Chapter 1079 – #257_The Libra Witch
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1.
If I were to describe the sensation after victory in a single word, it would be ‘heat.’
A heat that felt like my head was boiling, a lukewarm relaxation as the muscles all over my body, which had been taut with the heat of battle, melted away, a fiercely burning magical circuit, and a fiery sense of accomplishment from defeating a worthy opponent.
As the concentration of adrenaline that had melted into my blood slowly decreased, the intense pain I had momentarily forgotten returned.
Well, I had engaged in such a battle without a moment’s rest.
Siwoo’s magic, which could not be established with a clear hierarchy concept due to its irregularity.
It was estimated that its level barely reached the 22nd tier.
Even with the Red Branch as a relic.
However, he controlled the ‘Gate,’ climbed the steps in a life-or-death duel with Heria, and finally crossed a wall.
He was able to freely weave together three magnetic magics, and for the first time, he used a ‘dimensional magic formula’ as a form of attack.
The result was truly overwhelming.
He had easily subdued Heria, a 22nd-tier opponent he had fought evenly with his life on the line.
Surely, this level was worthy of being called the 23rd tier.
“……”
-Splash!
Siwoo quietly collected Heria’s remains, fed them to the lotus, and then threw the remains into the sea.
The lotus, which had felt about 30% empty, greedily absorbed everything from Heria.
The rose-colored lotus now shone with a distinct blood-red hue, captivating anyone who looked at it.
“That’s done.”
It was over now.
The high-quality fertilizer of the 22nd tier had filled all the lacking parts of the picky lotus.
He had killed his most hated enemy.
He had gathered all the sacrifices needed for the lotus.
Now, he could return.
“Dorothy, please wait a little longer.”
With his knees feeling like they would collapse, Siwoo straightened himself and headed towards the shore where Luelle was waiting.
2.
Conceptual magic.
Among the many witches, this magic, which only a few reach the level of a great witch, occupies a unique position even within the absolute hierarchy of witches.
It is difficult to handle and just as difficult to deal with, so it is said to have a bonus of about 1-2 tiers higher than the standard tier.
Originally the Libra Witch, now better known as the Golden Coin Witch, Lydia Magnus was a 23rd tier.
It was not uncommon for those who loved to talk about fights to classify Lydia as a 24th-tier power.
But Luelle hadn’t responded to the provocation without thinking.
Being ‘close’ to the 24th tier ultimately meant not being the 24th tier.
In the end, it meant she hadn’t surpassed the limits of her tier.
Above the sea, where the symbol of ‘wave’ could be most clearly manifested.
If she fought with the geographical advantage, Luelle could also show power beyond a normal 23rd tier.
-Kugwagwagwagwa!!!
And Luelle’s expectations were being realized in reality.
Blue waves surged, turning the sea upside down.
A wall of black tidal waves, shaking the sea surface and soaring into the high sky, relentlessly crashed towards her enemy.
Lydia wasn’t just taking it.
‘Moths of Worthlessness,’ which corroded the value of everything they touched, swarmed fiercely as if a large hornet’s nest had been disturbed.
The huge wave wall that collided with this swarm of moths scattered golden particles, like lighting a fire in the middle of flammable gold foil, and vanished unrealistically.
Thanks to that, the once dark sea turned into a bathtub filled with bath salts, with plenty of glitter.
Luelle already knew the power of the seemingly harmless poisonous insects.
Dorothy, who had fought directly with Lydia, had told her about Lydia’s magnetic magic and fighting style, which had been hidden behind a veil.
“Haaahhh!!!”
Luelle’s eyes shone bright blue, and shadows appeared in the black waves.
-Kraararara!!!
-Kuaaaaaa!!!
-Kyuuuuuuu!!!
Creatures from legends, born from the fear of sailors since ancient times.
She opened the ‘aquariums’ all at once and summoned the ministers of the Nukelavi Kingdom.
But she didn’t intend to win with these summoned creatures alone.
If her opponent were another witch, she could overwhelm them with the overwhelming physical and magical power of a colossal homunculus, but in front of Lydia, ‘size’ meant nothing.
Rather, they would only become large and easy targets.
“Sink deep!”
The summoned creatures, which had been freely wandering between the waves, gathered into one point, drawing a spiral.
Bubbles rose in the midst of the swirling blue waves.
The twisting waves stretched out like blood vessels, reaching the deepest parts of the sea.
-Kugugugugugu
The Queen of the Deep Sea.
“I, the Queen of the Nukelavi Dynasty, command you.”
Her dignified command brought any being in the sea under her control.
The great old ruler and conqueror of the deep sea.
Passing through the deep waters where thunder roared.
At the end of the abyss where even starlight wandered.
From a dreamless, ancient slumber.
The ‘Sea God’ opened its eyes.
—————!!!
A heavy roar that seemed to collapse human reason echoed throughout the battlefield.
A blue single eye stared at Lydia without blinking.
Waves wrapped around the single eye in layers, forming a single massive body.
