CH-116.2

 Chapter 116.2

"Unfortunately you are a bit too late."

Melheys was in front of him but in an instant, his body was chopped up by countless blades of wind and disappeared.

"Fumu. Destruction Wind Beheading Extreme End ｢Liga Shureido｣." (Arnos)

I cut my fingertip and use a drop of blood on Melheys and cast ｢Ingaru｣, however, the man also cuts his fingertip and drips a drop of blood on Melheys like me and casts Anti-revival ｢Ru Ingaru｣.

It's a magic that does what it says and disrupts the revival. Even if there's a magic power difference as long as there's even a slight disturbance ｢Ingaru｣ won't work.

"Hou." (Arnos)

I cast Time Manipulation ｢Lebaido｣ and stop Melheys death time at 1 second.

"Choose. Name yourself and die or remain silent and die." (Arnos)

In a dignified voice, the man speaks.

"I am a subordinate of the fire death king Eldomade. Fire death king army advisor Zeke Ozma."

I see.

"Do you know that fellow has had his body taken over by a god?" (Arnos)

"Of course. It was the will of my master." (Zeke)

Fumu. So that's how it was.

"My lord had dared to surrender his body to God in order to defeat you." (Zeke)

"2000 years have passed and the fire death king is still as childish as ever I see. It must be hard having to babysit someone like that. Why don't you serve me instead?" (Arnos)

Zeke looks at me with a serious look on his face.

"I would have accepted the offer from the demon king of tyranny had it come before the one from my lord." (Zeke)

He unsheathes the demon sword that hung from his waist.

"However, I cannot do something as shameless as serve two lords. I only have one lord until I die." (Zeke)

Zeke extends his sword and thrusts it into ｢Lebaido｣ destroying it and restarting the time of Melheys.

Is it the same as the sword Initeio that Ray had that disrupts magic formations?

When I look at it with my demon eyes the sword names itself.

Anti-demon sword Gabreido. It's hiding a much stronger power than Initeio.

"So your purpose is to kill Melheys?" (Arnos)

I cast ｢Lebaido｣ on Melheys again.

Though Gabreido is destroying the formation I'm quicker and I keep constantly casting ｢Lebaido｣ without pause. Due to this Melheys still has his 3 seconds resurrection window.

"You sure about this? If you keep paying attention to Melheys you'll die." (Arnos)

"That's true, however, if you try to kill me demon king, in that moment, ever so slightly, you'll become negligent with ｢Lebaido｣ and in exchange for this life I can push the time of your subordinate forward by 0.1 seconds." (Zeke)

Fumu. He's not bluffing.

He's another mazoku from 2000 years ago and as such he excels in magic.

Unfortunately, at the moment we are perfectly balanced and if I attempt to take his life that balance will be removed.

"If I manage to pass 3 seconds then you will not be able to revive him." (Zeke)

"There's not even a one in ten thousand chance of that 0.1 second happening. If we go at this 100 million times then I may fail once." (Arnos)

"But you will not compromise even that tiniest of chances." (Zeke)

Hou? He's not an advisor for nothing.

Did he investigate me beforehand?

That one in 100 million chance might actually come with this fellow. In exchange for his own life, he'll gamble on those odds to kill my subordinate.

He's smart. He understands this method gives him the best chance of winning.

There's no chance of arrogance here. This fellow won't relax his guard in the slightest.

"This is interesting. What do you intend to do? If you continue playing this staring game in enemy territory you must know you'll lose your advantage?" (Arnos)

"I can't possibly win against you in power so therefore, I challenge you to a battle of wits." (Zeke)

Zeke casts ｢Rimnet｣ and reflected in the screens were Ray and Misa, Eleonor and Zeshia and Misha and Sasha.