"Oh? Lady Fíliya, I recall saying I didn't want to offend Solitär, correct? Please stop saying such difficult things."
The surprise on Macht's face existed for only a split second before he suppressed it once more. However, Fíliya chose to continue pouring fuel on the fire.
"Is that so? But I'm not joking. If you don't get serious, you'll die very uglily, you know?"
Fíliya wore a smile, as if she were truly offering a kind reminder.
Consequently, Macht could finally no longer maintain that polite attitude. He raised his head slightly and looked at Fíliya with a cold gaze. In that instant, his eyes completely transformed into the slit pupils of a snake.
"Oh, that's right, that's how it should be. This is what a Demon feels like... Pretending to be gentle and refined must be hard on you."
Seeing Macht's aura change abruptly, Fíliya clapped her hands in excitement instead.
"Lady Fíliya, you indeed analyzed my Gold Transformation Magic (Di Agolze), but ultimately, you only scratched the surface. You can at most use it for defense; you cannot turn all creation into gold with a single thought like I can... Am I correct?"
"Correct," Fíliya replied casually.
"Then I don't quite understand. Why do you think this level of mastery is enough to take my head?"
"Why don't you try and find out?"
As soon as Fíliya's voice fell, she directly drove a cold curse into Macht's body.
"Macht, you are truly unlucky. Perhaps I can't beat Frieren or Solitär, but for a guy like you who has researched a single magic to the peak... I am your destined nemesis!"
"Macht, you shall not use Gold Transformation Magic again!"
After shouting this command, Fíliya's hands did not stay idle; she instantly fired dozens of beams of attack magic at Macht.
"!"
Macht was startled. He could already feel that the magic which had accompanied him his entire life, as natural as breathing, had completely vanished without a trace. No matter how he tried to mobilize it, he could not activate the Gold Transformation Magic.
I see... Although I had already estimated this human girl highly, she still exceeded my imagination...
Although Macht was shaken to his core, his title as the Head of the Seven Sages of Destruction was not undeserved. He reacted quickly and made a very reasonable response.
He instantly erected a Defensive Magic barrier covering his entire body to counter Fíliya's continuous bombardment. This was a luxurious usage unique to long-lived species like him.
Seeing this, Fíliya stopped wasting her mana.
"Why does it feel like I encounter this kind of turtle shell every time I fight...? Seriously."
Fíliya laughed self-deprecatingly, then looked at Macht.
"As expected, you know Ordinary Attack Magic and Defensive Magic... Both of these spells were iterated by humans in recent decades... Did Solitär teach you?"
"I did indeed visit Solitär once, forty years ago. At that time, I asked her for some knowledge regarding humans and learned these two spells." Macht answered quite honestly.
"Tch..."
Hearing this, Fíliya curled her lips in slight annoyance.
Although Solitär had mentioned when they first met that Macht had visited her, Fíliya hadn't expected this guy to have actually learned magic from Solitär.
Always causing me trouble, Solitär, you jerk. Just wait until I get back, I'll deal with you!
A trace of slightly sour resentment rose in Miss Fíliya's heart.
"Since I have answered your question, could you also resolve a doubt for me?" Macht asked while Fíliya was grumbling internally.
"Speak."
"You sealed my Gold Transformation Magic... Can you tell me how you did it?"
"Magic to Seal True Names. A magic that can unconditionally seal a specific magic of the opponent."
Miss Fíliya answered Macht's doubt very magnanimously; after all, she now held the absolute advantage.
"I see. I didn't expect such a terrifying curse to exist in this world..."
Terrifying? It's not terrifying at all, okay? This magic is incredibly difficult to use.
Watching Macht's reaction, Fíliya just felt like laughing.
The best application scenario for this magic was indeed to bully demons. Against human experts or a jack-of-all-trades like Frieren, it was almost useless.
Especially that fellow Frieren... she probably knows thousands upon thousands of spells. Sealing one would be completely painless for her.
What's even more absolute is that Frieren possesses double resistance against mental attacks and curses. The Magic to Seal True Names looks terrifying, yes, but as long as one has a little curse resistance, it can be nullified... Not to mention humans have the Priest class, which specializes in dealing with curses.
So... the brilliance of this magic can only be reflected when bullying demons. Fíliya thought to herself.
"Lady Fíliya, shall we continue this meaningless standoff?"
Although his most adept magic had been sealed by Fíliya, Macht's emotions remained very stable.
"Oh? Meaningless?" Fíliya asked with a sneer.
"Precisely. It is meaningless. I, unable to use Gold Transformation, have indeed fallen to a disadvantage. However, in terms of mana capacity, you have no way to deal with me. I can maintain this kind of full-body Defensive Magic for an entire day. But you seem not to have that much time to finish me off. Moreover... there is a rude fellow outside who will cause trouble for your companions."
"Tch."
Fíliya had to admit that what Macht said was actually correct.
Under normal circumstances, reaching this stage would mean she was at her wit's end. Every time she faced an opponent with a mana capacity far exceeding her own, she would be crushed by this most simple and boring method.
Outside the barrier, Solitär and the others were still facing the threat of the War God Rivale. She indeed couldn't keep stalling with Macht. Even if she wanted to stall, she couldn't outlast him.
So, is this where it ends?
As if!
Since I can't move your turtle shell, your Big Sister Fíliya naturally has other methods!
Fíliya simply ignored Macht, then activated Flight Magic to float once again amidst the crowd that had been turned into gold.
What she was about to do was very simple. You like being a turtle on the spot? Then I'll just force you to take the initiative to fight me.
Thus, she repeated her old trick, undoing the gold transformation of the crowd below, and then started attacking civilians.
Watching those figures howling and fleeing in all directions, Fíliya felt her mood become somewhat subtle.
Why does it feel like I... am becoming more and more like a villain?
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