The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 219

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 219
“After slaying the Creator God, I absorbed his vast reserves of Tara. In essence, I became the one true deity.”
I even gained the ability to adjust the system itself.
However, manipulating the system required Tara—the energy of divinity.
“I experimented with consuming Tara to touch the system. But I could only manage and adjust specific aspects; while other abilities were possible, I couldn’t create something like the ability to return to Earth.”
Future Choi Kang-jun gazed down upon the world with the eyes of a god.
I could observe all dimensions, but even that consumed Tara.
So I had no choice but to slaughter the Celestials repeatedly to replenish my Tara reserves.
“After endless massacres piled upon massacres, I grew weary of it all. I yearned for my homeland—a place with smartphones and culture.”
But there was no way to return.
I had killed the Creator God with my own hands, and to make matters worse, Earth itself was marching toward annihilation.
Hunters alone were insufficient to withstand the calamity of monsters.
“After eons passed, Earth perished. I became a being with nowhere left to return to.”
It was in that despair.
An unexpected miracle occurred.
Or rather, I discovered it would be more accurate to say.
I found a parallel dimension identical to Earth.
“It wasn’t just Earth. The Celestial Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Pangaea Continent—all existed in parallel dimensions that were perfectly alike.”
Discovering the parallel dimension was fortunate.
It was a dimension at the very moment when monster invasions were beginning and the system was being applied.
In a sense, it could be called a dimension of the past.
“From that point, I devised a plan. A plan to reach the parallel dimension’s Earth.”
The plan was simple.
Draw out the parallel dimension’s Choi Kang-jun, kill him, and take his place.
Using him as a sacrifice would make it possible to return to Earth.
“Using my past self as a sacrifice felt distasteful, but it was unavoidable. It was the only way for me to return to Earth.”
It was an Earth I knew, yet in a sense, it was a new Earth.
It was the Earth of the past, before its destruction.
“Desperate to return to Earth, I consumed Tara to create an ability. And I granted it to you—the ability called [Mana Absorption].”
Beyond that, I created all the skills from the 2nd to the 7th tier as well.
When skills are created in a place where mana doesn’t exist, the system judges them as incompatible.
My intention was to have you automatically reincarnate into the fantasy world when the conditions for death were met.
After all, you could only meet me if you were drawn to the Pangaea Continent.
“But you survived unexpectedly well. In a world without mana, you should have been powerless, yet you endured.”
So what I did was summon the Dragon Army.
“I summoned the Dragon Army to make Earth perish more quickly.”
“What? You deliberately destroyed the place you were supposed to return to?”
“Yes. If I use my special privilege to freeze time, by the time I return to Earth, it will still be before the Dragon Army destroys it, so it doesn’t matter at all.”
The Dragon Army was easy to dispose of, so once I returned to Earth, preventing its destruction would be no problem.
“Earth was brought to the brink of total annihilation, and only then did you—a cockroach of a creature—face death and trigger your special privilege.”
Reincarnated into the parallel world’s Pangaea just like his past self, Zeke.
Future Choi Kang-jun granted him not only the status of a reincarnate, but also the privilege of becoming humanity’s savior.
He said that if I gathered enough power to save humanity, I could return to Earth.
“If you grow lazy and neglect to strengthen yourself, you might die before we even meet.”
Future Choi Kang-jun, who had reincarnated as Zeke in that parallel world, watched over him for quite some time.
“Seeing you grow steadily stronger put my mind at ease. While you lived and cultivated your power at a reasonable pace, all I had to do was prepare to meet you.”
Because the dimensions were nearly identical twins in nature, crossing between parallel worlds posed no problem.
Thus, Future Choi Kang-jun crossed into the Demon Realm of the parallel dimension, killed Beelzebub, and assumed his identity.
He needed to utilize the Demon Resurrection Scripture to descend to Pangaea.
“The plan was the same as before. The Lich Dragon Council would descend me using the Demon Resurrection Scripture, and I would immediately find you and make you my sacrifice. Then I could return to Earth—the Earth of the parallel world you lived in.”
I prepared for the Heavenly Demon War with ambitious plans, but there was one problem.
There was still a considerable amount of time before the Heavenly Demon War would occur.
“I wanted to descend to Pangaea quickly and make you my sacrifice, but quite a long time remained before the Heavenly Demon War could unfold. There wasn’t enough time to gather the sacrifices needed for my descent either.”
To make matters worse, an incident occurred where Zeke nearly fell victim to an assassin.
Future Choi Kang-jun, who couldn’t afford to have Zeke die, had no choice but to hastily implement something at that moment.
A system called Quest.
“With Quest, I could issue you various commands. I could warn you of dangerous situations in advance.”
Quest was an excellent means to move Zeke as I wished.
I could observe all situations with a god’s eyes and guide events according to my desires.
“However, knowing you wouldn’t complete tasks without compensation, I needed to offer rewards for each Quest… and creating these rewards consumed no small amount of Tara.”
Thus, the method I devised was simple.
I would transfer my own stats and skills.
“If I wagered my stats and skills as rewards, it would consume less Tara and allow me to make you stronger quickly.”
“Then… all the rewards I’ve received so far were stats and skills you originally possessed…?”
“Exactly. They weren’t skills that suddenly appeared from nowhere—they were all skills I possessed.”
Since Future Choi Kang-jun already possessed tens of thousands of skills, there was nothing to regret.
The stats I transferred were merely a tiny fraction.
“The parallel world you lived in was already my past. Every situation was under my supervision.”
Future Choi Kang-jun, who understood everything about the characteristics of the Twelve Forerunners, the strategies needed for the Heavenly Demon War, and their behavioral patterns.
