City ​​of Witches 1143

Chapter 1143 – #271_Vendetta(4)

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1.
If you were to pick the one type of battle that all witches would want to avoid the most, it would be a one-versus-many fight.

In a witch’s battle, winning against multiple opponents isn’t like “the strongest guy in the neighborhood beating up 17 thugs.”

Magic possesses lethal destructive power.
No matter how skilled a great witch is, if they are struck by a magic of the 15th level or higher from behind while defenseless, they’re done for.

What if the opposing side also has great witches mixed in?

A single mistake can lead to death or defeat.
The difficulty level rises from the worst to the extreme.

That’s why most combat groups wandering the current world have at least a 20th level witch.

If they coordinate well, or if they have a lot of combat experience.
A team with one 20th level and two 19th level witches can easily hunt a 21st level witch.

The capo who is the core of the pursuit team.
The snow witch, Frau Holle.

“Let it rage.”

Her activation phrase exudes a dignity befitting a 21st level witch, turning the clear dawn sky into a gloomy one.

Because it’s nestled in the Alps, the already heavy winter cold turns Siberian, and the snow that begins to swirl covers the city in white.

The magic power caught in the blizzard is the wide-area skill ‘Breath of the White Night’ that freezes.

You might think that a 21st level witch freezing magic power isn’t that impressive, but Frau isn’t a top-tier ‘Sweeper’ for nothing.

Magic power can both liquefy and vaporize, but it doesn’t solidify due to cooling.
It just becomes less reactive.
This is basic magical knowledge and a law of the world.

Conversely, when magic power freezes according to the order that Frau has twisted, and when it is only assumed that the movement of magic power will be slowed down.
It means that the opponent’s reaction to a phenomenon that transcends common sense will inevitably be delayed.

Because they have to respond to an ‘uncommon event’ with improvisation.

Even Shin Siwoo, who is wielding his spear at the speed of sound and leaping between rooftops, should have had his spirit’s magic circuits torn apart from the inside by the cooled and expanded magic power.

“Huuup!”

-Kwaang!

However, he is still leaping around, shaking off the three witches who are attacking him in unison.

The witches, struck by the spear shaft, punched, and hit by the undulating waves of magic power, were sent flying like pinballs, smashing through the city.

Of course, Frau had prepared for that.
The key to this battle was how long the auxiliary combatants could stay and sap his strength.

If the same force is applied, the damage will vary depending on whether it is applied for 0.1 seconds or 1 second.

The defensive magic ‘Frozen Time’ given to each member of the pursuit team minimized the damage from the blows, so they got up again and again and rushed towards Shin Siwoo.

Even the witch Vengadoras, who had gathered to subdue Siwoo, and Nairi, who was secretly watching the scene and was ready to throw herself in to rescue Siwoo if necessary, were still in a stalemate.

They couldn’t help but feel a thrill at the scene that violated common sense.

No one believed that he would make it this far.
It was a systematic attack that should have put even a decent 23rd level witch on the defensive.

But in the precarious battle where not a single mistake was allowed, he dodged the danger with the ease of a seasoned fighter.

He skillfully evaded the people guarding Frau and thrust threatening spear attacks again and again.

“…”

As expected, Shin Siwoo is strong.
It might be true that he defeated Urshula von Himmelslauf, the rebellious witch who was a member of the Heksen Nacht hardliners.

But in Frau’s eyes, that was it.
He was clearly a skilled fighter and possessed great combat power, but he was absolutely not at the level to subdue the Golden Witch.

If you only consider his magical level, excluding his martial arts and combat sense, he would be at most a 22nd level witch.
That he killed his mother, who was the strongest in the offensive system and was one of the top three in Heksen Nacht?

No matter how much she used her imagination, she couldn’t picture it.
If it had been her mother, she would have already made Frau and her sisters crawl on the floor.

“Gather.”

Is this the end after all?
Frau sent a signal with disappointment.

It might sound very strange, but perhaps she was secretly hoping for it.

If he was truly the right godfather, wouldn’t a more satisfying ending await her than the one she has now, wandering after losing the lighthouse of her life, Lydia Magnus?
What will remain after she finishes her empty revenge?

Even a somewhat premature sense of futility swept over her.

Nevertheless, her judgment is cold.

The three pursuit teams that received the signal will gather here within 5 minutes and surely kill Shin Siwoo.

In preparation for variables, including location points, three subjugation teams consisting of three capos and sweepers, besides Frau, were on standby in the outer areas.

The reason why Frau’s team went first was to be cautious in case this was a trap that Shin Siwoo had set up.

He will be torn to pieces and killed by four great witches and 20 subjugation team members, and his corpse will be placed on a pyre for his mother.

“Let’s end this now.”

The team members who received Frau’s order formed a formation.

The magic they are about to cast is the great magic ‘Silent Snowfield’, which is a combination of ‘Breath of the White Night’ and ‘Frozen Heart’.

