Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 100 - Battle of Demigods (1)

Demigod.

 

I felt like I knew why the elder mages were called demigods.

 

What kind of person had this much magic power?

 

No, aside from the pure amount of magic power, the momentum rising from his body was unusual.

 

‘The Fire Dragon and the Eternal Snow.’

 

Karimjeva and Senios.

 

The pinnacle of fire and ice magic.

 

Those two hadn’t even revealed their true magic yet.

 

‘…How insanely intimidating.’

 

I could feel the sense of intimidation coming from the magic power that was unconsciously radiating.

 

Of the two of them, Karimjeva was the problem.

 

Perhaps because I criticized him as being ignorant from the beginning.

 

He radiated blatant heat toward me.

 

“How dare you.”

 

My level was only 333.

 

In fact, the heat would be too hot for me, who was weak.

 

In that sense, I was grateful once again.

 

‘Well done, past me.’

 

In order to be fully prepared.

 

I had dug a lot of wells.

 

And on behalf of this pitiful me.

 

I also felt thankful toward Kiko Armin, the senior mage of enchantment, for her hard work.

 

[Masterpiece – Koi Scale Handkerchief]

 

[Grade: Unique]

 

[Restriction: Lv.200]

 

[Effect: When equipped, increase flame property affinity / Increase all attack evasion rate / Open aesthetic stat]

 

[Description: Made with extremely rare materials and a special manufacturing method. Its value is so great that no one can dare to evaluate it. The title masterpiece won’t be a waste on it.]

 

Yeah, even in this heat.

 

The reason I was able to stay upright was simple.

 

It was simply because of the item.

 

It was all thanks to the [increase flame property affinity] effect attached to the handkerchief.

 

‘Affinity is a higher concept in Arcana.’

 

Resistance to that property as well.

 

Even the effect when the corresponding attribute skill was activated.

 

The additional effects that came with increasing affinity were significant.

 

The handkerchief wasn’t graded as [Unique] for no reason.

 

Not only that, it wasn’t called [Masterpiece] for no reason.

 

However.

 

‘If I was satisfied with that, I can’t say I am fully prepared.’

 

I told you.

 

I didn’t know anything else, but I was good at knowing my place.

 

No matter how good the effect was.

 

‘In the end, the 200-level restricted item.’

 

I never thought that just a handkerchief would be able to block Karimjeva’s fire magic.

 

For a 200-level restricted item to prevent a demigod’s magic.

 

‘It happened because I have a conscience.’

 

I recalled it.

 

As I said before, enchantment.

 

It was an enchantment that could extract effects from items and give the effects to other items.

 

The preparation period that I got until Karimjeva went into action.

 

I didn’t waste it.

 

‘I really persistently bullied Kiko Armin.’

 

Effects that could be extracted from items.

 

Determine the effects that couldn’t be achieved.

 

Give the extracted effect to the item.

 

‘I didn’t even pay.’

 

In short.

 

I properly wielded the authority of the chief.

 

The consequences of that abuse of power were expressed in the messages.

 

[Effect: When equipped, flame property affinity increases]

 

[Effect: When equipped, flame property affinity increases]

 

[Effect: When equipped, flame property affinity increases]

 

[Effect: When equipped, flame property affinity increases]…

 

From clothes to shoes to rings.

 

The effect of the increased flame attribute affinity stacked on top of each other.

 

Yeah, thanks to that lame struggle.

 

My weak self.

 

I could stay fine in this heat…!

 

‘To be honest, I felt greedy.’

 

I wanted to extract and apply effects related to [aesthetic] stat.

 

Because the status of my aesthetic stat was still [low].

 

But even if I wished for that, how could such a thing be possible?

 

‘If that was possible, everyone would have majored in enchantment.’

 

So, I had no choice but to be satisfied with this.

 

It was also something to be thankful for.

 

– “This is my first time seeing such a success rate. Ugh, how did I do that?! I need to maintain this feeling…!! I’m not going to wash my hands from now on.”

