Magic Chronicles : Fallen Race

2 in 1 chapter.

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-Ilinor Royal Academy.

Reji was not resting in the middle of the night. He was sitting at his desk, browsing through one spell book after another.

Reji entered the academy as a teacher not only to get closer to the Elf Princess but also to study the spell resources in the academy, which was one of his objectives.

He couldn't let his powerful learning ability from "Star Sculpt II" go to waste and needed to seize the time to transform it into his actual strength.

As for why Reji did not choose to go to the Sorcerer Demon, first, it was to maintain his "powerful" Demon King identity, and second, as shown in the previous "Witch Dragon Spell," the spells that the Sorcerer Demon possessed were too advanced.

With his current magic power level, he might not be able to use them even if he exhausted all his resources.

However, looking at the human academy side, although they were all simple spells like "Flame Strike" "Ice Arrow," and "Magic Barrier," which were first or second-tier low-level spells, they were all practical and could immediately improve his combat power.

Reji did not reject these basic skills.

Moreover, unlike in the game, his current self could learn all the "system" basic skills.

This operability and expandability were completely different.

For example, Reji could combine two spells, such as [Vine Bind] and [Flame Strike] both of which were first-tier spells. When cast together, they could produce a [burning] spell effect, greatly enhancing continuous damage.

Similarly, there was the [Freeze] spell and the [Blaze] spell. When released simultaneously, they produced a "melting" spell effect, exponentially increasing their power.

The summoning system's "Treant Servant" combined with the warrior system's battle skill "Brave Roar" could make the Treant, which was originally a first-tier creature, have the strength of a third-tier Treant Guard.(*1)

It could be seen that the [combo] effect formed by these low-tier spells could even exert stronger functionality than third or fourth-tier spells.

Reji was not sure if the Demon King in the first round of the game also had the same "Star Sculpt" effect as him.

If that's the case, Reji could only say that the Demon King was too bad at playing the game.

Cross-system spell combinations like these would have increasingly terrifying effects as the game progressed.

If the original Demon King had tried to explore this aspect, even if he couldn't win against the player, who was the "Child of Destiny", he wouldn't have lost so miserably and been single-handedly defeated by the player.

Bringing his thoughts back, Reji put down the spell book in his hand. Since Vielsia left, he had been sitting here reading for at least five or six hours.

As a reward, his character's skill column now had a dense array of new skills.

It was a bit cluttered, but it didn't matter. After learning the fourth-tier spell [Spell Collection] later, these basic skills would be packaged together into a separate category.

Although Reji's spirit was still eager to continue learning more basic skills, his body couldn't take it anymore.

He needed to relax a bit and clear his mind.

Thinking this, Reji picked up another stack of books from his deskor rather, notebooks.

To investigate the actions that the Wicked Demon had secretly taken in the human world before he was summoned, Professor Yeno from Vielsia's side was undoubtedly an excellent starting point.

Before the elf princess left, he asked Vielsia to bring him the her notes on "ancient history" classes.

Reji opened the notebook, which had rows and rows of careful notes written by her, all of which were key points from Professor Yeno's lectures.

At first, Reji was just trying to find some clues.

However, after reading just a few lines, he sat up straight in his chair, his expression becoming much more serious.

Because:

*Year 162 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin was born in the Darran Empire*

*Year 176 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin graduated from the Darran Intermediate Magic Academy with perfect scores in all subjects*

*Year 180 of the Radiant Calendar, Malvin won the championship in the Arcane Competition*

*Year 200 of the Radiant Calendar, the demon race invaded, and Malvin served as the Great Guardian*

The notes on historical events from a thousand years ago were accurate down to the year, and most of this information was correct, as Reji recalled from the game's first storyline.

It seemed that there were still some humans who had not forgotten ancient history and had been recording it all along?

And was this why they were bewitched by the Wicked Demon?

'No'

With Reji's understanding of the Wicked Demon, he definitely wouldn't be doing something so simple.

As his gaze continued down the page...

When he saw the last line recorded in the elf's notes about "Malvin's" ending, Reji stopped.

*Year 271 of the Radiant Calendar, the Great Guardian who devoted his life to humanity died at the hands of his beloved disciple, a traitor who had been corrupted by magic. The exploited Great Guardian was ultimately tortured to death by the Soul Seizing Spell of the Sorcerer Demon clan*

The Soul Seizing Spell was a high-level spell that the Sorcerer Demon clan used all their strength to develop in order to kill Reji, the Son of Destiny.

Reji remembered the scene clearly. Malvin had placed his bet on himself and told Reji that he was the hope of humanity. In the end, Malvin took Reji's place and bore the Soul Seizing Spell.

Reji: "..."

He continued to read and soon came across another familiar character name.

