I Refused To Be Reincarnated-Chapter 445: The World Devourer’s True Terror

The insect chimaera screeched in pure horror as the clanging of its chitin reverberated through the silent arena.

"Kekeke."

A vicious laugh permeated by madness shattered everyone’s sense of safety despite the distance.

Dread’s icy fingers gripped their hearts as they anticipated the creature’s appearance.

Contrary to their expectations of seeing shining stars, billowing fogs, or the appearance of a dreadful stallion.

A wrinkly man walked out of the castle, his casual stroll raising a wave of hushed whispers.

After noticing the attack value displayed above his head, they exploded into boisterous chatter and even cursed him after the dramatic summoning.

ATK 0

"Hahaha. What can a mana-less tier-one old scientist do? You almost scared me with that grand show and determined roars."

Mia’s derisive sneer filled the arena.

Yet, the chimaera’s despair-filled shrieks intensified with each step the man took.

And he understood it. The horrors the man committed were branded into its very soul. Even in death, it would never forget or forgive him.

"You thought you could stop my rise with a tier-five monster? By cheating? I declare loud and clear before everyone. Cheat all you want. Fill your decks with horrible monsters. You’ll need them because I am the best!"

He cut through her snickers, his voice as sharp and lethal as the tier-nine demonic cleaver and his defiance burning brighter than its flames.

Then, he continued, slamming his desk as his command fused through the air.

"Hey bastard, quit laughing and do your thing."

Upon hearing his voice, Ignatius’ shoulders trembled with rage and fear.

Without wasting a second, he pointed at the chimaera’s heart.

Compelled by a force escaping the crowd’s and Mia’s comprehension, the dark monster dropped to its knees, crying in anguish. But no one could save it from its creator.

In a dark blur, it plunged its claws into its chest, chitin and blood flying in a bone-chilling rain.

Then, Ignatius inserted something into it before its old body collapsed and exploded into a rain of sparks. Dead.

A stunned silence descended. The man died? Just after arriving?

"Booh!"

"Give up already if you are going to make your monsters kill themselves!"

"The heck was that proud declaration? You’re just throwing alchemical powder at our eyes!"

Amidst the burgeoning chaos, Shepard noticed the chimaera’s open chest shift.

"Something terrible is happening."

Despite his arcanist tier and all the lethal spells at his disposal, a feeling of pure dread he had never felt again after his confrontation with the evil ghost king shattered his confidence.

ROAR

A sudden roar shattered everyone’s doubts the next second, forcing them to watch slack-jawed.

Like a terrifying mass of broken muscles and chitin, the chimaera’s frame bloated. In a second, the ugly mess reached eight meters before thick gorilla arms sprouted.

Four leathery wings shot from its back, raising a furious gale as they unfurled. A mix of cheetah’s and bear’s paws, ending in blade-like claws, came to grace the terror’s lower body.

Even their wildest nightmares wouldn’t have shown them something so horrifying.

Everyone trembled, the noise of their chattering legs and teeth echoing. The smell of ammonia rose from places where weaker minds couldn’t handle the shock.

Finally, a horrifying head blossomed above a colossal monkey’s torso. Its maw glinted with rows of razor-sharp triangular teeth as its falcon’s eyes peered through the crowd’s soul.

"Kekeke."

Ignatius’ contorted laugh reverberated, forcing the arcanists to frown in unison.

The threat emanating from the creature was off the charts. Even its attack was unnatural for a tier four monster.

ATK 3200

"Shut up and eat, bastard!"

Adam’s command overwhelmed the laughter, returning a semblance of composure to the others.

Yet, it shattered the next second as the gorilla’s arms gripped the struggling Dullahan and the banshee queen.

Eyes glinting with greed, it threw them into its mouth, gulping as he swallowed the once powerful creatures.

"Ignatius the devourer’s effect: if he is summoned using a chimaera monster, he can parasitise its body, rising to the fourth tier and becoming Ignatius the world devourer. I can then sacrifice as many monsters as I possess to feed his evolution."

His words lingered for a second, and his fists shook as Mia’s convulsing hand registered in his eyes.

Then, he roared, swinging his fist in her direction.

"He inherits half their natural strength and one of their effects!"

"Kekeke."

The mad laughter chilled the arena as the attack value soared.

ATK 3200->5800

But Ignatius’ show was far from over. As he digested the two ghosts, sending them straight to the graveyard, its muscles shifted again, condensing and turning pale.

Its size reduced to three meters, and its bestial limbs refined themselves to look ghostly.

"Bring the Dullahan back and destroy the annoying lizard."

An obsidian great sword appeared in its hand as he shrieked like a banshee. In a swirl of grey fog, the Dullahan rose from the dead, the noise of legs shaking in its greaves reverberating.

Before everyone’s chaotic mind, Ignatius disappeared next. Not even the arcanists could follow his movement.

SRIEK

An agonising shriek rumbled in the arena as a colossal head spiralled into the sky the next second.

The several dozen-meter-tall dragon’s body plunged next, shattering the mountainous terrain and raising an obscure veil of scarlet dust.

"Use the Dullahan’s effect to destroy her castle!"

At his icy command, Mia’s arrogance shattered like a mirror. Questions raged in her mind, deafening the surrounding chaos. How did a tier-five elemental dragon lose so fast? Where did such a nightmarish creature exist? How did he get that card?

Despite her confusion, the arcanists knew one of the answers. And among them, Shepard knew two.

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"That crazy brat! That’s why he almost died. He fought a tier-four mythical creature last year!"

Shepard clutched his head in disbelief, finally slotting the puzzle’s pieces together.

Meanwhile, a rain of cursed spears shattered Mia’s second castle as the Dullahan’s stallion marched to her last.

’This duel is finally over.’

Adam sighed, a sense of relief washing over him, releasing the tension gripping his nerves.

Then, weakness assaulted him, forcing him to clutch the desk’s edges to remain standing.

Despite the victory, the duel’s mental toll shook his soul’s core. He had almost lost, then almost won, only to almost lose again. But finally, finally, everything will end on the next turn.

No matter what Mia did, she wouldn’t come back. Ignatius was just too powerful after devouring two tier-four monsters. Even if she could bring her dragon by some miracle, it would only die again.

He closed his eyes, waiting for her next move.

Yet, contrary to his expectation, silence lingered.

Then she yelled, pulling her hair in disbelief, tearing locks out.

"It’s impossible! You can’t beat the tier-five monster Edgar gave me. You are a bastard, a cheater."

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"Coming from a cheater, I almost feel offended. But I didn’t. I killed the bastard with my own two hands."

He shook his head, amused by her sore loser attitude after all the perverse provocations.

"Lies! Deceptions! How dare you sully my and my mentor’s honor? You deserve death!"

In a shocking show of folly, she gripped the grimoire resting on her belt and glistening wand.

Chants reverberated next, causing everyone’s eyes to bulge at her decision. She had given up on the duel and prepared to attack!