Chapter 6: The Witch of Inya Kone Village
Part 2
The forest became silent.
The witch stood beneath the dark sky.
Her presence covered the entire area.
The guardian spirit trapped inside the seal trembled.
"This woman..."
"She has grown stronger."
Adrian looked at her calmly.
The witch smiled.
"You are calm."
"That confidence..."
"I wonder how long it will last."
She raised her hand.
The air changed.
The temperature dropped.
Then...
Flames appeared.
Not one.
Not ten.
Hundreds.
Black flames floated around the forest like stars in the night.
"Burn."
The flames moved toward Adrian.
Adrian stepped forward.
The Eternal Void Sword appeared.
"Void Traverse Art."
His figure disappeared.
The flames exploded behind him.
Boom!
The entire forest shook.
But Adrian had already appeared above the trees.
The witch looked upward.
"Fast."
She smiled.
Then she disappeared.
Adrian's eyes narrowed.
Behind him...
Another witch appeared.
Then another.
Then dozens.
Hundreds.
The entire sky was filled with identical figures.
Illusions.
Clones.
Each one carried the same energy.
"You cannot find the real me."
The witches attacked simultaneously.
Fire.
Wind blades.
Earth spikes.
Dark energy.
Every direction was filled with attacks.
Adrian moved through the sky.
But this time...
The enemy was different.
The witch was not simply attacking.
She was controlling the battlefield.
Every illusion.
Every element.
Every movement.
Everything was under her control.
A fire spear appeared behind Adrian.
He turned.
Blocked.
But the spear changed into chains.
The chains wrapped around his sword.
The witch laughed.
"Your weapon is powerful."
"But can it protect your mind?"
Adrian's vision changed.
The forest disappeared.
The village disappeared.
He stood alone.
An illusion world.
Inside this world...
Thousands of voices appeared.
Fear.
Regret.
Pain.
The witch's mental control entered his mind.
"You are weak."
"You lost everything."
"You are still trapped by this world."
For a moment...
Adrian's expression changed.
Then—
Something awakened.
Deep inside his soul.
Fragments of memories.
Not just knowledge.
Not just techniques.
The presence of another self.
The Strongest Immortal Emperor.
The countless years of understanding.
The feeling of standing above countless beings.
The illusion began breaking.
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
Adrian opened his eyes.
The world returned.
The witch's expression changed.
"Impossible."
"You broke my mind control?"
Adrian looked at his hand.
His expression became colder.
Something had changed.
His previous kindness remained.
But the hesitation was disappearing.
The Immortal Emperor's will was awakening.
"I understand now."
"Your techniques are based on controlling external forces."
"Spirits."
"Elements."
"Minds."
"But you depend on those things."
Adrian raised the Eternal Void Sword.
"I create my own path."
The sword began trembling.
The sword intent changed.
The old techniques were no longer enough.
A new understanding appeared.
A sword technique born from Adrian himself.
"Originless Emperor Sword."
The moment the words left his mouth...
The sky changed.
The illusions disappeared.
All the fake witches vanished.
The real witch's expression became serious.
Adrian's sword moved.
Not fast.
Not powerful.
Simply unavoidable.
The sword intent itself reached her.
The witch created countless barriers.
Fire walls.
Earth shields.
Wind barriers.
Dark energy formations.
Everything appeared.
But the sword continued forward.
One slash.
The barriers shattered.
The witch was pushed backward through the sky.
For the first time...
She felt danger.
"You..."
"What are you?"
Adrian looked at her.
"I am Adrian Voss."
The Eternal Void Sword floated beside him.
"But I am no longer the person you thought I was."
The witch became furious.
The entire sky darkened.
The spirits she controlled appeared.
Thousands of shadows surrounded the village.
The battle had only entered its second phase.