The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 211

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 211
The moment Zeke arrived at the Heavenly Demon War Battlefield, he witnessed it.
Every time a deafening roar tore through the sky, countless waves of people poured down.
‘Those are… the Celestial Forces?’
Though I had never seen the Celestial Forces before, distinguishing them was not difficult.
They all bore white wings.
But the Celestial Forces were not alone.
On the ground, red-skinned demons were already waiting, their bat wings fluttering.
Their numbers were noticeably fewer than the Celestial Forces.
‘It has begun—the Heavenly Demon War.’
I had come upon hearing the commotion, but I was a step too late.
There was no way to stop it.
How could I possibly seal that endless tear in the sky mid-descent?
‘Damn it, I tried so hard to prevent the Heavenly Demon War….’
The moment I had stepped away, disaster struck.
In that brief span while I moved to kill Esca.
‘What’s done is done. There’s no stopping the Heavenly Demon War now.’
The opening of the Gate meant countless lives had already been sacrificed as offerings.
While I could not prevent the war, I could end it swiftly.
‘I’ll use the gravity field.’
Taking advantage of the chaos, I rushed toward the location of the gravity field.
Then I began opening its interior and making adjustments.
‘Currently configured to strip the Celestial Forces’ wings. If I simply change it to target the demons’ wings….’
Victory in this war would come easily.
‘The Artisan’s Dexterity skill proves useful in moments like these.’
Despite never having learned any technique, I deftly reconfigured the gravity field’s settings and withdrew blue-glowing minerals from my subspace.
They were Arcnium—the essential material needed to activate the gravity field.
‘This gravity field is ready….’
Now it was time for the gravity field I had taken from Esca.
I withdrew a 5-meter ring-shaped device from my subspace and performed the same work.
Both gravity fields were prepared in a short time.
Ready to strip the demons’ wings.
‘Now I just need to reposition them so the demons enter the range.’
However, I could be discovered while moving them, so I decided to use an illusion.
I disguised myself as Baluduk, whose appearance aligned with the demons’ faction.
This was everything I had orchestrated.
‘Now, shall I activate it?’
With the Celestial Forces watching, I pressed the gravity field’s button.
Zwaaaaaaang—
The demons, their bat wings fluttering, dropped to their knees in an instant.
Even those soaring through the air crashed to the ground without exception.
With gravity increased fivefold, there was no other choice.
[M-My body feels so heavy….]
[Ugh, why is this gravitational field affecting us…?]
[Stella! W-What is the meaning of this?]
[Please explain yourself, Stella!]
The Demon Faction soldiers cried out in confusion, but Stella had no mind to answer.
She was too busy comprehending the situation.
[Could it be… that Stella has betrayed us?]
[I knew we shouldn’t have trusted that Celestial scum!]
Angry voices erupted from all directions.
Without exception, they cursed Stella for preparing the gravitational field.
Yet Stella herself could not hide her shock.
[W-What is happening!? The Celestials are unharmed, so why are our Demon soldiers….]
Stella stared at Baluduk with bewildered eyes.
Or rather, at the person who had been Baluduk.
A ripple of transformation—
Seeing Zeke returned to his original form, Stella’s jaw dropped.
[You, you are…!]
“Long time no see, Saint. How pleasant to encounter you in a place like this. I’ve been waiting for the chance to crush you.”
Zeke smiled with genuine sincerity.
It was because the Quest he had been awaiting had appeared.
【Sudden Quest: Lead the Heavenly Demon War to victory!】
└The war between the Celestial Forces and Demon Faction that occurred three thousand years ago is now being reenacted.
└Side with the Celestial Forces and lead the war to victory.
【Conditions】
└Eliminate half of the Demon soldiers 0/25,293
【Rewards】
└Random stat increase of 10,000
└7th-tier skill proficiency increased by 20
Given the scale, the rewards for a sudden Quest were quite substantial.
However, the difficulty was not as daunting.
‘Eliminate half the Demon soldiers?’
The current number of Demon soldiers was fifty thousand.
Half of that was no small number.
‘But it’s not impossible. In fact, it’s rather easy.’
The Demon soldiers were currently immobilized.
Half of the fifty thousand troops couldn’t even flap their wings, lying helplessly on the ground staring downward.
Subduing such creatures would be as simple as eating cold porridge….
‘Why hasn’t a Quest to kill Stella appeared yet?’
The reason Zeke voiced his frustration was that Stella, the root cause and supreme orchestrator of all these calamities, stood right before him—yet he could not kill her.
‘Given that this is a sudden Quest, the Main Quest must surely be to eliminate Stella… but first, I need to deal with the Demon Faction soldiers, don’t I?’
Based on the patterns observed thus far, that seemed most likely.
Regardless, Zeke approached Stella.
His footsteps were those of the Grim Reaper himself.

