Clark

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Clark first appears as the sparse-haired, monocled wizard staffing the Alchemy Studies desk at Noren Academy. He recognizes Benjamin's Level Six talent immediately and accepts him into his field. 6 Before becoming a formal wizard, Clark had already produced a Level 6 material during his apprenticeship, an accomplishment that made him a notable Academy genius. 27 After Benjamin's background investigation, Clark admits that he and other wizards had been disappointed to find Benjamin was merely a “clean” native genius rather than a source of dangerous foreign-god knowledge. 29

In Benjamin's first Alchemy lesson, Clark demonstrates precise material shaping by turning an irregular lump of gold into a polished cube through spiritual power alone. He then advises Benjamin to stabilize his spiritual output through meditation and study the material's structure rather than force it into shape. 13 He later assigns Benjamin a large-scale Adamantine production task using more than ten thousand cubic meters of gold assembled by the Academy in three days, offering ten points of high-tier Military Merit as compensation. 71

As Benjamin's mentor, Clark assigns him material-analysis work, monitors his research development, and arranges opportunities suited to his abilities. He also decides to make cross-plane trials a regular part of the Academy curriculum after observing Benjamin's performance in the Gray Rock Plane. 31 59 Before Benjamin leaves Noren Plane 13, Clark disguises an aptitude-potion deployment mission as an opportunity for Benjamin to visit his family one final time. 85

When Benjamin graduates as a Level 1 Formal Wizard, Clark presents him with his formal badge and robe. He subsequently gives Benjamin the survey documents and gateway coordinates for Purgatory Sulfur, explains that Noren Workshop has installed a permanent spatial gateway, and offers access to a logistics construction team. 147 After testing Benjamin's Mortal Dust Potion, Clark experiences a substantial purification of his soul and improvements in elemental control, law comprehension, and spiritual precision—gains comparable to decades of meditation achieved in minutes. 151

Clark supports Benjamin's research through costly but favorable exchanges. When Benjamin encounters a bottleneck in studying the Divine Power Faith Network, Clark provides centuries of Level 6 research notes for a price Benjamin can realistically pay with Mortal Dust Potions. 159 160 He later guides Benjamin through the construction of the All-Purpose Eye wizardry model. 161

Before Benjamin's next expedition, Clark supplies a Substitute Doll made by his own mentor, prepares a replica body, and permits Benjamin to keep that body in a concealed compartment of his laboratory. 165 After the doll eventually saves Benjamin's life, Clark warns him to weigh his options more carefully and think before acting. Benjamin then learns that a replacement doll costs ten billion Advanced Military Merit and takes centuries to produce, and works as Clark's research assistant to cover interest on his debt. 359 360

Clark also participates in developing planar infrastructure. Following the sealing of the Frostfire Plane, he comes to assist Wizard Augustine with a cross-plane Space Teleportation Array and brings Viola along to work against her outstanding debt. 216 He later arranges delivery of Benjamin's Level 7 Large Elemental Pool after Benjamin pays its remaining eighteen-billion-Military-Merit balance. 242

When Benjamin learns that Victor and Amy have died in a failed plane-conquest mission, Clark and Viola respond to his unsettled mental state. Clark bluntly describes his grief as evidence that he has not yet developed a mature wizard's outlook; Benjamin nevertheless understands their intervention as an effort to help him recover. 227

Clark brings his disciples to witness Anton Buchanan's attempt to advance to Level 8, intending to broaden their horizons and introduce them to their lineage. At the gathering, Wizard Noren praises Clark's disciple descendants, and Clark helps Benjamin and Viola shelter Angelo's nervous child with their auras. 367 371 372

During Noren Workshop's war against the Tower of Silence and Chaos Cult, Clark reveals combat and creation capabilities far beyond a conventional Level 6 Wizard. He leads fortress construction, deploys a massive Shadow Legion, and independently confronts hundreds of higher-level enemy wizards. 470 473 478

His reputation as the strongest genius in Noren Workshop's history is explicitly acknowledged by Dionysius and Viola. The enemy coalition assigns more than one hundred and thirty Level 7 Wizards and over two thousand Level 6 Wizards to kill or severely wound him, yet initially finds its elaborate preparations ineffective against his law counters. 472 473 477 478 After the battle, Clark tells Benjamin and Viola that he has gained insight into several unfamiliar laws, including the Chaos Cult's Disorderly Proliferation and the Tower of Silence's Positive-Negative Annihilation. 481

