Chapter 660 of 704
Chapter 659
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On the battlefield.
Olivia Ranche was also fighting in her knight's armor.
The ground was shaking just from the vibrations of thousands of meteorites falling from the torn sky.
And Olivia could clearly see the giant flames and flashes covering the waves of monsters.
"Reinhardt...."
Immortal disappeared and the demon king's forces invaded.
Everyone will know that the tip of the demon king's forces is aimed at monsters, not humans.
Is this the end of the misunderstanding?
But isn't this just a story that covers up misunderstandings with misunderstandings?
Cover up the misunderstanding that the demon king tried to kill humanity with the misunderstanding that the emperor abandoned humanity.
It may not have been Reinhardt's intention, but the situation was flowing that way.
But covering up misunderstandings with misunderstandings is only after the Allied forces survive.
Destroy all warp gates and everyone must survive.
The annihilated Allied forces cannot return to humanity with any truth or misunderstanding.
We must survive for now.
That's why Reinhardt took off his mask and revealed himself as the demon king.
He shows magic that kills monsters.
To support the Allied forces who are about to collapse under their own feet.
You have to take off your mask.
Any strong power is good enough.
There is no Immortal, but everyone should know that there are powerful allies who do not bow to him.
That's why.
-Pak!
Olivia also throws off her helmet.
When she untied her hair, Olivia's brilliant platinum hair fluttered in the wind on the battlefield.
Even in such a miserable battlefield, there was a figure that could not help but attract attention, and Olivia Ranche was like that.
Olivia Ranche had a tremendous reputation as the Holy Maiden of Eredian even before the Gate incident.
She also participated in the Demon Realm War and played a role in rear support, but she gained the nickname of a messenger because she killed countless demons.
But even that reputation is more pathetic than the infamous reputation she gained after the Gate incident.
A traitor to humanity.
She became more famous as a villain than a saint, and wanted posters for traitors who betrayed humanity were posted in all cities where humanity still existed.
Those who have even a little hate-mixed interest in the demon king can't help but know the faces of the three betrayers of humanity as much as the demon king's appearance.
Olivia Ranche.
Heriot de San Tu'an.
Liana de Granz.
One of the three, Olivia Ranche, revealed herself.
-Olivia Ranche....
-She's the demon king's holy maiden!
Soldiers on the battlefield who recognized her face could only be amazed, and those who didn't know could only look at her in awe of others.
Even the Holy Knight Order was amazed that she was fighting on the battlefield in her knight's armor.
But this is the battlefield.
There is no time to talk about such amazement and fear.
We have to fight.
Olivia is the same.
Kill monsters.
The Empire created an army of warriors to kill monsters.
What is ultimately needed now is power.
The power to kill monsters.
Whatever the root of that power may be, it is good enough.
The power to kill the enemy. The power to put an end to all of this. That's what people want.
-Kurrurung!
The power that came out of Olivia's hand was clearly not holy or golden, but rather dark and sinister energy that spread from her body.
Even though people were shocked by the evil-looking power, they had no time to be amazed or afraid as they had to fight and kill monsters.
Countless Death Knights rose from the ground, and skeletons and ghostly knights also appeared.
Olivia, now known as a villainous Holy Maiden, rode a ghostly horse and led the charge against the monsters.
The Allied forces fought in their own positions, each with their own role and power. Translation: After Immortal disappeared, Harry was by Rianna's side, concentrating to summon even greater power. Harry seemed to know the reason for Immortal's withdrawal. He must have known that this would happen. It wasn't hard to think about, but he never thought he would do something like this. Why does he hate her so much? Why does he hate her so much? Even though he knows that the Demon King is doing this to save everyone, using it means he knows what the Demon King is thinking. Harry doesn't know why he has to do this so much. He can't understand it. But now is not the time to be angry, surprised, or tearful in injustice. Everyone knows that they must support the Allied forces who are about to collapse rather than complain about the unfairness and irrationality of the situation. Therefore, he tries his best to do what he can even though he knows he is trapped. "......" Harry de Saint-Fouan. The magical genius who is considered to have the greatest talent in history has already achieved countless miracles. But those miracles had little to do with war. Now, Harry de Saint-Fouan's genius is needed. This time. He must show his genius in the field of destruction. Harry quietly took out the earrings he had put in his pocket. A small pair of earrings. "It's an artifact with a permanent quality magic. I don't need it, and Ellen doesn't need it either. So I'll give it to you. If you can maintain calmness when using magic, casting will be easier, right?" Earrings with a mental stabilization magic. A treasure brought by Reinhardt and Ellen from Darkland. Reinhardt and Ellen, who created a secret that he could not be with them, gave it to Harry as an apology. No, from the beginning, he had tried to give it to Harry regardless of the meaning of the apology. It is certainly a valuable item, but now this earring may not have much meaning to Harry. In fact, it doesn't have much meaning. He can now maintain calmness during combat without wearing these earrings. So he carried the earrings with him, but he didn't wear them because he thought that relying on artifacts to gain calmness through magic was far from the way to become stronger. But now is the time to borrow the power of anything. The effect of peace given by the faint green light of the earrings is minimal. However, the meaning contained in the earrings calms Harry's mind. He can do it. Whatever it is. Reinhardt fighting in front of him. And Ellen fighting beyond that. And everyone on this battlefield. With loved ones. And precious friends. And for the sake of everyone.
