I Became the Only Non-mage in the Academy

Above the night sky, three stars floated.

They were black and barely visible, as if they absorbed even light, emitting an immense presence.

“Will there come a day when I can fill the sky with stars?”

The stars in the vast sky didn’t even fill a third of this world.

Yet I was still only at the highest level. Someday, if I ascended to transcendence and aimed for the celestial above that, maybe then I could fill this sky with stars.

With vague expectations, I closed my eyes.

Swoooosh.

As the sound of the waves faded away, I returned to reality, greeted by a dusty ruin…

GROOOOM!

The entire ruin shook as if it was about to collapse. This was the state right after I returned from the metaphysical world.

Now that I had acquired the power of the boundary, it wasn’t just that I lacked the power to maintain this ruin; the flow I created also had a significant adverse effect on it.

“Still, I have to take what I can.”

I extended my right hand. Then, the power of the boundary that had permeated the ruin gathered in my hand.

More precisely, the remnants of the boundary power that had created this ruin entered me. I felt the boundary power embedded in the smallest star within me grow denser.

Got everything I could. Let’s escape, master.

“Let’s.”

I didn’t hesitate and turned my back.

Having acquired the boundary, I vaguely understood.

This ruin was extremely dangerous. The ruin, structured with distinguished boundaries, was unstable. A slight mistake could entangle me in the distortions created while making the boundary.

The boundary within the black told me so.

If a Great Evil didn’t suddenly appear, that was.

-Right. And if a transcender suddenly appears and we don’t get involved in that fight…

-Master and Eternal Heaven? Those statements are quite dangerous…

Black Heaven was shocked by what Eternal Heaven and I said. Honestly, even if we set such flags, the chance of a great evil appearing was almost zero.

At least there were many Mines in Pyongyang.

This place was quite far from Pyongyang, and if the one who planned the overthrow of Pyongyang wasn’t a vile evil, there’d be no reason to come all the way here. 𝔯�

BANG BANG BANG!

The ruin collapsed. I quickly moved using the Blazing Divine Step. As I ran lightly, my body stretched out.

At this rate, the speed of sound was a joke.

I wasn’t even moving at full power, but it was this effective. The newly acquired power was that efficient.

Squeak.

It also meant that it was straining my body. My body was signaling that it was being strained. I slowed down a bit and moved.

GROOOM!

Walls were falling as the ruin collapsed.

Boundary.

Whoosh!

The smallest star residing within me began to move. A different power than before pervaded my entire body.

Then, my vision changed. Instead of viewing all power as colors, a world of black background and white lines began to appear in my vision.

…This.

I had experienced this scene before.

Black Heavenly Shadow Step. It was when I first awakened my stepping technique.

Back then, I also felt time slowing down.

The Energy of Defying Heaven wasn’t imbued with such power before.

If it were the old me, I wouldn’t have been certain.

But now, having acquired the absolute stat Black , I could say for sure. The Energy of Defying Heaven did not interfere with space. That was possible only with Black God Martial Arts.

Questions for later.

Now, I focused.

Suddenly, everything around me began to be distinguished. What I could see, what I could feel, and even what I couldn’t feel started to be discerned, and various concepts began to be differentiated.

The radius was still 10 meters.

An absurdly narrow range, even though this was a newly acquired power, considering what I had obtained so far.

Didn’t matter.

It didn’t matter at all.

The walls of the ruin collapsed right above my head. Thanks to enduring numerous fierce battles, my senses were almost prophetic.

Dangerous!

The walls began to crumble.

I passed right through the falling debris above my head.

-Eh?

-…Was that the boundary?

Eternal Heaven was stunned, and Black Heaven asked me.

I nodded.

-That’s an absurd power. The previous master didn’t exist in this dimension.

-Wait, does distinguishing mean talking about all space?

“Right.”

While responding appropriately to Eternal Heaven, I tensed my legs. I was still not accustomed to the power of the boundary.

The power consumption was worse than I thought.

