The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 185

185.

Puh-woooo!

A merchant ship on the right flank of the Yeonhwan Fleet was engulfed in flames. A pirate mage had directly hit it with a fireball.

“Oh my god.”

“We have to escape to the central row!”

As the fleet listed and screams mingled with shouts, pirates swarmed aboard.

“Where do you think you’re going, pretties? Hee hee hee.”

“We’re going to have some fun with you!”

All sailors navigating the vast Southern Sea are both seamen and combatants.

The sailors tried to fight back with swords and poles, but…

Before a giant over 3 meters tall, they were just lambs trembling in fear like everyone else.

“Woah!”

The Giant Slayer slammed down his massive shield. Two sailors were crushed into bloody chunks, and the deck collapsed entirely!

The Giant Slayer smiled with satisfaction as he saw the hold revealed beneath the shattered deck, filled with countless barrels of alcohol.

Then, he grabbed three barrels at once, smashed them open, and poured the liquor into his mouth.

“That’s…!”

Just as Valenciidus looked down at the scene from the mast, the Mage Slayer stormed in.

“Haha, you can afford to look away!”

From the tip of the fan wielded by Valenciidus, a wind blade containing an infinite vacuum domain was born, emitting a sharp tearing sound.

“Yah, you use interesting tools?”

Originally, it was a force that could easily cut even metal…

“How about comparing it to my sword, Manabein?”

When it collided with the sword he swung gracefully, instead of a deafening roar, the wind blade vanished pathetically.

Clang!

Fan and blade clashed, scattering sparks across their vision, and gazes locked at close range.

“Bel Shideus…?”

“A surprised face is also cute? But you seem less surprised than I thought? Have you seen me before?”

He stretched out his left arm, constructed from dark matter, towards him, but with a dance-like retreat, he cut once with his sword, and it also scattered powerlessly!

“Your ability-based attacks don’t work on me!”

The sword strike surged forward, sweeping up purple thoughts.

Valenciidus evaded this by performing three consecutive aerial somersaults, while simultaneously creating and launching seven wind blades by waving his fan! Master!

“Hya! Amazing!”

Aaron Ludwig, the Mage Slayer, deflected one with Manabein, evaded the next two, and scattered the remaining four with Manabein.

‘That sword…’

Valenciidus’s eyes narrowed as he landed on the deck of the central row’s deep-sea fishing vessel.

‘There’s something in that sword. And that’s linked to Bel Shideus…’

It was exerting a power similar to Bel Curias.

The ultimate power to extinguish all abilities, Bel Curias. Facing it directly, the pressure is immense…

The Mage Slayer, indeed, lives up to his claim as the nemesis of mages.

“Now, don’t move.”

Just as Valenciidus was preparing his next attack, the Mage Slayer, who had already landed on the other side, grabbed a woman and said.

“If you move, I’ll kill this woman.”

The threads of magic flowing from his fingers also grabbed four other passengers.

“Of course, I’ll kill you even if you don’t move.”

However, before Valenciidus could take any action, the boyish killer cheerfully smiled as he deeply slashed her neck!

“Why?”

“Why? Do you need a reason to kill people?”

“No. I asked something unnecessary.”

Valenciidus’s lips curled into a sneer as he watched the boy stomp on the neck of the woman, who was clutching her neck and spitting blood.

Yes, just as I heard.

A group of madmen addicted to murder, whether it was 500 years ago, 10 years ago, or now.

“So, don’t run away and let’s enjoy a hot night together! I need to taste your blood to calm this heart that’s boiling because of you!”

Manabein tore through the air at a speed that was hard to follow with the eyes.

“Now, beg! Beg for your life!”

He nullified Valenciidus’s first response and exploited the gap. He inflicted a thin wound on the neck and pierced the shoulder.

‘Truly the worst match-up…’

Even the left hand that Valenciidus creates with black magic is scattered in an instant… It was at that moment.

Between Aaron, who had struck into the gap of killing intent, and Valenciidus, a flame flew and pierced through that narrow space with a clang.

The Mage Slayer immediately somersaulted backward, distancing himself from the unknown attack, and twitched his lips.

“A staff?”

It was at that very moment.

For a moment, it felt as if the colors had disappeared from the world, and then a deafening roar erupted.

Something cold raced through the Mage Slayer’s mind.

“Huh?”

A fiery thunderbolt that tore through the night sky plummeted and struck the surface of the water.

The dozen or so pirate ships caught in the flames didn’t have time to extinguish the fire or for the crew to move to other ships.

