Yohan slowly floated into the sky. His eyes were wavering, but there was no hesitation.
“Hoo…!”
He pointed his fingertip towards the demonic beast of the snow mountain.
In that instant.
Kwaaaaaa—!!
Space convulsed.
Two spheres were created.
Emission.
Absorption.
They pushed each other away while simultaneously pulling each other in. And at their center, a vortex was born.
Woooooooong!!
Magical Power exploded outwards. The sphere of absorption sucked in mana as if devouring it. The rotational speed increased rapidly, forming a spiral that created a whirlwind capable of slicing through space.
His fingertip vibrated.
Yohan’s entire body trembled.
However, there were no errors in the calculation. The mana circuits were still intact. All that remained was to bring this power to a complete end.
He layered on the power he had gained from becoming a Transcendent Mage.
Space distortion.
Mana manipulation.
And, it was complete.
Transcendent Magic, Celestial Demise.
Woooooooong- -!!
Emission and absorption meshed together, trying to devour each other while simultaneously desiring to become one.
At the center.
Space warped.
Slowly, a colorless sphere surged forth.
And leaving a flash of light, it flew forward.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
Explosion.
Impact.
The aggregate of Magical Power, a mixture of three attributes, pressed down on the demonic beast of the snow mountain.
-Kuaaaah!
At that moment, the mana of the entire earth stilled. The demonic beast of the snow mountain let out a great roar. But Celestial Demise had already reached it and was exploding.
Kwaaaaaaaa!!
Gray Magical Power exploded, swallowing the area. A deafening roar that seemed to burst eardrums reverberated. The demonic beast of the snow mountain could be seen twisting.
Beeeeeeeeee-
All that remained after the roar was tinnitus. In the silence, the opposing two Magical Powers collided and exploded in a chain reaction.
Kuuung!
The demonic beast of the snow mountain staggered. Half of its upper body was shattered. Space twisted, and Magical Power danced. It swallowed everything within the range of the explosion, erasing even traces.
Kugugugugu…
Space tore apart.
At that moment, the peeled-away sky was sealed again. The flash of light, which had been spreading like an aurora, disappeared as if sucked into a vortex.
Due to the chain explosion of Magical Power, it was impossible to see what happened to the demonic beast of the snow mountain from the middle onwards. Only gray smoke was being emitted.
“Hoo…”
Yohan took successive breaths and descended. Celestial Demise consumed an extreme amount of mental strength, as powerful as it was. It couldn’t be helped, since he even drew upon the power of his mindscape.
“Is that even magic…?”
“…At this point, it would be stranger if it didn’t die.”
“That’s an absurd amount of power…”
The aides uttered exclamations in weak voices. Yohan’s magic was so powerful that it was beyond common sense.
However
Kuuung!!
The ground shook once more. The dense demonic energy it possessed spread everywhere.
-Kuaaaaaaa!!
“Ugh!”
“Kuk!”
“What is…!”
The aides, who had been deafened by the roar, covered their ears in unison. Yohan was the same. He also clutched his head. It felt like his brain was shaking.
‘This is…’
Yohan looked far away, where the gray flash had cleared. As if having defended at the last moment, the demonic beast of the snow mountain had lost its right arm. But it was advancing as if this was not a problem.
‘It can be eliminated.’
But it was questionable whether there would be enough time and resources. With a single step, it easily leaped over a distance that would take an hour to travel by horse.
Celestial Demise could not be used in succession. A certain amount of delay was needed to create proper power. Something was needed to fill that gap.
“How much is left on the cooperative magic!”
Yohan shouted, turning around. What he could trust now was the cooperative magic of the mages.
“Preparation complete! Casting is possible!”
“Intercept it immediately!”
“Yes!”
A large Magical Power wave was felt from behind. It was the cooperative magic of the mages. It was a power that could not be ignored.
It was only natural.
The mages of the public officials and the Purification Office were, on average, First Class. It would possess power equal to that of a decent Transcendent Magic.
Kwaaaaaaaa-!
Rays of light, shining brilliantly in various colors, were fired. A streak of light surged, cutting through the air.
Soon, it collided with the demonic beast of the snow mountain.
Kwaaaaang!!
The aggregate of Magical Power, gathered by dozens, hundreds of people, covered the demonic beast of the snow mountain. A fierce whirlwind raged. A vast Magical Power wave arose, temporarily stopping the mana.
-Kuaaaaaaaaa!!
But it did not harm the demonic beast of the snow mountain. It was unharmed and still standing.
“It’s not effective!!”
The aides’ faces turned white. Fear was etched on their faces.
“Don’t waver! At least it stopped its advance! Prepare the cooperative magic again!”
But Yohan was not flustered. It was an unexpected result that it did not inflict damage, but it was not the worst. After all, it had stopped its advance.
“Duke!”
“I know!”
Duke Ferbache immediately began chanting. He was also raising his Magical Power for interception. Thanks to that, it didn’t take long.
Kwaaaaaaaa!!
Magical Power solely for destruction was fired. Non-elemental magic. But the power it contained was certain. It was at a level that was not inferior to cooperative magic.
The blue Magical Power, emitting a flash of light, advanced, and soon the ray reached the demonic beast of the snow mountain.
Kwaaaang!!
An explosion occurred. A strong whirlwind that was difficult to even open one’s eyes against raged. Yohan erected a mana barrier. And he glared at the demonic beast of the snow mountain.
Not even a scratch was made. But it had definitely stopped its advance. This was enough. It meant that he could buy time for his mana circuits to recover.
But he couldn’t make many attempts. Unlike him, they didn’t have overflowing mana. Furthermore, the consumption would be even more severe because they had to maintain maximum firepower.
