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Chapter 94 [7], You have at least three things to say (4k7)

"As this is the first magic lesson, I think everyone will have many questions... What is magic?"

On the platform, the teacher, who looked like a noblewoman, very rigidly brought out a blackboard and wrote the word "magic" on it with chalk.

Looking at this scene, Ron felt a pang of nostalgia, as if he had returned to a time from his past life...

It has a kind of primitive beauty.

But putting aside the possible discomfort that the residents of Ideal City might have, this teacher, codenamed "Clear Heart," is quite accomplished in teaching.

At least under her explanation, even Ron and other students who knew absolutely nothing about magic could easily understand what magic was—

"So-called magic is a new type of magic that is built upon the supernatural magic of the previous era and is based on personal reality."

"Don't be surprised... Although the previous era we understand is history from countless years ago, and a great catastrophe wiped out most of the remnants, some traditions still remain in the world."

"As for where this legacy came from... we must tell a story of a disaster that the Ideal City government has temporarily buried, but which constantly threatens the survival of Ideal City—"

She spoke, her tone complex, and sighed:

That is... [the void of history].

"Students who participated in this year's college entrance examination may feel a sense of familiarity..."

As she spoke, she explained the concept of "historical emptiness" and history in detail, just as Irina had explained it to Ron before.

This time, however, no one needs to sign any confidentiality agreements. It is clear that the Ideal City government has made up its mind to make the disaster of the "Void" public.

'It seems that a historical void, unlike anything seen before, has already erupted in the outer city...'

Ron thought to himself, feeling a sense of urgency.

'Changes are happening in the version PV, and they must be resolved before everything is beyond repair [7]...'

However, although Ron had already heard about the "historical void" and remained calm, others couldn't act as if nothing had happened.

A disaster that could threaten Ideal City... This is something these pampered, silver-spoon-born scions of giant corporations cannot comprehend!
In their minds, life is so simple: no threats, no pain, and even competition is only with nobles of equal status. If they fail, they still have enough credits to maintain a decent life most of the time...

For them, life is incredibly easy.

But now, they are told that Ideal City is facing an unimaginable crisis: the outbreak of the [Historical Void] has the potential to destroy the entire city, and at any moment, a monster from a previous era could fall from the sky and tear them to shreds.

This stark reality is unacceptable to many pampered students.

Even if they are the best students in the entire physics department, ranking at the top of their class in academic ability, they will panic when faced with such an incomprehensible disaster.

Many people immediately began to whisper among themselves, some even questioning the magic teacher, ignoring classroom etiquette, and one even making a phone call to an elder they considered an authority figure…

"A bunch of pampered good-for-nothings..."

At this moment, a well-dressed magic apprentice transfer student sitting not far from Ron, watching the panicked state of so many students, couldn't help but curl a mocking smile and whispered:
"They can only be parasites in the inner city, and now they're terrified just from knowing about the [Historical Void]... How can we expect these useless people to go to the front lines?"

Beside him, the equally elegantly dressed transfer student calmly shook his head and said in a similarly low voice:

"Teaching them magic is just to give them some means of self-defense, so that they won't be completely unable to use their superpowers and simply die inside when they encounter the [historical void]..."

"When it comes to going to the front lines and actually fighting those monsters, it's definitely the association that should step in—don't forget, [in this long, dark night, we are the only torch, the last light.]"

Upon hearing this, the other transfer student's expression immediately turned serious, and he nodded slightly.
"We should strive to contribute to the ideal city..."

Hearing them talking from the side, Ron suddenly began to doubt his own understanding.

What are these...? Are they magicians?
Why does it sound so righteous the more I listen to it?

Ron vaguely remembered what kind of people the magicians he had met before were...

The old magician, Cullen, was purely mentally ill; he imagined a forbidden book and then hunted down Ron, disregarding human life.

While the forbidden text may not be a figment of imagination, but rather an effect of the Dimensional Update Manual changing the world, Karen's character is undeniably poor.

The next one, Beren, who had a grudge against Karen, was a master of the necromancy school and a pure villain. He would kill someone in the laboratory even for a commission, showing absolutely no regard for the law...

As for Jiang Cheng—he was a genuinely ordinary person, simply making a living by doing commissions from the Magicians' Association. He was the only relatively normal human among the magicians Ron had ever met.

As for what follows, that's Minister Old and his subordinates...

