229 – What’s wrong with being ordinary?
“Ugh!”
Although he was shocked by the unexpected experience, Capital Knight Selpen quickly gathered his mind and attitude.
“… “You messed up a bit?”
Maiev made a fuss, but Selpen had no intention of letting the outcome change. It was the very moment when I opened my eyes and made up my mind.
Wow!
Blue paint gushes from beneath the ground. They intertwine like whips and vines, binding Selpen’s limbs.
“What… !”
Liquids are not fixed somewhere, as is usually the case. Also, there was no sign of strength, but it was pressing down on Selpen’s body and binding it as if to show off.
Swish─!
Selpen swings her sword, cutting off the blue paint and lines.
But she flows and gets stuck again.
Even though she cut, cut, and cut again, Maiev’s blue paint continued to stick together. It’s as if she’s saying she’ll never give up.
“The initiative should be mine… !”
“That’s what I said. “This is called suicide magic.”
Selpen’s eyes were colored with suspicion. And as each second passes, the suspicion spreads into astonishment.
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And Maiev thought quietly.
‘… ‘It’s not enough power.’
The suicide technique was successful in making Selpen bite, but Maiev was aware of it. She knew that she couldn’t win against Selpen at this level.
More power.
Currently, Maiev needed more power.
‘It doesn’t require a huge amount of strength.’
Pure blue mana. If it were truly pure, it would be enough even if it wasn’t a huge amount….
Five seconds to think about that. A method occurred to me.
No, strictly speaking, this is a method I knew from the beginning. However, until now, I have been hesitant and have not been able to put it into action.
‘If you think about it, I was always obsessed with superiority.’
Maiev was born a blood demon.
She was always obsessed with ‘exception’ and ‘superiority’. She hoped that she would be nobler than other races, and that her level of black magic would also be such that she would be called a genius.
But what about now that we have to live as humans?
Human magicians are commonly referred to as geniuses in the world.
They will continue to grow like wings. No matter how hard Maiev tried, it would be impossible to catch up with them in the field of ‘blue mana’.
‘Now I won’t be able to be a genius for the rest of my life.’
In other words, from now on, I will have to live as an ordinary human being. We have no choice but to blankly observe the success and growth of others.
But right now, there was no despair for Maiev.
‘Is there no value in the life of a criminal?’
Most people would say yes. This is because being an ordinary human being is insignificant in front of a genius.
But Maiev is no longer obsessed.
‘It’s okay to be ordinary. Even ordinary strength is enough.’
Maiev’s eyes glowed red for an instant. She concentrated and very slowly closed her eyelids.
‘Maybe I still have regrets.’
I did not want to abandon my birth as a blood demon.
It seems that such thoughts remained in the back of my mind. She had placed her feet awkwardly.
But now it was time to make a decision, and she realized what she had to give up.
Huuung─!
Selpen swung his sword again.
Maiev’s mana dispersed in an instant due to the extremely sharp sword. Strictly speaking, it was a destructive force that seemed closer to disintegration rather than scattering.
“… !”
Maiev’s body is shaking. In the end, she had to get down on one knee, but her expression was very calm.
If you need ordinary strength, if you have to become an ordinary human, there is only one way.
‘… ‘I throw away everything as a blood demon.’
After making her decision, she began to recite her spell.
“Le Erpetera.”
I throw away the time I lived as a blood demon. She destroys all the knowledge she had built up as a blood demon on her own.
“Lirishi, Lupie…. Cough!”
Maiev spat out a lump of blood that was almost the size of a heart. Being born as a human, which some people thought was a given, was extremely difficult for the current Maiev.
Rotates all life force circulating inside the body in reverse order. She loses everything she was proud of.
“Cluck, cough!” Ugh….”
There is no way for the body to be fine when the entire internal vitality is regurgitated. Maiev’s blood flowed from her eyes as well.
Suddenly! Suddenly!
Meanwhile, Selpen’s attacks continued.
