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Episode 92
Inferiority complex (8)
Hwaruk, hururur─!
Philip looked around at the spectacle he had created.
A forest that has become a wasteland.
Although it was the middle of the night, the dark red flames burning here and there in the bushes were illuminating the surroundings.
“Ugh, gasp… … !”
“… … Haa, haa.”
In the center of the vacant lot.
Ermin and the Furry Captain were glaring at him, panting.
Their bodies, which clearly showed signs of exhaustion, were covered in small wounds.
When Philip saw this, a strange sense of victory rose up in his heart.
‘This is… … .’
I was brimming with power.
Despite sending two powerful men to their deaths and burning this vast forest to the ground… … .
Still, the power was overflowing.
‘… … This is the talent I have been longing for.’
The rising elation paralyzed Philip’s reason, and an omnipotent power seemed to be coursing through his body.
Indeed, this is the world that geniuses see.
Philip, who was chewing on that feeling in his mind, once again scattered his power in all directions.
Kwakwakwakwa─!
A ray of black light burst out from between his gaping mouth.
At the same time, dozens of pairs of tentacles swept in all directions, sweeping the surrounding area.
The dense trees were burned away, and the bushes were swept away by the tentacles.
In the blink of an eye, the forest turned into a desolate open space.
“shit!”
“Captain, be careful!”
Even Ermin and Captain Furbo couldn’t put up any resistance.
They are only anxious to avoid their own attacks.
I was unable to make any counterattack.
-You guys… … !
As Philip opened his mouth, a hideous roar came out.
His voice, which had changed to the point where it could no longer be called a human voice, sounded like that of an animal, and echoed through the forest.
-… … You guys ignored me so much!
Philip knew it too.
That this power is now taking away his humanity.
The fact that it is not only making his appearance monstrous, but also gradually taking control of his reason.
But now, that kind of thing wasn’t a problem.
Overflowing power.
And even talents that he never had before.
That’s it.
For this, Philip was ready to give his all.
Even if that is the humanity that one possesses.
With this newfound power, Philip will show those who have ignored him so far.
That I’ve become this strong.
I too have acquired great talent.
And that first target is… … .
That’s right, it was Raul.
‘for a moment.’
Philip, who had been attacking freely, stopped for a moment.
That would be the case, since Raul hasn’t been seen since a while ago.
-… … There you are!
Ta-da-dak─!
Suddenly, a vague figure passed through the forest. Philip quickly turned his gaze toward it.
As expected, Raoul was running away from him, his buttocks twitching.
-This brat! When were you acting so arrogant? Why are you running away so shamelessly now?
Philippe let out a roar of rage, ignoring Ermine and the captain and fixing his gaze on Raoul.
He ran forward, using dozens of pairs of tentacles to press against the ground.
Philip’s body had long since lost its human form.
He took the form of a red lump and used his tentacles as legs to slash through the forest.
-Stand there!
Pavabababak─!
Philippe, who had been running madly in a bizarre manner, used his magic again when he got closer to Raoul.
A dark red flame soaked in magic coalesces in his mouth.
The concentrated magical power became a small dot, which exploded and shot out towards Raoul in the form of a straight beam of light.
Kwakwakwakwa─!
Where the light passed, a deep, long groove was dug.
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The ground shook, huge trees were uprooted, and rocks in the path of the beam were shattered.
“… … !”
So.
The light magic reached right behind Raoul’s back.
Raoul’s eyes widened.
Shh …
Philip smiled triumphantly.
His hideous mouth twisted strangely.
‘… … Okay.’
His attack hit Raul.
With this, it was clear that Raoul, who had once ignored him, would also die… … .
Woof, dismissed─!
“… … ?”
But at that time.
Philip saw.
The sight of the light magic losing its power just before reaching Raul’s back.
-Wh, what… … !
Were you lacking strength?
Should I have used a little more magic to deploy the spell?
With that thought in mind, Philip deployed his magic again.
This time, with all my might.
-You’re lucky! But luck doesn’t come twice!
A beam of light, incomparably larger than any before, emanated from Philip’s mouth.
Woof, dismissed─!
but.
The result was the same as before.
The beam of light that had been stretching out towards Raul suddenly lost its power and disappeared just before hitting him.
As if blocked by a transparent membrane.
-T, how is this… …!
Even if you try again.
And then I try again… … .
The result was always the same.
Philippe’s magic never reached Raoul.
-no way…….
The beam that Philip had deployed flew towards Raoul again. The beam expanded and split into hundreds of bullets.
Raoul is instantly trapped in a magical vortex.
A fist-sized magic cannon touched Raul’s right shoulder hem. The hem of the boy’s clothes that had been touched by the magic instantly turned black as if on fire.
But the very next moment… … .
The magical mass that Philip had created once again lost its power and disappeared.
Dismissal─.
Dismissal─.
Dismissal─.
The same goes for hundreds of other magic cannons.
It disappears.
