Salinger

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> "I suppose I’ll go. *To transcend the royals*."
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> — Salinger, Volume 3 Chapter 4
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**Salinger** is a powerful and notorious criminal who was imprisoned for attacking the previous queen.

## Appearance

Salinger is a tall and muscular man with short white hair and amber eyes. Despite being in his fifties, he had the appearance of a man in his prime. He mainly wears pants and a coat over his shoulders, leaving his upper body exposed.

## Personality

Salinger seeks to transcend what it means to be an astral mage through the unification of man and spirit, just like Nebulis did. He is very arrogant and insolent, thinking of himself as a king and getting offended when Rin called his collection of astral spirits "theft". However, Salinger's kingship is different than those of royalty. What he seeks is not the seat of power but to stand above all astral mages. He has also criticized the Nebulis royalty for being born into their social status and doing nothing to strengthen their own astral spirits.

Salinger is apathetic about everything besides his goals. He admitted that he would probably forget about Risya and her methods the next day since he didn't care about them. The only reason why Salinger agreed to Risya's plan was because he had grown bored of Orelgan. He doesn't mind setbacks and unexpected situations. Instead, he finds them enjoyable, as they keep things interesting for him. He is also proud of his looks, having no problem letting women look at him.

In battle, he is extremely overconfident in his abilities yet cautious about exposing too much of his powers. For this reason, he had lost two of his battles, as he wanted to avoid revealing his trump cards early so that his enemies wouldn't be able to make counters for them in the future.

## Abilities

**Water Mirror**: Salinger's Astral Power, which allows him to split other people's astral power into two and to take half of them as his own. He possesses a great mastery over the astral powers he has; displaying great power, creativity, and control over them. Among the stolen astral powers are fire, ice, earth, lightning, wind, and sound.

* **Roaring Song**: One of Salinger's stolen astral powers. As a sound astral spirit, it is invisible but destructive. With just a finger snap, he can release powerful soundwaves that can send people flying.
* **Clone**: Through an unknown ability, Salinger can create a perfect copy of himself that will disappear in a day. He used this to fake his capture.

### Astral Arts

**Sanctus**: Salinger unifies any two of the stolen halves into one, creating an even greater power. In addition, the combinations are not restricted to opposing concepts, as he combined wind with lightning instead of earth.

* **Fire and Water**: A devastating frozen ball of fire created by combing the spirits of fire and water. By destroying the outer ice layer, the explosion inside is released.
* **Wind and Lightning**: By combining wind and lightning, he can create a thunderstorm.
* **Light and Dark**: Salinger creates two swords: one that emits multicolored luminance and another one clad in darkness.

## Trivia

* Salinger is the last name of the American writer who wrote the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye."

## References

1. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 6 In Secret