Chapter 9: User Reactions

The capsule opened, and a disheveled Edelin rubbed her eyes, getting up.

Her unfocused eyes scanned the surroundings before she promptly collapsed onto the floor.

“Gueeeghk”

Edelin, trying to settle her churning stomach, ended up spewing black blood onto the floor.

“What… is this…”

Blinking, unable to grasp the situation for a moment, she stared blankly at the floor.

The chilling state of her body snapped her back to reality.

“Could this be…”

The black blood symptom that occurred whenever she used excessive mana during her Archmage days.

Her thoughts momentarily froze at experiencing a symptom Edelin, who didn’t even possess a Circle in reality, shouldn’t feel.

‘But I used magic inside the game.’

The modified magic she had created flashed through her mind.

No matter how much she wracked her brain, the only plausible cause was the excessive magic used in the game.

Could magic from the game affect reality?

Dismissing the absurd hypothesis, Edelin checked the condition inside her body.

Despite vomiting black blood, her body only felt a slight fatigue, like a mild cold.

This level of tiredness would likely recover after a night’s sleep, but.

“…?”

Edelin, examining her body’s condition here and there, was startled by the sensation of mana within her.

It was a clear sensation of mana, impossible to mistake.

She moved the mana around, activating the mana pooled near her heart.

“…!”

The pulse of mana felt near her heart, and a single, brightly shining circle.

“I played a virtual reality game, and my mana capacity increased…?”

She simply played a game, yet mana appeared.

A bizarre phenomenon inexplicable both scientifically and magically.

“There might be a possibility.”

The aftereffects of Edelin forcefully using magic in the game manifesting in reality.

Edelin creating two new Circles in her heart within the game.

Her name appearing in the Kairos Continent’s world setting, set 100 years in the future.

The magical knowledge Edelin possessed being applicable in virtual reality.

For coincidences, they fit together perfectly.

Through various hypotheses, she proved that the Kairos Continent within the game was the world she used to live in.

“Is such a thing possible?”

If it wasn’t simply a game, but a real world turned into a game.

Then wasn’t the virtual reality device connecting them an ancient magic artifact capable of traversing dimensions?

Edelin gently pressed her temples, organizing her thoughts as they grew complex.

“Should I go to the continent and find out?”

The device she had tried out with the intention of just dipping her toes into the continent.

Had now transformed into a tool to satisfy her mage’s thirst for knowledge.

The answer to the secret likely lay only within the Kairos Continent.

“I need to raise my Circle by cultivating mana on the continent and investigate this phenomenon further.”

Whatever the case, it wasn’t a losing situation for Edelin.

Growing stronger through a game at home meant it wasn’t dangerous.

And she could satisfy her curiosity as well.

Growl.

Before that, food was more important.

“Heee hee~”

Yeeun was in an exceptionally good mood thanks to the day’s events.

Living as a streamer, sometimes you hit the jackpot and get amazing footage.

Today was that day.

“If I upload the video, the viewer count will increase, right?”

Yeeun happily pondered what title to use while editing the video.

“Received advice from a genius mage? That sounds about right.”

The advertising revenue from watching the video.

New viewers attracted by the video.

And donations.

“Hehehehe.”

Indulging in happy fantasies about future events, she logged into the Kairos community site.

She clicked on the forum board to promote her video.

“My name should be around here somewhere… Huh?”

Although she was a small-time streamer, she thought today’s events would have generated enough buzz to at least make it to the best posts section.

“What is this…?”

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《Best Posts》

Chat) “Archmage High School Girl-chan”

Info) Video regarding new magic leak

News) Mage class turned upside down, becomes Tier 1 job?

Chat) High School Girl-chan magic analysis post.

Chat) Clues about the relationship between Yeeun-nyang and High School Girl-chan

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Wasn’t the entire board plastered with issues related to one person?

Not only were posts garnering explosive reactions, but even the posts appearing in real-time had similar titles.

Yeeun moved the mouse and clicked on a post.

Chat) “Archmage High School Girl-chan”

[ Author – 3rdCircleBrainlessMage ] [ Views – 108212 ] [ Likes – 1070 ] [ Comments 155 ]

This is BrainlessMage, a 3rd-year mage on the Kairos Continent.

First off, I believe many people are curious about the girl who suddenly became an issue.

[ Today’s Streaming Broadcast Clip.webp ]

Simply put, she is an incredible user who has made a new mark on the Kairos Continent.

