The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 59

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 59
Derol’s brow furrowed deeply.
“What are you suddenly talking about? Help you?”
-Sir, I was committing theft when I encountered some lunatics who are now threatening me to get them into the Mage Guild.
“Into the Guild?”
Derol let out an incredulous laugh.
“These madmen think anyone can become a Guild member.”
Above all, the fact that they were trying to coerce their way into the Guild through threats against a member infuriated him.
This was tantamount to a direct challenge to the Guild itself.
“Who are these bastards? Are they from Kelbridge?”
-I’m not sure about that. I heard they’ll do any business if there’s money in it, and then they just demanded to become Guild members out of nowhere…
“Hang up for now. I’ll discuss this and call you back.”
The moment Derol ended the call, Aaron objected.
“Derol. There’s nothing to deliberate here. We must refuse unconditionally.”
“Why?”
“They may have the strength to subdue Dave, but they’re still unknowns. We’re not even certain they’re from Kelbridge. Most importantly, if we accept them here, we’ll exceed the number of twelve, won’t we? This isn’t worth reconsidering.”
“You’re right. I think the same way.”
“Pardon? Then why did you say you’d discuss it…?”
“When I said I’d discuss it, I meant I’d think about how to lure those arrogant bastards in and kill them. Regardless of who they are, we can’t let anyone who touches our Guild members live, can we?”
“Ah…!”
The only information Derol had about them was that they possessed enough skill to ambush and defeat Dave, a 5-Circle mage.
Though information was otherwise nonexistent, Derol harbored no doubt about victory.
He himself was a formidable 7-Circle mage, and Aaron, ranked sixth here, was a 6-Circle mage.
“Call them now and have them come here. Tell them we’ll conduct an interview and make a decision.”
“Here, sir?”
“If we’re going to grind meat, isn’t it best to do the work in the Workshop?”
A sinister smile played across Derol’s lips.

* * *
Derol has given his permission. You know where the Workshop is, right? He said to come there. He’ll conduct your interview first.
“Ah, understood. Thank you, Aaron.”
Dave hung up the call and glanced nervously at me.
“I-I did exactly as you instructed.”
“Good. You did very well.”
Zeke McLafflin, who had heard the entire conversation from beside him, felt his lips curl upward in satisfaction.
As expected, a little scratch to his pride made him bite the bait easily.
“Where is the Workshop? Is it far from here?”
“If we walk diligently, we should arrive within half a day.”
“Good. Lead the way. Oh, before that.”
Zeke McLafflin grabbed Dave’s shoulder just as he was about to move.
“Where are the things you plundered?”
“Th-things, you mean over there….”
Behind a nearby tree lay several burlap sacks.
It seemed they had set the items down briefly before the ambush.
When I opened one of the sacks, it was packed with expensive-looking goods.
“Did you steal all of this?”
“Y-yes, we did.”
“You killed the people, of course?”
“….”
“Worthless trash.”
Zeke McLafflin clicked his tongue in disapproval and opened a subspace, swallowing all the sacks into it at once.
“Huh?”
All those sacks vanished in an instant to somewhere unknown.
It was only natural that Dave’s eyes went wide.
“I’m taking the goods. It’s better that I have them than someone like you.”
“….”
“You have a problem with that? If you do, speak up now.”
“N-no, not at all!”
Faced with Zeke McLafflin’s piercing gaze, Dave quickly tucked his tail between his legs.
“Why are you standing there like an idiot? Lead the way now.”
“Y-yes, sir!”
Dave hurried ahead, biting his lower lip hard.
‘Damn thieving bastard. All the wealth I painstakingly gathered over days….’
The fortune he had accumulated, even forsaking women, had been stripped away in an instant by a complete stranger.
It was unjust and infuriating, but for now he could endure it.
After all, he could reclaim the wealth once they arrived at the Workshop.
‘Stupid fool. Walking straight into the tiger’s den on his own feet.’
The Kelbrige Combination was no ordinary organization.
