chapter 90
90 – Compromise-5
The charter has become a stagnant.
I don’t know how long she will be able to block my attacks, but so far she has blocked them all without exception.
Considering the gap between her and me, this alone could be considered a feat.
Of course, I was no different, blocking every attack. Even if it’s me, I can’t guarantee her life or death her if her her black magic her her her touches her my body her her her.
“Whoa, uh, haa…”
Katharine’s breathing was gradually becoming heavier. In comparison, I haven’t lost my composition yet.
“You don’t have to pretend like you’re okay?”
“But what should I do when it’s really okay?”
“…Isn’t your body slowly reaching its limits?”
A laugh came out. Her insight was also at a level worthy of her reputation
“There’s still a long way to go before we reach the limit.”
Nevertheless, it was definitely her clear wisdom that made me realize that my body was not infinite.
My demon energy is infinite, but my body, which is supposed to be the medium to drag it from the other side of the void to reality, does not have the strength to match it.
She realized it. I also recognized the fact that I couldn’t fight forever.
“If time passes like this-“
“I think I’m misunderstanding something.”
I feel it. Reorganization has been completed. I summoned the next magic spear and put it in a state just before shooting.
“I never said I would fight alone, right?”
I hear footsteps. Behind me, the footsteps of a brave knight running across the floor.
“…Ugh!”
“Haaaaa!!!”
Olivia rushed towards Katharine.
“You and the like can get involved in a fight… Wow!”
I couldn’t reach it. Katharine was a warlock who fought for a long time on the battlefield.
If a merely strong knight had been able to rush in and cut off her head, she would not have been able to enter the academy. Because the princess, the strongest knight, and no one else, would have cut Katharine’s head long ago.
However, this is a situation she never expected. I can’t help but feel distracted.
“Someone like you has this kind of power-“
Katharine knows Olivia.
I know she was weak. For more power, she knows Olivia when she gets down on her knees to Katharine.
That was no different from the fact that no information had been secured about the current Olivia.
“That’s it!”
Olivia’s sword pressed heavily and tore through Katharine’s defensive barrier.
Olivia is different now. Olivia is different, rushing towards me with a clear mind without any hesitation or worries and loyalty to me.
The current Olivia, who received the dark power I gave her and strengthened her body endlessly, had the power to threaten Katharine.
There, magic spears were poured out.
“Keuuuuu uuuuu u… !…!…
Katharine is strong. If Katarin sacrificed Baal’s holy object, there was no guarantee that she would be defeated even if she fought Olivia.
But even though she is like that, she can’t take Olivia’s attacks and not pay attention to her at all.
Whether it’s magic power, spells, or mental power. Whatever it is she has no choice but to consume.
It’s a gap.
Katharine’s skill in destroying my ‘basic black magic’ was amazing.
Only with her ‘understanding of magic’ and overwhelming talent, she was able to suppress my almost infinite output and cancel out the attack.
It was something only she could do. No one else would be able to fight me in a similar way to what she used with Katharine.
But that also meant that it was a difficult and difficult task.
In a situation where you are facing only one person, you can only focus on me. By investing all of your mental power into me, you can continue to destroy magic.
But when Olivia enters, her plan is bound to go awry.
“Ugh…”
The blade of the demonic spear I created did not hit her her her her body her her head-on her.
In those extreme circumstances, Katharine did what she had to do. She somehow broke my spell and twisted her orbit like she did before.
However, she wasn’t perfect. A magical spear blade passed by her thigh
The black dress she was wearing was torn to shreds. Red blood leaked out.
“Claire?”
“Yeah, okay!”
The dark priest’s healing spell flowed through my body.
I can breathe. My body became much lighter.
“Miss…”
Kelin, too, forced her shaking body up and started walking. She drew her sword.
Although she was not in perfect condition, she did not seem to intentionally harm her her body when Katharine tortured her.
The muscles in the legs or arms were not crushed, or any important organs were damaged. Although it may not be a large force, it is capable of fighting.
“Oh my…”
Katharine glared at me as if she wanted to kill me.
“Why do you think it’s unfair?”
Until now, Claire and Olivia had been left behind for Kellyn’s treatment and protection.
However, there was no reason for them not to participate in this battle.
Carbossa was in a state where, if I let my guard down even for a moment, I could cause great damage to my allies participating in the battle. Since she thought finding Katharine was her priority, there was no reason to drag them along.
It’s different now. Katharine’s dark magic was certainly several levels above Carbossa’s, but it wasn’t the kind that would burn her opponents with just a touch.
There was no reason why we couldn’t fight together.
“…Are you saying you are going to treat a body stained with demonic energy with demonic energy? How long do you think that will last?”
“It’s sharp. Still, it will last longer than you can endure.”
Her strategy she worked.
She couldn’t help but be surprised.
But I’ve already gained too much for her to be able to defeat me in just that way.
She was difficult to lose.
“I’ll ask again.”
I calmly asked her back.
“Will you surrender?”
Her eyes stared at me like she was going to kill me.
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I lost.
Katharine sensed defeat.
‘The preparation… Would have been perfect.’
The only thing to be wary of was that man.
Wade. A fearsome and dangerous warlock who may have come from nowhere.
Even so, I thought I could win. He believed that he would be able to endure fear and terror and fight.
It’s not that the strategy was wrong. As she expected, Wade’s black magic skills were not great, and apart from the enormous output, there were gaps in the casting process.
He took a stab at it, and it paid off. It just wasn’t enough.
‘Colleague…’
It was too much. Even so, Claire, I never imagined that Olivia, who was clearly in a bad state not long ago, could be made with that much power.
It was hopeless. I had no choice but to give up.
“Will you surrender?”
He held out his hand.
‘…’
Although she was the strongest warlock, she was not the strongest human in the world. She was not a member of the most powerful force in the world.
I tried several times to use the mask of deception, to bow down to her, to gain only what I wanted, and to betray her.
Right now, it could be said that her entry into the academy was part of her deception strategy. The same was true for numerous conspiracies hatched in social circles.
‘But…’
This was not a problem that could be taken lightly.
I could feel it instinctively. Once you give in to him, there is no next time.
‘If you obey…’
Everyone had to be afraid of her.
Erst Katharin. A descendant of the Margrave and the strongest warlock.
The moment she left her position even a little, the moment the person who feared her disappeared, Katharine could not survive.
“Thank you. Until the end, for giving me a chance.”
As she fell, she held out her hand in pity.
A sharp and harsh spell is hidden inside so cleverly that he doesn’t notice.
“Can you tell me you’ll cooperate?”
Wade didn’t hold that hand. Katharine couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
It was being read.
“…That won’t work.”
Katharine bit her lip.
“Not just for myself, but for everyone in the family and territory…”
Give up more. I can feel Asmodeus smiling.
An incredible sensation fills her body. Even if she sold something she shouldn’t have sold, she had no choice but to win this battle.
“I must be feared by everyone.”
Katharine was just standing there.
“Someone like you who is withdrawn, someone who can gain power ‘for no reason’… For reasons you will never understand.”
For the first time in a long time, she felt like she was back to her roots.
Black magic is not inherently noble. It is not something that is praised by everyone. It is not a tool that can be used to enjoy wealth and fame comfortably and safely.
Those who have to risk their lives to survive, those who do not want ‘life like now’, even if it means selling everything they can.
Or, it is a technology that can only be used by those who need an equivalent miracle just to maintain ‘the same life as yesterday’.
And Katharine was the strongest warlock.
She flashed her eyes.