Chapter 364 – Wizard’s Great Work #4

I was convinced when I saw the power of the prayer magic right in front of me.
If the power that can even annihilate Meteor comes out, it means that it will be difficult to fight against the Master even with the great magic I have learned.

Even if he kept copying great magic, there was no guarantee that he would be able to catch up with the firepower of prayer magic.
The most ideal way to win the battle against the master was to learn prayer magic.

“Luke, now do you know how dangerous the destructive power of the origin magic is? I’ll tell you in advance, the Master is a great wizard just like me. He can embody ether in the same way.”
“I knew that. It wouldn’t make sense if the Master couldn’t handle ether. If you were only a first-class wizard, you would be able to defeat it by yourself.”
“I know you well.”

It’s time to ask some questions.
I asked Lawrence a question.

“But isn’t prayer magic also magic?
“You’re right. If you look at the specific definition of magic, prayer magic also belongs to magic.”

The specific definition of magic means ‘causing a specific phenomenon by consuming mana’.
Broadly speaking, prayer magic will eventually fall under the category of magic.
Lawrence answered yes too, so she has no doubts.

Isn’t prayer magic also magic?

Suddenly, a thought passed through my head.

‘What? Then, isn’t it possible to duplicate prayer magic?’

Shouldn’t it be duplicated?
My great magic was magic that replicated all existing magic the moment it was observed.

As a cloning master, there was no magic that I hadn’t been able to replicate.

If prayer magic falls into the category of magic, then it is no exception.
I have already carefully observed Lawrence’s prayer magic from beginning to end.

Then, in theory, I can use prayer magic!

‘Isn’t it real? The magic attribute coefficient was said to be sufficient. If I complete the cloning, am I also a great wizard?’

The moment I remembered my ability as a cloning master, I couldn’t contain my excitement.

If you replicate the origin magic, you can become a great wizard overnight!
Ultimate magic can be eaten raw rather than cake!

I quickly spoke to Lawrence.

“Chief, there is something I want to tell you about the great magic I learned.”
“Your great magic? If so, I already know. It was said to be a great magic that deals with high-output telekinesis. Thanks to your telekinesis, the holy mana fusion experiment was able to succeed, right?”
“To be precise, my great magic is not telekinesis.

[Magic cloning]
That was the true name of the great magic I was learning.
Magic that duplicates any type of magic the moment it is observed.

Lawrence listened to me and put on a look of disbelief.

“Eh, magic can be replicated…? Where in the world is such crazy magic?”
“Really.”
“Heh, heh heh! You’re making a strange joke all of a sudden.”
“I’m not joking. Telekinesis was also acquired after fighting Wiseman’s first-class wizard and then copying it. The original owner of telekinesis was a fixer named Glem. In fact, telekinesis is not a great magic that I have worked hard to learn.”

My magic cloning technique had the most unusual effect among great magic.
I will have to explain step by step.

“It’s not just telekinesis that I copied. There’s another great magic I’ve cloned. I’ve copied Wiseman’s Golem Guardian named Albert, and I’ve copied Delia’s Hellfire and Mage Master’s Hresbelg. I’ve copied Delia’s great magic. I’ll show you myself.”
“So you’re saying you want to use my daughter’s great magic?”
“That’s right.”

I recited the spell of Hellfire in front of Lawrence’s eyes.

“Hell’s wrath, punish sinners.”

If it’s Delia’s great magic, I’ve observed it while defeating the thunderbolt.
It was a great flame-type magic that summoned hellfire and melted enemies.

Hellfire, which had completed replication at that time, was now activated by reciting a spell.
Hellfire was summoned around me and began to circle around me like a wisp of fire.

Roaring!

Although the firepower was less than Delia’s hellfire, it was undeniable that this was the same hellfire.
Lawrence, the Archmage, would undoubtedly recognize it.

Because it was her daughter’s great magic, not anyone else’s.
Lawrence opened her eyes wide at the sight of the hellfire I had summoned.

“This…! It’s really my daughter’s great magic. It’s certain that it’s hellfire that harbors powerful demonic energy. I can’t believe there are two people who have mastered the same great magic…”

She was told that since great magic is a skill that captures the essence of the mage, no two people who have mastered the same great magic can exist at the same time.
Because each person’s origins are bound to be different.

I broke that absolute law with magic cloning.
Even Lawrence couldn’t help but be surprised.

Besides Hellfire, I showed Lawrence several great magic tricks.

“Puppets of alchemy that embody great karma.”

Golem Guardian.
A great magic that summons a golem with the highest durability in the world.

“The power that materialized the mind and will…!”

Psionic energy.
A great magic that deals with high-output telekinesis.

I summoned a golem using the cloned great magic, and released the telekinesis to launch the golem into the sky.
The hellfire I had summoned earlier still roamed around me like a wisp of fire.

Now that Lawrence is at this point, it seems he has no choice but to admit that my magic cloning technique is real.
Wiping the sweat from her brow, Lawrence opened her mouth.

