Chapter 589: Superhero (3)

There are many methods, and infinite ideas.

Inspiration gained from trying new things is an invaluable asset to a wizard.

Experiencing and recognizing diverse sensations through various experiences is always a novel challenge, but it is also something that must always accompany a wizard.

That is why Lennok has continuously delved into new unique magics and various systems of spells, while also striving not to neglect his inherent power.

Elevating Davi’s combat abilities and manifesting that power to a level where it can interfere with the material world was also part of this effort.

To maximize the power of the Cybernetic Spirit in reality, Lennok had persevered through repeated trials and errors.

“Davi’s essence is a Cybernetic Spirit born between algorithms and necromancy.”

Lennok thought.

“Manipulating cybernetic space and indirectly influencing it to create derivative results is Davi’s nature. But…”

He believes that Davi’s potential does not end there.

The Cybernetic Spirit who accompanies Lennok is the first and last intelligent entity Lennok created, imbuing his own talent and aspirations.

It is therefore not strange that Davi shares a part of Lennok’s talent and potential.

Hadn’t Davi already created algorithms for automated driving and automated flight to assist Lennok’s terrible driving skills?

Lennok knew that this vastly transcended the achievements and results a mere spirit could produce.

What if Davi’s ability to generate algorithms could be directly applied not only to actions like driving or flying, but also to the realm of combat?

Starting from a minor idea, the Automatic Combat Algorithm finally took shape after hundreds of attempts.

The transparent fireballs swirling around Davi began to rotate rapidly, instantly taking different positions and emitting mana.

Crackling…!!

The first Foxfire, enveloped in dazzling lightning, slammed its own flames into the Monkey’s body.

The second Foxfire continuously unleashed thin bolts of lightning, lashing out as if to suppress the sorcerer.

The third Foxfire, guarding Lennok’s side, deployed an electric field, blocking the blood splatters from the Monkey spirit’s spear.

It was as if Davi, the spirit, had split into three parts on the spot to divide their roles.

Kieeeek!!

The Foxfire, which had instantly burned off one of the Monkey’s arms, blazed dazzlingly.

The sorcerer hastily deployed a barrier of plants to block the second Foxfire, and the javelin thrown by the Monkey’s swinging tail was blocked by the third Foxfire throwing itself in the way.

The Artificial Combat Support Will-Thought Body, ‘Foxfire’, manifested through Davi’s Automatic Combat Algorithm activation.

Its true value lies not merely in being Davi’s new weapon in combat.

Each Foxfire acts as an AI that actually thinks and engages in combat, making judgments on par with the Cybernetic Spirit’s combat intelligence and moving like a soldier.

Lennok’s lightning-attribute system.

Among them, it became a new source for common magic that could be cast by proxy, a power that completely overturned the situation in their favor.

[Going…!!]

Davi also flew up above Lennok’s head, channeling mana together with the Foxfires she commanded.

She generated a massive lightning flash that struck the Monkey’s crown, simultaneously creating an electric wave that disrupted the sorcerer’s spell.

[Lightning Sequence]

[Multi Spell: Howling]

As if responding to Davi’s incantations, the Foxfire entities in their respective positions simultaneously began to use common lightning-attribute spells.

Woo-woo-woo-wooong!!

[Electronic Wave]

[Chain Lightning]

[Pile Bolt]

The electric wave disrupted the sorcerer’s spell, chains of lightning seized the Monkey’s legs, and bolts of lightning pierced the spirit’s tail and arms, sealing its movements.

Kwooaaang!!

[Crasher Bound]

[Slide Vortex]

[Damage Call: Burner]

The three Foxfires simultaneously chanted different common magics, covering all areas and tactical situations in the lecture hall corridor where the battle was unfolding.

They furiously unleashed electricity, pressing down on the Monkey and the sorcerer without giving them a single moment’s opening.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa!!!

“You, you motherf…!! Crazy bastards…!! This isn’t a spirit… Kuwaaaak!!!”

Kieeeek!!

The sorcerer and the spirit screamed in agony within the swirling vortex of blazing lightning.

With both the spirit and the sorcerer simultaneously in sight, their movements were exquisitely precise, disrupting both the spirit’s direct combat and the spellcaster’s auxiliary incantations.

They didn’t just mark and seize targets; the three Foxfires ceaselessly swapped positions, avoiding hits and landing direct blows.

Each time their positions and turn order changed, they changed their incantations as if by prior arrangement, firing and wielding different common magics, flashing everywhere.

Pabababat!!

It wasn’t merely a will-thought body born from Davi’s power, but a perfectly disciplined movement that made them think, breathe, and move simultaneously.

Kiek, Ookikkiit…!!!

The Monkey spirit was swinging its blood-formed short spear not at Davi, but at the Foxfires flying nearby.

This was proof that it already perceived Davi and the Foxfires as almost equal threats.

Pajik!!

The moment the spear, thrust by the Monkey at the cost of a fatal wound, accurately pierced a Foxfire.

The three Foxfires extended their mana, connecting with intense lines of lightning to form a triangle, surrounding the Monkey spirit.

Hwoo-woo-woo-woong!!!

In that instant, an artificially created mana barrier ruthlessly suppressed the spirit’s movements, pinning it down in one spot.

Krrrung…!!

A chilling thunderclap resonated from the sky beyond the collapsed lecture hall corridor.

Kiii-eek, Kieee-eek!!

The Monkey spirit, sensing ominous danger, thrashed wildly, desperately begging the sorcerer for help.

But all the spells the sorcerer frantically deployed were shot down by Davi’s lightning on the spot.

“Ugh, Guh-uh-uh…!!”

[Too late, organic.]

The three Foxfires simultaneously chanted a single common magic, beginning to call forth concentrated power from the sky above.

