The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 205

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 205
Thud, thud.
Footsteps approaching me.
Though ordinary, those footsteps sounded like death drawing near to Clifford.
‘This is bad. To think this place would become my grave….’
My mana is sealed. I cannot even teleport.
And I cannot flee on foot either.
The threat was clear—if I run, I will not die peacefully. How could I possibly escape?
Trapped between impossible choices.
There was only one thing Clifford could do.
Rapidly devise a way out in his mind.
‘How… how can I….’
Crack—
The moment the figure stopped mere inches from my face, my mind went blank with terror.
“Are you prepared to die?”
Watching the Successor of God raise the Dark Aura Blade toward my neck, Clifford cried out desperately.
“Information! I will give you information.”
“What information?”
“Information that will benefit you. Let me live, and I will tell you….”
“Don’t make me repeat myself. What information are you talking about?”
I wanted to hear a guarantee of my life before speaking, but those murderous eyes offered no such hope.
“Ah, I recently visited Decan’s Treasure Vault.”
“Decan? You infiltrated the Royal Palace?”
“Yes.”
“What did you do in the Treasure Vault? Did you steal something?”
“No. I destroyed every single item in the Vault using telekinesis.”
“Why?”
“Elven relics are lethal weapons to the Demon Faction. Before the Heavenly Demon War begins, they needed to be destroyed beforehand. All my attempts to assassinate the King and infiltrate the Royal Palace were for this purpose.”
Clifford spilled every detail in near desperation.
Unaware that his inner thoughts had already been read—that everything was already known.
“…That is all I know. Now will you spare me?”
“Why would I?”
For a fleeting moment, Clifford’s facial muscles twitched.
“Did I not provide you with the information you wanted?”
“I already knew all of that.”
“….”
Already knew it?
Whether true or false, he could not argue the point.
Clifford produced different information.
“Then what about this? I know where Baluduk has gone. Are you not curious?”
“You already know that too? That bastard went to Hamilton Mine to find Arcnium for the gravity field.”
‘You really do know everything, don’t you?’
Clifford’s pupils trembled violently.
At this point, I had to change my approach.
“As you know, I am the Lich Dragon. While I primarily wielded telekinesis, I grew bored with magic and spent countless ages honing my swordsmanship.”
“I don’t want to hear about your past.”
“Just listen. After thousands of years devoted to the blade, I’ve never encountered a true rival. Though I may fall short in aura, my swordsmanship rivals even that of a Grand Aura Master.”
“So you want me to spar with you in swordsmanship, and if I win, you’ll let me go?”
The moment I saw through his intention, surprise flashed across Clifford’s eyes.
“Y-yes, that’s right.”
“I refuse.”
“….”
“Why would I waste time on something pointless like that?”
“Surely, as a swordsman who wields a blade, you must have pride in your abilities?”
“I don’t have any of that.”
Clifford was flustered.
‘This… this isn’t how it was supposed to go…’
In his confusion, he even stumbled over his words uncharacteristically.
“D-don’t you want to test it? To see who would win if we engaged in pure swordsmanship?”
“I’m curious, sure. But that doesn’t mean I want to let you live.”
Zeke McLafflin was honest.
“I just want to kill you.”
Honest to a fault.
“No matter what you propose, it doesn’t matter. You must pay for everything you’ve done, and I have no intention of ever letting you go.”
“….”
“So…”
My blade moved in an instant, leaving afterimages in its wake.
Thud!
“Die gracefully.”
“Cough…”
Clifford, his heart pierced through, breathed his last.
[Clifford Stewart eliminated!]
[Main Quest cleared!]
[You have acquired a new basic skill as your first reward.]
[An item has been granted as your second reward. You can check it in your subspace.]
[Basic Skill: Telekinesis]
-Effect: You can exert an intangible force to produce physical impact.
-Special Note: You can adjust the range as desired. The wider the range, the less power is concentrated. The strength of telekinesis increases with your Intelligence stat.
[Gloves of Telekinetic Force]
-Classification: Accessory
-Effect: Immunity to all flame-type magic, allows telekinetic power to be used with greater freedom, and increases telekinetic power by 200%.
-Durability: Infinite
-Usage Restriction: Bound to Zeke McLafflin
-Description: Arm guards worn by the Forerunner of Flame. A total of 13 items exist, and you can receive set effects.
After killing Clifford without hesitation, I examined the skills and items I received as rewards.
‘Telekinetic power, huh. Not bad. Picking up items will be convenient.’
I immediately pulled out the arm guards from my subspace and put them on, and they clung to me like magnets—the sensation felt rather pleasant.
I’d also obtained the 10-set effect.
However, upon reading the description, there was something that gave me pause.
-Forerunner’s Garment Set Effect (10/13)
-4-Set Effect: All attack power increased by 300% against the Dragon Race
-7-Set Effect: All attack power increased by 300% against the Demon Faction
-10-Set Effect: All attack power increased by 300% against the Celestial Realm
-13-Set Effect: ?????
‘Against the Celestial Realm? Aren’t they supposed to be the good ones?’
I had always held the basic assumption that angels were good and demons were evil, so I couldn’t help but feel confused.
I even wondered what situation would ever require me to fight the Celestial Realm.
‘Better to have it than not, I suppose.’