Clark's deeper path is eventually revealed as a humanoid Living Plane—or “Animated Plane”—route centered on comprehending and wielding laws. He uses the Spirit Awakening Array to cultivate a newborn plane soul, supports its damaged spirituality with a former Shadow Plane lord's spirituality, and connects with it as its core consciousness, allowing him to direct the plane's power against Level 8 opponents. 481 535 536

As the battle reaches its conclusion, Clark begins breaking down the plane's matter to prepare further attacks, contributing to the enemy leaders' concession. When he leaves its core, the supporting Shadow Plane lord's spirituality dissipates and the constructed plane soul collapses. Despite the resources involved, Clark remains a Level 6 Wizard rather than advancing through the temporary connection. 537

Following the war, Clark arranges for Benjamin to enter an Elite Combat Unit in an unusual plane that he believes suits Benjamin's current development. 547 He later spends three hundred years preparing an unprecedented advancement, ultimately becoming a Level 7 Wizard. 681 730 During Benjamin's law resonance on Clark's personal plane, Benjamin perceives the vast interlocking law structures underlying Clark's humanoid projection and absorbs overflow knowledge from more than a dozen laws. 729 730

Clark charges Benjamin thirty billion low-grade Military Merit for the knowledge gained through that resonance, while waiving the remaining calculated cost. 730 During a subsequent discussion of Benjamin's future path, he detects an unseen anomaly in his laboratory and converges his law structures upon it. Benjamin cannot identify the target even with his True-Delusion Breaking Pupil, and Clark dismisses it as a “little bug” before directing him to focus on reaching Level 6. 732

Clark and Anton Buchanan later test Benjamin's Blood Sacrifice Method using their own clones. Clark confirms steady spiritual growth without detected damage to the soul structure and considers the technique especially valuable for newly advanced Level 7 Wizards accumulating spiritual power after Law Solidification. Their assessment precedes Benjamin's submission of the method to the Star Ring Federation for official promotion. 792

Clark's long-standing relationship with Castillo, his former fellow student who chose the Crimson Court's Flesh Broodmother path, later develops into a formal marriage alliance between Noren Workshop and the Scarlet Brood. Opposition from Azrael leads to a formal Level 7 duel, during which Clark deliberately restrains himself to preserve diplomatic balance rather than immediately overwhelm his opponent. 598 802 869

When Azrael intentionally collapses the duel arena and traps both sides in the Chaotic Interlayer, Clark anchors their spatial island with his Law Solidification Domain, decisively suppresses Azrael, and prioritizes protecting Benjamin and Viola from the ensuing Spatial Fold Beasts. He later cooperates with Benjamin and Viola to suppress a colossal Spatial Fold Beast, rescues Azrael from another, and returns safely after the incident. 870 871 876 877

Clark and Castillo subsequently begin preparing to relocate Castillo's plane from the Crimson Court, and the two marry on an ornamental plane within Noren Workshop's sphere of influence. Their wedding bracelets are transformed through Alchemy into powerful paired Wizard Artifacts. 879 883 Wizard Noren and Castillo's mentor, Wizard Morin, jointly witness the ceremony, during which Clark affirms that he has never forgotten the couple's old promise. 883

During the Wizard Civilization's entry into the world of the Sacred Spirits, Clark stands beside the Level 8 Shadow Dragon leaders as the King of the Sacred Spirits mistakes them for the masters of the invading forces. The dragons are actually elite units of Clark's Cannon Fodder Legion and are alarmed at being addressed as rulers while their master is present. Benjamin later introduces his newly accepted apprentice, Jack, to Clark, Viola, and Castillo. 931

Appearance

Clark is usually a thin, reserved wizard in plain dark robes. His early appearance is marked by sparse hair, nimble hands suited to material work, and a monocle. 6 At the parallel-world gathering, he appears in a dramatically younger, carefully groomed form that Benjamin and Viola initially fail to recognize. 595

