I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

31 – Tournament-10

Katarin was overwhelmed by an incomprehensible sensation.

Something incomprehensible happened. A phenomenon that should not have occurred occurred.

“Why… Standing?”

I didn’t feel like I was competing with Magi, nor did I feel like I could overpower him if I went a little further.

‘Wasn’t that black magic?’

Accepting demonic energy into the body is also a declaration of acceptance of the hierarchy it creates.

Even if the kingdom’s knight becomes stronger with the kingdom’s swordsmanship and soldiers, he cannot harm the extremely weak noble daughter of the kingdom.

There is nothing he can do as he has come within the rules of the kingdom. The moment he doesn’t accept that and runs wild, the power he has will disappear.

That was the basis of black magic. All warlocks receive the power of the devil and have no choice but to be swayed by the devil’s hierarchy.

I surrender to someone who has devoted more time to evil. I obey the one who made a pact with the Great Devil, who serves a nobler Devil.

But in his eyes, not even the slightest shaking was felt.

‘You made a contract with a stronger devil than me?’

Asmodeus is a demon with a high status among the demon princes.

It was nothing short of a miracle that the Erst family was able to make a contract with the devil. And as far as she knew, no one, at least in this era, had achieved such a miracle.

‘Lies… Words.’

That’s not all. To escape Katharine’s control, he must have committed at least a similar level of evil as hers.

‘There’s no way that could be possible…’

Those who use the power of light become stronger quantitatively.

A person with a good family, a good teacher, good bloodline, and good talent can become strong through a lot of effort.

In comparison, the warlock, who could become strong only through hatred, devotion, and blood, had many ways to become strong ‘in a way that was not determined from birth.’

However, even those who control the power of darkness can benefit from it, as long as they are nobles.

The scale of evil that can be done is different. The quality of offerings that can be offered is different.

‘How many people have I personally killed…’

Countless death row prisoners, bandits, criminals, prisoners of war, and directly slaughtered enemies.

The blood of many people was skillfully processed and killed. He brutally blasphemed countless believers and offered their deaths to the devil.

No one can surpass her evil deeds. Even if he is hiding a huge evil, he cannot have a system in place to make sacrifices.

Unless he receives support from the empire-

“Ah.”

Katharine realized her foolishness.

‘Why did you think the Empire wouldn’t be standing behind him?’

If it were an ordinary warlock, even a warlock who had accumulated enough evil deeds to be able to stand proudly in front of Katharine, there was no way he could take the princess’s side.

Basically, they commit evil and run away so that their crimes are not detected. It was impossible to become friendly with the power of the empire.

If he had not been connected to the power of the empire from the beginning.

‘…I was hit.’

He couldn’t say he had cheated on her. He proudly served the princess and was hostile to Catherine, as if there was no need to hide it.

“Are you sure things didn’t go as you expected?”

He looked at Katharine mockingly with a shameless expression.

Katharine bit her lip tightly.

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‘I was embarrassed.’

However, we must not stop here.

In her first fight, it was natural for me to win against her. It was as obvious as seeing fire.

‘But, we’re still in the middle of the tournament.’

Even if I defeat her now, I can’t take anything from her other than ‘her victory’.

I cannot accept her declaration of defeat, nor can I take away something important.

‘So, a victory that suits the purpose as much as possible…’

Katharine is by no means an easy person.

Even if she is pushed once, she will quickly come up with a plan to take me down.

At that time, I won’t be able to embarrass her simply because she doesn’t give in. It will take more effort to take her down.

That’s right, you have to get as much as you can right now.

“Do you know that?”

“…Well, I’m not sure. I can’t even imagine how many secrets you’re hiding from me.”

Her eyes were shaking, but she was still desperately trying to keep her composure.

“So, let’s try it out. What kind of expression will you make when your cute dark priest’s arms and legs are blown off?”

Countless demonic energy came out of her body and created a spell.

The cold containing the resentment of those who starved to death, the curse containing the pain of those who starved to death, and the fire containing the pain of those who burned to death swirled dizzyingly.