It's not just because of these monsters that their end has come.
Whatever it takes to bring them to a proper conclusion.
Success is the only option.
Although it may not be contained in objects, believing that it is contained in them.
"It's okay for it to be the second time. No, it's okay for it to be the third time. Even if it's the last...."
Knowing the meaning contained in the earrings rather than the magic, Harry gains help for his mind.
"Still, it's okay...."
There is no longer confusion or sorrow in Harry's calm eyes.
In an era where just surviving is overwhelming.
In that final battle.
Just hoping for everyone to be happy is a luxury.
Just survive.
Now let's reach the end of everything.
So my place, even if it's a little far away, is okay.
As long as we can survive.
As long as we can reach the end.
Then it's okay.
- Kkkkkkkk!
In a certain place on the battlefield full of the screams of monsters flying in the sky.
Harry de Saint-Exupéry begins to take deep breaths.
"Huuu...."
A blue magic line appears all over Harry's body.
In Harry's earrings.
And in the power cartridge hanging around his neck, light shoots out.
A method of instantly activating magic by injecting magic into the body as if it were a magic scroll.
Harry conceived and realized this in his first year of Temple Royal Class, and developed a power cartridge that could use external magic as if it were internal magic.
Time has passed.
Harry did not live in battles and fights, but mainly used magic to assist Reinhardt.
And Harry has shown his own strength in the battles so far, but he was never the main character.
But just because he wasn't the main character in the fight doesn't mean he didn't think about it.
He didn't just scribble something and fall asleep next to Reinhardt every night.
Magic that is beneficial to people.
Magic that takes care of the wounded.
Magic that creates new warp gates.
How could there not be magic for destruction among them?
After all, they spent days when fighting and power were the most important.
How could he not conceive such magic?
Now it's time to show it.
Something he has never done before.
Something he didn't think was possible.
A magic that has never been successful even once.
A magic that existed only in his imagination.
He must now bring it to reality.
If his talent is not creation, but destruction, what can he do?
It's time to show it.
The blue magic lines drawn on Harry's body soon begin to fall off his skin.
The magic lines that were engraved on the body leave the body.
The blue light magic lines that roam the air like threads seem to be floating in the air.
"Harry...?"
Rianna looks at Harry, who seems to be doing something absentmindedly.
"...."
With his eyes open, Harry seems to be concentrating on something, biting his lips.
He was so focused that he didn't even realize that his lips were torn and bleeding.
A magic that can use the body as a magic scroll.
Something only possible for Harry de Saint-Exupéry.
But now those magic lines have left the body. A power cartridge that can use external magic as if it were internal magic. The principles of the power cartridge are all in Harry's head. However, even with the amount of magic contained in the modified power cartridge bundle around Harry's neck, it is far from enough to implement the magic he wants to achieve. What is magic? Harry has been thinking about it for a long time. In the past, even among geniuses, there was a time when magic was an untouchable area. There were very few magicians in the world, and even among them, only a handful of geniuses could create small miracles. However, Elerys showed Harry a small but great miracle using natural mana. She knew the desire behind Harry's question and taught him everything she knew. Harry has an environment that is unparalleled anywhere on the continent, with five ancient road vampires who have existed for an unimaginable amount of time. They are not just called great magicians, but exist alongside those who have accumulated countless magic and sorcery over a long period of time. They are great magicians who can actually use that knowledge. Therefore, since coming to Edina, Harry has been nothing but a disciple of the five road vampires. Most of them are magicians who cannot even be considered as a mentor by a single archmage. However, Harry has made the five ancient road vampires, who have existed for an unparalleled amount of time, his mentors. He has received countless knowledge and inspiration from them, sometimes from Elerys, sometimes from Lucinil, sometimes from Lurien, sometimes from Galarsch, and sometimes from Antirianus. So Harry was not in a poor environment, but in the best environment. He has been studying magic in an environment that has never existed before, with the greatest geniuses in history. Harry Dresden has spent moments that can only push her talent to the limit. Now it's time to show the fruit of that labor. Countless knowledge and wisdom. The vast amount of knowledge that has become wisdom accumulated since ancient times, how it is implemented in the hands of a magician who is only in his twenties. Harry has created a system that can use magic in a way that is almost instantaneous by scrolling his body in real-time. Harry created a power cartridge that allows him to use external mana as if it were internal mana. And Harry has been seeking the ancient magic of using natural mana. In fact, Harry once created a magic circle on the spot and called down lightning through natural mana when his mana was depleted. Harry has already realized a principle similar to drawing a magic circle on his body and implementing magic quickly. However, if the mana contained in the vessel named the body or the mana contained in the vessel named the power cartridge is depleted, magic cannot be implemented anymore. So a new vessel that is close to infinity is needed. It uses a vessel named nature. If you use a vessel that is close to infinity to implement magic, you can use magic that exceeds the limit. However, using a vessel that transcends the body is by no means an easy task. "What's different from Akasha?" "Yes…?" Antirianus, who heard Harry's idea, said with a meaningful smile. "If you say a magic that can contain all magic and a magic that can implement all magic, aren't they essentially the same thing?" Harry realized how big his dream was when he heard Antirianus's words. But the old monster didn't say that to mean don't even dream. "Akasha was just a magical tool. Is there any reason why it couldn't implement the vision of the Secretary-General with magic?" There was enough possibility for Harry, he said. "Akasha was a magical tool that recorded and reproduced reason." "I heard that." "Then who can say that they cannot create magic that is the origin of all reason?" In the end, Harry's dream was even more grandiose than what Harry had imagined. It is to create magic that is similar to Akasha, but the principle is different. However, it is not necessary to be entirely like Akasha. There is no need to reproduce everything. Implementing it is magic. That alone is enough. Therefore, the dream magic is one thing.
