I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 127

Chapter 127

The Imperial Princess, whom Bilotia is promoting as a strategic asset, will disappear from this land today.

“Ah, this alone won’t be enough.”

He wanted a perfect finish.

“I’ll go myself.”

“But then the 3rd Grade Buster……”

“Proceed with that as planned. I’ll take care of myself.”

The Creation Mage himself moves out after issuing the 3rd Grade Buster order.

It was clear that even the Imperial Princess would not be able to survive.

“See, why are you so negligent in managing your strategic assets? Treasures should be cherished.”

He arrived at Calfoa Village in an instant through several warps and Transfer Gates.

It hadn’t even been three hours since he issued the 3rd Grade Buster order.

It was physically quite demanding, but it didn’t matter.

‘The 3rd Grade Buster will begin soon, too.’

He entered Calfoa Village, surrounding his body with mana to create a powerful shield.

Kwa-gwa-gwang!

Soon, the 3rd Grade Buster bombardment fell, and the entire village began to burn.

The village instantly turned into chaos.

“It’s a pleasant sight. It feels alive.”

He moved and stood in front of the house where the Imperial Princess was said to be.

‘I can sense quite a powerful energy.’

It seemed to be the mana possessed by that commoner-born Lieutenant General.

Not bad for a commoner, but it was nothing compared to himself, the Creation Mage.

‘I must eliminate all the evidence.’

He couldn’t leave any witnesses either.

He decided to quickly finish things up and leave this place.

The door of the house shattered as he snapped his fingers.

“I received intel that a 1st Class dangerous criminal is being hidden here.”

Armitel stepped forward, hiding Isabel and her companions behind her.

A mountain-like presence could be felt with every step he took.

‘A strong one.’

She immediately drew her sword and asked.

“Who are you?”

“A guy with decent mana in a rural village like this. This is quite suspicious.”

“My name is Armitel. Lieutenant General of the Bilotian Empire.”

“Puhahaha! What is a Lieutenant General of the Bilotian Empire doing in a remote place like this?”

In truth, Krias knew everything.

However, he couldn’t reveal that he knew.

There would be no survivors in this place anyway.

“Now they’re even selling the soldiers of the Swordsmanship Empire. Ah, is this a human trafficking site?”

Isabel stepped forward.

“You, have you seen me before?”

“Where would I have seen a little brat like you?”

“No. You’ve seen me.”

Isabel had already figured out Krias, who had participated as a VIP and mediator at the debate.

“And you know who I am.”

“I don’t know what nonsense you’re babbling about. You guys must be in cahoots with the villains.”

Isabel could feel it.

That as they spoke, a powerful magical force was gathering in Krias’s hand.

Isabel continued.

“Creation Mage Krias, I warn you to withdraw your baseless hostility towards Isabel, the Imperial Princess of the Swordsmanship Empire.”

“Who said I’m Krias?”

Isabel realized through the series of conversations.

The truth didn’t matter anyway.

The perpetrator was undoubtedly determined to leave no survivors here.

Armitel thought the same.

‘He couldn’t have acted without knowing anything. It was an attack aimed at the Imperial Princess from the beginning.’

She adjusted her grip on her sword.

‘If I don’t strike first, there’s no hope for me.’

She kicked off the ground, rapidly approaching and swinging her sword.

It was a strike aimed at Krias’s neck.

Tang!

Her sword was blocked by an invisible, intangible mana barrier.

“Not bad skills for a villain.”

Armitel was also an excellent warrior, but she was no match for the Creation Mage.

Krias’s palm touched Armitel’s stomach.

Kwang!

As the sound of something exploding echoed, Armitel’s body was flung into the air before crashing to the ground.

“Keuk!”

Armitel used her sword as a staff to get up.

She could fully grasp it after just one clash.

‘He’s not someone I can handle.’

Strength is always relative.

There was no way to defeat this man.

Armitel glanced back.

There were three children who needed protection.

“Run…… away.”

Even if she couldn’t defeat him in a fight, she could buy them some time.

Seeing as the Magic Federation’s Buster had been activated, it was certain that the Imperial Knights would also be dispatched to investigate the situation.

She thought she just needed to buy time until then.

“Your Highness. Please run aw……”

Armitel realized something was strange.

The Imperial Princess had her eyes closed.

‘A strong mana fluctuation?’

She could sense a mana fluctuation that could only be felt from a powerful mage.

