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"Detective, I'm this child's uncle. I don't understand what you're talking about."
"Oh, is that so? Good. We just need to check the cabin. A detective's investigation can't overlook even the smallest detail."
Obsess glanced behind the detective.
"For a detective, you're accompanied by quite a strong bodyguard."
"And for an uncle, you're also accompanied by many bodyguards."
Obsess's brow twitched.
But he soon smiled wryly and said,
"Fine. Let's go. To the cabin. You seem to have misunderstood something greatly, but I'll clear up that misunderstanding for you. Very thoroughly."
A secluded mountain path.
Sophie's cabin could be seen in the distance.
"Should we attack around here?"
"So... it was a trap?"
Obsess turned around.
The detective stopped walking and looked around.
"Yeah, it's a trap."
The detective grabbed his face and tore off the skin.
Sophie's disguise mask.
The 50-year-old detective was nowhere to be seen, and a seventeen-year-old face was revealed.
It was Davian None.
The detective's bodyguard also threw off his mask.
A handsome face in his mid-20s was revealed.
It was Mons.
"Ugh!"
Davian seemed to gag, then spat out a small bead from his mouth.
Davian returned to his clear and refreshing voice.
"This is amazing. It changes my voice. But it's too big. I almost threw up because it kept getting in the way."
Obsess glared at Sophie.
"Did you give that to her?"
"Huh? What, what are you talking about? No, I didn't."
Obsess reached out to strangle Sophie.
Swish.
At the same time, Davian's wind element magic flew.
Whoosh!
One of Obsess's bodyguards quickly drew his weapon and slashed away Davian's wind element magic.
In the meantime, Sophie quickly ran and joined Davian behind him.
Watching that, Obsess bared his teeth and smiled wickedly.
"You deliberately waited until we entered the city and then dragged us out again. To create a witness. Sophie Mare, you've used your head quite a bit. If I were to be defeated here, would it be said that I was killed by a detective investigating the academy terror incident?"
"You... you demon! You deserve to fall into hell! I will kill you here today!"
Obsess smiled wryly.
"For someone threatening to kill me, your voice is trembling too much, isn't it? Sophie Mare. You ended up abandoning your father and family and siding with them."
"Hmph! Abandon who! You're going to die here today, so no one will know I betrayed you!"
"You fool. You went and sided with that kid? I'll make sure you neither live nor die."
"Shut up! If I can't kill you today, I'm not human!"
While Obsess and Sophie were snarling at each other,
Davian put on Ferrarius's gauntlets and examined Obsess's party.
He shot a 5-star magic-infused wind element magic at Obsess, who was trying to grab Sophie's neck.
But that bodyguard quickly drew his large weapon and slashed away the wind element magic.
Fast and precise movements.
'These aren't ordinary guys.'
Moreover, according to Sophie, that magician named Obsess had devoted his entire life to mastering only fire magic.
It was said that counting stars according to the Alkancia Kingdom style was meaningless.
If it were the previous playthrough, an opponent too early to meet had appeared.
'They sent a slaughterhouse knife to kill a chicken. Or is it not even a pig?'
Anyway.
He wasn't an insurmountable opponent.
'I can do fire element magic too.'
Davian has 6-star high-grade magic power.
Considering the buff from the rarity ★★★★ item Ferrarius Gauntlets, it was safe to say he was at the early stages of 7-star.
On top of that, he had the advanced skill 'Festival of Fire Lv.8'.
Level 8 advanced skill 'Festival of Fire'.
Once a day, duration 27 minutes.
Increases the power of fire magic by a whopping 135%.
Moreover, the flames that manifest after using the skill seem to have life and move as if alive.
Once a day, for 27 minutes, Davian can become an 8-star fire magician who creates living flames.
'Anyway, let's fight. A 13,000 point villain.'
Obsess stretched his arm forward.
The bodyguards spread out slightly, forming an inverted triangle formation.
They weren't rookies who had matched skills just once or twice.
"Then, shall we play with fire?"
Flames rose from Obsess's palm, stretched out towards Davian.
At the same time.
Kugugugu.
A huge pillar of fire began to engulf Davian's group.
Davian manifested water element magic.
The streams of water spewing from Davian's hands collided with Obsess's pillar of fire.
Kwaang!
A huge explosion rang out just from the collision of fire and water.
Cheeee!
Davian's stream of water turned into steam and rose into the sky.
At the same time, the intersection of the two magics began to push towards Davian.
Ignoring the compatibility between magic attributes, Obsess's pillar of fire pushed in as if to dry up all of Davian's stream of water.
"Young master!"
"Take Sophie and retreat far away. Mons, you move when those bodyguards move."
"But...!"
While still pouring magic power into the stream of water, Davian turned his head to Mons.
"Why, do you think I'm going to lose?"
"Ah, no."
"Stay as far away as possible, only close enough to come running when needed."
"Yes! Young master."
Mons, with his arm around Sophie's waist, moved diagonally backwards more than 10 meters.
Davian's head turned back to the front.
"You're quite something."
"You're the one who's quite something, kid. Now I know why so many people have failed to get rid of you."
