Returning to the imperial capital, Cloud hardened his expression.
“…you did something quite daring.”
We haven’t crossed the gate yet, so we don’t know exactly what the situation is. However, as we got closer to the capital, at some point the sun turned black and the sky turned red.
Cloud had seen this phenomenon in the old world.
A witchcraft that demons offered sacrifices, reverse heaven.
Literally, the power to go against the rules set by heaven.
When the black sun rises, the life of the day weakens and the life of the night becomes stronger.
So I can’t know exactly what was happening in the city, but it was certain that something was unusual.
“Leslie, Eri. Is it possible to cover this city with a barrier?”
Just as Leslie was about to reply, Eri came in.
“yes! Is it possible!”
Leslie frowned at her reckless remark.
“Are you talking about how wide this city is?”
“This is a place I have been to several times before. I don’t even know that.”
“Then you know how irresponsible what you just said? How wide is this city-”
“can not?”
“…yes?”
“You say you can’t By the way, I can It’s going to be a little hard, but it’s something Cloud asked for.”
When Eri snorted, Leslie’s expression wrinkled, wounded in her pride. Cloud asked, looking at the two women in turn.
“So is it possible? Impossible?”
“…It is possible to reduce the thickness of the barrier and increase the area. The problem is that the strength is weak.”
“That’s it.”
It’s enough to catch those who run away for a while.
“Unfold the barrier. As the situation is the situation, cooperate rather than compete. Please.”
They nodded, closed their eyes and memorized the spell. Blue mana gushed out around them, and then quickly spread out toward the entire city.
The two women opened their eyes only after the entire city was covered with a blue barrier.
Leslie let out a long breath.
“If it’s short, it’s an hour, and if it’s long, it’s about three hours.”
Whether Leslie was right or not, Eri didn’t question it this time either. Cloud patted the shoulders of the two women with a look of distress.
“thank you.”
“yes.”
Leslie smiled slightly and replied softly. It was natural for her to compliment her like this. On the other hand, Eri’s cheeks reddened after hearing kind words from Cloud after a really long time.
“What, what? It’s not that difficult for me!”
“Yes, thank you.”
“Huh, huh!”
Eri coughed in hopes that he would give him a little more praise. But instead of praising her further, he led her other party to her gates.
Eri became pale.
Leslie looked at her with pitiful eyes.
“Why don’t you think a little bit about the importance of work?”
“…Noisy.”
* * *
In front of the tightly closed gate.
Hundreds of citizens were kneeling with only ten or so vampires around. You might wonder why they were on their knees or kneeling foolishly instead of pushing numbers, but the difference in power between them and the vampire was not something that could be resolved by numbers.
So all they could do was shake their heads with their heads bowed so as not to offend the vampires.
And the number of such humans was counted by the vampire with his fingers folded.
“788… 789…”
Human bastards… a lot is a dirty lot.
Still, just as the vampire was about to be proud of the fact that he had almost finished counting, another vampire tapped him on the shoulder.
“Hey, hey.”
“I am human. Play with someone else.”
“It doesn’t matter now.”
“What’s not a problem… Oh, damn it! You forgot how far you counted! why? What the hell are you doing this for!?”
“Can’t you hear anything over there?”
The vampire turned his gaze towards the direction his comrade was pointing. If you listen carefully, the hard gate made of rare minerals thumps! thud-! There was a buzzing sound.
The sound grew a little louder each time it was heard.
The vampire’s brow furrowed.
“Intruder.”
thud!
The lower part of the gate was dented. smashing that gate usually not a match. Feeling threatened, the vampires exposed their claws.
The vampire who counted the humans said to the other young vampire.
“He’s an unusual guy. We’ll be running out of time, so you go quickly and tell Lord that an intruder has arrived.”
“Yes!”
The orders of a vampire nobler than himself are absolute.
The vampire, who received the order, flew towards Rod without a single sound.
The remaining vampires raised the tension while looking at the crushing gates.
Koo-!
The gate, which had been dented and crumpled several times, could not withstand the impact any longer and was torn. The vampire who counted humans blew the capital through the crack in the torn gates as if waiting for that moment.
A powerful capital that can tear even steel.
The intruder was caught in an outstretched hand and was stopped so easily.
“Ugh?!”
While the vampire who blew up the capital was panicking, the intruder, Cloud, entered the city. In a fleeting moment, many things were packed into his vision.
Hundreds of people knelt and trembled in terror, and the corpses all around them. Burned or collapsed buildings, and vampires seen as soon as they entered the city.
It wasn’t difficult to figure out the situation.
His expression, which had been hardened, grew even colder.
“Shedia.”
“yes.”
The shadows by the wall flickered, and Shedia appeared.
“Didn’t I say that instead of giving you all the moonstone, I would like to ask you one last favor? I’ll write that now. Protect Laurene from the Imperial Palace.”