• Thin build with visibly sparse hair. 6 535
• Often wears an undecorated black Wizard Robe. 477 481
• Uses a monocle during his work at Noren Academy. 6
• Has sharp, hawk-like eyes visible when he removes his monocle to demonstrate Alchemy. 13
• Can present himself as a young man in his early twenties. 595
• Wears a rune-equipped dark-gray combat robe and numerous apparently ordinary artifacts, including rings, pendants, a brooch, and a wrist chain, during major wars. 466
• Retains an apparently crude bracelet from his early years on his person even when equipped for war; it is later paired with Castillo's bracelet and reforged into a wedding artifact. 595 597 883
• Wears a formal black robe at his wedding, with a noticeably softer expression than usual. 883

Personality

Clark is taciturn, detached, and exceptionally direct. He rarely initiates communication with Benjamin unless the matter is important, and his brief instructions generally leave little room for argument. 165 681 He is not outwardly expressive, but his behavior repeatedly shows concern for his students' safety, research, and long-term development. 85 160 804

He follows Wizard Civilization's principle of equivalent exchange, even when helping others. Clark prices his research notes and the knowledge Benjamin gains from Law Resonance, yet consistently sets terms that acknowledge Benjamin's circumstances or waives part of the cost. 160 730 His interest in unknown lifeforms, spirituality, and laws is intense enough that he volunteers to become the first teacher of the newborn Starfall Plane. 452

Clark is exceptionally meticulous beneath his unruffled exterior. Before entering the unstable Living Plane to rescue Starfall, he prepared seven emergency-extraction plans and more than forty thousand simulated projections for possible conflicts. 442 443 His confidence is correspondingly pragmatic: he acts only after making extensive calculations and preparing contingencies rather than relying on reckless gambles. 442 443

His bluntness also shapes his emotional support and discipline. He addresses Benjamin's grief over dead classmates in terms of maturity rather than conventional consolation, although Benjamin recognizes the care behind his intervention. 227 When Benjamin mishandles fate-related knowledge, Clark delivers an unusually stern reprimand, identifying overconfidence—not merely ignorance of the Fate Law—as the underlying mistake. 773

Clark values resources and knowledge as the central purposes of plane warfare, distinguishing those goals from destruction for its own sake. 72 He encourages students to build the strongest foundations they can without allowing another wizard's advancement speed to dictate their own pace, and supports experimentation with different paths because knowledge gained remains valuable even if a chosen approach fails. 282 732

Although capable of overwhelming most opponents, Clark understands the political value of restraint. During his duel with Azrael, he intentionally maintains the appearance of an even contest to preserve both sides' interests and avoid humiliating the Scarlet Brood. 869 However, when Azrael's actions endanger Benjamin, Viola, and the surrounding wizards, Clark abandons that restraint, angrily crushes Azrael's domain, and immediately takes responsibility for the group's survival. 870 871

Clark's usually concealed emotional side is most visible around Castillo. He respects the path that led her to leave Noren Workshop, remains devoted to their relationship across tens of thousands of years, and personally selects a wedding arrangement suited to her preferences. 598 802 883

Abilities & Skills

Alchemy and Life Engineering

Clark is an elite Alchemy Studies wizard whose creations range from protective artifacts to mass-produced modified lifeforms.

• Produced a Level 6 material while still an apprentice, establishing his reputation as an extraordinary Alchemy Studies genius. 27
• Demonstrates exceptionally stable spiritual control by shaping solid gold into a precise, mirror-smooth cube without melting it or using additional instruments. 13
• Level 6 alchemists such as Clark can mass-produce Level 4 extraordinary soldiers and develop elite units reaching Level 6. 84
• Provided Benjamin with a life-linked Substitute Doll made by Anton Buchanan, then prepared its replica body using Benjamin's bodily material and spiritual power. 165
• His Shadow Legion demonstrates a standardized creation system capable of producing beings as high as Level 8. 473 474
• Uses Alchemy to rapidly construct large-scale defenses; he led the creation of a steel fortress completed in three minutes during wartime. 470
• Can transmute barren soil into steel by dismantling and rearranging its elemental structure. During fortress construction, he raised the outline of a structure more than three kilometers across and over fifty meters high in approximately ten seconds. 470
• Reforged his and Castillo's old bracelets into paired Wizard Artifacts powerful enough to pose a threat even to Benjamin. 883

All-Laws Path

Clark studies and accumulates multiple laws rather than specializing in a single field. This approach requires immense time and resources, but grants extraordinary combat flexibility.

