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IS - Chapter 183: Got You!
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“Dialogue”
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-Author notes-
Chapter 183: Got You!
The witch glared at him. “Trapped? Maybe. But don’t think for a moment that you can truly kill me. Many have tried that before.” She showed him the arm that was previously injured by Primum’s corrosive poison. It was completely healed by now.
At least the wounds were healed. Her skin still had a very ugly green color to it, and James could now see some type of scales layered on it. It was a clear sign that this witch had done some heavy modifications to her body to the point where she could barely be considered human.
“I have been chasing after that piece of divine leather before your parents were born,” the witch spoke in a grave tone. “It belongs to me! Give it now and I may consider letting this go.”
“Belongs to you just because you are an old hag? What kind of logic is that?” James asked.
“Don’t test me, boy!” She moved towards him so fast that it gave the impression of having been teleported.
Primum was nowhere near able to move that fast and could not stop her.
However, James was prepared now. He lifted his hand, and a massive metallic shield appeared in front of him.
While the witch was speaking, Tertivor had transformed into a thin rope and returned to him without his opponent noticing.
The metallic shield grew in size until it formed a dome around him, covering James completely.
The witch took this as a sign of weakness...that James was aware that if he was hit directly by one of her attacks, it would be his death.
The previous anger was now replaced by confidence. “Ran out of tricks?”
She punched the shield with full force, forming shockwaves that made the ground tremble. “That metallic creature won’t save you from me!” She punched again, forcing Tertivor’s metal to bend and give way.
Just then, Primum appeared above her and tried to hit her using his tail. Venomous spikes had formed at the tip of this one.
The witch slammed her right foot on the ground and bent the earth to make a massive stone column that intercepted the attack and hit Primum on its chest, sending him tumbling down before turning her attention back to James.
“One more!” She punched with even more force than before. Her fists seemed to carry the weight of a mountain behind them, and the impact made Tertivor cry with despair as its shield was broken open.
She quickly followed this with a powerful kick directed at James.
“Custodia.” James formed a magical barrier, but even this one was unable to stop such an attack, and he was pushed back with tremendous violence.
“I got you now.” The witch smirked with glee. Her fighting style was very plain and simple, but extremely effective against other wizards and witches who had a hard time following someone who could move so fast and hit hard enough to destroy entire buildings.
Her feet sank into the ground for a moment, and then… she vanished from the spot.
As an earth elemental, the witch had full control over the environment and could use it to her advantage in many ways. One of them was to bend the ground to assist her in moving faster.
It only took her a fraction of a second to reach James again, and it gave the impression that she had teleported.
“Magna Depulso!” James used a hand gesture to push back at the witch with a great display of wandless magic.
This made the witch retreat for a few feet but did not deter her advance all that much. “Did you lose your wand, boy?” She could not recall with precision, but she was sure that James had been using his wand when the fight started, and now he was only resorting to wandless magic.
“No matter.” She used her skills to raise a wall of rocks behind James, preventing any chance of escape before she charged again with full force.
James created a translucent blue shield like the one he had at the beginning when he was protecting Lily.
“That won’t do anymore!” The witch didn’t slow down and crashed directly against the shield.
Unlike back then, she was attacking with much more force. Her right fist made the barrier crack into particles of light and dissipate.
The next instant, she was already holding James by the neck. “Got you, hahaha!”
The witch celebrated, but also failed to notice that Primum was no longer trying to attack her.
Tertivor had disappeared from the battlefield without making a noise, leaving only the witch with James.
“Last chance, boy,” the witch warned.
“Why do you even want that piece of leather so much? I doubt you have the knowledge or skills to do anything with it. It would be wasted on a brickhead who only knows how to punch things,” James responded to her.
A deep frown appeared on her face. “You have guts, to threaten me right now… I’ll give you that.”
“It’s okay, you don’t have to answer my question. I’ll assume that you just want the same as any other Dark Lord I have met… you are seeking a way to gain absolute immortality. How boring…” James looked disappointed.
“Tell me that when you have been around for as long as I have and you feel the end getting near… you would understand then.” The witch clenched her teeth and increased the grip on James’s neck.
He did not react. “What you seek… will never be yours,” James told her with a mocking smile.
“I always get what I want!” she screamed. “I will break your neck and take everything you have!”
They could hear several people screaming outside.
James recognized the voices of his friends. “Sorry for making you worry.”
The witch clenched the fist on her free hand, and with no hesitation, she punched James’s head with her full power, reducing it to dust particles.
“What?!” the witch exclaimed.
There was no blood, just dust. And then, the rest of the body vanished as well, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
James was gone.
