The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 228
Of course.
I’ve never experienced a real dragon’s breath.
In the first place, even before the return, the dragon hadn’t even been seen blowing its nose.
However, I have seen many records.
“It was truly a cataclysmic purification.”
“It was a punishment from God.”
“There is nothing it cannot melt and nothing it cannot burn.” It
felt like the sun was burning, or it was like a divine punishment….
whatever
There were many such terrifying records.
And now.
“oh.”
I was realizing the power of that ‘breath’ right in front of my eyes.
“Ouch!”
Belphegor fell down with a terribly distorted face.
The great devil who has found his true name is a being with a body that has reached its peak.
Normal attacks can’t even hit him properly.
You can tell that by looking at the fact that he has no major injuries even though he has been fighting right now.
But Bruce.
It dealt a definite blow to Belphegor’s body.
It wasn’t just a blow, it damaged his body to the point of being unable to fight for a moment.
‘Although I added some divine power.’
Actually, it’s not much of an addition.
If it seems to be a breath just now, should I say it’s actually a mass of holy power in the form of a breath… ….
The so-called divine breath.
Anyway, it is.
“…damn it!”
Through the thick dust, Belphegor, charred all over, snarled and walked out.
His appearance was not like a horse, but his body was restored with every step he took.
In the place where the blackened skin fell off, new flesh filled up, and the eyeballs and muscles that burst out were restored.
“Hmm, are you recovering right away?”
Well, if you find the true name, even a fair amount of divine power won’t work.
If he had been able to deal a fatal blow to the Great Demon with this attack in the first place, he would not have gone through that trouble before returning.
“You bastard.”
“Why are you looking so angry? You must have already heard that I am of this kind.”
If you haven’t heard of it, then it’s just as serious. Anyway, that’s why you have to have a brain wave.
Although I sorted it out before the size.
‘There’s still one guy whose brain works well, but he’s taken his own measures.’
If Asmodeus had survived intact, it would have been difficult in many ways.
Belial and even Belphegor would never act so impulsively.
Cutting Asmodeus early was definitely the best decision.
At this point, Pandemonium alone cannot completely control Belphegor’s impulsive behavior.
Belphegor, who had been frantic for a while, asked me after a while as if he had calmed down.
“how…Can a human imitate the power of a dragon? Breath must be something only dragons possess.”
“Okay.”
It would be a pity if you told me about it with your mouth.
He laughed at my words.
No, the atmosphere is too sharp for laughter.
Would you say that it seems to have been made with malice?
“…It doesn’t matter.”
At my words, Belphegor patted the back of my neck and bent it back and forth.
“No matter what, it will be resolved if we kill you and all the dragons here.”
At that moment, isn’t the black energy starting to rage around him like a storm?
Whoa!
The spirit of the great devil who has found his true name.
A terrible force that exacerbates curses and promotes life malice.
Of course, the dragons who were just trying to escape the curse were caught in confusion again.
The resolution that was barely resolved was shaken.
The curse gripped their leashes again and began to whisper malice. 「
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
!」
Belphegor looked at me with a relaxed face and smiled.
Like an artist appreciating the work he has created.
He looked at the screaming dragons with loving eyes.
“Did you resurrect the dragons to fight us? Anyway, if the demon descends, everything will be meaningless.”
“….”
“Certainly, if I had been a little late, it might have turned out the way you wanted. Oh, it’s a pity… ….”
As if mocking me, he dragged on his last words.
However, the eyes still haven’t sunk at all.
That’s not wrong.
If Belphegor hadn’t intervened, the situation would have gone without major problems.
The dragons would have been freed from the curse without any noise, and that would have ended the ordeal.
Yeah, that’s not wrong… ….
“whatever.”
“…what?”
Belphegor’s eyes widened.
I smiled and listened to the staff.
“Suddenly you intervened. It’s true. Then, what should I do while shivering, how can I get rid of it?”
“…you guy.”
“No, no. Other people can, but I can’t.”
Isn’t that what a warrior is?
Taking on impossible karma for others and somehow breaking through the crisis.
It is a familiar thing that the unexpected happens.
That’s what I’ve experienced countless times.
Now it can be reduced to ‘uncountable experience’, but at the time it wasn’t like that.