A quick decision was needed.
‘A way to kill it in one blow is needed.’
Celestial Demise had definitely worked. The fact that one arm was blown off was proof. But doing it one more time wouldn’t kill it.
He would have to do it at least two or three more times.
‘Think.’
Yohan narrowed his eyebrows and continued calculating. Think, there must be a way.
‘Cooperative magic and Duke Ferbache’s magic are only possible one more time each. That opportunity must be utilized properly.’
In that case-
Yohan turned around and shouted.
“The next cooperative magic!”
“Team 2, ready to cast immediately!”
“Intercept as soon as I signal!”
He drew up Magical Power.
Yohan’s body slowly floated into the air.
“Duke, please use your magic as soon as I signal!”
“What are you trying to do!”
“I’m going to intercept from both inside and outside!”
If he unleashed Transcendent Magic at the same time, even that thing wouldn’t be safe. This was the judgment Yohan had made.
“Here I go! Please prepare to use magic immediately!”
Yohan reached out and created a distortion sphere in the air. He used the property of absorption to pull his body in. And he reduced resistance through mana manipulation.
Kwaaaa!!
The field of vision focused on one point, and the surroundings stretched out. He approached the thing at high speed.
-Kuaaaaaaa!!
It was then. The demonic beast of the snow mountain, recognizing Yohan’s Magical Power, turned its head. Ice thorns, made of ice,
were fired from its body, creating unpredictable trajectories.
Kwagwagwagwang!
But it was impossible to penetrate the Mana Stream. The ice thorns were caught in the mana threads and stopped in the air.
‘Faster!’
He increased the number of distortion spheres. The force pulling his body became stronger. He approached the thing at super high
speed.
‘There must be a cave.’
The cave where he met the Celestial Mage.
He would go inside and detonate Celestial Demise.
It was a suicide operation that sacrificed himself, but he already had data from the fight with the Archmage. Survival was possible.
“Kuaaaaaaaaa!!”
Soon, he arrived in front of the thing. The roar was heard directly. It felt like his entire head was ringing. It was a roar that would burst his entire body if he listened to it for too long.
‘Damn it.’
Yohan, covering his ears with both hands, hardened his expression and equated mana and senses with Myriad Perception. He quickly searched for the location of the cave.
‘There!’
He found the entrance. Yohan changed direction. He entered the cave at a speed that could not be followed with the naked eye.
Kugugugung!
As he entered, he felt the vibrations inside. The thing was moving its legs again.
‘Don’t rush.’
Yohan maintained his composure and went further inside. He only had one chance. He had to succeed.
Kugugugung!!
Ice fragments fell from the ceiling of the cave. Even though he was flying through the air, his vision was shaking. It was that great of a vibration.
Soon, he entered the center. The Celestial Mage was not visible. She seemed to have already left.
“Hoo…”
Yohan slowly took a deep breath. He drew up the Magical Power of his entire body. It wouldn’t work with the same power as before.
He needed a more powerful explosion. Enough to erase the space where the demonic beast of the snow mountain was.
Pajijijik!!
Magical Power fluctuated explosively, and electric currents jumped around. Even a whirlwind arose around Yohan. Ice fragments
falling from the ceiling swirled.
He combined the sphere of emission and the sphere of absorption. Two spheres floated in the air. He would put the property of
nothingness here to create mana that would annihilate everything.
Kugugugugu-!
The vibration became more intense. But it was not the tremor created by the demonic beast of the snow mountain. It was the
shaking created by Yohan’s formidable Magical Power being condensed.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaa-!!
In an instant, Magical Power went out of control.
The accumulated energy exceeded its limit.
A gray flash struck before his eyes. The air tore, and the atmosphere was explosively sucked in. Instantaneous vacuum. He couldn’t breathe. No, even the air to breathe had disappeared.
Kwagwagwagwa-!!
The second shock. The Magical Power could not withstand the compression and ruptured. Light and darkness reversed, and a gray
flash spread explosively. It was not a simple explosion.
The laws were torn.
Space distorted, and the flow of mana was cut off.
What was completed in that way was-
Transcendent Magic.
Celestial Demise.
Yohan detonated the colorless sphere he had drawn up to its limit.
* * *
The aides remaining on the defense line swallowed their breaths.
They were only waiting for the signal to come.
Gulp.
His Adam’s apple moved heavily. It felt like swallowing a stone, it was so heavy.
At that moment.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaa-!!
An explosion occurred. The aggregate of Magical Power, in which three properties were intertwined, had burst. Duke Ferbache unconsciously realized that this was Yohan’s signal.
“Intercept!!”
The cooperative magic and Duke Ferbache’s magic were fused into one. Each Magical Power amplified each other and emitted radiance.
And-
Kwaaaa!!
Lights of various colors, containing overwhelming power, were fired explosively.
The meeting of explosion and explosion.
That itself caused a chain reaction.
The fierce flow of Magical Power collided and was amplified into an even greater force. In an instant, a flash of light, shining like a supernova, burst.
It was too dazzling.
They couldn’t open their eyes.
Now, they could only close their eyes and wait for the result.
Beeeeeeeeee—!!!
After the roar burst, tinnitus was heard.
“……Is it done?”
“What happened?”
The aides cautiously opened their eyes.
Explosion. Within it, all traces of everything had disappeared.
The wreckage of the snow mountain did not remain.
Even broken things could not exist.
At the center of the great explosion-
Only emptiness remained.
“Waa, waaaaaaa—!!”
“It, it’s done!!”
“Long live Minister Rahardt!!”
A shout of victory swept through like a storm.
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