If I Had To Say, I Would Say I Am A Evil Magician 229 (Patreon)

Intense Battle

He has the pride of having experienced and survived numerous battles. There are also countless times he nearly lost his life. However, Hazen, had never felt a threat of this calibre before. For that Warrior Angel, to be punched continuously helplessly.

"Kuh......disappear!"

＜＜Oh Glory, Oh The Path To Believe In, Oh Cleansed Souls, Display The Endless Hope Towards The Heavens＞＞ーーGuidance To The Chatra(El・Sagittarius)

The enormous light Hazen released, cleansed the thousands of corpses in an instant.

"Haa......haa......"

"Kukuku......you look pretty exhausted"

At Asch's provocation, Hazen reflexively clenches his teeth. In the current situation where the Warrior Angel is sealed, magic that consumes a tremendous amount of magic power, like Area-of-Effect magic, isn't a smart idea. However, he was brilliantly made to use it. The number of Maximus Magic he can cast is limited. He's left with, no doubt, one more blow. If he doesn't pour everything he's got into it and collide it into Asch, he has no chance of winning. Now, inside the strongest Magician's mind, he's focusing on just the single question of how he can tide over this battle.

"......Hazen-sensei. Were you this weak?"

Brushing off the collapsed and no longer moving Warrior Angel, Asch grins.

"It only feels like that, because you're a monster"

"Monster? Ever since just now, what have you been talking about?"

"Like there's a human who devours humans. That's the only expression, that comes to mind right now"

He tries to give making him waver a try. He's already, in a state where reasoning doesn't get through, but he can't come up with any other effective method either. 

"......what are you saying?"

It was just for an instant, but Asch makes a befuddled expression. Hazen didn't let it, that minuscule change, slip.

"You didn't realise? It's your actions just now"

Indeed, he feels something pretty off from the current Asch. He had been worrying about Liana the whole time until just now, and yet now, he simply leaves himself to that destructive impulse and rampages. Though it's possible that that's what the influence of Demon Fusion entails......

"Just now......aah, when I had my meal huh......you are saying that was a human? That was, a dish"

At that moment, a static sound runs through Hazen's mind. This guy's words aren't matching up. Is he wavering......or......

"That is a dish......is that what it looked like to you?"

"What else could it be......"

"Then the smell? The taste? What happened to your clothes. The situation around?"

"......"

"Have you ever, seen a human who loses half their brain, and still lives on? What about a human who regenerates half their body?"

"......no, there's no way"

"There is, because you are already not a human......you're a monster......"

『Kukuku......that's right, I am not a human. What's wrong, with that?』

It's this fellow.

Hazen is sure of it.

There's undoubtedly, another something inside Asch.

"What are you saying......I'm a human. 『Hazen-sensei said it as well, didn't he. Does a human like you exist?』 Exist or not......I'm a human. 『You've noticed it, right? The truth is you should already know. Why, your shirt is stained with blood. That dish was horribly raw, right?』 You're wrong! That was, a meal. You said it was a meal, didn't you. 『It's a meal. Because you're a monster』 You're wrong! 『I'm not wrong』 You're wrong, you're wrong! 『I'm not wrong. You were eating it deliciously, weren't you』 ......you're lying. 『Kukuku......then why are you alive?』 'Why', you say...... 『Are you able to have your brains blown out and live on』 ......shut up. 『You understand it as well, right? It's a simple logic』 ......shut up......don't talk. 『The personality known as 'you' went mad and collapsed. What did you entrust all of that to?』......shut up......shut up......shut up...... 『It's an inferior imitation(copy). The moment your flesh body collapsed, your personality perished, and only your remnant thoughts remained in the fluid. You possess extraordinary regeneration abilities, and your brain function is working normally, but your soul has already died. Which means, those remnant thoughts areーー』shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up......"

Asch holds onto his head and screams like he went insane. The personalities inside his body are completely in conflict. And then, the personality that's not Asch, is trying to hijack Asch's personality; that's what it felt like to Hazen. It likely, altered the information in his brain, and made Asch himself feel like the medicine in that test tube was an elixir. What's cunning about it is, it's making him commit a sin and paving the road for his personality to collapse at the very end.

"......haa......haa......that's right, Liana. I have to save her"

Like he remembered......no, perhaps he was made to remember. Whatever it is, it's planning to completely destroy Asch's personality at the very end.

"Asch......don't worry. I'll kill you"

Hazen, softly, responded.