Genius Wizard Hides His Sword Skills [EN]: Chapter 110

110. Hidden Power (2)

Just five minutes prior.

Kiiiiieeeek!

Carles still faced the unidentified creature. It was only natural that his eyes narrowed from the relentless back-and-forth with the thing.

‘Just what is that thing…?’

Kwaaaaa!

Another massive energy wave shot out.

‘To unleash such raw power without any restraint!’

He countered with the power of the Trident.

Kuuuuuuu!

The clash of immense energies had already occurred several times. The creature showed no signs of fatigue, continuously spewing untamed power.

Fortunately, he himself had been fighting defensively until now.

‘Now I can fight properly.’

He had deliberately been passive to protect Ian and his subordinates behind him.

He was worried that the energy waves the creature fired might hit them.

‘I don’t know how that human showed up so fresh.’

However, after that human, Anghel, appeared, the rest were able to evacuate.

“To dare resist me! This is the end!”

There was no longer any need to passively respond to the giant monster before him.

Kigiiiiiek!

The creature twisted its bizarre joints again, raising its hand. Its massive arm, easily 10 meters long, was aimed at him.

However, he felt no fear in the face of that giant.

“Hmph! A big oaf showing off!”

Suwang Chieftain, Carles. That was his name.

Kwaaaaa!

The creature’s energy wave erupted. There was no need to confront the incoming powerful energy head-on anymore.

Taat!

He simply took a step to the side, evading the creature’s trajectory.

Now that there was no one to protect, he didn’t waste unnecessary energy on the creature’s linear attacks.

Kwaaaaa!

With the energy wave that seemed to split the ground in half beside him.

“Time to settle this!”

Taat!

He kicked off the ground with force.

Leading with the Trident, he soared through the sky.

Kigiiiiiek!

It was instantaneous to reach the creature’s immediate vicinity.

‘Was it not a living being?’

The creature’s face, seen up close, resembled a wooden doll. Its soulless, bland expression evoked a sense of déjà vu.

However, the creature was still emitting strange energy.

‘First, the arm!’

The target was the shoulder joint of its left arm. The monster was firing energy with both arms. Eliminating its means of attack was the top priority.

Wuuuuuung!

The Trident began to rumble softly.

‘Go!’

Simultaneously, he thrust out his right arm holding the spear, and in that instant, flashes of light.

The tip of the Trident shone as if to dye the world.

Kuaaaaa!

Shortly after, three beams of light shot towards the giant doll.

“Trying to be clever!”

He couldn’t help but curl up one corner of his mouth. No one who had directly faced the Trident’s attack had ever endured it.

Kigiiiiiek!

The light brushed past the creature’s joints, as if gnawing at them.

Kuuuuuuuung!

As expected, a massive roar followed.

‘It’s huge.’

It was the noise caused by the giant arm, reaching 10 meters, plummeting to the ground.

“A nobody acting up.”

However, even after tearing off the creature’s arm, the spear’s energy did not disappear. As if it was still far from enough.

Kuaaaaa!

The golden energy shook the entire forest as it shot into the sky.

‘……Did I use too much power?’

It was the true power of the Trident, which he had not fully unleashed, worried about those around him being swept away.

Kigiiiiiek!

However, the giant doll continued to move its body, seemingly without any pain from the severed arm.

The creature reached out again with its remaining arm.

“I told you it wouldn’t work anymore.”

After landing on the ground, he immediately sprinted forward.

‘I’ll make sure it can’t move at all this time.’

He had already eliminated one of the creature’s attack methods, so next was to limit its mobility.

After the final leap, the Trident headed for the creature’s right shin.

Kwaaaaa!

The Trident’s fierce energy shattered the creature’s leg as it shot through.

Kigigigiek!

The creature began to fall with a strange noise. Unable to maintain its balance on one leg, its massive body began to collapse over the forest.

“Wow! Awesome! Why are you so strong? Amazing!”

At that moment, a voice was heard from behind.

“Oh, you’ve returned.”

Aries and Ian were revealing themselves through the trees.

“You’ve worked hard, Carles-nim. Was that roar just now caused by you, Carles-nim?”

“Of course. That’s the true power of my Trident.”

The energy had shaken the entire forest, so there was no way Ian hadn’t felt it.

“You’ve been conserving your strength all this time, worried that we might get caught up in it.”

“Haha! Of course. Were you doubting me, perhaps?”

“Not at all. I have never not believed in you.”

“Hmph! Anyway, I don’t think you need to worry anymore.”

Ian lowered his head. A smile naturally appeared on his face at the sight.

‘Still, I’ve put one worry to rest.’

It was a situation where the boy, the benefactor of Ego, could have been hurt because of him. Now he could finally guarantee his safety.

‘Sigh. Where did such a monster come from?’

The unidentified giant doll lay collapsed, half-destroyed in the forest. There was nothing the creature could do against him now.

‘Still, I just need to take care of that guy now.’

All that remained was the fellow named Dipone, who was fighting Anghel.

