Chapter 408
—Now then, go ahead. Let’s see just how far you can take this!
A few days earlier, the lesson in the infirmary conducted by Umbra had been simple.
Umbra floated various necromantic black magic circles in the air, having Simon attempt to reproduce them using chaos.
It was an exercise to discover which parts of Spiritology were compatible with Chaos. Power or practical use didn’t matter, as long as he could manifest it, it was fine.
Simon had managed to recreate only one spell in chaos: the ‘Soul Spear’. Every other necromantic spell ended in failure.
"Well, at least I salvaged one."
In Simon’s hand was a spear crackling with purple lightning.
A chaotic spear whose trajectory, impact, range, and duration were all determined at random.
But he felt a bit disappointed.
Simon, deeply interested in Summonology, had been most excited to recreate ‘Necromantic Summoning’ through chaos.
—You mentioned you’d be in live combat soon, didn’t you? For now, focus your training on that technique!
—Yes, understood.
—I’ll also prepare some black magic spells that are compatible with your Chaos, based on this data!
With those words, Umbra began gathering the materials he had spread out.
Among them, one object in particular drew Simon’s attention.
A ‘stone’.
Shaped like a human face, the stone gleamed with an eerie glow in its eyes, as if possessed by a ghost.
Simon felt as though it were staring directly at him.
—Seems that object caught your eye!
Umbra abruptly chimed in.
—It’s still a bit early for you, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Give it a try!
This ‘Necromantic Stone’ was a medium for a summoning spell that could raise a ghost.
With Umbra’s help, Simon placed the medium atop the Chaos magic circle he had crafted.
Fwaaaaaaah!
Chaos began swirling inward toward the medium. The glow in the stone's eyes vanished, and a ghostly figure materialized above it.
It had a transparent body, held a scythe in one hand, and wore a clown mask on its face.
Cackle cackle cackle!
It spun around Simon repeatedly, laughing, its body glowing the same purple hue as Chaos.
—Unbelievable!
Umbra exhaled through his nose in excitement.
—Its heterogeneity was so extreme that even I struggled to tame it, so I had stored it as research material. But it seems to perfectly align with your Chaos.
—W-What is this, Professor?
Umbra grinned.
* * *
Fwaaaaaaaaah!
Simon’s chaos magic circle radiated with light. He finally took out the summoning stone given to him by Umbra and placed it in the center of the circle, making the light intensify even more.
[…What the hell is that.]
Hector, who had transformed into a dragon, trembled in both eyes.
Shhhhhh—
From the center of the magic circle, a ghost emerged.
With an appearance resembling a jester, it wore a smiling mask and held a scythe in one hand.
"Reaper."
If Liches exist in Summonology, then Reapers exist in Spiritology!
Recalling Umbra’s words, Simon stretched his arm outward. The Reaper cackled as it fused into Simon’s shadow.
Of course, it wasn’t just a normal Reaper.
<Simon Original – Chaos Reaper>
Simon was overcome with immense satisfaction and exhilaration.
This, after all, was his origin—summoning.
At last, he had created a completely new summoned creature, never before seen, forged by combining the powers of Chaos and spirit.
[You bastard!!]
Hector’s mouth twisted in anger.
[You can even use Spiritology now?!]
"Strictly speaking, it’s not Spiritology."
Simon corrected him.
"It’s Chaos, remember."
The moment the Reaper appeared, changes began to ripple across the battlefield.
All the Chaos Spears that had lost their energy and fallen to the ground suddenly grew long blades and transformed into scythes.
The Reaper’s first ability: all ‘Chaos Spears’ transform into ‘Chaos Scythes’.
Vwoom! Vwoom!
Purple scythes levitated into the air, spinning wildly. The Reaper was cackling, waving its hand as it directed them.
[Did you think I’d be easy to handle?! Another untested, new technique?!]
Hector frowned, lowering his posture. The black dragon and the death god stared each other down, preparing for battle.
Simon and the Reaper raised their arms.
"Chaos doesn’t need validation."
Chwaaaaaak!
Chwaaak!
Ten scythes began to spin in wild loops through the air.
Due to chaos’ fundamental nature, the paths and movements of the scythes were completely irregular, whipping toward the black dragon to slice him apart.
[Grgh!]
