episode_0105

The old man who attacked Estee.

His origins date back 500 years, to the time when he was a great archmage.

At the end of his life, he reached the pinnacle of human achievement.

But still, the path of magic, the unknown, was endlessly spread out.

He didn’t have much time left, and what he was most upset about was dying without seeing it.

That’s why he eventually resorted to spiritual rituals.

A ritual that sacrifices countless lives and reaches out and waves to the endless universe.

Great Being, please look down on me, a lowly person. It’s just a foolish thing to ask.

Unfortunately, it ended in numerous massacres.

He succeeded in making contact with a certain being.

“Great Being, please give me knowledge… .”

[q҈̸u̶̸i̴̷ v̴҈o҉c҈a̴̷t̸҈ m҈҈e̸̶.]

“Ah.”

What he faced was a powerful alien that was invading other stars.

His mind was immediately polluted when he encountered the indescribable being.

It was the moment when the Archmage was reborn as a fanatic who followed the outside world.

[The vessel is too small to impart knowledge. Transform.]

“Ugh… .”

After some modifications, he became a plaything for foreign media.

A monster in human skin with superhuman knowledge and nearly infinite lifespan.

And that was the only thing the foreign media demanded in return for knowledge.

‘Make me happy’.

Already mentally polluted, he simply obeyed.

——I think that in order for foreign media to be happy, you have to burn some stars.

Afterwards, he put the knowledge he had gained to use.

I created a spell that allows me to receive energy from a distant alien.

However… he was not good at handling foreign media’s energy.

She is a priestess of an alien god who will receive energy in her place and destroy the world.

I created a witch.

‘I have been handling his power and my knowledge since I was born. Ah, it will be easy to follow his orders… .’

[The Lord said! The witch who will turn the whole world into ashes is over there!]

“… What.”

At the same time, the god who was protecting this star also took action.

By giving birth to a ‘saint’ who inherited her divinity and could foresee the future.

The first witch was treated so vainly.

‘Ugh, if I make them, there’s no end to it… Wait. Anyway, stupid things like girls give birth to them every day. What if some of them are born as witches…?’

After countless studies, the second witch was born naturally without his help.

Two or three people per century. Witches whose minds are polluted by the spirits of foreign gods, and who commit murder from the moment they are born.

From then on, it was a fight between the saint and the witch.

Find the saint, kill the witch.

The fight continued for hundreds of years, with both sides on equal footing.

‘… If this continues, it’ll take a thousand years. Am I the only one who can do it?’

Because 100 years ago from now.

He began to prepare for destruction.

Research ways to find and kill the saint, the witch’s counter.

They plotted to kill each other and cause others to kill each other.

Long ago, he released the seal on the dragon he had sealed.

Dominating and gathering monsters was a bonus.

As time went by and the arrangements were made like that…

‘The shell of a saint. Dead… .’

-Superaaah!!!! Pfft!!

“Get your dirty hands off me, you inferior being.”

The old man was drop kicked by the pink-haired man.

* * *

In fact, the old man had also prepared various defenses.

It was already expected that there would be a Crow near Estee.

Considering her fighting prowess, she was surrounded by hundreds of layers of defensive magic.

It was clear that even a monster like her could never be destroyed in one blow.

By the time I attack twice, the princess’s delicate neck will already be in my hands, so I calculate that this will be sufficient.

… However, there was a miscalculation.

‘That bastard… What did he do to our saint now!!!’

-Whoosh.

Confidant, Crow. True Estee Baragi.

When Esti was in danger, she unknowingly released her limiter and went berserk.

The next month will be spent recuperating at around 120% of the maximum output.

Crow is a monster that Esti considers to be the strongest in the world, excluding Irene.

The monster’s 120% dropkick shatters the defensive barriers like pastry.

“Sob… .”

-Cheol-perduk.

A direct kick to the aged body.

Result. The waist is cut in half.

Despite his grand appearance, he looked like an ordinary person in a very shabby state.

“… … ?”

‘The taste is weak. And why doesn’t blood splatter…?’

[Ugh!! Even the warrior who defeated the Demon King wasn’t a monster like you. You monster bitch!!!]

“Tsk. You’re persistent.”

However, he was modified by foreign media and did not die just because of that.

It wasn’t like I was relying solely on defensive magic to begin with.

Then, phase 2 began.

“Huh!? Hey, wait a minute. What is this.”

“Your Highness, Princess, run away while I’m tying your feet!!”

[Haha. Someone like you? Right now, I am a spirit that has shed my physical body. No matter how monstrous you are…]

-Pfft!!!

[Kkuek!!!!!]

“… Huh?”

“How dare you lay a hand on the princess…?”

A spirit that is impervious to physical attacks.

200% damage to Ferrado’s Divine Punch.

From an old person’s perspective, it was a crazy and mind-boggling thing.

Just in case, I waited until both of their magic powers were depleted before intervening. But did they still have any divine power left?

No, in the first place, why does a wizard use divine powers? This baseless guy.

Even 500 years ago, our wizards…

“There! Whoever that is… I don’t know, but let’s take this opportunity to take the princess to a safe place!”

“Okay!!”

While the old man was furious, he briefly recalled the fundamentals of wizardry.

Ferrado and Crow moved at the same time.

Ferrado confronts with divine power.

