Son of the Hero King

Chapter 102 CH 93: WITCH OF DESTRUCTION

Thinking about the holy sword, Sol couldn't help but wonder how powerful it would be. But now wasn't the time to think about that.

"So, aside from this, do you have any other failsafe?"

The spell she was speaking about seemed good and all, but it didn't seem like this was the only thing she prepared.

Thinking about the sudden coming of Theresa, he added, "Is Theresa part of the plan?"

"Fufufu~Indeed. Though, the rest will be a little surprise."

Camelia knew how much of a fan he was about the four-direction witches, so meeting Persephone should be quite a shock in a good way.

Thinking about the four witches, she frowned a little as she remembered the fourth one.

Learning about something like that suddenly could be bad, so she opened her mouth,

"Sol, it's about Kali."

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[Unknown place in Lustburg]

In one of the bars of Lustburg, the atmosphere seemed strangely quiet as it was completely devoid of any clients despite the current festive atmosphere.

The bartender, who was swiping a glass, seemed strangely stiff and mechanical in its way of moving.

Opening the door, a red-clothed young girl who seemed to be no older than 15, entered her face, immediately settling in a frown as she saw the bare tender.

"How many times did I tell you to stop your sick game before we truly get discovered?"

She held her nose in disgust because of the rotten smell that filled the bare and went to take a seat in the farthest part of the room.

The man kept a simple smile and didn't even answer, it was only after he finished and was sure that everything was clean that he began paying attention to her.

"How are you, milady? Will you take something strong or some soft liquor?"

The girl mimicked the action of barfing as an answer.

"I would never eat anything from those hands filled with death after what happened last time. Who knows what if some rotten flesh or maggots wouldn't be in my drink."

She shivered as she remembered the first time she had accepted a drink from that man.

"Hahaha~This was just an accident, an accident. Trust me."

"Humph"

The man continued to grin, unfazed by her actions.

Finally, unable to take the silence, she asked,

This wasn't just because he was disappointed that one of the witches could become an enemy.

More than anything, it was because she was powerful. Extremely powerful.

Even though he had never seen her, he had heard her legend, the youngest yet the strongest out of the four witches.

Befitting her name, her power was geared toward absolute, complete and utter destruction.

Because of his worries, after leaving the church, he went to visit Medea. He had been curious about what exactly did 'destruction' mean, and posed the question to Medea. Was it some kind of element? Or was it because of the results of her actions?

----Flashback

[A few hours ago]

"You are wondering what kind of power Kali has exactly?"

Medea, who was busy trying a new mark of tea, stilled as she was about to take a sip of her drink.

"Yeah, I mean. Does she have something like the destruction element or something?"

He asked with a curious expression. Edea chortled at this question.

"Concepts such as destruction and creation do not exist as elements. Or you could say that they exist in everything."

She proceeded to explain the principles. Witchcraft, anything that could result in destruction was called destruction-type magic and anything that could result in creation was called creation magic. There was no magic of creation or destruction by themselves.

Tilting his head in curiosity he asked, "Then, why is she called the witch of destruction?"

"Kali... Back then, Kali was seen as the most untalented out of all of us. Initially, she should have learned death magic to match with Persephone's life magic. But, she was ultimately unable to. After that, she tried many other special elements, but in the end, she could only use the four basic elementals magic. Fire, water, wind, and earth."

She grimaced a little as she said that, " Because of that, even though she was one of us, she was judged as a failure by the witch community and many petitioned for her to be cast out of the four directions."

Basic elements in themselves weren't bad. Reaching the peak in any of those elements could bring catastrophic might. But how many people could reach the pinnacle in magic?

Sol was curious, if it was so, why would she still be known as a direction? Did Ambrosia use her authority?

Edea could understand what Sol was thinking and shook her head.

"Kali didn't need to rely on mother."

Edea had a weird expression as she said that,

"Even now, I don't really know how she did it. One day, she went from an untalented witch to a true monster able to absorb knowledge. She could easily understand theories that escaped her in the past. Even though she could only use the four elements, she managed to reach an incredible height in her magic and became a true walking calamity. But, "

She closed her eyes, "This wouldn't have been enough to be recognized. It isn't like there aren't any witches using one or many of the four elements."

"So what did she do?"

"She created her own magic. A very powerful magic geared toward absolute destruction. We call it decay or decomposition."

Medea shook her head, "Thinking about it. Her magic is really incredible. Though, now that I think about it, I still remember what she said back then."

"What did she say?"

"I remember that she laughed when she showed us her magic and said that now that she mastered this magic, she was basically similar to a certain overprotective but nearly emotionless brother."