Sophia Demiurge

Chapter 181: This is Normal… This is Normal

Aerendil found it increasingly hard to breathe; every drag of air from the surroundings to his lungs felt like a labor requiring manpower, and the moisture in his breathing organs was quickly dissipating. Amidst all of this, the glowing aurora on his chest has become more prominent.

_It's some ice-related ability... probably from that Bakunawa woman..._

Aerendil has a frown on his face, not wondering why does an aurora makes his lungs freeze even though they were supposed to be hot, his eyes glowed as a magic circle of considerable simplicity emerged, while doing so, he still regarded Sophia's illusions with the highest apprehension, however, even after his whole body glowed with fire-like light as he used the ability [Solar Dome] to melt the ice inside his lungs, causing him to frown as he willingly ignited himself, causing his blood to boil, overloading with potential difference the cold corroding his lungs and the mist that have fallen alongside him, he still cannot detect any kind of dark magic illusion, nor can he found the person herself.

_I have to find Sophia._

Such thoughts were accompanied by a large dome of plasma hot flames emerging from his body, sweeping the whole of his capital, at the same time, this gargantuan dome that can be seen even from far away served as infrared detector, meaning all things that are emanating heat will be reflecting to the eyes of Aerendil, it was one of the double purpose spells of Aerendil, using this, elves have become a very effective night surveyors and can notice fake faces, yet despite this advanced magic, Sophia is nowhere to be seen, prompting Aerendil to again try vanquishing illusions in his minds, but even then, his enemy, so far seems to keep her words in stone, no illusions are detected, instead, the debris upturned by the [Solar Dome] that really is not something from the sun stopped falling down as if gravity have conceded its influence on them.

As something of a scientist himself, Aerendil immediately concluded that this is something ominous, he turned off the temporary infrared vision of his and decisively stopped his

Aerendil felt confident as his fist neared Sophia's "stupefied" face, though because his fist was covering the face of his enemy, he was not able to see the grin on Sophia's face.

She understood the whole concept of atom; she even perfected it before in her previous life, but did not release her findings to the world and tried to make it so that only her country's science department could utilize it, Thus, she successfully copied the magic.

_This moron not only made his [Unholy Rejection] focus on black magic, not thinking about the fact that I can copy normal illusion magic, thus failing to scan my subtle influence, he even made his ability be seen to me, though that is because of my subtle influence as I want to confirm the way his eyes became the center of his regeneration... old people..._

Sophia decided to amuse the clown in front of her, thus she continued her attack, hurling a plasma-grade laser beam of black flames towards her assailant.

"What the hell was that!?"

In order to make her act more convincing, she made her mana surge, the boulders and earth were uprooted, blades of wind, arrows of fire, and glaziers of water appeared all over her as she saw the mocking grin of Aerendil.

"Spill it."

Sophia said, and then attacked Aerendil, who, of course, continued to disperse his imaginary illusions, or dark magic illusion to be more precise, in a chain of cacophonous bombardment.

_She's agitated!_

Aerendil was elated, finally, he have agitated the ever so confident and calm Sophia with his very simple scheme, he was so sure that she cannot understand something he have painstakingly created for decades just like that, he would not believe it no matter what, like Sophia, he decided to amuse his opponent by defending as best as he can.

However, unbeknown to him, as time went by and the endless chain of creative, nigh unpredictable attacks of Sophia continued without remorse, he started to become more irritable, he felt like he was using his [Unholy Rejection] repeatedly for nothing, as if he was being toyed around by his opponent even though in his mind, he is the one who have an advantage, he looked at Sophia who have a ferocious expression that started to pursue him whilst waving her hand as if a conductor of an orchestra vigorously.

Subconsciously, Aerendil fought such frustration, though he did not doubt it, thinking it was normal, after all, there were no illusions cast by the opponent who's supposed to be very good at it.

_I am in control... I am in control..._

Such were his words in his mind, not even wondering why the fight had suddenly become psychological with the side of the blade being tipped at his face.