Chapter 11: Its Common Sense to Break the Magic Orb
<b> Its Common Sense to Break the Magic Orb </b>
Sigh
Its funny.
This was a colleague who had spent 6 years fighting through life and death with me, Was it really that difficult to just tell us his name?
I already knew he had built up an invisible wall around himself,
But I never imagined it would be this much.
Well, whatever.
This was why I didnt like this guy.
He tried so hard to hide everything,
So it became impossible to get close, even if you tried.
On top of that, if you saw his grade on the electronic board,
<strong><i>[F-ss]</i></strong>
F-ss, in other words, the lowest grade possible.
Thepletely opposite of Ha-eun.
That doesnt mean hes weak though.
If Ha-eun was talented,
This guy worked hard.
In fact, his swordsmanship was excellent.
If memory serves, I have recollections that there was a case when he overcame the extreme difference in levels and even beat Ha-eun in a spar.
Its none of my business, though.
Now it was my turn, so I didnt have time to pay attention to him right now.
I needed to see if this actually worked.
To see if my n worked, I first activated the Eye of Greed.
The target of the artifact this time was the magic orb itself.
It definitely is interesting.
On the outside, it just looks like a blue orb,
But when seen through the Eye of Greed, it lookedpletely different.
Should we say that I could see the mana flowing within it?
Just like blood flowing through a body,
One could see arge amount of mana organically moving within the orb.
But there was something strange,
What are those ck things?
Should I say its a bit broken, or was it always that way?
Something ck that looked like a foreign substance was embedded in various ces.
In fact, the flow of the mana inside the orb seemed to be quite unstable due to the foreign substance.
Okay, next number please.
As I was focused on the magic orb, someone called for me from the auditorium.
It was a bit strange, but did as I was told and went to the auditorium.
And,
Isnt that the punk from earlier?
No. Hes the asshole that made the girl cry.
That guys definitely an F-ss.
A bit different from when Ha-eun was called up, but the auditorium grew noisy.
As I watched this, I found it amusing.
It was a bit different from what I intended,
But the students were definitely interested in me.
This will make my skill more effective.
Last night.
I tested it again and again with my two underlings.
<b><i> What is an iplete victory? And what is aplete victory?</i></b>
And why did I acquire skills as soon as I saw them?
Thinking about it, it was strange.
When I thought about it, the skill itself was weird.
Win a duel.
On what basis can we say a duel was won?
In the first ce, a duel was a match where one wouldnt know how it would end.
Seriously, the most dangerous moment is when you think a duel is over. How is the skill going to determine that?
The moment an enemy was most careless was when they thought a duel was over.
The moment when one judged their opponent to be incapable of continuing.
At that moment, one would cancel all of their active skills and let go of their tension. There wasnt a situation more dangerous than this.
There were even some enemies that had a resurrection skill.
What if I killed an enemy and copied their skill,
But say through the resurrection skill they instead came back to life and killed me?
Would that count as my victory?
10 out of 10 times,
They would all count as my losses.
Therefore, it felt like there was somethingcking with the conclusion of simply winning a battle. If so, the conclusion is simple.
Personally, I believe that the oue of a duel could never be predicted,
But clearly, this skill made a distinction between aplete victory and an iplete one.
So far, the onlyplete victories Ive experienced were the one against the boss Amaimon in the dungeon and when I won at rock paper scissors against Ha-eun,
The iplete victories I had were when I cleared the task given to me by Amaimon and when I faced underlings 1 and 2.
Honestly, there was nothingplicated to think about.
In the case of a clear victory, the opponent had to recognize that they themselves were defeated, even if it wasnt a fight.
When I won at rock paper scissors, and when I won the bet.
In both cases, they realized they lost, whether consciously or unconsciously.
Of course, this was just a hypothesis.
However if I conclude this,
I knew what an iplete victory was.
The reason why it was called an iplete victory was because the situation was hard to determine from the feelings of defeat.
To be precise,
Rather than a feeling of defeat, an iplete victory was decided when one felt emotions simr to defeat such as a sense of inferiority or inadequacy.
