283 – Showdown – 3
“…… What are these?”
Nyx frowned at the knights who had suddenly burst into the audience room door and prepared for black magic. The knights stepped inside, ignoring Nyx’s appearance.
“Where do you dare?”
And then, as soon as Nyx snapped his fingers, he was swept straight away by the black flame that soared from the floor, and he staggered back.
There was no vitality in his expression, so I thought he would just ignorantly break through, but he seemed to feel pain. Even if he was swept away by black flames, there were no wounds, so it would only be at the level of feeling pain.
“Who are you? Do you leave quickly when you say good things?”
The knights were silent. As a warning, I snapped my fingers and laid a lot of black magic circles near the entrance, but they tried to push in.
Nyx responded by exploding the dark magic circle.
‘These guys don’t understand the language.’
I managed to figure out how the situation had turned out.
Four were wearing silver armor that looked like a copy of those of the Knights of the Silver Dawn, plus two were wearing white armor that looked just like the armor worn by the Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom.
It looked much thicker and heavier in appearance, and except for the fact that the person wearing it was a man, it was an armor that was similar enough to be said to have been removed from this one. That level of correlation can be discerned at once.
The problem is, what exactly are these guys really?
‘I’ve never heard of a male member of the Knights of the Argent Dawn. Minerva is…… It won’t work.’
Nix was about to seek help from Minerva, but changed her mind. He judged that even if he informed, he would not be able to help right now.
Looking back at the magic circle that covered the entire palace a little while ago and quickly disappeared, and the loud explosion heard right after that, it is speculated that someone set up a magic circle in the palace and that Minerva stopped it.
Due to Minerva’s personality, if she had subdued or killed a guy with a magic circle, she would most likely stop by her throne room for a warning. If not, it meant that the confrontation was still going on.
Wouldn’t it be more than distracting to go there for nothing? It’s better to stay quiet here.
“I asked. You’d better answer quickly. This is not a place for people like you to come in and out. Or what, do you want to start by cutting off your limbs one by one?”
Nyx then glanced back. All six remaining were enduring the memory of death in order to acquire the soul. We’ve come to the final stage now, and we couldn’t let it get in the way.
If the body is shocked, there is a high probability that the soul will be overburdened. No matter what, we had to keep them out.
‘How much is left? Do you have half an hour left?’
Fortunately, it is the fact that those six people have been locked in their memories for quite some time now. If things were going right, it was time to wake up.
“Can’t you hear me? What happened to your hair?”
Even though Nyx warned in a loud voice, the knights in front of him only tried to break through the dark flames.
I drew a magic circle on my palm. The warning is over. Whoever they are, they are self-inflicted. Death or death was none of Nyx’s business.
The jet-black magic circle shone slightly and the moment he was about to activate his magic, a knight in silver armor, who had penetrated the black flame at the forefront, swung his sword.
“ㅡ!!!!!”
Nyx quickly reversed the spell of the magic circle. Instead of offensive magic, defensive magic was unfolded. The slash, which hit the pitch-black barrier and distorted its trajectory, immediately crashed into the wall of the throne room.
It didn’t collapse like the imperial palace building, the best in the empire, but it left a scar so large that light leaked through the cracks. Piece by piece, broken debris flowed down the stormwater.
“You…… You weren’t trying to target me in the first place, were you?”
The attack just now was directed at Iris. It was a trajectory that would have decapitated her had it not been stopped in time.
It was only then that Nyx noticed that the knights’ eyes were looking the other way. Not a single one of those six glances was at Nix.
In his jet-black eyes, anger dwelled. The magic circle drawn from his hand flew like a snake and struck the chest of the knight who had just made a preemptive attack. The knight floated in the air and flew backwards.
Three or four pieces of armor tangled together and made a loud bang. Nyx poured a waterfall of black flame over it, then looked at the other two standing still.
“Wait. What else are you Why are you holding that-“
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The weapon in the knight’s hand felt very familiar, so Nyx stopped talking and looked behind him hurriedly.
“…… Are you still there?”
But Claudia’s greatsword was still leaning against the sofa.
A puzzled Nix turned his head away again. The greatsword in the knight’s hand was obviously the same shape as that one. One size was ignorantly large, so I couldn’t see it wrong.
