I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

29 – Tournament-8

It’s strange. If she wants to show off her power, there’s no need to engage in ‘fighting games’ with me.

‘Is this to reduce wariness against warlocks? But you don’t even try…!’

Only then did it occur to me that the first operation had been accomplished with strange ease.

She also can’t be unaware that it’s good for us that Kellyn and Olivia fall together.

‘No way.’

Katarin needs time. Since she thinks she will win anyway, she has no intention of ending this fight short.

‘Why?’

But, that too is strange.

If the goal is to show her power, there is no reason to choose such a cumbersome method.

“It’s coming again. I’ll take care of this attack!”

Of course, we are not being pushed out.

The enemies’ attacks were diverse. Magic in the form of giant whips fell towards us, and blazing hellfire poured from their staffs.

Nevertheless, we were stronger in firepower itself.

“Well, surprisingly, it’s worth holding on, isn’t it?”

Claire, who had used defensive magic, looked at me with a puzzled expression. There is plenty of leisure.

The defense was not at a level that Katarin could break without even using her best. The use of magic energy was inefficient, but there was an output that went beyond that.

But it was all within Catherine’s intention.

‘…’

Thinking positively, there was evidence that she was still letting down her guard.

‘Why?’

But if you think about it rationally, there is no reason why she shouldn’t reveal her full power right from the start.

Our evaluation is not low, but I am the one who has already harmed Catherine’s ‘prestige’ once.

There would have been considerable damage. Even within the warlocks, there may have been rare people who thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be a wiser choice to be afraid of the princess rather than Katharine?’

Considering that, it was better to end it all at once than to ‘fight on equal terms’ with my party and win.

‘I am not the goal?’

What is more important than winning? Why should she waste her time?

You must have known that you were at a strategic disadvantage, but the reason you put Olivia and Kellyn together-

“No way.”

I finally realized it.

Katharine’s plan had already begun.

‘Are you trying to kill me now!’

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“What?”

Kelin’s eyes are shaking. Olivia could see that her provocation was working.

“Lady Catherine told me everything.”

“…”

“The fact that you betrayed her, and the fact that she was thus abandoned. You gave her many chances, but she never accepted them.”

Kellyn also knew deep down.

It was not out of anger that Katharine tortured her with magic. That was, in her own way, desperate ‘persuasion’.

He hoped that Kelin would return. She wanted to confess her sins and fear Katharine, not her Wade.

But, it couldn’t be done.

An unknown being whose thoughts and purpose are unknown, drawing power from the fragments of the void.

He is neither a lich who has lived for hundreds of years nor a demonic archduke of the Demon World, but a being who can force someone to serve him and generously bestow his power.

If you weren’t afraid of that existence, you wouldn’t have been able to protect Katharine.

“On a topic I know nothing about!”

“Well, but Lady Katharine seems to have lost all love for you. How much will your new ‘master’ be able to protect you? Why don’t you just pray?”

Desire wells up in Kelin’s heart.

I want to go back. I want to kill him.

Although she knows that it is an unrealistic delusion, she feels like she can go back to that place if she just kills Olivia in front of her.

‘…Eaten!’

Olivia cheered inwardly.

She didn’t think she would lose to Kelin.

During her knightly training, she faced quite a few ‘dark knights’.

Although she has not often fought and defeated enemies of Kelin’s level, Olivia has become even stronger with her new powers.

If she was what she was now, she would never lose.

“How would I know this? By conducting a sneaky background investigation like you did?”

“…”

“Erst Katarin, is this the information you gave me directly from your mouth? Take you down!”

It’s emotional. I value relationships. If you tell her her situation, she will definitely be shaken.

Katharine’s information was valid. Now that her former colleague had told her about her weaknesses, Olivia couldn’t lose anymore.

If you provoke, it will shake. If emotions are disturbed, the road will fluctuate.

That was common knowledge to Olivia, who uses the power of light, and she had no doubt that it would be effective.

‘If possible, please kill me. ‘I told you so.’

Although there was a shield, it was merely a device to prevent ‘safety accidents’.

