The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years (Web Novel KR)

Editors: Ana_Banana, Sei

For the first time, their fighting spirit began to flicker and dim.

The ones in this situation were none other than Lukas and Sedi, the two strongest participants in Lukas’ team. But even their combined strength still wouldn’t be enough.

This was something that they were certain of. After all, the gap between mortals and absolutes wasn’t something that could be filled with numbers.

An Absolute wasn’t an opponent that one could defeat by relying on strategy, schemes, or luck.

And to make matters worse. Lukas was in the worst possible condition at that moment. He had less than 500 mana remaining.

With only that much, he couldn’t use 7-star or higher spells.

[It seems that you reached the end of your ropes before I even needed to act.]

Kaz softly muttered those words, his eyes flashing with a strange light.

[Although it was only for a moment, feeling heat again was an extremely unpleasant experience. So disappear.]

The moment he opened his mouth, a Dragon Breath shot out with almost no warning.

This Dragon Breath was at least twice as strong as the one Kaz had used to destroy Temple Island.

Dozens of countermeasures flashed in Lukas’ mind. But none of them could guarantee his survival.

Nevertheless, there was one thing that was abundantly clear.

This was an attack that he couldn’t block. The destructive power of Kaz’s Dragon Breath was much higher than Lukas could handle in his current state.

Then what should he do? Could he dodge it? The range of his Blink spell was extremely limited. And with a Dragon Breath of this size, even if he were able to avoid being hit by the direct blast, the aftermath would still be enough to tear his entire body to shreds.

Taht!

But as Lukas was trying to figure out what to do, Sedi appeared in front of him. With Lukas behind her as if she was protecting him, Sedi stretched her arms in front of her and received the breath attack with her front.

Grrrng!

Her mind went blank. For a moment, she lost consciousness.

The blood vessels in her eyes burst and tears of blood rolled down her cheeks.

“Sedi!”

Lukas called out her name almost on reflex. Sedi couldn’t answer because she was fully focused on defending. It felt like her palms were on fire, but she knew that if she let her guard down for even an instant, she would be blown away.

‘Dammit.’

She had grown much stronger after absorbing so much demonic energy, but it was still hard for her to face an Absolute.

Lukas didn’t just quietly watch Sedi defend from behind. Instead, he squeezed out the last of his mana and tried to attack.

Papapa!

Dozens of spells appeared at the same time. It was a colorful display, but it wasn’t very practical. After all, they were all 3-star spells. It would be hard for him to use more than that since he didn’t have enough mana.

This was the same technique he used not so long ago in his fight against the Ancient Dragon.

He attacked simultaneously with various attributed spells to find out which one they were more susceptible to.

Bang bang bang!

The spells crashed fiercely against Kaz’s body, but there was no way those attacks would work.

Lukas didn’t believe it was possible to hurt him with a 3-star spell, even if he was weak towards its attribute.

So he analyzed. It didn’t matter if the flaw was miniscule. If even a single weakness could be found, then there would be some possibility of turning this situation around.

[…you should know by now. Your little magic tricks won’t work.]

But there wasn’t a single flaw on Kaz’s entire body. Did that mean that it didn’t work at all?

Lukas bit his lip.

‘There is no such thing as a perfect defense.’

He knew that for a fact.

Even if the durability of his scales is close to absolute defense, he could just aim for places that weren’t protected by them.

Eyeballs, anus, testicles, mouth… If he were to hit any of these places with the right spell. (TL: Lukas…)

If he could damage his organs directly…

However, it would take a high level of technique to accurately hit such a vital point.

‘I can calculate it.’

Even at the moment, Lukas’ brain had come up with about three different alternative methods he could use.

However…

‘I don’t have enough mana.’

In the end, no matter how he twisted and turned, the conclusion was always the same.

Even so, he had no choice but to try.

If there was anything that he could dig into in his current state, it would be Kaz’s pride. He had absolute faith in his defense.

