“Hehehe! You insect-like fellow! Are you a bit disappointed? I wanted to observe you alive!”

Markein laughed loudly, gazing at the pitch-black veil.

“Even if you have some resistance to poison, you won’t withstand my magic! Kukuk!”

The magic Markein used on Kaiyan was Poison Cloud and Darkness.

Poison Cloud, as the name suggests, creates toxic clouds, while Darkness traps the opponent within a veil of darkness.

And, like a true high-level wizard, Markein combined both spells in an instant, trapping Kaiyan inside the veil with the toxic cloud.

“Hmm, more than that, what was that movement earlier? How could you avoid all my Dark Spheres? Even for a top-tier Aura Expert, it would be impossible to dodge them all, let alone break through them… You’re truly a strange one.”

Markein’s initial plan was to capture Kaiyan alive. However, Kaiyan’s movements were much faster than he anticipated, especially with those mysterious maneuvers that allowed him to dodge the Dark Spheres. Caught off guard, Markein inadvertently unleashed a powerful spell.

“Now, should I reveal it? Are you too fast? It would be a big problem if your body completely melted away…”

It had been about ten minutes since the veil was unfolded.

For Kaiyan, who was just an ordinary person, even five seconds would have been enough to melt his entire body in the green fog.

He was worried that Kaiyan’s body might have already melted away in the toxic fog where not a single beam of light entered.

“Oh well! If he’s still alive, then I’ll capture him alive now!”

As Markein raised his hand and chanted the spell, the upper part of the veil slowly disappeared, and through the now vanished upper part, the toxic cloud trapped inside burst out.

“Come on, show yourself! I hope you didn’t melt away in there?”

As the darkness and toxic cloud dispersed, the interior gradually became visible.

“Hmm? That’s… Oh! Wahaha! No way, you’re still alive?”

Markein sounded somewhat surprised.

The reason for his surprise was that Kaiyan was standing there completely unharmed in the place where the toxic cloud had disappeared.

Kaiyan, who had been covering his face with his hand, lowered it and extended a mirror toward Markein.

“Now it’s my turn!”

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“That was really dangerous.”

When Kaiyan got caught in that skeletal figure’s magic, he thought he was going to die, as the space became an area where not even a single beam of light entered.

It was an eerie veil, filled with green fog that stung my skin. Fortunately, the red light from the Fury Skill helped brighten his vision and provided some protection, allowing him to endure.

However, after a few minutes, the red light of the Fury Skill waned, and he needed another way to survive in this strange veil.

At that moment, the only option, or rather, the only way I could think of, was the shop.

Before the red light vanished completely, Kaiyan utilized the shop and successfully purchased an item that could protect me from the green fog in time.

After confirming that he was safe, he used the shop again to buy two more items.

“Let me ask you one thing before we start.”

“If it’s your dying wish! Ah, wait, that came out wrong. I meant to say that even if you want to die, I’ll make sure you can’t! Kukuhaha!”

“You… Are you a Lich?”

Kaiyan pondered inside the veil. What could his identity be?

The figure had a black skeletal appearance and used magic.

Focusing on these two aspects, one thing came to mind.

“He’s just like that Lich Jeff mentioned.”

Kaiyan didn’t know why dark magic was considered evil, but he heard that there were a few dark mages who hid in the outskirts of the kingdoms. Among them, some powerful dark mages would cast magic on their bodies and transform into a strange life form called a Lich.

The characteristics of the Lich matched quite well with what he was observing.

“There’s a high probability he’s a Lich. If that’s the case, he’s at least a 4th Circle Mage…”

Jeff mentioned that sometimes when exploring dungeons, he had to fight with dark mages who were occupying the place.

However, in one case, he always ran away without fighting. It was when he encountered a dark mage who had taken over the dungeon, and that dark mage was a Lich.

A Lich was a 4th Circle dark mage, an entity with tremendous combat abilities. If the figure before him was indeed a Lich, it meant he was a high-ranking dark mage.

“Kuhaha! Quite curious, aren’t you?”

“I hope you’re not trying to make excuses by denying it?”

“Of course not! I am a Lich! It’s quite amusing that a skillful individual like you failed to recognize a Lich. Has the world changed so much while I was gone? Kyahaha!”

“…I see.”

“Khihihi! I, as a Lich…”

The Lich kept babbling about something, but Kaiyan paid no attention to it.

What matters now is the fact that he’s a Lich, and Kaiyan has already prepared for that inside the veil.

“It’s actually fortunate that you’re a Lich.”

“Heheh! You’re completely immersed in fear! Kukuhaha!”

“Let’s see how long you can keep laughing. Mirror, mirror!”

The item Kaiyan used to escape from the Harpy Legion’s pursuit not long ago, Mirror, mirror.

This item has only one function.

Paahh!

“Kreeeak!”

“Keeeeeaaak!”

“Kuuwoooo!”

An intense light that turned the dark night into the middle of the day for an instant.

The Lich and the monsters around him, hit by the light from the mirror, screamed in agony.

“Thank you, Mr. Jeff.”

Kind Mr. Jeff didn’t just tell him about what the Lich was. He also provided detailed information about their weaknesses and how to deal with them.

The Lich’s weakness was powerful light.

Dark magic itself was the opposite of light, so the Lich’s abilities were forcibly nullified under strong light. The problem was that the Lich was created through dark magic, so while regular dark mages would simply be unable to use their magic under strong light, the light itself posed a threat to the Lich’s existence.

That’s why dark mages dare not oppose the Kingdoms.

“Die!”

Paahh!

“Kihahaha…! H-how dare you! Such light!”

The Lich tried to use monsters as a shield to avoid the light, but the monsters hit by the light instantly turned into dust and scattered.

Ding! [You have leveled up.]

“I should’ve known.”

If Kaiyan had known earlier, it would have been great. He would have swept them away from the Skeletons and beyond in one go.

No, if Kaiyan had known, the Lich would probably have attacked from a distance with magic, complicating things.

Pa…paaah…paa…

“Already?”

When Kaiyan was thoroughly enjoying tormenting the Lich with the mirror, the light from the mirror gradually weakened. The duration of the item had come to an end.

The Lich noticed that as well, and with a rattling sound from his skull, he sneered.

“Kihhihi… Is it over now? When the light disappears, I’ll tear you to pieces! Making me feel such pain!”

The Lich sounded extremely angry.

If the light were to disappear, he would rip my body to shreds.

“That won’t do. I have to stay alive. There’s 1000 gold waiting for me outside the castle.”

While holding the mirror with one hand, Kaiyan took out a prepared item from the small bag pouch hanging on his waist before the light completely vanished.

“Kihhi… euek! D-do you…!”

The Lich’s voice was urgent and suffocating.

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