Merlin (The Strongest Sage)

> My lust for knowledge and wisdom was growing exponentially. It got to the point where I no longer knew if I could satiate it.
>
> Merlin

## Summary

Merlin is a member of the Assassination unit of the Kingdom of Belialuin, the Kingdom of the Wizards. The greatest mage in all the world, and one of the Great Sages, he went missing after the end of the Mytical Era and his current location is unknown.

It is revealed that he was born in a poor family at Belialuin but soon started showcasing incredible magical abilities and managed to enter the Assassination unit. He started to use a red Demon mask to hide his face during assassinations, which he never took it again, creating myths about him not being human.

Later, during a disagreement with the King, he was responsible for the partial destruction of the capital and the assassination of the King. Merlin became known as the Great Wizard of Belialuin, and was feared across the world.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** At least **7-B**, up to **6-A** with Infinity | **5-A**, **higher** with Infinity

**Name:** Merlin

**Origin:** The Strongest Sage

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Unknown, likely over 4,000 years

**Classification:** Wizard, Sage, Great Wizard of Belialuin

**Dimensionality:** **3-D**

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Extrasensory Perception, Enhanced Senses (Can sense the flow of magic power and see the blood inside others via Magic Eyes. Can see and hear things far away), Genius Intelligence, Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection, Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4 and 8; Can reincarnate via <Silica> and resurrect via <Ingal> as long as his source, which is the fundamental concept of existence that exists beyond the body, soul and mind, exists), Regeneration (Mid-Godly; Able to reform his body from only his source), Precognition and Clairvoyance, Self-Sustenance (Types 2 and 3), Magic (Has mastered almost all magic), Telekinesis and Telepathy, Flight, Limited Abstract Existence (Type 1; An excellent magician can keep their memories in their source, which is the fundamental concept of existence that exists deeper than the body, soul and mind, and even if the physical body perishes, as long as the source is intact, they can be revived. In other words, they can act, "think", and utilize powers with only their source), Elemental Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Power Mimicry (After seeing a magic being used only once, Merlin learned and recreated the unknown magic characters and formula instantly), Curse Manipulation, Teleportation and BFR, Time Manipulation (Stopped time's progression on himself. Can make spells last forever once cast), Forcefield Creation, Illusion Creation, Shapeshifting, Size Manipulation (Shrank a dragon until he was small enough to fit into a test tube and can also shrink himself), Statistics Amplification (Can amplify the magic power of spells), Power Nullification (Can negate magic and items enchanted with it. Can remove an opponent's power from their body or seal their magic), Soul Manipulation (Can destroy souls), Attack Reflection (Can return all force used against him to the attacker), Transformation, Biological Manipulation, Status Effect Inducement (Can significantly reduce the target’s resistance), Resistance Negation (Can lower someone resistance to elemental attacks for example), Invisibility, Homing Attack (Can make his spells automatically seek out his opponents), Time Stop (Can stop the time of a certain area for an unknown time), Possession, Mind Manipulation, Age Manipulation (His personal time is stopped forever), Gravity Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Acausality (Type 1; Is unaffected by changes to the past), Absorption, Aura, Fear Manipulation (Can cause people to feel fear just from his words or by emitting his magic power), Paralysis Inducement (Can paralyze the senses of others by emitting his magic power), Information Analysis, Sealing, Death Manipulation (Can make people who sense his magic power involuntarily die), Explosion Manipulation (Caused the magic power of 10 people to go out of control by intimidating their sources, resulting in them exploding), Non-Physical Interaction (Can affect the source of others, which is the fundamental concept of existence that exists beyond the body, soul and mind), Healing (Can heal all damage to the target using magic), Resurrection (Can resurrect anyone who has died within 5 seconds including himself via <Ingal>), Existence Erasure (Can reject and destroy everything while leaving nothing behind via <Beno Yeven>), Fate Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation (Can burn space), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2; Can directly interact with and destroy a target's source), Matter Manipulation, Deconstruction (Disintegrated a town with a single hand movement), Law Manipulation, Reality Warping, Pocket Reality Manipulation

**Attack Potency:** At least **City level** (Even at a young age, Merlin was already superior to most Templar Knights. His battle with one of them caused a mountain to vanish), up to **Continent level** with Infinity (With Infinity, Merlin can enchant a specific spell he’s using and drastically magnify it’s power. Managed to defeat Shavna) | **Large Planet level** (Is the strongest mage of all the world, holding power able to annihilate the planet which is several times bigger than Earth. Comparable to other Sages), **higher** with Infinity (Same as before)

**Speed:** At least **Massively Hypersonic+** (Faster than most Templar Knights) | **FTL**, up to **Immeasurable** combat speed and reactions with Infinity (Comparable to Aenor)

**Lifting Strength:** **Unknown** physically, likely **Class P** with Telekinesis

**Striking Strength:** **Unknown** physically, **City Class** with Magic | **Unknown** physically, **Large Planet Class** with Magic

**Durability:** At least **City level** | **Large Planet level**

**Stamina:** Very High, Infinite with Magic

**Range:** Thousands of kilometers, possibly Planetary (Claimed that he could attack someone even if he was in another planet), Interdimensional with various spells

**Standard Equipment:** Various Magical Artifacts

**Intelligence:** Genius (Merlin is widely regarded to be the world greatest mage, easily fooling the Templar Knights. In addition to his magical prowess, he is also an excellent researcher who is willing to study demon magic and developed several magical items to aid his allies in their endeavors)

**Weaknesses:** None notable

* **Infinity:** Merlin's innate magic ability that allows him to keep his spells going indefinitely until he chooses to end them. This means that once he activates a spell, such as an ice spell, the ice will remain frozen for eternity. Other examples include making fire burn without end and even permanently stopping time in a localized area, which is how he permanently halted her aging. It is important to note however that the strength of Merlin's spells is not infinite, and his ice magic for example can be broken by an outside force. It will simply last forever unless countered by someone else.
* **Enchant: Infinity:** Merlin enchants a specific spell he’s using and drastically magnifies it’s power.
* **Absolute Cancel:** Merlin erases magic completely. For example, he caused a Hellblaze spell to vanish from a distance.
* **Silica:** Magic that reincarnates the user into the future. If used by someone who excels in *source magic*, the memories and powers of their previous life can be inherited intact.
* **Ingal:** Magic that resurrects the target. If used within five seconds of death, the target can be resurrected without any risk.

**Key:** **Young** | **Adult**