss. That woman…… she’s unbelievably beautiful. I’ve never seen such a beauty in my life.”
“Is that so?”
“You wouldn’t believe it, Boss. You’d be shocked if you saw her too.”
The bandit boss pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I was going to try to get a hefty tribute from them every month without slitting their bellies. I guess I’ll have to change my plan.”
“How so, Boss?”
“What do you mean how? I’ll take all their wealth and make the woman my concubine.”
“As expected of you, Boss. With your skills, you’re definitely qualified to have such a beauty by your side.”
“Of course, am I, Karpa, the boss of Gold King, the same as ordinary bandits?”
“Of course not, Boss! What bandit in the world uses both magic and a sword at the same time! You’re the one who will soon rise to the position of bandit king.”
Kyahahaha.
Karpa laughed loudly.
“Let’s go down there soon.”
“Yes, Boss.”
A person who uses both magic and swords.
There was one here too, besides Elton Academy.
Davian, Ignis, and Insanis visited the construction site.
“They’re building a big mansion, Ignis.”
“What, this much. Insanis, you bought that big mansion in the city outright, didn’t you? You hired a lot of servants and live like a nobleman, right?”
Ahem.
Insanis cleared his throat and changed the subject.
“But there are quite a few human traces leading beyond that mountain. It looks like they’re coming and going frequently.”
“Yeah. I’m leaving them alone to see how far they go. Not long ago, one guy disguised himself as a worker and passed right in front of me.”
“Wouldn’t this distance bother your nerves? Ignis. Especially with guys like that.”
“It does bother me.”
“Then why don’t you drive them away?”
Ignis smiled brightly.
A beautiful smile that would set the hearts of all men on fire.
But if you did something stupid after seeing this smile.
You might actually burn up.
“Because I think they’ll come on their own?”
Insanis shook his head.
“Your bad taste is still the same.”
“Bad taste!”
Davian couldn’t understand their conversation at all.
When Davian said that he would go and drive them away if there were really bandits over the mountain, Ignis only told him not to go.
‘What kind of human traces are there, anyway?’
“By the way, Ignis. I heard you decided to teach Davian dragon magic?”
“Yeah. Doesn’t it sound fun?”
“The human body is different from a dragon’s. I know Davian is ridiculously strong for a human, but if he uses dragon magic, he’ll run out of magic power in an instant.”
“Yeah. Doesn’t it sound fun?”
Talking to a brick wall.
Ignis had already made up her mind.
“Do what you want, Ignis. But if I think what you’re trying to do will harm Davian, then I’ll stop you.”
“Suit yourself. I wouldn’t do anything that would harm our cute Davian either.”
“Davian is strong enough as a human now. There’s no one among humans who can match him.”
Ignis smirked.
“Do you really think so?”
“Of course, don’t you think so? What human can stand up to Davian, who burned and melted even the scales and bones of a Black Dragon?”
“Oh dear…… Have I been sealed for too long? The world is wider than you think, Insanis.”
Marino Empire Imperial Palace.
“Administrator. Why did you dig such a large bathhouse?”
At Emperor Kaiser Rapax’s question, the administrator’s face turned pale.
“Well, it’s because I wanted to create a bathhouse where His Greatness, the Emperor, could comfortably lie down. And it’s necessary to dig wide to maintain the temperature for a long time……”
“That’s enough. Then prepare a warm bath for me.”
As the administrator urgently sent a signal, an imperial palace mage approached and threw a fireball into the wide-open bathhouse.
Whoosh!
Crimson flames flared up in the wide, square-shaped bathhouse.
The liquid in the bathhouse wasn’t water but oil.
They had searched all over the continent to find an oil with a high boiling point that ignited easily but wasn’t slippery or smelly.
Black smoke covered the sky before turning white.
‘Phew……’
Only then was the administrator able to calm his pounding heart a little.
If the color of the smoke had remained black, the administrator’s life would have ended here today.
“We’ll have to wait a bit for it to get hot all the way through.”
“According to our experiments, it will reach the desired temperature within 5 minutes.”
“I see.”
Five minutes later.
Flap.
Emperor Kaiser Rapax threw off his gown.
An act with no hesitation even though there were quite a few courtiers watching.
Twice as tall as those around him with broad shoulders.
The large muscles were like carved rocks.
Stride, stride.
Emperor Kaiser Rapax moved towards the blazing oil bath.
“Shall we check the temperature?”
Thud.
He grabbed the head of a guard standing next to him.
“Y-Your Majesty!”
“I shall bestow upon you the honor of checking my bathwater temperature.”
Whoosh.
He threw the guard all the way to the other side of the bath.
Splash.
“Kuaaagh!”
The guard’s body was instantly burned by the crimson flames.
The Emperor, who was looking at the scene with his chin raised, slowly nodded.
“Adequate. It’s been a while since I’ve worked up a sweat.”
Splash, splash.
The Emperor’s two legs slowly entered the bath.
Thud.
Then he sat down in the bath full of blazing oil.
“It’s fine. Then I’ll take a nap while warming my body, so everyone leave.”
“Yes! Your Majesty.”
Cold sweat soaked the back of the retreating administrator.
The guard who was just sacrificed to check the bathwater temperature.
Was an agent that the administrator and some other high-ranking officials had devoted themselves to raising and planting in order to monitor the Emperor’s condition from a close distance.
‘Monster……. He knew all along.’
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