There’s Absolutely No Problem With The Magic Cards I Made!-Chapter 209

"Fahim, it's just the two of us left now."

I held my Red Center Mask in one hand, nodded slightly, and covered my face with it.

Then I raised my head again, looking down at Fahim from a superior position.

I walked towards Fahim step by step.

Although I was illuminated by the sun, Fahim in the distance only felt that my shadow, swaying like a demon, was more conspicuous than I was.

The veins on Fahim's forehead throbbed, and in the depths of his unwilling eyes burned an almost insane fury. He stared at me eerily—like a dying, desperate wolf!

He had watched with his own eyes as Clay escaped to safety.

While he could only stay behind to face the man from the underworld.

Now I was wearing the Crown of Thorns, my face was covered with the Red Center Mask, and I had a Cursed Doll on my hand.

But not just the other reinforcements watching the center of the battlefield, even Fahim felt that I didn't look like a person no matter how he looked at me.

If I were to wander around at night, I would surely stop children from crying at night.

The first thing Fahim did after realizing I was approaching was to cancel the summoning of the 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】.

He was not only seriously injured by Clay, but his vital signs were very poor, and even more than half of his mana had been consumed.

If I were to equip the 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 with the 【Cursed Soul Mask】, causing the summon to be unable to be cancelled and doubling its mana consumption.

If he couldn't kill me in one go, then Fahim would surely die.

After all, Fahim knew very well how Ivans had died.

Without a doubt, my simplest tactic would be to add the 【Cursed Soul Mask】 to the 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 and then try my best to survive, and then use the King of Torture playstyle to wear Fahim down to death.

Fahim would certainly not repeat Ivans' mistake.

"Fahim, you know very well how high your chances of successfully escaping from the Randil Kingdom are now."

My shout had a sense of a winner's pride. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Do you think you've already won for sure?"

Fahim asked with a ferocious expression.

Although he had never been afraid of me, in his current state, the enemy he least wanted to face was undoubtedly an expert in kicking a man when he's down like me.

What was terrifying was not me, but me in this situation.

Fahim now had to face not only me, but also a host of reinforcements from the Randil Kingdom.

Besides those 7th-rank squads, the remaining soldiers and assassins also seemed particularly troublesome.

If these soldiers were determined to fight to the end, then they could still hold him up for a while if they fought to the death.

And being held up in the royal capital now was particularly fatal for Fahim.

When the 8th-rank powerhouses arrived from the royal palace, Fahim would have no escape.

However, these were not what Fahim feared the most.

What Fahim feared the most was the traitor.

Back then, due to the severe loss of funds within the Resurrection Church, both the Pontiff and the Falsehood Bishop realized that there must be a traitor at the bishop level!

If this money-grubbing traitor was the bishop who had secretly run to the Randil Kingdom without anyone's knowledge, secretly helping me, and had never appeared from beginning to end.

Then this traitor bishop was probably squatting somewhere waiting for him right now, blocking his last escape route!

Even if Fahim could escape from my hands, he would very likely be suddenly attacked by a full-health bishop at the moment he thought he was about to succeed.

This would be true despair for him, with no way out.

Fahim's only hope was that the traitor had gone to block Clay.

Then he would still have a chance!

Fahim watched as I got closer and closer, silently preparing his mana to circulate.

Both 【Corrosion and Ruin】 and 【Human Body Destruction】 had just been used on Clay.

They were currently on cooldown.

It seemed that I had chosen to make a move precisely because I was sure that both of these cards had entered cooldown, and an opportunity had arisen for Clay to seriously injure Fahim.

So Fahim's current attack methods were mainly the human body destruction spells he had mastered himself.

And...

A trump card that I had never seen before.

As long as I got a little closer, Fahim was 100% confident that he could kill me!

"Dekan! Do you need our help?"

On the outskirts of the battlefield.

Ellie, the leader of the Southern Kingdoms' team, shouted to me.

Although she wanted to come and support me, she didn't dare to approach Fahim rashly.

The other support troops were the same, scattered far away without trying to surround Fahim too tightly.

On the one hand, Fahim's area-of-effect magic was too terrifying, and they could easily be wiped out.

On the other hand, they would likely not only be of no help, but would also be devoured by Fahim's re-summoned 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 after its cooldown ended.

That would put me in a very bad spot.

If the 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 could devour enough nutrients, Fahim would risk having me equip the 【Cursed Soul Mask】 on it and forcibly use this summon.

A sufficiently fed 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 would be an existence that even an 8th-rank would have difficulty dealing with, capable of carving a path for Fahim.

Just as Fahim was hoping for this group of cannon fodder to come and feed themselves to him.

I just raised my hand.

Signaling Ellie not to approach for the time being.

"Without my instructions, all of you stay far away!"