• Spent nearly 100,000 years at Level 6 earning resources, acquiring knowledge, and investing in the study of successive laws. 732
• His path trades slower advancement for unusually strong same-rank combat power. 746
• Learns unfamiliar laws by identifying how known fundamental laws combine, allowing him to gain insights into several enemy law systems during a single battle. 481
• His interest in true Living Planes is partly methodological: their innate comprehension and use of laws provide reference material for his own humanoid Animated Plane path. 481
• His knowledge breadth and law structures are so vast that Benjamin, while in Dao-Integration, perceives Clark's ordinary humanoid body as only an outer projection of a far larger existence. 729
• Clark's interlocking law structures contain the complete frameworks of more than a dozen laws, whose overflow allowed Benjamin to establish the beginnings of a Law Solidification Domain. 730
• He warns Benjamin that studying all laws is not necessarily the only—or optimal—path for every wizard. 732
• His same-rank dominance does not eliminate the gap to Level 8. After reaching Level 7, he acknowledges a substantial disadvantage against ordinary Level 8 Wizards in elemental output multiplier even before accounting for their Law Fixation ability. 746

Law Manipulation and Counter-Wizardry

Clark can neutralize enemy wizardry through methods other wizards struggle to understand.

• Defeated seventeen Level 7 Wizards and more than one hundred Level 6 Wizards with a single attack; the Level 7 targets were grievously wounded, while more than one hundred Level 6 Wizards died from the residual force. 478
• Erased the combined attacks of over fifty Level 7 Wizards with a gesture rather than merely defending against them. 478
• Destroyed a massive array cannon operated by three hundred Level 6 Wizards. 478
• Sustained saturation attacks can force him into high-load calculations; during the siege by thousands of attacks, he was eventually grievously injured before closing in on Mordiggian. 479 480
• Suppressed Mordiggian at close range by preventing bodily commands from taking effect and causing forming Wizardry Models to collapse. 480
• Prepared fate-interference measures to protect Benjamin during the first confrontation of the three-power war, though he ultimately allowed Benjamin to endure the curse independently. 469
• As a Level 7 Wizard, erased a Level 8 Starry Sky Behemoth by extracting an aspect of its fundamental existence, causing its entire body to vanish. 607
• Can neutralize the Decay Law's attacks through effortless redirection, dispelling, and law-based defenses while concealing the bulk of his actual strength. 869
• His Law Solidification Domain can suppress the Chaotic Interlayer, anchor unstable space, crush Azrael's Decay Law Domain, and restrain Spatial Fold Beasts. 870 876
• Expanded his domain to a scale of ten million kilometers in the Chaotic Interlayer, smoothing spatial currents and ordering violent laws while anchoring the group's spatial island. 870
• After Benjamin creates an opening against a colossal Spatial Fold Beast, Clark concentrates his domain upon its damaged body to suppress it; he later instantly crushes another beast confronting Azrael. 876
• Can converge his extensive law manifestations upon a single point to address an anomaly imperceptible to Benjamin's True-Delusion Breaking Pupil. The target's nature remains unidentified. 732

Shadow Legion

Clark can deploy an immense legion of shadow-based modified creatures.

• Peak Level 6 warriors — 80 million. 473
• Peak Level 6 assassins — 20 million. 473
• Initial Level 7 wyverns — 1 million. 473
• Level 8 Shadow Lords — 10,000. 473
• Level 8 Shadow Dragons — Elite trump-card units of his Cannon Fodder Legion, described as among the strongest creatures of their level. Their leaders recognize Clark as their master. 931

Spirit and Plane Manipulation

Clark's research extends to souls, spirituality, and Living Planes.

