Immortals From My Past Life Are Still Obsessed With the Reincarnated Me

Chapter 42

42 – Save the witch (4)

Coming to think of it, Charlotte had a lot of oddities.

Even though she is a woman, her body is strong and her recovery is quick.

Not only that, but as we saw in the previous battle, she was surprisingly rich in magical engineering knowledge.

She tried to hide from me what she saw in her ordeal of terror.

‘But it’s a bit suspicious to say this.’

If there is someone like me who is born with a weak constitution, she may have someone like Charlotte who was accidentally born with a strong body.

She has a wealth of magical engineering knowledge, and Charlotte is the type to read a lot of miscellaneous books among the maids, so she deserves it.

She also hid what she saw in The Ordeal of Fear, and so did I.

‘Why is she being targeted in the first place?’

According to Katarina’s words, Charlotte was the legacy of the Delin Kingdom, which was destroyed 500 years ago.

However, I don’t know what heritage means, and I don’t know why the kingdom of Delin suddenly appears here.

[Do you know anything more detailed? Be specific.]

[Sorry, that’s all I know. Usually, when the owner makes the tool work, he doesn’t explain in detail the reason for the work, right?]

[The owner…….]

[One thing is certain. The half-horse, the man who calls himself ‘the last king of Delin’, lives with only the desire to somehow rebuild Delin.]

[The country of 500 years ago, why now…….]

[That’s the reason I was arrested. Because what that man hates most is us, the Resistance. He thought he had achieved revenge by manipulating me, the magician of the resistance.]

According to Katarina’s words, there was another person he was most angry about.

If I claim to be the last king of Delin, I will hate myself the most for killing the royal family of Delin and lighting the first embers towards destruction.

It was only then that I understood what Justina had said about ‘there are many enemies outside’.

But the target he was aiming for right now was Charlotte, not me.

‘I still don’t know why Charlotte is an essential piece to rebuild the Delin kingdom.’

Of course I wonder why Charlotte is being targeted.

But now, at least not now, wasn’t the time to think about that.

It’s not too late to have a meeting with Elfin or Justina after everything is over.

You wouldn’t even know that I was reincarnated in the first place, so I’m not threatened right now.

So, now…… It was time to see Katarina.

[Dane, aiming for the life support system. There’s no point in staring at the cloak or leash. The barrier that has already been created will not disappear unless I die, and even if I break the brainwashing leash, I will become a ruin anyway.]

[But… ….]

[Listen to me, Dane. I thought it was a request from a colleague 500 years ago. I understand your position of having to kill a former colleague, but I’ll do a selfish favor.]

[Okay.]

I initially agreed with Katarina’s words, but I really didn’t intend to focus only on the life support system.

Even if you don’t see a way, even if something seems impossible, once you watch over time, somehow it will work.

It was a trivial realization that I had gained throughout my life.

‘It won’t be easy.’

Of course, even now when I thought like this, in reality, I was fighting a battle with a ‘witch’ instead of Katarina.

The witch, who shoots all sorts of ice magic, let alone blizzard, was not a pitiful foe like the serpent witch or the Humptons.

A level where you can barely become an opponent if you strengthen your senses with protection magic.

It would have been better if Katarina had been informed of her witch’s attack in advance, but the difficulty level was still atrocious.

‘If I’m aiming for life support, I’m sure it’ll be a little easier.’

But sometimes there are days when you have to choose the difficult path.

I took up my sword against a witch who had been completely brainwashed and unleashed almost all of the magical skills of the 500-year-old sorceress Katarina.

Scraping the mana remaining in the mana core to the floor, she managed to pull out the golden sword, and finally wrapped her body protection.

Preparation is perfect, and now is the last chance.

“All the kites except for the target are slain! Hee hee hee! Don’t keep interrupting me and I’ll freeze up and become an ice snack, kid!”

“I’m not a kid, but I can’t say anything because he is 500 years old.”

Why are there so many older women beside me?

I lamented and grabbed the sword with both hands and kicked the ground.

The wind of the blizzard was cold as if biting, and the ice particles in the air frozen hard by the cold were annoying, but I didn’t mind.

I became a ray of golden wind and rushed along with the sword. Without hesitation, I immediately struck.

[The ice spear will come up from below! Watch your step!]

[It’s not an icicle, it’s an ice spear now?]