* * *

‘Haa. Where did these monsters come from!’

Dipone gritted his teeth.

Not only the magician who suddenly appeared and interfered with him.

Kuuuuuung!

The large man wielding the spear had even defeated his secret weapon, Azuro.

‘Unbelievable. Unbelievable!’

What kind of being was Azuro? His own secret weapon, created at the cost of his life. A messenger of hell to place the world at his feet.

‘How could that happen!’

A monster that even he couldn’t guarantee victory against. That mountain-like existence had collapsed so futilely.

‘Was that giant holding back his strength until now?’

The spear-wielding monster created by Delema had subdued Azuro far too easily.

Whether it was the joints made of the ten thousand year iron he had painstakingly obtained, or the skin made of gargoyle leather. Before his spear, it seemed to be nothing more than dust.

‘Haa……. It’s all over.’

He could now feel anew why the name Delema had spread throughout the continent.

He thought he was creating weapons to dominate the world, but they had created far more absurd monsters.

“Why are you looking away!”

Even the man before him was not easy to deal with.

Hwaaaak!

The Sand Spears that continuously rose from the ground. He couldn’t help but resent the man who fired high-level magic in succession.

Kwaaaang!

The spear pierced the shield he hastily erected. Each time, it felt as if his limbs were being torn apart.

‘Haa. I can’t be held back here like this!’

A sigh escaped him.

He prided himself on having reached a relatively high level among the achievements of the 8th Star [a high rank for mages], but the man’s magic level seemed to be on par with his own.

Of course, he could understand that far. Delema was one of the most renowned magical families on the continent. It wasn’t strange for someone under their command to use 8th Star magic.

The problem, however, was…….

“Just what is your identity?”

“What do you mean?”

“You’ve clearly been injured, so why are the wounds disappearing!”

Clearly, he had also been damaged by his magic. As evidence, his robe was torn in several places.

They hadn’t been able to inflict direct magical damage on each other, but the shockwaves from the collision of magical power had created wounds all over their bodies.

But what did he look like now?

‘This guy, that guy. Delema has created monsters!’

The minor lacerations had disappeared without a trace.

‘Did they develop a way to strengthen the body?’

He thought only the spear-wielding giant was a modified human, but the man before him was clearly of that type as well.

But the words that came from his mouth.

“Let’s just say it’s God’s grace.”

“What?”

“If you had a god to serve, you would have lived a slightly better life.”

His eyes were filled with venom at those words.

‘God?’

It was clear that he was mocking him in the name of God.

‘This bastard is insulting me!’

If there was a god, he wouldn’t have lived so hard.

If there was a god, the world wouldn’t be like this.

“……Bullshit.”

But there was nothing more he could do.

Azuro had also fallen powerlessly, and he himself had already exhausted most of his mana. There was no place on his body that was not wounded by the waves of magical power collision.

‘Haa. So it ends like this after all. It’s all over.’

Thump!

In the end, both knees buckled powerlessly. It wasn’t just because of a lack of stamina.

The name Delema, which he could never overcome. The feeling of helplessness, like a mountain pressing down on his shoulders, made him kneel.

* * *

[It’s finally over. Because of this flimsy guy, I’m the only one who suffered!]

Oberon was glaring at this one. Dipone was kneeling, bound by magic restraints. He had been subdued by Anghel after all.

“Are we going to talk here? Or should we take him away and torture him? Tell me if you need it. I’m a first-rate torturer.”

Carles also seemed displeased with him, but.

“Let’s talk a bit here first and then decide.”

There were still many things he was curious about regarding the guy.

“Dipone. Reveal your identity.”

Dipone, who had been kneeling with his head bowed. His head was raised.

[This guy keeps smiling creepily! It’s annoying!]

Dipone slowly opened his mouth, still maintaining his crescent-shaped eyes.

“As you know, am I not a merchant?”

Even though everything was over, the guy maintained a sly attitude.

‘This guy’s got some nerve.’

[Why is that damn guy so relaxed? It’s even more annoying!]

It was a different kind of composure than Aries. Hers was due to the side effects of black magic, but this guy seemed truly detached.

“It seems you’re creating quite strange things for a merchant.”

The giant doll that Carles had defeated. Dipone’s eyes were faintly trembling as he looked at it.

“Didn’t I tell you, it’s a work of art. Isn’t it beautiful?”

“That grotesque thing is beautiful?”

“It’s a work of art that will change the world. You have no eye for beauty.”

His talk of changing the world. He couldn’t help but be curious about that story. Both he and the Round Table were thinking the same thing.

“What is the world you desire?”

“The world I desire…….”

The look in his eyes suddenly hardened into a straight line as he continued to speak.

“I’ll show you directly with my work of art.”

Along with that, a strange sound was heard in his ear.

Kigiiiiiek!

Along with a short mechanical friction sound.

Tuk! Tuk! Tuk! Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!

The mouth of the giant doll, which the guy called a work of art, began to twitch.