Hector was protected by the sturdy scales of the dragon. Some attacks bounced off harmlessly, but others pierced through and landed hits. A few scythes were even powerful enough to cut through the scales in a single blow.
‘It’s working!’
Simon originally had trouble penetrating Hector’s scales. But with Chaos, which specialized in creating variables, the situation was different.
‘I’ll leave the Chaos Scythe control to the Reaper!’
Simon spread his arms wide. Scattered skeleton bones rose into the air and flew toward the enemy.
‘I’ll fight my own way!’
<Bone Nail>
Bone shards sharpened themselves like daggers and shot forward. The target wasn’t Hector’s scales, it was his wings.
His mobility needed to be reduced first.
Vwoom! Vwoom! Vwoom!
Chaos Scythes encircled Hector, while Bone Nails flew at him head-on. The dazzling display of projectiles amazed not just Simon’s teammates and the Hayword brothers but even the adults in the audience.
"As expected of Keyzen’s top student."
Maelyn’s father, Daniella, let out an exclamation.
"That purple technique… you taught him that too?"
The Vampire Lord Dietrich nudged Richard with his elbow.
"Of course not. That’s Simon’s original."
Richard fiddled with his fake glasses and smiled.
With Ursula, the Ivory Tower, and the Moore family present, he had to fight hard to keep the corners of his mouth from rising.
"Kh, grrr! Don’t lose, Hector! Fight! More! More fiercely!"
Only Darkos Moore, the Moore family head, was throwing punches in frustration, his face clearly showing his discontent. He couldn’t keep his hands still as he watched his son struggle.
Finding it all somewhat satisfying, Richard turned his gaze back to Simon.
‘You too—give it your all, Simon!’
Chwaaaaaaaaaak!
"Woooooaaah!"
Then came the big one.
A single Chaos Scythe sliced off the tip of one of Hector’s wings just as he was trying to escape into the sky.
Hector’s body faltered and came crashing back down to the ground.
[Damn it!]
He clapped his hands together and summoned a magic circle. Then, he unleashed a barrage of small breaths through it.
Fwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Passing through the magic circle, the dragon’s breath transformed into a flaming rain that poured down onto Simon.
Clack!
Simon, wearing a confident expression, raised his hand. One of the Chaos Scythes flew into his palm.
Vwoom, vwoom—!
He casually swung the scythe with one hand, then lowered his body into a battle stance. The Reaper mimicked Simon’s exact posture.
‘Let’s go, Reaper!’
The boy and the death god began to swing their scythes in a mesmerizing flurry toward the incoming rain of flames.
Twin scythes painted purple arcs in the sky, cutting down or disintegrating every flame they touched.
Gasps of astonishment escaped the mouths of the onlookers.
However, even though the flames had clearly been sliced apart, there were moments when they still flew in and struck Simon’s barrier directly.
It was due to the nature of chaos, where attack power fluctuated at will.
‘So creating variables… could also become a risk to me!’
Just then, Hector filled the torn section of his wing with darkness, then, like a hawk targeting its prey, charged in at high speed.
“Block it, Reaper!”
Claaaaaaang!
Hector’s fist and the Reaper’s scythe collided head-on.
“Whoops!”
Meanwhile, Simon swiftly retreated, circling around behind Hector.
His fist quickly wrapped in darkness.
< Hongpeng Original – Sky Calamity >
Crack!
The martial technique pierced through defenses and exploded against Hector’s back. Not even his scales could protect him from this technique.
Hector collapsed and hit the ground, and just as Simon prepared to unleash Sky Calamity once again—
“!!!”
Suddenly, a chilling sensation surged through his thoughts, and Simon jerked his head back instinctively.
Vwoooooong!
A purple blade grazed past his neck by the narrowest margin. Startled, Simon snapped his head around.
‘R-Reaper?’
Cackle cackle cackle cackle!
The Reaper’s pupils had twisted unnaturally. Simon gave a nervous smile.
‘This is bad!’
Vwang! Vwoooong! Vwoong!
The rampaging Reaper suddenly began swinging its scythe indiscriminately.
Its onslaught didn’t distinguish between friend or foe, forcing both Simon and Hector to roll frantically across the ground to dodge.
[What the hell is this nonsense!!]
“It’s not on purpose!”
Though undoubtedly a powerful Chaos summon, the Reaper came with one major drawback.