 

The success was so great that even Kiko couldn’t believe it.

 

– “…Anyway, it’s all thanks to Chief Lee Hoyeol!”

 

Thanks to me, she said.

 

All I did was.

 

Just in case my precious item got blown away.

 

All I had done was write down the postscript on the order sheet.

 

Of course, I took Kiko’s appreciation for granted as well.

 

‘Anyway, I can’t help but feel thankful once again.’

 

The war of nerves between the demigods.

 

Heat and coldness went back and forth in that war.

 

If it weren’t for the [warmth] buff and [flame attribute affinity] obtained through enchantment… Wouldn’t I be a shrimp in the fights between whales by now? A frozen shrimp placed on a hot grill.

 

‘I would have been destroyed.’

 

Of course, it was too early to feel relieved.

 

Crackle–

 

Flames rose from Karimjeva’s hands.

 

It was a rapid manifestation with no exploration or interference process.

 

Because of that, its power couldn’t be perfect.

 

…It was crazy, seriously.

 

The Earth’s surface was melting like ice cream?

 

How high was the temperature of that flame?

 

No, as if melting wasn’t enough, it started to boil like lava.

 

Senios said in an admiring voice.

 

“Indeed, you’re strong enough to not mind the battlefield!”

 

I recalled Senios’ words.

 

– “The stronger the opponent, the more important it is to choose an advantageous battlefield.”

 

Even in the battle between the strong, the environment of the battlefield was important.

 

In that sense, this rupture was a favorable battlefield for Senios.

 

It was a snowy field, although only half of it was.

 

The temperature was high enough to make snow fall.

 

‘He’s changing that battlefield to his advantage.’

 

It didn’t even require complicated high-ranking magic.

 

Crackle–

 

Crash–

 

Karimjeva was just manifesting flame.

 

The rupture area began to turn into a lava field.

 

Well, he was the Fire Dragon.

 

I felt like I realized once again why he was called a demigod.

 

‘It’s not nonsense, it’s at the level where common sense is unnecessary.’

 

Of course, I wasn’t just admiring it either.

 

If Karimjeva had fire magic, and Senios had ice magic.

 

I couldn’t lag behind either.

 

An object that I could handle skillfully.

 

It existed on this battlefield.

 

Rumble–!

 

If Karimjeva had omitted the process of exploration and interference in his fire.

 

The ‘ground’ that I was stepping on right now.

 

It was a familiar object.

 

So familiar that I could omit the exploration and interference process.

 

The surface surged.

 

It wasn’t an insignificant stone wall.

 

It was a battlefield where demigods and elder mages clashed.

 

That meant I couldn’t continue to build significant stone walls like I had done in the past.

 

Thump–!

 

I was literally lifting the crust of the Earth.

 

“Oh, my.”

 

Senios’ eyebrows twitched.

 

“As expected, Marcelo’s assessment was accurate.”

 

Thump thump–!

 

Why did I lift the crust?

 

It was simple.

 

‘Do you think I’ll just watch innocently?’

 

I did that to limit Karimjeva’s territory.

 

Well, no matter how hot the lava was, it couldn’t melt a volcano, right? A manifestation that changed the terrain. If it was me in the past, it would’ve been a scale that I couldn’t even dream of.

 

However, it didn’t greatly consume my mana.

 

Due to the dose of the bi-herbs?

 

Mana regeneration that I got as an item?

 

They definitely had helped a lot, but.

 

There was a separate reason.

 

[Pentagram of Pure Knowledge]

 

[Grade: Epic]

 

[Restriction: None]

 

[Effect: When equipped, acquires knowledge of all minerals and plants in the Arcana continent.]

 

[Description: A magic tool containing immeasurably vast knowledge.]

 

Indeed.

 

Knowledge of all minerals.

 

I could skip the exploration and interference process.

 

I could also manifest magic of this scale regardless of my mana. It was all thanks to the [Pentagram of Pure Knowledge], an epic-grade item.

 

“…!”