These two, in their pursuit of knowledge for Hera, wantonly used ordinary people as research subjects in Sector D, modifying them to create the "Void"—they are practically top-tier terrorists!
But now, seeing these magic apprentices and hearing them speak so righteously and solemnly, Ron felt something was really strange...

But judging from their expressions, Ron didn't detect the slightest hint of insincerity.

At least in terms of protecting Ideal City and stepping into the "Hollow" to go to the front lines of the battlefield, these magic apprentices genuinely felt that they were "those who carry firewood for the masses," serving in the defense of Ideal City...

Consider again the motto of the Magicians' Guild, and the actions of these magicians in the version's promotional video—

'Could it be that, on matters of principle, these magicians are truly the guardians of the Ideal City?'

'What's the reason...? Could it be because of magic?'

Ron had just thought of this when he heard the magic teacher on the podium mention this part:
"And magic is our only way to combat the [historical void]..."

The magic teacher explained the basic concepts of magic in detail, which made Ron's expression gradually become strange.

According to the magic teacher, the reason why magic is so important is precisely because superpowered individuals cannot use their abilities during the "historical void".

Aside from a few superpowered individuals favored by the Anti-Mystic Equation who can barely wield some power, the vast majority of superpowered individuals are nothing more than ordinary people in the Historical Void.

Ron certainly knew the reason for this—the Void of History was filled with strong "mystical influences," and most superpowered individuals' personal realities couldn't even hold up. They were directly worn down to the extreme by the mystical influences, so how could they use their abilities?
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, magicians went to the front lines of the war and became the main force in combating the "historical void."

Because the essence of magic is still similar to that of sorcery... they ultimately use "magic power"!
However, the magic used in magic is different from true magic. It does not come from extraordinary, divinely bestowed power, but rather from a false magic constructed from one's own reality...

Most magicians have abandoned the use of superpowers, or rather, they have turned all their personal realities into the same "power model"—a power model called "magic"!

The so-called magic circuit is essentially just a repeatable magical pathway that manipulates the flow of real factors in one's personal reality through the blood vessels.

The more circuits it has, the more magical power it can produce at once...

For example, one hundred magic circuits can produce one hundred units of magic power when the ability is used once, and then the magic is released by the "ability amplifiers" that magicians call "catalysts".

The more magical power one can unleash at once, the more advanced and powerful the magic can be...

However, such delicate and weak magic circuits, although capable of producing one unit of magic power, are practically non-existent.

Its magical quality is far inferior to the magical power flowing in the blood of a Sequence Nine transcendent... If this were the era of potions, it wouldn't even be able to cast a basic spell! However, there is a reason for this situation.

...It is precisely because of the [Anti-Mystic Equation].

While magicians' magic originates from their personal reality—a power shaped by factors that distort reality—the Anti-Mystic Equation doesn't care about your true nature...

At low concentrations, the [Anti-Mystic Equation] can indeed identify it as part of a superpower, but if its concentration reaches a certain level—

Then it will be resisted by the [Anti-Mystic Equation], completely eroded, and cease to exist!

Therefore, even a genius like Ron, whose talent was misplaced, might have an extremely large magic circuitry that could produce very high-quality magic power at once, but due to the resistance of the [Anti-Mystic Equation], he could only release ordinary, weak magic power no matter what...

This kind of magic is not much different in quality from the magic released by magicians with thousands of magic circuits.

Therefore, magicians today value the quantity of magic circuits more than the quality of them.

Those weak, fragmented magic circuits, because they can output multiple units of extremely weak magic power, can construct larger magic, thus inherently surpassing someone like Ron, whose magic circuits are fewer in number but more refined.

But this matter just happens to have no effect on Ron.

'Fortunately, I don't need magic circuits to generate magic power at all...'

His expression was somewhat strange. He switched back to the [Potion Sequence] and immediately felt the abundant magic power flowing in his blood, and it was slightly agitated because Ron had not yet fully digested the Sequence Seven "medium".

—He wants to use magic, why not just use this magic power?

Ron can easily support all kinds of powerful magic models by sacrificing only a little bit of setup durability...

It's important to know that there was no such thing as magic circuits in the "Potion Age"!

After drinking the potion and digesting its extraordinary properties, magic power flowed through his blood, filling his entire body—

To be honest, once the [Potion Sequence] is loaded, every blood vessel in Ron's body becomes a link in a magic circuit!
Have you ever seen such a large quantity and such pure quality of magic models in Ideal City?
I'm afraid that even if Ron were to use some high-level magic right now, he could easily do so with just this amount of magic power...

