Umbrella (Chapter 325)

In his previous life, he trained endlessly and researched countless spells to face every mage tower.

Because of that time, he possessed magic capable of countering lightning—one of the trickiest elements.

Oscar extended his hand forward as if gently grasping something, his lips moving.

“Umbrella.”

Pah—ang!

A thin veil of wind spread open from his hand, literally forming an umbrella.

Isel flinched when he saw it.

‘…Umbrella? Don’t tell me—’

As Isel unconsciously shook his head—

Crackle—zzzzzt!

The violet lightning struck the umbrella, producing a sound like thousands of cicadas crying at once.

‘An umbrella doesn’t block rain. It merely redirects it.’

The umbrella Oscar held was no different.

The single bolt split into dozens of branches, sliding along the ribs and flowing away.

The current that entered the umbrella could not gather in one place, nor remain in any one spot.

Zzt—crackle.

The color of the electricity gradually faded as it slid along the ribs—

from deep violet, to navy-tinged blue, then to pale white.

Eventually, lightning that no longer deserved the name “violet lightning” lost all color and dissipated weakly.

Snap!

Oscar folded the umbrella and muttered.

“For lightning to strike, the sky is far too clear today.”

“You…!”

Isel glared at Oscar with bulging eyes.

It wasn’t merely that a newly promoted seventh-level mage had blocked his lightning.

He was shocked because he had seen that magic decades ago.

‘That is… Oscar Sage’s magic!’

In the past, a single umbrella he wielded had driven countless Yellow Tower mages into despair.

The one saving grace was that not just anyone could wield that umbrella.

Rapid spell deployment, delicate mana control, complex calculations—

it was deemed a spell impossible to use in real combat.

‘And more importantly—if you deploy the umbrella first, it means nothing.’

Attack trajectories could always be adjusted.

Since the umbrella couldn’t protect the entire body, deploying it early was practically an invitation.

‘Above all, a mage who only defends can endure—but never win.’

The reason Oscar Sage had been feared was simple:

he could block instantaneous lightning and counterattack.