The attacks that were rushing towards Raul’s body disappeared all at once just before they reached his body.
-Ah, it’s not over yet… … !
Still, Philip’s attacks did not stop.
If one is not enough, this time two.
Woof woof, woof woof─!
Dual Casting.
As the two balls of magical energy coalesced in Philip’s mouth, two beams of light shot out toward the front.
Kwakwakwakwa─!
The expansion continues.
And spread.
As there were two rays, the number of magic cannons surrounding Raoul also doubled.
But this time too… … .
Dismissal─.
The result was the same.
‘how…….’
It didn’t make sense.
It was something that Philip’s common sense simply could not understand.
It was something that could not happen.
‘How could this happen… … .’
Dismissal, dismissal, dismissal─!
Magic spells that disappear one after another just before touching Raul’s body.
Now Raul was dispelling hundreds of magical cannons one by one just before they could hit his body.
‘… … Does that make sense?’
It wasn’t like I was blocking the attack with defensive magic.
Dispell.
Analyzing hundreds of magical cannons one by one, twisting their central cores, and destroying their magical circuits one by one… … .
‘That, that’s… … .’
That ridiculous task.
Raoul was doing it.
-That really doesn’t make sense… … !
Philip let out a scream. His roar swept through the surroundings in the form of sound waves. The entire forest shook along with the waves.
But Raul still stood there, calmly.
Dark forest.
The stars and moon in the night sky are forming over the calm surface of the lake and illuminating the forest.
Raoul continued answering in a low voice.
“Yeah. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not easy to succeed in “Dispel” like this continuously.”
“… … .”
“But, Master.”
Raoul swallowed his words.
He smiled faintly without saying anything.
Yet Philip seemed to be able to hear his answer.
-T, is that right? Is it possible to succeed in dispel so many times in a row? It’s very difficult to destroy with dispel from the beginning with dual casting…
-I don’t know.
Already a few hours ago.
Because Raoul had already answered that question through a debate with himself.
-But I did it.
‘ah.’
Philip sighed. His head turned white. He couldn’t see. He felt as if his beliefs had been denied.
Ssuk─.
Philip stared silently at the surface of the lake before his eyes.
His own face was reflected.
Before he knew it, he had taken the form of a hideous monster.
‘… … .’
It is difficult to even distinguish facial features… … .
It looked like a haphazardly clump of horrible filth.
okay.
Although Philippe thought he had gained power, it was Raoul who ultimately had the real talent.
What Raul possessed was true talent.
You can have it without having to turn into an ugly person like Philip.
Brilliant, beautiful… … .
Such pure talent.
‘Ahhh, ahhhh.’
A fire began to rise in Philip’s heart once again.
Riley was born with the talent she had been longing for her entire life.
Perhaps because of that fact, Philippe’s inferiority complex towards Raoul grew even stronger.
Self-loathing has long since reached its peak.
And these dark emotions further amplified the evil energy dormant in Philip’s heart.
-Ugh, ugh …
It started to run wild.
A glimmer of reason in Philip’s mind.
And this was the last bit of pride that supported his humanity.
-Die!!! Just die!!! Just die!!!
Philip screamed. He let out all the energy he had been holding inside. His vision went dark.
I couldn’t see anything.
His reason, consumed by hatred, kept him in darkness.
In that pitch-black world.
Philip squeezed out all the strength he had and scattered his magical power in all directions.
Kwakwakwakwakwa───!
The heavens and the earth were covered with his magic. Not only Philip’s imagination, but also the real world was dyed black.
The red magic cannon’s fire net narrowed down towards Raul and engulfed the entire world.
Crunch─!
How much time has passed like that?
A faint crackling sound echoed in Philip’s ears.
Slap─.
At the same time, the sound of someone falling down helplessly was heard.
-Haa, haaah… … .
Philip opened his eyes again.
All the water in the lake evaporated, and the trees and bushes around it disappeared without a trace.
The dirt floor was dug deep and reached down to the solid rock layer.
All of them were terrain features that had been destroyed by the magic that they had unconsciously deployed.
Swish─.
Philip looked at the deep hole he had created.
In the middle of that pit… … .
Raoul was lying there helpless.
-okay.
Philip muttered.
-This, this, this is the end that suits you. This is the end that should be meted out to those who ignored me.
Saaaa …
The crimson aura surrounding Philip’s body gradually faded.
Crunch, crunch─!
The tentacles lost their form, and his body began to revert back to human form.
After the battle, Philip returns to his original form.
He walked slowly towards Raoul with feeble, stumbling steps.
Raoul lay there motionless.
Philip, who had been silently watching him for a while, soon began to pour out what was in his mind.
“This, this is… … .”
“… … .”
“This is right. You, you ignored me. You took my place.”
Philip himself knew it.
This was a ridiculous excuse.
“What took me decades to achieve, you achieved in one day.”
“… … .”
“That, that, that absolutely must not happen. It would be denying my efforts.”
but.
