Chapter 1243: 1243
I can’t kill you?
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Saleen smirked deep down . Baudelaire was thinking too highly of himself .
One of the defining characteristics of mages was that they were the most studious kind of people on any plane . Once they set their sights towards a goal, there was simply nothing that they were unable to accomplish . Baudelaire was at level-10, yet he was actually weaker than Saleen . When their equipment was taken into account, Saleen was definitely more formidable than Baudelaire .
So what if you’re a believer in the God of Purgatory? By the time Saleen reached level-11 and acquired skills like Lightning Territory, he would gain an absolute advantage against believers in gods .
“Baudelaire, get out here at once!” Saleen stressed every single word as he shouted .
The space behind Saleen twisted and a slit appeared . Baudelaire held a black scythe high, intending to cleave Saleen in half . However, Saleen’s Thundering Explosion twisted even the space around him . Baudelaire was aiming at a spot where no one was standing .
The scythe swung down and Nailisi thrust her spear into Baudelaire’s chest before Jola could make a move .
Baudelaire did not run that time . The lightning icicle emerged when the slit in space was opened, piercing Baudelaire’s back .
Blue electrical arcs jumped and Baudelaire shrieked as he made for the skies .
Electrical arcs jumped as he made for the sky . Both skills that hit him were damaging to the soul . While the lightning icicle’s power paled when compared to Grey Memory in terms of power, it was longer-lasting power . Baudelaire jumped twice, yet the lightning icicle continued to pursue him, piercing into his body and continuing to do damage .
Pfft…
Baudelaire spat out a piece of ice, expelling the lightning icicle from his body . The ice was pitch black and the lightning magic patterns on it had disappeared . However, electricity continued to rage within his body .
Baudelaire wanted to jump into another slit, but Eleanor shot another arrow right away, destroying the slit .
A level-10 professional was not capable of traversing space at will . Baudelaire was borrowing power from his god, jumping about using spatial slits in very small areas . It was something dangerous to do successfully . Saleen had no doubt that he knew what he was doing .
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Eleanor’s attack was not aimed at Baudelaire . She was simply using elvish space arrows to destroy Baudelaire’s escape routes .
“I can’t kill you? What a joke . Baudelaire, you shouldn’t have come looking trouble with me!” Saleen had a spell readied by the time he finished talking . 3,600 icicles surrounded Baudelaire, caging him in the middle and making the whole formation look like a huge ball of ice .
Baudelaire had lost any spatial slits that he would have been able to jump through . He immediately took out the Armageddon Codex . The book transformed into a golden sheet of paper, wrapping his body up .
Saleen laughed as he shot all six remaining lightning icicles at Baudelaire .
The six lightning icicles reached Baudelaire and stabbed through the Armageddon Codex . Seven signs on the golden paper spun about violently, yet it was incapable of stopping the lightning icicles .
That thing would have been able to stop Saleen’s attacks if the great head inquisitor had been using it . However, Baudelaire had never used the codex before and was unfamiliar with its properties . The ability to turn the codex into a piece of golden paper was a skill from the God of Purgatory .
The Armageddon Codex was essentially indestructible, but Saleen’s lightning icicles were simply slipping through the gaps of the codex . Like living beings, they were capable of seeking out gaps themselves .
Baudelaire’s body was covered with blue electrical arcs . The 3,600 icicles that Saleen had readied earlier launched at him after that .
The golden paper caved in violently . Baudelaire had lost all control . The 3,600 icicles were unable to tear the codex apart, but the codex was no longer a strong defense . It was as soft as cloth and was being pushed inward by Saleen’s icicles, making it thoroughly incapable of weakening the lightning icicle’s physical attacks .
“Baudelaire, tell me now, would I be able to kill you or not?” Saleen continued to attack with Thunder Explosion . Baudelaire was rendered dizzy from the skill, making him incapable of answering Saleen .
His body was created using the Divine Tablet spell and was extremely resilient . However, the electricity of the lightning icicles had carbonized most of that body, making it lose vitality .
Baudelaire only knew fear by then . However, he was not even able to speak anymore, making him unable to even surrender .
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Saleen did not let him off . All of his followers attacked at the same time . Four weapons of different lengths, three arrows, and a lesser prophecy spell fell onto the person who had only been resurrected a short time ago .
The golden paper on Baudelaire slipped off and transformed into the Armageddon Codex once again . What seeped out from his body was not blood, but thick black smoke .
He was actually able to speak in that state .
“Saleen, you shall not escape from the God of Purgatory!”
“I’m tired of hearing sh** like that . ” Saleen waved and Nailisi slashed with the Sword of Rules . Baudelaire’s head rolled onto the ground .
The Armageddon Codex flew into the sky . It was so fast that not even Saleen was able to catch up to it .