 

How does my struggle taste, Karimjeva?

 

Of course, even as I was thinking that, the ground was rising.

 

Thump thump–!

 

At the end of the tectonic shift.

 

The lava created by Karimjeva could no longer flow.

 

And though it wasn’t what I intended.

 

Somehow the ground I was standing on was rising much higher than the ground Karimjeva was standing on?

 

Therefore.

 

“You seem to be mistaken about your situation.”

 

I couldn’t help but look down at Karimjeva and say.

 

“You are no longer the Fire Dragon. You’re nothing more than a criminal of high treason and petty demon worshiper.”

 

…No, but I didn’t say anything wrong.

 

Did he need to raise his eyes that much?

 

Karimjeva replied, radiating heat.

 

“Shut up, you adventurer brat.”

 

I wished I could shut up when being told to shut up.

 

‘I didn’t even open my mouth from the beginning.’

 

Senios supported my position.

 

“Indeed, this eye level is befitting of the criminal of high treason.”

 

“You’re foolish. Senios.”

 

“Foolish? Me?”

 

“You already know. Don’t try to turn a blind eye to the true truth.”

 

The true truth?

 

What’s that?

 

I couldn’t cut in on a story that only two of them knew.

 

However, no matter what stories those two exchanged, I wasn’t too worried.

 

I knew exactly what Senios was like.

 

Karimjeva spoke seriously, but.

 

Senios grinned confidently.

 

“True truth? Bullshit. There’s no such thing in the world.”

 

“…W-What?”

 

“If you’re human, act like a human, Karimjeva. People around you supported you, calling you the Fire Dragon and all. Did you really think you were a dragon who lived forever?”

 

Like I said.

 

He was different from how he looked.

 

Senios was not a proper mage.

 

As he said, he was a poor one.

 

– “I’m saying this only because it’s you. Actually, I had doubts from the moment I set foot in the Mage Tower. We search for the truth but… In the end, if truth is something that can be reached by searching for it. I wondered if you can call such a trivial thing the truth.”

 

The desire to pursue truth, the thing that a mage of the Mage Tower should have.

 

He had no such a thing.

 

– “This kind of crooked mage is occupying the position of elder. Can the Magic Tower run properly? Hahaha! even I am embarrassed to say that too!”

 

When I heard that.

 

I had a question.

 

Then, why did Senios enter the Mage Tower?

 

The reason was simple.

 

– “It was purely because I wanted to prove my strength.”

 

Because there was someone in the Magic Tower who could prove his strength.

 

-“I chased after the Fire Dragon and entered the Mage Tower.”

 

The Fire Dragon.

 

His reputation was built up even before he entered the Mage Tower.

 

It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

 

Because mages of the Mage Tower basically didn’t engage in outside activities.

 

Senios added this with his pupils flashing.

 

– “It’s a chance to defeat the Fire Dragon with my own hands and prove my strength! How could I miss this opportunity? Oh, of course. I haven’t forgotten the purpose of correcting the Mage Tower. So, taking that into consideration, allow me to exit the tower…”

 

…I didn’t mention his looks for no reason.

 

Who would have guessed?

 

Would you believe me if I told you?

 

Even if he said he stepped out to punish Karimjeva.

 

The elder mage, Senios, had such personal feelings.

 

“I thought you would understand. You’re deluded, Senios.”

 

No.

 

It is you, Karimzeba, who’s deluded.

 

Senios, that guy was a lot worse than I thought.

 

Gooo–

 

Karimjeva’s magic rose again.

 

This time the flames began to sweep through his body.

 

No matter how much I plastered myself with flame attribute affinity.

 

With that level of firepower, even just grazing it would be dangerous.

 

“Then there is no mercy. You and the adventurer. I’ll give you all a ride.”

 

It was a full-fledged declaration of war.

 

Senios had been waiting for this moment more than anyone else.

 

He didn’t hesitate.

 

Crack–!

 

A layer of air froze.

 

Soon, a huge ice enveloped Senios’ body.