This was why I got a screen that read iplete victory when I faced underlings 1 and 2.
And I did a test just to be sure.
To confirm my hypothesis,
I continued testing with underlings 1 and 2.
Of course, they each only had one skill, so I couldnt copy their skills.
As I kept on beating the guys for no reason, I kept on getting a screen that read iplete victory.
But even when I just used my stats to intimidate and overwhelm them, I got an iplete victory.
What this meant was,
In the end, one had to give their opponents a sense of defeat or a feeling simr to defeat to copy their skills.
Of course, this could be wrong.
Which was why I needed to check whether this was just a baseless hypothesis or a definitive conclusion.
Please ce your hand on the magic orb.
As soon as I was done thinking, thedy spoke to me.
With the attention of everyone inside the auditorium,
I ced my hand on the magic orb.
First, Ill invest all my points in luck.
A stat that literally increases the intangible trait of luck.
This was why there was no stat more ambiguous than luck,
But there was no stat I needed right now than luck.
There was no moment where I needed luck more than I do now.
Everyones attention is set on me, this is perfect.
Although they had a negative impression of me,
Everyone was still paying attention.
No, rather, it was even better now.
The worse they thought of me, the greater the sense of inferiority they would feel when I showed them something they couldnt believe.
This was why I once again pulled everybodys attention by flipping my middle finger to everyone in the auditorium,
Then ce my hand on the magic orb.
And with that,
Mana Maniption
I activate the Mana Maniption skill.
As its name suggests, it maniptes mana,
And its one of the most basic of skills but
Its different if I have the Eye of Greed.
I reversed the flow of mana within the magic orb using the Mana Maniption skill.
Simr to the way a persons body would be destroyed if their blood flowed backward, the same would happen to this magic orb.
Through the Eye of Greed I could see the mana within the magic orb, something other people wouldnt be able to see,
And based on that, I manipte the mana.
Who decides Im D-ss, huh? Fuck you, Ill choose my own grade.
<strong><i>You judge Potential?</i></strong>
<strong><i>Ill judge my own potential, dammit.</i></strong>
How dare a mere inanimate object, that wasnt even a person, try to judge me.
So go ahead and just break.
I activated Mana Maniption to its fullest extent.
To reverse the mana in the orb as much as possible and destroy it.
It wouldnt break if you tried to break it from the outside,
But it could be destroyed by thoroughly manipting the areas where mana needed to flow.
If this were to break, it would be amusing to see the academy professors faces.
It was expensive, after all.
However,
Damn it, is it too much with an E-ss skill?
Even though I precisely messed with the flow of mana using the Eye of Greed and Mana Maniption, the magic orb seems unaffected.
Maybe it was because my skill level was too low,
But it wouldnt be easy to reverse the flow of mana no matter how much I use Mana Manipu-
[You can use Magi Maniption(S). Will you use it?]
As those thoughts appeared in my mind, the system window popped up in front of me.
Magi Maniption? There is Magi?
Magi was such a rare thing, where in the world was there Magi,
Could it be, these ck stains?
The foreign ck substance trapped inside the magic orb.
As I started to use Magi Maniption
I could feel the ck substance reacting.
With this
It would be possible to break this orb if I used an S-ss skill instead of an E-ss.
Without any hesitation,
I used Magi Maniption immediately.
Since it maniptes Magi, it would be impossible to reverse the flow of mana.
Instead, I attack the magic orb by blocking the flow of mana with Magi.
Not long after, mana began to umte and clump into one spot
The mana, unable to flow properly, built up and condensed to the point where it wouldnt be strange for it to explode at any moment.
And,
<i> -Crack</i>
The magic orb waspletely shattered under my hand.
Huh?
What the?
W-What!
Silence engulfed the area in an instant.
Only a few exmations could be heard from around the auditorium, most of the others were unable to ept the situation.
And in that auditorium,
Fuck, thats crazy!
Only my voice, unable to control my excitement, resonated.
I couldnt help it.
No matter who it was,
[Iplete victory. A random ability will be copied]
[Skill: Small me(D) has been acquired.]
[Skill: Shockwave(C) has been acquired.]
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