After the explosion settles the arena is littered with heaps of bodies.
However, I think I can tentatively say that they are all still alive for the time being. I expressly warned them. Itās so sad that these people are my direct descendants yet they are on the verge of death.
No, letās think positive. They arenāt dead yet.
āā¦ā¦Bastard. What did you do?ā
Liorg unsteadily gets to his feet.
His right arm is dyed red. If heās not careful that arm will be useless for the rest of his life.
On the plus side, heās less wounded that I thought he would be. He must have judged that he wouldnāt be in time to stop it so he sent all the power to his right arm.
āWhat? I only threatened you a little. Your core, your source of power was scared of me and went wild.ā
Itās actually the truth but Liorg doesnāt seem to believe me.
To begin with, magic is created from the core of our being, our root if you will. If the core is altered or scared, the magic produced by it can go out of control.
āWell, whatever. Care to admit that Iām the founder? Even a little?ā
Liorgās hatred returned as soon as I spoke.
Should I praise him that he can still show such great hostility towards me or should I admonish him that heās that stupid he canāt tell the ability of his opponent?
āNot in the slightest.ā
āI see. However, the fact is that Iām perfectly fine and you are not. I am closer to the founder than you.ā
āSealing magic, compulsion magic, recovery magic, magic of an unknown origin that causes other powers to run wild. Thereās no way to handle multiple magicsā at such a high level. You are using a special tool to use your magic.ā
Kukuku. Laughter rises up from deep in my stomach.
āYare yare. Did you see me come with a magic tool or use one? I understand that you donāt want to admit my ability but your argument is hilarious.ā
āThereās no other way a mongrel can obtain such power!ā
Whereās this obsession with pure blood come from? It wasnāt like this 2000 years ago.
āI am royalty. Itās ridiculous to fall behind a mongrel. Defeat is not permitted even if I die!ā
Liorg thrust out his mostly dead right arm and a magic formation appears.
āIāll let you see it. The difference between you and me. The origin magic that is only conveyed to royalty.ā
Thatās origin magic? Three-dimensional formations have appeared. What magic is he going to use? I donāt know yet but he seems happy with it so Iāll stop hindering him for a bit.