Chapter 70 A Demon And Time

Future, past, present, time.

The relation between those four above and their connection was still being discussed by the scientist from the earth when I transmigrated into this world.

It is a concept that is hard or close to impossible to find a definite answer.

Can you travel to the future?

Can you travel to the past? Or, if you can, what would happen when you change something from the past? Would that affect the decision you made?

There are infinitely other questions about this concept, and most of them are still being discussed.

"I hadn't seen such a thing with my eyes. What is this? What is this? This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong."

Hearing this and seeing the demon's stats, I was convinced.

'So, that was the reason why he was able to see the destiny this dwarf was holding.'

Seer.

A person who sees glimpses of the future and moves according to it.

However, can you confirm that the things you have seen in your dreams are an absolute future?

Is it certain?

Anyway, there was no need to bother with those questions since I would be fighting with him anyway.

"It is because of you. You are the one messing things up. Just who are you? Where did you come from?"

"Does it matter?"

"What?"

"Does it matter if I answer? You will die here anyways."

<Monster in the vicinity detected.>

<Trait [Witcher] is activated.>

<You are fighting against a single enemy by yourself.>

<Trait [Duelist] activated.>

/SWOOSH/

Dashing to the hybrid demon while feeling my strength increase, I attacked him with my rapier.

/CLANK/

"You will pay. You will pay, you will pay."

Repeating those things, he blocked my sword with his one hand.

/SWOOSH/

And his other three hands were not staying idle either.

/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/ /SLASH/

Dodging the first and the second one was easy, but the third one got me injuring me from my chest.

'His strength is still higher than mine. Well, I didn't expect my traits to increase my strength two ranks higher, either. There is no room for mistakes. I need to read him fast.'

'All Seeing Eye.'

The [All Seeing Eye] is not a skill that only allows me to see other people's class and rank. It also increases the information perceived by my eyes, making me notice things at a faster rate.

I suspect this is related to the [Prodigy] trait, although I can't confirm that.

/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/ /CLANK/

With his physical strength advantage, he started attacking me, not giving me any time.

'I should try to read his movements and understand the way he fights for now.'

With that thought, I got into the defensive position.

/CLANK/ /CLANK/

With a rapid sword movement, I blocked his attacks one by one.

However, no matter how good you are, it is not possible to parry or evade every attack that is coming to you. Every person is bound to make mistakes.

Therefore, slowly but steadily, wounds were accumulating on my body.

One from my shoulder.

One from my chest.

One from my forearm.

One from my left cheek.

One from my right leg.

Although none of them were deep injuries, the fight started getting harder and harder.

/SLASH/

After getting another wound on my shoulder, I gritted my teeth.

'There is something wrong here. It is like he knows which angle I will use to block.'

/CLANK/ /SWOOSH/ /SLASH/

The moment I raised my sword to block his left hand, he attacked the place where I was open with my right, not giving me any space.

/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /BOLT/

"I knew you would do that. Your time magic… It only shows you the most probable future."

Mumbling that, with lightning surrounding my finger, I touched his chest, sending a bolt.

/THUD/ /CRASH/

Then, he attacked me with his leg, making me crash into the wall.

"Cough, cough."

"Huh? Is it blank? Future is blank?"

Standing up while sweeping the blood flowing from my mouth, I caught a glimpse of a monster.

"I can't see anything. Is it blocked?"

Seeing his clueless expression and taking advantage of that fact, I gulped a potion to heal my wounds.

"Why can't I see anything? You! Did you do something?"

"Have you ever heard of singularity?"

"Singularity? What is that?"

"If what you are seeing with your dreams is a curve, then singularity is a point that is not on the curve but could be anywhere else. And I am that singularity."

"What? I don't understand anything."

"I didn't expect you to understand in the first place."

/DASH/ /SWOOSH/

With my health renewed, I dashed to the demon again, imbuing my aura to my body, as well as lightning mana to my feet.

