I Became the Only Non-mage in the Academy

“Welcome, contractor.”

The entirely black form spoke.

Instinctively, I realized that this entity was the Black God. The black energy within me…

“Finally.”

With a voice filled with jubilation, the being before me addressed me.

“You have arrived before me.”

The black mass rippled as it took shape.

Although it had no face or discernible features, I could tell it was smiling.

Black God.

“……”

The Black God continued to speak, saying whatever it pleased.

Contract.

It spoke of a contract. It claimed to have formed some sort of agreement with me.

…No matter how hard I thought, I couldn’t remember anything.

Perhaps I was in my second life, and in my first life, I made a deal with the Black God?

“That’s not it.”

The black, humanoid form shook its head.

“I simply used a minor trick. Rewinding time is a power only a flawless being of white could possess.”

“…”

Martial God.

Reflexively, another being came to mind.

The entity that resided within Kim Seo-hyun’s body.

When the Evil Gods invaded Earth, Kim Seo-hyun used that power to kill every last one of them.

Using the ability known as Eternal Return, he endlessly battled the Evil Gods.

The number of repetitions… was so staggering that even gods would recoil.

“If I were to put it in your terms… it would be wise to read the terms and conditions carefully.”

This crazy bastard.

Wait, could something like this really count as a contract? I stared at the Black God in disbelief, and it gave a silent laugh.

“I’ve been watching you closely from here. You’ve nonchalantly done the most absurd things. For example, dedicating over 140 hours to gaming in a single week… I couldn’t believe a human could do that.”

“……”

W-well, humans could do that sometimes…

“When others gave up, you alone persisted, surpassing 10,000 hours, and even more unfathomable durations beyond that. I thought to myself back then, ‘This one is truly capable of achieving great things.’”

“……”

I couldn’t say a word.

Even though I should’ve been immune to mental interference due to the Energy of Defying Heaven, my head was spinning.

“Still, you truly exceeded my expectations. You acquired power, a vessel, and even a qualification originally impossible to obtain.”

Power and a vessel.

I had some guesses about those.

…Infinite Black Flame Star and Black Heavenly Demon Sword.

But a qualification? What could that possibly mean…?

‘Talent, Celestial (-).’

“Ah. To think you possess a fragment of a qualification that only a primordial being from creation could hold… You’re truly a bundle of potential. Even the Fairy Dragon King, who wanders through dimensions of emptiness, lacks a vessel like yours.”

The Black God extended its elongated fingers toward me.

“The power that composes your body. The power I once wielded. All of it was originally mine.”

“But you’ve fallen.”

“Yes. Those who dared call themselves Evil Gods feared me. They banded together to bring me down. Now, I can only survive by parasitizing a human body. Those beings, mere remnants of creation’s leftovers, once feared me—hailed as the right hand of the Creator!”

Its expression twisted as it spoke.

“I believed you would amplify my power. And you’ve surpassed even my wildest expectations. Truly… you’ve worked hard.”

“Now then, let us proceed with the contract.”

The abyss swallowed me.

It devoured everything. True to its name, the abyss tried to rob me of my power.

I closed my eyes and heightened my senses. The absolute authority of the black energy suppressed it.

“Hmm?”

Calmly, I observed it.

A being entirely black.

Even this space was tainted by its presence.

The contract was too sudden.

Without any time to prepare, I had been dragged here, facing the risk of being consumed.

“What should I do?”

In truth, the answer was clear.

Even though I was on the verge of being devoured, I was far too composed.

…The meaning behind that was simple.

Its strength was beneath my absolute stat.

[Consume it.]

The thing inside me, which tried to consume me, spoke.

A mixture of countless elements, its original form unrecognizable.

Hence, Black.

If it were the primeval Black God, this wouldn’t have been enough. It would’ve possessed an absolute stat that should’ve been unattainable.

But now, it was far weaker than its former self.

Defeated.

Brought low.

That’s all it was.

Woom…!

The black energy inside me began to resist. The abyss that sought to devour me was devoured in turn.

“How…!”

It muttered something.

But I couldn’t hear it.

I sank.

Consciousness.

