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Chapter 319
Mage and Witch (New Year Commemorative Illustration)
When Erdes mentioned the name Godwin to him, Ferda felt it.
That he could still be surprised like this.
She already knew who Ferda was.
Since when, exactly?
"You look curious about when I found out?"
Еn̄ù m̄ a
"...Honestly, I am curious."
"I didn't particularly want to know either. Just thought there was no need to dig it up with a war looming. But you see... when I intruded into your past, the woman who came out told me?"
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The woman seen when intruding into Ferda's past.
The woman connected to him was undoubtedly Sierra.
"She said what she held was Godwin's soul."
"Do you believe that?"
Е̄ ńû m а̄
"I have no choice but to believe. She's not on a level to be speaking with humans. That woman showed me everything. The schemes that bastard had."
She showed everything.
I don't know specifically what she showed, but it seems the evidence of Godwin was certain.
"That woman only wishes for your misfortune. And... coincidentally, so do I."
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Erdes's eyes shook noticeably.
"Because of you... Because of you, I lost everything."
Е̊ ň ûm а̊
I am not Godwin.
That woman couldn't not know that either.
Even if she acts like a childish brat, she's the Magic Society President, a figure counted among the continent's intellect.
But in the end, she was human.
A human harboring a grudge that doesn't dull even with the passage of time, that makes frost fall in June.
A human who must somehow manifest hatred and anger with nowhere to vent them.
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"So die right here!"
If he ends up fighting Erdes head-on, what's the best method?
Avoiding it is the best policy.
The gap between her and Ferda was too great to engage in all-out war right now.
There was a power difference even when he opposed Erdes before, but now it was incomparably worse.
If back then it was throwing an egg at a rock, now it's a newly hatched chick being thrown at a rock.
W ě b̃ǹо̌_vel̆ Ӗṅŭmа̊
It was a destiny to be violated even more cruelly.
Is that why?
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Even amidst the fierce battle continued, Ferda filled his head with thoughts about Erdes instead of thinking about his next move.
'Erdes said she lost everything.'
Most who participated in the 12-Person Expedition did so for personal wishes.
Among them, the most prominent figure was the Hero.
Еn̈ ü m̄ ȧ.і d́
He lost his family, even lost his loved one, awakened, and became the Hero.
Erdes Roton participated not for a wish, but solely for her own advancement.
'Giving up everything after the expedition was her choice.'
Erdes could have obtained everything, but simply gave it up.
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What crazy bastard in this world would embezzle an Archmage's money?
"You're still thinking about other things?!"
Е̃n̈ u m̀а. i̊ d̈.
Erdes let out a roar of anger.
Ferda's reason for not thinking about his next move also contained a strategy to confuse Erdes.
It won't work anymore.
He really needed to think of a strategy.
'How... I was able to beat this woman...'
He definitely won.
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Ferda made her kneel, and from that small mouth came pleas to spare her life.
But he couldn't remember that weakness.
Ferda thought he couldn't have been that reckless.
'This must have been a condition for me to win.'
Since the likelihood of barely winning or mutual destruction was high, he must have used it as a condition for taking a step back.
For Ferda, he thought making her submit and killing her would be the end.
Ẁ е̌ bṅо̇ v̂ e.l̇ E̊ n u m̃а
But even if forgotten, if you trace back everything, you should be able to recall it.
But he didn't.
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'It's unsettling.'
Even his past self didn't try to recall this matter.
Was it mercy from his remaining humanity, or did he discard it as useless?
It was probably the latter.
W е bn ӧ vel E ṅu̇ m å
Because the Ferda of that time was a bastard no different from a dog, even thinking about it now.
'But still, should I have found out somehow?'
Maybe I should have.
If so, there would have been a way to beat this absurd power.
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'Damn it.'
Ferda's spell formulas attempted to deceive her several times, but they didn't work anymore.
Е n umа
Erdes seemed to have grasped all of Ferda's moves.
Strong light completely eliminated blind spots, weakening Ferda's shadows and preventing him from using petty tricks.
"Just die already, Godwin."
"I am not Godwin."
Ferda squeezed out his remaining strength and spoke to Erdes.
"I have no memories of Godwin, and I don't know what you're talking about. The one you're attacking right now is Ferda Valdrova, the Red Dragon's consort. Do you understand what that means?"
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"Someone's saying they can't get married and will become a widow."
True to form for the rogue mage Erdes, she spoke in a tone of 'not my business'.
"And that widow would understand too? That the man who was to be her husband was actually the cause of her misfortune."
Ferda felt a sudden chill at those words.
If he told Valdrova that he was Godwin, what reaction would she show?
He didn't want to think about the rushing sense of betrayal and resentment.
Е̂ n̆ ùḿа
"What... what grudge do you have against Godwin to do this?"
"What grudge I have is none of your business. The most important thing is that I haven't forgotten it for a single moment."
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He tried to get even a clue about a weakness, but Erdes skillfully hid it.
Meaning she was that skilled a mage.
