Chapter 5: The Last Words

“Hahahahahaahahahahaha.” Garuda laughed maniacally, He was mocking the uncle's words.

He wasn't the least bit flustered by the uncle breaking free from the frost.

The difference between species was right there.

In this world, it wasn't that there were no means to completely erase the difference between species.

But this tiny Black Iron Species in front of him did not possess it.

Frost spread across the ground at a visible speed.

Bray, who was at the side, seeing the frost about to spread to his feet, quickly retreated.

After running back into the prison, he finally managed to hide at the very edge of the spreading frost.

Cold sweat dripped from the corner of Bray's forehead, down his chin, and onto the ground.

Bray also had some knowledge about battles between powerful adventurers, it seemed they would fight until the sky turned dark.

But it was definitely not as exaggerated as the battle before his eyes.

Even the most powerful mages couldn't cast such a terrifying spell without even chanting an incantation.

And even a renowned S-rank adventurer's skills were definitely no match for this uncle.

“You not only make me laugh, but you've also angered me.”

Garuda said in a deep voice.

All spells had no effect on this man, his own slow movements were being toyed with by the other party.

“That's truly an honor——” the uncle said in a frivolous tone.

“Sssla——” The blade sank into the demon's body for the first time.

From its neck to its waist, a large gash appeared on the demon's body.

Garuda let out a roar, the intense pain making the demon even more furious.

A mere Black Iron Species, actually managed to injure him, a great demon?

“This damn blade!!!” The problem was with this weapon, an ordinary Black Iron Species weapon couldn't even break through His defense.

“I've said, we have countless ways to deal with higher species.”

“Roar!!!!!!” Garuda roared, starting to move restlessly.

The ground instantly became incomparably hot, yet the air was strangely cold.

The extreme contrast in temperature left the uncle at a loss for a moment.

And fortunately, Bray had already run far away, so this sudden change did not affect Bray.

“Not a spell?” The uncle's expression became solemn, and he gripped the long knife tighter.

“Correct, this is not a spell, it is my own characteristic.”

Garuda sneered, and grabbed the distracted uncle.

“Just a little trick.”

“The Black Iron Species are ants after all, I'm afraid you'll never understand what I did for the rest of your life.”

The tightly clenched giant hand squeezed the uncle's body, making a “kala kala” cracking sound.

“Is that so? Ants?”

The uncle revealed a smile, which made Garuda feel that something was wrong.

“Please, I'm sick of hearing that line.”

The uncle's laughter was filled with disdain, and he released his knife.

The long knife that fell to the ground was now emitting a cyan aura.

“Did you really think you caught me on your own?”

The landing point was right on the edge of the magic circle.

“It's time to go home, I wish you a safe trip back.”

「Reverse Summon」, a spell to counter summoning spells.

But its difficulty and price were far greater than 「Summon」.

So, how heavy would the price be?

The chains on Garuda's body bound him tightly, slowly pulling him towards the endless underground.

“Roar!!!!” Although Garuda held on tightly to the edge, there was no way to stop his body from falling into the endless abyss.

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Bray clutched his left eye, which was constantly bleeding.

Even though it was bandaged, the effect of stopping the bleeding was just as poor.

The cloth could no longer absorb any more blood, so the blood from his eye socket had to overflow from the side.

Bray sat on the ground, watching the continuous battle in the distance.

“Losing too much blood can kill you…”

Still calm, so calm that Bray himself couldn't believe it.

Soon, Bray noticed something was wrong.

The distant place that had been making pinging and ponging sounds suddenly became quiet.

After hesitating for a moment, Bray finally chose to drag his body towards that place.

——“Really courting death…”

The battle should be over, but if the winner was that demon…

Then for Bray to go over now would be complete suicide.

But even so… Bray still wanted to know the result.

What is the Black Iron Species, and what is the Bronze Species…

To be honest, Bray really wanted to know everything.

“Yo.” The uncle's cheerful voice suddenly sounded.

“You're not dead yet.” Bray looked in astonishment at the uncle sitting on the ground without a care for his image.

“You're not dead either, are you?”

Bray fell silent, it was indeed a miracle that he wasn't dead.

“Looks like my luck isn't so bad.” Bray murmured.

Bray sized up the uncle in front of him.

This very ordinary-looking man was now sitting cross-legged on the ground with a tired expression.

The fortress around them, now in ruins, was proof of the battle just now.

A gust of wind blew, raising countless dust particles.

“Cough cough…” Bray fanned his hand, the dust was choking.

“Oh right, cellmate…”

“…” Bray was speechless for a moment, seemingly not wanting to respond.

“Can you do me a favor?”

“…”

“You can't? That's really a shame…”

“I'll help…”

Bray sighed.

“Hahaha, I knew that since we were cellmates, you would definitely help me.” the uncle said with a laugh.

But Bray found it strange, the uncle's hands and feet were intact, and his complexion was still decent…

It seems there's nothing he can't do himself, right?

“Come, come, let me show you a treasure…” After saying that, the uncle took something out of his trouser pocket.

“…” Bray took a small step back.

Bray silently looked at the parchment paper the uncle took out.

There was nothing on it.

“You're messing with me.”

Bray stared fixedly at the uncle with his one dead fish eye.

“No, no!” The uncle quickly waved his hands.

“Just help me deliver it to the hands of a gravedigger in a cemetery in the suburbs of Clinton.”

“Cemetery…” Bray looked at the uncle strangely, somewhat confused.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“I'm a little tired, going to rest.”

The uncle raised his eyebrows and said proudly.

“You… this guy…” Bray had ten thousand roasts he wanted to say, but he held them back.

It seems this guy could hang him up and beat him.

“By the way, your name…” Bray stopped mid-sentence.

The uncle's body turned into cubes, falling to the ground piece by piece.

This was the price of 「Reverse Summon」——

Whatever summon you reverse, you must pay the same price as the summon.

And Garuda, was summoned at the price of countless people being cursed with dismembered limbs…

“Clang——”

The long knife fell to the ground and turned into dust.

“How tragic.”

“...”

“Well, my name is Barossa.”

The uncle, oh no, Barossa, seemed completely unconcerned about the strange phenomenon happening to his body.

“Ah, I remember now…” The uncle suddenly remembered something, and was about to pound his fist when he realized that only the upper parts of his arms were left.

And after a moment, even his upper arms turned into pieces and fell to the ground.

“Eh, what a harsh curse.” the uncle complained.

Bray clutched the parchment paper tightly.

“Is there anything else you need my help with?”

“Nothing more to help with.”

The uncle wanted to shrug, but found that his shoulders were gone too.

“But I do have something I want to say to you…” Pieces began to fall from Barossa's face as well.

“There is a light on you——” Barossa's body suddenly collapsed.

“But, absolutely, absolutely do not touch…”

After that, Barossa's entire body shattered on the ground, then turned into dust and was scattered by the wind.

Although the Black Iron Species have ways to defeat higher species, they must pay a price to some extent.

For example, a price like this.

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