Chapter 255. α (4)
“By the way, aren’t these stories boring?”
“….”
“Honestly, nothing is more uninteresting than someone droning on about their past when you have no interest in it.”
“….”
“Sorry, but to be honest, I’ve never had the experience of sharing such sincere feelings in front of anyone.”
“….”
“To be specific, I’ve never had the chance to share life stories. So, I’m a bit scatterbrained and just blurt out things as they come to my mind.”
“….”
“Is it really that boring?”
“….”
“How about taking a short break?”
“….”
“If you want, you can sleep as there’s a blanket laid out behind. Just let me know, and while you take a breather, I’ll summarize the important parts in written form. Then, it’ll be easier for you to understand why I ended up in this situation…”
“Enough already, just continue with the explanation.”
“Understood.”
The dry air touches his skin.
The Blond Man rolls his eyes within the atmosphere unique to the planet Earth.
A silver balance.
Eventually, he spots a high-end magic tool that contrasts oddly with the cheap flooring of the studio.
‘Not yet.’
The reincarnated being from another world keeps his gaze fixed on Justitia.
‘Gotta pull it a bit longer.’
And he continues.
In fact, the resident of this studio, apart from Seonwoo-yeon’s persuasion, has a certain goal that he is currently trying to achieve.
Thinking about it, there’s no bait better than wasting the Earthling’s time.
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…Where was I?
Trying to juggle two thoughts at once got me a bit tangled up.
I stopped analyzing the structure of Justitia and focused on my recollections.
What I’m about to summarize is the period right after a Green Alphauri graduated from the Nurturing Facility.
-Yahoo! I graduated, so now I’m a proper Mage!
Looking back, I was generally in a good mood around that time.
Why?
First, the fratricide was successfully avoided.
A Deep Sea Person from the Alphauri almost destroyed the school to graduate early and even killed the dean in a major incident.
In fact, this news put the upper echelons of the planetary alliance into a frenzy for a while.
-What? The third Nurturing Facility’s administrator was taken down by a student?
-Student?
-Losing to a minor in open combat.
-It wasn’t just losing. The testimonies show the dean was hung at the Main Gate like a trophy…
-Oh my gosh.
-Creative.
-Well, kids have no limits to their imagination.
But there wasn’t a big issue.
As I’ve emphasized several times, this was during a time when a powerful foreign force was about to abruptly end the trivial disputes of the entire nation.
A brilliant genius had emerged, one capable of killing a master at a crossroads where the fate of the planet was at stake.
Would they have wasted a Green student in prison just because of a coup?
-But this is just my personal thought, honestly, I think the ones who lost in the duel are more to blame here.
Underdeveloped curse and brainwashing techniques.
Insufficient military power.
Moreover, the waters where I was born were already leaning toward a meritocratic mindset.
-How can a grown adult lose to a kid who hasn’t even developed his reproductive system?
-He was just the weakest among our clan…
The voting results were overwhelmingly in favor, 14 to 2, recognizing it as legitimate self-defense.
-This matter is better left buried.
-Honestly, I didn’t expect to find such talent at a Nurturing Facility where people of low status attend.
-We need to refine the report system of the Nurturing Facility.
-We can’t have this kind of incident happen again. Who knows if another brilliant gem like the third Nurturing Facility’s dean will emerge again?
Overall, I got lucky.
After a bit of discussion, the upper echelons decided not to punish the student.
Instead, they checked the social system to ensure such a victim wouldn’t arise again.
From any perspective, this was an excessive punishment against mere commoners.
-What? Really, no one’s going to hold anyone accountable for this?
At that time, I considered myself one of the few Mages benefitting from the turmoil.
-Yay!
However, this immoral judgment turned out to be a correct decision on a planetary scale.
It was unfortunate for the noble family that lost its bloodline.
After that.
I achieved accomplishments far more valuable than some dean who was gruesomely killed.
The honorable early graduate of the Nurturing Facility.
▒▒.
Your first battlefield has been set.
Head towards the shining, red sea.
And in the end, be sure to reclaim our precious waters…….
Beta Species.
When did the inveterate enemies that came from there start to be pushed back?
The Red Sea massacre.
The collapse of the large army.
Future historians will take various events as the fuse for the defeat of the satellite beings, but.
In any history book, the name written as the instigator of the fuse was always the same.
『The Appearance of the Deep Sea Alphauri』
It was only natural for a genius of the century to leave his mark in history.
-Oh.
Since the appearance of a certain Deep Sea Alphauri, the Beta Species found themselves on the defensive for the first time.
The starting point was a farm.
