Episode 114. Dragon of Despair
“Ah, Marcus. My sad little brother…….”
The corpse of a vampire is horribly cut into pieces and sprayed with contaminated blood.
Even he began to laugh mischievously, remembering the lingering regret of the plague that had crushed him and crushed him with his feet, and how it had brought him back from death.
“After you let me go, the human race you dedicated your life to protecting is in the end being played by arrogant monsters.”
At the same time, small spores flowing from his trembling body spread to the surrounding area and began to melt into the corpses of the warriors scattered around the area.
“… Yeah, it might be better to go crazy. “Even the leaders who will lead you chose to bow to the monster in order to forget reality.”
Squeak, creak. A body that begins to deform with the sound of twisting joints and flesh.
At the end, the screams of the revived monsters echoed within the cave, and feelings of fear began to bloom one by one in the people approaching the place.
Despite the betrayal of the warriors, these poor beings did not give up and marched here.
The scourge of the plague did not spare sympathy toward those who were blocked by the hope that even their escape route could still be blocked.
“So go, warriors, with the remnants of you who came to this world to save humanity, we are providing the reprieve necessary for salvation!!”
In order to save those poor lambs, he wanted to send them the remains of the saviors who had descended on this world.
And in order to save more people, he tried to ignore the cries of those wandering about death and head towards the destination at the end.
“With that grace, I will ascend to heaven.”
What we encountered at the end was a space supported by huge bones as pillars.
At the center of it all, there was the powerful energy that the symbol of a fallen world possessed, where unreasonable magic power was concentrated even after death.
“By accepting into this vessel a being who has risen to the pinnacle of this world, beyond just a being who has transcended death…!”
Blight attempts to disintegrate his body in front of that energy and melt into a mass of magical power.
The volume of the spores in response to the enormous magic power rapidly expanded, and soon began to cover the entire area.
And……
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“All right, Captain! The invasion of the undead is getting stronger!”
Inside the garrison area where a fierce battle is taking place.
The situation that was initially thought to be manageable was becoming worse as time went by.
At the stage of fighting passively due to the risk of infection, they repeatedly attacked those who could not join beyond the barricades and numbered them.
“Retreat! “Retreat to the defense line!”
“Many carriers have entered the defense line! “The clergy are not keeping up with the pace of recovery!!!”
Taking advantage of the clergy’s failure to survive, the army of plague spreads at a speed beyond imagination, increasing the number of deserters from the front lines.
But what is more serious than that is that the strength of the so-called infected people is rapidly increasing over time.
-Kaaa!
-Kyaaa!
Red knight of war.
Her magical power gradually spread throughout this land, and as time went by, the power of the undead who had been summoned from the garrison was increasing.
At least the three warriors are somehow protecting the Red Knight himself, but since the average power of the military increases just by existing, the situation is bound to get worse if he is not defeated.
If only there were heroes who could handle this situation…
No, at least if the White Knight and the traitorous warriors clashed, they could have been aiming for mutual annihilation.
“Captain! “The traitorous warriors have become undead and are blocking the passage to the dragon’s heart!”
“This is ridiculous! Nearly ten warriors have already been annihilated by a white knight!?”
Even such last expectations were in vain, as the white knights used the fallen warriors as their hands and feet and even annihilated the late troops who tried to stop their ambitions.
“Why on earth?”
The situation is such that the maintenance of the battle line and the belief that the enemy’s goal can be thwarted are being cruelly broken.
As the allies who fought with desperate will turned into enemies and approached, I felt that everything I had done so far was futile.
“Why on earth does the world make us so helpless?”
Did his older brother enter the path of corruption of his own volition because he thought it was pointless to feel this kind of despair any further?
Indeed, he had the intention to awaken as an enemy towards humanity.
Was it because he predicted the future as he saw his country falling into ruin?
-Quarrung, quaaarng!
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But a natural disaster is coming to this collapsing world.
I wasn’t even allowed time to think about such despair.
“Captain! “The mountain is collapsing!!!”
At the scream of the subordinate who first noticed the situation, the eyes of the soldiers on the battlefield all turned to the sky.
A huge explosion occurring on top of a mountain peak.
As the rocks that erupted like a volcano fell due to gravity, countless dirt began to crash down on the site where they were like waves along the surface of the ridge.
“Everyone retreat!! “Retreat up the mountain on the other side!!!”
Quarring, boom!
A series of disasters ruthlessly engulfing the battlefield.
Even if the body crushed by the rock had been consumed by disease, it was so horribly damaged that it had no chance of coming back to life.
The moment when a disaster that turns the entire world upside down arrives in this land, making even the screams of the invasion of the dead meaningless.
“What, nya…. That… ….”
Nevertheless, the survivors did not dare to look at the miserable scene.
