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Never touch Eldmia Egga-Episode 589

[589Tue] Devil, Cry.

'The day comes when a wizard emerges from the Vistal family. I guess I will have to live a long time to see it. I'm proud of you, Tanebello..'

Faded memories of the past rise to the surface..

The reason why the memories of a time when I thought there would be infinite possibilities, a future, and glory, which I had never thought about even once in hundreds of years of life, came to mind was because of the rocket Senihigua threw..

A time when I was too young to be young. The locket containing a portrait of him before heading to the Magic Tower to focus on research and studies was a keepsake of his parents..

'Father... no, was it mother??'

Since they were ideal parents with no flaws, it would not be strange if it was a keepsake of either of them. Maybe that's why I can't remember clearly..

Because he was concentrating without realizing it, Vistal saw that the magic he had used to draw out the memories and transfer them onto the paper was drawing the faces of those who were his parents. He snapped his fingers, and the two papers quickly burned up and disappeared. Since the act has already been repeated several times, the intruders watching from the side no longer show any reaction..

"It's not just a convenient magic.."

It was Eldmia who finally opened her mouth. Surprisingly, he did not show any dissatisfaction or discomfort throughout the spell and waited calmly. Vistal, who was stabbed because he was the first to open his mouth, opened his mouth and poured out excuses without realizing it..

"Memory is like that. In my head, I think things are clear and vivid and I believe I can manipulate my thoughts at will, but the reality is completely different.."

At the same time, I caught a glimpse of him, but there was no other response, perhaps because he was just expressing his honest feelings. However, the current situation was too bad to be optimistic about that alone..

Eldmia, who holds the decision-making authority over them, had no reason to keep her alive..

This is a conclusion you can naturally reach if you have the brain. If he was interested in his own research, he would not have wanted personal information from the Special Operations Unit, but would have robbed it first, so it is correct to say that the use value disappears as soon as all the information is spit out..

The guy is still not revealing his identity, perhaps to keep his own promise of not introducing himself to people who are about to die. If he hadn't heard Senithigua's call, he wouldn't have even known his name until this very moment..

The opponent is a person who treats two demons like slaves beyond their hands and feet. No matter how great Vistal's self-consciousness was, he never thought that his abilities and value were higher than that of the devil. So, if you really want to save your life, you must make a last-ditch effort as soon as you get all the reliquaries back..

'You can... no, you should..'

As soon as I think of the only remaining means, the shape is drawn on paper. However, as he had already expected this reaction, Vistal did not panic and calmly burned the painting..

Fortunately, no one thought this was strange..

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It took quite a long time for the quack's magic to extract memories and create a montage to complete all 20 faces..

"she is the last."

The guy who completed the 21-page montage, including the costumes worn by the demons known as blacksmiths at the time, neatly gathered up the papers with a light gesture and handed them to me. While I was taking it and examining it one by one, the quack, who was lightly cleaning up the mess around me, soon spoke quietly as if trying to figure out my intention..

"But whether you believe me is another matter."

That was correct. They may be completely unrelated people, or they may be a ploy to screw me by cleverly changing information. However, since I was able to get a hint about the dark side that I had no clue about from the beginning, it is worth taking that risk..

"Wizards don't lie."

So, I answered half jokingly and half seriously and handed over all the relics I had received from Charuberos, and he gave something similar to a laugh and carefully accepted the items..

"Are you a wizard too??"

"I almost gave up because of a book that scribbled out the delusions in your brain, but for now, it's enough to say that I went somewhere and learned some magic.."

"A criminal cannot understand a genius.."

It is said that the profession of a wizard tends to build its own world, but that is too much for a quack. Even if you tell them to your face that your theory is trash, they won't listen to you, so there's no need to bother saying it..

"So, what do we do now??"

The quack asks a question as he carefully gathers his reliquary and holds it together with magic to make it float. I too was about to roll up the papers neatly and put them away in my arms, but then I realized that no one could know what would happen in the ensuing battle, so I handed them over to Charuberos and answered..

"You know?"

"Yes, I just said I would return it. She didn't say she'd let go."

