The Mage’s Nemesis Has Reincarnated - Chapter 83

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The Natural Enemy of Mages Has Been Reincarnated – Episode 83
“What?”
Jose Deporte’s eyes widened even further.
Among those devoted to magic, there was hardly a soul unfamiliar with the name Brahm’s Illusionist.
‘This… this can’t be real. Why would Brahm’s Illusionist appear here…?’
Suddenly, instead of Marquis Winston, a strange man had appeared and introduced himself as Brahm’s Illusionist.
I couldn’t comprehend what was happening or how.
Perhaps it was because of that expression on my face?
Azrahil smiled and offered clarification.
“You seem quite flustered. Well, I’d be confused too if someone I trusted suddenly changed their appearance without a trace.”
“W-where did Marquis Winston go…? The Marquis Winston I was speaking with—where did he go?”
“Where would he go? He’s right in front of you, isn’t he?”
With those words, Azrahil playfully transformed his face before my eyes.
Marquis Winston’s face and Azrahil’s face shifted back and forth in a teasing manner.
“You’re saying… you were the one I was talking to?”
“Pretending to be a marquis was quite the effort. In the end, though, I gained nothing from it.”
‘Now that I think about it, I did notice the voice sounded different…’
So it had been a disguise all along.
I hadn’t simply accepted the excuse about catching a cold.
‘I’m certain this didn’t appear with good intentions.’
Just as Duke Jose grew wary of Azrahil.
The guards I had summoned approached.
Without even knowing who their opponent was.
“My lord. Should we drag this man out?”
“D-don’t touch him! The opponent is…!”
The duke warned them, but it was already too late.
“Gahhhhh!”
“Kughhhh!”
The two guards suddenly rolled their eyes back and collapsed.
Their bodies trembled violently, as if seized by convulsions.
Azrahil observed the sight with perfect composure.
“I’ve shattered their minds. They’ll be dead soon.”
There was no need to explain further.
Duke Jose had also witnessed Azrahil’s mana enveloping the guards in that instant.
As an 8th Circle mage himself, he couldn’t help but be acutely sensitive to the flow of mana.
‘The… the casting speed is unbelievable…’
I knew the gap between 8th and 9th Circle was vast, but this was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Even as an 8th Circle mage, I would be nothing more than a toy in his hands.
As the guards fell, Jose’s expression hardened into stone.
Tension gripped him, yet he refused to yield.
I raised my staff and slowly drew forth my mana.
“Heh heh, so you are indeed the head of House Deporte. Quite impressive—you don’t falter even after witnessing my power. Isn’t this rather harsh treatment for a first meeting?”
“There is no hospitality for one who has slain my people.”
“Calling mere guards your people? Well, no matter. I get what I want and that’s all that matters.”
“What is it you want, then?”
“Didn’t I explain it already when I appeared as the Marquis?”
“You want me not to interfere while the Allied Forces attack Hamilton Territory?”
“Precisely. If you comply, I won’t touch anything else. Not you, nor your family.”
At the mention of family, Jose’s eyebrows twitched.
Azrahil, who caught that reaction, smiled wickedly.
“You hold your family dear, don’t you?”
“…Very well. I’ll do as you ask. Just don’t harm my family and withdraw as you are.”
“That was my intention. Until just now.”
“What?”
“Why else would I have transformed into the Marquis to convince you? I wanted to handle this quietly if possible. But now that my identity is revealed, there’s no helping it.”
Azrahil’s gaze turned glacial in an instant.
“I’ll have to kill you all.”
“…!”
“Shall I start with your family? How convenient—one of them is watching us right now.”
As Azrahil’s gaze shifted, Jose followed it.
There, hidden behind a pillar, were Sillis and Jack watching intently.
“Sillis! It’s dangerous, hurry—!”
Before the warning could finish, Azrahil vanished.
When he reappeared, Sillis’s hair was clutched in his hand.
“Kyaaaah!”
“S-Sillis!”
“Your daughter has quite a pretty face. I wonder how entertaining it would be to implant a trauma of being violated by ruffians…”
In an instant, he teleported and brought Sillis from behind the pillar.
Shadowless Casting was a technique even Duke Jose, an 8-Circle mage, could not perform.
“Stop! Don’t touch my daughter! I’m begging you!”
“No wonder you’re acquainted with the Lord of Hamilton. Your love for your daughter is equally touching. Kekeke.”
With a sinister laugh, Azrahil released Sillis.
“Sillis!”
Duke Jose rushed toward the collapsed Sillis, but it was already too late.
“Ah, ah!”
Sillis trembled, her eyes fixed on empty air as if gripped by terror.
“Heh heh, I’ve planted an illusion in your daughter’s mind. Right now, she’s surrounded by countless men, consumed by fear. Soon, she’ll experience the illusion of being violated by all of them as if it were real.”
“Stop! Didn’t you say you’d accept my compliance!”
“Too late. You should have agreed when I was still disguised as the Marquis.”
“Come to your senses, child! What you see is merely an illusion!”
Jose Deporte held his wide-eyed daughter as she thrashed through her nightmare, shaking her desperately.
Yet Sillis showed no signs of regaining consciousness.
Her body trembled, enslaved entirely by the hallucinations that consumed her mind.
“No, no… don’t come closer…”
Leaving Sillis to her torment, Azrahil turned his gaze elsewhere.
A blonde-haired man was rushing toward him.
“Ah, so that one was here after all.”
“Insolent wretch! How dare you harm Lady Sillis! I cannot forgive this!”
Jack charged forward while discarding the scabbard at his waist.
“Throwing away your sword?”
As Azrahil watched with interest, something materialized in Jack’s grip.
Tssssss—
A pristine white aura blade formed in the shape of a sword.
“An aura blade at that age. Whoever your house is, you’re certainly talented. But.”
“Hyaaaah!”
Clang—!
“A pup’s aura blade has no chance against me.”
Jack’s eyes widened as his strike was effortlessly blocked by the shield Azrahil conjured.
The aura blade, which he believed could cut through anything, couldn’t penetrate a mere mage’s shield.
It was genuinely shocking.
Clang! Clang—!
He struck again and again, yet the shield remained unmarred, not even a scratch.
Jack stared at Azrahil with an expression of utter disbelief.
The density of mana was absurdly, impossibly solid.
“What? Surprised? That your aura blade is completely ineffective?”
“…”
“True, aura blades are a technique even mages cannot ignore. But you’ve chosen the wrong opponent.”
Azrahil snapped his fingers.
“I am no ordinary mage.”
The mana projectile he fired was minuscule in power.
Boom—!
“Gaaahhh!”
Jack was sent flying dozens of meters as if struck by cannon fire, crashing hard against the wall.
“And yet he’s sent flying so pathetically with merely a speck of mana. Tsk.”
Azrahil’s lips curved upward as he regarded Jack with contempt.
It was utterly hopeless.
The power wielded by the 12 Pioneers exceeded all imagination.
Jose Deporte gripped his staff tightly.
Realistically, there was no chance of victory, yet he could not simply stand idle and accept defeat.
I must protect Sillis… my daughter.
It was the moment Jose gathered his magical power for a counterattack.
A brilliant flash—
Suddenly, someone teleported into the Deporte Duchy in a burst of light.
“Huh? What’s going on here?”
The person muttering was an ordinary-looking sixteen-year-old boy.

