Chapter 1318 – The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
Yuria looked at Wayne with her eyes narrowed.
“Aren’t you going to save him?”
Wayne stared at Rolf’s corpse with emotionless eyes.
“I judged that it would be better for me to step up and fight directly rather than wasting my power to turn back Rolf’s time.”
“Why didn’t you step up sooner?”
“I’m not very confident in combat. And it was obvious that fighting you would consume at least 30 years of my lifespan.”
“So you wanted to save your lifespan. Thirty years wouldn’t be nearly enough to defeat me.”
“I can’t argue with that. But there’s no problem.”
Wayne reached out into the air. He put his hand into a crack in space and pulled something out. It was a bead that shone with rainbow colors.
“This is the first time I’ve taken this out in front of other people.”
“…A relic.”
“It’s a relic I received as a gift from Leosio. It can store 100 years of lifespan. It’s a shame it’s one-time use, but you’re not an easy opponent to the point where I need to save my lifespan. My total remaining lifespan is 150 years. That’s plenty of time.”
Wayne grinned and put the bead in his mouth and swallowed it.
Wayne’s long blonde hair fluttered. Yuria confirmed the enormous negative mana emanating from him. The negative mana gathered behind his back and formed a shape.
It was a huge purple skull. A red clock was embedded in its forehead, and blue flames burned in its empty eye sockets. It was Mupapa, the demon of time.
“Mupapa. It’s been a while since our last deal. Take my lifespan!”
The purple skull’s mouth opened.
Something pale came out of Wayne’s body. The smoke-like substance was absorbed into Mupapa’s mouth and disappeared.
“This sense of omnipotence… it’s always the best.”
He wore a satisfied smile. This feeling of time and space feeling like his own body… it was more ecstatic than anything else. It was a sensation that no one who hadn’t experienced it would ever understand.
“It’s a shame I can’t maintain this state for long.”
In this state, a week of lifespan disappears every second. If he were to get drunk on the sense of omnipotence and maintain his power for too long, he would die.
“First, I’ll lightly and surely consume 20 years.”
Whoooosh.
An invisible, transparent wave spread out from Wayne, forming a barrier.
It wasn’t stopping the world’s time. First, he created a suitable barrier, and then he was stopping only the space inside it. If you looked closely, it was a bit sloppy, but for those inside the barrier, it was a phenomenon where time stopped.
“It’s over.”
Only Wayne moved in the space where time had stopped. Drunk on his own strength, Wayne moved leisurely, even though he knew his lifespan was decreasing every second.
A sword imbued with the power of time formed in his hand. It was a sword made by slamming in a whopping 10 years of lifespan.
‘The Sword of Time is a special sword that can kill even a dragon. With this, 30 years of my lifespan just disappeared.’
He didn’t feel like his lifespan was wasted.
His opponent was stronger than anyone he had ever faced. A woman who had toyed with Rolf, the demon of lightning. He had to kill her with all his might when he had the chance.
Wayne swung the Sword of Time. From top to bottom. He intended to cut Yuria’s body exactly in half. But Yuria’s body moved back just barely, avoiding the Sword of Time.
He was shocked. Yuria had seen the sword and dodged it. She had moved in this world where time had stopped.
“How… how are you moving?!”
“I’ve seen time being turned back over 200 times. Thanks to that, I was able to understand the concept of time to some extent.”
“……So the reason you kept killing Rolf wasn’t just to exhaust me… No, don’t bluff. Just because you witnessed the power of time doesn’t mean you can understand the concept of time. You just witnessed it.”
“Actually, I got a clue when I saw it about 30 times, and I was sure when I saw it about 100 times. You don’t have to believe me. I don’t particularly want your trust.”
“……I’ll believe it. I almost made a mistake. You’re a monster who killed Rolf 272 times. I won’t do the foolish thing of expecting common sense from such a monster. Instead of doubting, I’ll do my best to kill you. You’re too dangerous.”
“Indeed. That quick and cool-headed judgment is your greatest strength.”
Yuria was already holding a dagger in her right hand.
She had been trying to use the power of time while talking to Wayne. Her goal was to turn back time or fast-forward it. It was impossible for Yuria, who wasn’t a demon, to manipulate time like the demon of time, Mupapa. Even with her overwhelming talent, it was impossible to imitate a demon’s power. In the first place, it was a different dimension, unrelated to talent.
But it wasn’t a complete loss. She was able to move in the stopped time because she had grasped the concept of time. In other words, she had gained resistance to time.
“I’ll kill you with the speed of a god.”
Wayne, who had been in front of Yuria, disappeared. Wayne appeared behind Yuria and swung the Sword of Time. Yuria dodged behind Wayne with shadow movement. Wayne’s face hardened as he turned around.
