Ch.192Chapter 192 – The Great Magician VS The Heavenly Demon

Regina, as always, was diligently handling her daily duties in the principal’s office of Glesius Academy.

She took a brief moment to rest.

“I wonder what he’s doing right now?”

Recently, Regina had developed a new hobby.

It was checking on what her lover, who had temporarily embarked on a long journey to the distant Eastern Continent, was doing.

Of course, she wasn’t using artifacts or hiring informants to see what was happening.

Regina used only magic.

The magic she employed was the 6th Class spell ‘Clairvoyance.’

This spell was developed during wartime, created to spy on what distant opponents were doing.

Since Clairvoyance was a 6th Class spell, ordinary mages couldn’t even attempt to use it, and it had the disadvantage of consuming significantly more mana depending on the distance.

Therefore, even Marquis Iellon Sandrios, the current Empire of Gelebrio’s certified Archmage, found it impossible to use Clairvoyance all the way to the Eastern Continent.

But who was Regina?

Wasn’t she the once-in-a-generation genius mage formerly known as “Regina of the Crimson Flame”?

For someone with enough skill to seal Neberander, the Evil Dragon, casting Clairvoyance to peer into the Eastern Continent was no problem at all.

Moreover, now that she had cured her curse with Pathos’s ability, her magical prowess had grown far beyond what it once was…

“Hmm?”

But what was this?

Some strange woman appeared before her lover, approaching him with a sinister smile.

“Who is that?”

Even worse, her lover, whom she was observing through Clairvoyance, appeared to be in an extremely dangerous situation.

He looked like someone being crushed under the pressure when a powerful individual unleashes their aura.

Regina instinctively realized that Pathos was in danger.

“What woman dares to touch my man!”

Perhaps due to her age and accumulated experience, Regina rarely lost her temper over trivial matters these days.

But when it came to a crisis involving someone she loved rather than herself, she was genuinely furious.

She immediately cast a tracking spell on the person threatening Pathos.

Casting a spell on someone you’re watching through Clairvoyance was something an ordinary person could never do.

But Regina was no ordinary person—she was an Archmage who had lived for decades, at least over a hundred years.

Therefore, she could easily perform such extraordinary feats as casting spells on someone she was observing through Clairvoyance.

She used a tracking spell on the woman who threatened Pathos’s life.

The Heavenly Demon Cheon Hyeryeong.

As soon as Cheon Hyeryeong fled from Pathos’s room, Regina used an ultra-long-distance teleport to pursue her.

“So it’s you?”

After appearing before Cheon Hyeryeong through the ultra-long-distance teleport, she stared at her with completely emotionless eyes and spoke.

Though “So it’s you?” was a simple phrase referring to a person, what it contained was anything but ordinary.

This statement, which meant ‘So you’re the one who tried to kill the person I love,’ showed that despite Regina’s extreme anger, she was controlling her emotions with superhuman patience.

Regina wanted nothing more than to obliterate this woman with the most powerful spell she could cast right now.

If Cheon Hyeryeong had attacked someone else, Regina might have simply warned Pathos, “That woman is dangerous, you must never meet her!”

But the person she had threatened was the great mage’s first lover, her life’s benefactor, and the one who had fulfilled her long-cherished wish.

Therefore, despite their brief time together, he was an incredibly significant presence in her life.

To Regina, Pathos was that precious.

So she had no intention of forgiving Cheon Hyeryeong for threatening her most precious person.

“Hmm… Who are you? Who dares to block this master’s path?”

Seeing Regina appear before her, radiating killing intent, Cheon Hyeryeong raised her aura to its fullest.

Knowing that no one who recognized her would ever dare to stand in her way, Cheon Hyeryeong became intrigued by Regina’s appearance.

“You ask who I am?”

“Yes. I wonder who you might be, to dare block this master’s path.”

“I think you’ll have to hear that answer in the afterlife.”

Regina’s response to Cheon Hyeryeong’s question was…

[Giga Gravity.]

She cast the 7th Class spell, Giga Gravity.

