sjar Chapter 599
Chapter 599
Izparut stepped out of his divine kingdom.
If one carefully sensed the aura around him, they would discover that he carried not only the presence of a god, but also the unmistakable aura of a 9th Rank Mage.
And because he had reshaped the Origin,
Izparut had completely fulfilled the vow tied to his role as the God of Magic. He was no longer bound by it and could now walk freely in the mortal world.
From the moment he became a god until the resolution of his vow,
barely more than a single month had passed.
For other gods and Moon-level beings who had spent countless long years—entire lifetimes—without ever completing their vows, this speed was nothing short of unbelievable.
At this moment, Izparut set foot upon the world once more.
He felt no sense of unfamiliarity with it.
"Chaos..."
"What a brutal battle took place here."
The instant Izparut returned to the world, a vast amount of information flooded into his mind. He then lowered his gaze slightly and let out a long sigh.
"Kanzaki Rei."
"So you went through with it after all."
The news of Akaren’s death reached Izparut’s mind.
Had Izparut not become a god and been trapped within his divine kingdom, he would have joined Akaren in trying to stop Kanzaki Rei.
In that scenario, it would have been 9th Rank Mage Izparut facing the Corruption Source Nest version of double 8th Rank Kanzaki Rei.
"But fortunately..."
A seal appeared in Izparut’s hand.
This was the flaw he had constructed in the God-Tier talent 「Eternal Erasure」.
Those slain by Kanzaki Rei’s talent had not been truly and completely killed.
The dead would leave behind a faint projection within the magical Origin, and with Izparut’s power, he could pull it back from the Origin. With Kumironi’s assistance, he should be able to resurrect Akaren.
But before that...
Izparut turned his head.
On the vast sea surface, ten figures wearing black hoods had appeared.
Every one of these hooded figures emanated an aura that came infinitely close to Moon-level...
「The Initial Taboo Ones」
"Hey... Didn’t I remember killing one of you?"
"How have you become ten again?"
Izparut’s tone was relaxed, his posture casual. He had not even taken out his staff.
The Initial Taboo Ones surrounding him from ten different directions, however, remained silent and solemn.
One of them, whose face was stitched with threads, spoke.
"Izparut, it seems we truly underestimated you..."
Each of the Initial Taboo Ones carried traces of brokenness in their auras.
Izparut could sense it.
They had not yet fully met the conditions for descent, but the situation no longer allowed them to wait. These Initial Taboo Ones had never expected Izparut’s actions to be so swift.
His growth rate had far exceeded their predictions.
No...
It was not merely growth. The speed at which he had directly reshaped the Origin was also completely outside their expectations.
They had originally thought that Izparut would not be capable of any major moves within the next hundred years.
Yet the balance of this world had been shattered by such chaotic changes... After all their rituals were prepared, they would gain a period of descent without paying any price.
At that time, they could eliminate Izparut.
But.
It had happened far too quickly.
Their plans simply could not keep up with Izparut’s changes.
Whoosh—
Moreover, they could never have imagined that the idiot Aegimira would drag the entire world down with it! Though part of that was due to Yakartikto’s descent, which had diverted the calamity that should have fallen upon him onto the world instead.
This destruction of the world
was half Aegimira’s fault. If tracing the direct cause, it was indeed caused by Aegimira.
But the other half was actually Yakartikto’s responsibility. If one investigated the root essence, it was still Yakartikto who had brought misfortune upon the entire world.
Offsetting the willful descent of a Moon-level being required a world-scale price.
Izparut crossed his hands and propped them up.
His demeanor was light and carefree, as if he had just stretched lazily after a nap.
"I see your conditions don’t look very good."
Izparut’s divine sense swept across the entire world. The sight of its total destruction did not shake his resolve in the slightest.
Instead, his face was filled with anticipation.
Whoosh!
A magic array covering the entire world manifested directly out of thin air!
"Do you know why you cannot descend directly into the world?"
