Even though Lane Ludwig was buying time, nightmares were everywhere.
In the blizzard, the enslaved ones, unable to find rest even in death, were pushed out endlessly along with the hideous primitive creatures.
The warrior who was eaten by the wave soon became the same dead, baring his teeth to those who were family and friends.
“Side, side collapses!”
“Burn it, burn it and finish it!”
“He’s such a big guy!”
The reason I was able to get through the mayhem was because there were four warriors who had reversed themselves.
Prisvia, Gryfion, Barlzen, Opus.
Even for Frisvia, who just blew off the dead man’s head, the situation was quite hopeless… … Still, hmm.
Koo—-!
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The beasts of raptors led by Grypion, who had soared into the sky, plunged fiercely and pinned the huge old Brook Kudum to the ground.
As the ground shook and the dead flocked towards it, the wolf beastmen, including Barlzen, stretched their necks and let out a bloody howl, and the heads of the dead exploded one after another, weakening the momentum of the charge.
Then, Opus and other white bear beasts rushed forward, and each time they swung their big arms, the bodies of five or six dead were torn apart at once.
‘These beasts, heh, they’re more connected than I’ve thought so far, aren’t they?’
With the cooperation of the four, it was possible to somehow build a square, but the balance was broken in the next moment.
“uh… … ?”
A huge shadow passed over my head, and with a roar that shook the ground, my body rose above the ground without permission.
The warriors who looked back felt despair as their strength drained from their bodies one by one.
The existence that was glaring at them while snorting the muddy thoughts was… … It was Arakish, who was once their guardian.
* * *
「Where and how much should I test it?」
It may have been intuitively realized at the very moment when the downy hairs on my body stood on end and my forehead was wet with cold sweat.
Now, here you die… … .
No matter how many times I die and wake up, I will never be able to defeat this old royal family… … Wiping the sweat from my brow, I drank the fourth potion.
‘At least it’s time… … .’
A mortal wound, as Alaqish had done, would buy him enough time.
– Lin.
– Sabu.
– Lin.
Did you make me wait too long? Wait a minute, I’ll be there soon… … .
“Sejong Yoo Ryang: Gyeong (guard).”
When the seal of protection was signed, the central circle of the image barrier scattered a dazzling radiance, and the light became a five-stranded chain and rose vigorously.
“chain?”
The chain penetrated Shar’kath’s soul and temporarily sealed its movements.
Brain (雷).
field.
fighting (投).
Fall (落).
island.
At that time, why he instinctively formed ‘this prisoner’ was unknown to himself. Did he intend to use the magic he was most confident in?
The seal of the deadly magic I made in my Lean days.
“Rune Amplification, Brain Bleeding.”
Northerners who pursue the extreme practicality of magic mainly use the four elements, which cast magic faster than the four elements.
Electricity, Ice, Steel, Poison… … There, the Osarius school, that is, the attribute Rin handled best was none other than electricity.
When John’s rune began to emit a beautiful light, the air exploded and the sound of lightning flashed in the sky.
「───?!」
You don’t even have to calculate anything anymore. You don’t even need to sign a contract. There is absolutely no need for such preparation.
A pentagon with a radius of 50 meters centered on me, this is the realm of lightning strikes. All enemies who enter here will be devoured by thunderstorms.
300 years ago, in an era where it was common to fight against overwhelming enemies, magic with both speed and power beyond limits was required.
Magic created at that time and out of necessity, with the sole purpose of killing.
“The first thunder.”
Like thousands of birds chirping, a wedge of light swung from the sky to the ground, vibrating the sky with a high-pitched high-frequency vomit.
pure white.
First Shar’kath’s pupils, then the entire world, was covered in pure white.
“Second Lightning.”
The explosion of pure white light did not end there. When the next hand sign was made, a chain of pure white wedges surged at the target fixed in the chain.
“Third lightning.”
“The 4th Lightning.”
“The 5th Lightning.”
“The 6th Lightning.”
“The 7th Lightning.”
If Juyeoso Gyedaeban was a 5-star magic that decorated Rin’s finale, Brain Blood was a 5-star magic that represented the great wizard’s brilliant saga.
It is said that the seven lightning strikes that amplify the killing power to the limit destroy the target without leaving a trace and stain the world with static.
Tinnitus echoes in the ears at the deafening continuous explosion… … My vision is shaving away in white… … The smoke that created a deep pit spread thickly… … Silence right after the quarrel.
“… … .”
Reign got down on one knee amid the intense pain that gripped her entire body, and opened the cork of the last potion with her twitching fingers.
Are you done?
No, this can’t be the end.
I opened my eyesight red with the power I forcibly pulled up. Bell Sidious’ antennae cut through the fog, detecting the presence of supernatural powers beyond.
“uh?”
however… … There was no
no?
There was nothing that could be solved mathematically by Bel Sidious anywhere within sight.
“It’s interesting.”
It was at the last moment that the voice came from behind.
“After waking up, I killed close to a hundred followers of Karenden, whom you call wizards.”
I immediately looked back and built a magic square over my palms.
“Ugh———?!”
For a moment, a sharp pain seemed to explode in my shoulder blades, and my right arm flew away in a corner of my field of vision, spraying blood.
Spider web… … ?!
Its arm had been severed by five strands of cobwebs that protruded from its fingertips and wriggled like maggots.
‘I’m sure he was chained… … ?’
The chains that should have stopped Shar’kath’s movement and sealed the manifestation of his powers were all decaying and melting into a thick liquid.
It became dark before my eyes. To think that 5-star magic could break down like that… … Was it an outburst that had no meaning in the first place?
The cut surface had already turned black and started to rot, and a muffled scream erupted. The erosion of the abyss is in progress.