Giga Gravity—a spell that required the completion of an incantation composed of numerous words before the activation phrase could be uttered.

It was one of the 7th Class spells that created powerful high gravity over a wide area, completely crushing everything within it.

“Oh, how interesting!”

Cheon Hyeryeong began to feel excited as she felt the tremendous force pressing down on her body.

By nature, Heavenly Demons derived pleasure from subjugating those stronger than themselves.

To her, Regina’s appearance was a delicacy that would satisfy her hunger for battle against a powerful opponent—something she had been waiting for a long time.

“You’re the first being to restrict this master’s movements to such an extent.”

“How strange. You’re actually withstanding this? You must be quite strong.”

“Hehehe, there is no one in this land who can defeat this master in martial arts!”

“Then why don’t you try withstanding this as well?”

Regina’s interest was also piqued by the fact that the Heavenly Demon had withstood her spell.

Although she had long since retired from active duty and had been occupying the position of academy principal for years, she was originally a battle mage who fought on the frontlines, directly unleashing spells.

For someone like her, the Heavenly Demon was a welcome existence that reminded her of long-forgotten memories.

“Hahaha! What other interesting thing are you going to show this master?”

“Interesting… You’re the first person to describe my magic that way. But this time will be different.”

As she spoke, Regina raised her right arm toward the sky.

As her palm faced upward, an enormously large fireball began to form above Regina’s hand.

Ordinary flames burn red, and in some cases, when the temperature rises high enough, blue flames are created.

And the moment it surpasses blue flames… the fire turns white.

“Let’s see if you can block this spell too! [Hell Fire]!”

As Regina shouted the activation phrase and extended her hand forward, the massive white fireball above her hand began to fly toward Cheon Hyeryeong like a cannonball shot from a cannon.

“Sending such a hot fireball! You must be one of those mages said to be active in the Western Continent!”

Cheon Hyeryeong was overjoyed that a mage she had only heard rumors about had appeared before her.

Until now, the beings she had fought were not mages but martial artists who only used internal energy.

In response, Cheon Hyeryeong drew upon her internal energy and prepared the simplest yet most powerful technique she knew.

“Then I shall respond in earnest! Behold, this is my martial art, the Heavenly Demon Divine Fist!”

Heavenly Demon Divine Fist.

One of the many techniques and martial arts of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

As the name “Fist” suggested, this technique was used with the fist.

By wrapping the energy of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art around her fist, the immense power of that energy would be added to her strike, shattering any obstacle that stood in the Heavenly Demon’s path.

This was not a simple punch but a technique utilizing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Cheon Hyeryeong used the Heavenly Demon Divine Fist against Regina’s Hell Fire.

The dark energy extending from her fist made contact with Hell Fire, causing an explosion with tremendous heat.

“Impressive. To block an 8th Class spell like Hell Fire with just a punch.”

“Hahaha. This is the power of my martial art, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art!”

“…That makes it even more unforgivable.”

“What?”

Cheon Hyeryeong couldn’t believe her ears.

Why would having a powerful martial art make her unforgivable?

“Do you perhaps hold a grudge against the Heavenly Demon Sect?”

“I don’t care about the Heavenly Demon Sect or whatever. There’s only one reason I came looking for you.”

Regina extended her hand, pointing at Cheon Hyeryeong.

“You.”

“…Me? I’m sorry, but this master has no interest in other women…”

“You drove another woman’s man to the brink of death, yet you feel no guilt at all?”

“Huh?”

Cheon Hyeryeong was momentarily confused by Regina’s words.

But seeing Regina, who had clearly come from the Western Continent, she finally realized who “another woman’s man” referred to.

“Ah! You must be the lover that my benefactor mentioned!”

And flames began to spark in the Heavenly Demon’s eyes.

“This master will definitely gain your approval!”

“Approval? What approval?”

“Why, to become my benefactor’s second woman, of course!”

“…What?”

Regina’s expression showed utter bewilderment and disbelief.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Demon proudly thrust out her chest while looking at her.

Only silence hung between the two of them.