Chapter 66

Unstable Mana flowed in through the gap in the door that Pete had thrown open.

That was just the beginning.

Swoosh. Swish. Swoooosh.

The space inside seemed to shimmer, and then eight doors revealed themselves.

‘This is… a Warp gate?’

The door Killian had entered through, the door he was about to step into, and the eight newly revealed doors were all Warp gates using the hut as a medium.

They had been hidden by illusion magic, but appeared as the Mana became unstable.

“What's happening?”

“The gates are shaking.”

Pete answered Sharle's question.

His complexion was pale, as if a reflux was rising within him.

“I'm asking why it's happening all of a sudden. Why can't a mage of your caliber control the gate… Don't tell me?”

“My lady, the Magic Tower is going berserk. If this continues……”

Pete, with a pale face, glanced at Killian and swallowed the rest of his words.

Killian looked at the silent Sharle and Pete.

Contrary to his indifferent expression, his mind was racing.

‘There's something going on.’

The hut, which was essentially a Warp stone itself.

Ten Warp gates connected to such a hut.

The current situation was that the control of the gates had failed, and the hut, the center of the warp magic, had become unstable.

‘Surely this isn't because of me, is it?’

There were thirty magic formulas inscribed on the coordinates he had used to travel.

Since he had nullified most of them, it wouldn't be strange for the connected Warp stone's gate to tremble.

‘No.’

Killian quickly dismissed the first possibility.

Fixing warp magic was a delicate task.

But for a Warp stone to shake because of a single connected gate?

‘Cornelia's magic can't be that sloppy.’

The new possibility that came to mind was the Magic Tower.

‘That guy said the Magic Tower is going berserk.’

The connected Magic Tower had gone berserk, and its shockwave was affecting the hut, which was a Warp stone.

‘This is it.’

In fact, Mana was additionally pouring in from three of the eight doors that had just been revealed.

Sharle opened her mouth with a hardened face.

“Young Master Killian, it seems our farewells have been said.”

“Looks like there’s a problem with the Warp stone.”

“……”

“Surely you're not thinking of pushing me into an unstable gate, are you?”

“……”

Sharle quietly bit her lip.

Normally, the Warp stone, supported by the Magic Tower, would not have shaken even from a considerable impact, but…

‘Now that the Magic Tower itself is shaking… the Young Master has a point.’

Sharle let out a sigh.

She had given Killian the magic tool that allowed access to the hut in order to get closer to him.

If the timing of his use of the magic tool had not been now, she could have handled it more gracefully.

In the end, it was all her mistake.

“It seems moving right now will be impossible.”

“I’ll wait, so get the situation under control first. I don't want to die in some unknown place.”

“That was my intention anyway.”

A staff popped out from the space where Sharle extended her hand.

It seemed a subspace formula was engraved on one of the five rings she was wearing.

When she brandished the staff, a shield made of violet Mana spread out around them.

It was a magic to prevent the Mana's wave from harming Killian.

‘The ring and the staff are enhancing her Mana.’

In addition to these, violet Mana flickered from every single accessory she wore.

Unlike the known fact that she had formed a 5-star Mana Heart, the Mana being manifested was that of a 6-star.

What was surprising was that Sharle was handling that Mana as if it were originally hers.

In terms of the sense of handling Mana, it was not an exaggeration to say she had stabilized 6-star.

‘Did she inherit Diana's blood strongly?’

At the sight that reminded him of Cornelia's ancestor from 200 years ago, Killian let out a chuckle.

She was currently raising her Mana to calm the Mana flooding into the hut.

Kwoooosh.

Her hair fluttered in the constantly swirling violet Mana.

And.

THUD!

A large magic circle spread out, centered on the staff that she slammed onto the floor.

It seemed she had activated a Shik that was originally inscribed in the hut.

As the magic circle shone brightly, the waves of Mana leaking from the three doors began to subside.

Pete, who was watching, also showed his expression gradually relaxing.

“Hoo……”

Sharle gasped for breath.

She had only released her Mana for a moment, but her face and clothes were soaked with sweat.

She met Killian's eyes with a tired look.

“Young Master Killian, as you can see, the Mana has been stabilized. At this rate……”

Before Sharle could finish her words.

RUMBLE!

The hut shook with a much more intense sound.

Subsequently, Mana poured in from two additional exits.

“Heuk……!!”

The moment Sharle urgently raised her Mana.

RUMBLE!!

Three other doors spewed out Mana in succession.

“Kahak……”

Sharle coughed up a handful of blood clots.

It was a premonitory sign of reflux.

Screams could be heard from beyond the eight doors.

“The, the Magic Tower……!!”

Pete, with a despairing expression, looked at Sharle.

Sharle, wiping the blood from her mouth, was also pale.

She tried to control it by infusing Mana into her staff, but.

Crack… Cracrack… CRACK!!

“……!!”

The staff, which had started to crack, shattered without a chance to take any measures.

It was because it could not withstand the surging Mana.

Sharle's Mana, which had been at 6-star, rapidly decreased.

The Mana in the hut, which had just been stabilized, began to go berserk.

“My lady!!”

“No……”

It was when the two mages of Cornelia were looking at the Mana flooding from the nine doors with despairing expressions.

Fwoosh.

Killian released his Mana at full power.

“Carpe.”

Blue Mana took control of the hut.

RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE.

The hut shook as the Mana collided with Carpe.

Even though Aether and the scabbard were absorbing the clinging Mana, the amount did not decrease.

“Unless we're all going to die together, an explanation seems necessary.”

