I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

88 – Compromise-3

“Wade? Come quickly! I’ve been waiting for you!”

Olivia and Claire were waiting for me at the tower entrance.

“W-Wade? “What are you doing?”

Claire understood my condition and immediately cast a healing spell.

“…Thank you. I’m feeling better.”

The feeling in my body was disappearing.

It wasn’t that dangerous to fight them and win. The two executives were certainly strong, but that was it. It’s not enough to fight with me and win.

However, I couldn’t maintain my strength while fighting those two people. Regardless of victory or defeat, my body continued to be chipped away.

“It feels like something is going on inside… But it doesn’t seem like something we can handle.”

“Good job.”

The two are clearly strong, but it was reckless to go into a fight in this state.

‘Now… I really can’t lose’

The reason I had to keep moving hastily and the reason I tried to quickly sort out the situation somehow was not the executives in front of me.

It was Katharine. Among Kazot’s executives, it was rare to find someone capable of carrying out mass murder at a level greater than that of her.

‘It seems like the time for conversation has passed…’

Doesn’t matter. All you have to do is knock her out and sit down at her negotiating table.

‘Obviously, it seemed like something had changed…’

I felt something foreign. Power that she had never used before was contained in that great magic.

Nevertheless, once I gathered my entire party.

‘I didn’t expect Katharine to turn out like this…’

In most situations. Katharine is uncooperative with Kazot.

It’s natural. Her goals are different from Kazott’s. If it were her, you wouldn’t think she was foolish enough to be fooled by sweet words.

No matter how Khazot hides her intentions, she is sure to be noticed by someone as good as Katharine. There’s no way you wouldn’t know.

‘So, I thought it was a possible negotiation…’

She had quite a few grudges between her and me, but Katharine is not a person who can be swayed by petty grudges.

Rather, it was the opposite. Even though she killed someone’s precious person with a smile, she said, ‘Whatever happened in the past, wouldn’t it be beneficial to cooperate with me now?’

She was a person who scratched people’s hearts.

‘Anyway, you’ll find out when you meet.’

Most of them have already succeeded.

Katharine, outside of my field of vision, was the embodiment of fear, the embodiment of chaos that did not know what she could do.

But it wasn’t Katharine who came into view. She can control, she can control.

Of course, it doesn’t change the fact that even Katharine is an incredibly strong warlock, but she is a hundred times better than the invisible Katharine.

I opened the door. The demonic energy flowed out.

“Uh, ugh…”

“Kellin.”

On the floor, I saw Kelin writhing in pain.

I knew it. She had no other options.

No matter what she did, she would try to persuade Katharine.

“Oh my, isn’t it too late?”

And then, Katharine appeared.

She is seen lightly wiping her bloody hands with her handkerchief, with her charming smile on her face.

“Sorry. I was a little late.”

I looked at her, biting her lip tightly.

Finally, I found it.

There was silence. Claire and Olivia were glaring at Katharine while holding their breath.

“Should I praise you for finding me, or should I criticize you for all you could do with the traitor? I’m not sure, but do you have any opinions?”

She looked at me mockingly.

“If you hadn’t done anything strange in the first place and had set up a meeting place, it wouldn’t have ended up like this. Are you blaming me here?”

“Isn’t it basic courtesy for the person who is disappointed to come visit the person?”

“You’d be just as disappointed as me.”

Knowing someone’s purpose is a huge plus in negotiations.

If I hadn’t been sure of Kazot’s true purpose, I would have had to put in a lot of effort to figure out their ‘true intentions’.

The destruction of the entire world is not a common desire.

Whether it’s a warlock trying to make a contract with the devil or a villain committing a terrible and ugly crime, the desire itself is often much more ordinary than that.

Wealth, fame, knowledge, strength, power, making good friends and subordinates.

It is a desire that is much easier to understand and simpler than the ‘destruction of the whole world.’

But not Kazot. They serve Baal, the god of destruction.