Isabel was muttering something incessantly.

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Isabel had a keen Ki Sense that was sensitive to all kinds of energy.

When Isabel faced the ‘true killing intent’, she was plunged into extreme terror.

The Creation Mage’s killing intent was too much for a child’s body to bear.

It felt like a terrifying demon was whispering in her ear, declaring her death.

‘I can’t die here.’

She absolutely couldn’t die.

How could she, when she had been gifted 21 years?

She didn’t want to leave this place.

‘I want to live.’

She heard Armitel’s voice.

She was desperately shouting for them to run away.

However, Isabel knew that escaping outside wouldn’t be a wise choice.

Bombardment was already taking place outside.

‘I won’t die!’

The survival instinct to live moved her subconscious.

Her subconscious recalled Rovena, the most powerful mage she had ever seen.

An energy that rivaled even her father, whom she had believed to be the strongest in the world.

She remembered the successful magic that had frozen the One-eyed Giant by replicating that energy.

‘Your Highness, you copied Master’s magic without even realizing it.’

‘Why aren’t you surprised? You’re a human who handles magic too, so you should know how outrageous this is.’

Even Rovena had been surprised by Isabel’s ability, which was now unfolding.

A cold wind blew, and a fierce chill enveloped Krias’s body.

Back then, when facing the One-eyed Giant, she had frozen all the land beyond the castle.

But this time was different.

She had friends to protect behind her.

If she froze all the land, her friends would get hurt.

That sincerity finely controlled Isabel’s mana, concentrating the powerful mana into a single point.

She chanted.

“Weapon Summoning.”

A Zhanmadao was created in the air.

Piercing through the harsh chill and blizzard that enveloped Krias, the Zhanmadao shot towards him.

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Krias wiped the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

‘That little Imperial Princess……!’

Even if he had been careless.

Even if he had consumed a lot of stamina and mana rushing here.

‘To suffer such humiliation.’

Even for a brief moment, he had clearly been frozen by Isabel’s magic, his mana circuit frozen solid.

By the time he broke free, the summoned weapon was flying towards his chest.

Krias hastily formed a shield, but because he had activated his mana too abruptly, his mana circuit was damaged.

That backlash caused him to cough up a bit of blood.

‘Her understanding of magic is far deeper than I thought.’

He came to a conclusion.

‘That little girl is dangerous.’

The fact that such a talent was born in Bilotia was nothing short of a disaster for the Magic Federation.

Fortunately, the Imperial Princess’s body couldn’t withstand that powerful magic and collapsed.

Krias’s eyes narrowed.

‘I must finish it here.’

He released his mana with all his might, utilizing various combat spells.

Armitel clung to him tenaciously, to the point that even Krias was impressed, but it didn’t last long.

In the end, that bothersome commoner-born soldier lost consciousness and collapsed.

‘I need to get rid of this woman first to make things easier.’

A cross made of fire was created in the air.

It fell towards Armitel’s back as she lay on the ground.

Krias shouted with a sense of relief.

“Death sentence!”

But he was faced with an unbelievable situation.

‘Huh?’

The fiery cross disappeared.

Not only that, but he couldn’t even move.

The natural mana that had always been his friend was now binding him.

Some kind of Sealing Magic had been formed.

‘Wha, what is this?’

He couldn’t even speak.

It was as if all of space and time had stopped.

Time-manipulating magic, it was every mage’s dream and an unreachable utopia.

A realm that even Creation Mages couldn’t reach.

He looked around, but he couldn’t see anything.

All space had darkened, and only Krias was left in that space.

“This child had only one reason to want to live. She clung to life because of that reason. But now, this child wants to be happy.”

It was a child’s voice.

“Wh, who is it?”

Emerald eyes were shining in the darkness.

“Do you know what kind of happiness this child has come to dream of? Going on a spring picnic with her new friends, trying spicy ramen and tteokbokki, becoming closer with the honey badger, and getting along with her friend’s friend. Just simple things like that. What’s everyday life for some is a wish for this child.”

Someone walked towards him barefoot.

“She’s finally met the precious friend who gifted her that wish.”

It was a girl.

A child with emerald hair and eyes.

“What I shall bestow upon the adult who trampled on that young wish.”

The emerald eyes narrowed.

“Is a death sentence.”

The dark space shattered.

The entire world surrounding Krias crumbled like shards of glass.

Everything around Krias ended.

And two days passed.