Chapter 164 Battle for the Headquarters (3)
“Whoops… … .”
Archbishop Alberich laughed as he saw me holding a true silver sword and a true iron sword in both hands.
“There is no point in threatening me in that state, Aernas.”
“… … .”
“Your mana heart and veins have not yet recovered from overload. Can you deal with me with a body like that?”
Alberich had a complete insight into my condition.
but… Alberich wasn’t the only one seeing through the opponent.
“Do you really think you would be a threat to me in that state?”
“… … .”
Alberich kept his mouth shut.
And he smiled a little while looking at me.
“Amazing. Did you realize that I am not the ‘body’?”
“It’s thoroughly disguised, but it doesn’t work on me.”
“Very good, Ernas.”
It is not Alberich himself who is here now.
I am inside the head office, and I just sent my alter ego here.
However, even if he is an alter ego, he is not an opponent that can be ignored.
It was because he passed out Chloe, who had reached the advanced rank of Graduate, without lifting a finger.
“I’ll have to test if the impact is fed back to the body when I defeat the clone.”
“You are too impatient.”
“Is there any reason to wait?”
“Let’s talk for a while, Ernas.”
Alberich said in a calm voice.
“I am not here to fight you.”
“Have you made a surprise attack like this?”
“I haven’t hurt anyone in coming this far.”
“If you want to talk, you should have made a formal request for a meeting.”
“If the Archbishop of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult requested a meeting, you wouldn’t have responded. So like this… It was aimed at when you were alone.”
Saying that, Alberich glanced at Chloe.
“I was able to sleep for a while because this lady was by my side.”
“… … .”
“Aernas, I would like to talk to you for a moment.”
Alberich looked at me with intelligent eyes.
“It will be of benefit to you as well.”
“Anything that benefits me?”
“Yes, Ernas.”
Alberich said, nodding slowly.
“About the stage beyond the pinnacle… I want to talk.”
* * *
Archbishop Polka’s Black Heaven Seven Flame Swordsmanship (黑天七炎劍術) is a swordsmanship combined with the flame sword technique.
It is difficult to even grasp the surrounding situation when surrounded by seven swords engulfed in flames.
However, this also means that it is difficult to grasp the inner situation from the surroundings.
so… Even if Brantley uses Agrippa’s Blue Moon Sword, there is no problem.
“Hap… … !”
aaa!
Swinging from the bottom up, an extremely simple action.
Just that alone cut the space.
As the trail of the sword split the space, everything split left and right.
Even the sword of the flame that surrounded Brantly.
“… … !”
Woo woo woo!
Breaking through the encirclement of the Black Heaven Seven Flame Swordsmanship, the severing of space attacked Archbishop Polka.
He desperately tried to evade, but he couldn’t completely avoid the ultra-high-speed space cutting.
“Keugh… … !”
The space cut blew Polka’s right arm off.
Polka’s body had a solid self-defense device deployed, but it was meaningless in front of the space cutting of Agrippa’s swordsmanship.
“this… Is it Agrippa’s blue moon swordsmanship!”
Seeing through the true identity of Brantly’s technique, Polka raised her voice.
“The Agrippa family’s German swordsmanship, which is said not to be used in front of others… I never thought it would be this powerful!”
Polka glared at Brantley as she hurriedly stopped the bleeding with her magical powers.
“but… You weren’t safe either, Brantley.”
“… … .”
Brantley was also silently stopping the bleeding with magical powers.
Because he was injured all over his body.
The biggest weakness of Agrippa’s Blue Moon Sword is that it can only attack in one direction.
It exerts absolute power in the front where space cutting occurs, but the side or rear becomes defenseless.
That is why… The moment Agrippa attacked Polka with the Blue Moon Sword, the sword of flame hit Brantly from the side and back.
Although 2 of the 7 sword skills were extinguished due to being caught up in the space cut, he was still seriously injured.
“I didn’t think I would be able to win easily against the archbishop who protects the headquarters.”
Archbishop Polka in front of him seemed to have the best skills among the archbishops he had ever met.
It is difficult to win without a single wound against such a formidable foe.
“I’ll take your breath away with the next attack, Archbishop Polka.”
“Kuh… … .”
Brantley is also injured, but better than Polka, whose entire arm is blown off.
The seven sword swords that Polka used to deploy at the same time now only have five left.
Now, Brantley was in the winning position.
“Goes.”
“… … !”
cooong!
He leaped while kicking the dark ground.
Five swords surged with a roar and attempted to intercept Brantly.
But Brantley broke through with a clever move.
“Huh!”
Quaang!
Sometimes, Agrippa performed the cutting technique and deflected the sword.
The moment they collided, an explosion occurred, trying to damage Brantly’s sword skills, but Brantley had already taken measures.
“Did you make the swordsman stronger!”
He got a hint from the high-density swordsmanship that Aernas sometimes shows.
Although Aernas did not directly teach it, I was able to reproduce it enough because I had seen it several times.
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“Keugh… … !”
Kung, koo kung, koo!
Eventually, one of the swords was broken, leaving only four blades of flame.
This makes it difficult to block Brantly’s movements.
“It’s over, Archbishop Polka.”
“… … !”
Slashing the flames that blocked his way, Brantly rushed towards Polka.
The moment he was about to unleash a blow like a gale to decapitate him.
“I can’t help it… … !”
“… … ?!”
coo kung!
Polka’s whole body suddenly exploded like a flame.
It was a different feeling from when he performed the black cloth seven-yeom swordsmanship earlier.
And a powerful shock wave occurred from Polka.
“Ugh… … !”
Sensing danger, Brantley quickly evaded.