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Five minutes before Zeke appeared at the Deporte Duchy.
Upon arriving at the location where Azrahil had teleported, Zeke could read the lingering traces of magical power.
“Yeah, when I focus, I can feel it. The traces of magical power.”
Thanks to his skill for detecting magical power, reading the lingering traces came easily.
[Completed reading magical power traces!]
[You have cleared a Sub Quest!]
[You receive 10,000 proficiency points for 5th-tier skill mastery as a reward.]
[Proficiency remaining until 8-star achievement: 17,080/100,000]
[You obtain teleport coordinates as a reward.]
The coordinates arrived as a quest reward.
‘This must be coordinates containing Azrahil’s location, right?’
Zeke immediately attempted to use teleport.
Then a message appeared like a skill notification.
[Please select a destination to teleport to.]
【Registered Coordinates】
1. E210,349,291,02
There was nothing to choose from—only one coordinate was registered.
‘Should I just go right now?’
Upon selecting option 1, a brilliant light enveloped his body.
The place he arrived at was none other than the Deporte Duchy.
Of course, Zeke had no way of knowing where this was.
“Huh? What’s going on here?”
Zeke looked around, surveying the situation.
Two guards lay motionless on the floor as if dead, and a middle-aged man was restraining what appeared to be his daughter.
A blonde man lay unconscious against one wall, while on the other side, Azrahil was staring directly at him.
‘Finally found you, Azrahil.’
Upon meeting the only person he knew, Zeke broke into a delighted smile.
Azrahil merely contorted his expression as if looking at a madman.
“Who are you? It seems you entered via teleport, but how did you obtain the coordinates? The coordinates to the Deporte Duchy should be classified information.”
Azrahil’s question was reasonable.
Most noble families take measures to prevent others from discovering their teleport coordinates.
If an assassin were to launch a surprise attack via teleport, it would create a serious security breach.
The same applied to the royal family and major institutions.
It meant that unless someone entered directly and read the coordinates of mana, teleportation infiltration was impossible.
“Are you perhaps from the Deporte Duchy?”
‘The Deporte Duchy?’
Thanks to Azrahil’s words, I finally understood where I was.
‘I heard from Tracy that she had connections with House Deporte, so this must be the place.’
That suited me fine.
All I needed was to find Azrahil.
Just as I was about to take action in earnest.
【Sudden Quest: Rescue Lady Sillis】
└Sillis Deporte, the only daughter of House Deporte, is trapped in an illusion.
└Before it’s too late, dispel the illusion magic and save her.
【Conditions】
└Dispel the illusion magic
【Rewards】
└5th-tier Skill Proficiency increased by 5,000
A sudden quest appeared.

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