"Because... your understanding of yourselves is fundamentally insufficient... You are essentially magic, yet you cannot comprehend the true nature of magic."
"In truth, all it takes is this to release the bindings upon you."
As Izparut spoke, the array suddenly blazed with light!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
In a rapid series of ten crisp sounds, the bindings on the ten Initial Taboo Ones were directly shattered!
In that instant,
all ten were stunned!
This guy had effortlessly broken the constraints upon them—these innate restrictions!
Setting aside the fact that he possessed such ability,
But... helping the enemy remove their bindings?
What kind of move was this?
The shock was so great that, for a moment, all ten felt a surge of... admiration toward the God of Magic before them.
"Since you represent the ten most powerful magics in this world, I would feel quite regretful if I never got to see you fight with your full strength."
"Now, you may use everything you have to challenge me."
Izparut’s smile was wildly arrogant.
The ten’s emotions gradually shifted from admiration to fear!
They had to kill him now! This was their final chance!
Tap!
A hand was raised.
Time stopped!
「Second Taboo Magic—Time」
「Activation Form: Time Prison」
「Release Form: Complete Time Control」
Click!
However, when the Second Initial Taboo One stopped time, it saw an identical ripple explode outward with Izparut at the center!
Izparut’s will erupted as well.
He spoke the name of his magic in his own original language.
"Transcendent Magic—Second Taboo Magic: Time."
Initial Taboo Magics were not supposed to have transcendent versions.
These Initial Taboo Magics themselves had no rank divisions.
Yet what was Izparut saying?
He was just putting on an act!
Whoosh!
But as if in slow motion—and almost instantly—Izparut closed in.
Close range?
What was a Mage doing getting close?
Whoosh!
Before the Time Taboo One could react, another figure had already stepped in front to protect it!
Fourth Taboo Magic—Guardian!
Boom!
The entire world rippled with waves!
Then, all the chaos across the world reversed and poured upward into the sky!
No—it was not pouring into the sky!
It was being drawn back in a single direction!
Izparut spoke with a wild, arrogant smile. "Taboo Time Magic—Time Reversal."
He did not bother hiding any information about his magic.
The moment he called out the name, the elegant and profound Izparut language had already conveyed the full meaning of the spell.
One could even understand its principles and how it was used from it.
Whether ordinary people could actually cast it was another matter entirely.
Whoosh!
Everything flowed backward!
This was incomprehensible within the laws of time. Aside from the God of Time, no one should possess the ability to reverse time!
At the very least, it should not be part of a God of Magic’s authority!
Ding!
Boom!
However, this was no time for shock.
Behind Izparut, multicolored elemental hues came crushing down! Carrying every element from the entire world, they engulfed the chaos that was rolling backward through time!
All the world’s elements were being pressed down upon Izparut alone!
Izparut spread his arms wide!
"Haha!"
"Compressing the elements of the entire world and fusing them into a single magic! What a splendid spell!"
Within these world-spanning elements, more multicolored magics continued to coalesce, fusing every 9th Rank elemental magic in the world into one.
The rank of this spell had already reached the legendary 10th Rank Magic!
No Mage should be able to withstand this strike.
Even a Moon-level being would suffer heavy damage if they tried to take it head-on.
And at the same time as this overwhelming elemental magic surged forth,
behind Izparut, another Initial Taboo One pulled down the taped mask over its mouth and spoke in descriptive words: "Izparut, facing the elemental magic, feels shock in his heart. Yet the arrogant him intends to take this spell head-on to prove his power."
"But unfortunately, even an existence as powerful as Izparut cannot withstand this pinnacle elemental magic directly."
"Therefore, after exerting his full strength to block this strike, he dies."
「Eighth Taboo Magic—Fate」
「Fate Decree」
Fate had been written.
Ding!
Space was sealed. Then a powerful seal fixed Izparut in place, preventing him from escaping.
Faced with the incoming 10th Rank elemental magic, the only choice seemingly left to Izparut was to take it head-on.