The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 210

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 210
[What? What is this?]
The combat angels who had been resting in the Celestial Realm as usual were caught off guard by the sudden phenomenon.
[A dimensional Gate has opened?]
The door that had remained sealed for the past three thousand years had finally opened.
[Where did it open?]
[At the midpoint, the Human Realm, sir.]
[It looks like those Demon Faction bastards opened it.]
[They’re trying again like before?]
[Everyone, prepare yourselves! We march to battle!]
At the cry of the First-Rank Angel, the lower-ranked combat angels moved about frantically like a swarm of ants.
And one by one, they hurled themselves toward the open dimensional Gate.

* * *
Shhhhhhhhh!
Each time the Gate opened, torrents of crimson-clad Demon Faction soldiers poured through.
As if refusing to be outdone.
Shhhhhhhhh!
Countless combat angels descended to the surface from the Celestial Forces’ Gate as well.
[The Gate is closing! Come down as many as you can!]
Unlike the Demon Faction side which had opened the Gate, the Celestial Forces side had no personnel restrictions.
Therefore, the more who descended, the higher their chances of victory in the Heavenly Demon War.
[The Gate has closed!]
[Has everyone come down?]
[Yes, sir!]
[What is the enemy count?]
[By rough estimate, the Demon Faction’s forces are assessed at approximately fifty thousand.]
[What?]
Disbelief flashed across the First-Rank Angel’s face.
[What’s wrong with those bastards’ heads? They opened a Gate with merely that many troops?]
It was an absurdly small number.
The Celestial Forces had mobilized one hundred and fifty thousand, while their opponents had only fifty thousand at best.
[This is ridiculous. Isn’t this even fewer than in the last Heavenly Demon War?]
[A threefold difference, no less. Hahahaha!]
[If we retrieve that relic we entrusted to the Elven Race, we could suppress them far more easily.]
The Celestial Forces were already certain of victory.
Even if they simply overwhelmed through sheer numbers, the outcome was as clear as day.
Meanwhile, the opposing Demon Faction soldiers appeared flustered.
They themselves hadn’t known their numbers would be this few.
[Why are there so many Celestial Forces? And why are we so few?]
[Did you properly prepare before summoning us?]
[Stella! Please explain what’s happening!]
Upon answering the Gate’s call, the disparity in troop strength was far too severe.
According to the original plan, forces of comparable size should have been summoned.
When I asked for the full story, Stella—the angel standing at the head of the crimson tide, radiating light alone—turned to regard the Demon Faction forces.
[Comrades. I apologize for summoning you in a state of incomplete preparation. However, all of this is by the will of Demon Lord Beelzebub, so let us do our utmost to fight and avenge our previous defeat.]
At the mention of the Demon Lord’s will, the Demon Faction forces, though momentarily indignant at being summoned unprepared, quickly came to understand.
They were devoted believers in the Demon Lord down to their very bones.
[Then we understand.]
[If it is the Demon Lord’s will, then….]
[We shall fight with all our strength.]
[We must demonstrate our true power.]
[For the Lord of the Demon Realm!]
Rather than losing motivation at facing three times their number in enemy forces, the Demon Faction fighters steeled their resolve.
Stella, however, harbored deep concerns.
‘What could Beelzebub possibly be thinking, ordering me to initiate the Heavenly Demon War? It’s painfully obvious we’ll lose….’
Though I had destroyed the Elven artifacts that had proven so instrumental in the previous Heavenly Demon War, that alone was insufficient.
A troop disparity of three to one.
Of course, I had developed and prepared a gravity field capable of stripping the wings from angels to counter this, but even that presented a problem.
‘Since I can’t reach Baluduk, who possessed the gravity field….’
The gravity field was the crucial trump card that could single-handedly reverse this dire situation.
Without it, the probability of the Demon Faction’s victory approached zero infinitely.
No matter how much I, an angel, participated in this battle, a reversal was impossible.
‘There’s no helping it. The opposing side has a formidable First-Class Combat Angel, after all….’
Ultimately, the factor with the greatest impact on victory or defeat was none other than the disparity in troop strength.
Yet since I had opened the dimensional Gate without sufficient sacrificial offerings, defeat was all but assured.
‘Damn it. What am I to do….’
Then, a Celestial Force member approached before Stella’s eyes.
It was a face I knew well, being of the same Celestial Race.
The First-Class Angel Auriel.
[Hey, Stuel. Long time no see? You haven’t forgotten my name, have you?]
[I remember. Auriel…. You arrogant piece of trash.]
[Who are you calling trash? A traitor who defected to the Demon Faction.]
[A traitor? I questioned the rotten state of the Celestial Realm and escaped it faster than anyone else with wisdom….]
[And that’s not betrayal?]
[….]
Stella’s eyebrows twitched.
Killing intent flowed from her gaze.
[My name is no longer Stuel but Stella. As a servant of the great Demon Lord Beelzebub, I have been given the solemn duty to pass judgment upon you all.]
[Hahaha! But your troop strength is far too small for that, isn’t it? Open your eyes and look.]