The total amount of Energy of Defying Heaven was small, but its power was absolute. Conversely, the shape had an enormous total amount, but its power was relatively small. However, since the total amount was so vast, I could mitigate it by mixing it with the Breath of Authority that Dalgi had used.

The boundary was similar to the Energy of Defying Heaven.

The power of the boundary was absolute. However, because the total amount of power it held was absurdly small, it had to be used thriftily.

What I did a moment ago was temporarily placing my body in a different dimension.

But that was just one of the ways to use the boundary.

Sliding.

The black color moved. The black rising from the shadow pierced through the collapsing walls of the ruin and ascended.

Boundary.

Everything became distinct, and suddenly, my body had moved to a place with black hues.

What.

Master, it was dangerous!

Before Eternal Heaven could finish,

I quickly twisted my body. A fraction too late, I sensed a light through the “Martial Sense (S).”

Fast…!

Internally shocked, I moved swiftly. The “Sword Demon (S+)” sense screamed danger. I quickly applied the “Blazing Divine Step (S).”

Kicking through the air, I landed swiftly and looked in the direction of the attack.

Heh…

It was a man smiling.

Wearing a monocle and with golden, shining hair, his gray robe bore a sinister reverse cross in a dark red color.

His eyes appeared squinted from smiling too much.

…Why you?

“It was bound to fail. Our kids gather information as quickly as those in the light, but if growth meant this speed in the meantime…”

The man muttered and looked at me.

“Ah, my apologies. It was so absurd I got lost in thought for a moment. The floor collapsed and there you appeared, but what does my sense warn me? It ignores all the unworthy ones. Now that it’s come to this, shall we exchange greetings?”

“Lee Seo-ha.”

“That’s a fine name. As handsome as your face. I am called Rasputin.”

The man bowed with an orphaned grace.

“In the world, known as the Fallen Saint, the Bright Evil, Rasputin.”

A corrupted priest pointed a gun at me.

“Now that it’s come to this, although I’m pleased to meet you, wouldn’t you rather die? You look far too dangerous.”

“Sorry, but there are many who would be sad if I died.”

“I could make them happier instead, which is a pity.”

Rasputin said and then pulled the trigger.

Bang.

As the sound rang out, my eyes of seven colors saw.

It was as if ink spread in the air, and space was being pierced.

The bullet crossed spaces. Right in front of my eyes.

I chose to dodge rather than block the bullet. I ducked instantly. The “Sword Demon (S+)” intuition warned of the danger before, knowing just how dangerous that gun was.

Beast’s Bullet.

Refined from the power of an alien god worshipped by the evil, a misstep could trouble even a transcender.

I quickly widened the distance.

The power of the boundary must have been revealed.

He attacked as soon as he appeared.

The enemy must be assuming I have some means of movement.

Moving something while going could be more dangerous. I made a quick decision and inserted the Black Heavenly Demon Sword into the White Rouge.

Accelerating rune.

The Four Seasons Sword series was not a good choice now.

Those were excellent swords at the S grade, but my power now held a force beyond my expectations. I doubted their durability to utilize techniques using the absolute stat Black.

Only the Black Heavenly Demon Sword remained.

I continuously hammered the accelerating rune into the White Rouge.

WOOOOONG─!!

The second and first largest stars within me spun. Their names were Energy of Defying Heaven and Shape.

“Oh.”

Rasputin looked at me as if amazed.

Saaaaa───.

Something began to erode the surroundings. Black surged from behind me. It formed a certain shape.

A massive dragon’s head was beside me.

And then I unsheathed.

The accelerated Black Heavenly Demon Sword was imbued with black power.

“This is quite dangerous.”

The eyes of the evil changed. Eyes previously unseen due to his smile opened.

Ominous red eyes.

“O God. Here lies the foolish and ignorant. Grant me the use of Your power for their enlightenment.”

A reverse cross appeared behind Rasputin and burst into light. It was a dark light.

A light that eroded pure white.

“Shall we play a bit?”

The shape enveloping the world and the light eroded by darkness collided.

