How to survive in the Romance Fantasy Game Chapter 743: A Friendly Match Interlude

In the world of magic, hierarchy was everything.

A mage’s level wasn’t measured by talent alone, but by the class of spells they could cast. From Low Rank to Ultimate Class, every spell represented the caster’s understanding, mastery, and overall strength.

The higher the rank of magic one could wield, the greater their standing in the world.

That was the standard.

But every so often...

Someone appeared who simply couldn’t be judged by those standards.

Individuals whose strength couldn’t be measured by the number of mana circles within their hearts, nor by the highest class of spell they could cast.

They were anomalies.

Blessed by mana itself.

Geniuses born once in a generation, each possessing an affinity so overwhelming that it became their own domain.

Some wielded flames no ordinary fire mage could hope to imitate.

Others commanded storms, life, death, or dreams.

Rather than following the existing branches of magic, they carved out entirely new ones—unique forms of magic that belonged to them and them alone.

To many, those powers resembled the Authorities of gods.

Not because they were divine...

But because no one else could ever replicate them.

And among the current generation...

There existed one genius who stood above even the rest.

A monster feared even by fellow prodigies.

A mage who had not only created countless original spells but had stepped into a field of magic that manipulated the very foundation of reality.

Providence.

Space.

Fate.

Celestial Magic.

Rose silently looked down upon Snow from the sky as golden mana poured endlessly from her body, spreading throughout the vast world she had created.

[Ultimate Class – Celestial Spell]

[Imperium Spatialis Totalis]

The floating islands, the endless skies, the shifting space itself...

Everything within this realm existed because Rose willed it to.

The spell was still incomplete.

It wasn’t a perfect world.

Not yet.

There were flaws she still hadn’t solved, limitations she couldn’t overcome, and far too much mana required to sustain it for long.

But its purpose had never changed.

To create a world where Celestial Magic ruled.

A battlefield where Rose herself dictated the laws of space.

Her golden eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she watched the frost spreading beneath her.

’This should be enough...’

’Even if I can’t erase that authority...’

’At the very least, I can force it to divide its attention.’

Part of the reason the battle had fallen into a stalemate, despite Rose clearly having the advantage in skill, experience, and magical mastery, was because of the terrifying authority Snow wielded.

That ever-present freezing cold.

It wasn’t simply ice magic.

Whatever it was, it froze everything indiscriminately.

Mana, spells, even the very phenomena magic tried to create were swallowed by that endless white frost.

Every spell Rose launched toward Snow ultimately dissolved into harmless white mist before it could even reach her.

It was the perfect automatic defense.

As long as Snow stood there, anything that entered the range of that authority would simply cease to exist.

Against any other mage...

It would’ve been invincible.

But Rose wasn’t just any mage.

’Just because it’s absolute doesn’t mean it has no limits.’

The corner of her lips curled upward.

She had already figured it out.

The authority wasn’t free.

Every time it froze something, it consumed mana. The stronger and more complex the spell trying to affect Snow, the greater the cost needed to erase it.

Which meant...

It could be overwhelmed.

Not by brute force.

But through attrition.

Rose glanced across the battlefield she had created.

Within Imperium Spatialis Totalis, countless celestial laws silently weighed down upon Snow. Distortions of gravity, warped mana flow, spatial pressure, and dozens of invisible interferences continuously forced Snow’s authority to remain active.

It wasn’t obvious.

Most of the audience couldn’t even tell anything was happening.

But Rose could.

She could feel Snow’s mana slowly being drained away.

’Just as I thought...’

’She’s already consuming far more mana than she realizes.’

Without saying a word, Rose lightly waved her wand.

One spell after another formed without so much as a chant.

[Unique Psychic Spell]

[Six Sensory Disruption]

A subtle ripple spread through the air.

Immediately afterward—

[Celestial Spell]

[Mind Flare]

A wave of invisible mental pressure descended upon Snow.

Then—

[Light Magic]

[Luminous Pierce]

Dozens of condensed spears of light formed around the battlefield, each aiming for a different angle.

None of them were meant to finish the battle.

They were bait.

Every spell demanded Snow’s authority respond.

Every spell burned away a little more of her mana.

One after another...

Rose continued casting, layering status effects, interference spells, feints, and attacks with almost frightening precision.

She wasn’t trying to overpower Snow.

She was exhausting her.

Still...

Rose never relaxed.

She knew Snow too well.

Someone capable of wielding an Authority wasn’t the type to quietly let herself be cornered.

A battle between powerful mages rarely ended the way either side expected.

Usually...

It was decided in a single exchange.

"So..."

Rose slowly lifted her wand toward the heavens.

The beam of golden light shot into the sky, piercing through the clouds she had created.

Dark clouds churned violently.

Red lightning crawled across the heavens like veins spreading through the sky.

CRACKLE!

CRACKLE!!

VOOOOM!!

The entire subspace trembled.

Mana from every direction gathered above, compressing into a single point before exploding outward.

[Ultimate Class – Destruction Spell]

[Armageddon]

The sky split apart.

A blazing meteor, large enough to dwarf mountains, emerged from the burning heavens as it descended toward Snow.

