The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

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The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

Episode 43: The Conclusion

Lewis, mimicking Build’s movements, couldn’t help but admire his skill level.

(Haha! I see! Just by changing the way I move my wrist a little, I can deflect his techniques so easily!)

Lewis laughed. No matter how many times he was punched or kicked, or how easily his techniques were deflected without a single scratch on him, he found joy in knowing he was growing stronger.

“Oh, this is just so much fun!”

Rolling on the ground from Build’s throw, Lewis expressed his overflowing emotions with a grin.

That expression was like a child who had just received a new toy, pure joy shining as he enjoyed this battle to the fullest.

“For this moment alone, I am grateful to be alive.”

Lewis, who typically showed no interest in living, truly felt thankful for his life when fighting a strong opponent.

And Build felt the same thrill in this battle, enjoying it from the bottom of his heart since he had never fought someone on such equal footing before.

“Alright. Let’s move to the next stage.”

Getting back up from the ground, Lewis traced the movements he learned from Build in his mind, optimizing them with his own experience and knowledge.

“From here, it’s my original technique. Entertain me even more!”

Previously, Lewis would take a stance before fighting, but having learned from Build, he no longer needed a formal form; he launched attacks with natural movements.

He avoided Build’s punches with slow movements, only to counterstrike at astonishing speed.

“Ugh!”

For the first time, Lewis’s attack landed on Build, making him let out a pained groan from the shock.

(Why? My shell should be tougher than a dragon’s scales. So why…)

Build took a distance to check the spot he was hit, but there were no cracks in his shell, yet for some reason, his insides ached.

“Why the puzzled look? This is a technique passed down in the Eastern lands, called ‘Hatsu-kyou.’ It sends the impact inside rather than outside with a palm strike, causing internal damage. I only read about it in a book, but… it worked, right?”

Saying this, Lewis laughed like a child whose prank had succeeded and lowered his arms, falling into his natural posture.

“Now! Let’s keep having fun!”

With his mood elevated to the peak, Lewis ignored the damage and fatigue Build had dealt him, charging straight at Build.

Build, in a bid to counter Lewis’s approach, swiftly aimed for Lewis’s face with a punch, but Lewis dodged it, grazed by the punch, and slipped into Build’s range to strike him in the solar plexus with the ‘Hatsu-kyou.’

“Guh!”

Build couldn’t brush off the damage from the ‘Hatsu-kyou’ and got blown back, crashing into a large rock.

“Cough…”

Spitting blood, Build knelt down to catch his breath, wiping the blood from his mouth as he looked at Lewis.

(What incredible acceleration. I can now perfectly follow your moves; even my own movements seem to be… optimized.)

Realizing things were becoming dire, Build decided to use his racial magic and stood up, concentrating his mind.

“‘Le Forest’”

The Forest King magic, unique to the Forest King, is a spell that causes everything in the forest to become an ally as long as the king is present.

However, this magic is powerful but consumes a lot of magic power and cannot be sustained for long.

“Here I go.”

With that, Build kicked the ground hard and approached Lewis at his top speed.

However, for Lewis, whose dynamic vision was at its peak, Build’s movements were still within his ability to track.

(He’s aiming for a body blow, huh? Then I’ll just shift my body and counter… Huh?!)

When Lewis was about to pull back his left foot to counter, something vine-like wrapped around his leg, holding him in place.

“Shit!”

“Wha?!”

In that brief moment of distraction, Lewis shifted his gaze away from Build, and the next instant, Build’s punch burrowed into his right side.

“Gah!!”

Lewis, having knocked down several trees, rolled across the ground and finally crashed into a thick tree, ceasing his momentum.

(Managed to guard a bit with body strengthening, but still, a few bones broke. Is this a concussion? This is bad…)

Trying to stand up, Lewis found his left arm sinking into the ground as if it was stuck.

Build seized this gap without hesitation, closing the distance to pierce Lewis’s heart with a thrust.

“Tch!”

Determining that his arm was stuck, Lewis used his right hand to slice off his left arm and rolled on the ground to evade Build’s attack.

(This troublesome racial magic. Is Build manipulating the vines and the earth? Or is the forest itself siding with him…?)

While pondering on Build’s racial magic, Lewis used ice magic to create a prosthetic arm for his severed left arm.

(Whatever the case, it means the entire forest has turned into an enemy.)

Confirming that his new prosthetic moved well with a few clench and relax tests, Lewis steeled himself for the final showdown.

“This is a shot in the dark, but I have no choice.”

After taking a deep breath, Lewis activated the original magic he had been contemplating in his mind.

“‘White Thunder Heavenly Garment’”

As Lewis cast the spell, lightning crackled around his body, and his golden eyes glowed a pale blue.

“Still lots of room for improvement, but I managed to give it form.”

The White Thunder Heavenly Garment is a spell that imbues the user’s body with lightning, allowing for movements at incredible speeds and dealing additional damage during defense.

However, it also puts significant strain on the body and has a high magic cost, just like Build’s racial magic, meaning it couldn’t be used for long durations.

“Alright, the final battle begins.”

After exchanging glances, Lewis and Build moved simultaneously, without any cue.

As Build attacked to immobilize Lewis with vines, earth, and even wind, Lewis continuously evaded those attacks with instantaneous movements.

The battle between the two swiftly reached its resolution. For them, what felt like hours of intense combat transpired in mere minutes.

Moving like lightning, Lewis left the attacking vines behind and dashed through the ground faster than the earth trying to ensnare him.

Winds that aimed to slice him felt like gentle breezes now, unable to keep up with Lewis’s movements.

Conversely, Build heightened his sharpened senses as a monster, trying to follow Lewis’s untrackable movements with sheer intuition.

The moment Lewis felt himself right before Build, he tightly clenched his right fist and launched a straight punch.

However, Lewis sacrificed his icy prosthetic to deflect it, gathering lightning in his palm to deliver a palm strike to Build’s chest.

“‘Lightning Rising Hatsu-kyou’”

“Gof!”

The shock from Lewis’s Lightning Rising Hatsu-kyou ravaged Build’s insides due to the impact and the thunder magic, leading to an irreparable, fatal wound.

“Remarkable… indeed.”

Saying that, Build lost the ability to stand and fell backward.

“You were strong too. I learned a lot.”

Receiving Lewis’s words, Build chuckled lightly and then lost consciousness, breathing his last.

After canceling White Thunder Heavenly Garment, Lewis collapsed to the ground, overwhelmed by excruciating pain and fatigue coursing through his body.

“Ah, I’m so tired. I definitely can’t move for a while.”

As he gazed at the sky visible through the trees, filled with satisfaction, Fiera, victorious over Might, returned.

“Is it over?”

“Yeah… Haha. We’re both all beat up.”

“Mhm. You were incredibly strong.”

Fiera sat down next to the sprawled-out Lewis, gently lifting his head to rest on her thigh.

“We too. How many times did we think we were going to die?”

“I thought I was a goner too.”

Glimpsing at each other’s states, they both recognized the epic battle they had endured.

Lewis bore cuts and bruises all over, having lost his left arm.

Fiera was similarly marked with cuts and had multiple swollen spots from bee stings.

“But thanks to this, we’ve climbed another rung. Fiera, we can get even stronger.”

“Mhm. I’ll follow you anywhere.”

Afterward, the two chatted about their battles, eagerly discussing plans to rest properly once the monster-slaying team led by Zoido arrived.