After landing on a rock halfway up the volcano, I tried to check Polka’s current condition.
“… … !”
Brantley held his breath.
This is because the appearance of Polka has changed greatly.
Originally, Polka had a much stronger body than Brantly, but now she has more than doubled in size.
Not only that, but a crustacean-like exoskeleton sprouted all over the body, and the arm that had been severed earlier was also regenerated.
“Is it a mutagen?”
It was different from how demonic cults turned into monsters like orcs and ogres.
It was different from Charnard and Jenula’s transformation into huge chunks of flesh.
Polka seemed to have evolved into something beyond human beings while maintaining her rationality.
“No, this is… … .”
Brantley noticed it belatedly.
What kind of existence is that… When I was in the academy, I learned about it in the history of swordsmanship class.
“It is said that His Majesty the Iron Blood Sword Emperor annihilated it a thousand years ago… Is it a demon!”
The Black Heaven Demonic Cult created a technology that turned humans into demons.
Upon realizing this, Archbishop Polka rushed towards Brantley, who was astonished.
* * *
“About a thousand years ago… The Iron Blood Sword Emperor led a war with six aides to eliminate the forces threatening humanity.”
Alberich said in a calm voice.
“The monster emperor who rules the monsters, the elder dragon with power incomparable to the lesser dragon… … .”
“… … .”
“and… I fought with the demons.”
Mine.
It is an ancient race that is said to have taught mankind how to use magic.
They were able to strengthen their bodies with the power of magic, and they fought bare-chested without weapons.
In this world, bioenergy is called ‘mana’ because it is the power taught by ‘mages’.
“The demons were a race that worshiped great power. They idealized a world where all beings fought fiercely to get what they wanted.
“… … .”
“A war of all against all… That was the mind of the demons.”
After saying that, Alberich smiled.
“We, the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, inherited that idea.”
Yes.
This is why the Black Heaven Demonic Cult uses the name ‘Magician’.
The Black Heaven Demonic Cult is a group that has inherited the ideology of ‘Majin’, and has been working secretly to collapse the national system and create a world of struggle full of chaos.
“By the way, our Dark Heaven Demons… As time passed, it began to deteriorate. The demons of the past hated creating organizations or systems, but the Black Heaven Demonic Cult has become a huge organization with clear hierarchical relationships.”
“… … .”
“It was inevitable. An organization was needed to oppose the Empire of the Iron Blood Sword. but… Suddenly, the Black Heaven Demonic Cult put more emphasis on maintaining the organization than realizing its ideology.”
Alberich shook his head.
“The poor Patriarch has made up his mind. If we continue to drag out time like this, the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult will only become more and more corrupted… He said that he would destroy the empire in his own generation and realize the world of struggle.”
“… … .”
From the point of view of the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, it was the best timing.
The emperor is dying, and the princess who will inherit the throne is a young girl who can’t even use swordsmanship.
If the Empire takes advantage of the chaotic period surrounding the succession to the throne, it will be easier to realize the world of struggle that the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult wants.
With that thought in mind, the archbishops of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult had conspired here and there.
“The most important thing to realize the goal is strength. So the Patriarch… They are preparing in the head office right now.”
“preparation?”
“It is preparation to become a transcendent being that has surpassed the pinnacle level.”
Saying that, Alberich laughed.
“Aernas, no matter how strong you are… If the Patriarch awakens, he will not be an opponent at all.”
“Why are you so assertive?”
“Because you are still captivated by human limitations. Didn’t you feel the pain just a moment ago?”
“… … .”
“I have obtained huge magical power, but there is a limit to the output that a human body can produce. as it were… You can’t get any stronger.”
It wasn’t that wrong.
Now I was in a state of being strong to the limit as a peak level.
Even if you increase your magic power here, you will not become stronger.
The same applies to the use of iron-blooded sword magic.
“But the Patriarch is trying to transcend human limitations. When you reach a level that transcends the peak level… You can never win.”
“Thank you for the details, Alberich.”
I said in a cold voice.
“So what do you want to say in the end? Since I can’t beat the Patriarch, are you saying that I should surrender quickly?”
“It is not so, Aernas.”
Alberich smiled.
“I explained in detail because I thought you would listen to me.”
“Am I going to listen?”
“Aernas, I understand you well.”
Saying that, Alberich raised a finger.
“You are the one who seeks power more than anyone else in the world.”
“… … .”
“I have solidified my position by defeating several masters of swordsmanship, but that was not to gain power. It must have been to defeat a formidable enemy and obtain greater power.”
What Alberich pointed out was… It was my hand covered by a glove.
“Aernas, the ring and bracelet you are equipped with… Isn’t it an ancient artifact?”
“… … .”
“Others may not have recognized it, but I, who inherited the knowledge of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, can understand it. You must have obtained great power by using the power of the artifact. By any means and by any means.”
Saying that, Alberich smiled.
“Your values are consistent with the thoughts of our Black Heaven Demonic Cult.”
“… … .”
“Aernas, even if you fight against the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, you will no longer be able to become stronger. Even if you become the Grand Duke of Lichtenauer for the achievement of destroying the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, you will not feel any satisfaction.”
Alberich made eye contact with me and spoke in a soft voice.
“So please come to the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, Aernas.”
“… … .”
“If you are in the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, which inherits the tradition of demons, you can transcend human limitations and become a transcendent being.”
A transcendent being beyond human limits.
The name of the realm pursued by the Black Heaven Demonic Cult, which is trying to inherit the devil… … .
“Black sky level… We will help you reach a transcendental level that goes beyond the climax of Graduate.”
black level.
That was the name of the ultimate existence that the Black Heaven Demonic Cult had been pursuing for a long time.