Chapter 110
“You’re utterly foolish.”
The First Elder’s voice carried an unmistakable confidence as he spoke.
After quickly escorting Elaine back and returning, the black mist that had spread across the ground earlier had already vanished.
That wasn’t the only change.
Yongyong, who had been recklessly charging toward the First Elder moments ago, was now captured.
Bound in mid-air, Yongyong couldn’t move his wings at all, yet he didn’t fall.
‘I have to save Yongyong first.’
“What do you think you’re doing, tying up the poor thing like this?”
“Gasp!”
Crackle–
While I muttered while looking at Yongyong, something surged from the ground in sync with the First Elder’s shout.
It was a black lightning bolt, crackling as it shot up from the ground.
Wooong–
‘That’s fast.’
If I hadn’t left the surrounding space open, it would’ve hit me due to its incredible speed.
The lightning bolt surged toward me at the speed of light, but it couldn’t touch me.
Instead, it was sucked straight into the subspace.
“Tch.”
As I let the lightning slip past me, the First Elder clicked his tongue and slightly grimaced.
It seemed he had realized that most magic wouldn’t work on me and had changed tactics.
He opted for attacks so fast they were almost impossible to react to.
“It appears to be an automatic defense mechanism.”
Wooong–
Having deflected one attack, it was now my turn.
Ignoring the First Elder’s muttering to himself, I immediately crossed the space.
When I moved, the First Elder tensed up and assumed a stance to flee.
He was, in many ways, the most troublesome type of opponent for me.
A mage who didn’t give me any chance to close in and fought entirely from long range.
Not just an ordinary mage, either—his movements were agile, and he could teleport nearly as fast as I could.
‘First, Yongyong.’
Contrary to the First Elder’s expectations that I would come for him, my destination was beside Yongyong.
I couldn’t just leave my pet bound by the enemy.
Yongyong looked even more pitiful, unable to make any sound because even his mouth was tied shut.
“You’ve endured well.”
Wooong–
Placing my hand on Yongyong’s mouth, I calmly sent him back to where he originally belonged.
As the massive wyvern disappeared, the mana threads binding him lost their power and scattered into the air.
“Tch.”
The First Elder, evidently not expecting me to go to Yongyong, glared at me with a flustered expression.
Even in his confusion, he didn’t forget to prepare another attack against me.
“You can’t keep blocking forever.”
“You’ve been talking to yourself a lot since earlier without getting a response.”
“…Shout!”
The First Elder acted as if he hadn’t heard me and shouted his ki once more.
At the same time, ominous mana began to gather on the ground again.
This time, the mana was much darker and more abundant than before.
It was obvious at a glance.
Something big was coming.
‘I can’t just sit back and watch.’
They say the best defense is a good offense.
To prepare for the First Elder’s magic, I began focusing as well.
Instead of expanding the subspace I had opened, I locked my gaze on the First Elder, who had his eyes closed in concentration.
My Spatial Movement ability allowed me to transport not just myself but anything in contact with me to a location I remembered.
For years, that was the extent of how I used Spatial Movement.
Then, as I developed a sense for space itself, I began to experiment more with my ability.
Years of jumping through space naturally led me to develop an awareness.
The sensation of space opening, my body entering it, and then emerging elsewhere.
When that spatial awareness awakened one day, I began seriously researching my power.
Thanks to that, I learned not just to move but also to open spaces, eventually using subspace for storage.
And I even took it a step further.
‘I can open space without physical contact.’
Although using this technique came with a splitting headache, it was worth it.
Wooong–
I focused intensely, locking my gaze on the enemy while putting as much force as I could into my eyes.
I would open space where the First Elder stood and send him through it.
‘It’s been a while.’
A place I’d only visited once before but had found endlessly useful since.
Wooong–
The more I concentrated, the more the space around the First Elder began to tremble.
Naturally, he didn’t notice.
He was too busy casting his spell.
The dark magic brewing on the ground grew larger and more menacing.
‘Still slower than me.’
Wooong– Flash–
“Hoo.”
It happened in an instant.
The First Elder, who had been floating mid-air, vanished on the spot.
It wasn’t because he noticed my ability and fled.
Even in his final moment, the First Elder had his eyes shut in concentration.
‘Ugh.’
