"Having Magic to Predict the Future yet daring to step forward and block me—"
"Could you be that rumored 'Demon King'?"
Schlacht's confidence clearly made Agusheed misunderstand something.
He didn't rush, nor did he immediately unleash the Spatial Severance in his hand as usual.
Instead, he maintained his ready stance, waiting for Schlacht's answer.
"Why do you command demons to take the lives of other races?"
"What exactly do you consider life to be?"
This was Agusheed's own curiosity and questions about the 'Demon King' himself.
So if the other party really was the 'Demon King'—
He didn't mind wasting some extra time and energy on the kinsman before him.
Schlacht snapped out of his momentary shock.
He slowly raised his head.
—Magic to Predict the Future allowed his eyes to gaze upon infinite possibilities of the future.
But because he hadn't reached his true peak period at this moment,
Much of the future information was mostly vague and unclear.
However... even if I can only see his blurry future...
Schlacht's index finger trembled slightly.
He looked at Agusheed before him, falling into deep doubt about the future he had foreseen.
The Agusheed from that more distant, clearer future I saw—
And the one before my eyes... are they really the same person?
"Are you deaf? I asked you, are you the 'Demon King'?"
Agusheed's impatient voice interrupted Schlacht's thoughts.
He raised his two joined fingertips a bit higher, pointing remotely at Schlacht.
The Spatial Severance whose trajectory couldn't be observed seemed ready to fall at any moment.
"Of course not."
Although Schlacht didn't understand why the current Agusheed differed so greatly from the one in the more distant future,
At this moment he still focused all his magic and attention on Agusheed's fingertips.
Then softly denied Agusheed's mistaken assumption that he was the Demon King.
"Not?"
Schlacht heard Agusheed's voice rise noticeably.
And mixed within it was even deeper contempt.
"After all that, just another piece of trash here to waste my time..."
Agusheed lost interest in Schlacht after hearing he wasn't the Demon King.
He regarded Schlacht as the same kind of worthless Grand Demon as those four at the entrance, there to waste his time.
So, without any further pause or hesitation—
—Spatial Severance
Activated without any warning.
This strike predictably missed, dodged by Schlacht with a minimal margin.
Because his opponent could predict the future,
Agusheed wasn't surprised, nor did he stop.
—That probing strike confirmed that the opponent hadn't observed the trajectory of Spatial Severance.
This meant the opponent had only seen the future where he was hit, determined the range of Spatial Severance, and reacted accordingly.
Since there was no way to observe the trajectory of Spatial Severance,
Then there was equally no way to distinguish between his ordinary slashes and Spatial Severance—
"You can predict, but that doesn't mean you have the ability to react..."
After narrowly dodging Spatial Severance, under Schlacht's grave gaze,
Severance Magic—
Was unleashed at full power by Agusheed, enveloping the entire Demon King's castle hall.
A total of 1,600 ordinary slashes plus one Spatial Severance hidden among them engulfed Schlacht.
—Three minutes later.
Stepping over Schlacht, who had once again successfully dodged Spatial Severance
But whose body was riddled with wounds from Severance Magic,
Agusheed clicked his tongue.
He had thought this Grand Demon who appeared midway and spoke in riddles would be quite troublesome—
Now it seemed he was just another waste who only talked big.
Agusheed loosened his muscles.
In his magical perception, besides the one who had fallen before him,
There was another extremely powerful magical presence deep within the Demon King's castle.
"The Demon King?"
"I hope you can satisfy me, at least don't disappoint me like your subordinate."
Agusheed chuckled and continued walking toward his goal.
—This was the clear, imminent future that Schlacht saw with all his effort.
"Very strong, unbelievably strong..."
"I should say, among Grand Demons, probably no one could last a single round against the Agusheed before me."
—However, The Omniscient One Schlacht possessed magic that could see through the future,
Finding the perfect ending where all choices were optimal.
So...
Even if he suffered a crushing defeat in one future, as long as he accumulated experience for the next future—
Then the final result presented in reality would only be one...
"I will win."
The Omniscient One Schlacht's victory declaration for the second round future!
Four minutes later—
"The Demon King?"
"I hope you can satisfy me, at least don't disappoint me like your subordinate."
Agusheed chuckled and continued walking toward his goal.
—The ending of the second round future remained unchanged.
But Schlacht had completely mastered the trajectory and position of every slash,
Including the single Spatial Severance hidden among them.
"At this moment, I have absolute information advantage."
Victory declaration for the third round future!
Five minutes later—
"Just seeing through the future, you really think you can dodge a few Spatial Severances?"
"Next up is the so-called Demon King."
"I hope you can satisfy me, at least don't disappoint me like your subordinate."
After mocking Schlacht at his feet, Agusheed chuckled and continued walking toward his goal.
—The third round future still had no chance of victory.
Agusheed could actually unleash Spatial Severance consecutively.
How careless of me...
"But this time, I won't repeat the same mistakes."
Victory declaration for the fourth round future!
Six minutes later—
Schlacht, having dodged the third Spatial Severance, brushed off the dust on his shoulder.
Looking calmly at Agusheed before him.
"How about it? Do you want to continue fighting?"
"I told you, fighting me is meaningless..."
The fourth delayed Spatial Severance pierced through Schlacht's chest just as he was halfway through speaking.
Agusheed looked with interest at Schlacht lying on the ground, half-dead.
"Meaningless resistance."
"Do you think you have even the slightest chance of victory against my Spatial Severance?"
"Still, what interesting magic. I'm somewhat looking forward to that so-called 'Demon King.'"
Agusheed chuckled and continued walking toward his goal.
—Did the fourth round future lose again?
But it doesn't matter, one more time, this time will be the ending.
"I can't be careless anymore, I must be serious—"
"As the first retainer under His Majesty the Demon King,"
"I, Schlacht, will show you what absolute magical superiority means."
Victory declaration for the fifth round future!!
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