‘Enough!’

The Ruler was partially exposed to [Gaia’s] mana. The cells inside the machine, which the ancient mage was directly managing, suffered irreversible damage.

— …It’s unfair…

Perhaps because of that influence, the edges of the darkness cast upon the surface gradually vanished as if dissolving in water. The opponent was now racing toward death at a rapid pace. But as expected. A mage who had survived for three thousand years wasn’t about to offer up his neck so easily.

The situation flowed exactly as Kim Giryeo had anticipated.

— Come to think of it, I haven’t reached an answer to this question yet. Why was it okay for those species called Earthlings to keep living?

By the way, since he said he had completed mechanization, I thought he would fix his main body in one place like the Magic Masters of the past.

— Just ‘what’ exactly makes you lot different from us?

A change occurred in a brief interval. The ancient mage, who had been rolling his red eyes, shifted his position in an in

— Just ‘what’ exactly makes you lot different from us?

A change occurred in a brief interval. The ancient mage, who had been rolling his red eyes, shifted his position in an instant. And just as Kim Giryeo was tracking the heart that had been moved, the Ruler completed an offensive spell as fast as lightning.

—...Unfair.

Kim Giryeo’s body became a bloody mess in an instant. There were no other words to describe it properly. Honestly, he didn’t even have a sense of what principle had caused such damage, and since bleeding was occurring all over the surface of his exposed skin, he was currently occupied with treating it.

‘Ouch, my body.’

Of course, the space at the edges of the major gate had already become alien. Therefore, it should have been difficult for magic to hit accurately unless calculated with extreme precision.

‘Despite that, he aimed the area-of-effect magic exactly where I’m standing.’

Having clashed once, he finally understood.

‘Right. You didn’t maintain that position by gambling.’

Having clashed once, he finally understood.

'Right. You didn't maintain that position by gambling.'

Kim Giryeo acknowledged that the opponent's magical level was extremely high. The fortunate thing, however, was that the Ruler's technique wasn't incomprehensible.

Wooooong.

Right beside him, the gate making such a sound remained open and intact.

'If there were no limits to his miracles, he would have closed this passage first so the intruder couldn't run wild any further.'

Furthermore, although blood had burst out from his entire body, his current flesh remained intact and hadn't been pulverized.

'The very fact that I am alive and breathing proves the extent of his evolution.'

Kim Giryeo did not give up and prepared his next magic. The [Gloves of Midnight] had already exerted their effect, so he couldn't help that. The existence of a weapon of legendary rank or higher named [Black Palm], [High-Concentration Mana Potion], or the [Soul Separation] technique, and so on. The blond mage's side still had many options to utilize, so he continued the battle.

—...No matter how many times I think about it, the feeling of it being unfair is strong. After all, the test subjects over there seemed similar to me in nature.

But now, the Alphaurian side underground did not hesitate to counter. Because he had completely come into contact with Earth's mana, he too was in a 'near-death' state where he could no longer survive for long. He now prepared a major spell capable of influencing the core passage.

— Yes. If so, from now on, it would be best to do this.

At the same time, however, he revealed a new intention.

— I shall continue with the [Great Extinction] as originally planned.

Flinch.

The sambaegan eyes that had been searching for the enemy's location instinctively shifted their gaze. As the dark eyes and the red spheres met, the black filth covering the surroundings created sentences once again.

— At any rate, destroying that thick passage connected to Earth is not something even I, who activated the formula, c

The sambaegan eyes that had been searching for the enemy’s location instinctively shifted their gaze. As the dark eyes and the red spheres met, the black filth covering the surroundings created sentences once again.

— At any rate, destroying that thick passage connected to Earth is not something even I, who activated the formula, can easily do.

— I tied the path of light directly to my life so that no one could dream of rebellion. But this magic is so sturdy that even if I were to die right now, it would comfortably be maintained for ten years after my death.

— Then, by obvious logic, you lot who use old sorcery won’t be able to do much to that space.

— I shall soon enter that path personally, the path you were only able to steal and use little by little.

— I shall make everyone on that blue star soon end up in the same state as my children.

He spoke with a voice as weak as a string-cut puppet, yet he handled intense mana.

— It would be too unfair to perish alone.

It was his final struggle.

‘Damn it. That side took back control of the major gate.’