Nix was dumbfounded for a moment, then realized what had happened and snorted him. Come to think of it, the slash that the knight with the long sword used at first was a wind sword.
“I thought it was something similar, but I didn’t expect it to be real.”
There was a story the goddess told Nyx, who was worried about how Delta would survive here if all of his physical abilities were taken away. That was the story of Brightest Darkness 4.
When I made it, I said that it was impossible to portray the world as it is, so I changed the appearance and gender to make it a little more natural to the world of Delta.
If those were the changed appearances, the current situation would all be explained. The reason why the design of the armor is almost identical, and the reason why the appearance and swordsmanship of the weapon are all the same.
Except for one thing, who brought you here.
Of course, there was no way the Goddess would have brought her, even if she died. She said he was crazy and would she bring such things into this world. They even try to kill the originals in this world.
‘…… Is that him?’
No matter how much I thought about it, he was the only one with the reason and ability to do such a thing.
Even while his head was complicated, his body moved on its own. Black whips hit their limbs, and black flames burning on the floor restricted their movements.
It was difficult to use big magic. If you do, the imperial palace will be burned down just like them.
Especially since Aurora is not far away, it shouldn’t be like that.
ㅡ Kwajik! Kwajik!
As soon as all the walls near the door began to crumble with a bloody sound, Nyx activated the protection magic and completely blocked the wall in the area where the door was located.
I could see the knights who were blocked by the defense barrier somehow breaking the barrier and going mad. Wind, fire, ice, lightning, and divine power continued to beat the magic circle.
A long sword and wind, a short sword and ice, a Japanese sword and fire, and a greatsword and thunderbolt. It was a combination that I couldn’t recognize without recognizing it.
‘Then those two… ….’
Nyx watched from the side of the knights as they tried to pierce the protective magic with maces and rapiers.
Seeing how the mace cracked at the place where it hit and the rapier easily punched a hole in the shield, Nyx hurriedly added magic.
ㅡQuad Deuk!
“Oh, really! Do you do it in moderation?!”
Nyx was very annoyed and covered the front of the throne room with black salt, but they didn’t sing out a single hair on his head.
That was the maximum attack that the imperial palace walls could withstand. If only I could use magic properly, I would have burned it without leaving a single bone fragment.
‘Teleportation doesn’t work either.’
I’d rather use teleportation to send it somewhere far away, but for some reason, that didn’t work.
‘The soul is…… No. Let’s not take risks.’
To be honest, writing Requiem was ambiguous. It was because he was accepting the memory of death by his side. Really, even if it’s just one chance, if the requiem interferes with that work and things go wrong, there’s absolutely no turning back.
It was around the time that the confrontation continued. A familiar voice came from behind.
“We will take care of this. Back off.”
Her eyes opened before I knew it, and Iris was pulling out her own longsword. Not only that, but Rize, Erika, and Claudia were each pulling their weapons beside him.
Even Stella and Selene, who woke up at the same time, immediately found their weapons, meaning that everyone who challenged her memory sharing survived death.
Nyx couldn’t hide his surprise. It is surprising that he has never failed, and that he can remain so calm after going through so many deaths.
While the dazed Nyx froze in place, Stella, lightly relaxed, placed her mace on her shoulder.
“What are those unpleasant things, Heretic Questioner?”
“I don’t know either. However, I don’t think it’s possible to keep him alive.”
“I agree. I just kill them all!”
Stella smiled cruelly, and Selene aimed her rapier with a cold expression. The target was, of course, two people wearing paladin armor and holding the same weapon as themselves.
“Why are you wearing the armor of the Knights of the Argent Dawn? I don’t remember having a male member selected.”
Claudia asked a question with a distorted face, not showing her usual boisterous appearance.
It wasn’t just limited to Claudia. All six had a displeasure on their faces that they could not hide. It was as if he had seen something he couldn’t see.
Even Stella showed displeasure at the corner of her cruel smile, so Nyx was the only one who kept her usual face.
“The dragon that Mr. Delta is fighting against is an existence created to imitate you. That’s why the appearance and weapon are the same.”
Nyx quickly explained the situation.
There was nothing wrong with the explanation, even though it was a cut-and-dried explanation. It is correct that they imitated these 6 people, and the one created by that dragon is probably also correct. If you feel unfair, come to protest.