If Maiev’s blue paint took on the shape of a dragon, Selpen cut it down, step by step, like the fish on her chopping board.
Selpen said.
“How much longer do you think you can hold out?”
But Maiev continued to increase her dragon population. Crowd, army…. It was at a level where such words were appropriate.
‘Just a little, just a little bit of blue power…’ .’
And finally.
At some point.
Maiev opened her eyes again.
Her eyes, with bloody tears flowing down them, were clearly blue.
She finally completely escaped her origins as a blood demon.
Now you will never be able to use your life force again, and you will not even be able to access black magic. If you even step into the void, your body will be torn apart without resistance.
It was like giving up eternal life, but her heart was strangely relieved.
‘Color, become blue.’
This is how paint is applied on pure white drawing paper. She has just been cleansed of her origins as a blood demon.
‘And stretch, straight.’
Fly high and stretch out. Like a new future.
Maiev exhaled her spirit.
“Ha!”
The color of the blue dragon is so blue that it cannot even be compared to before. It is never defeated even by Selpen’s sword.
“… !”
Selpen was quite embarrassed when she felt pain in her wrist.
It was no longer paint that was covering her. She was neither a light wave nor what could be called a lake.
It’s as if the sea embraces itself….
“That can’t be possible!”
As Selpen unleashes her unique ability, a purple energy surrounds her. At first glance, the purple color slowly spreads across Maiev’s blue dragon.
“Suicide magic? “I’ll even treat that as mine!”
Stab and cut. Take away the initiative.
“It’s mine! It’s mine, taken by force! “Ordinary guys like you should just be taken away!”
I tried to push the purple light in somehow, but it was no use.
“Ah… !”
At one point, while he was holding on so tenaciously, Selpen’s eyes widened. As the waves like a tsunami cut down on her vertically, the thing that came into her sight was Maiev, who had somehow jumped right up to her.
The moment when their eyes met in the air.
Maiev muttered.
“… “What’s so bad about being ordinary?”
Bye!
A very weak attack.
An extremely ordinary and ordinary fist fight, without any assistance other than the weak strength of the body.
“… !”
Although it didn’t have much power, the center of gravity of the Selpen was very slightly shaken. And that was enough for Maiev.
“Oh, damn it… !”
A gap created when the center of the cell pen shakes. Maiev’s Great Demon Lord never missed it.
Kugugugugugu—!
The dragons that seemed to have ascended to heaven fall one by one toward the stadium. It seemed as if the defenseless Selpen would be completely crushed.
Kwaang─! Bang!
“It’s incredible!”
“Everyone be careful!”
Explosions occurred one after another with tremendous force, and the stadium was soon obscured by a ton of dust.
But even in such chaos, no one closed their eyes. On the contrary, I opened my eyes wider and looked at the stadium.
This is because everyone was very curious about the outcome of victory or defeat.
Currently, no movement is detected inside the stadium. In other words, the game is completely decided.
Only after a while did the dust settle.
Everyone in the audience tapped the shoulders of others standing next to them. Everyone is busy talking.
“What happened?”
“So who won?”
And finally, the results were revealed.
“… !”
There was astonishment in everyone’s eyes.
There was no one standing on two legs in the stadium. It was a draw with both Selpen and Maiev lying on the floor.
“Draw…. Is it a draw? Wait a minute, if you do this… !”
When Becky opens her mouth urgently, Trixie responds.
“Maiev cannot advance to the next match. But he wasn’t defeated….”
“It’s not like the Faculty of Magic is being forfeited!”
Becky’s face showed joy, but it only lasted for a moment. Soon she quickly shakes her head from side to side.
“No, this is not the time! “I have to go to the treatment center quickly!”
Only then do the treatment center staff leave in a hurry for the stadium. And whispers began to arise in the audience.
It soon spreads into a rumble that covers the entire area.
And Flan quietly looked at Maiev.
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“Maiev.”
In the hospital room, I quietly called her name.