I then proceeded to check the four Dragon Language skills I hadn’t examined before.
[Dragon Language Skill: Soaring Wings]
-Effect: Dragon wings unfold from your back, allowing you to take flight.
-Special Note: You can fly freely, and movement speed increases with higher Dragon Power stats. The skill can be toggled on and off.
The first skill I obtained was one that manifested wings from my back.
For me, who had no flight skills besides Flight magic, this was a worthwhile acquisition.
[Dragon Language Skill: Dragon’s Wrath]
-Effect: Temporarily enter a state of fury, enhancing all stats by 30%.
-Special Note: A base duration of 10 minutes is provided, and duration increases with higher Dragon Power stats.
The second skill I obtained was one that enhanced my stats.
With a 30% boost to all stats, nothing could be better than this.
‘What could the third skill be?’
[Dragon Language Skill: Dragon Embodiment]
-Effect: For 10 minutes, your body becomes draconic. When embodied, all stats increase by 20% and Dragon Language skills can be used without cooldown. Has a fixed 24-hour cooldown.
-Special Note: Upon embodiment, your physique grows slightly larger with transformations in your hands and feet, and a tail and wings manifest. Duration increases with higher Dragon Power stats.
‘Dragon Embodiment? I actually become a dragon?’
From the description, it seemed I would become a humanoid dragon of smaller stature.
With stat increases and cooldown reduction, I decided that whenever necessary, I should fight after assuming dragon form.
I then examined the final skill I had obtained.
[Dragon Language Skill: Dragon’s Breath]
-Effect: Releases fan-shaped magical damage across a wide area in front of you.
-Special Note: Magical damage scales with all stats and Dragon Power. Has a 1-hour cooldown.
From the description, it seemed like a wide-area attack spell.
‘The cooldown is an hour, but once I materialize my dragon form, I can cast it continuously.’
I had no real complaints.
These were skills that could only be beneficial to have.
‘Not just good—they’re absolutely incredible.’
I was delighted by the multitude of skills, but it wasn’t over yet.
“Oh right, I almost forgot. Awaken, my servant.”
As I gestured toward Clifford’s corpse, he rose to his feet as if he’d never died at all.
The enslaved dragons who had come to thank me caught sight of this and stumbled backward in shock.
“Eek! Look! He’s, he’s alive!”
“How did he come back to life? All the other Lich Dragons are dead!”
I raised my hand to reassure them.
“Don’t worry. I’ve resurrected him as an undead under my control.”
With a gesture, Clifford was unsummoned and vanished.
Only then could the enslaved dragons approach me with peace of mind.
“Phew, I really thought he’d come back to life for real.”
“Regardless, we are truly grateful to you, Successor of God.”
“Without the Successor of God, we would have spent our entire lives in hellish torment.”
“You are truly our race’s savior, Successor of God.”
The enslaved dragons whose lives had been saved expressed their gratitude with sincere hearts.
As I listened to their earnest and deeply moved voices one by one, guilt washed over me more than pride.
‘The truth is, I didn’t do this of my own volition—it was because of the Quest.’
Would I have even come to the Western Continent without the Quest?
If I hadn’t learned about obtaining the dragon language skill, could I have saved these slaves so safely?
These thoughts continued to circle through my mind, and on the other hand, they filled me with doubt.
‘Quests? They’re fine. Fine, but the truth is I’ve been too absorbed in Quests this whole time.’
I had treated Quests as a navigation system guiding me down the right path and followed them accordingly.
Thanks to that, I’d escaped danger several times and gained many benefits in various ways.
‘But I’ve had almost no say in my own decisions.’
It wasn’t that I lacked the option to refuse, but I’d never once rejected a Quest.
The moment I refused, the Quest’s rewards would be forfeited, and that felt like a loss.
‘So I’ve accepted every Quest that appeared. I’ve done everything I was told. Like a slave to the Quests.’
Of course, calling myself a slave might be an exaggeration.
Isn’t slavery the absence of one’s own will?
The Quests weren’t forced upon me either.
‘I accepted and proceeded based on sufficiently reasonable judgment. That means I did have my own opinion.’
I wanted to rationalize it that way, but the truth was I’d been tempted by the Quest rewards and moved by them.
‘Ugh, what am I doing being so petty about this now?’
I shook my head and brushed away the unnecessary thoughts.
Listening to the enslaved dragons’ sincere gratitude had made my emotions sensitive, mixed with guilt.
All manner of thoughts crossed my mind in the meantime.
‘This isn’t the time for this. I need to return to the Southern Continent and stop Baluduk.’
To make use of the information I obtained from Clifford, I had to find Baluduk.
Fortunately, I had visited Hamilton Mine before, so the teleportation coordinates should be recorded in my memory.
‘The coordinates must be somewhere… Yes, there they are.’
Having located the coordinates in my teleportation list, I bid farewell to the slaves.
“I’ll be taking my leave now. I have urgent matters to attend to.”
“Surely you’re not going to prevent the Heavenly Demon War?”
“Well, yes.”
“Successor of God, is there anything we might do to assist you?”
“It’s fine. Just rest and recover here.”
With those words, I turned toward Baluduk when—
[A Main Quest has occurred!]
Something surfaced in my mind once more.

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