It was a wall that could not be crossed.
wailing wall.
I shed countless tears and vomited out what was inside.
But ironically, the ordeal made us stronger.
It was better trials not to happen, but what couldn’t happen was the hell before the return.
This kind of sudden situation is cute.
At least he crawled into the situation I had prepared for him.
“It’s a baby.”
I don’t know, but my smile now also resembles Belphegor’s.
A smile full of malice.
There is nothing better than this as a feeling between a devil and a hero.
“Kuh, good, good!”
Belphegor chuckled.
“The elder seems to be afraid of your potential, but…I have a slightly different opinion.”
The guy stretched out his hand.
At that moment, the pitch-black spear shook in my hand like fog and appeared.
Black goat’s horns.
Know.
It’s his favorite weapon, and according to what he said before returning, it’s a power that holds ‘all possibilities’.
“You have to cut the buds.”
“Oh, yes.”
Hey, I didn’t know you could agree with the devil like this. That’s what I was thinking too.
There was silence for a very short time.
and for a moment.
Hoo-wook.
No matter who said it first, Belphegor and I moved at the same time.
The spear shot at a speed like a flash that would be difficult for ordinary people to perceive.
At the same time, a storm raged.
Hwaaak!
The gale condensed, then turned into a palm and grabbed the spear that had been shot.
In an instant, the weapon was incapacitated.
I don’t see any other weapons he has right now.
“under.”
But Belphegor was not taken aback. It just smiles, showing sharp teeth like a beast.
It leaped in an instant and stretched out its hand toward the sky again, as if expecting the spear to be blocked.
dismissal.
The window that was trapped in the storm is blown away.
Then black ash gathered in his hand and took the form of a spear.
no it’s not the only one
Ashes swirl around him.
The black ash coalesced and became dozens of spears.
Spears, each with mighty power. It is the horn of the Black Goat itself, which symbolizes the great devil.
To be precise, the real identity of that ‘horn’ is that jet-black ash that hovers around it.
The ashes themselves are ‘horns’.
Together, they can become any weapon.
The reason why he prefers the form of a spear is that a spear is the most efficient way to utilize ashes.
It’s definitely not easy to deal with.
“Where can I get it?”
He smiled and stretched out his hand.
At that moment, the spears that had been prepared at the same time were fired all at once.
Wedge!
Jet-black beams of light shoot at me from various angles.
[Mikhail!]
“…< Holy Wall >.”
With those words, holy power and mana swirled around me, creating a huge wall.
One of the magics that fluctuates depending on the circle.
If I, the 8th circle, use it, an ‘iron wall’ is born.
[It is useless just to block it.]
“I know.”
Belphegor had no intention of stepping down until he achieved certain results.
There is a high probability that the sudden appearance here in the first place itself is different from the meaning of Pandaemonium.
In other words, he has to perform as much as he ignored Pandaemonium’s will.
Kwagwagwa!
Immediately, the horns of the black goats slammed down on the wall.
The castle wall did not completely withstand the attack and collapsed, but it did not matter.
a very brief gap.
I waited for a moment’s hesitation for the horn to break through the wall.
‘The horns of the Black Goat can be regenerated almost without restrictions… ….’
It is not without gaps.
Thousands of soldiers and dozens of knights were sacrificed to realize that fact.
Most of the spears are dismantled to break down the castle wall, and the last spear.
dismissal.
The window cracked.
‘now.’
moved at that moment.
“< Teleport >.”
It shouldn’t be a simple teleport.
By twisting the formula a little, the distance is longer than Blink, a short-distance leap magic, but shorter than teleport, but faster.
In an instant, I jumped right in front of him.
At that moment, when he saw me suddenly appearing in front of his eyes, he tried to move with great agitation.
Generally, wizards widened the distance when they widened it, but there was no case where they voluntarily tried to narrow it.
No wonder.
If you simply look at ‘speed’, it’s much faster to throw a sword once than it takes to form a magic formula.
The same goes for high-circle wizards.
Under the assumption that they are on a similar level, a wizard should never close the distance with an opponent.
Wouldn’t it be a case of preparing a barrier in advance and attracting the opponent?
Oh sure.
“I have it ready.”
I’m not sick X.