'Everything.'
More precisely, the origin of magic that can be anything.
Like Akasha.
Creating anything for destruction and bringing it to the world like Akasha used for destruction.
If you create magic that can implement any magic, you can create all the magic in the world.
In other words, the seed of all magic.
The fundamental magic of everything that can be anything depending on how you germinate that seed.
Akasha was a tool that recorded all reasons.
Harry does not intend to create Akasha, nor does he think it is possible for him to do so.
There is no need to record and know all reasons.
There is no need to create anything.
Create Akasha that can only implement magic.
An absolute principle that can be any reason.
With that alone, you can create all magic.
Bringing everything in the world together as one.
That is Akasha.
Then.
One that can be anything.
Isn't that also Akasha?
If the result is the same even though the method is different.
It may be small in scale.
That too can be called Akasha.
Akasha became the world.
But Harry cannot even dream of such a thing.
To create an infinite number of ones, vast magical power is needed.
So.
Natural mana.
You have to draw the world's magical power.
That is not possible.
There are not even people who try.
But someone clearly said that such an absurd thing is possible.
Can't you try it?
Can't you do it?
"Do you say it's impossible without even trying?"
"People are too stupid to use that method? The modern magic theory was created by people who are smarter and more talented than you...."
"What if those people are all stupid?"
"......What?"
At that time, he thought it was just something he said to torment himself.
But it wasn't.
He was sincere.
"If all those people are stupider than you, what if they made the current magic theory?"
"What...what are you talking about?"
"Every wizard in history could be stupider than you."
At a time when Harry couldn't even fit into the ranks of archmages, he said it confidently without any doubt.
"You...are you serious?"
"Well, I am."
He said something that no one would believe.
"How much do you think I'm a genius? What evidence do you have to think of me that way?"
"You will be the greatest wizard in history, regardless of continent or race. You know my ability."
"Uh, yeah...."
The ability to believe in oneself and make it a reality.
A strange ability, but ultimately the driving force that brought him here.
"I believe that."
Against that power, there was no doubt.
Harry does not believe that all wizards in the world, or even in history, are stupider than him.
But there is someone who believes that.
Someone who believes that you can do it.
So, in that belief.
In that absurd belief.
You have to answer.
I don't think so.
But if you think so.
I'll try to believe that I am such an existence. "I hope to become such an existence. Yes. The greatest in history. Unrivaled. I will show who the world's strongest wizard is. I will become an infinite wizard who can use infinite mana. *Kururung!* Harry's hair ruffled, and the bundle of power cartridges around his neck shook. He used his own magic power and the power of the cartridges as materials. In other words, it was like a spark. He had to create it with his own hands, like a spark that ignites a huge fire. The blue magic lines that appeared all over Harry's body jumped into the air and took shape. The blue magic lines pouring out of Harry's body could be seen by other wizards far away. *Kururung!* No one except Harry knew what was happening. The blue threads that sprang from Harry's body began to take shape in the sky. It was a form that no one had ever seen before or attempted before, but the wizards knew what it was. Lines drawn in the air. Shapes. Symbols. The interconnection of those things. "Magic circle...?" "Is that... a magic circle?" Most magic circles take a flat form. But now, Harry drew a magic circle in the air with magic lines in a form that had never existed before. A three-dimensional shape. And beyond that. To absorb the flow of mana in real-time, the shape of the magic circle that absorbs natural mana must also change in real-time. A four-dimensional magic circle that changes shape according to the situation, not a fixed shape, is drawn in the air. No, it was embroidered. *Kururung!* The magic lines pouring out of Harry's body rose into the sky and took the form of a huge sphere. It looked like a giant star made of magic. Rianna also watched the strange changes that appeared with the storm of magic, wide-eyed right next to him. When the storm-like phenomenon ended. All the nearby wizards could see something manifested in the sky. A blue glowing spherical magic circle. No, a magic star. The origin of all magic that can embody all the principles of magic. Therefore, it can be said to be the essence of the world. The manifestation of all things in the universe."