It was just a moment, a single moment.

In an instant, they turned to ashes and sank into the sea.

And another shot!

This time, a fiery perforation plunged down upon the pirates who were ramming the merchant ships and climbing onto the ships.

Puh-woooo!

The surface of the water soared as if torn apart, and hot spray swept even into this central row.

In a fleeting moment of less than a few seconds, had all the pirates been wiped out except for those who had climbed onto the fleet?

“You’ve finally arrived.”

A young man was walking from where Valenciidus spoke as if urging him on.

From the hand firmly tying the gat끈 [a string or ribbon used to tie a Korean traditional hat] of the satgat [a Korean traditional hat] under his chin, a terrifying flame still flickered. It was the backlash from using powerful fire magic.

Red eyes gleamed from beneath the shadow of the satgat. It was the same light emanating from the Mage Slayer’s eyes.

“Are you a member of the Slayers?”

Overwhelmed by his supernatural presence, the Mage Slayer was silent for a moment.

When he finally opened his mouth… his eyes were sparkling innocently like a boy.

“Ooh, those cute eyes… are you my descendant? Or a descendant of my nephew?”

“…?”

“I’ve always wanted to make eyes that have awakened Bel Shideus into a collectible, so can I have them?”

He’s not making any sense.

As soon as I saw him smiling with so much blood on his sword, I could tell at once that he was that historical killer.

“Valenciidus, help people evacuate and heal them. The witches are overwhelmed.”

“Understood. Be careful of that sword. It seems to have the power to scatter magic.”

“Yaa! Where are you going while you’re playing with me—”

Rain blocked the Mage Slayer, who was rushing towards Valenciidus as he turned away, and sparks exploded.

The staff and sword were facing each other, and beyond them, two pairs of Bel Shideus were staring at each other.

And in the next moment, the staff and sword clashed dozens of times, emitting bursts of sound.

“Wow, amazing? You’re the first mage to stand up to my swordsmanship like this!”

Strength was evenly matched.

No, is Aaron slightly superior?

Aaron licked his upper lip sensuously, pressing the opposing blade closer and closer to Rain’s face.

“I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it! I want to cut out those eyes quickly!”

The moment Aaron’s Bel Shideus emitted an ominous light, the staff suddenly snapped in half.

No, it didn’t snap.

To be precise, the blade with the shimmering purple aura had subtly passed through the staff.

“──!”

The tip of the sword tore the brim of Rain’s satgat and drew a bloodline from his chin to his neck.

Unexpectedly, Rain kicked off the ground, spun in the air, and fired a series of fireballs!

Aaron dodged the fireballs with nimble movements or eliminated them with Manabein, advancing!

“Haha, yes, run away! Show me your running face!”

Rain readjusted his staff and changed his stance. He knew for sure now.

It doesn’t nullify magic.

It cuts off the link that allows the framework of magic, that is, abilities, to exist as abilities. Knowing that much was enough.

‘Is he partially drawing out the power of Bel Curias with that synergy?’

But even so, it’s just a loser’s imitation. It’s powerless in front of the real Bel Curias.

‘What’s more troublesome than that sword is that the battlefield is on a ship.’

The entire fleet will burn if I make even a slight mistake in controlling my power. The ships are all made of wood, after all. I would have blown up everything if it weren’t for being on a ship.

“Third Thunder.”

The moment he flicked his finger, a blade of fire appeared, tearing through the sky. But Aaron, having sensed the flow and coordinates of magic with Bel Shideus, easily evaded it!

“Kya, my nephew is incredibly hot! Are you trying to blow up the whole ship?!”

The thunderbolt, which seemed as if it would burn the ship to the ground, lost its power and disappeared just before plunging onto the deck.

Bel Curias.

0101010001, since it’s magic I used directly, reverse verification is instantaneous. And in the first place, I wasn’t aiming for a direct hit.

The real thing is this.

A torrent of flames was surging towards Aaron, who had entered an evasive maneuver to escape from the coordinates of that thunderbolt.

“That kind of thing won’t work!”

Aaron’s eyes glowed, Bel Shideus.

In this world dominated by 0s and 1s, all abilities are objectively deciphered. Its structure, its framework, its formation…!

Found it.

It’s like a boundary that inevitably exists, no matter how solid the ability is.

It’s like the junction of power and power.

In any case, if you cut that boundary, the power returns to a powerless combination of 0s and 1s. Just like this… Huh?

“Bel Curias.”

At that moment, bewilderingly, the form, the shape, the formation of the magic changed.

