145. troublesome opponent (1)
The old man looking at the devil was smiling with a benevolent smile.
However, unlike that benevolent smile, the sword in the old man’s hand emitted a harsh resonant sound, revealing a bloody will to devour the enemy right away.
“You are the famous devil. Are you now the highest in Purgatory?”
The old man in shiny silver armor said with interest.
There was a smile on his lips, but he couldn’t hide the strong sense of wonder that smiled in his eyes.
“Are you the owner of the sword [Excalibur]?”
“That guy has already left me. I’m trying to find a way, but it seems like it’s going to take some time to get him back.”
Baal created a flaming sword in his hand, burning with the flames of purgatory, and glared at the old man who showed intense jealousy towards him.
“Oh, seeing that the flame was used to create the sword, you must be quite confident in handling a sword, right?”
“In all of Purgatory and the Pantheon, there has never been a single person who handles a sword better than me.”
King Arthur asked leisurely, waving the treasure he had stolen from his successor, the legendary weapon Yangsword, several times in the air.
“Well? Haven’t you ever stuck with Jim? I take pride in not being pushed by anyone when it comes to swords.”
“Then, it would be a good idea to check your skills here today.”
King Arthur’s satisfied smile deepened even more as he looked at Baal, whose formidable demonic energy radiated from his whole body.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had an interesting opponent.”
King Arthur has been living for a long time, and it has been quite a while since he has not met an opponent who can properly receive his sword.
The old man who started out as a knight and became a king felt that his blood was still boiling, but he couldn’t find anyone who could take [Xcalibur].
However, the demon in front of him was an opponent with enough skills to receive his sword.
In fact, the steam that had been bubbling had been drained away when Kerapim had suddenly appeared and snatched up this amusing opponent.
“Since Jim asked for it, there will be no interference from others in this confrontation. Of course, there will be no dragon intervention. The winner will have everything the loser has.”
“The conditions are quite pleasing. You seem very qualified to become a subordinate of the Baal Legion.”
“It could be the other way around. The Round Table will not be able to accept you, but the Legion will be able to accept you. Come on, let’s attack first.”
A powerful aura began to emanate from King Arthur’s whole body.
Along with that, even though the weapon in the king’s hand was not [Excalibur], it began to exert power comparable to it.
“To receive my power so easily, it is a better sword than it looks.”
Receiving a huge wave of flames pouring towards him, the corners of King Arthur’s mouth began to invade the place of his cheekbones as well.
A really excited look, a look full of the joy of someone enjoying a life-and-death duel itself was the expression King Arthur was making right now.
“The opponent is good, and the weapon is better than I thought.”
King Arthur responded with a single sweep of his sword across the face of the huge wave of flame that Baal poured out towards him.
Then, really absurdly, an absurd scene was created in which the flash of light that burst from a sword that had been carelessly swung evaporated the pouring flames as if they were erased with an eraser.
“Well? Did you lose your strength because it was your first move? I’m still up and running I wish I could make you stronger.”
The moment he saw the flames that had disappeared and King Arthur smiling smirking, Baal, who had a glimpse of the power he possessed, spat out abusive words.
“… … such crazy.”
The moment he touched it, his aura blade, which was created from the flames of purgatory that could never be quenched and could burn anything to the end, was quickly and strongly sprayed, and his aura blade was blocked too futilely.
No, strictly speaking, this is not to say that it was blocked, but it is more appropriate to say that it was just cut off.
It was not blocked by force.
The space that contained the flames, the space itself was cut very neatly with a single swing of the sword.
“That sword must not be [Excalibur], right?”
“A craftsman never blames his tools.”
Certainly, the sword in King Arthur’s hand right now is not [Excalibur], which has the sharpness to cut through space.
However, this absurd ability to snip and cut space was to the point where he even had the illusion that the lost [Excalibur] was still in his hand.
“You can split the space?”
“Well? Have you ever overpowered your opponents with force alone?”
It was only then that Baal began to get a vague sense of the old man’s skills.
A madman who sharpened his sharpness to the limit and cut space, a person he had never met before was the true identity of the old man in front of him.
“Then are you disappointed? Please take this once.”
This time, King Arthur’s sword started moving first.
When the fight began in earnest, when the flash emitted by King Arthur touched the space, the space was hacked to pieces, and Baal took out his body here and there by blinking, aiming for a gap and counterattacking.
But this fight didn’t look like it would end any time soon.
King Arthur could cleanly cut off Baal’s attack, and Baal could use blink to avoid King Arthur’s attack, so when they came together, it seemed that they couldn’t properly strike each other’s bodies.
Apparently, the fight on this side was also going to be a long fight, like the fight between Baal and Kerapim, where it was difficult to kill each other.
“… … That fucking flash.”
The long-haired woman, who was watching their fight with an indifferent expression while hiding their traces by casting an invisibility magic on her body, soon spat out a harsh curse word.
She figured out that Baal’s power of Blinking was to completely disappear from this world the moment it was activated, then reassemble in a safe place.
As long as Baal can use that skill freely, it’s really hard to hit him.
Even if it was an attack by King Arthur, who boasted of his ability to split space, it would not be possible to strike a fatal blow against a guy who would disappear from the world at all.
“There is no need for me to watch.”
