The Return of The Mythical Archmage [EN]: Chapter 443

The magic Sabin unleashed swallowed the island.

‘What kind of magic is this now?’

A dark crimson mana filled the surroundings.

There was a strange, unsettling feeling, but it was impossible to tell what effect it had.

‘I don’t know. It’s a type of mana I’ve never seen before.’

‘Me neither,’

The Black Magic King and Sophia replied to Sein’s question.

‘I thought I had reached the pinnacle of black magic, but it was arrogance. How intriguing.’

The Black Magic King laughed as if he found it amusing. He was delighted that there was black magic he didn’t know about.

The Black Magic King’s expression clearly showed it.

‘Don’t just be amused by yourself, come up with a countermeasure. King of Black Magic.’

‘I’m analyzing it right now. Just wait a moment.’

The Black Magic King narrowed his eyes sharply and observed Sabin’s magic.

‘Ah, before that, tell your subordinates. Don’t go near that magic.’

‘That’s obvious…’

Who would approach that unsettling aura?

That was a piece of advice that was worse than useless.

‘I’m not saying don’t touch it. That dark crimson aura. It has properties that align somewhat with the death attribute. If you get within 10 meters, you could be annihilated on the spot.’

’10 meters? Why 10 meters?’

‘The maximum range of death attribute magic is 10 meters. As long as you don’t approach within 10 meters, there’s no danger.’

Death attribute magic cannot affect targets more than 10 meters away from the center of its aura.

This magic wasn’t death attribute magic, but since it possessed similar power, it should be bound by the same limitations.

As long as they didn’t approach within 10 meters, there would be no danger.

‘So that’s why 10 meters. I understand.’

Sein touched the earpiece he was wearing and began to transmit.

“Do not approach within 10 meters of that dark crimson mana. You’ll die if you do.”

There was no reply, but judging by their expressions, everyone seemed to have heard him clearly.

“What? Did you already figure out what my magic is?”

Sabin, who had been wearing a bored expression all along, showed a dramatic reaction for the first time.

“Impressive. Even though you’ve changed a lot, a Bytenar successor is still a successor, I guess?”

But that expression was fleeting.

Soon, he returned to his usual languid expression.

“No, come to think of it, you’re inheriting the memories of the previous generation, right? Then it’s natural that you’d know.”

This magic was something that had been used many times in the past during the Bytenar Empire era.

If he was inheriting the memories of Ray Bell Bytenar, there was no way he wouldn’t know.

“Well then. There’s no need to stall.”

Sabin narrowed his eyes sharply and extended his right hand forward.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how you’ll stop this magic with your current strength.”

He slowly clenched his fist.

As if squeezing something invisible.

“No, with your current power, you probably can’t stop it.”

At that moment, the dark crimson aura that filled the surroundings began to move.

‘……It’s shrinking?’

As Sabin’s fist clenched, the range of the dark crimson aura was shrinking.

At this rate, they would soon be within the range of the dark crimson aura.

‘Sein Vinoche. Cut it down!’

‘I know!’

Sein gripped his sword.

And then, he drew it.

Sein Vinoche’s Soul Sword, swung with all his might, collided directly with Sabin’s dark crimson mana.

“Wow.”

Sabin exclaimed in admiration as he watched the scene.

“You’re cutting it with a sword?”

The dark crimson mana that collided with Sein’s Soul Sword began to scatter.

A mere sword had cut through his magic.

He was genuinely impressed by that fact.

“So, even though the form has changed, a Bytenar style is still a Bytenar style, huh?”

Sabin chuckled.

As if he didn’t care that his magic had been shattered.

He was laughing as if he was enjoying the situation itself.

“If you were just a little bit stronger, I would have lost without being able to do anything.”

At that moment, Sabin’s dark crimson mana began to gather again.

The dark crimson aura, which had been completely broken down by Sein’s Soul Sword and scattered like mist, began to gather again like mist.

“You can’t stop it with that.”

Sabin clenched his half-clenched fist completely.

At that moment, the dark crimson mana accelerated.

The scattered aura instantly re-condensed, and the shrinking speed also accelerated.

