Chapter 140 I'Ve Already Broken Free From That Curse
Duncan and Zephyr restrain Isaac, who loses his temper without reading the room.
"Settle down, Isaac! We don't have time to discuss your baldness right now!!"
"!?."
"I've told you countless times to stop getting mad when called 'bald.' If you keep getting worked up over something like that, it's just playing into your opponent's hands, Isaac."
"!!?"
Isaac, with anger in his eyes, somehow regains his composure after hearing their words.
"Mumble rumble...!"
"That's right, Father. Getting too angry will only make your baldness progress, you know?"
"――UGAAAAAAAAH!!"
However, unable to endure Noah's repeated verbal attacks, Isaac quickly takes out a staff from his storage ring and swings it with magical energy infused.
Space magic――[Space Rupture Slash]
The blade of space magic that tears through the target assaults Noah and the others.
In response, Noah raises his staff towards the incoming blade.
Space magic――[Space Barrier]
The blade of magic clashes against the barrier that unfolds before Noah and the others――with a light "crack," the blade shatters. On the other hand, the thin barrier remains undamaged.
"Huh!?"
At this result, Isaac also regains his sanity, as one would expect.
Among defensive space magic, [Space Barrier] is the most basic. Therefore, it wouldn't be difficult for higher-level space magic to break through it...in theory.
In other words, this result cruelly demonstrates that Noah's magical prowess surpasses Isaac's.
"Hey, Isaac... Have you gotten dull or something?"
"Are you kidding me, going easy on him just because he's your son?"
Duncan and Zephyr, holding their long staffs, questioned Isaac.
Isaac, with a bitter face, replied clearly.
"Don't be ridiculous... I was trying to kill him."
At Isaac's words, Noah deliberately made a pitiful expression.
"That's harsh. You'd try to kill your own son... Have you lost not only your hair but also your kindness as a human being, Father?"
"Noah, you're foolish."
However, Isaac didn't get angry at these words.
With a clear and corrective tone, like a teacher, he told his son.
"Did you think I'd get angry if you made fun of my hair?"
"Well, you just did it now."
Isaac ignored Duncan's interjection.
"And making fun of my slightly thinning hair is equivalent to belittling yourself."
"Slightly...?"
Isaac also ignored Zephyr's murmur.
"My grandfather and great-grandfather were all like this. In other words, my current appearance is also your future...!! It's only a matter of time before you become like me, Noah!! You can laugh at me now, but only until you're over 30, Noah!!"
A devastating verbal attack that could crush one's spirit.
It's no wonder one would lose the will to fight in the face of such despair.
However, contrary to Isaac's expectations, Noah suddenly burst out laughing.
"What's wrong...? Have you gone crazy from despair?"
"Hehe, haha, haha... No, no, Father... Your words are funny, but I've already broken free from that curse."
"W-what...?! What do you mean?!"
Noah wore a triumphant smile on his face.
"Well, I can't talk about the details of the contract, but... I transplanted a certain cell, and as a byproduct, I successfully enhanced my body's regenerative abilities. In other words... I can't go bald anymore."
"What the...!?"
Isaac was shocked.
With a stunned expression, his eyes wide open and frozen, Duncan and Zephyr chimed in.
"Hey, are you saying you're going to defect to the other side or something, Isaac?"
"If you say that, I'll kill every single one of your hair follicles before you can even think about defecting?"
"............That's a given. Don't look down on me."
But of course, Isaac wouldn't betray them over something like that.
As Isaac glared at them, his eyes stern and his staff at the ready, Noah shook his head and said,
"Well, let's just stop this charade for now."
Bang, he struck the floor with his staff.
In an instant, magical energy burst forth from the staff, and a loud, shattering sound echoed through the air.
While Noah and Isaac were talking, Duncan and Zephyr had secretly set up a [Space Seal] to prevent them from escaping.
However, the [Space Closure] they had set up with great care was broken far too easily, and Duncan and Zephyr couldn't help but look at each other in shock.
"Hey, hey, Isaac... your kid, Noah, is seriously not human, is he?"
"Our magic was destroyed so easily?"
"Ugh...!!"
All 3 of them glared at Noah with stern faces. The Noah Kirke they knew, who had been a genius since childhood, shouldn't have had this kind of absurd power.
(This is bad...!! I'm seriously going to get killed by my son...!!)
Just as Isaac was convinced that they would definitely lose if they kept fighting,
"――Are you okay, my Lord?!"
"I'm sorry! I'm late!!"
More people suddenly appeared on the scene.
It was Kirke, Gridavor, Aron, and a total of twelve mages from their families. Since Noah had lifted the [Space Closure], they were able to teleport in and immediately took a battle stance against Noah and his group.
As members of the [Four Great Families of the Seals], they thought they wouldn't lose to Noah, who was just one person, or to people who weren't even from the main family, even if they had gained power through dark magic. At first, they prioritized lifting the [Space Closure].
However, when they realized that Noah's group was stronger than expected, Isaac changed his plan.
"Haha, hahahahaha! Too bad, Noah! We've got this in the bag now!!"
As soon as they outnumbered Noah's group, Isaac suddenly became confident.
But Noah didn't flinch at all and looked at his disappointing father with contempt.
"There's nothing to be disappointed about. You're not even my opponent. I'm busy, so I'll let these five people take care of you."
The five subordinates stepped forward.
"What can just five people do?!"
"Five people are enough. They've been strengthened, after all."
Noah replied nonchalantly and gave orders to his subordinates.
"The first goal is to stall for time, but if you can kill them, go ahead. There are plenty of replacements for the head of the family, after all."
"""Ha!!"""
"Wait, Noah!!"
As Noah was about to teleport away, Isaac shouted at him.
"[God's Remains] seal, don't you dare break it!! It's not something you can use, and why don't you understand that!?"
"Haa... you're still so optimistic. We don't have time for that anymore."
"――!? Even so, are you planning to destroy the world!?"
"The world? Ugh, that's disgusting!! You're the one who's going to sacrifice your own daughter, and you're saying something different!!"
Isaac flinched slightly at those words.
With a cold smile, Noah continued.
"The world doesn't matter to me, and I'm not interested. But you people, who can't do anything but take a passive stance, don't have the right to blame us. ――I'm leaving now. You can just die here."
"NOOOOAAAAHHHH!!"
Isaac's scream was in vain, and in the next moment, Noah's figure vanished――.
* * *
The hand that was stretched out had teleported and disappeared.
For a few moments, the area was silent. And then――,
"Hmm, he's gone..."
"""!?"""
Isaac's passion from just a few seconds ago seemed like a lie, and he regained his composure so easily. The change in him was so sudden that the remaining subordinates of Noah, who were still on the scene, looked at Isaac with a hint of surprise.
"Can we pursue him to the teleport location?"
To Duncan's question, which showed no signs of agitation, Isaac replied, "Don't be ridiculous."
"There's no way we can pursue him. He didn't register the coordinates, so we can't follow him."
"Then, before your son does something, we need to restart the [Seal Temple]."
Zephyr nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right."
"Now that Noah's out of the way, we didn't have a 100% chance of winning anyway. We're lucky to have escaped from this place. Instead of fighting Noah, it's better to take on these 5 people, and our chances of survival are higher, and the possibility of revival is also higher."
With a dignified attitude, Isaac made a pathetic remark, and then turned to face the 5 people opposite him――exuding an air worthy of the head of the [Four Great Families of the Seals], he gazed at them like a king.
"Well, it's better if they're not too strong..."
Deep down, he was hoping they would actually be weak...
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