What Yuuki had expected to be a drawn-out, brutal battle instead reached its apparent conclusion far too quickly under the combined effect of Chain Magic and Permeation Magic.
"It seems this is the end, former Wizard King," Yuuki said calmly, his gaze fixed on Conrad.
He clearly had no intention of offering further explanation. Reaching forward, he grabbed toward Conrad's grimoire.
By all logic, victory was already secured.
Yuuki had no habit of wasting words.
Clink—clink—clink.
A sudden breeze swept past.
At the same time, a series of crisp, bell-like metallic sounds rang out from Conrad's body.
Yuuki's pupils contracted violently.
A trace of disbelief flashed through his eyes—because he could once again sense mana coming from Conrad.
Boom!
"End?" Conrad roared. "Who do you think I am?!"
Just as Yuuki's fingers were about to seize the grimoire, it vanished with a whoosh, wrapped in spatial magic and pulled back into Conrad's possession.
Yuuki's expression darkened instantly as his hand closed on empty air.
That shouldn't have been possible.
Chain Magic's seal should not have been breakable.
Only then did Yuuki notice it—
Dangling across Conrad's chest were multiple strings of golden keys.
The earlier bell-like sounds had come from those keys scraping violently against the black chains as Conrad struggled.
Where metal met magic, the chains were actually eroding, dispersing into tiny fragments.
That erosion—
No matter how small—
Was enough.
Once a seal is compromised, even slightly, it collapses like a breached dam.
Boom—!
In an instant, the Chain Magic shattered completely.
A torrent of overwhelming mana exploded outward from Conrad, forming a violent shockwave that tore through the surroundings.
Clearly wary of Yuuki's earlier tactics, Conrad retreated at full speed the moment he broke free.
"Chain Magic!"
Yuuki reacted immediately.
Black chains surged forth, snaking through the air and latching directly onto the Imperial Sword in Conrad's hand.
Only now did Yuuki fully understand—
Those golden keys weren't ornaments.
They were specialized magical tools, perfectly synchronized with Key Magic.
Seeing the chains climbing up the Imperial Sword, Conrad released it without hesitation and blinked dozens of meters away in an instant.
At the same time—
Green spatial gates manifested one after another, stacking vertically in midair.
Inside each gate, brilliant emerald energy crackled like lightning, arcing violently.
Boom!
The gates compressed inward—
Then discharged simultaneously.
A terrifying emerald energy beam erupted, launched in less than a single second.
Yuuki grabbed the chain-bound Imperial Sword with one hand while raising the Demon-Dwellerr Sword with the other, slashing forward.
But—
At the moment of impact, the seemingly solid energy beam split apart like a whip, curving smoothly around the Demon-Dwellerr Sword and striking from both sides!
Conrad's control over mana was terrifyingly precise.
Faced with this sudden shift—
Permeation Magic!
Yuuki's eyes widened as his figure vanished instantly.
BOOOOM!!
The twin beams collided with each other, detonating in a massive explosion that erased more than half of the colossal arena.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Yuuki and Conrad shot upward from the ruined ground, suspending themselves in midair.
"You actually escaped," Yuuki said, eyes sweeping over the golden keys on Conrad's chest while casually flicking the Imperial Sword in his left hand.
In Conrad's grasp, the sword had radiated pale white light.
In Yuuki's—
It was inert.
No mana absorption.
No energy feedback.
Nothing.
The rumor suddenly made sense.
The Imperial Sword Elsdocia truly could only be wielded by a Wizard King.
Yuuki's eyes flickered.
With a ripple of space, he tossed the sword into his subspace.
Regardless of anything else, Conrad losing the Imperial Sword was a massive reduction in combat pressure.
Still—
Yuuki's expression remained serious.
Repeating the Chain + Permeation combo was risky now.
Those golden keys were clearly the problem.
"I was this close to being taken down," Conrad admitted grimly. "I underestimated you."
"But you won't get another chance."
"These golden keys are magic tools forged from rare metals—each one infused with the power of Key Magic itself."
Clink. Clink. Clink.
One by one, the keys lifted from Conrad's chest, fusing with newly formed green spatial gates in midair.
"Despair, brat!" Conrad roared.
This time, he wasn't holding back.
Boom—boom—!
Blinding emerald light erupted from every gate, funneling all that terrifying energy directly into Conrad.
Suddenly—
The ambient natural mana in the air began to surge violently.
Fire.
Water.
Earth.
Wind.
The four elements reacted most strongly.
Yuuki's pupils shrank.
"…Mana Zone."
Boom!
Conrad's already immense mana merged with the natural mana of the environment, undergoing a profound transformation.
His black hair turned white.
Dense natural mana coated his arms and chest.
His left arm burned crimson like flame.
His right arm glowed azure like wind.
Behind him, a crescent-shaped halo formed—condensed entirely from the four elements—granting him an almost divine presence.
Conrad spread his arms proudly.
"Mana Zone — Four-Element Form."
(End of Chapter)
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