At this shrinking speed, they would be within the magic’s range within a minute.

“……”

Sein frowned and swung his sword again.

With a little more composure, and a little more power concentrated, he thrust his sword out.

KWA-AAANG-!

A different kind of explosion than before resounded.

If he had cut a ‘line’ before, this time he had struck a ‘surface’.

The inevitable roar was caused by the increased area of impact.

‘With this attack…’

By widening the attack range, he would prevent the dark crimson mana from regenerating.

Wouldn’t he be able to stop it this way?

Sein narrowed his eyes sharply and focused on the movement of the dark crimson mana.

“The attempt was good. But it’s too weak.”

But Sein’s expectations were shattered miserably.

Sabin’s magic was restored in no time.

“How should I put it? Your technique is good, but the power you possess… it’s lacking, I guess? It’s flashy on the outside, but there’s no substance on the inside.”

Sein’s eyes twitched.

‘He hit the nail on the head.’

The Black Magic King chuckled and said.

‘Shut up.’

As the Black Magic King said, he had hit the nail on the head.

As Sabin said, Sein Vinoche’s sword currently lacked substance.

The aftereffects of forcibly removing the seal with Dissolutio [a magic technique] were still strong.

Sein’s current condition was less than 40% of his usual state.

The Soul Sword that Sein was currently swinging with all his might was not even as good as the Soul Sword that Sein usually swung lightly.

‘Give up. You can’t stop that magic with your current power.’

‘……I told you to shut up.’

Whoosh!

Sein swung his sword again.

A middle ground between the previous ‘line’ and the recent ‘surface’.

A sword path like a thick line cut through Sabin’s magic again.

“I told you it won’t work.”

But the result was the same.

Sabin’s magic was restored as if nothing had happened.

“……”

Sein bit his lip.

If this didn’t work, there was really no other way.

‘I’ll say it again. Give up.’

‘……Shut up! Stop getting on my nerves!’

Sein shouted inwardly.

In a situation where he already had a headache, he was even getting on his nerves like that.

Even if he tried not to get annoyed, he couldn’t help it.

Sein frowned deeply and used his fourth Soul Sword.

The result was no different from before.

‘Don’t waste your energy for nothing.’

‘You…’

Sein exploded in anger.

‘Are you an idiot? Give up? What do you mean by giving up? Are you saying I should just give up my life like this?’

‘The word idiot is more suitable for people who waste their energy unnecessarily like you. It doesn’t suit a perfectionist like me.’

‘You… you personality-disordered bastard…’

‘I can’t deny that. My personality is definitely disordered.’

The Black Magic King chuckled.

‘Enough, just be quiet, you personality-disordered one. I will definitely somehow…’

‘Don’t make me say it three times. Give up. You can’t beat him.’

The Black Magic King told him to give up again.

This time, Sein’s anger exploded like a volcano.

‘Black Magic King… this is my last warning. Shut your mouth. Otherwise…’

No, he was about to explode.

‘Leave this to me.’

‘……What?’

If it hadn’t been for the Black Magic King’s words that followed, he would have exploded.

‘Leave it to you?’

‘Yes.’

The Black Magic King turned his gaze to Sabin, who was gloating in the distance.

‘Sein Vinoche. You can’t beat him. But…’

He wanted to shatter that relaxed expression.

He wanted to make him realize who he was gloating in front of.

‘I can win.’

‘……Didn’t you say you didn’t know what kind of properties his magic had?’

‘I didn’t know.’

‘Didn’t know.’

It was in the past tense.

‘Did you figure it out?’

‘Yes. I finished analyzing it when you first cut his magic.’

By seeing it regenerate after colliding with Sein’s Soul Sword, he had gained certainty.

What kind of black magic that magic possessed.

He knew it for sure now.

‘So get out of the way.’

Now that he knew, he wouldn’t lose.

‘I’ll show him what a difference in class is.’

The Black Magic King.

The King of Black Magic would not lose to black magic.

The corners of the Black Magic King’s lips slowly turned upwards.

‘Watch from behind.’

Evilly, arrogantly, presumptuously.

* * *

Inside Mora’s relic.

I was preparing for time acceleration.