/CLANK/ /CLANK/ /STAB/ /STAB/

Reaching in front of him, I attacked him consecutively, not letting him have his way.

He blocked the first and second ones but got attacked by the rest.

"AAAAH! IT HURTS! IT HURTS TOO MUCH!"

"You have relied on your time magic for your whole life. Without it, you are nothing but an ant for me to trample."

/STAB/ /STAB/ /STAB/ /CLANK/

He was using his time magic for the whole time to predict my movements for the short term, seeing the future.

That was the reason I was accumulating this many wounds. Even though his strength is higher than mine, I didn't think I would be losing this one-sided with direct confrontation.

To counter that, the thing I did was pretty simple.

When I touched him with the tip of my finger, I sent lightning mana into his body.

But I didn't detonate it but moved it into his body until I reached its core. And the moment I reached his core, inside it, I activated the lighting mana making his core damaged and not functioning properly.

This is called mana poisoning, in other words, and it is a very dangerous situation for a mage.

Right now, his core is not functioning properly, meaning he can't use his time magic as he did before.

'That is enough time for me to finish the fight.'

Concluding that, I grabbed my sword, opening the distance.

"AAAH! WHAT DID YOU DO? WHAT DID YOU DO!"

"Hufff…"

Letting the breath flow from my mouth, I emptied my lungs.

Closing my eyes, I focused everything on my sword.

Taking my position with my empty hand on my back and my sword raised upwards, pointing to my chin, I started channeling my aura and my lightning magic to my body.

/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/

'Sword of Lightning. The trick of the Light.'

/SWOOSH/

And dashed to it with my sword.

Seeing the sword coming, it raised its four arms to block the incoming attack.

"Huh?"

/STAB/ /CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/

But the place he defended was nothing but a feint.

My sword connected his neck. It pierced there. The lightning bolts emitted from my sword started flowing through his body from inside, messing up his inner organs while paralyzing him.

"Kurgh-"

Green blood spurting from his neck, he staggered for a second.

/SPLURT/

Taking my sword back, I focused on his body again.

/STAB/ /STAB/ /STAB/ /STAB/ /STAB/

And stabbing five times in a row with rapid speed, I pierced his critical points, marking the end of the fight.

/THUD/

And with a loud sound, it fell to the ground without having to fight anymore.

'Hmm… Quest is not finished.'

'Something is wrong.'

'All Seeing Eye.'

Turning my head to the demon staying on the ground, I saw time-attributed mana flowing from his core to the environment, making a line.

'Regression. He is regressing.'

Seeing the scars on the body slowly being removed in front of my eyes, I thought.

'Where are you? You are casting from somewhere else.'

Following the mana particles to where they pointed, I saw a kid looking at me from above.

'It is an illusion.'

/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /SWOOSH/

Without giving it anytime, I dashed to the kid-looking demon.

/STAB/

And pierced its heart.

"How, cough…."

"Just, how did you know?"

"Heh…. You don't need to know."

/SPLURT/

Taking out my sword, I grabbed the little gem on the demon's neck, smashing it.

And the moment I smashed, the body of a child turned into the body of an old demon I saw in the game.

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Name – Korennes, The Time Traveler

Age – 212

Class – Seer

Mage Rank - 6

Knight Rank – 1

Attributes – Time

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Seeing the stats in front of my eyes, I confirmed that it was the demon I was trying to catch.

<Quest [Exterminate the Demon] is finished.>

Hearing the quest just confirmed that again.

Now, let's head back there. I need to have a talk with the dwarf first.

Since the fight took quite a long time, the surrounding people started getting suspicious as well.

Although most of them didn't like the blacksmith here and they were openly discriminating against him, they were bound to get suspicious if this got too long.

There were also the sounds of explosions and sword clashing coming from there, so it was about time the city guards reached there.

With that thought, I entered the store.

Going over to the chair, I saw our target was still sitting there with his eyes dead.

"Hey. Wanna make a deal?"