He prepared while posing as Beelzebub to accelerate the Heavenly Demon War.
“First, I mentally dominated an angel named Stuel and transformed her into a fallen angel named Stella to oversee and command the Twelve Forerunners.”
After that, I developed the Luminous Portalsphere, modeled after Earth’s SNS system.
I created a mental space where the Twelve Forerunners could communicate, received reports through Stella, and continued preparations for the Heavenly Demon War.
“Simultaneously, I gave you Quests to obstruct the Twelve Forerunners, making you interfere with the Heavenly Demon War.”
“Why on earth?”
“That way, my desperate subordinates would scramble to gather the Demon Resurrection Scripture and trigger the Heavenly Demon War as quickly as possible, wouldn’t they?”
It went exactly as expected.
The Lich Dragon Council and the Twelve Forerunners felt threatened by Zeke’s existence and ended up gathering the Demon Resurrection Scripture earlier than scheduled.
However, there were unforeseen variables.
“Your acquisition of the Demon Resurrection Scripture from Carrocksina’s Cave became a variable.”
To summon the Demon King, all six tomes must be gathered without exception.
If even one is stolen, the summoning becomes impossible.
“In the end, I abandoned the summoning plan and changed tactics to draw you into the Demon Realm instead. Using the ‘Dimensional Stone’—an item modeled after my dimensional traversal ability—it’s entirely possible to reach the Demon Realm in an instant.”
The Dimensional Stone, obtainable by completing fifty Quests.
Though its purpose had just been revealed, Zeke couldn’t help but harbor doubts.
The place he’d arrived at using the Dimensional Stone was none other than the Celestial Realm.
“You must be wondering why I manipulated it to send you to the Celestial Realm instead of the Demon Realm.”
The reason was simple.
“My mind changed along the way.”
Rather than merely using you as a sacrifice, I thought we should talk.
It seemed wasteful to simply kill you as things stood.
Such a thought had suddenly occurred to me.
“Even if you’re from a different parallel dimension, you’re still me, aren’t you? It’s far more awkward to kill you than to kill others.”
I lured you to come to where I am so we could converse.
With that intention, I guided you step by step to overcome the Twelve Forerunners.
I wanted you to experience firsthand just how vile the Twelve Forerunners truly are.
“I sacrificed Stella and sent her to the Celestial Realm for that very reason. I wanted to show you that the Demons aren’t the only trash—the Celestials are equally rotten.”
Thus, I had you capture Hebriel and lured you to the Demon Realm.
I orchestrated your arrival here.
“The reason I’m explaining all this so tediously is simple. I want your consent.”
“Consent…?”
“Haven’t you witnessed it? Humans, Celestials, Demons—all existence is corrupt. They engage in endless competition, killing and dying to seize what belongs to others. Do you truly wish to continue living in such a rotten world?”
Future Choi Kang-jun spread both arms wide as he spoke.
“Become my sacrifice willingly. Then the power I granted you will return to me, and we shall become one again. A perfect unity, returning home. Not to this world infested with Celestials and Demons, but to our true homeland—Earth, where smartphones and culture exist.”
Having heard everything, Zeke’s mind reeled in confusion.
‘So when he said I could return home if I grew strong enough, he meant this…?’
All this time, I’d merely accepted his Quests and been dragged about at his whim.
A puppet dancing to his tune.
Only now did I truly comprehend that I was nothing more than that.
‘His objective was me all along. Using me as a sacrifice to return to Earth. That was all.’
Suddenly, doubt crept in.
Contempt and revulsion washed over me.
Toward the future version of myself standing before me.
‘No, I can’t even call him my future. Strictly speaking, he’s Choi Kang-jun from a different world.’
The fallen Choi Kang-jun from that dimension had become utterly corrupted.
The absurdly broken ability to absorb powers had transformed him into a moral degenerate.
A murderer intoxicated by slaughter.
Perhaps he sensed my negative thoughts, for his expression darkened abruptly.
“Will you not stand with me?”
“Stop spouting nonsense. For all your flowery words, you’re just planning to use me as a sacrifice to return to Earth.”
Zeke growled, his gaze fixed on the Choi Kang-jun from the other dimension.
“You’re a deranged psychopath.”
“Me? A psychopath?”
“You murdered innocent people just to gain power.”
“They were destined to die anyway. When the Heavenly Demon War erupts, hundreds of thousands of civilians will perish, and the victor’s finale will only amplify the devastation. I simply gave those worthless lives meaning. What’s so wrong with that?”
“Look at yourself right now. You treat human lives like insects.”
Even as Zeke spoke, he felt an uncontrollable rage building within him.
“You said it yourself earlier. Killing yourself feels more awkward than killing someone else.”
“What of it?”
“No. That’s not it. It’s not the opposite either. You can’t weigh which is easier or more awkward. Both are difficult. But you speak of it so casually. Because you’ve murdered countless people and stolen their power without hesitation.”
“You’ve killed people too, haven’t you?”
“Perhaps. But I didn’t slaughter indiscriminately like you. I only took the lives of those who deserved to die by my judgment, and I wielded my blade to protect humanity. But you? Did you do what you did to protect anyone? No. You were driven solely by selfish desire—the greed to return home.”
“Spare me the sermon, Choi Kang-jun of the past. It seems we cannot reach an understanding. There’s no sign you’ll ever agree with my convictions.”
With those words, the Choi Kang-jun from the other dimension rose from his throne.
“Our conversation is finished. Now it’s time to complete my final Quest.”
He advanced slowly, his voice steady.
“Become my sacrifice and die.”

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