"Looks like you've gathered enough mana now?"
On top of that, she'd already seen through Ferda's aim.
Ẅ е̂ b̂ nо v́ӗl Ē nu mа̂
Natural, since Erdes was also a mage.
There was one reason Ferda acted that way.
Because that rest was even more meaningful to Erdes, and simultaneously meant Ferda had no move to turn the tables.
In reality, Ferda couldn't move a muscle anymore.
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"Now it's your turn to lose, Evil Dragon Godwin."
The magic circle for the final blow was drawn before Ferda.
W̆ е́ḃñо v̂ ѐl Е n u ḿ ā_
Pouring siege magic on a human showed the intent to leave not even a trace.
There was no choice but to die like this.
At that moment, the Black Circle inside his body moved violently.
The entity residing below his danjeon couldn't accept Ferda's death and tried to seize his body again.
"I... hope you can kill me."
That was Ferda's true feelings.
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He didn't want to survive pathetically and be used as someone other than himself.
The magic circle with gathered mana shone intensely.
But the magic circle didn't manifest.
"This is...?"
The form of magic distorted, lost its light, and turned into a substance with mass.
It was a butterfly.
Wӗb̌ nо̌v̇ĕ l̄. Еn̈ŭm a
A beautifully colored butterfly, and simultaneously a light that shouldn't exist in this world.
Clear as someone's symbol.
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"Lucy Philiaz!"
Erdes let out a scream-like shout.
The swarm of butterflies transformed into a girl's form and stood before Ferda.
Black veil, dress, and a pipe.
Ēn ū m а̀. і̌ d
The leader of the Philiaz, the Big Sister, Lucy Philiaz revealed herself.
"Child."
"Stop interfering and get lost!"
She drew a magic circle again and attempted an attack spell.
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This time it didn't turn into butterflies.
A security spell formula was placed on it to prevent interference.
Е̊ṅů m a .і d̂
A destruction beam poured down on Ferda and Lucy Philiaz.
"Unfortunately, that's not possible."
Lucy spread her index finger to counter the beam of light.
The beam of light touching her finger turned into a swarm of butterflies and scattered harmlessly.
That wasn't all.
From the end of the beam, it wound in a spiral shape and climbed back up the beam in reverse.
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It became three snakes, and at the end they opened their jaws wide and lunged to bite Erdes.
Inside they surely held poison that wouldn't kill instantly but would paralyze the whole body.
"I said get out of my sight right now!"
She released tremendous magical power and completely scattered the snakes' forms.
Even doing such inefficient things, Erdes still had a lot of mana left.
"Child."
Е̃ n ù ṁа
Those were Lucy's words to Ferda.
"Whatever you do, don't step forward."
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Ferda answered with a nod.
He didn't look back, but she smiled as if she heard.
Serdes's greatest mage Erdes and the witch Lucy Philiaz called the greatest of all time.
A witch who intercepts others' mana and shapes it into living forms.
Wе bńо̌ v́ е̌ l̊ Е́n u mȧ
And a mage who breaks that helplessness and immediately fires the next attack.
'A mage who reads ahead, and a witch who distorts the read.'
Even without Lucy's prior warning, Ferda knew these were fights he must not join.
In a high-level battle, it was only a matter of time before Ferda's back burst from insufficient ability.
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A fight dizzying just to watch continued for 10 minutes.
If converted to a fight between ordinary knights, both should have felt fatigue similar to fighting non-stop for over 20 hours.
Ѐ ň um̈ а̌.і.ḋ_
Erdes caught her breath with difficulty.
Lucy Philiaz had a relaxed face, but she had definitely taken hits too.
"Why..."
Erdes asked, raising her anger.
"You're protecting that bastard who's worse than a dog...?"
Even with that much anger inside, her Blue Circle remains intact.
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"You're the protector of women, aren't you? Why are you protecting that male bastard? Inside that bastard's body! Is the root of all evil?!"
"Indeed."p>
She herself knows well that this situation is contradictory.
But Lucy smiled as if enjoying it.
"They say nothing in the world goes as one wishes, but who knew a day would come when I'd embrace a man again?"
"Disgusting old hag...! Not dying, staying alive, and in the end you're twisted too!"
Е̇nům̆ а
"Unfortunately, that's not the case. Protecting this child is a conclusion born from an extremely rational and logical judgment."
"Bullshit!"
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"You can't possibly know. Paradoxically, I don't know either."
Lucy raised both hands and placed them before her vision.
In Lucy's vision, it seemed as if Erdes was resting on her palm.
"Finding that reason was the homework I left for myself."
Е̌ n u ḿa .і́d̂
Clap!
The moment she overlapped her hands, Lucy Philiaz's form vanished.
Serdes Continent's Archmage had cleanly disappeared by the witch's hand.
Silence settled.
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Ferda broke the silence and asked.
"When did you realize?"
Е n ùmа̂ . id́
Ferda could tell from Lucy's words.
If it was homework she left for herself, then another Lucy Philiaz.
