Chapter 140: Malyong
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 140: Malyong
“So, you’re saying my teacher wasn’t with any of you?”
“That’s right. It’s Evangeline we’re talking about. She’s probably charged straight back to where you were, not thinking about anything else, just to see you, Disciple…”
“…And that place has already been overrun by monsters.”
Yohan groaned, looking at the map of the Empire laid out before him. It showed the distribution of monster forces, something Regina had discovered with her recording magic.
The hotel district, blown away by that giant turtle, the Sun Eater or whatever it was called. That area, which had been closest to the Imperial Capital, had become a colony for all sorts of monsters.
It was now a place teeming with powerful creatures—from the Malyong that caused this whole mess to the Sun Eater that scattered them, and many others besides.
“Then I guess we have to go there.”
“It’s dangerous. We don’t even know what kind of powers those things have…”
“I’ll be fine.”
Yohan grinned at Margaret. What should I say at a time like this?
It’s fine. Just trust me? A powerless human saying something like that wouldn’t convince the witches.
So, what he had to say shouldn’t be logical, but emotional. He had to make these witches, who were trying to protect him, feel compelled to act.
“Because I’d rather die than live another day without my teacher.”
“…Disciple.”
Hearing Yohan’s words, the witches couldn’t help but nod. It was likely due to their own desire for his heavy love to be directed at them as well.
And so, the group immediately headed for the city where they had been before.
To the place where Evangeline and the other witches would be.
KABOOM—!
The city was in an uproar. The Malyong slowly opened its eyes and gazed at the distant city border.
Plumes of smoke were rising. The smoke was gradually approaching the city center, where it was.
—So, you’ve finally come.
In the distant past, before the Malyong was even sealed, it had received a destiny and a prophecy.
The destiny was to annihilate all beings on this earth.
The prophecy was that this destiny would inevitably fail.
It acted according to its destiny and was sealed according to the prophecy. But even when it was sealed, and now that the seal was broken and it was free—it did not consider itself to have failed.
—A mere few thousand years, when I possess eternity. It doesn’t even count as a waste.
Just as a human’s life isn’t ruined by spending a whole day sleeping, a few thousand years was of similar significance to the Malyong.
It had eternity—and as long as it endured through that time, the Malyong would be the ultimate victor.
—Therefore, my arch-enemy is a being that can kill me.
The Malyong’s gaze turned to the witch advancing fiercely in its direction. Perhaps the strongest of this era, the fated being who could kill it.
Paradoxically, if the Malyong killed her—it could escape its fate and fulfill its destiny.
—Go. My monsters.
The Malyong spread its mental waves, sending the monsters scattered throughout the city toward the witch. Survival of the fittest. In the monster ecosystem ruled by the strong, the Malyong stood at the apex, and at its command, the monsters unwillingly charged toward the witch.
It didn’t think something like this would be enough to stop the witch. But it could at least drain her stamina.
In a battle between powerful beings like itself, such trivial matters often decide the victor.
The Malyong slowly limbered up, preparing for its approaching arch-enemy.
Upon arriving in the city, Evangeline headed straight for the center without a second thought. It didn’t matter if Yohan was there or not.
If he was there, it would all be over. If he wasn’t, she would be cleaning up the city for him when he arrived. Either way was fine.
As she made her way to the center, monsters blocked her path.
—Kikikikikik!
—Pyyyoooooot!
“Piss off.”
The moment Evangeline glanced at them, the monsters charging her exploded. Some of them had been filled not just with blood but with gas, so they created explosions as they burst.
The resulting blasts engulfed nearby houses, creating even larger ones… and the booms and noise they generated began to attract even more monsters.
In an instant, enough monsters to block her entire field of vision had gathered before her. How annoying. Evangeline thought, clenching her fist.
Within her grasp, a vast amount of atmosphere was gathering. Air, composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.
She split the atoms that made up the atmosphere. Immediately, following the theory of relativity, an amount of energy equivalent to the speed of light squared erupted from her hand.
───!!!
An intense flash of light and a deafening noise. After closing her eyes for a moment, she realized that all the monsters around her had been completely wiped out.
The surrounding buildings had also been obliterated in the process, but that was none of her concern.
