Chapter 300
Chapter 300 Strongest Sage, Back to Capital
"Oh and also, there"s a talk about creating Rank S right now!"
"Rank S?"
"It"s a rank above rank A! It"s just a rumor making rounds for now though . "
Above rank A huh . . .
Well, it"s got nothing to do with me .
Either way, we probably won"t go out of our way to get to rank S unless we"ve got a reason to .
I"ll leave the serious adventuring to the aspiring adventurers from Second Academy .
I accepted the guild card while thinking that .
"I"ll be cheering on you guys! Please do your best!"
"Yeah, thanks . "
Thus we left the guild .
Now then . . . Time to go back to the capital .
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A few hours later .
We"re back at the capital, and are headed to the Second Academy .
On the way there . . . I heard a voice .
『That [Genesis] and [Eyes of Heavens] . . . That was Gaias-san right?』
It"s Grevil"s voice .
Looks like he noticed us and talked to me through comm magic .
Doesn"t seem like the girls are included as recipients in the magic .
『You realized huh . 』
『Of course I did . Even in my era, the only one who could use those magic was Gaias-san . . . So, is the one returning right now . . . Gaias-san?』
Grevil asked me with a serious tone .
I see . He went and used comm magic to confirm me that huh .
『Nah, it"s Mathias . . . Gaias only got resurrected for six seconds . 』
『Six seconds . . . is it . 』
『Yeah . Since nothing left of my previous body, I did the revival through my soul . . . But resurrecting only my power proved impossible with this body of mine . 』
An instability had occurred centered around Crest .
Were my Crest the same as my previous life, the revival could probably work permanently .
My reincarnation would have been meaningless if I got the same crest as my past life though .
『R-revival via a soul!? That"s . . . Wouldn"t that kill you?』
『Of course, I would have died if I made even a tiny mistake . Hence the six seconds time limit . 』
『You"re doing these dangerous stuff again . . . I believe Mathias-san will be fine, but please take care of yourself more . If you were to die now, this world"s mankind will most likely go extinct . 』
Extinct huh .
Even after the Mana Fusion Reactor meltdown catastrophe that resulted in a huge decline of civilizations, humanity still survived somehow .
So I feel like they"d probably somehow manage by themselves even if I were to disappear . . . But even I am not willing to die without reincarnation magic .
I won"t be able to fight anymore if that ever happens .
I tell Grevil while thinking that .
『We"ll be heading there for now . Pretend that you have no clue about the revival of the past me . 』
『I understand . . . Revival magic goes against common knowledge of magic . It"s a good idea to pretend as if revivals through [Broken Stars] never existed . 』
『Yeah . Let"s go with that . 』
The core of revivals that I and Anmorr brothers employed, [Broken Star] is [Supra-natural Art], a fundamentally different thing than magic .
But there"s no guarantee that the present world is able to accept that fact .
Propagation of chantless magic is slowly happening in this world right now, the once-lost magic is now usable .
And if revival magic were to come into the picture then . . . it might give birth to a misunderstanding, [Magic can be used for revival] .
Anyone would have someone they would want to revive .
There"s a possibility many would go on a fruitless labor researching on it if they were led to believe that .
Hence, it"s better to put a zip on the revival things .
I arrived at the Second Academy while thinking .
"First thing first, let"s report to Grevil . . . Also we should not say a word about revival magic . "
"Not a word?"
"Yeah . That 『Supra-natural Art』 . . . is an entirely different thing altogether from magic . If the existence of that becomes well known, it will only delay progress of magic development . "
"I mean I guess the idea of reviving the dead would make people go crazy . . . "
I knock on the door to Grevil"s room while conversing .