That is, Lucy knew the fact that Ferda had killed another Lucy Philiaz.
Whatever form it took, the fact that they faced each other was undoubtedly known.
"From the first time I saw you."
"Even so, you let him live? Someone who's killed you before?"
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"Because I must find the answer."
"What answer do you mean?"
"Wouldn't we find out gradually? The outline is just becoming visible now."
As she tried to let out a mature laugh, Ferda and Lucy clearly felt it.
Crackle—!
Precisely where Erdes had vanished, a distortion of space was occurring.
Ěnu m̄ а̊ .і̆ d
Finding exact coordinates and distorting them is something ordinary mages can't do.
That's why it was clear who did it.
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'She really is an Archmage.'
Even after being warped to another dimension through space distortion, she stubbornly tries to escape.
An impossibility for the current Ferda, but she can pull off such absurdity freely.
"Seems that child won't try to understand my intent."
Е̄ n û m ӓ .іd
"Who would know a witch's intent?"
"Fufu, that's the natural order."
Leisure vanished from Lucy Philiaz's face.
Lucy carefully stroked Ferda's head.
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She spoke like a mother.
"Child, do you remember what I said?"
E ñ ǔ m а
"Even knowing I'll lose, I must fight... is that it?"
"Yes. You remember well. Always keep it in mind. Because the fights laid before you will be such fights."
Lucy removed her hand from Ferda's head and walked forward.
She threw her body into the unstably cracking space, and at that moment space regained stability.
Now in that space where perception twists, the two will have a bloody fight.
He could roughly understand why Erdes tried to kill him.
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But he couldn't know why Lucy Philiaz saved him.
'Move.'
Now that Erdes was gone, he had to find Rize and Erika.
But God's dice were strict only with Ferda.
"Heard it was noisy inside so I came down, and we meet again, you dirty rat."
No sooner had he overcome one crisis than another grudge appeared.
Е̌nu m̄_a . іd̄
Since he'd committed it in the not-too-distant past, he remembered it vividly.
'Elder Cyprus...'
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Ferda saw what was replacing his torn-off arm.
It was in the form of tentacles.
If one really forced it, it might barely look like tree trunks or roots, but it was wriggling divided into several branches, so it was definitely tentacles.
"It seems the High Elder has given up on being beautiful..."
Е̄ ñūm̄ à
"This thing?"
He showed his arm with a proud face.
"The body is ultimately something you use and discard. What use is beauty in that?"
"That thinking is exactly like trash that crawled up from hell."
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"Say what you want. Even so, there's no worry infiltrating my heart."
Cyprus had a face that didn't care.
Ё n̆ ům̃ а̄.і̂ d̀
Meaning maximum satisfaction.
'That's Morax's magic.'
Demon of Contracts and Price, Morax.
But there was no characteristic sulfur smell, so Morax wasn't involved.
'Similar to the Heinkel King.'
So that magic was definitely given by Gokma.
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How did Gokma get those Black Magic Books?
Not important right now.
Leaving such questions behind, he focuses on the present.
'Morax's magic requires a price.'
There may be no price paid directly to Morax, but he must exchange it for something within himself.
If there's external change, there will surely be internal change.
Е n u m̆â.і̆d̃
'Saying he gave his personality... he was twisted originally anyway.'
Practically magic with no price.
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Truly a good magic.
"If I can reach the Mother's Source, I will sell my soul too. This is our elves' will!"
He wasn't just ugly.
At the tips of the tentacles, runes were drawn one by one, five runes total appearing before Ferda.
Ẁ е b ň о̀v̀el̆ Е̌n ũ m̊а̂.
Kwa-ga-gang!
Five exploding elements poured down on Ferda.
An attack where anyone would die without being able to move.
"You blocked all of that."
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Cyprus let out genuine admiration.
To precisely defend against five elements, exact counters matching each element were needed.
Е n ŭm а̂. ĭ d̆
Because Ferda was weak, he had to make those counters precise.
Trickle—.
Overload and mana exhaustion from that were unavoidable.
He deployed intricate spell formulas with little mana, pushing his head to the limit, and this was the recoil.
'Can I beat that man?'
He thinks over and over, but only 'no' returns.
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Ferda being able to land a hit on Cyprus was only possible because he used mana threads.
Without those mana threads now, he could only be overwhelmingly disadvantaged.
In a mage's fight, weight class is absolute.
'I really have a lot of enemies.'
In the past, he would have liked it, saying trials that can't kill him only make him stronger.
But now it was of no use.
Ẇ ė b̆n̂ о́ vе̃ľ Е n̂ùmӑ
Ferda didn't want to become that strong anymore, and only loathed his past self.
He just wanted to give Valdrova peace now.
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But God wasn't that cruel.
As many enemies as there were, that many allies were given.
Kururung...
That ally became a large vibration ringing the walls, and like a flooding river, fiercely broke through the walls and poured out.
Е̂ n̄ uḿ а
Kwaaaaa!!
Five water dragons in the shape of dragons simultaneously swallowed Elder Cyprus's body.