“Please listen carefully while maintaining your concentration.”

Mora said, with her hand on my back.

“Time acceleration isn’t like a magic hammer that produces a future body when you hit it.”

I couldn’t answer.

I couldn’t open my mouth because I was concentrating on Mora’s divine power.

“To accelerate time, you need to experience the amount of time you want to accelerate.”

Mora’s divine power, which was circling around my body, was becoming increasingly dense.

“From now on, you will indirectly experience the future equivalent to the time you will accelerate your body.”

It was getting faster as it got denser.

Like a rapidly beating heart, divine power and mana were circulating rapidly.

“Of course, you won’t experience three months as they are. You will only indirectly see the major events.”

If I was going to experience three months, wouldn’t that be experiencing it, not indirectly? What did she mean by that?

“It won’t take that long. There is no option to send Princess Mimir out in the future I saw. So, naturally, there won’t be many important turning points. It will be over in a day at the earliest. In real time, of course.”

That was welcome news.

I thought it would take at least a week.

To be able to finish it in a day.

“Of course, it’s not 100%. As I said, the future has already deviated from my predictions. There may be fewer important turning points, but conversely, there may be more. If the choice you make is a ‘variable’ equivalent to the birth of an end god, there is a good chance that there will be many important turning points.”

Mora’s divine power became even stronger. I could tell by instinct.

Time acceleration was about to begin.

“If that happens, it could take a week, not just a day.”

A week.

It was a very short time to pay for gaining three months.

Even if that happened, it was something I could endure.

“You don’t seem impatient. Good. In that state, keep your composure. Whether it’s a week or a day, they are small things compared to what you will eventually gain.”

Mora’s hand, which I felt on my back, twitched.

I felt like the force pressing on my back had weakened.

“Then, this is goodbye.”

No, it wasn’t like it had weakened, it had actually weakened.

Right now, Mora was just resting her hand on my back.

There was none of the pressure from before.

“You don’t have to worry about going outside. When time acceleration is over, you will automatically be ejected from the relic.”

There was no strength in her voice either.

She sounded like someone who had poured out everything and was about to collapse from exhaustion.

“So, don’t worry about anything else and focus on the given situation.”

Her words were breathless, as if she was running out of air.

“Experiencing the future is not as easy as you think. It will be very difficult.”

Mora’s hand fell from my back. She probably didn’t have the strength to lift her hand anymore.

“So, brace yourself and prepare. With a desperate will… you must… endure.”

Her words were getting fainter.

The position of the voice I was hearing was also getting lower.

She probably didn’t have the strength to stand and had just sat down.

“Endure and endure… and get the future in your hands. And…”

Mora’s words were getting longer.

The gap of 1 second became 2 seconds, the gap of 2 seconds became 3 seconds, and the gap of 3 seconds became 5 seconds.

It was getting slower and slower.

“You must… veil… end… god…”

It continued to slow down like that.

“Please…”

Soon, Mora’s voice completely stopped.

She had disappeared without even finishing her sentence.

‘Yes.’

I answered inwardly.

I didn’t hear the end of her words, but I knew what she was trying to say.

‘I will definitely win.’

I would definitely kill the end god and achieve victory.

I made that resolution.

‘Thank you.’

At the same time, I offered a sincere thank you to Mora.

I had received too much help.

It was at a level that I would never be able to thank her enough for in my entire life.

I would have to live my whole life with gratitude.

‘I will definitely repay this favor.’

When I engraved those two resolutions in my heart.

My mind began to blur.

It felt like my perceived time was accelerating.

It was as if this world was a world in a video, and I was a character in that video, and that video was being fast-forwarded.

That was the feeling.

And when that sensation slowly began to fade.

“I never thought we would meet again like this.”

I was standing in a familiar place.

“Shin Hayul.”

The site of Halamanium.

The inner quarters at the very end of the Green Castle.

In that familiar place, a familiar figure was sitting and looking at me.

“My successor.”

“Master…?”

Ray Bell Bytenar.

He was exuding a distinctly different feeling from the split bodies I had met so far,

Probably the real master.

“After a long wait, I have finally met you.”

He appeared before me.