 

Not only that, the area was quickly cooling down.

 

As if to draw a line.

 

“How dare you look at someone else when Senios of Eternal Snow is in front of you? I can’t accept that. As expected, you seem to believe in the superiority of compatibility.”

 

As Senios said, compatibility existed in magic as well.

 

Flame magic and ice magic were polar opposites.

 

Naturally, Karimjeva was well aware of that.

 

“Your little tricks are useless in the face of my flames.”

 

Of course, I, who had devoured various magical books, also knew that.

 

So I didn’t stay still.

 

Even as it used up my precious magic.

 

I didn’t turn up the ground for no reason.

 

‘Even if I only intervene vaguely, it’s still an intrusion.’

 

Let’s not forget, I knew my place.

 

As I said, I was just a shrimp in a whale fight.

 

But I had expected this.

 

This was also a development that was included in all my preparations.

 

The tectonic shifted.

 

Drizzle–!!

 

As a result, the groundwater drizzling in the ground rose up.

 

As I said, compatibility existed in magic.

 

Like rock-paper-scissors.

 

It was a profound compatibility that bit at each other.

 

──────

 

Ice < Flame < Water < Ice < Flame < Water…

 

──────

 

Indeed.

 

Changing the battlefield to our advantage as much as possible.

 

It was the best I could do at this moment.

 

Drizzle–!

 

Drizzle–!

 

A stream of groundwater sprouted from everywhere.

 

It was a poison for Karimjeva’s flame magic.

 

For Senios, it would be like an elixir for his ice magic.

 

“…!!”

 

Noticing such a change in the battlefield.

 

The reactions of those two were clearly different.

 

“…You brat!!”

 

“Nice support, Chief Lee Hoyeol!”

 

I looked at those two people and thought.

 

Marcelo, Matis.

 

No, even Banglet is fine.

 

‘Someone please hurry.’

 

This battlefield was too much for me without [Natural Enemy Relationship].

 

*

 

Marcelo clenched his teeth.

 

Banglet did the same.

 

“Chief Marcelo. That’s–!”

 

“For sure. They’re demons.”

 

Cracked Dimension Gap.

 

Demons poured out from there.

 

The demon’s level didn’t seem very strong, unlike in Banglet’s incident.

 

But their number was significant.

 

They couldn’t even see the end of the demon’s march.

 

Marcelo had a hunch.

 

‘Are these many demons moving solely for the sake of the demon king’s resurrection?’

 

No matter what happened.

 

They had to prevent the resurrection of the demon king.

 

So he couldn’t help but worry.

 

‘As if Karimjeva wasn’t enough, now the demons…’

 

It wouldn’t be easy.

 

Of course, it was impossible to know which one of them was dealing with Karimjeva.

 

Ruptures were the space of oddity.

 

Telepathy from inside to outside was impossible.

 

But one thing was certain.

 

“Senior Belliere.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“We’ll speed up.”

 

“Marcelo, no, more than that…!”

 

Belliere trailed off.

 

She needed to stop him…

 

But Marcelo’s eyes were full of determination.

 

Swallowing her words, Belliere held her staff firmly instead.

 

“I see. I’ll sweep everything away as you wish.”

 

In any case, their target was Karimjeva, the criminal of high treason.

 

They couldn’t be held back by the demons.

 

They had to quickly close the rupture and support other ruptures.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

Shapes pouring in from afar.

 

Before my eyes could see what it really was.

 

A message appeared.

 

[Skill ‘Natural Enemy Relationship’ is activated.]

 

…Wait a minute.

 

I took back the word that this was too much.

 

I immediately declared to Karimjeva.

 

“It suits you, Karimjeva.”

 

The only person who was desperately waiting for reinforcements.

 

“…It suits me?”

 

So much that you couldn’t imagine.

 

“Rationalizing yourself by talking about the true truth. In the end, you become dependent on the demons. In other words, your ugliness is befitting of an ugly demon worshiper.”

 

Shamelessly so.