The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 167

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 167
Zeke warned Seire before raising his fist again.
Thud, thud!
Blood sprayed, teeth scattered.
Kardeipor’s face was being pulverized beyond recognition.
Gulp.
A warning from a descendant of the gods was not something to be dismissed lightly.
‘With that level of strength and speed… I’d be caught immediately if I tried to flee.’
This descendant of the gods had detected a sniper shot from a kilometer away and come running.
Evading his gaze was impossible.
Then his fists stopped.
It seemed my turn would come soon.
“Huff…”
Zeke caught his breath and looked down at the sprawled Kardeipor.
His face was so mangled that calling it a “blood clot” would be an understatement.
He looked like he could die at any moment, yet breath still wheezed from his crushed nose.
“Is this what an immortal Lich Dragon is? Damn, he won’t die.”
I could kill him easily with a weapon using the soul-cutting effect, but I didn’t do it for the Quest.
I simply spat on his face and turned my gaze toward the next target.
“You’ve waited long enough? Come here. I’ll polish you up nicely…”
The moment I stepped forward.
Thump—
My pupils dilated.
At the sight of Seire suddenly dropping to his knees.
‘Why is that bastard suddenly doing this?’
I stared at the red-skinned demon with a skeptical gaze.
Regardless, Seire lowered his head with a servile expression.
[Human. I acknowledge your strength well. We know we were wrong. So please, forgive us now. I beg of you.]
A demon of all demons bowing his pride to a human and begging?
Even Kardeipor, who was on death’s door, stared at the demon with bewildered eyes.
Zeke was equally taken aback.
‘There’s no way demons would submit this easily?’
No matter how much they realized the difference in power, they weren’t the type to bow their pride to humans they considered beneath insects.
‘They’re acting like this just to avoid getting beaten? That doesn’t make sense.’
Naturally, I suspected there was some ulterior motive.
When I read his true thoughts, it was exactly as I suspected.
-No matter how strong a human is, they let their guard down when someone pretends to submit. The moment he gets close, I’ll blow his jaw clean off.
Seire was plotting a shallow scheme.
‘So he plans to lower my guard and ambush me. Well then.’
Zeke inwardly scoffed and approached Seire as he desired.
-Oh, here he comes. Pathetic human bastard. Get closer. More!
Unaware that his thoughts were laid bare before me, Seire remained prone, waiting for the perfect moment to ambush.
Even with future foresight activated, allowing me to see three seconds ahead with perfect clarity.
Zeke participated in this ridiculous charade, if only briefly.
“Hey. If you come at me like this, I’ll feel bad. Are you truly remorseful?”
[I am genuinely remorseful. Believe me. I regard touching you and the Duke Family as the greatest blunder of my existence. Truly.]
“Hmm. You seem sincere…”
The moment Zeke drew near my head.
Whoosh!
Seire sprang up like a coiled spring, hurling a punch.
Zeke sidestepped with effortless grace, as if he’d anticipated it all along.
“Fine, I’ll forgive you… Did you really think this would work?”
[…!]
The ambush crumbled far too easily.
Seire unleashed a barrage of follow-up strikes without hesitation.
Whoosh! Crack!
An unexpected close-quarters brawl.
Yet not a single blow landed on Zeke.
“With this level of strength?”
Smack!
[Ugh!]
Seire staggered backward, his face taking the full brunt of the strike.
“So you were planning an ambush?”
Thud!
[Gack!]
“Even while feigning submission?”
Seire doubled over, clutching his abdomen, his tongue hanging out as if he might retch at any moment.
“Maybe I should rip that tongue out. Would that knock some sense into you?”
As Zeke reached for his tongue, Seire recoiled in terror and spun around.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
I immediately seized his tail and wrenched it with force.
Rip!
[Aaaahhh!]
Black blood sprayed as his tail was torn away.
What followed was nothing but one-sided brutality.
Thwack! Thwack!
Kardeipor turned away, unable to bear the sight.
The scene was so pitiful it bordered on grotesque.
Rip!
[Screeeech!]
Even as Seire’s bat wings were torn from both sides, he had to endure the agony of absolute torment.
‘That should have made you understand the difference in our power.’
Though I orchestrated a scene of brutal violence, my mind remained ice-cold and calculating.
I swung my fists with carefully restrained emotion, solely to gauge whether the Quest would succeed.
What if I accidentally killed them and ruined the Quest?
‘Well, these aren’t the type to die from this.’
One was the Lich Dragon—an immortal being.
The other was a demon whose true body resided in the Demon Realm, with only an avatar present here.
Immortal existences, but one could never be too careful.
‘Their consciousness could shatter from the pain alone.’
That’s why I controlled my punches with meticulous precision.
Maintaining the threshold so their minds wouldn’t fracture.
Of course, they had no idea such consideration was mixed into my assault.
Tap, tap.
Brushing the blood from my hands with a satisfied expression, I looked down at the pulped dragon and demon.
“You two. I’m being merciful by stopping here today, but if you ever show your faces before me again or lay a finger on my family, I’ll kill you for real. And if you don’t die, I’ll beat you until you do. Do you understand?”
“….”
[….]
“If you have a mouth, answer me, you bastards. Open it!”
“Y-yes, we understand….”
[Ugh, we will….]
I crushed their already-shattered pride once more.
On the surface, they appeared to submit, but reading their true thoughts revealed the opposite.
-Stupid fool. You’re stopping here without hitting us more?
-You know we can’t be killed, so that’s why you’re holding back?
-Either way, you’re dead. Once I recover my strength, I’ll have my revenge. Absolutely!
-I’ll repay this humiliation. I’ll bring the entire army of the Demon Realm if I must!
Reading their petty thoughts, I felt the urge to land another blow.
“Your eyes are really pissing me off.”
Crack! Smack!
“Ugh!”
[Argh!]
Any excuse would do.
“Anyway, watch your behavior.”
With those words, I transformed into a shape of flame and soared into the sky.
The two remained silent until my figure completely vanished.
[D-did he leave?]
“It seems he has….”
[Phew… I thought we were headed to hell.]
“….”
Seire exhaled as though he had been snatched back from the brink of death, and his fury erupted in the next moment.
[That wretch deserves to be fed to Cerberus! How dare he insult me? I swear I shall have my vengeance!]
“Please, allow me to join in this endeavor. I fear I shall not sleep until I hear that inhuman creature’s screams.”
[That’s the spirit. Once I recover my strength, I’ll repay him tenfold for what he’s done to us!]
Seire’s vow of revenge was laced with resentment and fury.
Zeke McLafflin was the first human to ever inflict such suffering upon him.
After grinding his teeth in indignation for a time, Seire suddenly voiced a question.
[But there’s something strange about this. Why did he let us live?]
“Well… perhaps he gave up because he realized he couldn’t kill us?”
[Gave up? That rabid beast who pounded me relentlessly until I nearly perished?]
Cerberus was known to never release prey once bitten, not until death claimed it.
Seire had sensed that same quality in Zeke McLafflin.
A conclusion drawn from enduring dozens of punches across his entire body.
Which made it all the more bewildering that he would simply let them go.
[He could have buried us alive if death alone wouldn’t suffice. Yet he spared us as though showing mercy.]
“Now that I think about it, it is strange. Why would he do such a thing…?”
[He clearly intends to toy with us.]
Conviction blazed in Seire’s eyes.
[He released us as if to say: go ahead and retaliate if you dare.]
“Ha, if that’s truly his intent, he is a most infuriating creature indeed.”
[No matter. Thanks to that arrogance, we have been given an opportunity—a chance for vengeance.]
Seire’s eyes burned with the fire of retribution as he issued orders to Kardeipor.
[I shall return to the Demon Realm and summon reinforcements. In the meantime, you are to gather the Lich Dragons and prepare.]
“But surely they will all be occupied with preparations for the Heavenly Demon War…”
[That is irrelevant now. Dealing with that wretch must be our sole priority.]
“Yes, understood.”
[We shall show him the full might of the Demon Realm and make him regret ever letting us live.]
The hunger for vengeance ignited a blazing inferno within Seire’s gaze.