"Let us know anytime if you need support!"

Ellie shouted with a solemn expression, exchanged a glance with the leader of the knight order, and then retreated another circle.

When it came to dealing with bishops, they still trusted the professionals.

I nodded and continued to walk towards Fahim.

"Dekan...!"

Fahim gritted his teeth and looked at me.

He knew that I wasn't telling these people not to come up.

I was just waiting for the best moment when they were needed, not giving Fahim any chance to escape.

When Fahim was sure that the enemy's reinforcements were also completely cooperating with my strategy, he felt that things would be very difficult for him next.

He had originally hoped that I would have some pig teammates to cause trouble.

For example, that team from the Northern Kingdoms would definitely screw me over at a critical moment.

At least they wouldn't let my plan proceed smoothly!

But until now, not a single person from that team had appeared!

Fahim felt as if his heart was filled with lead, and every beat was exceptionally heavy.

The situation was becoming increasingly irreversible.

Under my command, facing encirclement and suppression, let alone whether he could kill me, he could at most consider how many people he could take down with him before he died.

And I, the king of survival, would very likely come out unscathed.

Because Fahim discovered.

This fellow, me, seemed to have never been injured in the slightest!

Even my clothes were clean.

No matter what powerful enemy I faced, or what kind of battlefield I went through, Fahim had never seen my clothes get dirty!

If it was once or twice.

It could be said to be a coincidence.

But when it happened many times, it could only be said that there was an inevitability in the coincidence.

Fahim even had a premonition that even if he killed everyone present, I would still be standing there unscathed.

Fahim only felt aggrieved.

If this battle was fought to the end, even if Fahim could kill a few 7th-ranks.

What was the point if he himself died?

Whether it was the 8th-rank powerhouses of the various kingdoms of the Kingdom Federation, or the holy knights of the Church of the Sun God, Fahim had never been afraid of them.

He took pleasure in toying with and slaughtering those who wanted to capture him.

Anyone who dared to cause trouble for him, he would find an opportunity to slaughter all their relatives and friends.

Leaving no bones behind, turning them into corrupt blood.

He even liked to hide at the scene, waiting for the enemy to come home to see the tragic sight, observing the enemy's misery and wails.

He enjoyed this feeling of observing the enemy, while the enemy couldn't even find him nearby.

And afterwards, he would leave some evidence, letting the enemy deduce that he had been close by all along, but the enemy just couldn't find him.

And whenever the enemy formed a connection with someone, Fahim would kill those people in the blink of an eye.

Until the enemy no longer dared to form a connection with anyone.

Every time he saw the angry and desperate eyes of those who hunted him, it was an unparalleled enjoyment for Fahim.

He still wanted to take his forbidden magic to the next level.

Not just human body destruction, but also human body alchemy and human body synthesis magic.

He wanted to see more wonderful expressions.

He wanted to turn the fruits of his research into fruits of joy.

He had always been the one in control of the enemy's life and death.

Now, his life could only be exchanged for a few 7th-ranks and a group of cannon fodder!

He could not accept it!

However, just as Fahim was feeling extremely unwilling.

"Fahim, let's have a bishop's duel. This is the only chance I'm giving you."

A faint whisper entered Fahim's ears, making his eyes tremble.

I was wearing a mask, so no one could see my lips moving.

But Fahim was very sure that this was my voice.

I was making him an offer.

A bishop's duel was a dueling ceremony between bishops of the Resurrection Church.

With the consent of both parties, they would use their respective Bishop's Certificates to start the ceremony and conduct a fair one-on-one duel. The winner would be able to seize the bishop authority of the loser!

Once either party actively violated the principle of a one-on-one duel.

They would suffer a strong backlash from the Bishop's Certificate!

If a bishop simply killed another bishop under normal circumstances.

Even if it was a one-on-one kill, the bishop could not repeatedly take away their bishop authority.

The authority to appoint a vacant bishop would return to the Pontiff, and the deceased's Bishop's Certificate would also lose its power.

But if another bishop was defeated in a bishop's duel, the Pontiff would not be able to take back the appointment authority.

The winner would have a Bishop's Certificate with dual authority.

This was a function that I could read in the Bishop's Certificate.

Although I still didn't know what specific use a Bishop's Certificate with higher authority would have.

But since Minos said she couldn't tell me when I asked, it meant that multiple bishop authorities would definitely have an effect that would seriously harm the Resurrection Church!

As far as I knew, if a bishop's vote was held in a bishop's meeting, and they could gather six votes, they could even depose the Pontiff.

And then elect a new Pontiff.

And the holder of a dual-authority Bishop's Certificate would have two votes in the voting.

Of course, it was still too difficult to gather six votes to oust the Pontiff.