Beyond the abyss.

I focused on the blackness of the absolute stat.

As my consciousness descended, it consumed the abyss.

“A little more…”

Something began to appear.

What I needed to do.

Woom!

The stars within me surged.

Energy of Defying Heaven.

Formation.

Boundary.

And the newly acquired star, the Abyss.

They began to mix, like blending various colors of paint.

What had been close to black was now stained with true black.

Crunch.

A new force entered.

It felt like consuming something.

But at the moment, that wasn’t important.

Woom woom!

The black energy reacted.

It began to merge everything into one.

It started combining all colors.

The stars within my body fused into one.

The Energy of Defying Heaven, which denied; the Form, which shaped the essence; the Boundary, which distinguished all; and the Abyss, which devoured everything.

These elements wriggled and were absorbed into the blackness.

The power to deny, differentiate, devour, and shape the essence transformed into black.

The stars within my body changed.

Four stars assumed distinct positions, working together in a complementary manner. Their power was now black.

“It’s not enough.”

This was a fortuitous encounter, forcibly granting me strength beyond my level.

I sought things to add to it.

Not stronger than the ones listed, but comparable in power.

Fortunately, such things existed within me.

“They exist.”

Annihilation.

Destruction of Heaven.

I absorbed those into the blackness as well.

And then, the Black Sun.

Crunch crunch crunch.

The world of my imagery began to change.

The things that once blanketed the colossal star started to disappear.

I realized something.

These were powers originally brought from beyond by the entity known as the Black God.

Since this was the world of a god, my imagery was incredibly vast.

“And therein lies the problem.”

These powers belonged to the Black God’s world. They didn’t suit the world I was creating.

So I merged them.

Annihilation Sea.

The power to obliterate all matter.

Destruction of Heaven.

The power to annihilate all life.

I unified them into one complete force.

Black.

The power to deny, differentiate, devour, shape the essence, obliterate all matter, annihilate all life, and bring death to all.

My complete power.

[Skill: Black Heavenly Demon Sword (Ex) evolves into Dark Sword (Ex).]

[Talents: "Eternal Existence (S+)," "Dual Insight (S)," and "Origin of Martial Arts (S)" evolve into "Black God (Ex)."]

And then I opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was a notification window.

[You have devoured the original owner of the absolute stat, the Black God.]

[Absolute Stat: Black increases by 6.]

…Oh.

I murmured in admiration.

As I examined my body.

I could feel an overwhelming power, one that seemed capable of staining the entire world with its color.

And instinctively, I realized that the Abyss used by the Black God was a diluted version of its power.

“So, I’ve surpassed the power the Black God wielded?”

This might require some testing.

I thought of the newly obtained Dark Sword.

The evolved form of the Black Heavenly Demon Sword. More accurately, the power that emerged upon obtaining true blackness.

“I’d like to experiment with it.”

I looked up.

There was a gaze I had felt for a while now.

The Black Sun.

It had fully restored itself from the earlier strike.

“…How?”

Shock. Surprise. Those kinds of emotions emanated from it.

“How could you fully devour the Black God?”

“I don’t know.”

I didn’t feel like explaining it.

I reached out my hand. At my will, the Black Heavenly Demon Sword came to me.

-…You’ve changed.

“Can you sense it?”

-We are strongly connected, my master and I.

“Is that so?”

The Black Sun floated lightly, wrapping its arms around my shoulders.

“Can you handle this?”

-I’ll try. That power… even I can’t comprehend it.

“Is that so?”

-But master… what level are you at now?

“Supreme.”

And soon, I’d ascend to Transcendent.

Well, if I set my mind to it, I could see even beyond that.

“Not yet.”

When I reached the peak perfectly, I’d slaughter all the Evil Gods.

For now, I needed to take down the true form of the Black Sun.

“Dark Sword.”

A black sheen covered the Black Heavenly Demon Sword.

The moment I saw it, I knew.

This was a power unlike anything I had wielded before.

“Technique… isn’t necessary.”

Just purely.

Delivering this power to my opponent would suffice.

From above to below.

I swung the sword down.

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And the world was engulfed in Black.