Chapter 122:
Translator: MarcTempest
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Chapter 122 – Burning.
“…”
Scarlet’s face twisted visibly.
There was nothing in Flan’s face that suggested malice.
He looked at Scarlet’s flames with pure curiosity, without any fear.
It was absurd, she couldn’t even speak.
Scarlet took a deep breath and spat out.
“Fine, if you’re so curious, then…”
A red aura flickered over her body.
At the same time, the ground cracked and split as if it was parched, and Scarlet’s eyes turned a deeper shade of red.
“Watch carefully with those eyes.”
Clang!
Scarlet stabbed her sword into the ground.
Kugugugu─
The ground shook violently.
Flames spewed out from the cracks and soared into the air.
“Everlasting flames…”
Flan smiled faintly.
Scarlet’s flames burned the hem of his clothes.
It wasn’t just the silk fabric. His skin felt scorching, as if he had been burned by the Flame, even though he hadn’t touched it.
He had mana around him, but it was still this powerful. It meant that the flames were very pure.
But.
Fire was.
Nothing but an element, if one approached its origin.
If it was just Flame, there was no reason he couldn’t surpass it with magic.
“Flames that never go out…”
Flan’s face showed interest.
Even as he was swallowed by the red maw, he seemed to enjoy it.
“I wonder, who will those flames recognize as their master.”
Srrr─
A magic circle appeared in the air.
Four circles and countless geometric shapes filling each one.
If magic was called a miracle that made the impossible possible, then creating Flame within Flame was also magic.
Hwaruk─!
The magic circle ignited.
If Scarlet’s everlasting flames were close to orange, Flan’s flames were crimson.
He was born from the Knight of Blazing.
Then, who would the circuit that the Knight of Blazing left as her legacy acknowledge as the true owner of the flames?
…Flan was curious about that.
‘…?’
At the same time, Scarlet’s expression showed confusion.
‘Flame.’
She knew what Flame was.
It was what she had lived with and handled all her life.
But Flan’s Flame was familiar, and shocking.
The feeling she had felt in Verkel.
That was mother’s…
‘Blazing?’
The Flame began to devour everything around it, swallowing each other’s flames.
As she felt the shock again, Scarlet gasped.
Kwaaaang!
Flan shot his crimson Flame into the sky. It soon gathered and formed a cloud-like shape.
“That’s…!”
Libra’s eyes sparkled as he watched from afar.
How long had it been since she saw that Flame?
The color spreading like paint, the extreme Flame with a deadly force.
Blazing.
Her mouth opened slightly.
She couldn’t believe that Flan, whose innate ability circuit was completely broken, had used magic to create Blazing.
Hwaaaa─!
Soon, Blazing rained down like rain.
“Back off!”
“Move back a bit!”
Libra was also aware of the danger of the situation, but he was captivated by the artistic clash of the two Flames.
And then, at that moment.
Hwak─!
Scarlet pulled out her sword from the ground and rushed at Flan like a ray of light.
She took a big stride and finally gripped her sword with both hands.
She swung it down with all her strength over Flan’s head.
Whooong!
A strike that seemed to cut him diagonally. It was a strike that showed she didn’t underestimate him anymore, a strike that carried Scarlet’s full power.
But.
Whoosh!
The black blade was about to touch Flan’s body when he grabbed it with his telekinesis.
Clang!
Sparks flew in all directions as the two struggled fiercely, one trying to push the sword in and the other trying to hold it back.
Scarlet’s eyes widened as she felt the pain in her palm, the throbbing in her wrist, and all the other sensations.
…How long had it been since she felt something like this?
‘He actually caught it?’
She was so excited by the sight of the blaze that she had put too much force into her strike, more than she even realized. If it had been anyone else, they would have been sliced in half.
But the outcome was that he had blocked it nicely.
Flan had caught Scarlet’s sword with his hand.
“…Still, it’s over if you touch it, Flan.”
Scarlet said with a calm look in her eyes.
