The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 248
Karma of karma.
From ancient times, human beings always have a kind of cycle from which they can never escape.
No, not just humans.
Even beings like apostles cannot escape from that endless loop.
Evil returns to those who do evil, and good returns to those who do good.
Isn’t it a truth that has been used for everything since a long time ago?
Even if it’s not right away, a lot of things pile up and pile up to eventually reach the result.
as soon as.
“Stop the violence!”
like now.
Thoth exclaimed bitterly.
There were numerous battles, but it was the guy who suffered each time.
Thoth, of course, tried to resist me in his own way.
And the ‘method’ he brought out was by no means trivial.
No matter how much heyday passes and he loses the ‘infinite power’ under Asar, an apostle is an apostle.
Either way, it’s powerful.
If so, how is it possible for me to beat Tote like a dog?
The reason is simple.
‘Because I analyzed everything.’
Before returning, I had been suffering from Tot’s mistreatment with the feelings of a daughter-in-law suffering from her mother-in-law.
And I’ve gnashed my teeth countless times.
Malice sometimes makes people stronger than anyone else.
I thoroughly analyzed everything about him with the single-mindedness to screw Thoth somehow.
Malice intended to crush the opponent.
As a result, that malice did not come to fruition before ‘return’… ….
“It’s different now!”
The blood of Walpurgis that flows in my veins is redder than anything else. Now I feel like I can break anyone’s head.
“No more kidding…!”
At that moment, Thoth showed signs of doing something.
A faint light hovers in the form of a chain on his right arm.
It was a faint trace that I couldn’t see if I didn’t pay attention, but I couldn’t escape my eyes.
< The Chain of Ignorance >.
A weapon that literally steals ‘thoughts’ from the target the moment it touches them.
Of course, the ‘thought’ taken away here has a fairly wide meaning, so it temporarily takes away even the will to fight.
but.
“< The Threatening Weight >.”
“…Ugh?!”
Thanks to practicing dozens of hundreds of times in my head, that < Chain of Ignorance > is very familiar to me.
It’s definitely a tricky tool and not easy to deal with, but… ….
‘There are moments when I become vulnerable.’
The moment the light flickers for him to use the chain, just like now.
Literally instant.
The chain of ignorance itself becomes defenseless against ‘magic’.
In short, if the weight-increasing magic was cast aiming for that moment, that chain would degenerate into Thoth’s shackles.
“I was enchanted?”
Thoth’s right arm fell to the ground so easily that it was futile.
Of course, Thoth would be able to release the magic that was shackled in an instant and move.
But I’m predicting even that.
He knew exactly how and when he would move and how he would counterattack.
‘Besides, it’s true that Thoth itself is a bit far from combat.’
Thoth is not used to fighting.
And I, who saw through every single battle pattern that existed.
Needless to say which one had the upper hand.
I shouted as I lifted my staff high.
“Do not underestimate human malice.”
“No, what kind of a warrior is talking about malice…Big!”
The staff hit Tote accurately. Of course, I didn’t say I was an apostle for no reason, so I put a protective shield on my body on the spot to minimize the damage.
Wow!
That doesn’t mean there is no damage.
Even if the physical damage is less, it doesn’t mean that the psychological damage is less.
“this person….”
A messed up library.
In the meantime, Thoth walked out through the thick dust. Seeing his uncharacteristically furious expression made me feel like the congestion in my heart went down.
Thoth glared at me and shouted.
“I’m giving you something new! I’ll give it to you if you pass the test properly!”
“What is that ordeal?”
“Proof of intelligence!”
“You are filthy ambiguous. What is the standard of intelligence? No, more than that, you can do it according to your X.”
After saying that, I added one more word.
“By the way, that word is similar to the pattern I was talking about before the regression.”
“….”
Thoth’s brain is clearly working.
But even such a guy can’t easily deal with my future.
“No, to be honest, I don’t think it’s against the law to bring in the future.”
“Foul play is the foul play of your little girl who didn’t want to be sick of it.”
“…Tsk.”
Tot clicked his tongue as if he didn’t like what I said.
I didn’t like the way he looked, so he hit the top of his head with a staff member.
“Khehe!”
Thoth covered my head with a scream.
He glared at me as if he didn’t like it, but he didn’t open his mouth.
I asked because it was quite unexpected.
“Why are you so calm?”
“I’ve been thinking about it calmly, but it seems like I’ll only suffer the loss if I try to confront you here.”
“…hmm.”
Compliant Thoth.
It was a look I hadn’t seen before returning.
I quietly hit Thoth on the head with my staff again.
“why! Why are you hitting me again!”
“I want to let you know that even if you stay still, you will lose money.”
“….”
“Remember. Being a human being can sometimes get spoiled for no reason.”
“No dog….”
At my words, Thoth glared at me with a bewildered expression, but said nothing more.
what a waste.
If I had said one more useless word here, I would have hit you again.
Whatever.
“What did you do to < The Hill of Books >?”
I looked at him and asked.
Sickness is important, but first of all, I needed to understand the meaning of Toth’s message before the regression I saw.
The content of the message,
「Stop it.」, was very short.
However, even with bad ties, if you know each other for a long time, there is a way to work through it.
You can understand the meaning just by looking at that short sentence.
“The scholars of < Book Hill > are rampaging. Even so, I felt something wasted.”
“…Did I mention the future me?”
“I didn’t tell you the details.”
There is no reason to wage a useless war of nerves against this guy.
It’s not like he can’t figure it out just because he hides it. It means that there is no reason to use another number to make your head hurt.