“Thank you very much, Saleen! Hahahaha!” said the great head inquisitor’s from the codex . He’s actually not dead! Furthermore, it seemed that his memories were intact even after becoming a weapon spirit .
Saleen smirked coldly and paid no heed to the Armageddon Codex flying off . The great head inquisitor was cunning to the extreme, yet his luck paled in comparison to Saleen’s . Lightning latched onto the Armageddon Codex and the great head inquisitor . It made it so that there was no way he would be able to get near Saleen in the future .
Saleen would be able to sense him within a 100-mile radius without even using his Elemental Eye .
The threat from the great head inquisitor was over .
Saleen opened the space of his necklace and threw Baudelaire’s body inside . The great head inquisitor escaped, yet Saleen had acquired a body created using the Divine Tablet Spell . The body was severely damaged and thoroughly irreparable, yet the evil rules within it served well to nourish the thunder dragons .
The thunder dragons did not fear evil things like that . The power of lightning was far more terrifying than the purifying holy light of the Lord of Glory .
“Now, you should know that I’d be able to kill you after all, eh?” Saleen smirked and looked at Nailisi’s hand which had a sliver of black aura emanating from it . It was a bit of soul splintered off from Baudelaire . Demons were capable of devouring and capturing souls .
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The splintered soul shrieked and struggled in Nailisi’s hand .
“Master, do you want this thing dead right away, or . . ?” Nailisi inquired .
“Spare me! I’ll tell you secrets about the God of Purgatory!”
“I don’t need to know any of that,” Saleen answered plainly .
Nailisi did not make her move immediately . She knew that Saleen was simply raising the stakes .
“I’ll give you something . If you think it’s worth it, then spare me . If you don’t think it’s worth your time, kill me then!” Baudelaire knew that if he were to talk terms, he would end up dead right there and then . Saleen and Theisio were enemies, so even if Saleen ended up killing him after spilling the secrets, it would still work to his advantage by dealing a crippling blow to the Holy See in the future .
It would be even better if he found a way to escape in the process .
Saleen found Baudelaire’s words to be amusing . It seems like this guy isn’t just putting up airs . That bit of soul was weak, yet there were no signs of damage to it, which meant that it would be able to be restored to its strongest form . That skill of Baudelaire’s would prove useful for death mages .
“Alright, speak . If I deem what you say to be of value, I may spare you,” Saleen answered with a smile, acting as if the overbearing mage was someone else altogether .
“Saleen, cast your territorial power . I don’t want the pope to know this!”
Saleen cast Water Element Territory right away . Baudelaire’s soul was rather weak and shuddered for a bit in Nailisi’s hand . Saleen saw that and took out a star figure . Then he took Baudelaire’s soul and chucked it into the star figure .
Baudelaire was shocked . This level-10 mage can just grab onto souls like that?
However, he quickly found that his soul was trapped within the figure and that escape was probably impossible . He went silent for quite a while . He knew that by doing this, he would be able to recover some of his strength . There were also powers that he could have used within the figure that were more or less equal to level-10 .
The problem however, was that the figure was under Saleen’s control . If he were unable to escape the figure, it would simply mean that he had become Saleen’s puppet .
Saleen then said to Baudelaire, “Do not mistake this for me trying to control you . I have better ways of doing so that would prevent you from ever turning on me . Tell me your secrets and I’ll decide what to do with you . ”
Baudelaire was shocked . It seemed that Saleen’s methods of controlling souls were indeed powerful . That woman who had been able to grab him could be more powerful than him, yet she was wholeheartedly willing to serve Saleen, calling him “Master . ”
“Saleen, I have a question . I heard that you built a Nature City . Are you a believer in the Goddess of Myers?”
“Nope, I’m the creator of Goddess of Myers . ” Saleen’s smile looked rather horrifying in Baudelaire’s eyes . Creator of the goddess?
“But…”
“I’ll only answer that one question of yours . If I’m ready to kill you, I’ll let you continue asking . Well then, out with the secrets of the God of Purgatory . ”
“The God of Purgatory has a divine persona but he doesn’t need faith from others . If he is able to continue slaughtering, he will become a level-18 god eventually, destroying planes one at a time . ” Baudelaire told Saleen the most important part first .
Baudelaire saw the hope of surviving, seeing how Saleen listened to him intently . The mage was far more powerful than he had imagined him to be . Most people would have been fazed somewhat by hearing something like that . It was worth noting that a god capable of rapid growth that could sustain himself exclusively through killing would have struck fear in any living being .
Baudelaire regretted having made an enemy out of this mage .
Mages were the true masters of that world . A truly exceptional mage could deal lethal damage to the gods, preventing the gods’ faith from being propagated .
Baudelaire had never believed any of that before, but he believed it after seeing Saleen .
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