“okay.”
Shedia jumped straight up the building without asking why. Her speed as she ran across the buildings was very fast. Within a few seconds she had her new form invisible to the naked eye.
done.
At that speed, we can get to Lauren before she gets angry and protect her.
…and that’s what Cloud really hoped it could be.
“Is this guy ignoring us?”
“die!”
The vampires who were besieging hundreds of humans rushed towards Cloud all at once. The moment their sharp claws shot at him, three new figures popped out from behind him.
“This ungodly one!”
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Ophelia’s mace smashed the head of the vampire who ran to the front. Subsequently, Neria slashed three vampires at once with a slash, and Katarina treated the remaining vampires with a splendid sword dance along with her spirits.
“Hey, how is this…”
The vampire caught by Cloud looked at his colleagues who died in an instant and was startled. Even if they couldn’t beat the knight, they were able to do it to their opponents. I couldn’t help but be surprised that such colleagues died without even being able to resist.
The vampire sensed that there was no way for him to live. That is why he did not beg for his life poorly.
“Hey, these little things dare-”
In a voice trembling with fear, he tried to spit out the blame.
But Cloud isn’t going to listen to it all.
pooh-
Cloud’s hand dug into the vampire’s chest. He found the vampire’s heart and touched it for a moment, then gave it strength and burst it.
“..!!”
The vampire could not even scream and died. Cloud threw the vampire’s corpse at random. tuk. thump. The kneeling citizens watched the vampire corpse rolling on the ground.
– Are you dead? Is that monster real?
– You heard a scream earlier. The fallen one doesn’t even move.
They whispered quietly all the time. In the meantime, a citizen who had the courage to raise his head and widen his eyes at the sight unfolding in front of him.
“Hey, hey guys! Let’s all raise our heads! All the monsters are dead!”
“What? What is that… huh?! It’s real!”
At the cry of courageous citizens, some other citizens also raised their heads. They, too, shouted in amazement, allowing other cowardly citizens to raise their heads as well.
“Sah, I’m alive…”
“You rotten bastards. well died Hugh!”
“Hey, honey. Come on!”
The citizens, relieved by the death of the vampires detaining them, murmured loudly, taking care of their families or cursing the dead vampires.
Then, as if they had made a promise, they became quiet for a moment and looked at the man standing in front of them.
who is it
Who on earth could so easily kill the monsters they feared so much?
There was such a question in the eyes looking at Cloud.
Citizens wanted him to introduce himself.
But Cloud didn’t. He said he was a hero because it seemed like it would only cause more confusion for nothing.
“Go away.”
Instead, he stepped aside and made a way out of the gate. The citizens blinked and, one by one, exited the city through the cracks in the torn gates.
– Go, thank you.
While running away, there were citizens expressing their gratitude, but Cloud only nodded slightly.
Ever since the vampire’s heart burst, his gaze was directed in one direction.
“cloud!!”
The air rumbles and the earth shakes.
Gis, who ran so fast and strong enough to rip the floor, threw a dagger towards Cloud.
Cloud tilted his head to avoid the dagger, then ran to the side to widen the distance.
Gis smiled at him instead of chasing after Cloud.
“I thought I was going to fall out of my throat while waiting, you bastard.”
“…”
“Isn’t that a welcome expression? I guess so. Because there is no frillite year to protect you now.”
Gisse, holding the dagger in reverse, took a stance.
“Did I say that? If you keep talking, you’ll die of me someday. That day will be today.”
Gith’s eyes were curved in the shape of a crescent moon. The pupils visible under the twitching eyelids were red, unlike before. It was a side effect of being human and learning blood.
Cloud stared intently at Gis who was splitting the yarn to the point of disgust. When he didn’t respond, Gis opened his mouth, annoyed.
“hey. When a person speaks-”
“Why did you betray me?”
“What?”
“Why did you do this?”
“Ah… was that the story? Anyway, what happened to the Emperor Yangban, you or someone you haven’t seen in a long time, is that something like that? Is it because you are conscious?”
“Answer?”
“answer? Yes, I’ll tell you if you’re curious.”
Gis laughed bitterly. He threw the dagger, then pulled out a new dagger and rushed towards Cloud.
“Before you fall behind!”
A pair of daggers hurled towards the cloud. Instead of just looking at it, Neria’s shield made of dragon scales blocked the dagger.
As the dagger collided with the shield and bounced off, Cloud leapt at the same time.
“Yeah, the reason doesn’t really matter.”
Cloud passed by Gith. As the distance between them widened, Cloud’s hand was holding the sword. While he was calm and flat, Gis shook his body.
“Aww..!?”
With a handful of moans, Gith’s armor was stained with blood. In the moment when they passed by each other, it was due to the fact that Cloud cut his chest with the unleashed sword.