A young Mage with green blood flowed out, who had just graduated from the Nurturing Facility, was moving toward a distant water area under military orders.
On his way to the first designated sampling site, he finally encountered it.
-Is that a satellite being?
Hidden in a forest of upside-down seaweed, a creature bowed its white, tough body to munch on the seaweed.
It was the Beta Species the Mage had only heard about.
Moreover, it was the first time the young Mage laid eyes on an actual enemy.
-This is exactly like the pointillism painting of the artist I saw at the Nurturing Facility.
How dare it come down to this farmland and steal crops.
At that time, the green young Mage did indeed stand out, accompanied by a few soldiers assigned by the state and a large mount.
So, the Beta Species, which sneaked out, quickly realized the approach of the planetary natives.
And soon, it attempted its own teleportation spell.
-Great timing.
The genius who had come from the Deep Sea easily crushed the enemy’s freedom.
Fractures, pneumothorax, and bleeding.
All these phenomena were triggered in a single breath by the early graduate.
The Beta Species that was stealing food from the farm sustained serious injuries and was captured.
Moreover, what followed was a bloody scene, indicative of a world without the concept of POW treaties.
That Deep Sea Person ripped the enemy apart and thoroughly analyzed the captured satellite being.
-Oh! So this is the actual structure.
A voice full of curiosity, as if it were a child.
Despite being a rookie Mage who had just graduated from school, the green Mage didn’t quite fit in with the descriptor of “novice.”
-So that’s why it could withstand the teleportation magic. The Kp is really tough.
He was experienced, cunning, and as visibly apparent, he was not just any mindless creature obsessed with knowledge.
Having captured the enemy’s body in such hands, what kind of event do you think would unfold?
【Contents】
【Middle History of the Alphauri】
【Ⅵ The Transformation and Downfall of the Beta Species: Multi-layered Reclamation】
The beginning of the counteroffensive.
-◎◎◎! ◎◎!
-◎-!
-◎◎◎◎◎……. ◎◎!
The white skin of the satellite beings, resembling seashells, scattered into the water.
The torn skin of the enemy soon became new hills and mountains.
A series of incomprehensible _screams_ erupted endlessly.
-◎◎◎◎◎!!
From wherever they were born.
By the prestige of their clan.
It is to be evaluated that a figure who appeared from the very lowest point of this world is being overwhelmed by a massive invader.
Originally, such tactics were common among the Alphauri.
Deploying numerous close-combat magic users—knights—and a few sorcerers in one battalion, allowing central sorcerers to complete powerful spells while the entire army bought time.
A defense-centered formation.
-This is inefficient.
Yet one rookie Mage chose not to follow this route.
In his first-ever battle, he decided to send most of the professional knights to another frontline.
And he entrenched in a previously unattempted achievement.
Based on the Beta Species specimen acquired from the farm, he easily redesigned a spell on his way to the frontlines to push them back. The magic he modified turned out to be more threatening than any weapon that had ever existed.
The Beta Species was inherently a race adorned with a strong, rocky exterior, nature’s armor.
So hard that it could barely be scratched by any regular magic.
-◎◎◎◎~!
-◎◎. ◎◎◎◎…….
-◎!
Moreover, due to its high-speed movement and ability to change coordinates in the blink of an eye, hitting the vulnerable interiors was no easy feat…
However, these myriad conditions became utterly useless when meeting a genius who seemed born to make a living with magic.
-◎◎◎, ◎◎◎◎.
In his body swirled the transcendent energy of the Deep Sea pressure.
Given that he was sometimes mistaken for a beggar in his infancy due to the grand magical power he held, not to mention he already exhibited first-class magical manipulation skills naturally.
Bubbling bubbling bubbling!
Crackle!
The start of a disaster.
Frighteningly, as the early graduate swung his tentacle, dozens of Beta Species suddenly burst forth.
Their proud sturdy armor—skin—shattered collectively.
This Alphauri realized during the process of dissecting the enemy he had captured that the Beta Species’ tough skin had a mana passage.
-‘With such a hard solid skin, external mana won’t penetrate easily. Well, I expected there would be a separate breathing hole.’
No matter how sturdy a piece of reinforced glass was, it would eventually shatter if struck at the wrong corner.
Breathing holes.
This was the first weakness spotted by the early graduate of the Nurturing Facility. And the moment he identified the enemies’ weak point, he promptly experimented with his devised tactics in battle.
[Telekinesis]
With a speed that easily surpassed the high-speed movement of the Beta Species, he targeted the interior coordinates, exposing the skin near the breathing holes from ‘inside out.’
