Extras Are Too Strong Episode 162
The flood that Elricson summoned did not distinguish between friend and foe.
Everyone had no choice but to flee in front of the torrent that swept through the place like a tsunami.
Coo coo coo coo… … !
A huge body of water collapses.
In the first place, what the nine water pillars were aiming for was Mord.
Nine water columns collided and exploded at the point where Mord was, and the surrounding area was swept away by a flood in the aftermath.
The aftermath alone was enough to submerge a small town.
However, Mord and his group were all people who had the talent to protect themselves from such disasters.
“Mord!”
Eriu jumped onto the block of ice created in the air and soared into the sky to find Mord.
She looked at the sky with worried eyes and soon found the image she was looking for.
Mord broke through a huge torrent of water and was soaring into the sky.
And on the other side was the figure of Elixon falling, spattering blood.
‘Oh, no… … .’
Elricson desperately held on to his fading consciousness.
If this continues, you will die.
The moment his vision was obscured by the torrent of water, the hypersonic aura fired by Mord blew off the left side of his upper body.
This is an injury that would have killed an ordinary human being instantly. However, Elixon’s artifacts and magic items were keeping him alive.
‘Somehow… You just have to get away with it this once!’
Elricson never looked down on Mord.
The third unique power, which was a trump card, was not intended to end Mord. It was used to buy time to implement another mythical spell that boasts enormous destructive power.
However, Mord’s response completely exceeded his expectations.
Could he have imagined that there would be a counterattack that would push him to the brink of death?
‘only once… … !’
Elricson mustered up all his mental strength.
I feel it.
Mord is rapidly approaching!
Elricson, facing death, completed the spell with the concentration of his life.
-Trader of space!
The space-altering spell that had saved him from danger several times changed his and Mord’s positions once again.
“… … !”
It should have been so.
“why… … ?”
Elricson’s eyes widened in shock.
Mord’s fist was piercing the rest of his torso.
“This can’t be happening, uh… … !”
The spell had clearly been cast.
Nevertheless, Mord approached with the same momentum he had and pierced Elixon’s body.
“… … .”
Mord did not answer.
However, when Elixon saw Mord’s eyes of different colors, he seemed to have gotten an answer.
“Right… … .”
Now that he was about to die, Elricson’s Seven Senses were at a higher level than ever before.
A sense that was closer to the divine than to the human derived the answer.
“You are not only of Bernas’ bloodline… Was it the divine blood of the Sky God? … ?”
Elricson laughed helplessly.
The question was finally resolved.
Little is known about the divine blood of the heavenly god.
However, Elricson lived less than 200 years after the end of the myth, and was also a great wizard who obtained ancient secrets.
“For such a ridiculous existence to exist, fate has played a trick on me again. I am… … !”
Elricson glared at Mord with eyes shining with anger and tried to say something.
Boom!
But before he could say anything, Mord’s fist landed.
“Now that you have answered all your questions, die satisfied.”
Mord had no intention of listening to Elricson’s will.
To him, Elricson was like a disaster he encountered in passing.
There was nothing to feel human empathy for. She had lived such a shabby life as a warlock that there was no room to sympathize with her.
‘If you let them talk, they’ll start yelling annoying curses.’
And Elricson was not a man who would look back on his life and recite human emotions as a will.
If he could say just one thing before he died, he would risk his existence and curse the winner, and in that regard, he was extremely capable.
Even in Sedogma, Aidan had a hard time breaking the curse.
But that was then.
[Listen! You are a descendant of Bernas and a descendant of the Sky God! I am… … !]
Since Elixon is unable to speak with his voice, isn’t he trying to say something with mental waves by using his magic power?
Boom!
But Mord was faster.
The fist struck like a thunderbolt, blowing a deep hole where Elricson’s head had been.
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‘A terrible guy… … .’
A little while ago, Mord also felt an eerie feeling.
I never would have thought that even in that state, he would try to cast the final curse.
“… … .”
And no more words were heard.
A long time ago, it was the end of the great wizard Elricson, who was called the dark sage and the object of fear.
* * *
The sky became clear. The dark clouds disappeared, as if the heavy rain that had poured down just moments before was a lie.
Shoot… … .
Water was pouring down the mountain. Landslides occurred when unstable points collapsed due to heavy rain and the clash of powerful forces.
It was a landscape that looked like a huge flood had swept through.
Mord was watching the scene from a high ground.
“Whoa… … .”
Taking a deep breath, Mord’s transformation wore off and his eye and hair colors returned to their original colors.
‘The burden has definitely been reduced.’
Unlike before, the recoil that awakened the Sky God’s blood was no longer as severe. I felt exhausted, but it was only mild.
‘It’s not just that, it’s something else…’ ‘It’s changing.’
However, the identity of the change was not yet known.
Eriu, who leaped tens of meters towards him, asked.
“Is that guy dead?”
“okay.”
“… … .”
Eriu looked up at Mord with eyes full of dissatisfaction.
It seemed like he wasn’t happy that Mord finished him off without giving him a chance to hit him.
“I wanted to at least let him breathe, but there was nothing I could do. “This guy would have cursed me forever if I had left him a will.”
