I Became a Flashing Genius at the Magic Academy [363+][English Translation]

Episode 372 Chapter 64: Absence(4)

Absence (4)

Bingbaek Mountain Range, Baekryeong Plateau Fortress.

This fortress, built on a snow-covered mountain range at an altitude of 5,000 meters, is characterized by constant blizzards raging all year round, 365 days a year.

Due to the abundant cold-attribute mana in the area, most of the soldiers have mastered cold-type magic, which gives them some resistance to the cold.

Of course, just because they've mastered cold magic doesn't mean they can control or avoid natural disasters like snowstorms.

Only warriors with strong mental fortitude, excellent magic skills, and exceptional physical strength could endure the sharp and biting seasons and live in this fortress.

For 156 long years.

The years they have blocked the monsters and beasts from the Bingbaek Mountain Range from descending into the central continent.

It's been nearly two centuries since the fortress became an impregnable stronghold, allowing no invasion...

"...This is horrific."

Grand Duke Seol Param planted his oversized staff, even larger than a regular one, into the ground and sighed as he looked around the ghastly scene.

The 4th Blue Wind Forward Base.

This base, which maintained the northwest defensive line and served as the eyes of the fortress, had been completely destroyed.

Survivors: zero.

When regular reports stopped coming in, soldiers were sent to investigate, but they also went missing without a trace.

"General... what kind of monster could have done this?"

The sight of not only people but buildings and magical weapons all seemingly sliced by something sharp was so brutal that it was hard to keep one's eyes open.

Such an act was impossible by human magic, so it was undoubtedly the work of a monster.

Yet even considering it a monster, there were still questions.

There were no traces of the monster's footprints or blood anywhere.

It was unimaginable that the elite troops of the Blue Wind Forward Base could have failed to inflict even the slightest injury on the monster. There should be some trace left behind, yet wherever one looked, there were only the footprints of soldiers.

"The magic engineering investigation team is working on it, so we should have answers soon."

Despite saying this, Grand Duke Seol Param could sense that the situation was not favorable.

He was receiving real-time reports from the investigation team, but all they conveyed was that there had been no progress.

Is it really possible for such a monster to exist in this world?

To completely devastate an entire base without leaving a single trace.

"General, we should leave the aftermath to the investigation and search teams and return to the base. Reports are coming in from Northern Base 1 of an unidentified figure being detected repeatedly."

"I suppose so."

Grand Duke Seol Param gripped his staff tightly.

In truth... this puzzling incident wasn't the first of its kind.

Over the past few years, there had been numerous instances of strange, unregistered entities appearing, but they hadn't caused such a major incident before, so they had been overlooked until now.