“What?!”

The boundary of power naturally changes its position as well.

The swordplay that was cutting the boundary becomes a meaningless movement, and at the same time, his body is swept away by the torrent of flames!

Has the genius archmage, who instantly captured Aaron’s fighting style, secured a definite victory!

“Woah!”

No, just as he was about to be swept away, there was a giant who soared in front of the flames.

The Giant Slayer, deflecting the flames to both sides with the oversized shields on both wrists.

The Mage Slayer took a deep breath and stroked the giant’s calves.

“Whew! Thanks for saving me, Adon.”

“Woah!”

And one by one, Slayer executives appeared on the deck, surrounding Rain!

“Dur-Morris, Raven Slayer. Death to all crows.”

“Dur-Morris, Navy Slayer. Death to all navies.”

“Dur-Morris, Sailor Slayer. Death to all sailors.”

Kora’s expression, who was watching this battle from the merchant ship on the left row, turned ashen.

“Three Masters and as many as two Arcs…”

The New Slayers were divided into four ranks.

Arc Slayer.

Master Slayer.

Adept Slayer.

Lesser Slayer.

Arc Slayers were the old Slayers’ Nine, that is, the leadership class, and Master Slayers were the old 100 mercenaries who served under them.

Adept and Lesser were so-called slave soldiers that the Slayers had newly trained on the Tersh Archipelago, and the Slime Slayer belonged to this category.

“Is it okay to let him fight alone? Shouldn’t we help him?”

Valenciidus, who was chanting healing spells for the injured, shrugged his shoulders.

“If we did, we’d only be holding him back. Especially in a shipboard battle like this.”

“What? Helping would be a hindrance?”

“To put it simply, there’s no need to worry. He’s the strongest human besides Pay Quarier right now.”

“…!”

“So, Aki, you stay put too. I was told to keep you with me.”

Aki, who was about to jump over the deck, glared at Valenciidus with a sulky face as he was grabbed by the scruff of his neck.

“It’s no use begging like that. Unlike that guy, I’m not weak to sentiment.”

Meanwhile, Rain was glancing sideways at the Slayers who were gradually narrowing the encirclement.

“Bel Curias, it’s going to be really good! I want it, hya! I want it so badly!”

Let’s ignore the Mage Slayer, who was panting like a pervert…

“What is your purpose?”

The vanguard, which had ridden a high wave, plummeted onto the surface of the sea, and spray flew.

“What are you plotting with Link’s descendants? What is your relationship with Zernyx? Is he the one who told you I was on this ship?”

Then, the water attribute mage, Navy Slayer, spat phlegm on the deck.

“I guess this is the guy who’s been messing around with that Slime girl.”

Aaron, who was receiving Rain’s gaze head-on, brushed off the blood clinging to his cheek as if feigning ignorance.

“Well, what could the answer be?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t answer. I’m going to go there soon anyway and kill all of you Slayers without leaving a single one behind.”

“Where did that arrogant bastard learn to run his mouth!”

Tension gradually rose, and in that instant when sweat droplets formed on each other’s foreheads!

The Sailor Slayer, who charged in with dual swords, had his neck crushed by the staff that struck him, resulting in instant death! Master!

The monstrous crows summoned by the Raven Slayer were all shot down by Pipi’s fiery wings that appeared in the sky!

“No, why is that Beast Slayer there?”

“You idiot, that’s not the Beast Slayer! It’s a different sun parakeet!”

The Giant Slayer rushed towards Rain, who was pulling the staff out of the Sailor Slayer’s neck!

“Woah!”

And gathering both hands, he vertically slammed the weight of the massive shield into the boy’s head!

Any creature that is directly hit by that ridiculously large and heavy shield, except for the dragon race, dies instantly without even being able to gather its bones.

But in that instant, a barrier of flames surrounded Rain, and a transcendent shockwave occurred due to the clash of power and ability!

“Woah?!”

A gust of wind so hot that it was hard to even keep one’s eyes open, the smell of sulfur and ash that made it difficult to breathe… The Giant Slayer knelt on one knee.

“Heh, a gap!”

A magic circle unfolded on the palm of the Navy Slayer’s hand.

It’s a well-known fact that you have to maintain a stationary posture to deploy a barrier, so he took advantage of that gap to draw seawater from both sides of the ship.

He’ll eliminate that barrier with this intense water pressure and open the way for Mage Slayer-nim!

“With this── What?!”

But what on earth is this… The moment Rain changed his hand seals, the barrier split into countless sparks and rained down on the Navy Slayer!

