The Master of Language - T.M.L Chapter 24 (Part 2):

I said,

“If you promise not to harm me anymore, I’ll return your robe and the fire, senior.”

Keren’s face contorted at those words.

“Ha! How dare you! You should be on your knees begging! The fact that you, who don’t even have a good staff, are looking me in the eye is insolent enough. You speak as if you’d attack if I don’t comply with your demands.”

“Then I’ll assume you intend to harm me.”

“Harm? Ha! I’ll capture you and make you neither dead nor alive… How about that?”

His voice cut off as my body vanished over the cliff’s edge.

My body began to fall down the thousand-foot cliff. A tingling sensation ran through my nerves from the tips of my fingers to my toes.

But I kept my mind clear and gripped my staff tightly, looking up at the receding cliff top.

As expected, Keren quickly arrived at the edge of the cliff and looked down at me.

He extended his staff, and at the same time, I also extended mine.

Ssshh!

As the psychic forces collided, blood burst from both my nostrils once again.

It might never be possible again, but it’s something that I managed to block it even once.

“Damn it! Even if I’m in terrible condition, this is ridiculous!”

His curses were understandable.

To be evenly matched in a psychic battle with a mage much weaker than oneself would warrant such an outburst.

How much further must I fall?

Splash-!

I quickly looked at my left hand.

The spark that should have been there had completely disappeared.

The spark Kalasta gave me also disappeared as soon as it entered the sea, so this was expected.

I immediately summoned my magic book. And quietly read a water magic incantation underwater.

As long as I’m in the sea, I should be safe.

But.

The water seems to be getting hotter and hotter.

I hurriedly finished reading the incantation and cast the spell.

At the same time, the seawater around me started to boil, and in an instant, it vaporized and evaporated.

I found myself floating in a suddenly created circular empty space.

“Hahaha! Did you think you could escape by entering the sea?”

Long fire tails had formed on both of Keren’s legs as he floated in the air.

The fireball that was on his head was gone.

So that’s what he used to evaporate the seawater.

He extended his staff towards me, and a powerful psychokinesis constricted my body.

“Kuhak.”

I spat out blood.

It feels like my entire insides are being sliced up.

Not only external pressure, but it seemed even my internal organs were under the pressure of the psychic force.

My body slowly rose, and soon approached right in front of Keren’s face.

As she momentarily gave an intense look, my staff suddenly snapped in the middle and fell down.

Keren smiled wickedly.

“I’ll give you credit. It’s truly hard to believe you’re just an apprentice. However, you’ve caused me too much loss. I’ve already lost three sparks because of you. Do you know how difficult it was for me to obtain them? You’ll have to become my slave. You’ll work under me until you die to make up for the losses you’ve caused me.”

I opened my mouth to speak. But I couldn’t open my mouth at all due to his psychokinesis.

“Oh? You learned water magic, and now you’re gaping like a fish! Haha! Fine. Are you hoping for my mercy as a last resort? I’ll only free your tongue. Go ahead, beg with all your might. My heart might just change.”

As soon as he finished speaking, I realized my tongue had regained its freedom.

You’ve made a mistake.

“Gather!”

No sooner had I finished speaking than the vapors scattered around quickly turned into water.

Especially around Keren’s face, they gathered to surround his mouth and nose.

“Cough. Kuhub. Kuhuhub.”

Keren’s eyes slowly rolled upwards as his breath was suddenly cut off.

At the same time, I felt his psychokinesis significantly weaken.

Now’s the time.

I sent out psychokinesis to hold Keren’s entire body while simultaneously controlling the water blocking his nose and mouth, starting to push it into his throat.

“Cough. Kureu. Kkoreuruk.”

Keren struggled, moving his limbs. It was because my psychokinesis
was crude without my staff.

But Keren didn’t just take it. He persistently dug through the gaps in my crude psychokinesis, managing to move the two fireballs that were on his two legs.

The two fireballs flew towards my chest and face.

Bang-!

Bang-!

It’s hot.

It’s too hot.

As the pain from the fire is felt throughout my body, even my mind seems to become faint.

But I absolutely can’t let go.

If I don’t kill him, I’ll die.

And so, with me engulfed in fire and Keren in water, we both fell into the sea below.

Splash-!

The flames burning my face and chest disappeared in an instant. But the power of the water blocking Keren’s airway became even stronger.

I focused my mind even more and more, blocking his nose and mouth.

If I let my guard down even a little, he will push away the water with his psychokinesis.

But I can’t breathe either.

My vision gradually blurred, and my breath became shallow.

At some point, I couldn’t hear well either.

I soon lost consciousness.

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