Did you narrow the distance without thinking?
He summons ‘Black Goat’s Horn’.
But i know
There is definitely a time it takes for those ‘horns’ to regenerate.
It’s a short time in seconds, but the important thing is that it exists.
And now, he hasn’t summoned the horns of the Black Goat yet.
Then there is only one thing I can do.
“Savior!”
A solemn voice resounded under the sky, and enormous power began to gather around Belphegor.
“no way…!”
Belphegor also seems to have noticed something strange belatedly.
His gaze goes to the dragons who are writhing in pain behind me.
However, the eyes of the dragons were clear. The despair-filled eyes he expected were nowhere to be seen.
Although the curse exists.
Even so, the dragons couldn’t swallow the strong will.
The will of all the dragons became enormous amounts of mana and began to gather in my hands.
“About Breath.”
“…?!”
I grabbed the face of the guy who was trying to move and smiled.
As a magician, it is natural to answer if the opponent dares to ask for knowledge.
“Even if I was a great mage, how could I imitate the breath on the spot like that?”
“What could that be… …!”
I didn’t really answer.
It was because he noticed that he knew the answer anyway.
The dragons were already prepared to face their crimes at the point when he intruded on this side.
in other words.
‘It’s a situation where it won’t be strange if the curse disappears at any time.’
If so, what is the trigger that will put an end to the curse?
“You can’t kill me, hero! Even if you try to suppress me with mighty power, if I reveal myself… …!”
“know.”
“…?!”
Hopefully I don’t know that
The body is definitely threatening.
So, before he clearly reveals himself… ….
“< Breath >.”
Crush it once.
Wow!
“Quaaaaagh!”
With the support of the dragons, the recreated Breath burned Belphegor.
With a desperate scream, his body collapsed once more.
Of course, the body that was damaged for a while begins to recover again.
Yes, even this is not enough.
I hadn’t thought of destroying Belphegor this time in the first place.
I’m still not ready
There is nothing that can’t annihilate Belphegor if it’s done like this.
It’s not like you can’t hide it.
but.
‘There are so many things I have to endure.’
It’s too much power to destroy Belphegor like this.
In the first place, in terms of combat power, isn’t this guy the strongest in Pandaemonium?
If he reveals himself like this, there are too many things I have to sacrifice.
It’s not all about me surviving.
In exchange for annihilating it, if I had to sacrifice my comrades and a group of dragons… ….
‘That’s a loss.’
very heavy damage.
It is completely against the direction I set after returning.
It is only when the damage is “minimum” that it is annihilated.
Anyway, if he goes back without income, he won’t be able to move properly for a while.
You will be detained inside Pandaemonium as a reward for your sudden actions.
so.
“Wait until then.”
I screamed as I fell while holding onto the guy’s face.
“Wise Apophis! I kept my promise! The clan has chosen to atone and has risen, now it is time for you to keep your promise!”
“Don’t stand up, you bastard…!”
Apophis wanted the people to repent and face their sins.
So this time.
I wanted my clan to stand tall as proper ‘guardians’ once again.
And it’s done now.
Belphegor would still believe that dragons were bound by a curse.
at the point of repentance.
All of the conditions to escape the curse were met.
“Oh right.”
in other words.
“You’re fucked.”
“Warrior…!!”
As soon as I finished my words, a white light began to emanate from where Apophis was.
[I admit it.]
The presence of the apostle Apophis.
“You have passed the ordeal.”
“Damn it…!”
The man’s face is terribly distorted.
There’s no such thing as too much art.
It’s belatedly trying to move, but Apophis’ presence doesn’t allow it to move.
“I can’t end it here…!”
Red light burst from his eyes, and enormous power began to swirl.
It was a situation on the verge of revealing myself, but I can’t wait to see.
“Go back to your realm.”
“I refuse uninvited guests.”
In line with my words, a high-dimensional portal created by the authority of Apophis appeared in the air.
It was faster for the portal to consume him than for him to reveal himself… ….
“Aaaaaaaaa!”
As it was swallowed up by the portal, it screamed with bloodshot eyes.
“Dragon saaaaa!!”
“Oh yes. Nice to meet you.”
I grinned when I saw the guy staring at me as if he would tear me apart at any moment.
