The Return of The Mythical Archmage [EN]: Chapter 449

As Adela, Jisun Chan, and Stella retreated from the front lines, a black barrier formed around the area.

‘Is this a barrier to prevent us from going outside?’

Veil observed the barrier that had spread around him, his eyes gleaming with interest.

It was the first time Veil had seen black magic using mythical magic [magic that draws power from ancient myths and legends].

It was natural for him to be intrigued.

‘He’s quite skilled.’

Starting with the darkness transforming into needles, then a monster, a snake, a bird, and finally, the form of a barrier.

His skill in handling mythical magic was considerable.

‘But why is he doing such a pointless thing?’

Veil glared at the Black Magic King with sharp eyes.

‘I don’t understand why he’s wasting his power on such a useless barrier.’

This barrier only blocked the outside.

It had no abilities that would give an advantage in battle.

The structure of this barrier was focused solely on preventing Veil from leaving.

And there was only one reason why he wouldn’t want Veil to leave.

‘Could it be, to protect his comrades?’

To protect his comrades.

To ensure the safety of the three who had just left, as well as the group gathering information at headquarters.

It was clear that he had created this barrier solely for that purpose.

There was no other reason to create such a barrier.

‘I guess that’s the answer, since you’re silent.’

Veil scoffed as if it were ridiculous.

‘It’s absurd. Are you mistaken that you’ve become light yourself, just because you’re with the light?’

If Sein Vinoche had created the barrier, it would be understandable.

Sein Vinoche was a virtuous man.

A person of extreme good who cared for his comrades and the world, and would not hesitate to give his life to protect someone.

He would go to great lengths to protect his comrades. That was something Sein would definitely do.

‘Or has the light melted your brain? Self-proclaimed King of Black Magic.’

But it wasn’t Sein Vinoche who created this barrier.

It was the Black Magic King who created the barrier.

The king of black mages, a person who was called the scourge of this world.

He was the polar opposite of Sein Vinoche, an extreme criminal who was wasting his power to protect his comrades.

It was an act that was impossible to understand.

‘You speak amusingly.’

The Black Magic King scoffed, just like Veil, with a ridiculous expression.

‘Did I create a barrier to save my comrades? There’s no way.’

The Black Magic King was not a person who could sacrifice himself for his comrades.

He had become somewhat gentler as he assimilated with Sein and Sophia, but he was still evil.

No matter how much purified water you pour into muddy water, it’s still muddy water.

‘This barrier is solely for my own purpose.’

The Black Magic King was extremely selfish.

This barrier was also created for a selfish and greedy reason.

It was definitely not created to protect his comrades.

Veil sneered as if to say, ‘Don’t talk nonsense.’

‘To achieve your purpose? What benefit is there in this barrier?’

‘Don’t you know?’

The Black Magic King also sneered like Veil.

‘You look like you have no idea. Then there’s no choice. I’ll have to explain it to your dull brain out of pity.’

The Black Magic King spoke with his characteristic sarcastic expression and an incredibly annoying tone.

‘It can tie your feet.’

‘……What?’

Veil’s expression momentarily became blank. He was so dumbfounded by the absurd words that he was momentarily stunned.

‘Hahaha!’

Then he burst into laughter.

He had an expression that couldn’t be more joyful.

‘Tying my feet is a benefit?’

It was comical.

Could there be anything more ridiculous than this?

‘You fool. I was expecting some kind of sophistry, but all you’re saying is that you’re admitting you created this barrier to protect your comrades.’

The only benefit of tying Veil’s feet was the safety of his comrades.

‘This is truly hilarious! Hahaha!’

He said he didn’t care about his comrades, but he was admitting that he created the barrier for them.

It was truly ridiculous.

Even a first-class clown couldn’t do such a good job of clowning.

‘What’s so funny?’

The Black Magic King said, still with a sneer.

‘Are you not even aware of your own clowning?’

Veil looked at the Black Magic King as if he were a pitiful beggar.

Has his head completely gone bad from being influenced by the light?

That was the kind of expression he had.

‘Is clowning what you’re doing right now?’

The corners of the Black Magic King’s mouth curled up even further.

The already annoying expression became even more annoying.

‘A foolish former Black King, Veil Stoll, who is trapped in a cage and facing death, yet feels no sense of crisis.’

A foolish former Black King.

Veil’s eyebrows twitched at that title.

‘No, I should say you’re worse than a clown. Looking at how you’re still not aware of your situation.’

Veil’s expression hardened coldly.

‘You bug…….’

He had been playing along with the clown’s antics, but he was crossing the line.

A bug that crossed the line had to be crushed.

‘If that gaping mouth is your last remaining pride, then disappear with only that pride left.’

Veil immediately moved his divine power to form a divine technique [a powerful technique that utilizes divine power].

A gray sphere floated up and expanded.

‘Go.’

The gray sphere, which had instantly grown to a diameter of 10 meters, flew towards the Black Magic King.

There was no violent or imposing feeling typical of high-level magic.

To the average person, it might look like a gray cloud of smoke flying.

‘You seem angry. You’re using that right away.’

But that was not the case.

That gray sphere was a divine technique with power beyond 9th circle magic [the highest level of conventional magic].

It was a power with such a high level that ordinary people could not even perceive it, so ordinary people could not feel anything.

The Black Magic King was fully aware of the wonder of that power.

‘You won’t be able to avoid it. That divine technique is designed to chase your soul to the end.’

Veil, who had ascended to the position of a god, could see and manipulate all kinds of supernatural energies, including souls.