"Thanks for acknowledging me."
"However... what about today? I haven't even put in all my magic power, and your stream of water is being pushed back without any strength."
Just before Obsess's pillar of fire engulfed Davian.
Davian withdrew his water element magic and leaped sideways, avoiding the pillar of fire.
Kwagwagwagwa. Kwaang!
The pillar of fire disappeared with a roar and smoke only after hitting a rock far away.
"As I heard, you're quite nimble for a magician."
"Thanks for the continued compliments."
Obsess's brow furrowed at Davian's sarcasm.
"Insolent brat!"
Hwareuk.
Fireballs the size of adult torsos continued to form around Obsess's body.
"Try dodging all of these."
The fireballs flew towards Davian at Obsess's gesture.
Davian quickly moved his body to avoid the fireballs.
'The pillar of fire from a while ago was amazing, but each of these fireballs is no ordinary power.'
Chwararak.
An ice sword was gripped in Davian's hand.
Chwaak!
The ice sword split Obsess's fireball in half as it was.
Swaeak!
In the meantime, Davian fired wind element magic with his left hand.
A wind blade flying quickly towards Obsess.
Chwaak!
Obsess's bodyguard quickly moved his body and slashed away Davian's wind element magic.
A blue aura was forming on the blade.
'This will never end.'
As Sophie had told him, Obsess's fire magic boasted tremendous power.
In addition, the three bodyguards standing around Obsess in an inverted triangle formation were also a problem.
'A bodyguard who slashes away all mediocre magic attacks.'
A fire magician with enough offensive power to burn ten thousand people.
Three bodyguards with the skills to lead a thousand troops.
They weren't usually difficult opponents.
'Should I be thankful that those warriors don't draw their swords and rush at me?'
The three bodyguards had never been seen more than ten steps away from Obsess.
'I can pretend they don't exist for now.'
Davian, who had dodged all the fireballs, started taunting again.
"Hey, fire magician Obsess."
After provoking Brenton in the first swordsmanship match since starting the 4th playthrough.
He had to make his opponent careless to cover up for his lacking swordsmanship skills in every duel, and to do so, he had no choice but to continue this unique taunting.
And so...
He had become accustomed to it before he knew it.
"Let's have a fire magic showdown."
The sound of a burst of laughter escaped from Obsess's mouth, who had been waiting for Davian's follow-up.
"What did you say?"
"You're a renowned fire magician in the Marino Empire, right? Let's have a fire magic showdown."
"Are you out of your mind, or do you have some insignificant scheme that won't even work?"
"Neither? I just thought it would be worth a try after exchanging a few moves."
"Insolent brat. Does it look like I've used my full power?"
"Then have I used my full power?"
Obsess tilted his head and stared intently at Davian.
"Young one, you're all talk."
"It's not that I'm all talk, it's that I've become this way because I've had to stay alive."
"What nonsense are you spouting again?"
"There's a reason. So, are you going to have a fire magic showdown or not?"
Obsess raised his left hand and made a light gesture.
The bodyguards who had been standing in an inverted triangle formation towards Davian all moved behind Obsess.
"Alright, I'll show you what fire magic is."
Sophie, who was listening to Davian and Obsess's conversation from far away, was pacing back and forth.
"Mons! Stop him. Why is he suddenly like this? I warned him so much two days ago. He wants to have a fire magic showdown!"
"Is that fire magician that strong?"
"I'm telling you, he is! Go and stop him quickly!"
"But our young master is strong too."
Sophie stared at Mons with a bewildered look.
"What?"
"Our young master is strong too."
"Haa... I know. I know, but that's when he's at the academy. Obsess isn't like the academy seniors like Dylan the moron, he's a fire magician who made a name for himself!"
"I heard that too. Let's watch for now. I've felt it since sometime, but there's always a reason when the young master acts like that."
"Aish."
Sophie unpacked her backpack and put her hand inside.
Large and small iron beads were felt.
They were all magic bombs that Sophie had made herself.
"Mons."
"Why?"
"You're fast and strong. If we survive here..."
Sophie squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again.
With a solemn voice.
"Immediately get someone to manipulate the scene here. It can't be too late. It has to be done today. If they know something went wrong, they'll send investigators to the scene immediately. Never let them find out that I committed suicide with Obsess. Do you understand?"
Mons patted Sophie on the back.
"I understand what you mean. But let's watch for a bit first. See what the young master does."
"Haa... It's frustrating. He can't deal with him like that... Huh?"
Sophie's eyes widened.
An unbelievable scene was captured in her eyes.
"What is that...?"
The heat from the pillar of fire that Obsess emitted was transmitted to this distant place.
And yet.
That ferocious pillar of fire from Obsess.
A giant red dragon was swallowing it up.
No.
To be exact, it wasn't a dragon.
Sophie had never actually seen a dragon.
Moreover, the thing reflected in Sophie's eyes didn't have the huge wings or long tail that symbolize dragons.
But she felt that if she were to actually meet a red dragon that breathed fire, it would feel something like this.
It was a dragon with an overwhelming sense of intimidation, no, it was a flame.
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