“Power attribute conversion and transformation of form… … You are the first person to imitate Karenden’s power so similarly.”
You have to keep your distance… … I stretched out my left hand and tried to build a magic square on top of it, but my fingers wouldn’t move.
Before I knew it, the spider webs that wrapped around my left arm dug into my wrist and severed the tendons, and I felt the fishy taste of licking metal in my mouth.
It didn’t end there. The spider’s web had bound both of his legs before he knew it, so he couldn’t even step backwards.
“Even if I had been a little careless, I would have been fatally wounded.”
Shar’kath, who walked straight towards me who was unable to move like that, plunged his blue-black fingertips into my chest.
Hands that split flesh, shattered ribs, and cut arteries like paper… … After grabbing my heart, I went back the way I came.
beating, beating, beating… … I could feel the blood circulating in my veins following the movement of my heart, wriggling delicately in front of my eyes.
“But anyway, humans are humans.”
vision is blurred The strength slowly drains from the limbs. I can not breathe. The pulse gradually weakened.
“Weak, to the point of insignificance.”
What the boy saw at that last moment… … It was not the fear of impending death. It wasn’t even his own heart.
It was a series of equations.
It was a line of supernatural ability that started at Shar’kath’s fingertips and connected to a place where there was a great commotion in the distance.
‘I hope this… … Arakish… … .’
In the midst of the gloomy consciousness, the flower in the boy’s eyes quietly rotated, and the four petals fully bloomed into seven.
this is the answer
maybe it’s a gamble
Anyway, I can’t escape alive now. So, so, with this last spell, as much as you… … .
“… … hmm?”
Shar’kath, sensing something amiss, glanced back at Arakish and narrowed his eyes.
The spider web broke.
what? what happened?
I can’t waste any more time on this guy… … At that moment, the heart that had been weakly beating in Shar’kath’s grip was crushed into gore, spraying a film of blood and water everywhere.
“Cheup… … .”
As if it would burn my throat, the blood from the blood rushed up and poured out of my nose and mouth.
The seven petals shrunk to four in the eyes of the boy who collapsed in the snow that was wet with blood, and then quickly withered. Snow fell on the blind eyes.
What was the last scene that passed before his eyes among the fragments of the barrier of images that scattered like cherry blossoms blown away by the wind?
– Lane!
– Lane.
– Ah-ooh!
A scenery I’ve never seen before, with Arakish, Arakish’s daughter, and Cassena, walking along a silver grass road somewhere in the south, laughing and chatting with each other… … .
* * *
When Arakish opened his mouth wide, what spewed out from it was not the flame of life.
The waves of the abyss, so dense and corrupt that your sense of smell is paralyzed… … The warriors who were swept away by the waves melted away from their entire bodies in the midst of desperate screams.
Watching the horrifying scene, Cassena unknowingly sat down and covered her ears. As if that would make this nightmare no longer a reality.
‘Alaqish, Alaqish… … killing people… … .’
Alakish, who has been consistently noble and has earned the respect of all prisoners for four hundred years… … Arakish, who was so kind… … Arakish smiled sadly as he embraced the egg… … .
“Oh, so it goes like this. How many times slower and slower than when you were alive, so it’s easy?”
Frisvia, covered in the blood of the dead on her mechanical armor, gestured to her subordinates as if this situation wasn’t too bad.
“Each one is an important specimen. Collect them without damaging them as much as possible.”
When Varlzen forced Cassena to stand up, Cassena felt a faint pulsation on her back.
Illusion or hallucination?
no no… … The basket containing the dragon eggs was shaking miserably. The dragon egg is wriggling vigorously.
“stand up! Get back to safety!”
“Stand up, stand up, stand up.”
Guided by Barlzen and Peach, as I tried to get away from Arakish, the dragon egg’s shaking became uncontrollably rough. As if a child uses a herd.
Perhaps she could feel some kind of will there, Cassena stopped blankly.
And as if responding to that will, as I slightly moved my body toward Alakhish, the dragon egg calmed down calmly and emitted mysterious heat.
“Over there… … Do you want me to take you?”
“Come here quickly, you little boy!”
“Quickly, quickly, quickly.”
“Varzen, Peach. I, I mean, I have to go to Arakish.”
At those words, Varzen looked at Cassena with a gaze asking what the hell that meant.
“Arakish is calling me.”
That judgment came from a firm conviction, even if it could not be explained to anyone.
I could clearly feel and know if it was the strength derived from the bloodline that Karenden loved as if it were her own daughter, or if it was because of this black sheep. The trembling of the soul calling for this dragon egg… … .
Varzen shook his head resolutely.
“This is nonsense. The moment you die, everything ends! The soul is corrupted! Killing and burning is the last mercy!”
“Mercy, mercy, mercy.”
“Please, help me get to Arakish. Varzen, Peach.”
Barlzen shook his head as if he was tired of it, then shuddered at the screams he heard from behind him.
There were as many as five warriors whose backs were severed by the heavy inertia carried on Arakish’s tail… … Frisvia takes advantage of that loophole and rips off its wings.
Arakish roared sadly, then opened his mouth at Prisvia, spewing the blood of decay.
“It’s not that I don’t understand your feelings, but Arakish has already… … .”
Barelzen looked back at Cassena while muttering that, and saw something shining brightly and resolutely in her eyes, and fell silent.
“Alaqish, who has kept his mission for fourteen hundred years. By the way, but… … If it ends like that, that would be so sad… … .”
How should I explain it, or should I call it the morning star of hope?
In those eyes, Barlzen felt something that no language could express… … The same dazed heart trembling as when he saw the tears Rain shed for them on the day he arrived in Ravenfell.
Maybe that’s why, after a while, I found myself grinning involuntarily. And the one who says so.
“Okay, let’s try it. If I failed, would I do anything but die?”