Water Magician

Chapter 398: More Faces...

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I knew you would come. But wasnt expecting youd be alone. Is it because you only have one of those bracelets?

The Popes voice was quite expressive.

Compared to when he had attacked them on the roadside, his words sounded much more full of spirit.

You are right, Your Holiness. As a matter of fact, I have no intention of fighting you now. So can you just let me off the hook for this?

Now, thats hilarious. Okay, say I let you go, what then? Im guessing youll go rally your companions and come right back to rescue these four. But did it ever occur to you that I could just kill them before you get here?

Not at all. These four people are probably your source of magic power. No, not only these four, but you have quite a few magicians locked up further in. You are siphoning magic power from them as well, arent you?

The Pope was rather visibly taken aback by Ryos deduction.

He definitely looked much more emotional than when he attacked them on the roadside.

Its quite intriguing that youre able to figure out so much. Let me guess, you used the wind-attribute magic , huh? I didnt sense any such flow of magic power though.

Something like that.

Youre a dangerous individual.

Then, the Pope seemed to smile a little.

Then he continued.

You shall perish here before you learn anything more. .

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Suddenly, a battle broke out.

Ryo honestly wished he could have gotten a little more information out of him.

Since the Pope was quite chatty this time.

Three flame vortexes emerged from the Popes right hand and struck Ryo.

Ryo received them with the laminated ice wall. The ice wall was not only erected in front of him but in every conceivable angle. Including overhead.

And then a rain of ice lances poured down.

Super-dense, super-fast, and super-massive.

The entire atrium turned into a pathway made of ice lances.

Probably tens of thousands of them in total.

However.

To think youd be unscathed after all that.

As expected, Ryo was surprised by that.

The Pope didnt move a single step, only putting up a above him.

Ordinarily, a is not that sturdy.

However, the Popes barrier was surprisingly robust

Interesting, so you were a water-attribute magician. But still, how are you able to unleash such abundant ice lances and not run out of magic power. Are you really a human?

Like youre one to talk. What about you, Im fairly certain youre no human. I cant really say if it exists in this world or not, but Im guessing youre a clone or something similar.

Thats right, the Pope in front of him is a different individual from the one he fought on the roadside.

He looks exactly the same.

But his disposition is totally different.

Clones can be genetically identical to each other.

However, their Spirit, will not exactly be the same.

This is because a persons Spirit is developed based on all their knowledge and experiences from birth to the present.

And therefore manifests in their disposition.

Of course, this is only Ryos theory.

After all, there were no official human clones on Earth.

However, anyone could have arrived at this answer if they thought about it logically.

And Ryo thought that the product of his reasoning was right in front of him.

I dont know what a clone is, but it seems to me that youve uncovered our secrets. How truly fascinating. I know about you. Ryo, a C-rank adventurer with the Kingdom delegation. Hmm I dont think the whole delegation knows about it, but lets see, you mind telling me how much of our secrets you know exactly?

You know I cant do that, obviously.

Ryo thought.

(Earlier, he was surprised to learn that Im a water-attribute magician, and now he knows my name. He must have updated his information. Something like the tactical data link so its not limited to just golems, even this Pope has it? Well, its quite plausible for a clone, I suppose. To have incorporated something like that in a golem, they seem to know the importance of sharing information in real-time.)

To silence a magician, I guess this should do it. .

The Pope chanted quickly and plunged toward Ryo with his nearly two-meter staff at the ready.

Silence, do you think youre capable of it?

Ryo produced a blade from Murasame and intercepted him.

Clang.

The clash of staff and sword echoed through the atrium.

What the

The Pope was astonished.

It is natural for a modern magician to be able to fight in close quarters.

Ryo looked smug.

Cut the crap!

Thrust. Thrust, thrust.

Strike.

Swing.

Of course.

Even if it is something other than magic, resonance will not occur if they are far apart.

I see. That was enlightening.

Ryo said, bowing his head.

Although they were killing each other, he had been taught something he was curious about, so it wouldnt hurt to be thankful for that, would it?

Ryo had a strange sense of discipline

Now, I suppose you dont have any more regrets. Ill send you on your way now, so desist from any useless resistance.

Im afraid I cant do that.

Ryo rejected the Popes proposal.

Why are you so obsessed with life?

Isnt that obvious? How am I supposed to eat yummy cakes if Im not alive!

Ryo answered the Popes muttering with extreme seriousness.

Its that important to Ryo.

Man shall not live by bread alone so said a certain Son of God.

Meaning that both curry and cake are necessary may not necessarily be an accurate interpretation, but for Ryo, both curry and cake are important.

Either way, youre going to die.

No, thank you!

Ughthe impregnable one from earlier! No, there is no such thing as impregnable magic!

The Pope first cast absolute defensive magic.

So, after securing the safety of the main body, he intended to cast the four-attribute offensive magic spell.

Ryos countermeasure to that was

Dynamic steam mines were stacked in multiple layers so that even if some of them disappeared due to the resonance phenomenon, they wouldnt get near Ryo.

First, they set up their defenses against each other.

After that, they began chanting.

Big moves at that.

The faces beside the Pope chanted.

Ryo didnt know, but those magic were the strongest spells of each attribute offensive magic in the Western Countries.

As for Ryos counter.

Sixteen magic circles emerged.

The magic chanted by the faces of the Pope was blocked by the .

While emitting pair annihilation particles.

Under such circumstances, Ryo chanted with more concentration than usual.

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In that moment, tens of thousands of ice lances per second flew toward the Popes forehead, concentrating on a single point.

Of course, they were repelled by the .

But it didnt matter.

Five seconds, ten seconds, twenty seconds

Hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, four hundred thousand

All the ice lances flew toward a single point just one point, without a single millimeter of deviation.

What a fool. is unbreakable.

Theres no magic that cant be broken!

Ryo refuted the Popes words with absolute confidence.

Why is he so confident?

It is because Michael (pseudonym) once said.

Its about the same as Earth in terms of physical phenomena.

And if one were to consider the physical phenomena on Earth from a logical standpoint, then theres no such thing as Absolute Defense.

If so, theres no such thing on Phi either.

Ryo thought that it was just a super-hard defensive barrier, and , being generated to the extent that it seemed like an absolute defense.

Essentially, those two barriers are non-attribute magic, but when light attribute is added to them, they may become amazingly sturdy

The so-called resonance absorption of the general theory of relativity nucleus goes from the ground state to the excited state by absorbing light something like that

Moreover, it is quite difficult to use, so only high-ranking priests and clergy can use it in other words, only magicians with very high proficiency in light-attribute magic can use it

That was Ryos reasoning.

So, with that being the case, there is no way it cant be broken.

The magic spell concentrating the Icicle Lance attacked on a single point, .

When the total number of shots exceeded ten million

Crack.

Slash.

cracked, and the next ice lance pierced the Popes forehead.

The Pierce then shifted to Fan and the faces floating beside the Pope and his entire body were pierced by hundreds of ice lances blowing them away, and the Pope was crucified on the wall behind him.

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