In Type-Moon, people create a magic family lineage

They just can't see it anymore.

What she understood even more was...

"Lu Kang's mystery seems to have no end in sight."

No matter when or where, they can respond with precision.

No matter what kind of crisis they face, they can resolve it easily.

This is.

"The astonishing accumulation passed down through generations of Lukang Tuval Luvist!"

A voice rang in Yuju's ears, gentle and compassionate, yet seemingly containing endless allure.

Yuzhu instinctively stepped back and turned around, looking in the direction of the sound. Her black dress fluttered as she stood ready for battle.

Hearing the sound, Aoko looked over and saw a young woman with long, flowing hair and an astonishingly voluptuous figure that even her extremely conservative nun's robes couldn't conceal. She was slightly taken aback: "...Is she an enemy?"

Aoko didn't know who this was.

But judging from Yu-joo's attitude alone, she could understand what was going on.

"Not?"

Kichijou-in Kihara smiled and said, "I have submitted to the 'Lord of All Demons,' Lu Kang."

"I am no longer your enemy."

Lord of all demons—?

What kind of strange nickname is this?

Aoko scratched her head.

Yuzhu, however, did not believe it...

A buzzing sound suddenly appeared, and a distortion appeared in the space, which attracted their attention again, causing them to look in the direction of the sound and look at Lu Kang who had 'returned'.

as well as.

Before him knelt a woman with short red hair, panting.

"Aozaki Touko!"

Aoko spoke.

“Hu…ha…”

The mountain-like puppets vanished into thin air during the 'World Collapse' spell, along with the 'Ancestor's' principle blood ring and the mysterious city-sized foundation contained within them.

The artificial demon eye burned away, the runes stopped spinning.

In that apocalyptic world, they couldn't even muster the slightest resistance.

In the end, all that remained was Aozaki Touko herself, hidden within it.

Ultimately, after the 'realm barrier' faded, she was the only one who reappeared in the unreplaced world, as if returning to her roots.

And Lu Kang, who still exudes mystery even in the apocalypse.

But Aozaki Touko, whose body was almost unable to support itself after being separated from its body, was still filled with fear.

She knew... that the man opposite her might have the ability to kill her completely—as long as that broken mental image touched her soul, then no matter how she shifted her consciousness or replaced her with any puppet, she would ultimately not escape the fate of disintegration and demise.

So she gasped for breath.

So she was not only physically exhausted, but her will was also trembling.

She also barely had time to respond to Aoko's calls.

"It looks like I won."

Lu Kang lowered his eyes and said.

Although it wasn't an easy task.

Although it took some effort.

But the victory is absolutely undeniable.

If you do it a thousand times or ten thousand times, the result will be the same—undoubtedly.

Orange didn't answer, but struggled to lift her eyes, forced a smile that was pale and weak.

Her challenge... failed!

"orange--"

The next instant, a ferocious roar suddenly appeared, and a golden wolf image leaped out of the air and crashed down.

The golden wolf Beowulf had already reformed its form, but it hadn't been included in the Reality Marble along with him. At this moment, seeing the orange in danger, it instinctively rushed out.

Then Lu Kang waved his hand, and they were defeated again—scattered.

“This is none of your business, you fake wolf in sheep’s clothing.” He spoke, and his words were almost law.

But the golden wolf will be reassembled in the blink of an eye.

Continuous

Even if you are no match for them, you must do your best.

"Enough, Beo!"

Orange suddenly spoke up, stopping Him.

Beo's solidified form paused, and he turned to look at the red-haired woman who was staggering to her feet. He opened his mouth, but all he heard was her say:

"I lost."

"The loser must naturally accept the punishment."

She's not capable of losing.

Chengzi's gaze toward Lu Kang was direct and unwavering.

She is a Grand Magician, a master puppeteer of unparalleled skill, and she has her own pride.

Yu-zhu remained motionless, observing the scene without intervening.

Kichijouin Kihara watched this scene with a smile on his face, looking on with anticipation like someone watching a show.