The faces of the six people distorted even more when they said that they were made by imitating them.
“…… Aha. I say yes What should I do, Erica?”
Rize and Erica aimed their weapons at the same time. Ice soared on the dagger, and flame wrapped around the Japanese sword.
“What should I do, sister? Of course you have to kill them all. Why are you doing this when you know that your thoughts are mine?”
“This is my brother. Did you admit that we are the same?”
Erica noticed that she had something to say, but she let out a small sigh and shut her mouth. Rize looked at Erika and smiled.
“If you don’t mind, can you leave them to us?”
Nyx, who was about to destroy their essence with a requiem, hesitated after hearing Iris’ polite request. The other 5 people were in a similar mood.
“…… Are you trying to kill yourself?”
“Yes. They imitate us, so we should kill them with our own hands.”
In that short moment, there were a lot of things piled up like this, but since they’re imitating him, it’d be better to let them tie the knot with their own hands. Nicks quietly backed away.
Iris gave a short bow to Nyx.
“Thank you for your consideration. From now on, we’ll take care of it.”
The wind blew around Iris’s longsword as she finished her words. Even the silver knight’s longsword was entwined with wind.
Nyx hurriedly said at the sight of everyone preparing to fight in earnest.
“This is the imperial palace? You’re not going to fight here, are you?”
“Stop worrying. I learned something new, so shouldn’t I use it?”
The tips of their weapons pointed at each other.
“It will be over soon.”
Aurora, sitting on a throne in the central hall and looking over hundreds of documents, put the documents down at the sound of footsteps. The footsteps were getting closer and closer.
When I looked in the direction the sound came from, a woman was walking this way. As soon as she saw the woman, her aura Laura, who frowned in displeasure, opened her mouth.
“How did you get here? I don’t remember giving permission to come in.”
“… ….”
There was no reply.
Aurora sighed and tried to summon the Knights of the Silver Dawn. If it had been her aunt, she would have sliced and killed her intruder directly with her holy sword, but Aurora was not capable of that.
“I wish I didn’t call anyone. We have a story to tell just the two of us. Covertly.”
Suddenly, she heard a voice that did not belong to her. Her hand, which was about to activate the magic circle next to her throne, hesitated for a moment.
“Is there any reason why I should listen to you?”
“Of course I do. I can’t do you any harm I’ve never held a sword in my life, and I’ve never even fought. Look, you came without a weapon.”
The woman then fluttered the hem of her skirt and spread her arms wide. Aurora wasn’t stupid enough to trust what she said right away, so she asked again without letting go of her tension.
“There are only two people in this world who can tell me a secret story. Since you are not one of those two, I will be as merciful as I can. Turn around and leave this place right now.”
“You are unkind. It’s a story you won’t regret hearing.”
“Looks like you won’t go out. Good night. If so, by force-“
“Don’t you want to be helpful to your man?”
Aura, who was about to activate her magic circle, heard her words and stood tall in her place. The woman walked slowly to her throne with a smile on her face.
“Everyone else went to help your man, but you’re all alone here looking at that bell. Aren’t you embarrassed? Yes? You can too. I can help. Except for you alone.”
“…… If you try to seduce me with pointless bullsh*t, it’s useless. Scram. Right Now.”
“Don’t be like that, be honest. Because I know your heart very well. I’ll help you. If you want, I can give you the strength to fight alongside your man. Think about it The way you show trust by saying that you will leave your back. I’m telling you that I fully believe in you. To you, not to anyone else. How is it? Isn’t it thrilling just imagining it?”
“That’s not true… ….”
The woman who had approached right in front of her throne suddenly lifted her hand, which had reached near her magic circle, and placed it on her lap. Then, she smiled and sat down on Aurora’s thigh.
“No, it will. Because you are a loser It’s insignificant, weak, and unhelpful trash. Because now you are only that year.”
“… ….”
The golden eyes began to blur little by little.
“But now it’s different. As long as you do as I tell you, as long as you follow what I say, you can get rid of that stigma. You can be of the greatest help to your man. So, don’t be afraid to do it. First step.”
“The first step… ….”
An evil smile bloomed on the woman’s face as she listened to Aurora’s murmur.