Destroying the Measurement Room Is a Basic Academy Skill
Destroying the Measurement Room Is a Basic Academy Skill
Ah, a familiar ceiling.
This place is the Measurement Room.
In the game, it was that familiar facility I frequented whenever I got new equipment or leveled up my skill tree to test my damage output.
The Measurement Room under the Eden Synchronicity Research Institute boasted a scale far more overwhelming than what I saw on the game screen.
Through the reinforced glass, Isabella was explaining the procedures mechanically, looking completely spaced out.
I nodded vaguely and let it go in one ear and out the other.
I'd heard this content hundreds of times in the tutorial anyway.
The humanity of this world is truly desperate.
A crazy world that pours over 30% of its GDP into the war against monsters and mages.
Thanks to that, R&D investment is astronomical.
These research institutes suck up the investment funds coming down from the state and have built infrastructure that rivals decent large corporations.
The interesting thing is the principle of magic.
Magic is an academic discipline that draws the 'Idea' dormant in the collective unconscious of humanity into reality.
Thanks to that, liberal arts majors also get hired confidently in this field.
Because the foundation of magic is determined by how deeply one understands classical literature, philosophy, or mythical symbols.
Well, let's think about academic stuff later when I make Si-woo study.
What's important right now is the official registration of my summons.
Beyond the reinforced wall, Isabella cleared her throat, "Hmm, hmm," and grabbed the microphone.
— Then... today's measurement will collect data on the two summons, Watching Eye and Burning Wheel, and proceed with the official registration process.
Ucha. I stretched out roughly, then made a triangle shape with both hands and held it up in front of my eyes.
"Epheta, Video."
A hole opened in the air, and the golden sphere, Watching Eye, popped out.
As soon as it came out, it rubbed its body against my cheek and made an ing-ing sound.
"There, there, good job."
As I smiled while petting the monster ball with dozens of eyeballs, Isabella's disgusted voice came over the speaker.
— Ugh... Seo-yeon-nim, your taste is really unique. Do you find those countless eyeballs cute?
"The more I look at them, the more attached I get. Now, let's start the measurement."
I didn't intend to lay out everything the kid had.
To frequent the gray zones for insurance cancellation in the future, I have to avoid the eyes of intelligence agencies like Leviathan.
Revealing the true ability of this guy, whose core is espionage and vision sharing, would be tantamount to suicide.
But I can't not register it either.
If I get caught using an unregistered ability, I'll be called a "Mage-spy" and won't even be able to keep my bones intact against people like Professor Blackwood. (Mage-spy = Mage's spy)
I need a reasonable compromise.
"Its ability is simple. It just watches from afar, and if it finds an entity with hostility toward me, it sends a message like telepathy with a zzzt."
— Ho-oh, danger detection and early warning, I see. Starting the test!
As Isabella pressed the button, non-lethal magic cannons began to fire randomly from the walls of the measurement room.
Syusyuk! Syusyuk! Syuk!
Through the signal sent by Watching Eye, I easily dodged the magic bullets flying from blind spots.
Its real ability is vision link and observer mode, but on the surface, it will look like my reflexes have improved.
— Perfect! 0% hit rate. Both the detection range and reaction speed far exceed the 1st-year level.
Isabella seemed excited as she recorded the figures, rambling on about Argus or the concept of a watcher in classical mythology.
Ugh, otaku, gross.
— I'll analyze the origin and mythical background of this summon soon and reflect it in your customized curriculum, Seo-yeon-nim.
"Yes, please do."
I cheered inwardly. For now, I successfully pulled a fast one with one information-gathering summon as a simple alarm.
Now, the problem is stage 2.
How should I explain that wheel guy, who has insane firepower but is just as conspicuous?
I put my index fingers together, drew a circle, and concentrated my magic into one point.
"Epheta, Rota!"
Space twisted, and Burning Wheel revealed its majesty.
It appeared a bit larger than when I summoned it at the cafe earlier, and it circled around me, emitting a pleasant warmth.
It was quite cute how it brushed past my fingers like a large dog wanting praise.
Of course, Watching Eye, who was watching from the side, didn't seem to think so at all.
When Watching Eye trembled its eyelids and tapped the rotation axis of the Wheel, Burning Wheel made a kkirik! sound, sparking flames to threaten the eyeball.
"Oh, hey... don't fight. You have to get along."
As I giggled watching the childish nerve war between the two summons, Isabella's scream-mixed admiration came over the speaker.
— Se, Seo-yeon-nim! Are you really maintaining two summons at the same time right now?! The dimension of magic operation is different! Summons are supposed to keep gnawing at the summoner's magic just by existing... My god, this is absurd genius!
"Genius, what..."
I have to command an angel corps while rolling more than 5 at the same time later, so it's embarrassing that she's like that with just 2.
Watching the Wheel get hit by Watching Eye's wing and creak, I recalled the in-game data.
