I Am The Anti-Mage

Chapter 109: Integrate

“Kneel!” Tagka shouted the word while his hand motions were like holding Ji-woo from afar.

Ji-woo chuckles while clutching his stomach.

Tagka was confused, and it made him fix the position of the hand holding the sky blue and amethyst Sphere. He tried the magic spell again after adjusting his hand position on the Sphere.

Ji-woo kindly opened his mouth for the Lizard Man to stop the futile attempt.

“Alright, Put that hand down. You won’t be able to extract or drain any Mana from me. It’s pointless.”

“Impossible!!”

Tagka was wide-eyed at what Ji-woo said. It fit with what he was doing.

Usually, Rare Mana could not get used if it had not broken the Sphere. But, Tagka was a little different. He was a distant descendant of a Dragon Ancestor. Thus, the blood that flowed in his body was able to attract and use Rare Mana from the Sphere. It was because Dragons were sacred creatures in magic. In particular, Dragon’s tongue was a magic language that got known to be very powerful. So, all things related to magic spells would be easy to use or learn by the Dragons or their descendants.

Tagka itself was not much different. Even though it only had a few Dragon genes. He was still considered their descendant. That was why he could use Rare Mana, and that was arguably his most powerful ability.

However, Tagka’s hidden ability to drain the Mana of magical creatures didn’t work at all against the human in front of him. How did it happen? This ability was his trump card in a battle. Even the other beings, who were stronger than him, wouldn’t be able to do anything once he drained their Mana.

‘Then how can that human be okay? Moreover, he knows what I want to do. No! It must have been just a bluff. I have to do it again. This human is strong. I know because it can defeat hundreds of my skeletons. It is the only way!’

Tagka tried to convince himself of the incident. He was sure it was just bullsh*t. He then straightened his hand to the front again while the other hand was busy rubbing the sky blue and amethyst Sphere.

Ji-woo hummed in amusement. It didn’t matter how many times the Lizard Man did that, even if thousands of times. It still wouldn’t work. How could one drain his Mana when he had no Mana in the first place?

Before long, Tagka started sweating profusely after 30 seconds of nothing happening to Ji-woo. Even Ji-woo was standing healthy and upright in front of him. Not falling to the ground on his knees and feeling short of breath or any reaction that showed Mana was gone from the human body.

Tagka then lifted the sky blue and amethyst Sphere with both hands. He brushed it like someone who was begging for mercy while kneeling. He stared intently at the magic item.

Ji-woo sighed. He didn’t want to watch the comedy scene any longer.

“Let me put an end to this farce.”

Tagka was shocked to hear that and raised his face toward the front. But only to find that Ji-woo closed the distance between them in an instant.

Ji-woo appeared in front of Tagka and launched a kick to the neck, which he did while his left foot was still on the ground. His right leg came from the right to the left side of Tagka.

Kaboom!

Tagka got thrown and rolled on the ground, leaving marks as far as he got blown away.

Ji-woo raised his eyebrows. He didn’t expect the Lizard Man could surprise him in such a situation. He smirked after seeing that only the sky blue and amethyst Sphere was left on the muddy throne while another Sphere of denim and black color was in the creature’s hands.

‘That creature let go of the Chrono Sphere only to take the Darkness Sphere when it gets kicked. Interesting!’

Tagka got up in a staggered state while holding a round object that fitted perfectly in his hand. He also spat out dark red blood from his mouth.

‘One more hit. And I will be dead for sure!’

Ji-woo also didn’t stay still and dashed again toward Tagka. The Spheres he needed were right in front of his eyes. It meant no need to beat around the bush anymore to integrate it with the Nullifier.

Tagka couldn’t move anymore and just waited for the attack to come. A single blow that had yet to come into contact with him was able to make him feel how powerful the punch was.

Kaboom!

Ji-woo landed his powerful punch but only to hit nothing, and only the denim and black colored Sphere was there, where the Lizard Man stood before. However, he was not surprised and waited in front of the Sphere.

After tens of seconds, Tagka reappeared right above the denim and black Sphere lying on the ground. Now, Tagka was the one who was surprised when he saw Ji-woo still in front of him. Ji-woo acted like he had been waiting for him and knew that he would appear again in the same place.