A sharp, stabbing headache hit me—a sign that my ability had worked.
I almost collapsed on the spot but managed to endure.
At the same time, the mana on the ground was vibrating as if an explosion was about to occur.
My head hurt, but I had to get out of here for now.
Wooong–
With the sound of space opening, I took a step forward.
It was time to bring this to an end.
Not here, where ominous mana was overflowing.
***
Kilbis was one of the strongest black mages in the Nameless Organization.
There are many branches of black magic, but the First Elder, Kilbis, had a particular strength in pure magic itself.
True to his once-renowned genius, Kilbis quickly mastered black magic.
While Randgar was obsessed with the Undead and Arte with creating creatures, Kilbis continued to focus solely on the essence of magic.
It was entirely different from commonly known magic, which was exactly why Kilbis enjoyed it so much.
Ignoring the existing rules and creating everything anew.
That fact alone gave Kilbis a new sense of purpose in life.
In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that most of the common black magic used in the Nameless Organization was created by Kilbis.
‘I’ve never had the chance to test this on a person until now. This is perfect.’
Feeling the pulsating mana under his control, Kilbis focused even more.
Even though it was his own creation, Kilbis had never used this magic in combat.
Not just in combat—he hadn’t even tested it on anyone.
The reason was simple.
Testing it recklessly could expose the existence of both the Nameless Organization and black magic to the outside world.
‘This time, it’s a twist.’
“Hmph.”
A faint chuckle escaped Kilbis as he concentrated.
If the magic worked as he intended, even that foe capable of deflecting magic wouldn’t emerge unscathed.
The magic he was casting now was practically a trump card, drawing on almost all the mana gathered in the area.
No matter how strong the automatic defense against physical attacks was, it wouldn’t be infinite.
The original magic Kilbis created was a massive explosion spell.
It condensed mana to an extreme degree, forming a small but devastatingly powerful sphere that would detonate.
However, the magic he was now crafting was the opposite.
Instead of making the sphere smaller, he was making it larger to trap that thief inside it.
And instead of the explosion occurring outside the sphere, he would unleash continuous bursts of explosions and magic inside it.
It would be a relentless barrage of attacks from every direction.
‘It’s a shame I couldn’t fully grasp the abilities and magic of that thief.’
If he had the leisure, Kilbis would have captured him alive to extract information about his abilities, but there was no time for that.
The thief was so adept at escaping that Kilbis couldn’t afford the risk of letting him slip away again.
That was why he resorted to an all-in magic like this.
‘This is the end…!’
Wooong–
The magic was finally complete.
At the very moment it was ready to activate and bring everything to an end.
“What… What is this?”
Kilbis opened his eyes in shock as he felt the mana under his control sever in an instant.
What met his gaze was not the familiar view of his research lab nor the imposing figure of the Black Shadow Corps’ leader.
Shaa—
What he saw instead was the ocean.
A vast, open sea accompanied by the sound of waves.
‘What… What is this?’
Startled by the completely different surroundings, Kilbis quickly looked around.
“Huh…?”
When Kilbis turned away from the sea before him and looked behind him, he couldn’t control his expression.
Behind the ocean was a forest and rocks.
But they weren’t ordinary forests and rocks.
The forest looked as if finding an intact tree would be impossible, and the rocks were damaged everywhere.
Charred remnants of trees, enormous rocks pierced by something—everything looked as if a natural disaster had swept through.
Wooong–
Kilbis was still processing the situation when it happened.
“Hoo. It’s been a while.”
“You…”
Kilbis muttered blankly as he looked at the figure that appeared before him.
As expected, it was that thief.
The leader of the Black Shadow Corps, the man Kilbis had been fighting just moments ago.
“…Hmm. Looks like the island’s taken quite a bit of damage.”
“…”
Kilbis couldn’t say a word as he watched the Black Shadow Corps leader rub his forehead as if troubled.
Instead, a creeping sense of fear began to rise within him.
Judging by the situation, it was clear.
This man had transported Kilbis here.
‘He can move someone without even touching them?’
It was shocking.
This was something beyond magic.
Even though Kilbis had been concentrating, he hadn’t sensed any movement of mana around him.
“Well then.”
Srrng– Gulp–
Kilbis unconsciously swallowed as he watched the Black Shadow Corps leader draw his sword.
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