[So, break the life support system quickly! Because the more and more I can’t intervene! If it goes over, there could be an ice age for the whole mountain!]

I focused on my feet and captured the moment the ice spear came up.

If you prioritize your own safety, avoiding here would be the correct answer.

But I didn’t pull back to avoid the ice spear protruding from the location Katarina had told me about.

And then, using the gushing ice spear as a stepping stone, take another leap.

Taat! My feet almost slipped, but the amazing sense of balance did not disappoint me.

“Kekekekekekek! Well, then how about this!”

The witch freely handled the overflowing mana in Katarina’s body.

A weapon made of ice was created in the air and aimed at my vital points several times, and cold ice crystals gushed out in all directions.

However, I continued to swing my sword at the witch, either countering or melting the ice magic with my heat-emitting sword blade.

Although the mana core is almost exhausted, there is still mana left to extract sword energy.

Attack that could not be counteracted with the sword skill can be avoided by using the shadowy step method.

[Above! Under! Right leg! Left arm! This time on the side!]

[Good!]

Of course it wasn’t difficult to dodge or counter.

Because the voices in my head foretold everything.

Katarina knew where the witch was aiming deep inside her witch, and kindly informed her attack patterns one by one in advance.

It was unfamiliar at first, but I guess I already got used to it during the fight.

I felt that I was getting used to the battle with Cheongsimsul.

[Uh, wait a minute. This one is a bit dangerous.]

[What is it?]

[It’s a blast of cold air. This is unavoidable. It emits cold air that freezes everything around the caster’s body… I guess I have no choice but to get out of the attack range.]

[What is the attack range?]

Katarina indicated that her attack range was quite wide.

Can we get out of range until the witch’s magic is ready?

No matter how much stamina protection I put on, it was impossible at my speed.

Knowing that she couldn’t escape, there was no other way but to disrupt the witch’s magic casting motion and cancel her magic.

“aaa!”

I swung the sword with all my might, and it was blocked by the ice shield with a clattering sound.

The witch giggled with Katarina’s face and Katarina’s voice across the clear and immaculate ice and completed her spell without stopping.

It was a disaster. She drew out her brilliant sword technique to block even a little bit of the chill that seeped into her bones, but she knew it was useless.

But just then, I heard the voice of an unexpected person.

“Brother! Are you okay?!”

Since the barrier hasn’t disappeared yet, there’s no way someone else has come.

No, isn’t Charlotte the only person in this school who would call me “Bocchan” In the first place?

She had been hit by an icicle a little while ago, but she didn’t seem to have suffered much damage.

The witch, who just started fighting and started focusing on other magic, had canceled the blizzard, so her vision was clear.

“Charlotte?!”

It was definitely Charlotte.

Seeing Charlotte suddenly appear, she recalled what Katarina had said a while ago, that she was the legacy of the kingdom of Elin, and that she was the real target of the last king.

That’s why at least she shouldn’t have come this far.

If the surroundings are covered with cold air, Charlotte will inevitably get caught up in it and die.

“Stand back! Soon, the cold air exploded, and everything around here…….”

“I won’t let you do that!”

But Charlotte is also a wizard.

She didn’t know exactly what kind of magic it was, but she felt a huge vortex of mana and seemed to sense that the witch was up to something.

While she was resting for a bit, she managed to scrape off the mana that had risen a little bit and barely created a barrier to protect my body.

“This is… ….”

“Don’t die! Young master!”

The thin film created by Charlotte covered my body as warmly as her mother’s arms, and the moment the defense magic was completed, cold air erupted.

Hwaaagh!

“Keu, keugh!”

The cold that the witch radiated with all her might was simply formidable.

Despite the heat of the sword and the warmth of the shield created by Charlotte, not only the skin but also the bones seemed to freeze.

Without Charlotte’s shield, it was clear that even her blood would have frozen and her body would have exploded.

But fortunately I survived, and I was still able to move, only slightly cold.

Taat!

Shiui, white breath leaked out of the mouth that was in charge of breathing.

‘Now.’

After casting a large spell, wizards inevitably need a short period of time to recover.

Casting gigantic magic over and over again without taking a break is a power granted only to non-human dragons.

Even the witch who completely took over Katarina’s body through brainwashing could not escape the limits of the human body.

What does this mean?

Because of her momentary exhaustion as a large amount of mana drained from her body, the witch couldn’t afford to resist my sword.

