The Road to the Summit (9)

“…It’s been strangely hot for a while now.”

Hiding inside the steel fortress, Marcus Jackson muttered.

“Anyway, you really don’t know when to give up… After firing that many shots and still getting nowhere, you should know when to quit.”

-KABOOM!!

Once again, vibrations and a deafening roar reverberated through the steel fortress, shaking it violently.

“I’m telling you, it’s useless….”

Marcus gave a hollow laugh and unconsciously placed a hand against the wall of the steel fortress.

Steel magic, an offshoot of sustained formula magic, was an ability that made it especially easy to manipulate iron among the components of the earth.

The nickname ‘Men of the Iron Wall’ given to the magic knights of the Jackson family, who boasted an impregnable defense far surpassing that of ordinary sustained formula magic, existed precisely because of this steel magic.

That was not all. Beyond simply changing the shape of metal, it could create functioning cannons or levitate and manipulate iron in midair without direct contact—feats impossible with ordinary sustained magic. That was the greatest advantage of the Jackson family’s steel magic...