I Became the Only Non-mage in the Academy

The Apostle.

To invade a world, one would first send vanguards to test what kind of world it was.

Thus, while each Apostle received different powers from their god, most were granted abilities to survive any situation and possess the combat strength to overthrow a world alone.

Ardavitri was among the weaker Apostles,

‘But still, an Apostle is an Apostle.’

This meant that Ardavitri was not someone to be taken lightly.

Buzz.

And Ardavitri began to move.

The sight appeared quite slow.

He raised his arm from below upwards. It was a simple motion, yet it left afterimages.

The afterimages left by the moving arm became arms themselves.

“What is this…”

At the bizarre scene, the Heavenly Demon frowned.

Flap.

From behind him, wings with feathers suddenly sprouted and spread wide. Ardavitri’s power was growing.

Those who blasphemed, blasphemed everything.

Ardavitri used his authority. Weapons appeared in his arms. Some were familiar, while others were not.

“Samaha?”

“Black Heaven?”

The staff that the Thousand Sorcerer held.

The Black Heavenly Demon Sword that the Heavenly Demon wielded.

But the Black Heaven I possessed did not exist in them.

[Be gin.]

He could use power that wasn’t even his own with no hesitation.

Crack.

The sky shattered.

The technique the Heavenly Demon used was replaced by magic.

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And behind the Apostle, the sun and moon rose.

A foreboding sun and moon, replaced by magic.

Eclipse.

Those two forces emerged.

It didn’t matter.

I could break them as they were.

The stars spun. I assigned more power to the Giant Dragon.

The Giant Dragon descended from the sky.

Ardavitri didn’t stop there. He grasped something cube-shaped in his hand.

[De fend.]

That command was issued.

From the ground. From the empty surface, dolls imbued with demonic energy began to rise.

Their number reached hundreds. Each had a form imbued with considerable power.

If they came at me one by one, I could crush them with my strength, but their numbers were the problem.

The sheer number, in the hundreds, meant that even transcendents could not disregard them.

Boom!

The Heavenly Demon’s strike was blocked. The Giant Dragon began to move along the ground.

Hundreds of superior beings obstructed the Giant Dragon, but it pushed through without hesitation.

Very slightly,

The momentum of the Giant Dragon weakened.

Then, the Eclipse prepared by the Apostle, along with the unknown cube and the descent of pure white light, appeared.

The Giant Dragon of Defying Heaven swept everything up and struck the Apostle directly.

──────!!

The impact wave spread, even silencing sound.

But I frowned.

In the mist accompanied by the shockwave, the Apostle’s torso was pierced.

It was an enormous wound, but it wasn’t as much damage as I had hoped for.

[Not bad…]

He muttered. I stomped the ground.

Bang!

Ardavitri responded in kind. His arm moved. At first, it was the arm holding a spear.

-Are you still not revealing your true body? Such arrogance.

The Apostle’s voice pierced into my mind.

What was he talking about?

I moved my hand to the right side of my heart.

From within my mind, I pulled out a world.

Abyss.

When Annihilation descended, it devoured the entire continent.

Abyss devoured all living beings.

Crack.

Lightning sparked. It was black lightning.

Corrupted, imbued with the energy of Defying Heaven.

Lightning that destroyed and denied everything revealed itself.

The Apostle watched intently.

I could feel the gazes of the Thousand Sorcerer and the Heavenly Demon as well.

“What is that?”

The Heavenly Demon, who had suddenly approached, asked.

“Something strong.”

“It’s more than just strong, isn’t it?”

I answered casually as I swung Abyss.

Bzzzzzzzz!

The lightning of destruction, which annihilated all living beings, collided with Ardavitri’s spear.

It was a spear imbued with something akin to starlight.

The power was equal.

But the contained force was in my favor.

My mindscape and the power of Abyss incinerated the spear.

I hurled Abyss.

Lightning, accompanied by the force of the boundary, struck the Apostle’s pierced section.

Crackle!

The lightning began to burn the pierced wound.

‘Annihilation…’

I thought while wielding Abyss.

It would be better to bring out Annihilation. But I wasn’t sure how to control this power yet.

Annihilation had to be used near the sea.

In that case, Alchemy.

Fwoosh!

The Conceptual Stat Alchemy shone brightly.

Light gathered in my hands.

“I’ll go.”

At that moment, Kim Seo-hyun approached me.

I almost plunged my sword down in surprise. Her demeanor, presence, and atmosphere were different from the Kim Seo-hyun I had known until now.

With silver hair shining and silver eyes, she looked at the Apostle.

Her pure white sword, the Sword of Wrath, was bathed in a golden light.

‘That…’

Kim Seo-hyun raised her sword. Ardavitri extended the hand that held the cube.

Countless spells surged from the cube.

Kim Seo-hyun’s action was simple.

She enveloped her sword in a golden radiance and slashed.

It was a simple act, but that single action contained an overwhelming amount of martial principles.

Within Kim Seo-hyun’s mind lay all the martial arts she had ever learned, merged into one martial discipline.

Ordinarily, such a feat would be impossible.

However, a certain illogical existence dwelling within Kim Seo-hyun made it possible.

Special Stat Mu.

Fwoosh!

The golden radiance nullified Ardavitri’s attack, but Kim Seo-hyun’s face turned pale.

[An noy ing…]

But with that one strike, the Apostle, Ardavitri, turned his gaze to Kim Seo-hyun, as if recognizing her as a threat.