At that time, the commander of the human alliance army was Anna.

And this brave princess, who had killed countless demons on the battlefield, was recorded here as having been lured into a trap by a "traitor" and dying after a desperate defense.

However, Reji knew that the true story was that the Wisdom Demon launched a surprise attack while he was breaking through, and Anna, as the closest human army commander at the time, heard the news and did not wait for reinforcements.

She went deep into enemy territory alone to save him and buy time for his breakthrough.

This was one of Reji's greatest regrets in the gamehe couldn't save Anna, one of his most beloved character.

After he successfully broke through, he went on a rampage, killing demons all the way to their main camp, and killed the Wisdom Demon's projection before returning.

These historical events were just told differently, but the outcome remained the same.

However, the core had been completely reversed, becoming entirely different.

No wonder...

Reji had never seen the words "Son of Destiny" or "Child of Destiny" in the entire "Ancient History" notebook.

Now it seemed that the existence of the Child of Destiny had been erased from history.

Replacing it was only one thing...

A "human traitor"?

Not only that.

Reading through the entire ancient history, the human race's thousands of hardships and sacrifices that Reji had experienced in his first playthrough, which finally enabled them to repel the demon race under the leadership of the Son of Destiny, had become this:

*The demon race was weak and powerless, easily defeated. Only because there was a "traitor" in the human race who had been colluding with the demon race did the demon race have any fighting power. Of course, in the end, they were successfully eliminated by the human race*

Angry?

Of course.

Reji was undoubtedly angry.

The source of his anger was secondary to the fact that his reputation as the "Son of Destiny" had been tarnished.

Those NPCs in the game, like Malvin, Anna, and the countless human heroes who had sacrificed themselves, these characters that he respected and admired, had been recklessly altered, their glory erased. This was what made Reji the most furious.

But...

Despite his anger, Reji was surprisingly calm.

He quickly realized that such a rewriting of history could not have been done by the Wicked Demon alone, who was trapped in the "Chaos Rift." It was as if a prisoner in jail could communicate with the outside world, but there had to be someone on the outside who could help him do things.

Reji quickly looked through some other "ancient history" books, and their records were exactly the same as Vielsia's notes, which proved that this perception had become a consensus in human society.

Such influence was undoubtedly...

There must be people in the human race assisting the Wicked Demon in rewriting history.

No...

Reji even suspected that the Wicked Demon was the one playing the "assistant" role.

To think of changing history on such a large scale, to forget history, Lordan did not have this ability. This kind of brainwashing reform must have started from within the human race.

Moreover...

Reji was also sure of one thing: as he progressed through the game and completed the first round, his character must have disappeared as well.

Only this possibility would allow subsequent human rulers to harbor evil thoughts, to weaken the influence of the heroes of the past for the sake of their political power, and to force the world to "forget" the past.

But Reji still had many questions.

'What about the Radiant Saintess?'

Although he had always complained in the game that the Radiant Saintess was weak, that was only in comparison to himself, a "cheat" player. In the context of the entire human world at that time, the Radiant Saintess was definitely one of the top figures.

'But why did it seem like she had done nothing?'

'Even if we don't mention the Radiant Saintess, I had still maxed out the affection of more than forty companions in the game'

'Why didn't these companions, whom I did not bring with me in the final battle, prevent the rewriting of history?'

"My King, what's wrong?" Seeing Reji frowning and deep in thought, Shermen couldn't help but ask with concern.

Her voice brought Reji back to reality.

"Nothing."

Reji shook his head and did not reveal his inner emotions, but even as he tried to hide them, Shermen could still sense something. She approached and tried to comfort him in the best way she knew.

Shermen's petite figure moved closer to Reji, who was sitting at the desk, and hugged him.

"My King, Shermen doesn't know what you're troubled about, but please believe that no matter what, Shermen will always be by your side. You are not alone."

It seemed that his casual mention of loneliness in the past had been remembered by the Shadow Demon until now.

In a sense, Reji should perhaps thank the Wicked Demon and that "behind-the-scenes" human.

Because of their existence, he had untied a knot in his heart.

Reji had always been influenced by his past gaming experiences, and the shadow of the "Son of Destiny," the savior, still lingered in his heart. He still wanted to protect this "world of his own."

But now...

The familiar people were gone, the familiar things had all disappeared, and even the history of his own existence was being erased and modified by future generations.

To describe it as "his own" world...

Well.

That was really stupid.

So, for an "alternate world"...

It was still an "alternate world" that had "killed" everything he was familiar with.

Reji would no longer have any reservations.

He was beginning to understand the significance of the "Ten Evils Unforgiven" achievement in the first round.

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1* [(Treant is a monster In dota 2)]