Stella bore the mockery without flinching.
If I lost momentum, true defeat seemed inevitable.
‘First, I need to talk him into accepting a one-on-one duel. If I can win, it’ll be perfect for boosting morale.’
That was what Stella thought, but honestly, the prospects were grim.
Even if I somehow won a one-on-one match, facing 150,000 troops would be impossible.
Since it was the best option available, I had no choice but to try.
I decided to provoke him well and draw him into a one-on-one confrontation.
‘No, provocation won’t work. It’s too obvious. I should intimidate him instead and make him charge at me first.’
To do that, Stella threw out a calculated bluff.
[You don’t think I called you here without any preparation, do you? With a mere 50,000 troops that are obviously going to lose?]
[….]
Auriel, who had already sensed something odd about the small number of troops, grew slightly tense.
[It seems you’ve made some preparations to face us?]
[I have.]
[Can you tell me what?]
[Since you don’t know yet, it appears the Elven Race hasn’t contacted you.]
[The Elven Race?]
Just then, a report from Auriel’s subordinate came in.
[Lord Auriel! We just tried contacting the Elven Race, but they say they can’t bring the artifact. They say everything broke down for some reason….]
[What?]
Auriel’s gaze turned back toward Stella.
[Don’t tell me you did this?]
[Hehe, of course. Did you really think I’d let you use the same artifacts we used during the last Heavenly Demon War?]
[Damn. I fell for it….]
Auriel exhaled in exasperation, then his lips twisted into a grin.
[…Did you think I’d say that? Stuel?]
[…!?]
[You’re the fool. We can crush you without those artifacts. We already have overwhelming numerical superiority—what’s there to worry about?]
He wasn’t wrong.
But Stella had anticipated he would say exactly that.
[You’re the fool. Surely you don’t think that’s all I’ve prepared?]
[…What else have you prepared?]
Stella forced a confident smile.
[I’ve developed a gravity field that will tear off your wings.]
[What? A gravity field?]
[Within a 5-kilometer radius, anyone caught in the gravity field will be slammed to the ground. Not only does it block magical power, but gravity increases five-fold—you won’t even be able to flap your wings. And only I can activate the device. Hehe.]
[Ha… You’ve created something remarkable while staying on the ground. But if you use that, you won’t be safe either, will you?]
[Don’t worry about us. I’ve specially modified the gravity field to react only to Celestial Forces’ wings.]
[Is that so? That’s quite an impressive device. If that thing activates, the tide will turn in an instant.]
Auriel spoke in a tone of admiration, but it was only momentary.
A sharp grin—
Auriel smiled as if he’d figured something out.
[So where exactly is that device?]
[….]
[What, did you suddenly go mute? I’m asking where this gravity field is located.]
Stella was momentarily flustered but recovered with composure.
[How foolish. Do you think I’d tell you that?]
Or so I thought she’d recovered.
[Hah, you’re the foolish one, Stuel. What kind of idiot prepares a trump card and then kindly informs their enemy about it?]
Auriel spoke with absolute certainty.
[From where I stand, it looks like you’re lying to lure me into a one-on-one confrontation.]
[Lying? That’s absurd.]
[Then prove it. Activate this gravity field right now.]
[….]
Stella had no choice but to remain silent.
There was no way she could activate it.
She didn’t even know where the gravity field was located.
‘Only Baluduk knows the location of the gravity field….’
It had to be hidden somewhere in this arena where the Heavenly Demon War was taking place, yet it was nowhere to be seen.
[Well? I’m waiting.]
[….]
[You can’t, can you? Because this gravity field nonsense is just a bluff to scare me. Isn’t it?]
Stella ignored Auriel’s words and kept scanning the surroundings frantically.
As if searching for something.
Auriel, who had also begun surveying the area, suddenly spotted something unusual.
[What is that?]
In the direction he pointed stood a massive ring-shaped structure, roughly five meters in diameter.
Stella’s gaze had already turned toward it.
‘F-found it! The gravity field! Baluduk really did place it here!’
But that wasn’t all that was surprising.
[What is that? There’s someone there?]
[A human?]
True to Auriel’s words, an old man wearing a hood stood near the gravity field.
Stella nearly cried out at the familiar face.
‘B-Baluduk! He’s trying to activate the gravity field!’
Her surprise transformed into joy, and that joy filled Stella with renewed confidence.
[That is precisely the gravity field I mentioned, Auriel. The trump card that will neutralize your Celestial Forces.]
[….]
[What did you say to me earlier? Didn’t you tell me to activate it immediately if it existed?]
[W-wait a moment…!]
[Baluduk! Now! Activate it immediately!]
Stella’s cry pierced across the heavens.
Hearing her voice, Baluduk pressed the button on the gravitational field device.
Zwooooooosh—
In an instant, an invisible wave rippled outward across a five-kilometer radius.
[Ugh…!]
Auriel braced every muscle in his body, preparing for the impact of being driven into the ground.
The other Celestial Forces did the same.
[Gravity increases fivefold! Everyone prepare… huh?]
But the gravitational field’s effect had not targeted the Celestial Forces.
[Gaaahhhhh!]
[M-my body…!]
[S-so heavy!]
[I-I can’t move!]
It was the Demon Faction that bore the brunt of it.

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