• Stabilized Starfall's soul core after her body was consumed during the creation of a newborn Living Plane. 449
• Operated the Spirit Awakening Array to fuse plane spirituality with a shadow creature's spirituality and cultivate a plane soul. 535
• Established a full connection with the newborn plane soul, taking control of its power to freeze and redirect death energy and antimatter forces. 535 536
• Served as the intended first teacher of the Starfall Plane, treating its growth as both a teaching responsibility and a research opportunity. 452
• Can assess whether a newborn plane consciousness possesses the intelligence, logic, and information-processing capacity needed to learn wizard knowledge, while distinguishing technical feasibility from permission to sign the wizard contract. 449
• Transmitted the Animated Plane's perception of the entire battlefield directly into Benjamin and Viola's minds after becoming its core consciousness. 535
• Reshaped the captured death energy and antimatter into enormous elemental shells aimed at the enemy Level 8 Wizards. 536
• Mobilized the plane's matter by breaking it down and converting it into energy for further attacks. His connection ended when he withdrew from its core, after which the artificial soul lost its support and collapsed. 537

Mentorship and Wizardry Construction

Clark teaches through practical models, research materials, and carefully chosen opportunities.

• Explains the distinction between imitating existing wizardry and independently constructing wizardry aligned with one's own knowledge and spiritual traits. 160
• Guided Benjamin in combining existing runes with a core rune to create the All-Purpose Eye. 161
• Shares high-level research material when it can help Benjamin overcome a genuine bottleneck. 159 160
• Explains law expansion and deepening as key directions of development toward Level 7, urging Benjamin to respect his own pace while fully tempering each stage when possible. 282
• Arranged Benjamin's early participation in an Elite Combat Unit after determining that its target plane was particularly suitable for Benjamin's growth. 547
• Understands the distinction between energy reserves and instantaneous output, explaining how coordinated Level 8 Wizards can briefly exceed a Level 9 opponent's processing limit through joint casting and energy amplification. 361
• Warns that fate abilities may try to answer questions requiring information beyond any living being's capacity to bear, making arrogance and lax judgment particularly dangerous. 773
• Warns Benjamin about cooperative Black Wizard hunting tactics before his academic journey. 804
• Protects Benjamin and Viola during the Spatial Fold Beast incident, coordinates with their attacks, and gives Benjamin rare direct praise after his contribution against the beast. 871 876
• Evaluated Benjamin's Blood Sacrifice Method with Anton Buchanan, confirming steady spiritual growth and no detected side effects during their testing. 792

Equipment / Assets

• Personal Plane — A research base populated by servant races and high-level lifeforms; Benjamin observes no inhabitant below Level 5 during a visit. 159 729
• Private laboratory — A heavily equipped workspace used for law research, alchemical work, and meetings with his students. It also houses Benjamin's replica body in a concealed compartment protected by multiple layers of restrictions. 160 165 729
• Substitute Doll — A life-linked protective doll made by Anton Buchanan and provided by Clark to Benjamin before a planar campaign. It guides Benjamin's life essence back to a prepared spare body after death; Clark later states that his last available doll was used on Benjamin. 165 360
• Spirit Awakening Array — The plane-spanning array Clark uses to cultivate and connect with a newborn plane soul. 535
• Level 6 Small Elemental Pool — A high-level elemental-energy source Clark sold to Benjamin for body-tempering experiments. 154
• Level 7 Large Elemental Pool transaction — Clark arranges the pool's delivery after Benjamin pays the remaining eighteen billion Military Merit, estimating delivery in less than ten years. 242
• Combat artifacts — Clark carries multiple concealed or inconspicuous artifacts as part of his wartime attire. Their differing elemental properties combine into a restrained field of protection and amplification. 466
• Restraint and Annihilation Array authorization crystal — Carried during the rescue of Starfall to coordinate with external arrays and mark an area their firepower should avoid if a connection could be established. 444
• Paired wedding bracelets — Clark and Castillo's old bracelets were merged and reforged into powerful named Wizard Artifacts during their wedding ceremony. 883
• Cannon Fodder Legion — Includes Level 8 Shadow Dragons used as elite final-lineup units during the Wizard Civilization's entry into the Sacred Spirits' world. 931

