Gray Mist raised his brows and looked at Richard. "What you're doing now—isn't it a method you've used many times before? Doing it again is your solution?"
"Actually, while this method resembles the previous ones, it isn't exactly the same." As Richard continued constructing Air Walls, he spoke with Gray Mist. He looked far more relaxed as he talked freely. "You know, I've been considering something for a long time: what is the simplest way to deal with people like you?
By 'people like you,' I mean existences like you who can revive endlessly, keep pestering others, and become unbearably irritating. This is one of the Truth Society's greatest strengths. Through this ability, its members can lurk in the shadows and complete countless missions without fearing sacrifice.
Naturally, that is good for the Truth Society's members. But for someone like me, an enemy of the Truth Society, it is rather troublesome. Forgive the offense, but your method of being impossible to kill no matter how many times you are killed is simply like cockroaches in a sewer—repulsive beyond restraint. Even though I have now mastered quite a few methods for dealing with this situation, such as prophecy-type abilities and destroying souls, I still cannot solve it at its root.
You are an example of that right now. I've used every method at my disposal and still can't kill you. Instead, I've put myself in an unfavorable position. It truly is rather helpless. So what should I do? I kept thinking, and eventually I came up with an idea.
When dealing with people like you who are extremely difficult to kill, one should not rack one's brains trying to kill you completely—that would mean falling into your trap and competing against you in your area of expertise. The rational choice would