Above the night sky, three stars floated.

They were black and barely visible, as if they absorbed even light, emitting an immense presence.

“Will there come a day when I can fill the sky with stars?”

The stars in the vast sky didn’t even fill a third of this world.

Yet I was still only at the highest level. Someday, if I ascended to transcendence and aimed for the celestial above that, maybe then I could fill this sky with stars.

With vague expectations, I closed my eyes.

Swoooosh.

As the sound of the waves faded away, I returned to reality, greeted by a dusty ruin…

GROOOOM!

The greeting was too intense, excessively so.

The entire ruin shook as if it was about to collapse. This was the state right after I returned from the metaphysical world.

Now that I had acquired the power of the boundary, it wasn’t just that I lacked the power to maintain this ruin; the flow I created also had a significant adverse effect on it.

“Still, I have to take what I can.”

I extended my right hand. Then, the power of the boundary that had permeated the ruin gathered in my hand.

More precisely, the remnants of the boundary power that had created this ruin entered me. I felt the boundary power embedded in the smallest star within me grow denser.

Got everything I could. Let’s escape, master.

“Let’s.”

I didn’t hesitate and turned my back.

Having acquired the boundary, I vaguely understood.

This ruin was extremely dangerous. The ruin, structured with distinguished boundaries, was unstable. A slight mistake could entangle me in the distortions created while making the boundary.

The boundary within the black told me so.

If a Great Evil didn’t suddenly appear, that was.

-Right. And if a transcender suddenly appears and we don’t get involved in that fight…

-Master and Eternal Heaven? Those statements are quite dangerous…

Black Heaven was shocked by what Eternal Heaven and I said. Honestly, even if we set such flags, the chance of a great evil appearing was almost zero.

At least there were many Mines in Pyongyang.

This place was quite far from Pyongyang, and if the one who planned the overthrow of Pyongyang wasn’t a vile evil, there’d be no reason to come all the way here.

BANG BANG BANG!

The ruin collapsed. I quickly moved using the Blazing Divine Step. As I ran lightly, my body stretched out.

At this rate, the speed of sound was a joke.

I wasn’t even moving at full power, but it was this effective. The newly acquired power was that efficient.

Squeak.

It also meant that it was straining my body. My body was signaling that it was being strained. I slowed down a bit and moved.

GROOOM!

Walls were falling as the ruin collapsed.

Boundary.

Whoosh!

The smallest star residing within me began to move. A different power than before pervaded my entire body.

Then, my vision changed. Instead of viewing all power as colors, a world of black background and white lines began to appear in my vision.

…This.

I had experienced this scene before.

Black Heavenly Shadow Step. It was when I first awakened my stepping technique.

Back then, I also felt time slowing down.

The Energy of Defying Heaven wasn’t imbued with such power before.

If it were the old me, I wouldn’t have been certain.

But now, having acquired the absolute stat Black , I could say for sure. The Energy of Defying Heaven did not interfere with space. That was possible only with Black God Martial Arts.

Questions for later.

Now, I focused.

Suddenly, everything around me began to be distinguished. What I could see, what I could feel, and even what I couldn’t feel started to be discerned, and various concepts began to be differentiated.

The radius was still 10 meters.

An absurdly narrow range, even though this was a newly acquired power, considering what I had obtained so far.

Didn’t matter.

It didn’t matter at all.

The walls of the ruin collapsed right above my head. Thanks to enduring numerous fierce battles, my senses were almost prophetic.

Dangerous!

The walls began to crumble.

I passed right through the falling debris above my head.

-Eh?

-…Was that the boundary?

Eternal Heaven was stunned, and Black Heaven asked me.

I nodded.

-That’s an absurd power. The previous master didn’t exist in this dimension.

-Wait, does distinguishing mean talking about all space?

“Right.”

While responding appropriately to Eternal Heaven, I tensed my legs. I was still not accustomed to the power of the boundary.

The power consumption was worse than I thought.