Even if they expelled the 9th-rank Pontiff, it would mainly just mess with the Pontiff's mind, making the Pontiff exist in name but not in reality.

The followers loyal to the Resurrection Church would still follow the Pontiff, this supreme powerhouse.

But if they could really get six votes to veto the Pontiff, then the Resurrection Church would undoubtedly be on the verge of splitting.

Of course.

The conditions for initiating a bishop's duel were extremely harsh.

First, it required the consent of both parties.

Under normal circumstances, bishops were unwilling to risk their bishop status to fight to the death like this.

If you wanted to fight, the other party was unlikely to agree.

Furthermore, the Pontiff had explicitly forbidden bishops from using their Bishop's Certificates to conduct such ceremonies privately.

Except for a guy like me who had openly rebelled.

I was not afraid of the Pontiff at all.

In addition, it was very difficult for a bishop to really decide a winner in a one-on-one fight.

PART 2

Apart from the Finality Bishop and the Falsehood Bishop, it was almost impossible for the other bishops to achieve a stable victory in a fair one-on-one duel without external help.

So no one would be stupid enough to fight another bishop to the death.

But now, there was a new possibility.

Fahim had been cornered.

And the bishop's duel I proposed was Fahim's almost only chance to turn the tables!

Although no bishop would agree to a duel when they were low on health and mana.

But in the current situation, regardless of whether the bishop's duel was forbidden by the Pontiff, or whether the bishop's duel was truly fair.

Fahim had to prioritize his own survival!

If I really agreed to a one-on-one duel with him.

Then the situation would become that he could ignore my reinforcements and kill me first!

And once this ragtag group lost my command and support, they would be nothing to fear!

Fahim would have a chance to use the 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 to devour them all, and then take control of the invincible 【Corrupt Alchemy Beast】 to fight his way out.

At that time, even if there was a traitor bishop who wanted to block him, he would have the strength to fight!

"Are you sure?"

Fahim suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked me in a low voice.

I said nothing, just reached into my bosom and activated the Bishop's Certificate's bishop duel mode.

Fahim immediately felt a duel request on his Bishop's Certificate.

If Fahim accepted, then this duel would be established.

Fahim did not hesitate to grab the Bishop's Certificate and start the bishop duel.

"Hahahaha! Dekan! You're overconfident!!!"

Fahim laughed wildly.

He was like a person who had been without rain for a long time in the desert.

No matter how bad his condition was at this time.

He couldn't think of how I could beat him in a one-on-one fight!!!

All of my strength was built on the strength of my teammates.

I had to coordinate and act as a command tower to exert my strength!

And choosing to face a bishop head-on in a one-on-one fight was undoubtedly the stupidest choice of my life!

Fahim believed that I must have some confidence to choose to duel him.

However.

Even if I might guess that Fahim still had a trump card, it was absolutely impossible for me to guess what Fahim's trump card was specifically.

I would pay a heavy price for my greed and arrogance!

【Bone-Corroding Blood-Melting】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Orange Epic】

【Rank: 3】

【Effect: Adds a "Corrosion" status to a single target within a 30-meter radius. A body in the Corrosion status will gradually rot and decay for 10 seconds. The Corrosion status cannot be removed by purification.】

【Note: Life accelerator.】

As long as I got a little closer, and it was certain that I had no chance to escape, Fahim would immediately hit me with 【Bone-Corroding Blood-Melting】, the lower-tier replacement for 【Corrosion and Ruin】.

The effect of this card was much weaker than the area-of-effect spell 【Corrosion and Ruin】, and the 【Corrosion】 status could not be stacked.

So Fahim had not used it on Clay before.

However.

The cooldown time of this card now was outside of my calculations!

A 4th-rank me could not use the 6th-rank magic 【Forced Dispel】 to remove the 【Corrosion】 status.

And I, who was afflicted with the 【Corrosion】 status, would rot to the point of having no bones left in just a few seconds!

The information gap brought by Fahim's trump card 【Bone-Corroding Blood-Melting】 would be the cause of my death, giving me no chance to counter!

Confirming that the bishop's duel had taken effect, Fahim also revealed a sinister smile and approached me.

The distance between the two of them gradually shortened to within thirty meters.

And I still had no fear, and did not notice at all that death was approaching.

I seemed to have no idea that Fahim was about to use this 【Bone-Corroding Blood-Melting】!

"Die, Dekan!"

Fahim decisively used Corrosion and Ruin!

At this distance, unless I knew spatial magic, it was impossible to dodge 【Bone-Corroding Blood-Melting】.

And I, who was hit and afflicted with the 【Corrosion】 status, also showed a panicked and stunned expression.

I obviously hadn't expected Fahim to have such a move!

I couldn't get rid of this status myself!

However, in the midst of my panic.

The next second, the 【Corrosion】 status was dispelled by a 【Forced Dispel】 that came from nowhere.