“Kill.”
The Sea God’s huge eye, following Luelle’s command, turned towards Lydia.
“Wow.”
Even the usually carefree Lydia couldn’t help but feel a shiver run down her spine this time.
What Luelle had summoned was a mythical being that reached an unfathomable realm.
She couldn’t even see exactly what it looked like.
Depending on the swaying waves, it looked like a cephalopod with numerous tentacles, or a one-eyed giant.
Or a huge old man, or even a bizarre distortion.
The moment she tried to recognize a fixed form in her mind, the concept shattered, and her vision was distorted.
Only the deep, dark, and blue eye was the fixed form of ‘that,’ and just by looking at it, it felt like noise was forming in her mind.
Perhaps if a human were to look at that form, their reason would collapse.
As the Sea God twisted its body, dozens of tidal waves collided with each other, emitting violent bursts of sound.
-Chwaaaaaak!
“Not bad, huh?”
This was the battle between the 23rd tier and the 23rd tier.
A fight between those whose individual power had reached the heavens among the witches who had transcended the laws of the world.
The new Deep Sea Witch was much stronger than Lydia had expected.
She had not only the mindset to attack her enemies mercilessly but also cunning.
At first glance, it was easy to be distracted by the huge wave in front of her, but that wasn’t all.
At the same time as the waves, she was scattering a wave-shaped magic field around her.
If she responded carelessly, she would flounder and die in the middle of that magic field as if drowning.
“And a summoned creature of that level… I really like it?”
Realizing what the most witch-like battle was, Lydia scattered a handful of gold coins in her hand.
“Prove it.”
The dozens of gold coins that fell transformed into golden particles.
The movement of the particles pushed back the enraged Sea God’s waves, shimmering like a huge golden flame.
Lydia’s second magnetic magic, the ‘Flame of Annihilation’ that burns and corrodes the symbolic system.
It was just as Dorothy had told her.
Lydia never revealed her full power at once.
She never took absolute gambles and always gained an advantage in the mind games.
She prevented the enemy from doing what they wanted, then induced an inevitable ‘last resort’ and countered it.
A fighting style based on cold calculation, not carelessness or arrogance.
It could be said to be similar to Siwoo’s style of using the position board.
Luelle’s strategy for that was simple.
Lydia Magnus was certainly strong, but strictly speaking, she was a technical fighter skilled in minor techniques.
-Kwaaang! Kwaaang!
Therefore, she would pressure Lydia like a typhoon.
Without giving her a chance to show her techniques, without giving her a chance to use her tricks, she would endlessly press and press and press, killing her with a power struggle.
This was the tactic Luelle had adopted.
“Now is the time!”
Ku———!!!!
With Luelle’s command, the Sea God raised its spear.
A trident made of shattered bubbles and a large amount of water flowing down like a waterfall.
-Kugugugugugu!!!
The power of Luelle, which had been amplified since summoning the Sea God and had already surpassed the magical power of a colossal homunculus, was all concentrated at its tip.
The waves, which had parted like the miracle of Moses, completely surrounded the prey so that it could not escape.
Lydia hastily summoned golden stakes, but Luelle was faster.
Nukelavi’s strength was not just ‘a huge amount of magical power.’
The explosive output that could utilize her heavy magical power to the limit faster than anyone else was the hidden trump card that Luelle had been hiding.
The divine relic that encompassed the tides of the sea and the movement of water, and even controlled storms and earthquakes, was aimed diagonally at Lydia.
———Kugugugu!!!!
With a cataclysmic upheaval that shook the heavens and the earth, Lydia’s form was plunged deep into the sea.
As if to confirm the kill, the parted waves overlapped alternately, shattering and crushing Lydia’s corpse.
“Haa…. Haa….”
Luelle, forgetting her queenly dignity, wiped away the sweat that was pouring down and gasped for breath.
It was the first time she had used magic so intensely.
“I suddenly want to eat oysters.”
Perhaps that was why she was so hungry.
“Kuu kuu.”
The Sea God, which her vassals had combined to summon, nodded in agreement with the queen.
At that moment.
“Kuu?!”
A long string that had appeared out of nowhere was wrapped around the Sea God’s body, which had originally been impossible to grasp in form.
A golden string that seemed to be made of a soft material like silk.
The ‘String of Contradiction,’ which had bound even the calamity that would lead the world to destruction, strongly tightened the struggling Sea God’s body.
“I’ve thought about it.”
And a voice that shouldn’t be heard was heard.
“Honestly, your magic is too inefficient for me to use. But it’s too precious to give away or sell, right?”
The voice of Lydia Magnus, who had been shattered by the trident.
“So, I think it would be better to send it to the House of Angels.”
Lydia, who had reappeared in her pure white naked form, walked on the surface of the water, which had turned calm like black tar, and smiled brightly.
“Don’t worry. I really like children.”
Even though it was a statement that couldn’t be properly understood, like a distorted portrait in melted gold coins.
It was a cruel smile.