“Looks like you can really copy other people’s magic. I’ve never heard of a wizard who can handle multiple great magics at the same time. Can you use my meteor too?”
“Of course, I can use Meteor. [Magical cloning] Can reproduce all the magic I observed in a degraded state. The power will be reduced, but now I can fly Meteor like the boss.”
“To think that I could write just by looking at Meteor, which I devoted decades to realize…”

To Lawrence, who was surprised, I told him what I wanted to experiment with magic cloning.

“Maybe I can duplicate origin magic with my magic cloning technique. I want to clone it right now and see if I can handle ether.”
“Are you saying you can replicate prayer magic?”
“Magical reproduction works if it belongs to the category of magic. Since origin magic is also magic, it can be duplicated.”

What if I could duplicate Invocation Magic?
How would you be treated in a society of wizards?
Are you properly treating yourself as a great mage, even if you only use duplicated prayer magic?

“What will happen if I succeed in replicating the origin magic? Am I also an archmage?”

Hearing my question, Lawrence answered with a puzzled expression.

“If you can use prayer magic, then you are also a great wizard. You can handle ether, but since it’s a copy or a real one, there’s nothing to argue about.”
“That’s great. I’m going to copy and use the prayer magic right now.”

To be honest, I know that this is absurd.
Did you just look at the magicians’ final secrets and copy them?

Even if I ate magic raw, this was enough to make me sick!

‘I don’t have a conscience!’

However, the battle with the master is urgent right now, so would you be in a position to cover this and that?
Whether it’s cloned magic or magic learned through hard work, it doesn’t matter as long as you can kill the Master!

I followed exactly the incantation of the prayer magic that Lawrence had recited earlier.

“O primordial chaos, the source of power that created the beginning and the end! I will borrow your power!”

Mana began to radiate from my body.
The formula for prayer magic automatically popped up in my head, and complex calculations were performed.

The fact that mana was consumed and the formula was calculated meant that the magic cloning technique was being activated smoothly.

In other words, the origin magic is being replicated!

“Huh…! It’s okay!”
“What’s going on?!”
“It’s going to be duplicated!”

Mana was released and the ground shook and a gust of wind blew.
As Lawrence showed me earlier, I was also devastating the surroundings in the process of using prayer magic.
It was only natural for this to happen, since the amount of mana with a mana coefficient of 6,000 was being released generously.

Soon after, the released mana turned black and turned into a completely different energy.
What used to be mana was being restored in the form of ether by the power of prayer magic.
The moment she saw the form of ether with her own eyes, Lawrence shouted loudly.

“Mana’s retrograde is happening! Ethel is being realized with your power! If we can use ether together, we’ll be able to win the war for sure!”

Won!
It’s the ending!

It was there that I had hope.
For some reason, the ether that I had embodied failed to maintain its form and perished.

I implemented it at best, and it disappears!

It was an ether that dissipated at the same rate as it materialized.
There was no point in pouring mana into it.

“Sah, boss? Why is ether disappearing?”
“I’m not sure right now either. Still, I need to analyze it, so keep releasing mana.”

After that, I continued to use the copied prayer magic, but it was impossible for me to handle ether normally.

As soon as it was created, the ether disappeared, so it is no different from pouring water into a pot that has gone down.

“It keeps disappearing! It can’t keep its etheric form.”

In the end, I couldn’t handle ether until I ran out of mana.
It means that the copied origin magic does not activate properly.
My great magic, which I had duplicated any magic so far, didn’t work as much as it does now.

What’s the matter?
Is origin magic so different from other magic that it cannot be duplicated?

It was when I was confused.
Lawrence quickly analyzed why the cloning failed.

“Didn’t you just explain the effect of magic cloning with your mouth like this? Even if magic can be replicated, it will be replicated in a degraded form.”
“That’s right. The performance of clones is inferior to that of the original.”

The magic duplicated by my magic cloning technique has inferior performance compared to the original.
Lawrence was pointing out that.

“Because it’s a copy of the prayer magic in a deteriorated form. It’s only natural that it can’t be activated.”
“Yes? Is it natural that it doesn’t activate?”
“That’s right. The origin magic that is being studied on the ground is originally unfinished magic. When I deal with ether, I sometimes fail to control it. That means that the technique needs to be supplemented. It’s difficult for me to control ether, too, How would you feel if you were someone who used magic?”
“…That must be very difficult.”

Isn’t the prayer magic itself a completed magic?
Should I spend a long time supplementing the spell?

Hearing that, I realized.

To be precise, it wasn’t that my magic cloning didn’t activate.
The original itself was unstable, so a duplicate was born as a defective product.

It was because the control of the unstable prayer magic was duplicated.
It became more unstable, and magic that could not be controlled was born.

‘To think that the most copied magic is defective… !’

Even magic cloning in the world could not allow him to use unfinished magic.
Lawrence gave me advice with a serious expression.

“Now that this has happened, you have no choice but to try.
“All right.”

I can’t help it.
As for prayer magic, I have no choice but to learn it through effort.

It’s time to shed blood and sweat to become an archmage.