It wasn’t life-threatening, but it wasn’t a wound to take lightly.
“In the first place, your opponent is not me.”
Gisu’s brow, frowned in pain, frowned even more.
What do you mean when your opponent isn’t Cloud?
It wasn’t long before I realized the meaning of those words. It’s because Neria, who had her eyes full of life, came forward to her.
“I’m going to leave my opponent to that asshole, isn’t it?”
“That bastard is too much for you.”
“What, what the f**k is this bastard?! Do you think you’re my superior because I left a small wound like this while I was careless? ok?!”
“yes.”
After completing the answer, Cloud ran in the direction where the strong energy was felt.
“That bastard!”
Gis immediately tried to follow Cloud. But it was faster for Neria to slam his sword at him than it did for him to kick him off the ground. The posture of Gis who stopped while trying to run was erratic. Because of this, he crossed the two daggers and barely blocked Neria’s sword.
“Your opponent is me. You are the one who will die today.”
Neria gave a lot of strength to the sword in contact with the dagger and growled.
* * *
Cloud and his companions, chasing after the strong energy, reached the city square. As soon as they arrived, Katarina and Ophelia’s complexions became pale blue at the sight that caught their eye.
As I ran from the east gate to this place and the square, I saw all kinds of disgusting sights.
However, it was nothing compared to the scenery unfolding in the square.
Compared to the vampires who sit around and dig up human corpses like peasants who finish their hard work and eat chams.
“It was late. It’s too late.”
From the central auditorium of the square, Kelridan looked down at Cloud and laughed.
“The king of men is dead because you are late.”
Kelridan tapped the spear standing next to him with his index finger. The spear pole trembled, and the emperor’s head hanging from the tip of the spear shook to and fro.
“The rest… it’s not particularly virtuous.”
Behind the spear stood five crosses. And on each cross were nailed to the limbs of the dukes.
Seeing the dukes’ miserable condition, Cloud moved without hesitation.
Not only Kellydon and the other rods, but also the vampires who were eating the organs of the corpses as snacks were nervous.
As soon as the fight started, they attacked them all at once and planned to kill them without giving them time to use their hands.
However, contrary to the expectations of the vampires, he passed Kelidan and walked to the cross. Then he pulled the nail out of the same red-haired middle-aged limb.
When the nail disappeared, the middle-aged body crumbled forward.
Cloud checked his condition after receiving him.
His condition was not good, but he was still alive. Cloud sighed in relief.
‘I almost lost my face to see Frilite.’
Cloud carried Duke Perdiak and laid him in front of Ophelia.
“It’s Frylite’s father. Heal me.”
“yes? Ah yes!”
Confused by Cloud’s sudden action, Ophelia came to her senses. As white light came out of her neatly gathered hands, the wounds of the Duke of Per dyck slowly healed.
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Only after confirming that the Duke’s complexion had found stability, Cloud took his eyes off him.
“What are we going to do with this?”
Kelly’s expression became much cooler than usual.
“I could have killed you over and over while you opened your eyes to that man.”
He felt great humiliation at the fact that he had been ignored. Either way, Cloud got up and looked closely at the square.
“Once again, you are blindfolded. Do you want to die?”
Surprisingly, quite a few survived. It was only visible because it was covered by a corpse, and if he received proper treatment, he would be able to live most of the time.
“…I thought it was a well-forged sword, but it was garbage just like any other human. Just die.”
After finishing his judgment, Cloud gave his gaze to Kellydon.
“Do you have the ability to kill?”
At Cloud’s sarcasm, Kelly’s Dawn laughed as if it were a plastic one.
“Even angels are not our opponents. Not to mention the warriors who are their slaves…”
“angel?”
Why is it suddenly appearing?
Cloud tilted his head and looked around the corpses. Then he sighed when he found a winged corpse that had been incinerated and charred.
“To be happy to catch the last angel who came to run for a side job… The name of the vampire Lord also fell to the ground.”
The vampires stopped laughing. They stared at Cloud with lively eyes. Though they were only side branches, Ophelia and Katarina felt their lives suffocating. Cold sweat was dripping down and it was difficult to lift a finger.
However, Cloud, who was the one who was actually living, did not show any sign of it.
Kellydon said still with a cold face.
“end? How do you distinguish the hierarchy of angels?”
“If it had been a real angel, half of the vampires here would have disappeared.”
“It sounds funny. Even the most favored angels of God cannot do such a thing with just three of them.”
“Believe it or not, it’s up to you. Also, it doesn’t matter if they were real angels.”
Cloud drew his holy sword. The holy sword, which had been abused as much as it was being abused, gave off a dazzling light for the last time before it crumbled. He put his holy sword on the floor.
“Because I don’t want to hide it anymore.”
A white brilliance swirled around the holy sword stuck on the floor.