The Return of The Mythical Archmage [EN]: Chapter 455

The Rebirth of a Mythical Archmage-456

Using the Veil absorbed by the End God, I’m going to steal the End God’s divine power.

I came up with this method just a moment ago.

Seeing him use divine magic to block Ignis’s lightning strikes, I realized that I could absorb that divine power.

And at the same time, I also figured out how to steal the End God’s divine power using the Lightning Dragon and divine magic.

I figured the End God, who possessed omnipotent divine power, wouldn’t be on guard, so I put my plan into action.

The result is as you see.

As I expected, the End God was completely unprepared and had his divine power stolen by me.

“Your divine magic has been completely neutralized.”

With this, my divine power now surpasses that of the End God.

The End God’s divine magic can no longer harm me.

“It’s over.”

The match is decided.

The End God is now in the same state as a mage who cannot use mana.

Even if the world turns upside down, he can’t beat me.

“……”

The End God glared at me, his face contorted in a frown.

Judging by his silence, the End God must also be feeling it.

That my divine power is a step above his own.

“Hmm. Cain Benetzech. So, he was worthy of that man’s gamble.”

The End God clicked his tongue.

His expression is quite peculiar.

An expression that seems to mix disgust and joy.

He’s disgusted that he’s being pushed back by my divine power, but he seems pleased that the Black Magic King’s judgment wasn’t flawed.

‘What on earth happened with the Black Magic King?’

I’ve been thinking about it since earlier, but the more I hear, the more surprising his reaction is.

For the End God to acknowledge and respect a mere human to this extent.

What on earth happened between the Black Magic King and him?

What did the Black Magic King do to make the End God so infatuated with him?

I can’t even imagine.

“Anyway, to steal divine power from me… That’s an unimaginable method. Not bad. No, honestly, it was a brilliant strategy.”

The End God clapped slowly.

It was as if he was praising a subordinate.

“Don’t put on an act.”

To me, it just looked like a bluff.

“Putting on an act? Me?”

The End God laughed as if it were absurd.

“I suppose it might seem that way. You seem to think of me as just a simple god.”

That was a meaningful statement.

Just a simple god?

What does he mean?

Does he want to say that he’s a very special god?

That because he’s so special, a lack of divine power is no problem?

Is that what he’s trying to claim?

“No matter how great a god you are, it’s useless. The laws of divine power are absolute…”

“You don’t need to state the obvious. I know that.”

The End God interrupted me.

“I know more about divine power than you do. It’s true that with the divine power I have now, I can’t stand against you.”

The End God extended his index finger upwards, and divine power surged from it.

The divine power soon turned into flames.

Perhaps because the divine power contained was weak, the flames were only the size of a lighter flame.

“Even if my divine magic is much more refined and complete.”

The flames soon changed shape into various forms.

They changed into the shape of a bird, then into the shape of a person, and even into the shape of a castle.

“Since my divine power is inferior, I can’t harm you.”

It didn’t end there.

The flames soon turned into ice, the ice turned back into lightning, and the lightning suddenly turned into earth.

The manipulation of divine power he showed in just about 5 seconds contained everything about divine magic.

It’s a level of control that I can’t possibly match right now.

“But that’s all. I just can’t harm you with divine magic.”

The End God withdrew his divine power, lowered his hand, and stared at me intently.

“Just as you can’t harm me with divine magic. I also can’t harm you with divine magic.”

“……”

Did he notice?

“Why are you looking at me like that? Did you think I wouldn’t know you can’t use divine magic?”

The End God chuckled.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t notice. I immediately realized your divine magic was clumsy after seeing that pathetic lightning strike from earlier.”

He’s referring to the divine magic I used to divert the Lightning Dragon’s attention.

“I was wary, thinking it might be an unknown divine magic, but I never imagined it would be so basic. I couldn’t have imagined it.”

That’s right.

My divine magic is very basic.

My past week was spent solely on receiving divine power.

I have no idea how to use divine power at all.

My divine magic is not even at the level of a 1st circle spell.

“Since you can’t use divine magic, the superiority of divine power is meaningless. Where do you see me at a disadvantage?”

The End God smiled with a relaxed gesture.

It was an expression and smile that seemed to say, ‘If you have anything else to say, go ahead and say it.’