I was planning on attacking him right away if he pretended to use some kind of attack magic, but for some reason, he just answered calmly and walked towards the shrine located on one side of the abandoned temple. It was an action that could be seen as a classic ploy to keep distance from us, but they did not bother to tackle it and just left it as is..

This is not an action based on the pride that one can incapacitate and kill him at any time. He refused to admit that he was a quack and did not want to leave any excuse for his defeat to the guy who cast Mental Victory..

"If I hadn't studied immortality, would you have let me go??"

"Don't give a shit. From the moment you sacrificed this city and became a lich, you were never allowed to see me again.."

While the montage was already being completed, Caruberos was given a brief explanation about quacks by Ingladiou, who was becoming haggard as time went by. There was not a single room for regret or concern, and it was an apt creature that must die..

When he mortgaged the entire city to become a lich, there were approximately 20,000 residents. From the moment he planned to sacrifice that many people without hesitation or compunction, he was no longer human..

"It was to shorten the hundreds or thousands of years that would be spent on the development of magic. Don't you think that's cheap enough??"

"Even if I hadn't read your book, I still believe in it, so I think I would have said that shit, but since I've already read it, the only thing I can say is to say the fuck out of it... Oh, you don't exist.."

It is not a sacrifice for the greater good. Because, as Emmett said, the theory he came up with was wrong from the beginning. He just won't admit that he slaughtered the people because he was obsessed with his own stubbornness..

"Anyway... I will let you die in regret that all the strength and research you gained was in vain.."

"Cough, cluck, cluck..."

The quack's body spins around and watches us, laughing with a different feeling than when he looks down on us..

Even though he has no facial expression as only his skeleton remains, you can feel a strange sense of solemnity and determination from him. It feels right to me that if I don't overcome this situation, everything will end, and I am trying to fight back with a desperate resolve..

"I will do my best not to let that happen.."

The sight of the quack touching the half-collapsed statue with a brief expression of will, overlapped with a transparent, ghost-like man for a moment, happened almost simultaneously with Caruberos and Ingladiu screaming behind me..

"Wow!!"

"Yes..."

These two bitches didn't suddenly become maniacal and have a seizure. Suddenly, he was overwhelmed by an unknown divine power emanating from the statue, so he rolled his eyes and started a game..

Although not as much as they were, I was surprised this time too..

[lord, master!]

I had already mobilized all my abilities, tensed my nerves, and warmed up my body. As soon as we entered into a full-scale engagement, we were planning to neutralize the guy and threaten Ingladiu to forcibly terminate the contract, so we had gathered all the sacred power from magic power to usable level..

Nevertheless, the divine power emanating from the statue is extremely sudden. For a moment, I was worried that my senses might have been blurred, but judging by Este's embarrassed reaction, it seems true that there was some special manipulation done to that image..

"Have you ever wondered why a wizard used a collapsed temple as his laboratory?."

Honestly, I didn't think much of it. I thought it was because this was the only building left in good condition. In fact, the remnants of the city around it did not even have proper roofs left. Looking at his reaction, it looks like there was a good reason for that..

Even though no magic was clearly cast, numerous magic circles were created around the statue, and the overflowing divine power began to flow into the quack's body. The worn-out robe he is wearing somehow maintains its shape, but the skull inside it crumbles or cracks and flashes a blue-black light, like that of an undead damaged by divinity..

Just looking at it, it seemed like it would explode and self-destruct at any moment, but it didn't. Fortunately, from there, I was able to quickly understand what kind of reaction was happening to him..

"Dude, you must have been a better gambler than a wizard.."

So I immediately fixed the beauty treatment and dug in with all my might..

[[I am...]]

As all the magic spells on the guy's reliquary are lifted, the soul and magic contained within it seeps into the quack. The power that flows in like that envelops the entire body of the lich, who is nothing more than an unforgivable undead, to repair the destruction caused by the divine power..

A delicate balance. not perfect harmony.

[[I am...! The archmage, Tanebello Vistal....!]]

To overcome this situation, the quack threw a gamble that would make him a demilich..