I raised my sword.

There was now an opening, thanks to Kim Seo-hyun.

“One more time,”

The Heavenly Demon said as she blocked the spear Ardavitri had thrown.

Wind enveloped me.

The wind conjured by the Thousand Sorcerer gave me momentum. Thousands of spells bound Ardavitri.

With each movement, countless spells wrapped around Ardavitri like restraints.

I clenched my fist.

Creak.

The space distorted as if it were screaming.

I infused it with the energy of Defying Heaven. Lightning sparked in my mind. Flames ignited inside me, as the infinite power of the Black Flame Star added more black flames to my being.

The boundary shifted. The Apostle was preparing to attack, surrounded by numerous layers of protection.

The boundary separated. I perceived the countless shields, divided them, and thrust myself inside.

The form moved. I enveloped the form of the Giant Dragon in Annihilation.

Screech!

The Black Heavenly Demon Sword began to shake violently, as though it might break apart at any moment. It shouldn’t, but I added the remaining power of the Black Heaven.

Immortal Soul.

The harmony of the black flames and Annihilation was guided by my rising Nyeom.

“Die.”

Filled with murderous intent,

I swung the Black Heavenly Demon Sword.

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Kwaang!!

A sound spread, one that could hardly be believed to have come from simply swinging a sword.

The force of that single strike expanded in all directions. The power concentrated at a single point tore through the sky and even the mountains beyond.

The impact was beyond imagination. The force that burst through the ground left a massive crater.

‘No, could that be right?’

No, it wasn’t just that. It was as if a nuclear bomb had dropped. The mere act of swinging the sword had created a gigantic crater.

It was proof that Lee Seo-ha still lacked mastery over his power, yet manifesting such force through mere aftermath was absurd.

The Apostle’s towering form, over 200 meters tall, had shrunk to half its size. The Apostle’s body had become ragged and tattered.

“Kill him!”

Lee Seo-ha shouted.

Looking at him, his condition wasn’t any better. His arm was in tatters, and he held the Black Heavenly Demon Sword with a scowl.

Kim Seo-hyun immediately moved.

She raised her sword, enveloping it in radiance.

The wind blew.

Countless magic circles appeared everywhere.

Gulp.

The Thousand Sorcerer coughed up blood.

They had forcibly shattered Ardavitri’s magic, opening a path. The price for casting a spell to finish off the Apostle had been high.

The Heavenly Demon gritted her teeth as she glared at the Apostle.

‘What is this?’

The Apostle’s force had noticeably weakened. Compared to the beginning, its strength had fallen to about a quarter.

But the problem was that, despite opening a path and launching a full-force attack, the Apostle’s tattered body had instantly regenerated.

As if nothing had happened.

[This is the power an Apostle of a god possesses.]

Ardavitri spoke slowly.

[But you fought well. If you wish, I will ask God to make you Mine.]

“Screw you.”

The Heavenly Demon raised her middle finger and rejected the offer.

Kim Seo-hyun quietly enveloped her sword in radiance.

The Thousand Sorcerer glared fiercely, showing his hostility.

Lee Seo-ha downed a potion.

‘Mindscape.’

She opened the world of her mind, hoping it would at least slow the Apostle down.

The landscape of the world distorted.

Sssshhhh──.

Somewhere, the sound of waves crashing could be heard.

[The power of the talent, Celestial (天上) (?) has descended upon you.]

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At the academy.

If you asked, “Who is the strongest at Korea’s Hero School?” most would choose Lee Seo-ha. He was only in the first year, but the sheer strength he displayed, even glimpsed briefly, made his superiority clear.

However, if you asked, “Who became the strongest the fastest?” the answer might vary. The third-year students would pick their own. The second-year students would choose Seong Han-byul.

And the first-year students would choose Seo Ga-yeon.

Seo Ga-yeon had started from the same point as Lee Seo-ha.

That fact was shared solely with the Black Heavenly Demon Sword, but outwardly, Lee Seo-ha appeared to have been perfect from the very beginning.

A being who, by his mere existence, incited inferiority and jealousy in those around him.

Over the past three months, Seo Ga-yeon had undergone grueling training.

She threw herself into the training ground, honed her magical power, and learned magic from Cheon-gyeon.

She barely had one or two hours of sleep a day. There were times she wanted to collapse and times she fainted, but Seo Ga-yeon never gave up.

Many.

There were truly many events.

In the three months that passed, several great evils arose and caused terror. She rose to a higher level through Lee Seo-ha’s power. Seo Ga-yeon no longer wanted to be a burden.

She built her reputation by slaying Dalgil. She killed three of the Ten Wings, the upper echelon of the Nazi Empire’s new forces, notorious as the new wings of terror.

And she killed another great evil.

An abomination that had ascended to the pinnacle of curses, filled with hatred for this world.

Though that being ranked lower among the great evils, a great evil was still a great evil.

Though the achievement was shared with the Overlord, Ershil, Kim Ara, Hong Yu-hwa, and others, Seo Ga-yeon had played a pivotal role.

If asked who had contributed the most, Seo Ga-yeon would be named.

‘I hear the call.’

Across dimensions.

It was as if the being who felt like her other half was signaling danger. Seo Ga-yeon didn’t hesitate.

“Ga-yeon?”

Flap.

She didn’t think about how to get there.

The power of Lee Seo-ha, the force that denied everything, faintly flowed into her.

Her magical power, known as the Starlight Power, began to resonate with it.