Whether he wanted the destruction of the world because he served Baal, or whether he was using the worship of Baal to destroy the world was information that could not be known until the end of the game. Anyway, it didn’t matter.

The important thing was that they wanted complete destruction, and there was no room for negotiation in the process.

Among them, there were those who indulged in pleasure.

However, they either enjoyed pleasure with the mindset of ‘the world will be destroyed anyway, just a little bit before then…’ Or they were just discards who did not know the real purpose of Kazot.

Katharine will choose neither.

“Now that you’re standing in front of me, do you think you can beat me?”

“There’s no reason not to do it.”

“Do I look like I’m afraid of you?”

“No.”

From now on, we have to do it.

There has to be a reason. The reason why I can have confidence that she will not be afraid of me.

She is the one who was defeated once. Deep down, she hoped, at least a little, that she would be shaken by the defeat.

In a fight between warlocks, the memory of someone being defeated once has a tremendous impact.

Because I got scared. Because I got scared.

“But… I heard something from the traitor. He said he wanted to meet me before the situation got worse.”

“…”

“I’ll at least listen to what you have to say.”

Even this arrogance could be bluff.

Although it was a bit comical, ‘bluffing’ was a fairly effective strategy and tool in fights between warlocks.

Because I was able to block variables that might arise and clearly show the difference between my level and my opponent.

But either way, she had no reason not to talk to her if she got the chance.

I looked closely. Claire was treating Kelin, but Katharine didn’t even care. She may think that she is not a threat now.

“You used Baal’s holy relics, right?”

“…Did you know that too? Is it really… Like Kelin, was your spy hiding inside Kazot as well?”

“No, but there is a lot of information. As much as necessary.”

Exactly, I couldn’t be sure that ‘this’ was Baal’s holy relic.

I wasn’t an experienced warlock, and even if I was an experienced warlock, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize that.

Unless you brought in a lich warlock as a companion, it was virtually impossible to notice that ‘Baal’s magic’ was mixed with a specific black magic.

“And you probably didn’t make a contract with Baal, right?”

“Do you even know that?”

“It’s noticeable. I guess that’s it.”

When Baal dominates the warlock, there is a clear difference that can be seen with the eyes.

Katharine didn’t have that. Still, she was the warlock Katharine.

“Kazott is going to try to kill you. That’s a treasure they gave to you with great intention, right?”

Kazott is not very considerate of variables they cannot control.

He will somehow kill her and sacrifice her her her her body her her her on the altar of Baal.

“It’s a pretty interesting suggestion. So what?”

“Let’s cooperate. If you want to live.”

“There are two strange things.”

She raised her finger.

“First. Why do you have to care for me so much?”

“…Why can’t it work?”

“Isn’t it strange? You, who said you gained that power by sacrificing your hatred for people like me… Now you’re casually saying let’s cooperate with me.”

I snorted.

“Why don’t we talk about useless things? I’m a busy person too.”

“Oh, you said so.”

“Even if the whole world believes that lie, you and I are not allowed to believe it.”

“As expected.”

Katharine smiled beautifully.

“I’m strong just because I’m strong. There’s no reason.”

“It’s violent. Anyway, I don’t think you’ll need it, do you?”

“The more people there are, the better. Besides… I can’t treat her lightly if she’s the daughter of the Erst family.”

“Are you just someone who covets my family’s territory and power? I thought the distribution was bigger.”

She shook her head in disappointment.

“You never know. If I faithfully serve as your princess’ servant, I might end up with a much better territory than mine.”

“I’m not jealous of Youngji. It’s scary what you guys can do.”

“Well, the only thing my territory can do is… Kill?”

“So, that’s scary.”

“Hmm…”

Joyfully, she tapped her fingers on the railing.

“You are noble. You are a much better person than people realize. But, if you are really that kind of person…”

Her eyes turned fierce.

“To avoid a pointless fight and stop Kazot… Wouldn’t it be a better choice to kneel before me?”

Katharine’s eyes turned sharp.

Magi filled her hands.