Relationships

• Benjamin — Disciple. Clark recruits Benjamin into Alchemy Studies, guides his wizardry development, provides research support, arranges suitable combat opportunities, and warns him of external threats. He also helps Benjamin recover after the deaths of former classmates, safeguards the replica body used for his resurrection, and evaluates his Blood Sacrifice Method. 6 160 165 227 547 792 804
• Viola — Disciple and Benjamin's senior sister. Clark treats her with the same blunt mentorship he gives Benjamin, though she openly complains that he favors Benjamin. She owes him more than a thousand years of work for a Soul Ascension Potion loan. Clark nevertheless calls her a “rather exceptional genius” and understands how she uses poverty, jealousy, and other negative emotions to strengthen her Law of Pain. 216 450 731 804
• Anton Buchanan — Mentor and Benjamin's Grand Mentor. Anton's advancement to Level 8 alters the balance among Noren Workshop, the Tower of Silence, and the Chaos Cult. Anton makes the Substitute Doll Clark supplies to Benjamin, and the two later jointly test Benjamin's Blood Sacrifice Method. 165 450 792
• Dionysius Spencer — Senior brother and Noren Workshop decision-maker. They coordinate during the Workshop's war and discuss battlefield conditions through mental communication. Dionysius openly praises Clark as the greatest genius in the Workshop's history. 470 472 473 508
• Wizard Starfall — Research collaborator in Living Plane development. Clark saves her from assimilation, offers to teach the newborn Starfall Plane, and receives her congratulations after advancing to Level 7. 449 452 730
• Wizard Augusta — Clark's senior brother and a Level 7 Wizard; he is also a longtime acquaintance who meets Clark familiarly at Noren Academy No. 1. 368 743
• Anya — Acquaintance who visits Clark's laboratory with Starfall to congratulate him on his Level 7 advancement. 730
• Castillo — Wife, former fellow student, and Level 7 Crimson Court Life-type wizard. Clark supported her decision to pursue the Flesh Broodmother path, remained connected to her across their divergent paths, and ultimately married her after she chose to join him. 598 802 877 883
• Azrael — A Scarlet Brood Level 7 Wizard who opposes Clark and Castillo's marriage alliance because it obstructs his own route toward Level 8. Clark vastly outmatches him in their duel and later rescues him from a Spatial Fold Beast despite Azrael's role in engineering the crisis. 802 869 876 878
• Wizard Noren — Founder of Noren Workshop and mentor of Anton Buchanan, placing him above Clark in the direct lineage. He praises Clark's disciple descendants and later jointly witnesses Clark's marriage. 371 372 883
• Wizard Morin — Castillo's mentor and a Level 8 Wizard who witnesses the wedding alongside Wizard Noren. 883
• Jack — Benjamin's newly accepted apprentice, introduced to Clark, Viola, and Castillo during the expedition into the Sacred Spirits' world. 931
• Shadow Dragon Race — Powerful legion units whose leaders acknowledge Clark as their master and fear appearing to claim authority in his presence. 931

Notable Quotes

“A wizard's path lies in exploration and practice. Good luck.” 147

“Do not let another's speed of advancement disrupt your own pace.” 282

“Your special learning state is indeed well suited to following my path.” 732

“On the contrary, you overestimated yourself.” 773

“You did well.” 876

“I have never forgotten.” 883

Trivia

• Clark's three missed calls to Benjamin after a 300-year seclusion immediately signal an important matter, since he almost never contacts Benjamin without cause. 681
• Benjamin and Viola once secretly speculated about Clark's unusually groomed appearance and conversation with a Crimson Court wizard; Clark caught them watching. 598
• Although Clark's reserved praise for Benjamin is usually brief, Benjamin regards it as unusually high approval because of his mentor's personality. 838
• Clark wore the same crude bracelet from Benjamin's first meeting with him through wartime deployments; it was later revealed to correspond to Castillo's matching bracelet. 595 597
• Despite his austere public image, Clark personally chose a wedding venue and ceremony style tailored to Castillo's preference for a lively but uncomplicated celebration. 883
• He openly grins at other Academy mentors after recruiting Benjamin, provoking their envy despite his later reputation for emotional reserve. 6
• During the Adamantine production assignment, Clark threatens to refine Benjamin into gold if he refuses the task. 71
• His punishment of Benjamin and Viola for spying on him and Castillo precisely avoids vital areas while acting on their nerve endings, inflicting considerable pain without corresponding serious injury. 598
• Benjamin initially regards Clark as the smartest person he has met and someone capable of independently creating entirely new systems, before encountering Savien's greater accumulation of spatial knowledge. 824
• Clark and Castillo's wedding date was set ten years in advance. 883

---