Actually, this Burning Wheel has no angel that can follow it in terms of firepower until it reaches the 4th stage.
Especially this wheel guy is a mobile furnace optimized for projecting firepower over a continuous and wide range.
Then why did it struggle against just 4 mages last time?
The mages in this world are natural disaster-level powerhouses individually.
And an un-subjugated angel cannot access the essence of power, so it can't even exert 10% of its original specs.
But now it's different. Although it was with the help of volunteers, it officially went through the subjugation process.
In other words, this is the guy's real spec from now on.
"Sister, um... the defensive power of the wall over there is sufficient, right?"
— Yes? Of course! This is a special alloy wall designed to withstand the firepower tests of 2nd-generation high-level mages. Are you perhaps doubting it?
"No, then that's a relief. Then I'll really open it up."
I spun my finger in a large circle, and the Burning Wheel that was spinning next to me clattered and fixed its axis, then,
Kkiririririk!
The ambient temperature skyrocketed in an instant.
As the flames of Burning Wheel spread all at once and emitted a golden radiance, the oxygen inside the measurement room began to evaporate.
Every time the wheel rotated, the floor and walls of the measurement room began to melt and flow like taffy. Special alloy? 2nd-generation high-level mage?
Under the angel's heat, even the impurity metal walls were deprived of the right to maintain their existence and melted into liquid.
— Uh... uh-uh?! Wait a minute! Seo-yeon-nim! Stop! Abort!! The wall temperature has risen to an unmeasurable level... Hiik! It's melting! The barrier is melting!!
Isabella's scream came over the speaker, but it was already too late.
Just by revealing the appearance of two giant golden wheels crossing and burning, more than half of the sturdy measurement room melted away and turned into a lava pit.
This should be enough to pass the dealer job change, right?
Whether it reacted to my magic or was excited to get some fresh air, Burning Wheel clattered and twisted its rotation axis strangely.
"...Huh? Here? Now?"
I could see Isabella screaming and pounding the control console like crazy beyond the reinforced glass.
— Se, Seo-yeon-nim! Stop! Control it! The protective barrier is at its limit! The measurement room capacity is!
"Isabella-ssi. It says... it wants to show just one light attack?"
— Yeeeeeeah?! No! Don't shoot! Don't shoooot!
Isabella's desperate cry scattered into the void.
Well. It's easier to apologize after doing it than to regret not doing it, right?
"The reception is bad! I'll shoot right away!"
The center of the wheel, the eyeball that looked like a fragment of the sun was embedded in it, blinked at me in unison, and then poured forward as it was.
It was too big to be called fire.
It was incredibly big, thick, heavy, and crude.
It was literally divine punishment.
If the divine punishment mentioned in the Bible were realized, would it look like this?
A pure white radiance that couldn't see an inch ahead filled the measurement room, and the special alloy wall evaporated like paper.
After the roar subsided, not only the protective wall but half of the measurement room had disappeared entirely.
You could even see the panoramic view of the academy city through the gaping hole.
Burning Wheel seemed very satisfied, floating around me and emitting warm and pleasant flames.
"Eit."
Ttak-kong.
When I lightly tapped the rim of the wheel with my finger, the wheel flinched as if asking why I was scolding it and stopped rotating.
"You went too far."
Watching Eye, who had flown over late, also gave the wheel a ttak-kong with its wing fairly.
Fortunately, the microphone wire miraculously survived in this chaos, and Isabella's spaced-out voice came over the speaker.
— The written apology... the restoration cost... euheuheuk... my annual salary... euheoheoheong....
"Hmm, was it too much?"
But there are no regrets.
This world is meritocracy. You have to get a good evaluation to easily approach high-ranking positions, and that's the only way to protect Si-woo or cancel the insurance later.
I reverse-summoned the angels who returned to mini-me size and were ing-ing.
"See, I asked you if it was sufficient."
As I heard the sound of security staff running with the emergency bell, I waved at Isabella, who was on the verge of fainting.
"Please take good care of the evaluation, Isabella-ssi!"
As I left the research institute, a cool breeze blew.
It's about time to go to class, the student's duty. Should I eat something before I go?
Academy cadets can use all facilities in the academy city for free.
It's a welfare setting that game developers set because they were too lazy to make a currency system, but...
I picked up an expensive triangular kimbap and a drink at a convenience store and came out to the street.
Now I need to set the next goal.
Scouting for someone to be Kang Si-woo's wife.
As it happens, there is a very suitable talent in the research district near here.
One of the 3 main heroines of the original <Dice and Academy>.
A woman with cold intelligence and destructive magic at the same time, called the so-called brown-haired witch.
Her ability is Majihoi. The ability to realize the sentences of a book into reality by reading them with her hands.
To think of it simply, she's a literary girl.
A bit very strong.
"Found you."
At the end of my line of sight, I saw a girl with brown hair reading a book in a specially made wheelchair.