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A display of power? A cruel game?
Contrary to their assumptions, I had released them for far more trivial reasons.
I had simply followed the Quest.
[Completed: Do Not Use Weapons!]
[Completed: Make Them Feel the Difference in Power!]
[Completed: Allow Them to Escape!]
[Main Quest Cleared!]
[You have acquired a new Basic Skill as a reward.]
[Basic Skill: Indomitable Spirit]
-Effect: You possess an unwavering spirit that cannot be broken under any circumstance. This skill consumes no mental energy.
-Special Property: Constantly active.
‘Oh, exactly the skill I needed.’
I had been suffering from a shortage of mental energy lately.
Every time I activated Future Foresight or Read True Thoughts, mental energy was the price I paid.
But now I no longer had to worry about my mind being eroded away.
‘Now I can use Future Foresight and Read True Thoughts indefinitely.’
That said, keeping both skills active constantly would feel like my brain might break, so I planned to activate them only when necessary.
For now, my priority was to reunite with my family and manage the aftermath.
“Zeke. What urgent matter drove you to rush out like that?”
Gerard stood waiting in front of the Duke’s Mansion, and I responded to him in a grave tone.
“I encountered mages who were targeting us just moments ago.”
“What?”
“They were preparing a grand spell to strike at the Family. Fortunately, I managed to stop them in time.”
“So the reason you rushed out was….”
“Yes. I sensed an ominous presence and went to investigate.”
Gerard fell silent.
His son had sensed a presence he himself had missed and preemptively prevented an assassination attempt.
-Are Draconians truly such formidable beings?
I heard Gerard’s unspoken thoughts clearly, but I chose not to dispel the misunderstanding.
‘When you think about it, that’s not wrong either.’
I hadn’t lied, after all.
“This is no time to dwell on it. If a safe location has been decided, we should depart immediately.”
“Understood. Let us prepare to leave at once.”
Soon after, the family members who had heard the news gathered their belongings and emerged from the estate.
Some hundred people, including maids and guards, lined up in front of the magical carriages.
“Zeke, everything is ready.”
“You brought Lillis as well?”
“Yes. She is confined in one of the magical carriages.”
“Well done.”
The Forerunners’ objective is to secure Lillis Lin.
If I left her here, they would simply seize the very prize I had fought so hard to obtain.
That was not something I desired.
The System seemed to share my sentiment, for a Quest materialized before me.
【Sudden Quest: Escort the McLafflin Family】
└The McLafflin Family intends to transport Lilith Lin to a safe haven within the Baiso Kingdom.
└Ensure the McLafflin Family reaches the safe haven without incident. You may employ summoned creatures or allies.
【Conditions】
└Escort the McLafflin Family
【Rewards】
└Random stat increase of 3,000
└6th-tier skill proficiency increase of 15,000
Yet the Quest was not limited to this alone.

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