The total amount of Energy of Defying Heaven was small, but its power was absolute. Conversely, the shape had an enormous total amount, but its power was relatively small. However, since the total amount was so vast, I could mitigate it by mixing it with the Breath of Authority that Dalgi had used.

The boundary was similar to the Energy of Defying Heaven.

The power of the boundary was absolute. However, because the total amount of power it held was absurdly small, it had to be used thriftily.

What I did a moment ago was temporarily placing my body in a different dimension.

But that was just one of the ways to use the boundary.

Sliding.

The black color moved. The black rising from the shadow pierced through the collapsing walls of the ruin and ascended.

Boundary.

Everything became distinct, and suddenly, my body had moved to a place with black hues.

What.

Master, it was dangerous!

Before Eternal Heaven could finish,

I quickly twisted my body. A fraction too late, I sensed a light through the “Martial Sense (S).”

Fast…!

Internally shocked, I moved swiftly. The “Sword Demon (S+)” sense screamed danger. I quickly applied the “Blazing Divine Step (S).”

Kicking through the air, I landed swiftly and looked in the direction of the attack.

Heh…

It was a man smiling.

Wearing a monocle and with golden, shining hair, his gray robe bore a sinister reverse cross in a dark red color.

His eyes appeared squinted from smiling too much.

…Why you?

“It was bound to fail. Our kids gather information as quickly as those in the light, but if growth meant this speed in the meantime…”

The man muttered and looked at me.

“Ah, my apologies. It was so absurd I got lost in thought for a moment. The floor collapsed and there you appeared, but what does my sense warn me? It ignores all the unworthy ones. Now that it’s come to this, shall we exchange greetings?”

“Lee Seo-ha.”

“That’s a fine name. As handsome as your face. I am called Rasputin.”

The man bowed with an orphaned grace.

“In the world, known as the Fallen Saint, the Bright Evil, Rasputin.”

A corrupted priest pointed a gun at me.

“Now that it’s come to this, although I’m pleased to meet you, wouldn’t you rather die? You look far too dangerous.”

“Sorry, but there are many who would be sad if I died.”

“I could make them happier instead, which is a pity.”

Rasputin said and then pulled the trigger.

Bang.

As the sound rang out, my eyes of seven colors saw.

It was as if ink spread in the air, and space was being pierced.

The bullet crossed spaces. Right in front of my eyes.

I chose to dodge rather than block the bullet. I ducked instantly. The “Sword Demon (S+)” intuition warned of the danger before, knowing just how dangerous that gun was.

Beast’s Bullet.

Refined from the power of an alien god worshipped by the evil, a misstep could trouble even a transcender.

I quickly widened the distance.

The power of the boundary must have been revealed.

He attacked as soon as he appeared.

The enemy must be assuming I have some means of movement.

Moving something while going could be more dangerous. I made a quick decision and inserted the Black Heavenly Demon Sword into the White Rouge.

Accelerating rune.

The Four Seasons Sword series was not a good choice now.

Those were excellent swords at the S grade, but my power now held a force beyond my expectations. I doubted their durability to utilize techniques using the absolute stat Black.

Only the Black Heavenly Demon Sword remained.

I continuously hammered the accelerating rune into the White Rouge.

WOOOOONG─!!

The second and first largest stars within me spun. Their names were Energy of Defying Heaven and Shape.

“Oh.”

Rasputin looked at me as if amazed.

Saaaaa───.

Something began to erode the surroundings. Black surged from behind me. It formed a certain shape.

A massive dragon’s head was beside me.

And then I unsheathed.

The accelerated Black Heavenly Demon Sword was imbued with black power.

“This is quite dangerous.”

The eyes of the evil changed. Eyes previously unseen due to his smile opened.

Ominous red eyes.

“O God. Here lies the foolish and ignorant. Grant me the use of Your power for their enlightenment.”

A reverse cross appeared behind Rasputin and burst into light. It was a dark light.

A light that eroded pure white.

“Shall we play a bit?”

The shape enveloping the world and the light eroded by darkness collided.