Creating a divine technique that tracked souls was not difficult.

‘Yes. It certainly looks like I can’t avoid it.’

The Black Magic King coolly admitted.

It certainly seemed impossible to avoid that magic.

‘Are you giving up?’

The gray sphere was accelerating more and more.

Soon, the sphere reached the place where the Black Magic King was.

‘Give up? Does it look like that?’

The Black Magic King stretched out his right hand.

‘It’s certainly impossible to avoid. But.’

Darkness gathered in the Black Magic King’s right hand.

A much thicker and stickier darkness than when he had unleashed tens of thousands of needles earlier gathered and squirmed like slime.

‘It’s possible to block it.’

The slime expanded.

Like a bubble gum inflating into a balloon.

It continued to inflate.

Exactly 10 meters in diameter.

It expanded just enough to cover the gray sphere.

‘Swallow it.’

The inflated darkness covered the gray sphere.

A case of darkness was put on the gray sphere.

And.

Pshhhhh-!

It exploded.

With a sound like a dud exploding, the gray sphere inside the darkness disappeared.

‘……He blocked it?’

Veil’s eyes sharpened.

A divine technique that should not have been blocked was blocked.

His thoughts momentarily stopped at the incomprehensible situation.

‘Why are you so surprised? Is it that shocking that a divine technique was blocked?’

The Black Magic King laughed as he retrieved the darkness that had swallowed the gray sphere.

It was a sneer filled with sincerity.

‘Certainly, divine techniques are a power above magic. It’s impossible to block a divine technique with ordinary magic.’

Veil took out the darkness again and played with it, moving it around.

‘But my magic is not just ordinary magic, it’s mythical magic, a power that directly inherits myths. With mythical magic, you can resist divine techniques to some extent.’

The darkness changed its shape in various ways.

The darkness soon took the form of Sein’s sword.

‘Moreover, your insignificant divine technique, which is not even a skilled one, but just a fledgling one. It would be strange if I couldn’t block it.’

Veil’s expression twisted even more fiercely.

‘That reaction. It seems I hit the nail on the head.’

That extreme anger.

That was a reaction that only someone who had been hit on the mark could show.

As expected, Veil’s divine technique was only at the level of a newborn’s first steps.

‘……I’ll kill you.’

Veil prepared another divine technique.

‘Whoa, whoa. Calm down. Former Black King. There’s still more to talk about.’

Veil spoke with a tone full of mockery.

‘You’ve become a god. You can’t even suppress that much anger.’

‘…….’

Veil prepared his divine technique as if he didn’t care about the Black Magic King’s taunts.

This time, he put in a little more effort.

So that it could not be avoided or blocked.

He prepared his divine technique with all his might.

‘Hmm. Your personality is as childish as your divine technique.’

The Black Magic King mocked him one last time.

‘Then there’s no choice. I, as an adult, have to understand.’

Then, he immediately began to move the darkness to match Veil’s divine technique.

He condensed the darkness into a form similar to Veil’s divine technique, so that it could counter it.

‘Former King. Listen while you’re angry.’

Veil’s divine technique took the form of a dragon.

‘Earlier, when you asked what benefit I could get from this barrier, I answered that the benefit was that it could tie your feet.’

The Black Magic King’s darkness also immediately took the form of a dragon.

‘I’ll explain it to you with a commentary, since you still don’t seem to understand what that means.’

The gray dragon created by Veil roared fiercely.

The black dragon that the Black Magic King had imitated glared at the gray dragon and growled as if it were ridiculous.

‘This barrier is to block your escape.’

And the next moment, the gray dragon began to move.

It flew through the sky and rushed towards the Black Magic King at lightning speed.

‘If this barrier wasn’t here, you would have chosen to escape in a minute.’

At the same time, the Black Magic King’s black dragon also began to move.

It opened its jaws wide and flew towards the approaching gray dragon.

‘Even a rotten fish is still a fish. I’m not confident that I can stop you from escaping with all your might without a barrier.’

The two dragons collided.

And.

Crack!

A loud sound of something being torn apart rang out.

‘……What?’

Veil’s eyes trembled.

He had an expression that he couldn’t believe what was happening before his eyes.

‘You must have thought you were overwhelmingly stronger.’

The Black Magic King’s black dragon was chewing and swallowing Veil’s gray dragon.

The gray dragon was being ravaged by the black dragon without any resistance.

‘That’s why you thought this barrier was just a useless waste. If you think based on the premise that you are strong, it’s certainly a barrier that seems to have no benefit.’

The Black Magic King glared at Veil with cold eyes.

‘How is it? Are you coming to your senses now?’

He maintained his cold gaze and raised one corner of his mouth.

‘I’ll say it again. You are not above me.’

The Black Magic King was never below Veil Stoll.

It was something that could be seen just by looking at the level they had reached.

‘A foolish king who could not rise above the 9th circle, despite being in a more advantageous position than anyone else.’

The Black Magic King had reached the 10th circle [a level of magic beyond the conventional 9 circles].

He had reached the pinnacle, a level that no one had ever reached before.

He had seen the scenery above that, which neither Ray nor Veil had reached.

That was the Black Magic King.

‘Unless you can bind me with the Black Tongue, there is no way you can defeat me.’

Veil Stoll could not defeat the Black Magic King.

‘Kneel down and bow your head. Former King. No…….’

The Black Magic King spoke with a gaze that seemed to look down on Veil.

‘Defeated King.’

The Black Magic King.

His voice echoed heavily like a mountain.