It was a named technique within Lennok’s common magic system, boasting the highest single-target firepower.

The lightning strike, with its power magnified by a triple overlay of that common magic, descended to the ground carrying a threefold burst of lightning.

Lightning-attribute Common Magic

Triple Chant of Resonant Deployment

[Thunder Calling]

The will-thought lightning that flashed from the sky above pierced through the lecture hall building as if tearing it apart, instantly turning the corridor and ceiling structures into a handful of molten slag.

Kwooaaahhhh!!!

Bound by the Foxfires’ restraint, the Monkey spirit, engulfed by the lightning strike, vanished without even a trace of its form.

“Ugh…!!”

The sorcerer, collapsing on the spot and retching from the backlash of the spirit vanishing, without even a scream or a trace, swept away by the firepower.

The organic nature and compatibility between a spirit and a sorcerer are often the most intimate and binding among all spell systems.

Just as a spirit’s abilities can variously cover a sorcerer’s weaknesses, the coexistence of spirit and sorcerer is a crucial issue.

The backlash that comes to a sorcerer whose spirit has been forcibly annihilated is a shock that even a high-ranking sorcerer of a spellcasting group cannot easily dismiss.

[Master!]

The Foxfires vanished simultaneously with the Triple Chant of Resonant Deployment, but Davi herself flew energetically into Lennok’s arms.

After all, they were created precisely for this purpose: to be will-thought bodies designed to reduce Davi’s burden and enhance combat efficiency.

“Well done.”

Lennok stroked Davi’s head and smiled.

While there are too many variables in superhuman combat, for now, it can only be used in small-scale localized battles, and specifically against other spirits.

However, if this could be continuously developed to ultimately utilize Artificial Combat Support Will-Thought Bodies in all combat situations…

He would be able to efficiently manage and optimize costs such as mental power and resources consumed in battle to the extreme.

It would allow interference with reality in a different way, beyond the boundary of cybernetic space.

With Davi’s power, who learned by observing all the magic and judgments Lennok used from the closest proximity, she could become far more powerful than most wizards.

Is this how a sorcerer or trainer feels when raising a spirit?

Lennok thought so, and naturally raised his hand to finish off the sorcerer, but then, hearing the students’ voices from behind, he cleared his throat and composed himself.

“Assistant Professor Evan!!”

“Thank you so much for saving us…!!”

“Davi, thank you for saving us!!”

“From now on, we’ll have a time every day to offer snacks to Davi!”

“Ahem, ahem, he hasn’t been properly subdued yet, so please step back.”

Lennok, who had created lightning chains through Davi to bind the sorcerer’s limbs, turned around with a smile, ushering the students back.

Dealing with terrorists who infiltrated the school was not a problem, but there was no need to kill them in front of students who were not accustomed to such things.

If a cleanup was needed, he could handle it later, out of sight.

“For now, I’ve apprehended this person, and when the police arrive later, he will face the judgment of the law.”

Lennok placated the students, babbling words he didn’t mean, and turned his head toward Priscilla, who was frantically pulling on him from behind.

“Ass-Assistant Professor…! Now is not the time for this, if we don’t save Assistant Professor Cassia…!”

“…Cassia, you say?”

Lennok said, looking bewildered.

Priscilla, seeing his expression, tilted her head with a slightly blank look.

“Oh, why the reaction…?”

“Priscilla. It seems you didn’t fully understand the signal I gave when I left earlier.”

Lennok smiled and shook his head.

“No one would have died even if you had waited in the lecture hall. Someone who noticed the anomaly would have already…”

Ta-ang!!

A loud gunshot echoed from further down the corridor.

The dull firing sound, similar to the shotgun held by the Leopard, made the students’ faces turn pale.

At the same time, quiet footsteps came from the end of the corridor, which was being restored in real-time.

But unlike the other students who timidly retreated, Lennok chuckled and turned his gaze that way.

“…been rushing to the lecture hall.”

Thump!!

Something fell, covered in blood, at the corridor intersection.

It was the face of a middle-aged man, unconscious and battered, with his eyes rolled back.

Someone appeared from behind the man, casually tossing aside the leopard mask they held, and yawned.

“Damn it, why does this kind of ruckus have to happen when it’s my turn to fill in…?”

A young woman with dark blue hair tied back tightly, a thin shotgun slung over her shoulder.

Following her, Cassia also appeared, looking a bit pale and unsteady.

Priscilla immediately recognized her face, and her expression brightened.

“Sister!”

Mila, a member of the Antares Mercenary Group and Priscilla’s older sister, was at the school.

“You came to save us!!”

“No. I was here from the start, though?”

“…?”

“Well, you wouldn’t know, but our mercenary group is in charge of Evan’s escort.”

Mila scratched her cheek, looking at Priscilla, who was wide-eyed and stunned.

“Originally, it wasn’t my turn today, but there was some confusion during the shift change, and I got lost for a moment.”

“…”

“So, I had no choice but to find my own way and arrived at the Elemental Studies lecture hall, and there were these guys, like so many who escaped from a zoo…!!”

Mila said, looking at the suddenly quiet group, then burst into a loud laugh.

“Ahahahah! Anyway, I caught the enemies and solved it! Everyone’s safe now, so relax!”

“…”

The students were silent, looking as if they didn’t know how to react.

Cassia smiled awkwardly, and Davi shook her head, looking at Mila with contempt.

Mila stopped laughing subtly and turned her head, looking embarrassed.

“…Was my timing a bit off?”

“No, you seem to have arrived just in time.”

Lennok smiled faintly and motioned to Mila, redirecting her gaze.

“As it happens, I needed Mila’s help.”

Their gazes fell upon the two sorcerers, the Leopard and the Monkey, who had just collapsed unconscious.