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Chapter 76 76 Reactions
Chapter 76 76 Reactions
Chapter 76 76 Reactions
[OP: ]
On the top floor of the adventurer association's tower, in the office of the branch manager, on a long table in the middle, six people had gathered and were looking at the pieces of paper floating in the middle.
Sunlight poured through the windows, filling the room with a warm glow, while a refreshing breeze swirled around them. Yet, amidst the serene atmosphere, a palpable tension hung in the air.
The papers floating above the table were creating a unique geometric structure, a very complex structure that they all couldn't help but just stare at.
They didn't know what to make of it, or even how it worked.
They all were experts of this empire, some had come from different places and had been at the top of their fields too. And still, these papers, this answer from a young lady, had presented before them a predicament that even made them question their own qualifications.
What they were seeing right now, the papers creating a magical circuit, was an answer from a young one that was in the middle of their stat tests right now. And with each moment they were looking at this structure, they were slowly losing their minds.
-Slam!
And since someone couldn't hold back anymore, they slammed their hand on the table.
"This is absurd!"
He was an old man with a long goatee, downed in white robes, wearing a strange large blue pendant, with his deep green eyes glowing with annoyance and confusion.
"You're telling me a young girl created this?!"
He couldn't believe it himself, so what more could be said of the other people that knew magic less than him?
"Calm down elder. It is true that a young-looking girl created it but who knows, she might be something other than human, or, maybe someone older in disguise."
A mature female elf… yes. But she was flat.
Slender tall body, attractive blue eyes, silver long hair, and a crown on her forehead. She looked attractive, she was attractive. But the uncertainty in those gorgeous eyes as she answered that elder was evident to all of them present there.
"Haaa… right. Still, it doesn't make any sense. This is one of her normal answers, we aren't even looking at those absurd answers from the last ten questions. Does anyone have any explanation how someone, anyone even, has such insight and understanding of magic that their creation, a mere magic circle that should produce a ball of fire, is strong enough to produce a dangerous tornado of high flames?"
He was calm now, still, his eyes were shaking as he looked at this magic structure.
It was phenomenal, revolutionary, absurd even. It was beyond even him, someone that had devoted his hundred and twenty years of life solely to magic and the secrets of this world.
His question was valid too. What they were looking at right now, a simple question about the magic of basic rank was recreated to be a dangerous spell that could change the battlefields forever.
There were four other people excluding him and the attractive lady elf.
A man in full armor was busy studying the papers from the brother of the girl in question here. Another man in noble clothing was looking at everyone else silently, with sweat covering his forehead. He didn't have anything to say here, he was the most out-of-the-word person among them.
Then there was a short girl, the oldest of them all, yes a loli, wearing a 'common' witch outfit, which obviously included that pointed hat El liked so much.
But she liked it for some other reason… which isn't something one can talk about easily.
Anyway, this short witch was looking at these papers with a somewhat angry and unpleasant gaze.
She didn't like it, she didn't like the bitch that created it too. And one can just imagine where this is pointing towards.
The last of them was the branch manager of this association. A tall, muscular old man with white hair, and black eyes.
'Eye' was the right word here since he only had the left one, and an old scar on his right side that restricted the opening of that special eye of his.
He was sitting on the throne-like chair with his partner, a black lion with two tails and ash white mane yawning beside him.
He was the most surprised by all of the things happening here today, and the way things were progressing was still making him feel a kind of tension he had never felt before in the decades of his career as the branch manager here.
This was new for him. Even after going through countless experiences, this was new for him.
These papers with absurd magic circuits, with answers that even he had never expected to witness in his entire life, and it wasn't like they all were only surprised by the answers from that one girl.
All four of her party members that were giving the test together were extraordinary.
There was that lady who got all of her answers correct, there was that girl that had an extraordinary insight when it came to the creatures, monsters, and nature, and that boy…
That boy was also like his sister. Both of them were amazing from his point of view.
"One is a perfectionist I have never dreamed I would encounter. And the other… well, is there a word to describe her?"
He looked at his fellow colleagues with a kind of helplessness they had never seen from him.
"Genius…?"
And even though the old man said that, even he knew, calling her only a genius was akin to calling the headmaster of the great academy a mere mortal.
"I would call someone like you a genius June, my friend. But this is not the work of some genius…
This is otherworldly knowledge. So, I can only say she might be someone from some other world, someone like those who had experienced other worlds through dungeons, someone that was born with this kind of knowledge, or probably someone that was enlightened with divine wisdom."
He paused for a moment, looked at everyone, looked at his lion that had nothing to do with everything going on here, and then, after witnessing their stiff faces from his answer, he sighed deeply.
"I will meet them."
He declared with a firm tone, his voice sharp, and his eyes had made their decision.
The other five knew they couldn't change his mind from that look alone. And since it was a great deal to personally meet the branch manager on their first visit to the association building, this was an occasion two people among them would witness for the first time in their time here.
"I will meet them too. I want to see the one that came up with these."
The person in full armor spoke up and waved the papers of the boy before them all.
These were the most fascinating pieces of knowledge he had read in his entire life, something that contained details that he had never known could be put into words.
He was fascinated, and just like the branch manager, he also had a unique determination in his eyes hidden under his helmet.
"Then I will too meet them! Those girls have so much I would be a fool to not learn from!"
And then the old man shouted… and the others followed behind him, all expressing their desire to meet these special people.
The branch manager couldn't stop them if they had so pure determination. Their eyes said everything he needed to know. So, he only smiled helplessly at his subordinates and nodded lightly.
And just when they all were about to cheer up with excitement, they heard a knock on the door from the other side of the room.
-Knock. Knock. Knock.
"We have the stat test results of the individuals you asked for Sir."
A voice shouted from behind the door, and as soon as they all heard that, their eyes widened and the excitement bubbling inside their hearts suddenly intensified.
"Come in."
The branch manager permitted with a calmer tone, an association employee came in, tension and fear covering his face, and handed not one, but two of their unique magic slates.
"Hmm? Why are there two of them?"
He was confused and so were the other five people, and at his question, coupled with their questioning gazes, the chaos that poor employee was feeling intensified multiple folds.
"U-ummm… t-that…"
He couldn't even utter a few simple words, and they all at least had grasped that there was something wrong with the second slate. So, the branch manager took a look at them… and both of the slates just fell from his hands.
"Hmmm? Sir Kevin? What happened?"
He was stunned as if someone had cast a time-stopping spell on him, and they all were confused so, one by one, they also took up the two slates containing information about the stat test of the four individuals they were talking about just a moment before, as well as the damage data caused by them.
It was one absurd thing that they all had stats of that level, however, the losses reflected in the second slate were something, that almost gave the man in noble outfits an actual heart attack.
The people they were looking forward to meeting until only a moment ago, the girl especially that had captivated them all… a few wanted to kill them right now, few wanted nothing more than to milk them to cover for all their losses today, and, there was a smile on the stunned face of the branch manager.
He was surprised at first, then he admired them. He was looking forward to meeting them himself, but now, he wanted to spar with them. Especially the two young twins.
He knew now even if the other five had yet to grasp the intentions of those two. He knew… just like how they wanted to meet them, those daring twins, too, were looking forward to meeting them.