The rest of the team’s mission is to protect her during the magic deployment time.

Shin Siwoo, struggling in the snowfield, seemed to be too busy fending off the fiercely attacking team members to notice any of that.

-Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!

When the magic is completed, Frau’s snowflakes will devour the sounds he makes and accelerate the cooling.

A witch with the output of Shin Siwoo would normally emit a roar just by moving.
He is now presented with only two options: either freeze to death while moving, or give up resistance and die at the hands of the team members.

After that, only a silent snowfield will remain, as the name of the Silent Snowfield suggests.

-Crack crack crack!

White snowflakes settle on Shin Siwoo’s armor.
The more fiercely he thrashes, the more his magic power begins to freeze, and the black and red aura was gradually turning white.

At that moment.

“That’s enough.”

-Weeeeeeeeee!

The two pairs of rings above his head.
The rings begin to rotate heavily, creating a dullness as if the heavens and earth were meshing together.

Frau witnessed it.

The ultimate of ‘Ma(魔)’ that has reached a level that she can’t even imagine the end of, emanating from the rings that rotate like a halo, despite being so small.

At the same time.

-Hwaarrrr!

The frost of magic power that was covering him in white began to melt.

Not only that, but the absolute permafrost that could not be melted by high heat is annihilated by the golden flames that are greedily burning.
Even the heavy snow that was falling askew, making it impossible to see even an inch ahead, could not pass the flames that enveloped Shin Siwoo’s body.

The shimmering of brilliant golden particles creates the shape of flames.
At the same time, it devours and nullifies all symbols.

Anyone in Werfana knows what that magic is.
Because it is her mother’s main skill that erodes symbols and values.

“The… Flames of Annihilation…?”

If you look at it closely, from a magical point of view, this is a separate magic from the Flames of Annihilation.

Siwoo is applying the fire element magic to his unique magic power color, and adding the nullification effect of the distortion field to it, creating a kind of trick.

‘Eroding and denying the value of magic’ and ‘distorting and dispelling magic’ are completely different magics that only share the common denominator of being conceptual systems.

But what is a witch?
One who has devoted their life to pioneering the heights of magic.

That magic is bound to contain a symbol that combines life and identity, and everything else.

In that sense, the golden flames that surround Shin Siwoo, nullifying magic and burning, are the symbol of Lydia Magnus.

The scene of the man who claimed to be the godfather using magic reminiscent of Lydia evoked a religious awe that transcended reason.

Enough to erode all the doubts they had.

The witches who had been rushing to kill Siwoo unknowingly dropped their wands, scattered their magic power, and stared at the flames that seemed like they would burn forever.

“That can’t be! It’s just a trick!”

Only Frau denied the reality before her and shook off the delusion.

She is not well-versed in the conceptual system, so she cannot clearly see the difference.

But if it ends at that level, it’s just an imitation.
Her mother’s magic should be much greater than that.

In front of Frau, who was thinking that, Siwoo, holding Mistilteinn in his hand, took a stance and gathered his magic power.

He had been researching it with Periwinkle, but the research on Mistilteinn was still insufficient.

It was so difficult to know what principle it works on and what it ultimately pursues as a value.
He could only raise the output of Mistilteinn by about 20%.

But he had handled the ‘dangerous spear that emits a field of concepts’ enough to be sick of it.
He had also engraved the form of the magic that Lydia used in his eyes.

Then, he could make a plausible imitation with just 20% of the output.

“Mors.”

Frau felt a chill run down her spine.
She realized that the power contained in the golden spear that Shin Siwoo had presented was of a kind that she could not possibly block.

————!!!!

Just when she thought she was going to be swept away by the golden light that spread from the tip of the spear.

“…Huh…?”

After not feeling anything for a while, Frau opened her eyes that she had tightly closed and looked at the sky.
Shin Siwoo’s target from the beginning was not Frau, but the thick clouds that covered the sky and scattered snow.

“Ah…”

What Frau saw was the magnificent sight of the snow clouds that had darkened the surroundings burning like cotton candy that had been set on fire.

As if reminiscent of the narrative of Genesis, the pure light of dawn that had risen, cutting through the eternal darkness, pierced the sky.
The golden waves spread like sunbeams, mysteriously illuminating the city.

The other pursuit teams, who had arrived at the battlefield after receiving Frau’s call, were also mesmerized and stopped in front of the majestic and sacred miracle.

“Will you believe me now?”

The morning sun, which had chased away the dark clouds as if lifting the curtain of the sky, shone down on Siwoo like a stage light.

Frau knelt down like a devout believer.

“Your sixth daughter greets the godfather.”

Then, as if riding a wave, the other witches also bowed their heads before Siwoo.

“The humble thirteenth daughter greets the godfather.”
“The thirty-fifth daughter greets the honorable godfather.”

There was not a single witch left in this place who doubted that Shin Siwoo was the rightful godfather.