Suh Kang-jin frantically scanned his surroundings, his face filled with disbelief.
The form of the Absolute World was nowhere to be seen anymore. Only the cracks ford by An Woo-jin's magic filled the space where the Absolute World once existed.
If the Cube's walls could block the flow of magic, then all Woo-jin had to do was form cracks inside those walls.
And that tactic proved to be the key to conquering the Absolute World.
‘The cold...!’
One of the fundantal principles of magic: a magic user cannot be hard by their own magic.
However, the Absolute World was different. Even the caster could be hard by the cold it produced.
This ant that the cold wasn't the result of the caster's magic, but rather a natural law that governed the world itself.
In that case...
‘Did he figure out what causes the cold and block it with his cracks? Could he have realized what it is?’
The Absolute World had a source, an incredibly cold core of magic that caused the freezing temperature.
All Cubes were the sa. They needed energy to sustain themselves.
So had Woo-jin figured out the source that made the Absolute World so cold? That source was hidden perfectly within the walls, shrouded by intense cold, making it nearly impossible to detect with magic.
‘No... No!’
Kang-jin realized the truth.
‘That bastard doesn’t know... He has no idea what the core that sustains the Absolute World is. That’s why he just decided to cover everything! The whole damn thing!’
Woo-jin didn’t know the exact way to dismantle the Absolute World or even that there was such a core.
Instead, he recklessly unleashed his overflowing magic and covered every inch of the walls, ceiling, and floor with cracks.
He had blocked out every possible variable.
That’s right.
To defeat Woo-jin with the Absolute World... he was simply too powerful.
“Haha...”
Despite realizing his defeat, Kang-jin couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“What an absurd monster...!”
He was even moved by the experience.
To think that before his death, he could fight against such a monster.
Paaaat!
Suddenly, the space around them tore apart as new cracks ford, spreading everywhere like glitches in a broken ga, disrupting the Absolute World.
And then—
Whiiiiish!
The cold grew even stronger, battering Kang-jin rcilessly.
Parts of his body froze rapidly, even though he wielded the power of ice, it beca unbearable.
‘Is he channeling all of the cold at ?’
The cracks ford in the walls of the Absolute World absorbed all the cold, then redirected it through the cracks in the air, unleashing it solely on Kang-jin, leaving Woo-jin in a blind spot.
The magic of spatial manipulation was aningless in front of Woo-jin.
Whooooosh!
The concentrated cold descended like a waterfall, so intense that even Woo-jin couldn't withstand its full force.
But Kang-jin wasn’t one to stand idle. He lunged toward Woo-jin.
As a living being, Kang-jin could pass through the cracks.
But when he tried to strike Woo-jin, it was nothing more than a futile attempt.
Thud!
His frozen legs wouldn’t carry him any further.
Whenever Kang-jin shifted position, the cracks around him dynamically rearranged themselves, once again directing the freezing cold toward him.
It was a cruel sight.
As the cold penetrated his entire body, Kang-jin let out a hollow laugh.
Facing death at the hands of an unbeatable force, he was nothing more than a plaything.
Woo-jin gazed down at Kang-jin. His eyes were as cold and emotionless as the freezing air.
Kang-jin knew he had lost.
To die in a battle against soone so powerful—he didn't know how to express his gratitude to this man for giving him one final thrill before death.
With trembling lips, Kang-jin forced out the last words he could manage.
“My life... was so aningless... truly, a boring life...”
“...”
“An Woo-jin... thank you. Thanks to you, at least the end... was a bit fun...”
Kang-jin could say no more.
His body froze completely, and he breathed his last.
Chhhhring!
The Absolute World vanished in a blinding white light.
Woo-jin retracted the cracks that had covered the walls, ceiling, and floor. Then, he began to fall once again from the center of the tower.
The Cube that had ford the Absolute World was gone.
“What’s that...?”
The military forces and the Student Council’s allied troops who had been in the midst of battle turned their heads as the massive Cube that had composed the Absolute World disappeared in a flash of light.
At the sa ti, the majestic ice palace that had encased the Central Tower, towering into the sky, began to crumble into shining dust, carried away by the wind.