* * *
Stella, having regained her composure, assessed the situation first.
‘Until moments ago, I believed that man was Baluduk. But his true identity was none other than the Successor of God. He activated the gravitational field.’
And absurdly, that gravitational field had torn away not the Celestial Forces’ wings, but the Demon Faction’s.
It was only natural that Stella’s face twisted into something grotesque with fury.
‘That bastard… He’s ruined everything!’
Stella glared at the Successor of God.
He walked toward her slowly.
[Now I understand. Why the Forerunners couldn’t be reached all this time.]
Stella’s voice dripped with rage.
[You killed Baluduk and Clifford!]
“Is that all? I’ve also annihilated the Lich Dragon on the Western Continent entirely.”
‘No wonder I couldn’t reach the Luminous Portalsphere either…’
It was over.
Her strategy to reverse the situation with the gravitational field had completely failed.
Yet the embers of hope had not been extinguished.
‘The gravitational field didn’t ensnare the entire Demon Faction. Half of them can still move!’
That amounted to twenty-five thousand troops.
Insufficient to overcome one hundred fifty thousand Celestial Forces, but she had to try something with what remained, didn’t she?
‘Even if I die, I must take at least one of that bastard’s arms with me…’
Then Stella flinched in alarm.
Zeke had suddenly raised his arm.
In his grip was what appeared to be a controller device.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m just activating one more.”
[W-What do you mean, activating…?]
“There isn’t just one gravitational field.”
Before he finished speaking, Zeke pressed the button.
Zwooooooooosh—
The same wavelength as before engulfed the surroundings, and immediately an unbelievable sight unfolded before her eyes.
Thud!
Thud thud!
Thud thud!
The airborne Demon Faction soldiers crashed to the ground like falling birds.
Several soldiers’ heads were pulped in the impact, and those who survived suffered at minimum severe injuries.
The gravitational field was not applied solely to the soldiers taking flight.
Those standing on the ground could not withstand the five-fold gravity and collapsed to their knees, forced to crawl forward like worms.
No matter how I surveyed my surroundings, there was not a single soldier walking unaffected.
All fifty thousand soldiers had been rendered powerless by the gravitational field.
‘Damn it… it’s over. Truly over.’
Not even a glimmer of hope remained visible.

* * *
While Stella stood in stunned silence.
Auriel, the First-Rank Celestial Angel of the Celestial Realm, attempted to make sense of the situation.
‘A gravitational field appears to have been activated, yet somehow it was applied to the Demon Faction rather than the Celestial Forces. That was the doing of the human over there.’
The culprit who had activated the gravitational field—the one who had been an old man mere moments before.
Though I did not know his name, I regarded him favorably.
After all, I could achieve victory without lifting a finger.
‘It appears that human who worked under Stella has betrayed her. The shock on Stella’s face makes that abundantly clear.’
Seeing him touch and activate the gravitational field that the Demon Faction had prepared, he was undoubtedly one of them.
‘He must be the technician who created the gravitational field. I don’t know why he betrayed them, but this works out perfectly!’
Yet Auriel’s prediction was spectacularly wrong.
“Tablette de l’Impôt de Navres.”
The moment the human uttered what appeared to be an incantation, eleven undead materialized in a line before him.
“””You have summoned us, Master!”””
Seeing them cry out in unison and prostrate themselves, Auriel’s mind reeled in confusion.
‘W-wait, the technician summoned undead? No, more importantly, how can undead even speak…?’
Undead were nothing more than deficient servants with severely limited linguistic ability.
Yet here they were, speaking the language of the Pangaea Continent with remarkable fluency, and the magical power emanating from them was far from ordinary.
‘The stench of death confirms they are undead, but how in the world…?’
I stared at the human I had thought to be a technician with wide, astonished eyes.
Skilled in disguise and commanding beings rivaling combat angels—who was this man?
Curiosity stirred within me, but war took precedence.
There was no way to know when the gravitational field would dissipate.
[The Demon Faction is neutralized! Strike down these vile demons!]
Drawing my blade and roaring the command, the combat angels surged forward with a unified battle cry.
Facing Demon Faction soldiers who could mount no resistance was as simple as feeding a child.

* * *
Watching the Celestial Forces advance, Zeke issued his command.
“Everyone, aid the Celestial Forces and annihilate the Demon Faction.”
“We accept your orders!”
The ten undead Forerunners who cried out attacked the Demon Faction soldiers with their respective magic.
Maligore, the only Aura user, drew his sword and charged forward like a war machine.
[Screeeech!]
[Gurgling!]
[P-please, spare me, hack!]
Capturing Demon Faction soldiers without the strength to even flap their wings was hardly difficult.
Behead them or incinerate them with magic, and it was over.
One-sided slaughter.
Whether by numbers or circumstance, victory had already tilted in our favor.
‘At this pace, the Quest will be completed in no time.’
Messages cascaded across Zeke’s vision as he glanced over.
[Eliminate Half of Demon Faction Soldiers 12,283/25,293]
[Eliminate Half of Demon Faction Soldiers 14,561/25,293]
[Eliminate Half of Demon Faction Soldiers 17,008/25,293]
…
…
…
The numbers were climbing exponentially, even though the Forerunners hadn’t killed that many.
It seemed the count didn’t require only my subordinates to deliver the killing blow.
Stella’s vacant expression twisted into a slight smirk at the corners of Zeke’s mouth.
“It’s over now, Stella. You don’t need me to explain, do you?”
[H-how did you summon the Forerunners as subordinates…?]
“I simply killed them and turned them into undead—they became such obedient servants.”
[….]
“How does it feel, being hunted by your own subordinates?”
As I taunted an opponent already resigned to their fate, a message appeared.
[Eliminate Half of Demon Faction Soldiers 25,293/25,293 Complete!]
[Sudden Quest cleared!]
[Reward: Random Stats increased by 10,000.]
[Reward: 7th Circle Skill Proficiency increased by 20.]
The completion message I’d been waiting for.
And immediately after.
[Main Quest has been generated!]
The Main Quest I’d been anticipating.
But…
‘Huh?’
The Quest content seemed a bit strange.

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