If a swordsman of her level uses the power of darkness to cut down her opponent in one fell swoop, and what’s more, if this veil of demonic energy isolates the two people.

It can kill at least one person. It doesn’t matter if I kill you.

Even though it is a team tournament, it is ultimately a sparring match. When sparring occurs, it is natural for people to die.

It’s not like killing someone in an unauthorized sparring on the street, it’s killing someone at a tournament with numerous safety measures in place.

All you have to do is pull her out by saying, ‘I didn’t know I was going to die.’ There is no reason to take much responsibility.

And, Kelin is ultimately a member of the Erst family. She only entered this academy as their ‘servant’, but she is not a woman with a proper lineage.

However, Erst Katharin cannot be held guilty for killing the traitor. It will pass without incident.

“Let’s keep resisting!”

Olivia’s sword poured towards Kellin.

“Ugh!”

Kelin’s posture is disturbed. The sword in her hand becomes lighter little by little.

Victory was achieved. Now all that’s left is to make sure that her shield doesn’t work and that she suffocates-

“Is that everything?”

Olivia knew many things. She had sufficient practical experience and had good teachers.

“Really?”

“Huh?”

However, Kelin, who looked like she might collapse at any moment, did not understand her situation as she looked at her with her burning eyes.

“This place is sealed. I don’t know what the principle is, but it seems that influences from the ‘outside’ do not reach here.”

“That… Why?”

“If you are receiving the power of Lady Catherine, there is no way you can smile right now.”

Kelin gritted his teeth.

A huge impulse dominated her mind. Her black magic sphere surrounding her was half filled with Katharine and Wade’s magic energy.

Each side focused only on pushing each other out, preventing external dominance from reaching the inside.

“I will kill you!”

Anger, emotions, the impulse and desire to throw everything bring out the power of darkness.

“Ah… Ah?”

Olivia was taken aback by Kellyn’s movements that changed in an instant, and she had no choice but to take a few steps back.

At that moment, Olivia realized.

‘…Tied up?’

The Magi hidden inside Olivia’s body grabbed her ankles and wouldn’t let go.

I am afraid. It wasn’t until the fear took hold of her that Olivia realized her own feelings.

Shaken by evil. I am being overwhelmed by Kelin.

Her evil deeds committed by Kellyn, the sacrifices she made, and the favor bestowed upon her by her demons were so great that they could not even be compared to Olivia’s.

‘Attraction phenomenon…’

She didn’t think it was that great of a power. Even if Magi held her back, she thought she would be able to win in the end.

‘I knew, I knew!’

In a fight between humans who control demonic energy, the more corrupted person has an overwhelming advantage.

The loser’s magic energy follows the winner’s magic energy. A fearsome dominance that cannot be overcome by will suppresses the loser.

Kelin’s eyes were looking down at Olivia coldly.

The devil inside her shook Kelin with its chattering voice.

Here, the purple-haired Saga recalled her own past.

In her house full of dead bodies, I remembered the person who held her hand in her despair and pain.

When she was criticized and despised by everyone, she thought of the person who was always by her side when she taunted, ‘People like you don’t fit in with the Erst family.’

I know. Kelin erased countless times the abandonment of Katharine’s sweet words and the thought of her as ‘the lady’s most faithful servant’.

I know that Kelin could also be one of her ‘unspecial abandoners’, and it wouldn’t be strange if Katharine abandoned her.

But her anger, which could not be relieved just by her understanding, was burning hotly inside her.

Sword and sword collide. Kelin’s sword could not be said to be superior to Olivia’s sword, but the power contained within it was different. The life contained within was different.

“Ugh!”

Olivia’s sword fell from her hand and rolled ungainly on the ground.

“Ugh…”

She couldn’t break away. From the deep sword marks on her legs, traces of a deep curse are creeping up.

Kelin took a step closer.

One shot and she could kill Olivia. Maybe she can go back-

“Stop.”

Wade, who came through the sphere made of her demonic energy, grabbed Kelin’s shoulder and stopped her.