The falling dust surrounded soone and then disappeared as if in mourning.
It was a figure, frozen solid, plumting through the air.
Everyone saw it.
“White...!?”
“Did he... lose...?”
Everyone was stunned.
Suh Kang-jin, the strongest among Spartoi and one of the top powers in Neo Seoul, had fallen.
An Woo-jin, who had newly joined the ranks of the city’s strongest, had erged victorious.
“...!”
A chilling surge of magic filled the area.
With the disappearance of the massive Cube and the Absolute World, the cracks that had driven Kang-jin to his death now revealed themselves.
The man standing before the cracks slowly extended his arms outward, gazing down at the Central Tower.
The image burned into everyone’s minds as if a god had descended, exuding an overwhelming aura.
It was an unspoken threat: that at any mont, he could bring down the Central Tower.
Woo-jin's magical presence was so vast that it lood over all of Neo Seoul. The citizens who witnessed the phenonon were left speechless.
Live broadcasts, now zooming in on Woo-jin with high-definition caras, flooded the chat windows with exclamations.
Suh Kang-jin, once a legend, had been defeated.
The sight of Woo-jin standing victorious left viewers with indescribable emotions.
“Suh Kang-jin...”
Inside the Central Tower, Principal I Doo-hee’s voice trembled.
Woo-jin stood there, unscathed, his abundant magic seemingly overflowing, a stark contrast to Kang-jin’s fate.
The Principal had no words left.
There was no longer any way to stop that man.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The defense systems of the Central Area unleashed a barrage of magical missiles and artillery toward Woo-jin like a storm.
But the space split wide open, and a massive crack absorbed every attack into a void.
Imdiately afterward, cracks appeared around the machines that had fired the magical rounds.
Boom!
All the magic rounds were sent back, destroying everything around them in a massive explosion.
Spatial Dominance. Third form of his magic: Spatial Reversal.
Even an intense bombardnt capable of obliterating an entire district was effortlessly neutralized by Woo-jin.
The sight brought a new wave of terror to the citizens.
Frantically, the Principal pressed a button on his wheelchair.
Clunk! Clunk!
The Central Tower beca encased in a high-density shell, reinforced by magic.
Debris falling from the sky couldn’t penetrate the tower, but even this protective shell was just a temporary asure against Woo-jin’s spatial magic.
It was a futile attempt.
Crack.
Woo-jin vanished from the spot with a spatial leap.
He landed on the ground and passed beyond the barrier surrounding the Central Tower.
Imdiately, Spartoi agents, who had been lying in wait, ambushed Woo-jin, but they were all struck down by his spatial lightning.
After dispatching the last of his enemies, Woo-jin used another spatial leap to enter the Central Tower.
“Principal...!”
As Woo-jin entered the tower, the Student Council President bit his lip.
Even though the Central Tower had ans to protect the Principal, it would be aningless in front of Woo-jin.
And so, inside the Central Tower—
“Gah!” “Ugh!”
Woo-jin deliberately started from the lower floors, swiftly taking out the Spartoi guards protecting the Central Tower. It was a preemptive asure to eliminate anyone who might interfere.
Despite the guards being composed of Spartoi’s strongest, they were no match.
If even Suh Kang-jin, one of the few capable of standing up to Goliath, had been defeated, who could possibly stop Woo-jin now?
Finally, Woo-jin reached the Principal’s office.
Crack.
Without bothering to open the firmly closed door, he casually leaped through space and entered the office.
“You’ve arrived.”
The first voice he heard was Son Ye-seo’s.
The protective shell around the Central Tower allowed those inside to see outside, and Principal I Doo-hee had been staring out the window the entire ti.
She turned her wheelchair around, eting Woo-jin’s eyes with a aningful expression. Son Ye-seo was there too.
“So, you’ve made it here at last...”
His black uniform was tattered and torn from his previous battle with the Glutton. His face was sared with dirt, his eyes gleaming coldly.
On his left arm, the armband of the Disciplinary Committee glimred.
An Woo-jin.
He looked at the Principal with a cold, indifferent gaze and greeted him.
“Pleased to et you, Principal.”
Then, in a calm, steady voice, he spoke.
“I’ve co to finish this.”
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