The long-haired woman, as if losing interest, took her eyes off the sluggish confrontation between the fugitive and the pursuer.
He didn’t have to stay here long, as he had been asked by King Arthur not to get involved in the fight in the first place, to go to a bar where he would use his strength against Baal and help the ruler of the Legion.
“Are you doing well?”
Instead of watching the battle between King Arthur and Baal, as she had been asked to do, she began to walk towards the battlefield of the Legions in the distance.
The knights and wizards of the round table watched the king’s fight nervously as Keraphim passed, but none knew that she was now passing them by.
“… … .”
Keraphim paused and scratched the crown of his head.
“They say there is a famous legend of a dragon in the world… … .”
Once, when he was locked up deep underground and chatting with the ruler of the legion, the friend would tell him stories about invisible dragons whenever he had a chance.
Perhaps thanks to hearing this story so many times, Kerapim had a strange feeling that he had become the main character of the ‘Invisible Dragon’ tale.
“What… … .”
The story itself was an old-fashioned one that didn’t make sense, and I felt like I was making fun of myself for becoming like that because only my spiritual body was left.
However, the ruler of the legion said that the invisible dragon in the story was so incredibly strong that no one could attack it.
Perhaps because of that, he didn’t feel very bad despite knowing that the ruler of the corps was making fun of him.
“I am a strong invisible dragon… … .”
The steps of the Keraphim, who were walking towards the Legion again, began to gain quite a bit of strength.
* * *
The enemy camp, where the Lord of Destruction carried out the last rites with a swollen dream, is now covered in thick fog.
The blonde Yankee swallowed his consciousness whole and controlled the fog as freely as his own limbs, and this is not very disturbing.
I can’t figure out exactly what’s going on in that black fog, as my vision and ESP abilities are blocked.
But one thing I’ve found out for sure is that the damn fog is growing exponentially stronger over time.
“It is a mist that has the divine power of purgatory… … .”
As the mist’s influence grew, the forces of the Legion trapped within were swiftly stripped of their strength and visibly weakened, while the doomspawn were endowed with ever greater power.
I’ve been diligently giving divine power buffs to my legion troops, but the fight is getting harder and harder as the flesh of fog and calamity rolls over such a wide area.
In this situation, my troops were swept away like dominoes by a catastrophic attack.
I threw in a huge number of troops to finish him off, but the operation to break through the fog failed spectacularly in the end.
“Ha, this doesn’t work.”
“Shouldn’t we put the troops behind us for now?”
“after. Things that aren’t like that… … .”
Hearing my lament, the Lord of Guardians shook his head.
“I see… … I don’t think these guys aren’t special, are they?”
“… … .”
There was nothing wrong with her words.
The power of that fog was more terrifying than I thought, and the creatures of calamity that were supplied with power from it now overpowered them in the confrontation with the Legion, and there was no sign of being pushed back.
The flesh of the calamity couldn’t emit hot fire like the demons they had dealt with so far, but instead, they covered their entire bodies with demonic energy, transformed their bodies like slimes, and slaughtered the Legion’s mammoths and roaches with clinging hand-to-hand combat.
“I’d rather have the Lord of Ruin consume that power.”
No matter how much I think about this, the power of purgatory went to the wrong owner.
The Lord of Destruction was far more sloppy than I thought, so I never found it difficult to deal with.
However, since the ruler of calamity belonged to the same class as me, it was difficult to deal with with a group that shared similar characteristics.
As expected, the legion’s lineage is different no matter what.
The disaster that gained power was a more troublesome and powerful enemy than I thought.
Seeing the situation at this point, I immediately thought that it would be much better to fight against the demonic princes and the Lord of Ruin.
Ha, like a stupid doom lord.
Even if their powers were taken away, they would be taken away by such leech-like bastards.
“Let’s go back to base.”
“… … Ha, being pushed by that clumsy guy really hurts my pride.”
“No, I don’t have a situation where I can talk about my pride… … .”
I didn’t expect this to happen, but I was quite embarrassed because I’d hardly ever experienced a situation where the Legion was being pushed back like this.
I have to find a countermeasure to clear the fog, but even if I exercise my foresight, which I firmly believed in, I see only severe noise like a TV screen that has not caught the channel, but there is no proper information.
“I’ll come back at once.”
“Wait.”
So, what could be the variable to change the situation here?
“Well? Hey Jiwoo, what about that necklace?”
“Ah, it’s the necklace Luna gave me.”
“… … Are you Luna?”
There seems to be a little anger in the eyes of the guardian lord, Miyoung, but it’s not important right now, so let’s move on.
“Why are you taking it out now?”
“I have a hunch that if I use this now, it will be helpful.”
This wasn’t just a premonition.
The premonitions of those with ESP abilities were never simple.
What’s more, since I had divine powers, I’ve been feeling something strange and unusual about this necklace.
As Luna said, if the energy contained in this necklace was helpful to me, it could act as a sufficient variable in this situation.
“Are there any pictures of Luna there?”
Of course, I was a little scared since I had heard about the contents in advance.
“Ha, I can’t believe this is a death flag… … .”
Maybe I should die
I swallowed a dry gulp and boldly opened the pendant cap attached to the necklace.
Click-!!!