One.
Two.
Moreover, even if the number reached dozens, as long as they entered his perception, he would meticulously tear them apart.
Like hypothesized, the suspected breathing hole was indeed a critical weakness for the white Beta Species.
Was it a problem with their anatomy?
Whatever the case, their solid skin ended up bursting wide open due to the mere inch-wide internal crack.
-◎◎◎, ◎◎◎◎……!
(That’s a monster……!)
Slosh!
Gurgle!
The Green Deep Sea Person drove the invading forces into near-death, finishing them off.
-◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎!!!
Current sounds.
Waves.
Along with the small bubbles of biological respiration, a massive wave emerged in the tremendous distance at which the cries of the Beta Species echoed.
Crackle!
The Green Mage smashed down the heads of them all with ice spikes frozen in an instant.
If hell truly exists, it would take such form.
With their skin broken and muscles exposed, the satellite beings could not withstand the enemy’s assault.
They were frail and filled with suffering.
However, the problematic sorcerer who had successfully completed his grand area-of-effect spell showed no signs of panting.
-Just as expected.
The voice of disaster flows.
-Indeed……. You’re quite weak once your skin gets broken, aren’t you?
From then on, the green light gradually became a symbol of terror for the Beta Species.
Whenever a blue-blooded figure stepped onto the battlefield, many of the satellite’s kin fell.
And if he swung his tentacles in midair, no matter how strong the general, he could hardly survive two impacts and would die.
Moreover, even if they managed to come close using all sorts of means, he had already assimilated all knowledge of the land he had studied at the Nurturing Facility.
In other words, he was a monster equipped not only with a sorcerer’s role but also with close combat abilities rivaling professional knights.
Thus.
One day, the Green youth of the Alphauri single-handedly annihilated the collective referred to as the colony of foreign forces.
From then on, whenever any of the Beta Species saw a strand of green seaweed, they’d be so scared they’d faint.
Like a plague, he caused mass deaths wherever he went—one single Alphauri.
-Hooray! Hooray!
-Hooray~
-The pride of the planet! A hero!
When a few weeks passed after the rookie Mage’s debut on the battlefield.
The Green Deep Sea Person managed to reclaim a whopping 27% of the waters lost in just this short span.
An achievement.
-How about we carve mountains in the shape of that comrade’s figure to honor his accomplishment?
-Great idea!
Now, the Alphauri dubbed that Mage with grandiose nicknames like “The War God.”
However, it’s oddly strange.
The very person responsible for all these miracles merely gazed at the praises from his kin with indifference.
-‘Hmm.’
Pat!
No matter how great a commander was, during this mid-stage, he still needed to sleep or eat.
After all, the Alphauri’s bodily modification technology had not yet properly developed.
Thus, after each battle, this marine being would rest at the makeshift barracks prepared by the nation.
Returning to the makeshift barrack, he leaned his head against his soft tentacle and thought.
-‘This war… it’s becoming tedious!’
With a job he didn’t desire right up ahead, instead of pursuing such a fate, how could anyone not feel disheartened?
His aspiration was not to be a soldier.
He wanted to delve into the secret of the world, handling grand affairs while his daily routine revolved mainly around wrestling with brain cells in his head.
-‘I need to get rid of those pest-like enemies as soon as possible, and start studying.’
He wished to become a Magic Scholar.
But just recently, a humble soldier he met on the battlefield asked him a light-hearted question.
-Usually, wouldn’t you want a leisure life after earning a fortune?
On this end, he was fearfully active on the battlefield, and yet the promise of various rewards from the state was already a reality by this time.
Nurturing Facility graduates often responded that they wanted to have a blast once the war is over. Yet from this guy, it felt like he was gearing up to work even harder once the truce arrived.
-Why do you want to become a researcher so badly?
But the Green Alphauri couldn’t readily respond to that question.
To him, magic studies were merely a fixed star he must pursue.
Even this ponderous planet, continuously turning, with the North Star changing each time.
Even if he encountered any joy or beauty in the world, he always found himself returning to the field of magic.
-Hm, well, I’m not sure.
What was the problem?
Could it have been triggered by the primitive magic he saw from the daycare teacher in childhood?
Or perhaps, as people say, was his hidden parent actually a god of mana?
-I just simply love magic studies.
He didn’t know why.
He just loved magic since he was born.
Moreover, considering his own sorcery talent was unyieldingly high.
It’s possible that the alien possessing Kim Gi-ryeo’s body shared a mutual affection with the unknown studies themselves.
…But as is the case with many narratives.
The protagonist of the story often ruins it due to their own affections……