They held their breath and looked towards the top of the mountain where the dragon’s heart is believed to be located.
It climbed up the mountain peak above, as if tearing it apart, and eventually began to show off its presence by cutting through the spore smoke spreading from its body.
“Khahahahaha, hahahahaha!!!”
Even just its head alone is like a mountain beyond a castle.
Smoke composed of spores gradually adhered to the skull, and began to gradually harden its shape on the body.
“Look here, you poor mortals!”
Disaster is declared using such an imperfectly constructed brain.
“You will clearly see that a being beyond recognition, who once plunged this world into despair, has arrived before you again!!!”
Existence in this place clearly has will.
At the same time, he has evil intentions toward humanity.
-Quaaa!!
The body slowly begins to rise from the mountain, starting from the head.
As the bone exposed at the end was covered with spore smoke, its shape began to reflect, albeit unstable, its original form.
“… “A dragon, huh?”
Humanity immediately remembered what the shape revealed at the end was.
“Really, the dragon… ….”
“The dragon’s corpse is an undead… ….”
A being that cannot be compared to the army of the dead that has been pushing them so far.
At this moment, I realized that the great disaster that should have disappeared into history was built with the will of one dead man.
“Do you still think there is hope in this world?”
Such a disaster looked down upon humanity and slowly began to reveal its own body buried beneath the mountain.
“Because we felt sorry for you, we rose from the grave to save you.”
The spores that form flesh and muscles using the bones as the framework gradually harden and try to raise the body.
The awakening is not yet complete, so it is difficult to project a great being.
But that alone would be enough to annihilate humanity.
At this moment, the Dragon of Plague, who felt the power boiling within his body, felt himself overcome by an uncontrollable sense of elation as he realized that fact.
“So despair, slaves of hope!”
I spread the wings of the body built with such momentum and shout.
“Know that in this world, which is infinitely harsh to the living, preparing for death is the only salvation allowed to you!”
The dragon felt that even that was not enough and finally opened its mouth and prepared to blow its breath at the people here.
The breath contains contaminated spores that are harsher than the silt caused by a landslide, and can cause countless diseases at just the slightest exposure.
“Nevertheless, for those who want to fight, I, the Dragon of Plague – Blight, will proclaim! “Starting from here, I will spread a plague throughout this world and drive all living things to death!”
Although it was predicted that the breath would soon sweep away everyone present, no one present could even think of running away from it.
“…The end.”
They feel helpless even in a desperate struggle, and even the hope they believed in repeatedly betrays them.
In addition, now that disasters that they cannot control are showing off, all a mere human can do is give up everything.
“Really, the end… ….”
Even the knees of the corps commander, who had finally lost his will to fight in such a dark reality, gradually began to sink to the ground, unable to overcome despair.
Those are the words greeted by humans who chased hope until the end.
In the end, all that was allowed was to simply accept it.
No matter what happened after that, I just watched and accepted it.
-Whoa!
Just before the breath was released, the sky split apart.
The sight of a huge flash of light falling from him, striking the wide open mouth and crushing it to the foot of the mountain.
-Quarring, quaarring!
Yes, something landed at this moment.
The mouth that was trying to spread its breath closed due to the shock, and the huge body fell headlong and began to tremble on the ground again.
“What, what? “What on earth…”
As a result, Blight, who was regenerating his shattered body, lifted his head with difficulty to understand the situation.
Something with great power attacked him.
Is it humanity? Or a warrior?
“I am the ultimate being! But who dares… !!”
No matter what, he became a dragon.
A small being that is part of this world and has a will.
He must have mixed himself with the vast energy remaining in the remains, revived the records left in the corpse, and was quickly moving towards his body in its prime.
“I ultimately like it.”
A gigantic being that despises such a firm belief and stomps its front foot.
The heat from that pressed down on the ground, and the crumbled soil melted like sand and eventually turned into lava.
“Do you really think you can compare to me when all you do is pretend to pick up a few bone fragments?”
A powerful presence that sets the surroundings on fire just by existing.
The moment it turned into murderous intent and aimed at himself, fear began to sprout inside Blight, who defined himself as the ultimate being.
“You, you…” ….”
“No matter what, if you call yourself a lizard brat, you would know. “We are all beings who absolutely hate anyone entering our territory.”
-Cow!!
A huge dragon swinging its front paws and pressing down on the ground.
But he doesn’t just put on a corpse like himself and imitate it.
The flame burning her body at this moment clearly proved that she was a being with life.
“… “Kid.”
Such a being speaks at this moment.
The moment when a crack appeared in the ‘pledge that I would achieve the annihilation of humanity with my own hands’.
“You must be prepared to touch someone else’s prey, right?”
The last firewood left in his body.
It began to burn fiercely.