“But I can guess.”
I know how this < The Hill of Books > has fallen.
Scholars were slaughtered and the land was horribly defiled by demons.
The problem is in between.
It is not known by what kind of ‘circumstance’ it came to be like that. But judging from the timing, it’s possible that the hill of books has had some sort of connection with the devil for a long time.
“You weren’t just stuck in the library. Isn’t it?”
“….”
“I don’t doubt the fact that you are hostile to the Demon God. but…It’s a matter of the way.”
Thoth is clearly hostile to the Demon God.
Although he may have twisted and twisted corners, it is clear that he is hostile to the demon god.
i trust my eyes
However, apart from that, the method Thoth chose to deal with the Demon God.
“You’ve had very few morals or ethical concepts since before. They say they can’t help it because they’re apostles, but at least the others keep the line.”
It is true that all the apostles were far from the human position.
Thoth, however, is a little far off compared to the other apostles.
“From what I’ve heard, there seems to be a story that scholars like the founder of ‘Twilight’ visited the library in the distant past. Does that mean that there is a possibility that you may have taken ‘something’ against those scholars?”
“…Hmm.”
At least before the regression.
Thoth regretted my past.
He was extremely pessimistic about ‘something’ he had done and would call it stupid.
didn’t say that at all.
And now.
That Thoth told me to stop.
what are you going to block?
After thinking a little deeper, I came to a conclusion.
“What did you do with the devil?”
I asked Thoth.
Yes, this fucking discomfort.
It has always had to do with the devil.
* * *
“Sage….”
After a while, the party arrived at the castle under the guidance of the ‘sage’.
It was a little shabby for a lord’s castle, and it wasn’t properly maintained, but… ….
Anyway, a castle was a castle.
There was a reception room of its own, and there were things prepared.
There was no particularly threatening atmosphere, and the drifting warmth naturally made people feel peaceful.
but.
“I don’t know what trick it is.”
None of the group was relieved.
The word ‘devil’ that Ariandel said made it that way.
‘devil.’
Isn’t that why Mikhail made them travel all over the world without a break?
The devil is not another being, but a being called a ‘sage’ and praised.
The sage gave tea to everyone, but no one drank tea.
He smiled a little bitterly at the fact for a moment and opened his mouth.
“Anyway, thank you for coming all this way.”
“There is no need for thanks. It’s just that I haven’t fully judged you yet.”
Ariandel said so in a cold voice. Obviously, as a saint, she has the duty to punish the devil.
Nevertheless, the reason why he did not punish this ‘sage’ on the spot was because he felt a little uncomfortable.
Should I say that the existence in front of me is a devil, but it doesn’t seem to be a devil?
It’s weird.
Those red eyes are definitely those of the ‘devil’, but the feeling is similar to that of humans.
‘I don’t know.’
She realized her lack of experience.
She has trained herself through numerous exercises, but those exercises do not solve this situation.
If it’s a demon, you have to purify it, but is that right in this situation?
If it was a hero, if it was Mikhail, how would he have reacted in this situation?
“First of all, what the saintess felt was not wrong. It is true that I am similar to ‘The Devil’.”
“…Are you admitting it?”
“It’s true that my body has something to do with the devil, so I have to admit it.”
the moment the words came out.
Wedge!
Lian moved first.
Rian pointed his sword at the sage with sharp eyes. The tip of the sword came to a close stop in front of his neck.
But the wise man’s face was calm.
“I can ring.”
“You can cut it. But could you please make a decision after listening to me for a bit?”
As the strength entered his hand, bright red blood flowed from the sage’s neck.
Even so, the sage’s eyes do not change. I just calmly accept the disposition towards myself.
But then.
“How about listening?”
The butler intervened.
“…Butler?”
“I think you need to listen first. At least the ‘wise men’ I knew were far from sinister beings like demons.”
The butler looked at the wise man with complicated eyes and said. Lian lowered his sword even though he made a disapproving expression.
The wise man bowed his head respectfully toward the butler.
“…Thank you Merdin.”
“You don’t have to thank me, Herma. I just want to answer questions.”
The butler also has clear signs of boundaries.
He just spoke like he was curious what he was going to say.
“I was also one of the scholars of < The Hill of Books >. But until now, I was also unaware of your connection with the ‘devil’.”
“…That’s right.”
“That’s why I just want to know. If it’s not a good reason, I’ll be the first to punish you, so don’t worry.”
“I understand….”
At that, the sage let out a small sigh. Then he opened his mouth.
“First of all, before I reveal anything about myself, I would like to tell you something….”
said the sage.
“Do you know the existence of a Homunculus?”
* * *
“…What is this bastard?”
As soon as I heard Thoth’s words, those words jumped out without me knowing.
There were some things that I expected.
But the words that had just come out of Thoth’s mouth were the worst I could have expected.
“So the reason you made this < Book Hill > is….”
“…what’s up I felt I needed to figure out something about the devil in order to stand up to it.”
Thoth let out a small sigh.
“Then I thought. Maybe we can change the existence of ‘devils’ to suit us. Couldn’t we make their potential and their tenacious vitality suit us… ….”
“under.”
“So I made it all the time.”
Thoth looked at me and said.
“A new being that combines the inborn nature of demons and humans….”
What this guy is talking about is this.
The guy thought that he could reverse the power of the ‘devil’ into his own, and experimented repeatedly.
By exploiting the madness of human curiosity.
and….
“I made a homunculus.”
I made something that shouldn’t be made.
The guy said so.
