CROSS: Mage Of Babel (Official)

In Episode 6 of CROSS, Carter is brought to the Library of Solomon and meets its non-human leaders. His rare thought-based magic is revealed, leading to a dangerous test by the angelic Director. Carter instinctively passes, proving his power.

Carter arrives at the secret Library of Solomon, where its leaders are an angel and magical creatures. His mentor reveals Carter’s rare ability to cast magic with just his thoughts, forcing a deadly test from the Director to prove he is not a fraud.

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Gendric Valhallor is a character in the fictional story CROSS. He is an elderly and powerful human mage known as the "Viking Berserker" who serves as the primary combat instructor for the Library of Solomon. His training focuses on brutal, practical combat skills needed for survival.

To survive a magical war, you need a teacher who is a force of nature. Gendric Valhallor is the combat instructor for the Library's new recruits. Known as "The Viking Berserker," he is an old, battle scarred warrior whose brutal training methods forge recruits into survivors.

But to cast a spell outside your Affinity invites chaos. Mages suffer Linguistic Dissonance, a painful backlash that attacks both body and soul. The more foreign the language, the deadlier the price.

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The Law of Affinity is a magic rule in the world of CROSS. Every mage has one language their soul is naturally attuned to. Casting in this "affinity" language is safe. Using any other language causes "Linguistic Dissonance," a dangerous physical and spiritual backlash.

Every soul has a native language. This is your magical Affinity.
It isn't determined by bloodline, but by your deepest connection to a language. Casting spells in your Affinity is natural, powerful, and comes without a cost.

Gabriel Nefret is a character from the fictional story CROSS. He is the 6,000-year-old angelic leader of the Library of Solomon, the secret society fighting the antagonist Nimrod. As the son of the Library's founder, he is an immensely powerful mage with the rare gift of thought-based casting.

Meet the Director of the Library of Solomon: a 6,000-year-old angel. Gabriel Nefret is the immortal son of the Library's founder, Solomon. After his father's sacrifice, Gabriel took command of the global resistance, preparing for the day the god king Nimrod would return.

Carter Cross is the protagonist of the fictional story CROSS.

Carter Cross is the protagonist of the fictional story CROSS. He is a 25-year-old man who discovers magic when attempting to save a woman's life. But awakening magic in such a sudden way, thrust him into a world he wasn't ready for.

Killian Faust is a character from the fictional story CROSS. He is a veteran mage and mentor to the protagonist, Carter Cross. Known as a "legend," he is the only person to have fought and injured the main antagonist, Nimrod, and specializes in rescuing newly awakened mages.

Meet Killian Faust, the jaded veteran who rescues those who break from the Unity spell. As mentor to the new generation, he must turn traumatized kids into soldiers for an ancient war.

This is why a mage’s strength is not just in knowledge, but in their physique. A powerful spell requires a powerful vessel. Neglecting physical training makes a mage a glass cannon, ready to shatter from the strain of their own magic.

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The Law of Embodiment is a fundamental rule in the CROSS magic system. It states that the human body acts as a physical channel for magic. Casting spells causes physical strain, called 'Backlash.' Therefore, a mage's physical strength directly limits the power of the spells they can safely use.

Magic has a physical price. Your body is the channel for its raw power.

Every spell has a cost, known as Backlash. Think of your body as a wire and magic as raw electricity. Push too much through an untrained body, and it will burn out from the inside.

Excerpt of Episode 5 of CROSS. Protagonist Carter Cross learns magic is real and that a global spell called Unity erased all languages 26 years ago. He discovers that speaking a forgotten language triggers a psychic "Safeguard," turning people into violent hunters. As assassins arrive, he escapes with his mentor through a portal to a hidden magical world.

After speaking a forgotten language, everyone he loves tries to kill him due to a psychic safeguard. Cornered and alone, his only hope is a mysterious mage who opens a portal in his closet, revealing an impossible new world.

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This psychic prison has a safeguard. Speaking a forgotten language turns friends and family into mindless hunters, forcing them to eliminate anyone who breaks free from the Unity spell.

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Thaylic is the fictional universal language in the world of CROSS. It was created by the antagonist to replace all modern languages, severing humanity's connection to magic. It functions as a tool of control, with a psychic safeguard that turns people against anyone who speaks a forgotten tongue.

Imagine if all 7,000 languages were erased and replaced with one sterile tongue.

In the world of CROSS, this is reality. Thaylic is the artificial, magicless language forced upon the world by the villain. A weapon designed to sever humanity's connection to magic and control their minds.

The magic system in the fictional world of CROSS is based on real world languages. Each language grants the speaker a unique set of magical abilities, such as English for object creation, Greek for healing, or Japanese for elemental control.

The true potential lies in being a polyglot. By weaving different languages together, a skilled mage can create complex and reality defying effects that have never been seen before.

What language would you master? Discover a world built on the power of words.
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In the world of CROSS, magic is cast by speaking real world languages, with each language granting unique powers. The central conflict arises when a global spell erases all languages, and individuals who begin to remember their native tongues are hunted.

In CROSS, words are literal power. The language you speak shapes your magic.

Magic is a conscious entity that humanity channels through language. English allows mages to create objects from nothing. Ancient Greek can heal the body. There are thousands more, each with their own unique abilities!

In this world magic is a sentient conscious entity that desires novelty and creation. Spells are cast through language, and the language you speak determines the type of magic you use. After the destruction of the First Language 6,000 years ago, magic was gone from the Earth. But 33 years ago, a miracle happened. Magic came back, and so did something else.  7 years after magic’s return, a being of incomprehensible power cast a spell known as “Unity” across the globe. This spell erased all known modern languages and replaced them with a single sterile universal language unattached to magic. All books, digital writings, history, and artifacts were somehow changed. As well humanity's collective memory of the old world. Billions of people trapped in a mental prison they aren’t even aware of. Assuming there has only ever been a singular language. In the year 2030, the protagonist, Carter Cross, a normal 25 year old man, living a simple and mundane life, breaks free of the Unity’s Spell. After discovering the truth, meeting allies, and joining a society of others like him. He learns to master magic, and prepare for the final war against the villain and the end of Unity. - **Genre:** Shonen/Progression Fantasy - **Category:** Dark Urban Fantasy  - **Target Audience:** Readers who also enjoy Progression Fantasy Dark Fantasy manga (Attack on Titan, Full Metal Alchemist, Hell's Paradise, Tokyo Ghoul, Undead Unluck, etc.) - **Inspiration:** Full Metal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter - **Religious/Historical Influences:** Many concepts and characters repurposed from the bible as new characters (The Tower of Babel, Nimrod, First Language, Jesus, Judah, Sun Wukong, etc.) In - **POV:** Third-Person Limited Point of View

Hello! I’m Idris A. Day, the author of CROSS Mage of Babel. I’m 28. I currently live in the US (Midwest). And I’m a lifelong anime fan and manga reader. The inspiration for this story came from Full Metal Alchemist & Hunter x Hunter.

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