'I never expected that I could still dominate against weaker opponents in the Magician class...'

Ron was in a good mood, and the slight worry he had felt earlier vanished.

Just say it!
In Ideal City, a place like a fishpond, as long as you don't provoke a superpowered person of level 4 or higher, with all of Ron's abilities, it seems like an absolute fishpond stomping game!

But, having said that.

He still did not give up on his serious study of magic.

After all, while the magic model was easy for Ron to use, no one doubted its power...

These universal spells that can be released using magic can just fill many of Ron's gaps, and many of these spells, if they could be brought back to the "Potion Era," might become a great help to Ron.

And so, Ron absorbed knowledge like a dry sponge, attending every class every day without fail, and five days quickly passed...

During these five days, he not only learned magic tricks, but also made several plans for the [Flowing Light and Shadow].

He has already written several different scripts that can win [7]!

Moreover, his durability settings have also been fully repaired.

'【Illusion Dissolution】, 【Vector Manipulation】...and 【Omniscient Domain - Pseudo】!'

Looking at the fully upgraded durability settings in the Dimensional Update Manual, and recalling the contingency plans he had prepared, Ron suddenly felt a sense of hope for the future:
Now, I lack nothing!

He has made all the preparations he can... It's time to carry out [Light and Shadow] and try to completely tear apart [7]'s conspiracy!
Recalling the agony of being torn apart by [7] and having his soul reduced to thin threads, Ron gritted his teeth and almost couldn't resist slamming his fist on the table.

But soon, he calmed himself down, and his eyes became calm.

'A gentleman takes revenge from morning till night... This time, even if I can't kill Him, I'll definitely collect some interest from Him!'

With that in mind, Ron no longer hesitated and clicked on the screen of the Dimensional Update Manual.

[Feature "[Flowing Light and Shadow]" is now enabled.]

[Selected main story save file: [Version 3.172] Evening Bell Castle Main Story - Drama: Dragon Quest, added to the world...]

Ron's vision went black for a moment, then dim light appeared, and he smelled a damp, fishy odor.

But this time, he didn't repeat his previous tactics of hiding and dodging. Instead, he returned to simplicity and once again pretended to be an angel—

With the help of the [Ignorant Servant], he commanded the husk to devour itself, and in a short while it huddled in the corner, completely losing its breath and turning into a real corpse.

Then, he activated [Vector Manipulation], and the twisted limbs of the Limb Prison were pulverized by the wind blades that appeared out of nowhere before they could even get close. The fragments scattered all over the ground, as if they were consciously parting to prevent Ron from getting his feet dirty—

Of course, this is achieved through the control of [vector manipulation].

However, Kurt saw it differently.

Compared to how Ron initially dissolved everything with his [Illusion Dissolution], his current posture of all things submitting is clearly more striking and awe-inspiring.

At this moment, even the chaotic, swirling gray mist hidden in Kurt's eyes revealed a look of apprehension, his gaze towards Ron tinged with fear and inquiry...

Who is this troublemaker now?!

[7] There is simply no way to understand where Ron came from...

He had already enveloped the entire City of Evening Bells with "Weaving the Curtain" and written the script with the spark of "Trickery," so there shouldn't be anything here that could affect the script—

How exactly does this guy use those incomprehensible powers?

[7] He looked at Ron with apprehension, preparing to briefly test his condition, when he suddenly activated his puppet...

The next moment, seeing Ron walking towards him with an indifferent expression, Kurt felt a chill in his heart, realizing that he couldn't hide any longer. Suppressing his fear, he immediately said respectfully:
"This...this sir..."

But before they could say anything... or rather, before the [7] behind them could test anything, they saw Ron raise a finger:
“A great being whom you cannot fathom has given me guidance.”

"He asked me to record this drama and participate in it, to take a supporting role."

"Therefore...He promised that at the final moment, [Puppet Town] will surely descend upon this place as you wish..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Kurt, his gaze seemingly meeting Kurt's swirling, gray eyes through Kurt's.
"After hearing this, you should have at least three things to say."

As he spoke, a smirk appeared on his lips:
"You should know what you should do... right?"
"[Secret Garden]'s...[7]!"

(End of this chapter)