Philip was originally this kind of person.
He was always making excuses to escape from reality.
He always justified himself with dirty lies.
“So… … . You, kids like you who only believe in talent and do nothing, deserve to die like this.”
“… … .”
“Because you are the evil of the world. You, you are nothing but the evil of the devil.”
He also hated the way he looked, but he couldn’t help it.
Philip has already lived like that his whole life.
It was unreasonable to expect him to change his behavior now.
“Ugh, ugh… … !”
“Damn it! Am I late?”
at that time.
Suddenly, other people’s voices were heard from far away.
Philip turned his gaze towards her with sharp eyes.
Ermin and Captain Copson appeared.
Before they knew it, the two of them had come near the lake, following the traces they had left behind.
“… … Raoul!”
Ermine, seeing Raul collapse, ran towards him in a panic.
Sreung─!
The captain took an axe from his waistband.
He faced Philip and confronted him.
“Ermin, heal Raoul quickly. I will stop Philippe.”
“……All right.”
Hearing those words, Philip bit his lips tightly.
‘Now… … .’
Now those people also treat me like a monster.
“heartbreak.”
“… … .”
“I don’t want to fight with the captain.”
“… … What the hell is that nonsense!”
The furious captain.
He shouted at Philip with his face turning red and blue.
“You killed Hancock and Marco! And you even tried to kill Raoul! And what? You don’t want to fight us now?”
“That, that is… … .”
Philip, who was stuttering, made an excuse.
“Those, those, those kids ignored me.”
“……what?”
“Nose, Copson and Marco ignored me in the dungeon.”
“… … .”
“And Raoul didn’t respect me as his teacher and acted like he was better than me!”
Philip’s shoulders slumped.
“Me, me, those who ignored me deserve to die.”
“… … .”
“On the other hand, Captain Copson has always respected me… … I don’t want to kill the captain.”
under.
Captain Copson burst into laughter.
“Haven’t I told you over and over again, Philip?”
“… … .”
“You need to be a little more manly.”
Kuk─.
A sergeant who holds the axe handle tightly.
The blade of his axe gleamed brightly in the moonlight.
“So now, put those lame excuses away and just come at me.”
“… … .”
String.
Philip bit his lower lip.
I bit so hard that blood flowed.
‘okay.’
Now there is no one who takes my side.
The only thing I can trust is this new power that I possess.
“Then there’s nothing I can do.”
“… … .”
“Captain Copson will die too. Just like Raoul, who is lying there helpless.”
Gooooooo─.
A crimson aura began to rise around Philip again.
Copson, who witnessed the sight, swallowed dry saliva.
Have to hold on.
Until Ermin finishes treating Raoul.
To do that, you have to attack during the moment when Philip casts his magic.
‘just now……!’
Kwaang─!
It was the moment when Copson kicked the ground and ran forward.
“Who dies?”
“……uh?”
A voice came from behind him.
A young voice.
A faint voice was heard that was hard to tell if it belonged to a boy or a girl.
Maybe his voice is thin because his puberty hasn’t changed yet?
Captain Copson thought the same thing every time he heard Raoul’s voice.
“It’s okay, Mr. Ermin. You don’t have to heal me. I’m fine.”
“Wh, what… … .”
Swish─.
Raoul got up from his seat.
He, who had been lying down helplessly just a moment ago, was fine without a single wound.
“Oh, how… … !”
Philip let out a scream when he saw that sight.
“… … How could you survive! Boo, my magic clearly pierced your heart!”
“Oh, that?”
Raoul smiled and lifted his robe.
Swish─.
In the place where there should have been a hole… … .
“… …Mom, a necklace?”
The skull-shaped necklace was in pieces.
“I carried the necklace with me as the captain said, and miraculously, I was able to save my life.”
of course.
Unlike ordinary necklaces, this necklace was an artifact that contained high-level “Shield” magic that Richie gave to Riley…
“Anyway, thank you, Mr. Philip. Thanks to your reckless use of magic, I was able to break the crystal ball without it being noticeable.”
“… … What, what?”
“Later, when we return to the Magic Tower, we can make an excuse to Elder Isabella that the crystal ball was shattered by a direct hit from Mr. Philip’s magic.”
“Th, what is that… … .”
Correction ball?
The rooftop?
Elder Isabella?
A torrent of confusing stories poured out of Raoul’s mouth.
But Raul continued talking without giving me time to understand what he was saying.
“By the way, Mr. Philip, from now on, you will have to be a little more tense.”
The crystal ball was shattered.
Now the tower guard watching Raoul is no longer there.
There was no longer any reason for Raoul, no… … Riley, to hide his powers.
Here, even if she were to use “lightning” magic, the Magic Tower would never know about it.
“Then clench your teeth.”
“… … .”
“This attack is going to hurt a bit.”
Gooooooo───!
As soon as he finished speaking.
An indescribable, solid aura of magic began to surge around Riley’s body.