“Sedi.”

“…un.”

Sedi grunted as she wiped blood away from her eyes. Her condition was also not the best. She could tell that her body was reaching its limit, but there was nothing she could do about it.

“Attack his mouth.”

“Mouth?”

“Right.”

“…sure.”

Sedi immediately understood what Lukas was saying. It was impossible to attack him from the outside, so he intended to attack his insides…

But she still had her doubts.

“…that guy… he’s arrogant, but he’s not stupid. He probably knows that he has only a few weaknesses. Besides, it would be impossible to attack it if he keeps his mouth shut.”

“There are no scales around his lips, and even if there were, the defense of that area would be much lower than in other places. His teeth shouldn’t be as hard as his scales. If you managed to put your hand in his mouth and then pump a large amount of demonic energy into him…”

“His body will inflate like a balloon.”

Would things really work out so easily?

Although she had this thought, Sedi still sighed.

“…well, that’s the only thing we can aim for right now.”

Her demonic energy was still at full capacity. However, her body was the problem.

Her stamina was almost depleted.

If she were to push herself much more, it’s possible that her frail body would collapse in on itself. No matter how powerful an engine was, it was useless if the body that supported it was not strong enough.

The amount of demonic energy she had digested was already reaching the limits of what a mortal body could contain.

‘This body is really annoying.’

This fight would end here.

Sedi increased her concentration to the maximum.

“Now.”

Lukas’ mutter was the signal.

Sedi immediately got close to Kaz once again.

[Are you still not giving up?]

He seemed to be slowly losing interest.

Kaz saw Sedi lift her fist. Was she aiming for his mouth? It was a stupid and one dimensional idea. It would be fine if she just wanted to hit him, but looking at her eyes, it seemed that she was betting her life and death on this single attack.

In that case, it would be better to block it. One arm should be enough…

Crack!

[…!]

At that moment, both of his arms became trapped by something. Kaz glanced down and found that the ground had risen up without him noticing and trapped his hands.

It was easy to shake off, but that moment’s delay was all that was needed.

Paak!

Sedi’s fist accurately struck Kaz’s mouth.

And he could tell immediately.

Sedi had used her full strength in that punch.

“Eat this! You disgusting motherfu-!”

Fwoosh!

Before she even finished speaking, an enormous amount of demonic energy flowed out from Sedi’s fist, down his oesophagus, and into his intestines.

Kaz staggered backward.

[Uk… urk… kuh…]

A strange sound came from his mouth.

By this time, Lukas had already fallen to one knee, feeling dizzy.

This was the first time in thousands of years that he’d experienced mana depletion.

This had to work.

Even if it didn’t, it had to have some effect.

If this attack didn’t work, then they had no chance of winning.

Suddenly, Kaz stopped moving.

[…huhuhu…]

Then he began to chuckle.

The moment he looked up at them with an innocent smile on his face, Lukas realised their situation had reached its worst.

“…how? I pumped demonic energy directly into your internal organs.”

[That was your mistake.]

“What are you talking about?”

[Do you know why this place is called Death Island?]

They didn’t know. Nor were they curious.

However, Kaz continued to talk without caring about his listener’s feelings.

[There was a big fight here in the past. Against the only being in the Heavenly Realm who can be compared to me. The only time I’ve ever been truly defeated in my life. That woman is the first being that I’ve never seen a chance of defeating if we fought again.]

“That doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with the island.”

“It does. You see, most of the creatures on the island died in the aftermath of that battle.”

“What…?”

No, wait a minute.

Sedi’s face turned pale as a random thought popped into her head.

She had been so focused on his scales that she hadn’t even thought of this possibility.

The central region of Death Island,

The region where the demonic energy was the thickest,

That place… That was where the Dragon King lived.

[My partner. The demonic energy that you use.]

Kaz spoke in a calm voice.

Then, an explosion of demonic energy flowed out of his body.

[It is a power that I am very familiar with.]