Chapter 339
Chapter 339 Strongest Sage, Reminds the Past
"I can move no problem . Doesn"t seem to be a jamming type magic . . . Just what"d you do?"
Zadokilgias asked while taking a stance with its restored arms .
However--I just kept swinging my sword wordlessly .
" . . . No response huh . Fine, I"ll have those women responsible for the magic stones spit it out once you"re dead . "
Zadokilgias blocked my sword while saying that .
I didn"t deploy [Resonant Sword] .
Zadokilgias didn"t use [Reflective Strike] either . Or more like, it couldn"t .
I have some spare rooms, magically speaking, due to not using [Resonant Sword] .
Using [Reflective Strike] in that situation would only get it blocked by me .
A sound judgement .
However, this match is my [Checkmate] already .
Doesn"t matter what kind of plan Zadokilgias is cooking, its death is certain .
I poured specific mana into my sword the moment our swords clashed .
" . . . What the heck is this?"
Zadokilgias let that out right as our swords crossed .
And a second later--Zadokilgias"s fingertips began to crumble down like they were dissolving .
Seeing that, I pulled back my sword and fell back .
However, Zadokilgias"s fingertips won"t stop crumbling away .
The crumble even gradually expands to its whole body .
Zadokilgias"s limbs are crumbling down into sands that get blown off by wind .
"What have you done?"
Zadokilgias sounded perplexed as it watched its body turning into sands .
"It can"t be stopped even if you get the answer to that . "
Thus I replied .
In fact, the crumble wouldn"t stop even if I wished for it .
No matter what anyone does now, the only fate awaits Zadokilgias is death--no, annihilation .
" . . . It can"t be, my soul?"
Zadokilgias murmured as its decay progressed .
. . . It realized huh .
Zadokilgias"s soul always had a deep wound to begin with .
It"s because the magic it used to reincarnate itself wasn"t flawless .
I saw through that fact from its mana reaction mixed in Dragon Veins .
Thus, once the altered mana was in, I sent specific mana into Zadokilgias when we crossed swords, stimulating the altered mana in one dash .
The stimulated altered mana wrenched open the damage on Zadokilgias"s soul .
And this is the result of that .
"Yea . Told you didn"t I? Nothing can stop it . "
Magic that can manipulate souls are all complex .
And reincarnation spell is among the hardest even compared to the rest of that type .
Such that even the past me which specialized in production type magic needed several hours to construct a personal-use magic circle .
Perfectly constructing magic of that scale is a daunting task even for a race that excels in magic like demons .
Even Zadokilgias is unlikely capable of such feat .
And that"s not all .
In order to perfect my reincarnation, I built the spell formula to off myself and chose death on my own volition .
Dying by my own magic was the reason I could pull the perfect death for reincarnation .
On the other hand, Zadokilgias had set up a reincarnation spell that would activate upon its demise .
And then it eventually got bested by me, and died .
Back then, I defeated Zadokilgias by firing off a high-powered spell that utterly annihilated it without leaving a trace after destroying its arms with [Resonant Sword] .
And there"s simply no way to reincarnate a complete soul in an environment polluted with so much noise from that high-powered magic I fired .
As a result, Zadokilgias got reincarnated with a damaged soul .
Well, I suppose you could say it was lucky enough to even reincarnate .
" . . . Looks like it . "
Zadokilgias invoked multiple recovery spells in an attempt to heal its body .
But none of the spell showed any effect .
Your body naturally breaks down when your soul suffers a fatal wound .
Especially since demons possess a proportionally larger amount of mana in their body, the breakdown manifests this way .
"Answer me this at least . Just who in the world are you? I know none who possesses such level of magical skills . "
"Oh really? It might very well be a familiar name to you . "
Zadokilgias knew the past young me .
There"s a chance it might have forgotten about me . . . But I doubt it would forget the human who killed it .
"Familiar? . . . I wouldn"t have let someone this monstrous alive had I known-- . "
Zadokilgias"s eyes opened wide midway .
Then it threw a question while agape .
Even with lives of hundreds magic combatants and thousands of civilians on its hands, Zadokilgias must have remembered the very enemy who killed it .