“Kyaaa?!”

I’m tired.

My whole body loses strength, and my joints creak.

I didn’t stop even though I knew my stamina was almost exhausted.

I have no mana left, so I can’t use physical protection.

I rushed right in front of the witch with even Charlotte’s shield removed, and drew out the strength she had sucked in and swung her sword.

What I’m aiming for is the neck.

Not a heart, not a leg, not an arm, just a neck.

I cut her leash neatly and give Katarina her freedom.

That was the real reason I was fighting now.

Wheek!

My golden sword drew a semicircle.

Wielding the sword, there were two expected results.

My sword can’t cut through Katarina’s brainwashing leash, or the magic engineering brainwashing leash eventually breaks in two and is destroyed.

[…] … Thanks, Dane.]

I opened my eyes at the sudden voice of Katarina.

I realized after hearing her voice.

“…… Hey.”

All the results I expected were wrong.

The golden sword was unable to cut Katarina’s brainwashing leash.

It is not a story about lack of strength or lack of power of the sword.

In the first place, my sword couldn’t even reach Katarina’s magic engineering leash.

However, I did not lose my life in a reverse attack.

The witch fell like a marionette with her thread cut.

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“You, what is this…….”

I muttered in a trembling voice as I sheathed my sword.

I didn’t have to fight anymore. All fights are over.

Witches…… No, Katarina is dead. She is dying

――The life support system was destroyed by the sword I swung.

“…… Why?”

Let’s mumble as if I can’t understand the witch… No, Katarina, who had returned before she knew it, answered instead.

“I knew it. There’s no way you’ll listen to me.”

The voice of Katarina, which I heard through hearing, and the voice of the real Katarina now were completely different.

It was much older, muddy, and full of metal sounds.

But that didn’t bother me at all.

What I wanted to know was, I would have been aiming for her brainwashing leash until the end, but why did the witch twist her body at the end and put the life support device where her sword was flying?

“…… I was saving my strength.”

“Strength?”

“Since you seemed to be aiming for the leash until the end, I felt I had to use my strength. I was worried about whether I should come out and stop during the cold blast, but how did I get over it and die like this?”

“You were… going to be? Did you put it on life support on purpose?”

“Yes. I told you, I wanted to die.”

My eyelids trembled at Katarina’s words.

I tried to set Katarina free by cutting her leash.

But for Katarina, her true freedom was not to be found by her being untied, but to be found only by her death.

She truly longed for her death, and I was given it.

“But the last thing… Coke, I’m glad I could die as myself.”

“Why, why such a choice. I could have lived well, but why….”

“I told you. Humans can’t stand 500 years. It means that I am already a ghost who has been dead for hundreds of years.”

Katarina’s breathing became increasingly rapid.

She rejects the limits of her nature and life and remains an existence.

It was a signal that we had to go to where we should be, not here anymore.

And ironically, there was nothing I could do about it.

[Thanks, Dane. It’s hard to say now.]

[That’s… Was it your wish? Really?]

With her life support system destroyed, Katarina was on her deathbed.

Her body, which had exceeded the limits of human lifespan, began to disintegrate.

Her skin rots, her blood dries, her heart melts, leaving only her bones.

Seeing her old colleague, Katarina, die peacefully, I called her to the end with her spirit.

[Yeah, sorry…… Thank you for that. I really wanted to die.]

[Is there anything else?! Anything to say…….]

[That’s right. If I had been a good person here, I would have left without entrusting my revenge to you or burdening my heart…… Ahahahaha, I guess I’m not that nice.]

Finally, she pointed out the culprit behind everything.

[Scold the ‘last king’, Dane. To the ghost of the fallen kingdom… Someday, the spirit of the resistance… Show me, instead of me….]

[…] … Okay.]

[Aha, ahahahahaha. It’s finally over. It was about to end. These 500 years of hell…… AA AA AA… ….]

Katarina’s words gradually slowed down.

The light was fading from Katarina’s eyes.

I watched Catarina until she stopped breathing, listening to her with her listening spirit to hear her last words as she spoke.

[…] … I’ll see you soon, Mr. Philburton.]

Katarina’s breath stopped.

The cloak is tattered, and the life support system is destroyed.

Magic brainwashing leashes are meaningless since the target’s life has already been turned off.

Feeling the chill of the corpse that cooled in my arms, I bit my lip.