“… … .”
Eriu still looked at Mord with eyes full of dissatisfaction.
“… … .”
I kept looking.
Mord spoke, feeling an unspoken pressure he had never felt before.
“… “The next time something like this happens, I’ll make sure to beat you up.”
“Is this a promise?”
“okay. “It’s a promise.”
Only then did Eriu relax his expression.
‘Anyway, from now on, even if I meet an archmage, I won’t have to fight alone.’
There were two reasons why Mord tried to defeat Elricson alone.
The first thing was that I wanted to experience the combat ability of an archmage, and the second thing was that I wanted to accumulate achievements in struggle.
‘Now that I think about it, I don’t know which of the two you were trying to use.’
For reference, Elricson had two more secret mythic spells left.
One was a mythic spell that boasted enormous firepower, and the other was a mythic spell that cast a terrifying curse.
In Sedokma, Aidan and his party overcame the danger of being almost killed due to these two spells.
The first mythic spell put half of my colleagues on the brink of death, and the second mythic spell would never have been possible without Cecil holding the magic sword.
In order to withstand the curse, Cecil had no choice but to make a deal with the demon king Bycelus, a being sealed in the demon sword, and as a result, her fate was confirmed to be headed toward destruction.
‘If it was the first… We would have survived.’
The power of Mord and his party far exceeds that of Aidan and his party when they faced Elixon in Sedokma. It would have been able to withstand the widespread destruction spells.
‘But secondly, the outcome is unpredictable. After all, the right answer was to finish it before writing it.’
It was time for Mord to relive the battle.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .
Four bright lumps of light emerged from Elixon’s body.
It was a fragment of the world.
Elricson’s seven world fragments were in a 3-2-1-1 state.
All of that was absorbed by Mord.
‘Hoo.’
Mord was amazed at the changes taking place within him.
Basically, the more world fragments come together, the easier it is for them to fuse together.
Even if seven Elixons were unable to fuse and were fragmented, Mords with a much greater number could fuse them.
And it actually happened.
‘31개라니, 갑자기 진도가 빨라졌다. 하긴 원래 가지면 가질수록 빨라지지.’
엘릭슨이 지닌 일곱 개를 흡수한 모르드의 세계 파편 총보유량은 36개.
보유 현황은 31-3-1-1이 되었다.
‘앞으로 17개… 48개를 하나로 융합시키고 나면 슬슬 그걸 시도해 볼 만하겠군. 그때쯤이면 파르웰도 충분히 성장해 있겠지.’
세계 파편은 24개를 하나로 융합되는 순간 다음 단계로 나아갔다. 심상 세계를 아공간처럼 쓸 수 있게 된 것이다.
그리고 48개를 하나로 융합하면 또 그다음 단계로 나아간다. 모르드는 그 단계가 되면 꼭 시도해 보고 싶은 일이 있었다. 그리고 그 시도는 반드시 마법사인 파르웰의 도움이 필요했다.
“아, 그렇지.”
모르드는 문득 생각났다는 듯 엘릭슨의 시신을 가리켰다.
“에리우, 이거 좀 얼려둬라.”
“왜?”
에리우가 고개를 갸웃했다. 왜 시신을 얼린단 말인가?
“저주의 힘 때문에 가만히 놔두면 뭘로 변할지 모르니까.”
본래 흑마법사는 죽여도 시신을 완전히 정화하거나 소멸시킬 때까지는 끝난 게 아니다.
특히 대마법사인 엘릭슨의 시신을 방치해 뒀다가는 특별한 의식 없이도 언데드가 되어 일어날 가능성이 컸다. 그것도 리치 혹은 아크리치 같은 고위 언데드로 말이다.
“그리고 나중에 이놈이 가졌던 물건들을 검사해서 챙길 건 챙기고 부술 건 부숴야 한다.”
그리고 엘릭슨은 마법 아이템을 무더기로 장비하고 있었다.
흑마법의 산물은 파괴하고, 그렇지 않은 것은 노획해서 써먹어야 했다.
“아하.”
에리우는 고개를 끄덕이고는 손을 뻗었다.
파삭!
극한으로 응축된 냉기가 엘릭슨의 시신을 꽁꽁 얼려버렸다.
모르드가 에리우에게 얼리라고 한 이유는 그녀의 냉기로 얼리면 단순히 물리적으로 얼어붙는 게 아니라 마법적인 상태 변화까지 봉인할 수 있기 때문이다. 망령을 봉인했을 때처럼 말이다.
그렇게 뒤처리를 하고 있는 사이에 동료들이 하나둘씩 모여들었다.
“아이고, 진짜 장난 아니네.”
케엘이 자기 어깨를 주무르면서 말했다.
“도시에서 먼 곳을 전장으로 삼았길 망정이지, 이거 조금만 더 가까웠어도 난리가 났겠는데.”
“영향이 없을 수는 없을 거다. 너무 대규모로 난리가 났으니…….”
“그렇겠지. 이 정도면 태풍이 휩쓸고 간 거나 마찬가지니까. 왜 모르드 네가 강이나 호수가 없는 곳을 찾으라고 했는지 이해가 되네.”