“The speed of a god… For something that sounds so grand, it’s nothing special. You’ve simply accelerated the time of your body to move, haven’t you?”
“You’re reacting to this speed…?! Damn it. Age! Age and die of natural causes!”
The purple skull behind Wayne opened its mouth and spewed out time. The wind of time swept past Yuria’s body. The wind of time, which could turn even a newborn baby into an old man on the verge of death, was just an ordinary wind to Yuria. Direct time manipulation didn’t work on her, as she had gained time resistance.
“There’s nothing more to see. Die with that demon.”
Shadow Heaven Style (影天流) Dark Turn (暗轉).
Darkness spread out in all directions, centered on Yuria. The space where time had stopped was consumed by darkness.
Wayne staggered. He couldn’t see anything. And he couldn’t feel anything. It was a sensation of being left alone in a space of nothingness. He trembled with fear rising from the depths of his heart and swung the Sword of Time in all directions.
Something brushed past his right arm. Thud. He felt a sharp pain in his forearm as his arm fell off. His arm had been cut off.
‘…My leg was also cut off. My body is falling. …Damn it, my mouth won’t open. My neck suddenly hurts. Was my neck cut off too?’
Wayne recognized his death.
But he wasn’t angry or sad. He knew that time would turn back.
‘The opportunity will come. If I hold out, I’ll win.’
He had already confirmed that she didn’t have infinite stamina and mana. Wayne waited for the time of counterattack that would surely come someday.
The darkness disappeared.
The world was bright again.
Wayne was standing, and Yuria was a little distance away in front of him. Yuria was tidying her disheveled hair, looking slightly tired.
“Looks like your tantrum is over. Now it’s my turn to attack.”
Yuria’s blue eyes stared at Wayne.
“With that body?”
“What?”
Wayne belatedly checked the back of his hand.
A wrinkled, unsightly back of his hand.
He was shocked and hurriedly felt his face with his hands. He could feel a wrinkled face through his palms. And his golden hair, which had shone with brilliant colors, had turned pure white. It was a lusterless, pale white hair.
“This… this can’t be…!”
What came out of his mouth was an old man’s voice.
Wayne was flustered by the impossible and turned around. The demon of time, Mupapa, was broken. Half of the skull was gone, and the other half was cracked. The blue flame in his right eye socket was as faint as a candle.
“Wayne… I need a fresh sacrifice….”
Mupapa said, rattling his crown.
“What the hell. What the hell happened?! The space went dark, and it hasn’t even been 10 seconds! But why?!”
“82 seconds have passed. I killed you and the demon a total of 311 times in that time.”
“I’m not going to….”
“About 70 seconds when your consciousness was gone. The time you were dead. To be exact, I kept killing you before time was turned back and you recovered. It’s been a while since I’ve moved with all my strength like this… my shoulders are stiff.”
Wayne knew that her words were 100% true. There was no reason for her to lie, and the sight of the dying Mupapa was proof of that.
Kiiiiing.
The stopped time began to flow again. Wayne hurriedly looked at Mupapa. Mupapa fell to the floor weakly. Crack! The skull shattered like a glass.
Thud.
Wayne knelt on the floor.
“What the hell are you…!”
“I’m a maid.”
A huge beast head that had risen from the shadows bit Wayne’s head and disappeared.
Yuria looked at Bezel, who was left alone. She was trembling pitifully like an abandoned cat. A black cat with three eyes was sitting at her feet. It was Revs, the demon of dreams.
“Re, Revs. Run! Let’s run away! Get me out of here right now!!”
“…Meow.”
Revs shook his head. An unknown force was interfering with spatial movement.
“Do you think I’ll let you get away like last time? As soon as I confirmed your face, I set up a barrier that interferes with spatial movement.”
“A-are you going to kill me too?”
“I would like to, but it would be a problem if the dream world closed now that you’re dead. So, let’s have a conversation.”
Yuria snapped her fingers. Hundreds of torture tools popped out of her shadow, filling the space. Bezel’s face turned pale.
“And that cute demon of yours too.”
“……Meow.”
Revs tried to enter Bezel’s body, but the shadows rose and grabbed Revs and Bezel.
Bezel, who was forcibly seated in a torture chair, was shedding tears. A hot liquid flowed from her crotch. Yuria flicked her finger. A sharp, small knife floated into the air.
“S-save me. I’ll tell you everything. Is it because of what happened at the academy? I was wrong back then. I was just following orders from Wayne, so I couldn’t help it. I’ll beg like this! I’ll lick your feet if you want! Please, just don’t torture me…!”
“I remember when you disappeared into the dream world, Master. The sense of loss and anger at that time was indescribable. Bezel, I’m really happy to see you again.”
“Hiiiik! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please save me! Please forgive me just once! I’ll do anything!”
“It’s okay. I won’t kill you.”