“My flame never goes out. The embers will slowly spread through your hand and give you a very painful defeat.”
Scarlet raised her flame to the maximum.
Kwaaaa─!
The hemispherical flame engulfed Flan and Scarlet, burning like mad.
But then.
“…?”
A look of bewilderment crossed Scarlet’s face.
“What is this…?”
Flan also had the same look as Scarlet, one of confidence in his victory.
His face, as if he had succeeded in his plan, was not the expression of someone who had a blade stuck in his shoulder.
Feeling an inexplicable anxiety, Scarlet increased the intensity of her flame at that moment.
Whoosh!
“Ugh!”
She felt a sensation that was too unfamiliar to her.
A sharp pain, like being pricked by a needle.
‘Burns?’
It was unbelievable, but true.
Scarlet had been burned, and the flame she had spewed out was now burning her body instead.
“My flame… my flame…?”
The flame that had covered the surroundings turned red one by one.
“That can’t be, that can’t be… this color…!”
Scarlet’s embers were orange.
They were assimilated by Flan’s crimson flame.
The flame no longer obeyed her.
It began to serve its new master, Flan.
“This is impossible─!”
Scarlet gasped and pulled her flame back into her stomach. But the bigger the flame got, the more painful her body became.
Pain. Pain.
And more pain from burning.
“Ugh…!”
In desperation, Scarlet tried to pull back her sword.
But it was useless.
With his telekinesis firmly holding Scarlet’s sword, Flan didn’t even worry about his hand being cut off. He took a step closer instead.
“Ah, that, extreme…!”
She can’t escape from the prison of flames.
Scarlet had no time to spare as she endured the burning pain in her body.
She barely lifted her head that kept drooping.
And she faced it.
The whole world that was dyed with flames.
Whoosh!
The blades of Flame swept over Scarlet’s entire body.
Crack!
Numerous wounds appeared all over her flesh, and the pain of being scorched by the high temperature was beyond imagination.
“Uh, ugh…”
Scarlet’s focus blurred.
No matter how strong her resistance to Flame was, her body tempered by the embers could not withstand the flames.
When she looked up at Flan before collapsing.
“…”
Scarlet’s body convulsed.
She had to admit that it was Flan standing tall in front of her, clearly the flames.
‘I, lost.’
The eternal embers could never beat the eternal flames.
With the pain of her nerves burning as the end, Scarlet lost her reason.
Thud!
Her knees hit the ground.
She had no strength to hold on to her sword that was stuck in the ground.
Flan stared at the fallen Scarlet and uttered a single word.
“It wasn’t a waste of time.”
From afar, the people who were watching the match hurriedly approached.
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At the same time, in the dean’s office of the magic department.
“Dean, are you really going to proceed with this?”
Standing in front of the desk where the dean, Conette, held a stamp in her hand, the secretary cautiously opened her mouth.
“Yes. There’s no reason not to.”
Dean Conette nodded her head easily.
“I think it’s worth it. I do.”
“Yes. It’s fine if you do, but…”
There was not a trace of hesitation in Conette’s mysterious eyes. Her voice was firm from the beginning.
The secretary quietly placed the documents on the dean’s desk.
Once the stamp was pressed on this paper, the magic department would face a huge change.
“Dean, then how will the magic department change?”
The secretary asked carefully.
“Worry, expectation. Which one is bigger for you?”
“I’m equal. I’m happy about the change, but…”
“Happy, but?”
“According to Professor Violet’s report, the vampires are also after the power source.”
Muttering that, the secretary placed another sheet on Conette’s desk.
It was a golden paper that was clearly distinguished from the other documents.
“Oh, this is from the royal palace.”
“Yes. The palace summoned Flan.”
“Well… that’s up to Flan.”
Conette flicked her finger and sorted out the papers at once, leaving only one on the desk.
“So, I’ll stamp this first.”
Conette smiled faintly and left her seal on the document.
[ Approved the construction of the magic tower. ]
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