I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 129

Chapter 129

129 . Didn’t You Learn That You Die If You Pull Out Your Horns in the Demonic Realm?

“KUAAHHHHHH!”

Berdan screamed as he twisted his own horns .

The two horns on his head broke off, and his giant form rapidly shrunk as if his body was deflating like a balloon .

Purple liquid sprayed out like a fountain from where he broke off his horns .

However, that wasn’t the blood of a monster, even though the color was the same .

We would soon learn that this was magical energy .

The purple liquid that left his body wiggled and swirled around for a bit before being absorbed by his body once more .

Berdan had only a shoddy piece of cloth covering him before .

However, a single moment, his body was covered in armor .

The armor made him look barbaric, but it covered his entire body without leaving any gaps .

It was as if he had used his magical energy to strengthen his body .

Maybe that was why he wasn’t taking any additional damage from the In Storm electric magic in the slightest .

Also .

“Urgh…… . ”

“…… . ”

Finishing his transformation, he let out a mighty wave of explosive force from his body .

The various metal ornaments around him were instantly blown apart .

His body looked like an athlete’s, who had worked out far too much .

On top of that, he had armor covering up his whole body .

His body had shrunk, but his ability and his shape remained the same as before breaking off his horns .

After letting out an attack that wasn’t even meant to be an actual attack, Berdan stood still without a word .

The Eye of Insight that had told me before that his weak spots were his entire body now only pointed towards his heart .

Jong Ho, who had been near him to attack, made distance and came to me to talk .

“Doesn’t he seem really pissed off?”

“Seems so . Even so, do you think he’ll be anything to worry about?”

“Hm……”

“How much mana do you have left?”

“Plenty . Due to Mana Drain activating nonstop, I don’t feel starved for mana . It’s enough to make me feel like I have infinite mana like you . ”

“That’s good . Don’t get too complacent though and make sure to keep checking how much you have left . ”

“Of course . How long do you think I was starving for mana before . ”

“Yes, but… . . It was risky how you suddenly sprinted forward before . Thank goodness that the results were good… . . ”

“Ah . You mean baiting them in?”

“Yes . I know what you were thinking when you did that, but… . . ”

“Pfft . Yeah, I was out of my mind . I’m not even sure why I did that . Don’t know what I was thinking… . My body moved on its own, and I felt a surge of confidence without reason . ”

“I guess you felt sure and confident . ”

“Is that so? I guess I can say that I instinctively felt that I could take him down . ”

“Well, it already happened . Either way, good job . I was quite surprised too . ”

“Hey, should we really wait for him while he does that? It’s like how the main protagonists of an anime gives the enemy robot to finish transforming or something . ”

“Haha . Almost forgot cause he has no presence . You should finish this up . ”

“Me? I should?”

“Since you started it, you should see to its end . ”

“Okay . ”

I gave all the buff skills I had to Jong Ho, then proceeded to become a spectator once more .

Despite the transformation Berdan went through, since there was a huge difference in combat capabilities before, I wasn’t that worried .

I was absolutely positive that Jong Ho would win .

Holding magician class weapons, the staff and wand, he got closer to him .

It was then .

“Kurururu… . . ”

“……”

“Kuru……”

“He’s almost a magician at this point . A magician . ”

“KUWUHHHHH!”

From his mouth came the sound that monsters without intelligence would make .

Every time he let out his breath, a huff of frosty chill came out, but unlike his breath, his body was giving off searing steam and smoke .

Jong Ho’s attack started .

A fierce blizzard came forth .

It was Glacial Field, a spell that dealt frost damage in a large area .

On top of that, Iceberg rose up from the ground .

He had casted two frost spells that prevented his opponent from moving .

It would be unlikelu for a monster at Berdan’s level to be completely frozen and shatter, but it was definitely enough to prevent his movements .

Glacial Field covered a huge area, but it didn’t do much damage .

Really the skill was to apply status effects .

However, Iceberg was plenty enough to fill the lack of damage .

It boasted enough damage to not lose to any other skill .

Jong Ho’s use of the skill displayed that he did not lack any sense in his decision making .

Delivering hits at the right time with precision, he hit dead center .

The Balrock ring was on his finger .

Within the ring were countless spells .

For being a warrior class, it would have taken a lot of effort for Jong Ho to obtain mastery over skills like these .

I was thankful once more that Jong Ho was person that I could follow and trust .

“Kuru… . ”

“Are you cold?”

“KUHUNG!”

Frozen stiff inside Iceberg like a stuffed display at a museum, his black eyes stared intensely at Jong Ho .

No matter how much steam he was letting out from his body, it would be incredibly difficult for him to escape the Iceberg spell that had hit level 300 .

However… .

-CRACK!

“KUWUHHHHH! KAHAA!”

“Does frost magic not work on him?”

“…… . ”

Letting out another powerful wave of pressure, the Iceberg was shattered into pieces at the impact .

On top of that, Berdan, who had been standing still, began to move .

However, his movement wasn’t slowed in the slightest .

Taking this situation into account, the only explanation was that he was either completely resistant to frost magic, or even magic damage itself .

That meant that this was an opponent that Jong Ho could not win against .

Despite Jong Ho being a warrior class and me being a magician class, our roles had completely flipped since the moment we had decided to head for the demonic realm .

However, unlike Jong Ho, I was without flaw in both my physical and magical offensive capabilities .

Just looking at the weapons Jong Ho was holding, it was obvious .