She didn’t even seem to know her broadcast was on, paying no mind to the viewers.

Anyway, that’s not the important part.

Let’s look at the scene around the 00:20 mark.

[ High School Girl-chan using modified magic.gif ]

Do you see that?

A user who just started used magic never seen before.

And it was Creation Magic, which doesn’t even exist on the continent.

What’s so great about that, you ask?

Here’s a video of me attempting it myself.

[ Video demonstrating the attempt myself.webp ]

Unlike Edelin’s third-person perspective, the video shows the magic being demonstrated in first-person.

The moment the first incantation is chanted, an extremely complex calculation formula appears.

A complicated mana path seemingly impossible for a human brain.

The moment one fails to complete the sequentially appearing incantation formulas within the time limit.

“Kraaaak.”

[ You fall into a near-death state due to excessive mana distortion. ]

The 3rdCircleBrainlessMage in the video collapsed.

Did you see?

She used such powerful magic with formulas and calculation methods far beyond the level of a 3rd Circle.

If you don’t succeed within the time limit, you’re practically dead.

Do you understand how amazing High School Girl-chan is for pulling that off instantly?

Still don’t get it?

Then watch this.

[ Punching bag melting away from High School Girl-chan’s magic.gif ]

Is there any user who can pull off this much DPS?

Even the world’s number 1 player on the continent cannot achieve this level of DPS.

Furthermore, she is playing the game in Realism Mode.

This means she’s not a mage reliant on the system, but one using magic with her own intelligence.

It means she possesses a genius brain acknowledged even by the GMs as not being hacks or bugs.

An even more surprising fact occurs before the first gateway.

[ Mage assistant getting knocked down in one hit.gif ]

Mages belong to the physically weak character type.

Their magic damage is extremely high, but their physical attack power is low.

But?

Our High School Girl-chan performs the miracle of sending an assistant one Circle higher than her flying in one shot.

You might think the one getting hit is also weak because they’re a mage.

[ Close-up shot of the fist landing.png ]

Do you see it?

Right before the fist connects, she disrupts the blue energy?

Mages have a unique defense skill called Mana Shield.

She bypassed that to land a direct hit.

In short, it means she understands the flow of mana.

That’s not all.

After this, she engages in a 1 vs 1 magic duel with the training facility’s Tower Master.

Her opponent is a 3rd Circle mage, the same rank as me.

[ High School Girl-chan chanting carelessly.gif ]

Not only does she break the mold that mages must recite fixed spells.

She pressures the Tower Master.

[ Tower Master muttering some spell.gif ]

And if you look closely at this part, you can see the Tower Master’s incantation using the 3rd Circle magic ‘Magic Trap’.

Our High School Girl-chan makes the insane decision to freeze that Mana Arrow.

[ Mana Arrow freezing and falling to the ground.gif ]

[ Tower Master declaring defeat.gif ]

A 1st Circle mage defeated a 3rd Circle through sheer magic application.

In just one day’s video, she achieved numerous feats.

1. Discovered the mage’s spell creation function.

2. Changed the perception that the mage class is weak due to her destructive modified spell.

3. Chanted and activated spells at high speed.

Through this, we have proven that mages are not weak beings who only shoot spells from afar.

Perhaps because of that, news is spreading that the number of users choosing mage is increasing.

Finally, additional testimony regarding her identity has come in.

The most prevalent speculation is that she might be streamer Yeeun-nyang’s younger sister.

The reason being, according to her manager’s testimony…

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[ Silvery hair reflecting sunlight and a youthful face.png ]

(Omitted)

This has been 3rdCircleBrainlessMage analyzing High School Girl-chan.

– I didn’t realize while watching the stream, but she was really a crazy streamer lololololol

– Seeing it in first-person, that calculation formula is nauseating lolololol

– High School Girl-chan uses stuff like that routinely?

– Yup. Probably gets first place in her entire school too?

– Not just school, world-class level?

– I’m going to start raising a mage today too.

– So mages were that strong of a class…

– Dunno, High School Girl-chan is just too cute.

– Sir, you’re going to get arrested; that person’s in Realism Mode, that’s her real age range.

Yeeun, who felt a sense of unease while reading through the post.

Realized the source of her unease after reading the additional analysis added at the end.

That the High School Girl-chan being praised by the community was none other than her own older brother.

“What on earth has this Oppa been doing!”

Only Yeeun’s scream echoed within the room.