And I blocked it all with a simple spell.

Katharine’s expression distorted.

“You shouldn’t have said that.”

“…What?”

I continued speaking without stopping.

I’m not saying this to her. It’s about revealing my presence and my character to everyone here.

In fact, someone like Catherine should not be my opponent.

Kazot is an organization that is much stronger than she thinks and is made up of many more people.

It’s not just them. Catherine is not the only person who pursues hatred. Even now, somewhere, other ‘people who use the power of light’ are probably spreading hatred against warlocks.

So, I have to become a symbol. I need to clearly point out what I want and what I want.

“You must be curious.”

Change your attitude. Here, I have to become the ‘Wade’ that other people want.

“Why do I have this power, and how was I able to defeat you!”

I glared at Katharine with the most serious expression I could muster.

“If there weren’t so many people targeting the people around me, if the warlocks hadn’t gone so wild! I wouldn’t have had to sacrifice so much!”

Katharine’s expression changes. I am realizing that I am acting.

“No way… “

“You probably don’t know how valuable a warlock’s emotions are, right?”

Anger and disgust are the most important assets for a warlock.

It can be a ‘sacrifice’ in itself, and it can also be a motivation to offer more things to the devil.

“That can’t be possible! It’s barely that much…”

‘Of course.’

However, there are limits. There was no way he could unleash enough magical energy to overwhelm Katharine.

However, the people watching this do not know.

Revenge, the fact that this level of achievement cannot be achieved solely through anger towards ‘people who like to fight’ in general, is something that only a person with knowledge of black magic can verify.

Most people don’t know about black magic. Just ‘I guess so.’ It makes you think.

“So, be miserable. Please.”

Her pure magic energy pours towards her. Pure Magi with no blood, pain, bone fragments, or screams mixed in.

Ordinary people would have thought that I would have sacrificed countless people to obtain this demon energy.

But if I say with my own mouth that ‘anger toward people like that’ is the source of my strength, people who want to believe me will believe it.

“That can’t be possible…”

Even people who know black magic well cannot deny it 100%.

There are people whose emotions are much stronger than others, there are people who are strangely compatible with a particular demon, and there are also people whose inherent demon energy is strong.

Achieving this level of power was unprecedented, but not impossible.

“Did you think I didn’t know? What did you do to me?”

I proclaim to everyone who may be looking at this sight of her that I am a warlock different from her.

I desperately protest that there are no ‘ethical problems’ with the power I use.

I claim that I am different from other warlocks and that there are ‘non-evil beings’ among warlocks.

Through this, I will gain the right to speak and minimize the conflict that is worsening due to the conflict between Catherine and the princess.

This was the reward I would get for wasting ‘her chance to kill her’.

“Haaa!!!”

Endless magical energy pours out.

The fact that I felt the limitations of my body when fighting Behemoth was only a limitation I felt because I had to deal with Behemoth, which was a ‘monster’ to the best of my ability, in a ‘monster’ manner.

No matter how strong Katharine is, she is ultimately human. No matter how evil and fierce her spells are, in terms of the absolute amount of magic energy, they are not as good as a newborn Behemoth.

Humans can kill monsters with sharp swords, swordsmanship, arrows, and nets, but they cannot win through honest fighting.

“How, like this…”

And I was using the skills of a warlock with a monster-like magic power.

“Are you afraid?”

Moreover, Katarin’s ‘anti-warlock strategy’ was not that special. Not only her, but all warlocks did not consider fighting with warlocks important.

Simply retaining more demon energy, making contracts with stronger demons, and proving more dedication are far more important than honing your fighting skills.

What if we learn how to fight ‘those who control the power of light’ who are free from such shackles?

A warlock avoiding another warlock’s spell and casting an effective spell is nothing more than a meaningless and foolish action.

“That’s it, let’s stop here.”

With those last words, I lifted the black pillar high into the sky.

A huge magic machine was shot towards Katarin.