If the caster’s Chaos supply weakened, it would immediately rebel, attacking everyone without discrimination, ally or enemy. It would literally become ‘chaos’.
Whether this effect was unique to the Chaos Reaper or common to all chaos summons was still unknown.
“Grr!”
Staggering as he evaded, Simon placed his hand on the Chaos magic circle etched on his body.
“Dismiss!”
Fwoooooooooosh!
The Reaper spell unraveled, and its body melted down like a chocolate cake.
“A summoned creature that attacks its master? What kind of nonsense is that?”
Maelyn muttered with a dumbfounded expression.
“Uh, but this is bad.”
Dick’s face turned serious.
“Simon’s Reaper time is over, but Hector’s still in his dragon form!”
Shrrrk!
Just as he said. Having canceled all offensives, Hector rose to his feet.
[Is it finally over?]
“……”
Simon added another formula to the dismissed chaos circle, then grinned.
“As if!”
BOOOOOOOOM!
The melting Reaper’s body exploded into hundreds of chaos tendrils that scattered in all directions. They shot into the air, then began to rain down indiscriminately.
< Simon Original – Chaos Barrage >
Kukukukukukukukukuku!
Purple slashes bombarded the area like mad, striking the air with reckless abandon. Hector drew in all the darkness of his body to escape, while Simon twisted and turned at minimum range to dodge.
‘Since I’m still connected with the Reaper via thought, I can sense the trajectory.’
Although chaos’ indiscriminate attacks struck everything in range, they were much easier for the summoner to evade.
This was the final chaos spell Simon could use in exchange for consuming the Chaos Reaper.
[KRAAAAAAAAAGH!]
After getting hit several times by Chaos, Hector let out a monstrous roar.
But the radius of the black magic was simply too wide. Chaos strikes began falling near Maelyn and the other team members.
“Get back.”
At that moment, a broad back stepped in front of them.
Richard raised his hand and deployed a barrier to block the blows. Purple lightning repeatedly struck and bounced off the barrier.
While Richard defended, Daniella used levitation magic to lift the students from Hector’s side and bring them over, and Dietrich expanded a haematic barrier above everyone’s heads.
Thunk!
“Hmph!”
Just then, a bolt of purple lightning punched through Dietrich’s haematic barrier and slipped past. The students’ jaws dropped open.
‘That broke through the strongest Vampire Lord’s barrier!’
‘It pierced through?’
Dietrich saw the breach in his barrier and chuckled.
‘So it’s that strong, huh!’
Weak lightning didn’t show much effect when hit, but the strongest bolts were destructive enough to break even a Vampire Lord’s barrier. That made them dangerous—and even the weakest ones couldn’t be ignored.
That was the terror of Chaos.
“Certainly, there’s no better power for creating variables. The volatility is overwhelming.”
Daniella remarked.
‘But he still can’t fully control it. He’ll need more training.’
Richard stroked his chin as he thought.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwaaa!
After the last of the purple lightning fell, the surroundings gradually brightened again. The adults began retracting their barriers.
The sandy beach by the ocean had turned into near-ruins. Massive craters dotted the area, and between them, two boys stood panting, the battle now in a lull.
Hector’s dragon form had dissipated.
Simon as well, both had exhausted their darkness.
However—
“Alright!”
Dick shouted loudly.
“Hector! Barrier down!”
Simon still had a faint shimmer of barrier left, but Hector’s barrier gauge was completely gone.
Which meant—
“Battle over!”
Dick shouted.
“Once again, a perfect match management! A wide-reaching strategy shifting from martial arts to curses, toxins, and summoning! And finally, victory decided by a brand-new technique! The winnerrrrrrr is…!”
CRAAAACK!
Just as Dick was about to announce the winner, Hector suddenly lunged at Simon with a punch.
“Urgh!”
Simon barely raised his arm in time to block, but was still pushed back, his arm throbbing.
“Wait, Hector…!”
“Simon Follentia.”
But something was clearly off about Hector. His pupils were now glowing with a violet gleam.
“The fight isn’t…”
Grrrrrk!
With a grinding of teeth, Hector charged barehanded.
“…over yet!!”
Superb.
When are we getting more free chapters?
Thanks for the new chapters
Very good story and translation but half the chapter aren't for free and it is wayyyy too expensive will it stat like tjis foreve or will it get free after some time