Derol, the head of the Kelbrige Combination, is a 7-Circle mage, and Aaron, ranked sixth, is at least a 6-Circle mage.
‘With just those two, they could dispose of this brat easily.’
It seems he intends to seek revenge by using the interview as a pretext to visit the organization, but it won’t be as simple as he hopes.
Though he was somewhat unhinged, Derol’s abilities as the top-ranked member were beyond question.
‘Derol probably didn’t call him for a genuine interview. He likely summoned him to deal with this arrogant brat who dares to mock the Kelbrige Combination.’
Given his prideful nature, there was no way he’d let this slide.
Knowing this, Dave willingly guided them to the Workshop.
However, there was one thing that bothered him.
‘Why was that brat unharmed even after my magic struck him? How did he manage that?’
Despite being hit by his magic twice, the boy remained completely unscathed.
Not only that, but he’d reflected the same magic back at him and even used healing magic.
‘From his movements, he looks like an aura user, yet he’s using magic? And he’s wielding some object that could be either a staff or a sword.’
It was all bewildering, but none of it mattered.
All he needed to do was deliver the boy to Derol.
Then he would handle it himself.
‘He’ll kill the man and use the woman as a plaything before selling her into slavery. The profit will be quite substantial, won’t it? Hehehehe.’
Perhaps he’d even receive a reward for bringing such valuable prey.
Dave, smiling secretly to himself, hurried them along.
Toward the tiger’s den where Derol and Aaron awaited.

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After dawn broke and the sun reached its zenith.
Zeke and his companions finally arrived.
At the Workshop the guild member had mentioned.
“This way, please! Here it is! Right here!”
“Why do you look so excited?”
“Huh? Ah, it feels like coming home, so I couldn’t help myself… haha.”
Dave brushed it off awkwardly, but Zeke knew the truth.
That he was leading them into a trap.
‘He probably thinks this place will be my grave.’
On the surface, he pretended to cooperate, but underneath, he was itching for revenge.
That’s why he was guiding them so eagerly.
“Derol! I’m here! I’ve brought the guest!”
Screeeech—
The iron door of the Workshop creaked open, and a man emerged.
“You’ve come? Enter.”
“Thank you, Derol. Now, let’s step inside.”
I followed the man called Derol into the Workshop.
And immediately—
Screeeech— Slam!
The door slammed shut.
When I turned around, another man was locking it with a metallic click.
‘Cutting off my escape route? How amusing.’
It truly was laughable.
Only two of us in this vast warehouse.
They must have underestimated me considerably.
‘No matter. As long as they’re members of the Mage Guild, that’s all that matters.’
I smirked, but my opponent seemed displeased by my expression.
“You dare laugh before me?”
Destructive mana churned around Derol.
His clothes fluttered—a clear sign of his irritation.
Yet I maintained an expression of perfect composure.
“What? Can’t I smile during an interview?”
“You’re an idiot, aren’t you? Would I hire someone who laid hands on one of our guild members?”
“Then why did you call me here?”
“To kill you outright.”
Derol’s eyes gleamed with murderous intent.
The sincerity in his words was unmistakable, even without reading his true gaze.
“Is the woman in back your colleague? She’s too beautiful to waste as a slave.”
“You don’t look fit to be sold as one either.”
“Ha, have you lost your mind? You’re just a kid, yet your tongue has been sharp from the start.”
“Your tongue seems awfully loose for someone who’s already aged.”
“Ha… Enough.”
Bewilderment spread across Derol’s face.
This brat was talking back so brazenly—it was infuriating.
“You don’t understand the situation you’re in, do you? You have no idea how dire your circumstances are?”
“I think it’s you who doesn’t understand.”
“Enough. This conversation is over.”
Unwilling to speak further, a magic circle formed at Derol’s fingertips.
“I’ll make your death excruciatingly painful. Physical Restriction.”
A seventh-circle spell that seized control of the target’s body for a brief moment, turning them into a puppet, struck my form directly.
