"I clearly hit you; how did you do that?"
Qual was very perplexed. Several holes had been blown into Nanoda's magical black robe, with faint white smoke rising from them, yet her person remained completely unharmed.
"Hiss... it hurts, hurts, hurts."
Stumbling slightly, Nanoda suddenly let out a burp.
"Since I can't dodge it, I'll just take it all, along with the mana."
"You actually absorbed this old one's magic?"
Qual's black eyes trembled. Truly, one sees everything if one lives long enough. Absorbing another's magic? Even if Lord Demon King were reborn, it wouldn't be this exaggerated.
"I can't absorb all of it; getting hit still really hurts."
Nanoda felt a bit numb all over. Even though she had neutralized the vast majority of the Killing Magic's power, the places where she was hit still throbbed with faint pain.
As the creator of Killing Magic, a Great Demon who fought on the front lines, was in no way inferior to the Seven Sages of Destruction, and was hailed as the Sage of Corruption, Qual actually felt a trace of frustration.
Even when facing the Hero's Party, his Killing Magic could still injure the Hero. Yet, for the first time, a fellow appeared who took Killing Magic head-on and remained unharmed, withstand dozens of shots in one breath.
Seeing Nanoda walking toward him, Qual intended to try attacking with other magic.
"Then how about this? Hellfire Magic!"
Blood-red flames surged from Qual's palm. A massive wave of fire, like a volcanic eruption, covered Nanoda with the momentum to swallow everything. A huge pillar of fire shot up into the sky, dyeing even the clouds a layer of bright red.
"So hot."
Amidst the scorching flames, Nanoda waved her hand casually. The modified Severance Magic activated, cutting all the flames into nothingness.
"Destruction Lightning Magic!"
Multiple streaks of purple thunder containing an aura of destruction struck toward Nanoda from all angles, the crackling sound of thunder ceaseless.
"So numb."
Amidst the flashing electric light, Nanoda waved her hand again, severing and extinguishing the thunder.
"Absolute Freezing Magic!"
The temperature plummeted abruptly. The water vapor in the air condensed into frost. Qual waved his palm, and the frost spread rapidly across the ground toward Nanoda. In an instant, Nanoda, who had just lifted her leg, was turned into an ice sculpture, and her surroundings were completely frozen as well.
Crack, crack, crack. Before Qual could rejoice, cracks began to appear on the surface of the ice sculpture. Nanoda stepped down, sending ice crystals flying.
"So cold."
White smoke rose from her mouth. Sniffling, Nanoda let out a sneeze.
"Black Hole Gravity Magic!"
Space shattered and collapsed. A black hole was thrown from Qual's hand, flying toward Nanoda. In the process, the black hole's size and suction force constantly expanded; stones and leaves on the ground were sucked in and pulverized one after another.
Nanoda's long white hair flew upward, and a terrifying gaze refracted from the golden vertical pupil in her left eye.
"Cut for me!"
The black hole suddenly stagnated in mid-air. A white gleam flashed within the originally bottomless pitch-black mass. The suction suddenly disappeared, and the black hole disintegrated and dissipated in an instant.
Feeling his own mana rapidly consuming, while the mana Nanoda radiated became more and more abundant, Qual gradually accepted a reality: this kin named Nanoda might truly be a monster left over from the Mythical Era.
Moreover, Qual could feel that the opponent had not yet used her full strength.
"It is this old one's loss."
At this moment, Nanoda was already standing in front of Qual. Behind Nanoda lay various potholes and hollows; the wasteland had been bombed over once again by various types of magic, looking truly too ghastly to behold.
"Are you willing to become my subordinate now?"
Nanoda raised her head, meeting Qual's eyes.
Different from his earlier arrogance in calling Nanoda a junior, Qual now laid down all posturing. This was the instinct to obey the strong.
"Great Demon, Sage of Corruption Qual, will submit to you. New King, please accept my respect."
Qual knelt on one knee, bowing his head toward Nanoda.
Now Qual could be certain that the one before him possessed the strength to lead the Demon Race toward a new future.
Intuition and the wisdom of being a Great Demon told him that following this powerful new master had a very promising future.
In the village sealing Qual—or rather, the village that had sealed Qual.
The Hero Himmel, having returned from his northern patrol, happened to pass by here after receiving Frieren's notification. At the same time, Frieren, who had leisurely traveled all the way, also arrived.
"＜(´⌯ ̫⌯)＞"
Frieren squatted in the spot where Qual's stone statue had originally been, looking extremely helpless.
"I didn't expect to meet again so soon, Frieren." Himmel revealed a gentle smile.
"Ah, Himmel. Sorry, I couldn't find the guy who stole the sealed Qual. That guy was very cautious and wiped away the traces."
Frieren's expression did not change much, but Himmel knew she was currently a bit vexed.
"It's alright, I will ferret it out for you. Recently, the Continental Magic Association has already been researching Defensive Magic to counter Killing Magic. Don't worry too much; in a while, we will also have a method to deal with Qual."
"Is that so? Actually, I have already researched it."
"Eh?!"
Two people who would have originally met fifty years later now had this additional shared past added due to Nanoda's actions.
"My Scripture!!!"
In the capital of the Southern Kingdom, a heart-wrenching roar rang out from the church of the Goddess's Order.
Schwenk was going crazy. He had endured untold hardships trekking here from the North. He had persisted even when attacked by bandit Demons.
As a result, his Scripture was going to be ruined here.
"It's true! The content of his Scripture is different from ours."
"Genesis Chapter? Is this something the Goddess added? Why is there no content?"
"Heavens, I really want to know the Goddess's new blessing."
"I want to see it too."
A burly priest pinned the struggling Schwenk to the ground, craning his neck wanting to see how Schwenk's Scripture was different. Three other priests were gathered around Schwenk's Scripture, studying it.
"Ahhh! Let go of me! That is my Scripture! That is the revelation the Goddess bestowed specifically upon me!"
Schwenk struggled desperately.
"Cough, cough. What... happened?"
Heiter, dressed in high priest robes, walked in. Seeing such a scene, he was momentarily stunned.
"Lord Heiter, this is Priest Schwenk who came for an exchange from the Northern Goddess's Order."
The burly priest pointed at Schwenk, whom he was pressing down under him.
Heiter was just about to tell the burly priest to release the man first, when the other three priests holding Schwenk's Scripture ran over.
"Lord Heiter, please take a look at this first."
Looking at this somewhat different Scripture, Heiter frowned slightly.
"Genesis Chapter? What is this?"
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