The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Everything was quiet.

Fahim was unable to determine for a moment whether Dekan was dead or not.

And so, after Fahim's heart pounded wildly for more than ten seconds.

"Heh, even though I can't see you struggling, I can finally smell the scent of despair."

Dekan's cheerful chuckle told Fahim that his chances of a comeback were slim once again.

Dekan deliberately remained silent for a while.

He seemed to be taking any opportunity to mess with Fahim's mentality, and at the same time, he seemed to be enjoying Fahim's ugly, delusional attitude of wanting to win.

"You...aren't you...human?"

Fahim was certain that his human destruction spell had hit Dekan, but it couldn't do any damage to Dekan at all!

The forbidden magic 【Human Destruction】, which directly and instantly causes massive damage, has one more limitation compared to magic like 【Corruption and Destruction】, which inflicts abnormal statuses—

The other party must be a human.

Of course, thanks to Fahim's long-term improvements, even races like orcs and elves, which he had studied alive, would be affected by the damage caused by the improved mechs!

unless.

The other party was a being he had never understood and could not understand at all!

"Fahim, guess what race I am now?"

Dekan's soft voice drifted into Fahim's ears.

The bewitching voices, a mix of male and female, were like a cold wind blowing from a frozen wasteland. His speech wasn't fast, but it made Fahim feel dizzy and as if he were in a dream.

This moment.

Fahim sensed the stench of death beginning to permeate his surroundings and couldn't help but utter a cry of despair:

"No, it's impossible... There shouldn't be such a thing in this world..."

however.

Dekan did not explain anything further to Fahim.

He has already enjoyed it.

Taking the life of a villain is not something Dekan finds pleasant.

He hates killing unless absolutely necessary.

What he found truly irresistible was the thrill of destroying the spirit of the most heinous criminals and then savoring their despair.

This feeling, once experienced, is unforgettable.

Dekan felt himself becoming so engrossed in tormenting the Resurrected cultists that he could no longer extricate himself.

"Your forbidden magic is nothing but crooked and evil practices. Let me use holy magic to purify your defiled body and mind."

As he spoke, Dekan took out the [Blood Purification] item.

"!!!"

While Fahim was shocked and confused, he could sense that the magical aura emanating from Dekan was the holy attribute that he hated the most.

But this holy attribute magic is definitely not a blessing or a benevolent blessing!

That kind of magic that makes people feel uncomfortable, desperate, and cold just by being there! It's eerie and terrifying, instilling a fear deep in one's soul.

Fahim instinctively took two steps back.

At that moment, he clearly realized that he had completely lost his will to fight.

He had truly had enough.

From today onwards, upon arriving in the capital.

It was as if I had fallen into a spider web from which I could not escape.

Everything that was going smoothly suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.

After that, he gradually became more and more mired in the situation, eventually falling into a dead end.

He didn't even know where he had gone wrong!

Fahim finally realized that not a single step so far had been taken according to his own will, but every step seemed to be under Dekan's control.

This feeling is called bottomless despair.

Perhaps it was from the moment he chose to undertake the mission to deal with Dekan that everything he would later encounter became inescapable.

however.

Before Fahim could even exit the third step, he uncontrollably collapsed to the ground.

His feet seemed to have lost their function and were out of control.

He discovered that his foot had been pierced by a kind of ground nail.

After falling to the ground, Fahim felt through touch that even more spikes had pierced his body!

These ground nails are highly poisonous!

Because Fahim was wearing [Pain Shield] and had no vision, he didn't notice that there were so many spikes on the ground.

By the time he realized he was poisoned, it was too late.

Even purification magic cannot remove this poison!

"Hehe, as my first user of [Poisonous Ground Spike 4.1], how's the experience?"

【Highly Poisonous Ground Spike 4.1】

[Category: Spell Card]

[Grade: Purple Rare]

[Class: 4]

[Effect: Inflicts a persistent weak poison and severe bleeding status. This spell can be triggered from a distance, and the poison cannot be cleansed.]

[Note: The current version is 4.1, employing the latest "Blood Detective Book High Durability Technology," which enhances the strength and sharpness of the ground spikes! Getting stabbed will guarantee massive bleeding! —Developer's Diary.]

While Dekan inquired about customer experience, [Blood Purification] was finally applied to Fahim.

Fahim felt no pain.

However, he, who was always engrossed in studying human magic, could clearly feel his body becoming lighter!

A bloody smell gradually filled the air—the smell of his own blood, a smell he had never experienced before!

He's always the one who destroys other people's bodies!

I never imagined that one day my body would be so cruelly damaged by others!

"I can't kill you in one hit. We can continue our fair competition later. Whether it's [Corrosive Destruction] or [Human Destruction], use them on me as soon as they're off cooldown. But this time, I won't let Chloex use [Forced Dispel] on me."

Dekan spoke calmly, as if announcing Fahim's fate.

"No, no!!!"

Fahim finally screamed in agony.

He understood what Dekan said.

Dekan no longer allowed Chloix to use [Forced Dispel] on him, partly because Dekan relied on Chloix's healing output and was no longer afraid of Fahim's [Corruption].

On the other hand, Chloex's [Forced Dispel] will target Fahim!

He will dispel Fahim's protective shield of pain, allowing Fahim to truly feel the punishment from Dekan.

Fahim was quite certain that he had lost.

But he couldn't imagine it.

If, in his current state, Chloex were to dispel his Pain Shield and Dekan were to summon the Broken Poet, what kind of agony would he suffer before dying!

"Fahim, are you happy to die in the way you like best?"

Dekan simply asked quietly.

"No!! This isn't what I like!!"

"Oh? Really? I thought you liked it, since that's how you've always treated others."

After hearing Dekan's words, Fahim was convinced.

Dekan wanted to torture him further.

Even though he was already low on health and suffering from poison, Dekan might need several Blood Purifications to kill him!

An endless fear and chill surged through Fahim's heart, as if it were the end of a nightmare, entangling him and making it hard for him to breathe, almost suffocating him.

"I choose death!!"

Fahim's eyes widened in fury, and he used a self-destruction spell on himself!

He absolutely refused to let Dekan torture him any longer!

but.

He discovered that he had not been able to die as he had hoped.

Because Chloeux began treating him, keeping him on his last breath.

"Hmph? Trying to escape to the underworld? Did I say you could die?"

Dekan scoffed.

"Do not!!!"

Fahim finally realized that Dekan had deliberately waited for more than ten seconds and talked to him for so long just to wait for Chloex's [Forced Dispel] to cool down.

Moreover, Dekan never worried that Fahim's "Corrosion and Destruction" and "Human Destruction" would pose a threat to him from the beginning.

Just as Fahim was preparing to use human destruction magic on himself again.

Dekan summoned the "Broken Poet".

Chloex also used [Forced Dispel] on Fahim to remove Fahim's [Pain Shield].