“……”

Sharle's wavering eyes quickly found their stability.

Ptui.

She spat out blood-mixed phlegm onto the floor and opened her mouth.

“The hut is a space created by transforming a large Warp stone. The door the Young Master used to come here is an entrance that can be entered from anywhere, and the door you were about to leave through can be called an exit that can go anywhere.”

“What about the other doors?”

“They're laboratories.”

“My, my lady……”

“Pete, you focus on controlling your reflux.”

At Sharle's point, Pete bowed his head.

He was originally the one in charge of the hut.

Since he couldn't control the situation even with the help of Lady Sharle, he would have to take responsibility later.

“The eight doors are connected to Cornelia's magic laboratories. And the Shik of the hut, which is a Warp stone, is……”

“Connected to the Violet Magic Tower.”

“……”

“Otherwise, it would be impossible to maintain a formula of this level.”

The temporary enhancement of Sharle Cornelia's Mana must have also been possible because she was operating the Magic Tower's Mana.

“The official name of this place is ‘Violet Magic Tower, Eighth Laboratory’.”

Sharle said, looking at the nine doors that were pouring out massive amounts of Mana.

She soon let out a deep sigh.

“Geographically, it's located at the end of the western Frontier.”

‘Just as I thought.’

He had thought it was strange that it consumed an excessive amount of Mana when he traveled with the Warp stone.

‘It'll take quite some time to return to the family without a Warp stone.’

Just a moment ago, he was thinking of returning to the family with proper etiquette, but now his thoughts had changed.

“But the Magic Tower is going berserk?”

“As you can see.”

“I can't understand.”

Magic Towers were structures born from the collaboration of Dwarves and mages.

They contained an immense amount of Mana that an individual Human could not possess, and thanks to that, they could use infinite Mana as a power source.

Among the dozens of Magic Towers, Cornelia's was one of the top five.

And now, a Magic Tower of that caliber was going berserk.

“What on earth do you have to do for a Magic Tower to go berserk?”

“The main purpose of the research is the experimentation of lost 8-star magic.”

‘Experimentation.’

Killian scanned the eight doors, excluding the entrance and exit.

Now that he had deployed Carpe, he could tell.

Beyond the eight doors, at least a hundred 4-star or higher mages were struggling to control their Mana.

Among them, there was a significant number of 5-star and 6-star mages mixed in.

Yet, they couldn't control it.

The puzzle in his head was coming together.

“Is the Head of Cornelia unable to control 8-star?”

“……”

“……”

The silence of Sharle and Pete became the answer.

“It's a family matter.”

Sharle said forcefully, as if this was something she could not reveal.

“Right.”

Anyway, what was important now was the fact that the Magic Tower was going berserk.

“For now, surviving here is the priority.”

The capacity of Aether and the scabbard, which could easily absorb Mana of a 7-star level, was already nearly 70 percent full.

‘If I absorb all the Mana with Carpe, Aether and the scabbard won't be able to withstand it.’

There was only one way.

Killian released the absorbed Mana back out to strengthen Carpe.

RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE.

The hut shook as the Mana leaking from the nine doors collided with Carpe.

Sharle's mouth fell open.

‘This Mana… Don't tell me he has stabilized 7-star Mana?’

Killian Eurasia's level was a 6-star master.

At best, he seemed to be an incomplete 7-star.

Sharle had judged that he was able to hunt the 7-star knight Mainz Kimbel purely thanks to the Annihilation Squad.

But she was wrong.

The amount of Mana being released from Killian Eurasia's body right now was.

‘Even compared to my uncles… it's not lacking.’

The air inside the hut shimmered.

The space that had been dominated by blue Mana began to change rapidly.

“Carpe Illusion.”

Total Solar Eclipse.

Fwoosh.

Her eyes closed on their own due to the fierce wave of Mana.

When Sharle belatedly opened her eyes, what they were standing on was a desolate land.

Above their heads, three spheres were floating.

“H-How can this be……”

Pete gasped.

Sharle's reaction was no different.

‘How can a knight possess this level of Mana and Shik…….’

It was when Sharle's gaze was stolen by the three spheres that were growing in size by absorbing the Magic Tower's Mana.

“It's going to take a long time to digest all of this.”

Thunk.

Killian, who had stabbed Aether into the ground, muttered.

“Digest, you say…?”

Killian's index finger pointed above his head.

“Are you saying those spheres can absorb all of the Magic Tower's Mana?”

“There's no reason they can't.”

“That can't be……”

Sharle looked back and forth between Killian and the spheres with a look of astonishment.

The spheres, which had been the size of a head, were rapidly growing larger.

“Now, shall we continue with the questions?”

“Questions…?”

“I was invited as a guest and saved your lives, so I should receive a price, right?”

“……”

“The Head of Cornelia has reached 8-star, right?”

“Young Master Killian, I clearly said that is a family matter……”

“Ah, I'm suddenly feeling dizzy.”

“……”

“If Carpe Illusion is dispelled, who will control the Magic Tower's Mana?”

“You intended this from the beginning.”

“It's not Eurasia's business, after all.”

“Hey.”

“What about the poor mages beyond the door? With this amount of Mana, it won't just end with falling into a reflux.”

“Young Master Killian, are you threatening me now……”

“Still, as the commander of the Annihilation Squad, I can't risk my life for the affairs of ‘another family’.”

“Sir Killian… my words… are you listening?”

“As expected.”

Killian smiled harmlessly and met Sharle's eyes.

“I should dispel it, right?”

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