“That’s right. I certainly can’t use divine magic. I can’t pressure you with divine magic.”

I’ll admit what I need to admit.

I’ve only gained the means to counter the End God’s divine power.

It’s impossible to launch an offensive with divine magic.

“But I have magic.”

However, my weapon is not divine magic.

I’ve only received divine power.

I’m not a god.

I’m a human.

And a mage.

“You have no means to counter my magic.”

Therefore, this battle is my victory.

The End God, who has lost his only weapon, divine magic, cannot stop my magic.

The End God laughed as if it were amusing.

“You really only know one thing and not the other.”

It was a laugh as if my confidence was very cute.

“Half of the God of Humanity. You said earlier.”

The smile suddenly disappeared from the End God’s face.

“That you were able to absorb my divine power because I absorbed Veil Stoll, the other half of the God of Humanity.”

“…What about it?”

What is he trying to say?

“You still don’t understand even after I’ve said this much.”

The End God raised his left hand.

“I didn’t just absorb Veil Stoll’s divine power.”

An intangible energy emanated from the End God’s left hand.

An energy that was similar to divine power, but subtly different.

An energy that was very familiar to me.

“…Mana?”

“That’s right.”

The End God was manipulating mana.

“I absorbed everything from Veil Stoll. Everything.”

He’s freely manipulating the corrupted mana that belonged to Veil Stoll as if it were his own.

The End God had absorbed not only divine power from Veil, but also black magic.

‘This is…’

This is an unexpected scenario.

I never imagined that the arrogant End God would accept a power other than divine power.

“I didn’t originally intend to absorb it, but my mind changed after the battles over the past six days. Cain Benetzech. After seeing that man, I became interested in black magic.”

The Black Magic King’s name came up again.

What on earth did the Black Magic King do to the End God?

What did he do to make the End God change his own values?

“Now. Since you seem to understand everything, I’ll ask again.”

The corrupted mana within the End God surged like an explosion.

It was a level of enormous mana that I had never felt before.

It was more than twice as large as the past Veil Stoll I had encountered in Mimir’s Library or the Hall of Halamanium.

“Between you and me. Who is more advantageous?”

“……”

“Judging by your inability to answer, you seem to know it yourself.”

Both the End God and I cannot harm each other with divine power, so in terms of divine power, we are equal.

If we only think in terms of divine power, there is no advantage or disadvantage for either of us.

“The Veil Stoll within me is saying. Your magic skills are terrible.”

But if magic is involved, the story is a bit different.

“Your magic is incomplete. Your magic cannot penetrate my black magic.”

My skills are still below Veil Stoll’s.

With Mora’s help and my teacher’s help, I barely reached the 9th circle, but that’s all.

It’s not enough to face Veil Stoll, who has surpassed the 9th circle and reached the pinnacle of black magic.

“If you want to beat me, at least surpass your teacher first.”

Even my teacher in his prime couldn’t defeat Veil Stoll.

It’s nearly impossible for me, who hasn’t even surpassed my teacher yet, to defeat the End God who has absorbed Veil Stoll.

‘If the End God has absorbed Veil Stoll’s magic skills as they are, I have no chance of winning in this state.’

I need her help to defeat the End God.

‘……I need Mimir.’

My partner, whom I had to part with for a while.

‘If I can just synchronize with Mimir again, I can win even in this state.’

If I can once again use the mythic magic’s no-chant casting with Mimir’s support.

If that happens, I can win.

‘All I can do now is buy time.’

I’ll buy as much time as possible until Mimir reappears before me.

That’s the best choice I can make right now.

‘Factio.’

I held the red gem I had around my neck and activated the magic.

Oooooo-!

At that moment, my other partner, who had been sleeping beyond the red gem, appeared.

As I reached the 9th circle, Miho also bloomed all nine of her tails and became complete.

Miho stood proudly beside me.

Perhaps because she was so close, Miho’s strengthened power was directly transmitted to me.

“……Ho.”

A strange light flickered in the End God’s eyes.

He seems to be interested in Miho.

“Her soul itself has a unique structure. Is that beast also a heretic who has deviated from the laws of the world?”

He seems to have immediately grasped Miho’s characteristic as a guardian of the soul.

Is it because the supreme god is indeed the supreme god?

“So. What are you going to do with that beast?”

The End God scattered corrupted mana.