What on earth did he do?

Does that mean the definition of magic, that is, the rune itself, has changed? How on earth?

“Ugh, ughaaaaa!”

There was no time to finish that question.

The Navy Slayer, engulfed in transcendent flames, became a charcoal lump without even having time to jump into the sea and sprawled out.

In the fleeting moment when that charcoal lump was swept away by the wave that crashed onto the deck, Manabein and the staff, which had penetrated the blind spot in his vision, collided!

“Yaa~ That won’t work!”

But perhaps because the staff was constructed with abilities, he was definitely at a disadvantage in close combat.

Once again, the blade of Manabein, which had passed through the staff like a lie, deeply cut Rain’s chest!

However, at that moment, a storm of flames swirled around Rain! Aaron dodged this by grabbing the deck with his hand and tumbling backward!

“The taste of blood is really amazing…”

Saying that, the Mage Slayer licked the blood off the blade, and at that moment, he sensed an anomaly.

“Huh?”

For some reason, it seemed that the ship was greatly affected by the waves…

The Yeonhwan Fleet was far away. In other words, this ship alone was being pushed out into the open sea. Without any oarsmen or sailors.

At that time, Pipi landed on Rain’s shoulder and glared at the Mage Slayer’s Bel Shideus with beady eyes.

“Fake, fake, loser, loser.”

Then, he wiggled his butt and humiliated him!

Then, for the first time, a cold chill flowed through Aaron’s eyes, which had been full of smiles all along!

“Pipi, tell Valenciidus. We’ll join up at [omitted location].”

“Tell, tell, tell.”

Aaron, who saw Pipi flying towards the fleet, tapped his shoulder with the back of Manabein’s sword and tilted his head.

“What? A spirit of sacrifice? These guys are going to take me to hell, so you guys go, something like that?”

I was looked down on too much.

A mage is no match for me. I was caught off guard earlier.

“I can see clearly what you’re going to do, what magic you’re going to use, and what tactics you’re going to use. From the moment you try to use magic in the first place, I can definitely know and deal with it. You should know better than anyone else, the power of this Bel Shideus.”

“Really? Is that so?”

“Hehe! Let’s find out! Adon, don’t slam his head down! Those eyes are mine!”

“Woah!”

Adon’s three consecutive shield slams overturned the deck, and splinters of wood and nails flew across their vision.

Left, right, left!

The Mage Slayer, who rolled his body and dodged those strikes by a hair’s breadth, rushed towards Rain!

“Swordsmanship is my main strength! So even if you pierce me with Bel Curias, it doesn’t mean anything!”

At that moment when he was about to deflect Manabein with his staff, the Giant Slayer’s fourth slam!

He definitely aimed for the instant when Rain’s center was disturbed by the recoil of the deck breaking! It’s an amazing combat combination!

Thud.

A very sweet sound of the blade tearing through flesh, membranes, and organs rang in Aaron’s ears.

“I’m sorry, but all mages are just my prey.”

Blood flowed down the blade of Manabein, which had deeply penetrated his side.

Now, I’ll kill you painfully.

After gouging out those eyeballs first…!

But at that moment, Rain’s hand tightly grabbed Aaron’s sword-wielding hand and neck with terrifying grip strength.

“What…?!

No, he didn’t stab deeply either.

At the moment of being hit, he grabbed Aaron’s wrist and diverted its trajectory to the side.

On top of that, he can’t escape from that grip at all!

“Strictly speaking.”

As if to support the following words, smoke rose from the blood that had fallen on the deck. Flames that had taken on flesh, just like the Red Dragons.

“I’m not a mage right now.”

I’ve perfectly captured him with this. There’s no way to escape.

In order to do this, I deliberately showed a weakness to lure him in and grab him.

In order to do this, I cut the chains of magic that were holding this ship to the fleet with Bel Curias.

“I’m a dragon.”

In order to finish them off by pouring my ultimate magic, Cremation Bloodletting, on these guys with all my might. Without the slightest addition or subtraction to its power.

“You crazy bastard, are you going to blow yourself up now?”

Aaron’s eyes were filled with bewilderment as he read the overwhelming magic power boiling within Rain’s body with Bel Shideus. A sinister magic power that instinctively felt fear!

“Have you ever seen a dragon get hurt by its own fire?”

“Adon, help me, Adon!”

“Fourth Thunder.”

The moment Rain flicked his finger, thunder roared, engraving its status on the world and engulfing the heavens and earth in blood.