96 Magician and Magician

A black stele fell before Eddie. The massive stone pillar, just over 2 meters tall, glowed and scattered voices in all directions.

[Listen, you sinner.]

Ian instinctively recognized the nature of that Mystery.

The Code of Hammurabi. The ancient Babylonian law code famous for "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," and notorious for the cruelty and ruthlessness of its judgments. If he just waited for the verdict to come down, one of his limbs would definitely be blown off.

There was no reason to just take it. Ian opened the grimoire he had summoned and recited an incantation.

“The lowly worm crawls up, and the mortal realm grows chaotic. In His name, the world shall be purified.”

Magic is broadly divided into two types: ceremonial magic, which is activated simply by reciting a specific spell or performing an action, and ritual magic, which requires long preparation, magic circles, and materials. These two are the most basic principles behind magic's activation, and the natural order of all aether.

But the magic of the Outer God didn't care about any of that. Magic from beyond the cosmos could be activated in whatever form its master desired; the risks might differ, but the effect did not.

Thanks to that, he could respond even to a surprise attack with no preparation at all.

“Erase it.”...