Both Jong Ho’s face and mine had surprised written all over them .

However, it wasn’t the expression of defeat .

It was just a small shock at his change in form and incredibly high resistances he obtained .

It was then .

“KURUK!”

Berdan sped up at speeds difficult to imagine and struck his abdomen .

The spell shield that didn’t take any damage before was instantly shattered .

On top of that, it dealt damage directly to his body .

My body that had completely relaxed from spectating immediately tensed up .

Despite the sudden attack, Jong Ho did not panic .

Casting his main defensive skill Otherworldly Skin, he avoided additional attacks that ensued and was looking for a chance to strike back .

His speed was unlike anything before .

It also looked like his attacks had increased in damage in multiples .

Avoiding his charge gracefully, Jong Ho attacked with flame magic this time .

Casting Explosion and Fire Shock, he finished off his combo with the main damage skill Meteor .

Predicting Berdan’s pathing, he landed a direct hit .

“A direct hit… . . ”

However, that didn’t work either .

Jong Ho followed up with Holy Shock and the spell that did self damage, Chain Explosion .

Even with Chain Explosion, which delivered various types of damages, he could not deal damage to Berdan .

I was absolutely sure of it now .

Due to letting out magical energies in order to obtain that armor, he had obtained a 100% resistance to magic .

It was made even more apparent from the fact that Berdan merely swatted away the intense flames that blocked his vision before walking out of the inferno .

In a split moment, I blocked Jong Ho’s path .

Quietly I whispered .

“Hyung-nim, it looks like you’re struggling a lot . ”

“Magic resistance, right?”

“Yes, it seems so . ”

“I was wondering why he was taking no damage . If I was alone, I would have been helpless against him . ”

“Agreed . It can’t be helped, since you don’t do that much physical damage despite being a warrior class . ”

“Yeah . Even though I received his attacks after he became stronger and faster, it wasn’t something that I couldn’t handle . It’s just that I can’t deal any damage to him . His transformation isn’t the deciding factor between victory and defeat . ”

“Yes, I understand . May I take it from here?”

“Yes, please do . ”

“Ok . ”

“KUWUHHH!”

A single strike .

“KUWEHHH!

The sight of one of his arms falling to the ground was pleasing .

I merely swung my sword with massive force while leaping forward .

To put it simply, all it had taken was a leap and a single swing .

However, the results were devastating .

A nasty wound was left behind through his armor and on his body .

“KUWUHHH!”

Allowing me to attack without any resistance, now he was grabbing his severed arm and howling in pain .

However, that didn’t last long .

When I moved in to swing my sword at him again, he had dodged with incredible speed .

One could think of this as a simple dodge .

However, he had dodged and charged towards where Jong Ho stood .

His severed arm hadn’t completely recovered yet, but claws had formed there and they were sharp as a sword .

He was able to deal damage to Jong Ho before from just swinging his fists .

Now, what if he used that kind of weaponry, and if he attacked while losing his sanity and struck in a last ditch effort when he was cornered like a rat?

Noticing Berdan’ s intentions, Jong Ho hurriedly prepared his defenses .

However, I wasn’t just going to stand there idly and watch .

Casting Mass Stealth Jutsu, I hid both Jong Ho and my form .

However, he did not stop charging towards where Jong Ho had stood a moment ago .

Realizing that he was hidden from view, he quickly moved away from his previous location like a true pro .

His charge stopped only when he ran into the walls of the castle, and there I was, standing next to him .

No matter how much he struggled, he was merely a slow moving turtle before me .

“KUHUK! KUK!”

Berdan had taken his last breath .

I had stabbed his heart with Butcher’s Sword, the one weak spot that Eye of Insight had shown me .

His eyes that were pitch dark lost its color, and his body hung limp on my blade like clothes that were hung to dry .

As soon as I pulled out my sword, massive amounts of magical energy that he had absorbed poured out from him .

As the sword freed itself from his body, he turned into a pile of ash .

This was something that you could not see on Earth .

After all, this was the first time that we could see magical energy .

The magical energy that left his body swirled around me, unsettling me .

Following that, it was absorbed by my body as if it was natural .

“I don’t feel so good about it entering my body without permission… . . ”

“Is that so?”

“Well, I won’t be able to use it anyways . It shouldn’t be too much of a problem . ”

“You’re probably right . It’s something that only monsters need . ”

“Whew… . . We took down Berdan on the first day of arriving in the demonic realm . ”

“It’s not a bad start . ”

“I agree . Aren’t you hungry?”

“Hey, from running dungeons without a reason to be tense to focusing properly for the first time in awhile, it really does work up an appetite . ”

“Pfft . I thought so . Our food storage should be outside . ”

“Right, Karin . Let’s go outside for now . And let us rest here for the night while we’re at it . ”

“Yes . I wonder what material this castle is made of in order to be this sturdy? To be able to receive Transcended spells without any issues… . . ”

“Dunno… . I didn’t have the luxury to think about it . ”

“I think we have to bring some with us when we return to Earth . ”

“Why? You have something to make?”

“I’m planning to make a house out of it for you when you get married . ”

“Oh… . . But by the time that happens, the monsters would cease existing on Earth . ”

“Nope . This is for you and your wife to be able to have your lover’s quarrels without worry . ”

“Shit!”

“Karin . ”

“…… . ”

“Hey, Karin!”

“Keru… Yes! Great Berd-…… Keruk! Hu… Hu… . Human!”