Rose smiled.

"Try and freeze this too."

Her golden eyes shone with excitement.

"Let’s see the limits... of that power you’ve gained."

Since this realm had been created entirely from her own imagination, its complexity far surpassed what any ordinary mage could ever hope to accomplish.

It wasn’t merely a change in terrain.

It was a world.

A world whose skies, laws, and space itself were all maintained by Rose’s own mind.

Every floating island, every current of mana, every shift in gravity and space existed because she imagined them into existence.

It was precisely because of that...

Even she had a limit.

Three minutes.

That was the absolute maximum.

For three minutes, she could reign over this world as though she were its god, freely rewriting the battlefield and wielding mana as if it were inexhaustible.

Beyond that...

Even her mind would begin to collapse under the burden.

Rose slowly raised her wand, resting it lightly against her lips as countless streams of golden mana gathered around her.

Her gaze never left Snow.

Below, Snow had already begun preparing a spell to intercept the descending meteor.

...

Snow’s thoughts were in complete disarray.

At first, she had simply wanted to see how much stronger she’d become.

Being able to fight Rose for this long had already exceeded every expectation she had.

But now...

The battle had reached a level she could barely comprehend.

She slowly looked up.

The gigantic meteor continued to fall, its burning surface illuminating the entire realm in shades of crimson and gold.

It truly looked like the end of the world.

"..."

For a brief moment...

She genuinely considered surrendering.

’Since this is Rose’s realm...’

Her eyes drifted toward the spectators.

Far above the battlefield, thousands of people remained protected inside enormous golden domes, floating safely beyond the range of destruction.

Even something as absurd as that falling meteor...

Would never reach them.

’...They’ll be alright.’

A quiet sense of relief washed over her.

Then she looked back at Rose.

Rose floated high above, calm and composed, controlling an entire world with a single wand.

Snow couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Even after everything she’d gained...

Even after obtaining an Authority...

The gap between them still felt impossibly large.

"..."

But strangely...

She didn’t feel frustrated.

She was...

Having fun.

More fun than she’d had in a very long time.

A small smile slowly spread across her face.

"You said..."

Her voice echoed through the silent world.

"...that I wouldn’t need to hold back, right, Rose?"

Rose remained silent, listening.

Snow let out a small laugh.

"I’m actually grateful for that."

She slowly lifted her hand.

"Because..."

Her silver eyes reflected the burning meteor above.

"...I want to know my limits too."

The instant those words left her mouth—

A blinding white light erupted from her body.

Everything around Snow began freezing at an unimaginable speed.

The air.

The mana.

Even the light itself seemed to lose its warmth.

An overwhelming cold spread across the realm, swallowing everything in its path.

CRACK—

CRACK—

The very space around her began crystallizing.

Then...

A crown of bluish-white ice slowly formed above her head.

It wasn’t created by magic.

It simply...

Appeared.

As though the world itself acknowledged its ruler.

An ancient, absolute presence descended upon the battlefield.

The pressure was so overwhelming that even Rose’s celestial realm trembled ever so slightly.

A power capable of freezing worlds.

A power that stood outside the laws of magic.

[Authority: Frozen Throne]

Snow slowly raised her hand.

Her slender finger pointed toward the world-ending meteor descending from the heavens.

The frost around her suddenly fell silent.

It was as if the cold itself had stopped breathing.

A moment later—

The bluish-white crown above her head shone with a divine radiance.

The authority she wielded merged with the mana flowing through her body.

Not as two separate powers.

But as one.

The freezing mana surrounding her condensed into a single point at the tip of her finger before erupting into a pillar of pure white.

A spell unlike anything the world had ever seen.

A spell born from the union of magic and authority.

[Ultimate Class : Ice Magic] + [Authority of the Frozen Throne]

The overwhelming mana surged higher and higher, causing the very space around Snow to crack under the unbearable cold.

Even Rose’s celestial realm began freezing.

Floating islands were coated in white.

Golden mana circuits slowed.

The sky itself started crystallizing.

Rose’s smile faded for the first time.

"...So you’ve reached that level..."

Snow’s eyes remained fixed on the meteor.

Her voice was soft.

Almost like a whisper.

"[Divine Class Spell.]"

A pulse of white light spread across the entire battlefield.

The temperature plummeted to an unimaginable degree.

Everything the light touched lost its color.

Even sound seemed to disappear.

[Nivis Ultima Extinction.]

VOOOOOOMMMM!!!

A blinding pillar of pure white shot into the heavens.

It wasn’t merely ice.

It was extinction itself.

Anything caught within its path was frozen on a conceptual level, reduced to an endless white silence.

The enormous meteor collided head-on with the ascending beam.

For a brief instant...

The world froze.

Then—

BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!

A deafening explosion tore through the heavens.

Crimson flames and endless white frost swallowed one another, neither willing to yield.

The collision shook the entire subspace.

Shockwaves rippled across the floating islands, shattering mountains of ice and tearing apart clouds of fire.

The spectators inside the golden barriers watched in complete silence.

For a single moment...

It looked as if two worlds had collided.