“H-How did you know?”

Ji-woo smirked. “Because I’ve used it before.”

Tagka gulped and immediately got strangled by Ji-woo in the neck. He coughed then got lifted by Ji-woo above the ground.

“You were unlucky this time to meet me. Your ability to drain Mana is brilliant. Unfortunately, I’m a being that won’t be able to possess Mana, which means I have no such thing at all, to begin with.”

Ji-woo wrecked Tagka’s neck and knocked the creature to the ground after no more movement that showed any signs of life. Tagka’s body emitted white light. It then turned into a Dungeon Bead after the Lizard Man’s body disappeared.

Ji-woo picked up both the denim and black colored Sphere along with the Dungeon Bead. He went back to the muddy throne and took the blue sky and amethyst Sphere with him.

He thought about integrating the two Spheres with the Nullifier in the dungeon. It was because the time difference with the outside world is vastly different. That could be an advantage because what he would do was quite tiring and painful later.

Ji-woo put the Dungeon Bead inside the Spatial Bag and took a deep breath. He needed to make sure nothing could happen when he integrated the two powers into one. He wanted to use Null Eyes again after the first time using it a long time ago.

Then he clasped his hands together.

Zasp–

Ji-woo’s color of eyes changed to dark blue. Everything he saw turned into white and black threads. The ability almost allowed him to be able to see the whole dungeon.

Hmmph–

Blood oozed from Ji-woo’s nose and mouth, but he didn’t care. He continued to force the ability of those eyes to check his surroundings. He knew using the technique when he still hadn’t recovered his true strength was harmful to his body.

Ji-woo’s expression changed, and he clenched his teeth fiercely, trying harder.

‘Good!’

He had already made sure there was nothing left in the dungeon that could pose a threat to him.

Hosh, Hosh–

Ji-woo’s eye color returned to normal. However, his breath was heavy. He wiped the blood from his nose and mouth with his long sleeve.

“Geez! It still gives me a burden even though I’ve increased my endurance with the weights.”

He sat on the ground with his legs crossed. He held both Spheres in each hand. He didn’t want to rest because of the weight his body was carrying at the moment. However, he would be in more pain than this once the process started. So, it was better to accumulate them all together.

“It’s the time to merge with me, Chrono Sphere and Darkness Sphere!”

Ji-woo clasped his hands tightly, even to the point that his veins bulged out. Before long, both Spheres shattered, and the Rare Mana of the two objects exploded and became chaotic in midair.

He put both his palms forward and seemed to be pulling the two Rare Mana together.

“Come to me!!”

The two Rare Mana seemed to answer the call and swiftly entered Ji-woo’s palms simultaneously.

Swoosh–

Ji-woo couldn’t sense the two Rare Mana that went inside his body. But, he could feel the pain already struck all over his body.

He bit his lip and fell to the ground. He groaned in pain until he had to hit his head on the spot. He twitched as he rolled to left and right. And finally, unable to hold it in any longer, he screamed so loudly that the entire wetland was swept away by a violent shockwave. The ground shook and cracked quite a lot. The shockwave almost caused the wetlands to dry up.

Meanwhile, outside the Portal Gate, Dal-soo stood waiting for Ji-woo to come out. He didn’t believe what the two of them had talked about earlier. But, he could sense that Ji-woo was not after humans or hunters.

Dal-soo took a deep breath. Even when he was sure Ji-woo wasn’t a threat to the hunters. He wasn’t even sure if that was a good thing or not.

‘Let’s discuss this later with Chairman Yu first. Anyway, what’s going on? It’s been almost 3 hours now, yet the Portal Gate isn’t closing?’

Zap, Zap–

Suddenly, Ji-woo came out from the tier-3 Portal Gate and fell on his knees.

The Portal Gate dissipated, and Dal-soo came close despite being taken aback by that sight.

Ji-woo was the one who could beat Dal-soo, an S-rank hunter, with ease. But look at his condition now. He got battered, and blood was visible all over his body.

Was there a notably powerful being in a tier-3 Portal Gate? What creature could do this?