Aoko hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

She knew that she hadn't really contributed much in the battle with Orange, and she was also aware that she didn't really have much of a say.

But no matter what, Aozaki Touko is still her older sister.

anyway...

"Lu Kang, are you going to kill her?"

Aoko didn't want her few remaining loved ones in the world to die like this.

Even if the other party was initially targeting her.

Even so.

"If possible, spare her life!"

Aoko spoke in this way.

"Ha... How indecisive you are, Blue Mage!"

Orange couldn't help but retort sarcastically, "Don't think that just because you let me go, I'll repay your kindness—"

"Hmm? There's no such thing in the world of magicians!" Aoko smiled, not looking at Lu Kang, but staring intently at Orange. She spoke each word clearly and firmly:

“I know I have no right to say such things.”

“I also know that Lu Kang’s goal is actually the same as Chengzi’s.”

"If you can let her go... I'll give you whatever you want."

Even the power of 'magic'.

"Even if you let her go, she will still harass and attack you relentlessly?" Lu Kang looked at the determined girl.

“Even so,” Aoko smiled, “even without magic—I will still use my own power to defeat her!”

Orange fell silent.

Lu Kang laughed out loud.

He looked at Aozaki Touko, who was disheveled after standing up, and stared at the woman in front of him.

"Did you hear that?"

He said, "Did you notice?"

"Although the power of magic is great, only those who can despise magic can control it."

Aozaki Touko did indeed notice.

This is really...

A paradoxical spiral belonging to the magician.

"Completely contradictory!"

But the mysterious world is full of contradictory things, isn't it?

"By the way."

Lu Kang smiled and said, "I have 'mastered' the power of magic—"

"We don't need you to give us anything anymore!"

Chapter 166 The Stolen Magic Fragments, Aoko's Feelings and Aoko's Helplessness

In the end, Lu Kang let Aozaki Touko go.

Respecting Qingzi's wishes—plus, Lu Kang himself didn't care much about her.

Although he acknowledged the Grand Magician's ability to cause trouble, Lu Kang did not believe that Aozaki Touko posed absolutely no threat to him. Given enough time and materials, perhaps in ten, a hundred, or a thousand years, she could indeed create something extraordinary.

But Lu Kang has more confidence in himself than in the approval of others.

If he, who possesses a 'simulator,' can still be caught by it, then his life has been in vain.

So in the end, he only placed a deep 'curse' on Aozaki Touko, preventing her from ever setting foot on the land of Misaki City again—once she gets close, she will be transformed into a Madagascar frog under the power of the curse, losing all mystery and all the fundamental nature of being human.

Such a curse is absolutely impossible to break.

Unless she can even abandon her own 'soul'.

Watching the red-haired woman limp away, supported by the golden werewolf, Lu Kang silently withdrew his gaze. Recalling the astonished look in Chengzi's eyes when she finally spoke to him, he couldn't help but smile.

The laughter was...quite wicked.

"So, a Grand-rank genius is merely the threshold to my rank!"

He said it so shamelessly.

He then looked at the remaining three people in front of him—two girls and a young woman, responding to Aoko's slightly disdainful gaze and her words: "Your smile... is just like those perverted professors who enjoy experimenting on frogs. It's chilling."

The girl complained.

“What’s more interesting than watching pretty girls fight when you’re experimenting with frogs?” Lu Kang didn’t care at all, still full of his mischievous humor: “Not to mention you can ‘learn’ something from it.”

"Cough..." Faced with the boy's impolite words, Aoko couldn't help but cough a few times.

She hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask again:

"So, you really have mastered the power of 'magic'?"

Is it merely through 'spectating'?

Yuzu and Kichijoin Kihara, who were standing nearby, also cast curious glances their way.

Curious about whether Lu Kang's words to Aozaki Touko were true or not—even Aoko, who was most ignorant about the mystery, had come to understand in these days what kind of extraordinary power magic was, and even more so the difficulty of controlling such power.

That was something even Aozaki Touko had painstakingly planned.

It is the 'mystery' that even the 'monks and nuns' and the 'heavenly demons' Kichijoin Kihara desire.