‘That’s…’
Her eyes turned to the roof of a tall building in the distance. The towering clock tower that dominated the city’s center.
At its very top stood a dragon with black scales.
“A dragon, huh? This should be fun.”
Before welcoming Yohan, she had to quickly get rid of anything unsightly. That dragon was no exception.
Evangeline unleashed a torrent of pure magical violence at the Malyong in the distance.
Before heading to the city, Yohan was summoned by Regina.
“Our weakness is you. Do you acknowledge this?”
“…Did you call me here just to tell me that?”
“Yes, that’s right. And also—to discuss how we should go about eliminating that weakness, which is you.”
At her words, Yohan glared at her for a moment. Calling him a weakness, and then saying she would eliminate that weakness. Was she saying she was going to kill him, right here and now?
But no matter how awakened Regina was, she couldn’t kill Yohan. In fact, no witch who knew Yohan could ever kill him.
He was too precious a being to kill. At the same time, she must have known that if she tried to harm him, she would make enemies of the many other witches who loved him.
“What are you talking about?”
“This is what I mean.”
Regina said, casting a spell on Yohan. Yohan flinched, about to draw on his own magic power, but then tilted his head in confusion when he realized Regina’s spell wasn’t harming him at all.
“What did you do?”
“…This.”
Regina whispered in Yohan’s ear. Hearing her words, Yohan’s eyes flashed. Is something like that even possible?
Seeing Regina nod, Yohan slowly clenched his fist, feeling an ultimate power that could not lose to any opponent.
‘With this…’
Even if he were dropped right in front of the Malyong, there wouldn’t be a problem.
With that thought, Yohan immediately traveled to the city.
And there—he found his teacher, just moments from being killed by the Malyong.
Evangeline was locked in a fierce battle with the Malyong that had flown toward her. It was a fight that could be recorded as a mythological clash.
The Malyong’s breath incinerated everything on the ground, and only Evangeline remained completely unharmed by the attack.
—Witch, oh witch! Why do you stand in my way!
“What are you blabbering about? Just die!”
Evangeline fired a blast of magic at the black pest that was suddenly trying to talk to her. Part of her magic blast was reflected by the Malyong’s scales, while another part succeeded in peeling them off.
As the Malyong roared in pain from its stripped scales, Evangeline realized she couldn’t fight like this for long.
‘It’s too big…’
The Malyong was enormous. Impossibly so. Her magic—the technique to disintegrate atoms from a distance—was blocked by the Malyong’s magic power and had no effect.
If she simply kept firing magic to peel off its scales, her own magic power would run out first. She needed another way.
The method her disciple had first taught her. The one that produced the greatest effect with the smallest amount of magic power.
“Die.”
The nuclear fusion and fission she had used so many times before occurred, and an immense amount of energy began to converge in her hand.
A colossal energy that not even the Malyong could ignore.
—Pu, puhahaha!
But the Malyong laughed. If this energy had been created naturally, or if the witch had discovered it on her own, the Malyong might have lost its life here…
But her knowledge was obtained from the hands of the human, Yohan.
Immunity to all things made by humans.
If a human was involved in the magic Evangeline wielded, it would not work.
“…Huh?”
—It’s useless.
Having blocked the tremendous storm of energy without a single scratch, the Malyong opened its mouth to swallow Evangeline in one bite.
It judged that no matter how powerful her defensive magic was, it could be instantly destroyed if she were chewed and tossed around inside its mouth.
But.
“You son of a bitch—!!”
Yohan, who had suddenly flown in, smacked the Malyong’s snout, sending it flying. The Malyong, having received a much stronger impact than expected, frowned slightly and looked at the man who had struck its face.
A pathetic human. A male, meaning a weakling with no magic. A being not even worth the effort of breathing fire on.
“…Yohan?”
“Teacher. Have you been we—”
The Malyong swung its tail—thwack—and attacked Yohan. Size is mass. Before overwhelming mass, all else is powerless.
However, Yohan, who had been struck by the tail, stood there unfazed, looking at the Malyong.
—…What?
“Sorry, but I’m invincible right now.”
Immortal Mode Yohan.
Thanks to the immortality spell cast by Regina, he had now become a being that could absolutely not die.