모르드는 전장을 정할 때 마을이나 도시, 그리고 강이나 호수가 아주 멀리 떨어진 숲 지대를 원했다.
강이나 호수가 있는 곳에서 싸웠다가는 하류에 있는 마을이나 도시에 큰 피해가 갈 것이라 예측했기 때문이다.
그리고 숲 지대를 원한 것은 에이단 때문이었다.
에이단은 숲과 지혜의 신 메잔타의 신혈이기에 숲속에서 더욱 강해진다. 그리고 적이 숲을 파괴할 경우에는 더더욱 강해진다.
‘역시 음흉하군.’
하지만 에이단은 이번 싸움에서 자신의 진짜 힘을 드러내지 않았다.
모르드 일행과 함께 싸우는 동안은 적당히 싸워도 문제가 없었기에 힘을 아낀 것이다.
아마 모르드 일행에게 자신의 모든 전력을 보이고 싶지 않다는 계산이 작용했으리라.
지금 자신의 눈치를 살피는 에이단의 눈빛만 봐도 알 수 있었다.
최대한 그런 속내를 드러내지 않으려고 노력하는 것 같지만, 지금의 에이단은 아직 어리다. 세독마와 달리 레반을 잃는 상실의 아픔을 겪지 않았기에 더욱 어리숙한 면모가 남아 있었다.
‘어차피 지금이야 전력을 다 드러내도 그리 대단할 게 없겠지. 잠재력이 무서운 거지 이번처럼 수준 높은 전투에서는 거의 기여할 수 없는 수준이니…….’
물론 이 평가는 어디까지나 모르드의 기준이었다.
에이단의 나이가 열여섯 살이라는 점, 그리고 그가 신혈을 각성하고 마법을 익힌 기간이 채 2년이 안 되었다는 점을 감안하면 믿을 수 없을 정도로 막강했다.
특히 세독마에서 에이단이 가졌어야 할 성장동력을 모르드가 꼼꼼하게 가로챘다는 점을 감안하면 지금의 성장세도 놀랍다.
특히 자신이 전혀 예상치 못한 경로로 세계 파편 세 개를 손에 넣었다는 사실에는 모르드도 경악할 수밖에 없었다.
‘혹시 모르니 대륙으로 나온 김에 몇 가지는 선점해 둬야겠어.’
모르드는 그 사실에 경계심을 느꼈다.
아무래도 은의 피에게 쫓겨서 북방으로 도망치는 바람에 어쩔 수 없이 나중으로 미뤄뒀던 일들을 이 기회에 처리해야 할 것 같았다.
그렇지 않으면 에이단이 언제 어떤 계기로 그것을 손에 넣어도 이상하지 않았으니까.
‘네가 나를 잠재적인 경쟁자로 여긴다면 나 또한 너를 그리 대해야겠지.’
모르드는 에이단을 만나기 전까지 그에 대한 태도를 확정하지 않았다.
자신의 행동으로 인해서 운명이 변화한 에이단이 어떤 인물로 성장했을지, 그리고 자신을 어떻게 대할지는 직접 만나보기 전까지는 알 수 없는 일이었으니까.
그리고 이제 모르드는 에이단을 향한 태도를 결정했다.
‘미래는 이미 달라졌다.’
에이단은 스승을 잃지 않았다.
미래에 그를 배신할 예정이었던 레드릭은, 고난과 역경을 함께 헤쳐나가며 깊은 신뢰를 받기 전에 정체가 발각되어 죽었다.
세실이 마검에 사로잡혀 죽는 일은 없을 것이다.
그리고 어둠의 현자 엘릭슨은 세독마에서 죽었던 것보다 훨씬 빠르게, 에이단 일행이 아닌 모르드의 손에 죽었다.
‘에이단, 너는 내 동료는 될 수 없지만… 그래도 지금 죽여서 싹을 잘라야 할 재앙은 아니라고 생각한다.’
앞으로 에이단이 어떤 인물로 성장할지는 모른다.
모르드는 그저 에이단이 세독마의 에이단처럼 되지 않기를 바랐다.
목적을 위해서라면 주저 없이 한 나라를 거대한 혼란에 빠뜨리고 수십만 명이 상잔하여 피를 흘리게 만드는 계략을 실행하는, 그런 냉혹하고 사악한 인물이 되지 않기를.
‘언젠가 우리는 적으로 만날지도 모르지.’
모르드는 여전히 그럴 가능성이 있다고 생각했다.
하지만 그것은 어디까지나 가능성이다.
지금의 에이단은 스승의 사정에 공감하고 분개할 줄 아는 사람이었다. 적이 된 자에게는 기꺼이 인간으로서의 양심을 버리고 흑마법을 행사하는, 자신의 원수 은의 피처럼 사람을 사람으로 보지 않는 괴물이 아니었다.
‘되도록 그런 날이 오지 않았으면 좋겠군.’
세상은 흑과 백 두 가지 색으로만 이루어져 있지 않다.
에이단은 모르드에게 있어서는 회색이었다. 하지만 지금은 그것으로 충분했다.
판타지,