At the same time.

Cloix, who had been maintaining an invisible state in the sky, also finally revealed himself.

It seemed that he had been forced to act just now and could only dispel the 【Corrosion】 status for me to save me.

Fahim looked at Cloix in mid-air and frowned slightly.

But soon, Fahim revealed a happy smile.

He had won.

Although I had escaped the 【Corrosion】 status at this time, I was clutching my chest in pain, as if I was about to collapse to the ground at any moment.

Although there was still a high-rank mage that Fahim had not discovered who helped me survive.

But I had already violated the one-on-one principle of the bishop's duel.

My Bishop's Certificate would cause a severe backlash to me!

I would have thrown away my life for nothing!

A 4th-rank me could not withstand the backlash of the Bishop's Certificate!

"Dekan!! You lost! You underestimated the power of the Bishop's Certificate's backlash!"

Fahim laughed wildly, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain. Looking at me struggling in pain, he seemed to have victory in his grasp.

"No!!!"

I roared desperately, as if the backlash of the Bishop's Certificate was making every second unbearable for me.

Perhaps I would die faster than if I had been hit by the 【Corrosion】 status!

Fahim's laughter was piercingly harsh. He shouted at me, quite intoxicated:

"Dekan, you probably never thought you would screw up at a time like this, did you?! Your expression is really so..."

"Irresistible, right?"

My sudden teasing tone interrupted Fahim's passionate speech.

I let go of my chest and looked at Fahim as if nothing had happened.

The previous pain was an act.

Purely to see the wonderful expression Fahim would show during his great ups and downs.

Fahim was stunned at first, then the sudden turn of events made the hairs on his body stand on end.

His cognition told him that something was wrong.

But he couldn't understand!

"How is that possible?! You clearly violated the one-on-one principle."

Fahim roared in a fit of rage.

"Hehe."

I shook my head and sneered, patting the shoulder of Cloix who had already landed beside me:

"I, the great summoner Dekan, am having a fair duel. What's wrong with summoning a person?"

"You're bullsh***ing!"

The Bishop's Certificate of the Resurrection Church was a divine object from ancient times. It was impossible for me to fool it through self-hypnosis or by being a scoundrel!!

However.

When Fahim sensed the Bishop's Certificate.

He found that this duel had not been destroyed!

Which meant that the Bishop's Certificate still recognized this as a fair and ongoing duel!

"Impossible!!!"

Fahim roared at the top of his lungs.

This mage was so obviously fighting two-on-one!

How could this be called a duel!!!

"Is it cheating if it's open? I said I'm the great summoner Dekan, and this is my Caster, Cloix."

I tilted my chin up and said proudly.

"You f***ing...!"

Suddenly, the roaring Fahim seemed to realize something.

He used an identification magic on Cloix.

He found.

He had successfully identified card attributes from Cloix!!

【Cloix Kuran】

【Category: Summon Card】

【Grade: Orange Epic】

【Rank: 6】

【Effect: All magic damage is converted into healing. Accompanied by misfortune.】

【Note: Holy, merciful, compassionate.】

"Oops, you found out."

I stuck out my tongue and lightly tapped my head.

"What is going on?!!!"

Fahim had never heard of being able to identify summon attributes on a person!

If this technology could be realized.

It could potentially become the basis for extending to super-forbidden magic.

Perhaps one day.

It might even be possible to truly turn living beings into summon cards!!

This was the true forbidden magic!!

Realizing that Fahim had already understood the truth, I couldn't be bothered to play with him anymore.

"Hehe, Fahim, did you think your little dirty tricks could turn the tables? Although I indeed didn't know you had a lower-tier replacement card. But, I never intended to duel according to your understanding from the very beginning."

After speaking, I showed a card and looked at Fahim with a sneer.

【Demon Curse Seal】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Purple Rare】

【Rank: 4】

【Effect: Can add a "Summon" attribute to a friendly creature, continuously consuming mana for the "Summon" and giving it a small attribute correction. The attribute correction is 10% of the user's attributes.】

【Note: Are you my Servant?】

This 【Demon Curse Seal】 could not turn a person into a real summon card.

But it could give a person the attribute of a "summon card."

Besides being able to add some stats to a teammate, it could also allow the teammate to receive some support magic that only worked on summons.

Of course, these support magics for summons were generally only learned by summoners.

In addition, there were disadvantages to a teammate being given the summon attribute, such as being easily scouted out by the enemy's high-rank identification magic in an instant.

Furthermore, if they encountered an enemy card with the effect of "directly destroy summon," the teammate might die instantly.

However, my purpose for using this card was very simple.

It was to be able to have a fair and just duel in the bishop's duel!

Isn't it only natural for a summoner to summon a summon to help fight?