The mana scattered in all directions soon took on the attribute of death.

If you touch that mana, you will lose your life.

“Miho.”

At that moment, Miho’s body glowed.

A translucent light, similar to a soul fire, flickered and then expanded.

The entire world was filled with translucent light.

Crack, crack!

The mana with the death attribute collided with the energy emitted by Miho and disappeared with the sound of burning firewood.

‘This is the power of the complete Divine Beast Nine-Tailed Fox…’

Indeed, it was the soul fire of the Nine-Tailed Fox that burns evil and erases negativity.

I never imagined she would burn those mana so easily.

“That flame…”

The End God’s eyes lit up as he looked at the soul fire that filled the surroundings.

“I see. So, your goal is to buy time.”

He seems to have immediately grasped the characteristics of the soul fire and realized that it was a power optimized for buying time.

“You’re doing a useless thing. Do you think something will change if you buy time?”

The End God snorted as if it were absurd.

It was an expression that seemed to say, ‘Does buying some time create a method that doesn’t exist?’

“I’ll crush such a pathetic scheme head-on.”

Bingo.

From my point of view, it was a very welcome statement.

If he responds with such a direct approach, I couldn’t ask for more.

“…That’s what I would have said until 6 days ago.”

Then, the End God twisted one corner of his mouth.

“But not now.”

The End God’s mana fluctuated abnormally.

“The current me doesn’t let my guard down.”

The abnormally transformed mana surpassed Miho’s soul fire and spread in all directions.

“If your goal is to buy time, I’ll accelerate the battlefield by force so you can’t buy time.”

“Miho!”

At my call, Miho moved the soul fire.

She tried to increase the range of the soul fire to somehow block the outflow of mana, but it was useless.

‘I can’t keep up with the speed.’

The speed of the soul fire is not that fast.

The corrupted mana emitted by the End God completely escaped the range of the soul fire and poured out.

“You’ll have to hurry.”

The End God said leisurely, looking at the mana that had been emitted.

“If you don’t defeat me quickly…”

At that moment, the mana emitted by the End God exploded all at once.

The feeling was different from an ordinary explosion.

It was an explosion with a strangely vivid feeling.

What on earth is that explosion?

“The outside will be annihilated first.”

The question was immediately resolved.

From the point of the explosion, strange-shaped monsters began to appear one by one.

“Monster Create…!”

It’s one of the 9th circle black magic spells, a very annoying magic that artificially creates monsters.

Depending on the amount of mana contained, it can also create monsters with power comparable to a 9th circle mage.

“What can you do with monsters created with just that amount of mana?”

But that’s all.

Even if they are monsters created using the mana that was hastily emitted like that, they are just trash that is not even as good as an S-rank monster.

It’s a trivial skill that doesn’t need to be bothered with.

“Who said that monsters were created using only mana?”

The End God raised his hand.

He pointed to the monster closest to him.

“Take a good look.”

“……”

I examined the monster closely.

And soon, I was able to understand the End God’s purpose.

“Divine power…?”

Divine power was imbued within the monster’s body.

“Certainly, divine power is of no help against you. But…”

The End God smiled as he watched the mages who had begun to respond to the monsters.

“What about other people?”

“Everyone, run away…!”

I urgently shouted at the mages.

“Too late.”

However, the monsters moved faster than I could shout.

Eleven 7th and 8th circle mages were annihilated in an instant.

They couldn’t block the flames that the monster lightly emitted, and they all turned to ashes and became dust.

10% of the high-level forces disappeared in one second.

If that guy is left alone, it’s clear that they will be annihilated in an instant.

“Now. What are you going to do? Are you going to buy more time like this? Or are you going to struggle to somehow defeat me?”

The End God looked at me and laughed with pleasure.

“Whatever choice you make, I will respect it. Feel free to choose.”

“……”

It’s dangerous.

No matter which one I choose, the result will lead to my defeat.

This won’t do.

‘I need to come up with a plan.’

If I can’t think of a way, it’ll end here.

I need to think of something.

I kept thinking and thinking.

Thinking and thinking again.

—Can you hear me?

It was then that someone’s voice was directly heard in my head.

—It’s a message.

It was Adela’s voice.

—It’ll be done in 10 minutes. So, hold on until then. …That’s what he says.

There was no need to ask whose message it was.