Naturally, it was far superior to Paralyze, which merely numbed the body—there was no way to block it.
“I’ll twist your limbs completely.”
Soon, at Derol’s command, my limbs would contort in different directions, and I would scream.
That’s what he thought.
Everyone except me and Mary, that is.
“What are you doing?”
“…?”
“What are you twisting?”
“Why… is there no response?”
Derol blinked in confusion, unable to comprehend what had just occurred.
It was a reaction anyone experiencing magic absorption for the first time would display.
For Zeke McLafflin, it was so familiar it was almost amusing.
“Well, since you threw the first punch, I suppose I should return the favor, don’t you think?”
In an instant, Zeke McLafflin vanished from sight, only to materialize directly before Derol’s face.
Derol flinched in surprise and attempted a counterattack, but what Zeke McLafflin unleashed was no ordinary assault.
【Skill Activated: Magic Replication】
[Randomly replicating 5 of ‘Derol Leonard’s’ spells.]
[You have acquired the 2nd Circle spell ‘Sleep’!]
[You have acquired the 4th Circle spell ‘Lightning Spear’!]
[You have acquired the 6th Circle spell ‘Icicle of Rain’!]
[You have acquired the 6th Circle spell ‘Water Wave’!]
[You have acquired the 7th Circle spell ‘Physical Restriction’!]
[Skill proficiency has increased by 250.]
[Proficiency remaining until 6-Star achievement: 980/10,000]
‘Perfect.’
Having obtained what I desired from my opponent, the corners of my mouth curled upward.
Now this wretch was no longer of any use to me.
“Release.”
The magic I had just absorbed from Derol was unleashed.
Derol’s eyes widened in shock—not merely from the silent incantation, but for an entirely different reason.
Crunch, crunch, crunch—
“Gah, gaaahhhhh!”
Emitting grotesque sounds, Derol’s limbs twisted and rotated like winding clockwork.
His consciousness began to blur beneath the overwhelming agony, his eyes threatening to burst from their sockets.
“So this was the spell you intended to use against me? How fascinating. I can manipulate my body however I wish.”
Crunch— snap—
Derol could not respond.
He could no longer even scream.
Only the sickening sound of dislocating joints echoed through the air.
“What, already dead?”
[Kelbrige Combination Member Eliminated: 1/3]
The message confirmed his demise.
A truly pathetic end.
Unworthy of the number one ranked member of the Kelbrige Combination.
“Well then, the top-ranked has departed to the next world. So, who’s next in line?”
“….”
“….”
Aaron and Dave, having witnessed Derol’s death, found themselves unable to speak.
They could only stare vacantly at the corpse of their leader, their mouths agape.
My gaze fell first upon Aaron.
“What’s your rank?”
“Tch!”
Aaron realized this was no time for conversation and spun around.
He rushed to pry open the iron door he’d hastily sealed.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
But my movements were faster.
[Randomly duplicating 5 spells from ‘Aaron Ramsey’.]
After duplicating the spells.
Shhwip—
I drove the feather blade I’d withdrawn from the void deep into his back.
“Cough—hack!”
Aaron spewed blood and collapsed to the floor with a dull thud.
[Kelbrige Combination Members Eliminated: 2/3]
I turned my attention to Dave, who was trembling violently.
“Thank you for guiding me this far.”
“P-please spare me….”
“So I’ll grant you a painless end.”
Of course, I duplicated his spells before the execution.
[Randomly duplicating 5 spells from ‘Dave Walker’.]
The moment duplication finished.
Thunk.
Dave’s head fell to the floor.
[Kelbrige Combination Members Eliminated: 3/3]
‘Okay. Now I just need to find those Combination member badges….’
Since these men were already wearing badges on their chests, there was no need to search.
Click—
The moment I picked up the golden badge from Derol’s corpse, a message appeared.
[Kelbrige Combination Members Eliminated: 3/3 Complete!]
[Kelbrige Combination Member Badge Acquired!]
[Main Quest Cleared!]
[You have acquired a new basic skill as a reward.]

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