“That’s wonderful! At this rate, the time for Hulim Heyerar to fully recover will be shortened even more!”
Little Semiris exclaimed happily.
“Yes, all thanks to your help, Little Semiris......”
As mentioned before, normal creatures couldn’t enter the Mana Pool—their bodies would collapse from absorbing an overload of mana.
When Hulim’s mana supply couldn’t keep up with her overload symptoms, she could safely enter the pool to recover faster.
But once her strength returned to its original level, the mana she could channel reached her previous limit. Continuing to enter the Mana Pool at this point would result in mana excess.
Fortunately, Little Semiris had successfully solved this problem.
As one of the most knowledgeable beings in Himmler, Semiris possessed unimaginable wisdom.
As her avatar, Little Semiris retained all these memories.
She created a special magic array that could completely isolate the Mana Pool’s overwhelming effects while harnessing its vast energy to rapidly enhance Hulim’s power.
With this array’s help, Hulim’s strength grew at a rate far beyond her previous progress......
The Mana Pool’s surface had returned to calm, and the countless floating light particles were gradually fading.
Hulim, having tidied her clothes, stretched her limbs.
“Let’s go, Little Semiris. It’s almost mealtime—how about grilled meat for you?”
“Yay! Little Semiris loves grilled meat the most!”
Hulim smiled and led her toward the Underground Metropolis.
“Hey hey! After dinner, what are we going to do, Hulim? Go exploring? Should we raid that stupid dragon’s lair again for treasure? The stupid dragon must have found new treasures by now!”
“No, let’s skip it today. We’ve visited its lair too many times—I think it’s almost at its breaking point. Let’s just stay in the tower and practice magic quietly.”
“Tier 5 magic is still quite difficult; I need to spend more time on it.”
“Aww, that’s boring! But you’re right—if the stupid dragon gets too angry, it’ll be hard to escape. We’ll go again in a few days then...... Oh, and if you have any questions about magic, you can ask Little Semiris!”
“Thank you, Little Semiris~.”
“Hehe~, you’re welcome......”
......
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a year had passed since Hulim left Langard for Mirnabith.
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On this day,
deep beneath Mirnabith,
at the Mana Pool.
The water surface suddenly trembled violently, with countless ripples spreading across it. The light particles emanating from the pool were far more numerous than usual, brightening the entire underground space significantly.
Splash! Splash!
At that moment,
the small vortex at the center of the Mana Pool suddenly expanded at an alarming speed.
In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire pool.
Then, an unusually powerful aura slowly rose from the vortex’s center, growing stronger and more distinct by the second......
Until, at a certain critical moment,
the aura peaked!
Boom——!
A terrifying shockwave suddenly swept through the entire underground space.
The Mana Pool, brimming with massive amounts of magical energy, was completely vaporized by the impact.
“Wahh——!”
Little Semiris let out a scream as she was blown away by the shockwave, and the magic array she’d been maintaining collapsed.
But......
the array was no longer needed.
In the center of where the Mana Pool had been, a figure shrouded in radiant light hovered in the air.
The figure slowly stretched her body.
The powerful mana fluctuations emanating from her seemed to twist the very air around her.
Then, she opened her eyes.
The overwhelming aura that had been spreading suddenly halted, then vanished without a trace—as if it had never existed.
“Rank A already......”
Hulim carefully sensed her newfound power.
Compared to her Rank B days, her current strength was overwhelmingly superior.
“So the gap between Rank A and Rank B is this enormous...... No wonder my previous attacks had no effect on that dragon......”
Of course, the main reason her attacks hadn’t worked was that the dragon itself was far too strong......
After acclimating to her power,
Hulim glanced toward the former shore.
She raised one finger and twitched it slightly.
The shoes and socks placed on the shore were wrapped in green light, floated over, and automatically slipped onto her feet in order.
“......It seems I’m not just stronger—daily life has become more convenient too.”
“Wow! Hulim! Hulim has advanced to Rank A!!! Little Semiris is so happy~!!!”
Little Semiris, who had been blown who knew where, flew back.
She circled around Hulim excitedly.
“But the Mana Pool is gone now—what do we do?”
Staring at the empty space where the Mana Pool had been, Little Semiris looked troubled.
“It’s okay. The Mana Pool will reform in at most a month, and...... I don’t need it anymore.”
“Huh? Why not?”
“Because——”
“the moment I advanced to Rank A, that pressure in my body was finally balanced out.”
“Now, I’ll no longer be troubled by mana overload symptoms.”
“Huh——! R-really!? ”
Little Semiris stared at Hulim with wide, sparkling eyes.
“Wah——! That’s amazing~! Hulim is fully recovered at last!”
“Yes...... It took nearly a year.”
Hulim sighed with emotion.
“And it’s not just recovery—I’ve grown more in this year than I ever dreamed possible......”
“That’s right——!”
“Hulim is so awesome! Little Semiris just remembered—there aren’t many people in history who reached Rank A at such a young age!”
Rank A at thirteen......
Standing at the pinnacle of the world’s power at such a tender age.
Even in the long history of Himmler, such cases were extremely rare—and Hulim, who had grown step by step through normal means, was one of a kind!
“Ah——”
Little Semiris suddenly stopped mid-air as if struck by a thought.
“Little Semiris just remembered something!”
“?”
“What is it?”
“Now that Hulim has reached Rank A, you can try to obtain the Philosopher’s Stone and restore the Seven Luminaries to its complete form~!”
“Philosopher’s Stone? Right, you mentioned it before...... Little Semiris, where is this Philosopher’s Stone sealed?”
“Right here in Mirnabith~!”
“Huh?”
Were these two sealed so close to each other?
Would anyone normally do that......
......
On a snow-capped mountain in the Mirnabith Mountains.
A young girl holding a silver wand and carrying the pitch-black magic sword Helkem walked through the snowstorm. A palm-sized fairy rested on her head.
Despite the piercing gale howling across the mountain, the wind vanished strangely as it approached the girl—as if a windless zone surrounded her body.
“Roar......”
A distant roar echoed from the sky.
The girl looked up toward the horizon.
She spotted a red figure flying rapidly across the sky.
“Ah——, it’s the stupid dragon~! Hulim, let’s go teach it a lesson! Show it how powerful Hulim is now!”
The little fairy on her head shouted excitedly.