Crow, unable to keep up with the situation, picks up Esti, who is just blinking, and prepares to run away.

Only then did the old man come to his senses.

‘If I don’t handle it here, I might ruin the great undertaking…!!’

Why did he take the risk and attack the Third Princess?

I lost everything I had built.

The only witch left, the only one to lean on, for some reason doesn’t go berserk.

In this situation, wasn’t it obvious that if we just left it alone, the empire would develop at a terrifying rate in peace?

To prevent that, he intended to cause chaos in the empire by assassinating Esti.

Missing Estee here?

Isn’t it true that you only reveal your true identity and gain nothing?

That can’t be possible.

The old man has entered phase 3, that is, the final phase.

‘If I manipulate his power like this, I’ll be unable to work for 50 years… but there’s nothing I can do.’

[———Stop.]

“… … !!!!!?”

-Creepy.

‘What the heck is this…!!?’

‘This is completely different from before…!!!’

Final phase. Using the power of foreign media in a desperate manner.

The energy known as the Witch’s Mana weighed heavily on the training ground.

So strong that both Ferrado and Crow’s faces turned gray.

The steps did not move.

There was no escape.

‘Ah, how his power is so abundant… Look at how his faithful servant turns all the people here into mush!!’

Only then did the old man smile.

If you take out the final phase, you will have to live like you are dead for 50 years and not be able to do anything.

Since I already took it out, I thought I might as well kill everyone gathered here.

[You foolish people. Consider it glorious to die in His power.]

-Clump, clump.

The soul body gradually swelled and took the shape of a giant.

About the size of the giant robot that Estee just summoned.

———And at the same time.

-hug.

Blue smoke burst out from Estee’s gaping mouth.

The smoke quickly headed towards the robot.

[Die… Huh?]

-It’s so weird, so weird.

“… Huh?”

‘My giant robot… .’

[Evil. Wizard. Harvest.]

‘It moves and talks?’

The giant robot, which had been nothing more than an empty shell, raised its arm.

[… Ha. Using illusions to fool around.]

[Take it. Rocket. Punch.]

-Kwaaah!!!!!!

[Ugh!!!!!?]

‘And he even throws a rocket punch!!?’

The final phase was the beginning of a fight against giant monsters.

* * *

Going back in time a bit, to Estee’s waiting room.

Actually, someone was heading there too.

The old man’s confidant. To Esti, he is like a crow.

The mission given was to kill Stie, who possessed the divine power of a saint.

-Shoot.

“Open, pig year. Die… .”

-Phew.

“Ugh!!?”

“What are you? Are you in league with that guy?”

Mission failed in just one second.

Reason: In the chaotic training grounds, he was subdued by Louis, who was waiting with a spear.

The man was momentarily confused as the blade reached his Adam’s apple…

‘That’s him!! That bad kid who always treated me like shit and didn’t give me cookies!!’

“Shepor!! Lend me that book!!!”

“Huh? Wait, that’s…!!”

“Hurryaaat!!!”

-Pfft.

Taking advantage of the gap, Stier, who sensed an evil presence, casts the BL book throwing spell.

But now it is filled with divine power.

The man disappeared without a trace.

“This, I… .”

-Brrr.

[Take my first experience, Prince!]

[Let’s keep this blood-stained cloth as a token of our love.]

‘Why this dirty book of all books… … .’

Before the book fell, the man who saw the contents had a very resentful expression on his face… Anyway.

I looked down at it blankly for a moment, then suddenly realized something was off.

“What is this… Are you all okay!? There’s an attack right now.”

“Wait, where did Irene go!?”

“Ah, he ran over there just now~!!”

The fact that Irene, who was supposed to be with the three of them, was no longer there.

At that moment, Irene was running at full speed towards the training ground.

‘What the heck happened? Why did that old man have the witch’s magic… No, let’s protect the princess first!!’

The old man’s identity and the princess’s crisis.

She didn’t understand a single thing…

Still, the princess is in danger.

The only princess who treated me well.

Seal. Release.

-Cracked.

‘Really, I thought I could become a baron and live a life of luxury…!!!’

Her seal is released as soon as she bites her finger.

At the same time, the foreign star far away reacted.

At the priestess’ request to give up her power.

On a remote planet that Ferrado calls the ‘Witch’s Star’, a terrible magical power descends.

‘Ha. I wanted to say goodbye to that Shepor guy…’

-Shoot.

‘……uh?’

However, now it’s not her, it’s the other side.

Towards the giant illusion that Esti had just summoned.

The release of the seal and the awakening of the witch did not occur.

‘What the heck is this…?’

[——I’ll make the sacrifice, so you take care of the reader.]

“… … What?”

At the same time, a familiar voice rang in her ears.

A voice that conveys no emotion.

[I promised you. Let’s stay close from now on.]

[You, what are you….]

[hi.]

Irene stopped, not knowing what to say.

You’ve returned and you’re willing to sacrifice yourself. And you promise?

Because I had no idea what was going on.

And… lastly. Inside the giant robot.

‘It’s really the amount of magical power that released all the seals. To have me fall so quickly. You too, reader… ♡’

-Kkikkik, squeak.

‘Then where. I’m sure the reader will like it… .’

“Evil. Wizard. Harvest. Take it. Rocket. Punch. ”

Witch Irene, sitting in the cockpit, burned her last soul.