Episode 790 Blood Alliance (6)
Crash!
Landerck vomited up the blood boiling inside him and collapsed forward. Food and alcohol on the table spilled everywhere.
“Ugh, cough… this… Oops, gag!”
There are a few fragments of internal organs mixed in with the vomit.My body is a mess.Even rummaging through my organs with a chipped dagger would be better than this.
My hands and feet are trembling.
How long has it been sinceI felt this kind of pain ?
Ever since I was embraced by the glory of the dead and my fear of death vanished, I had forgotten mere physical pain forever. However, I amnow on the verge of recalling my past, when I was hung in the marketplace and tortured for being a black magician.
“This… it has only deepened my doubts…!”
I thought it was infinitely close to spatial magic, but just moments ago it was a long way from ordinary elemental magic.
Madora that damages the essence.It is tyrannical.
Although it bore some resemblance to the radical moves Shinseong had shown so far, I did not expect at all that he would pioneer that kind of path.
“Cough, cough!! Ugh, ha…… This is unreasonable.”
Not only does he possess an aptitude for every elemental class and have the means to apply it, but he even has a magical power capable of eliminating a little over a hundred fragments remaining across the continent all at once.
The prediction must be drastically revised.
Shinseong. Indeed, he is undoubtedly one of the leading figures presiding over this era.
The protagonists of an era are a kind of line of resistance that exists in each age. As long as they exist, the era cannot be dominated.
Old King.
For the ancient transcendent being whom Landerck has never seen… and to whom the first and second servants are loyal, to reign, he must inevitably bring all the powerful beings currently ruling the continent to their knees.In other words, the protagonists of the past and the protagonists of the present will clash.
……thud!
Landerk grabbed the edge of the table and stood up, then leaned against the wall. He took a deep breath and suppressed his spasming nerves as much as possible.
My role is not over yet.
Because I sacrificed my mental strength to forcibly destabilize the Magic Path in an attempt to escape the clutches of the Divine and eliminate the pathogens, most of the pathogens that were immediately active have vanished.The Blood Cry Plague is on the verge of running out of power. I can no longer control the Blood Alliance.
It is truly a disaster.
I intended to use the Blood Alliance casually and discard it in the first place, so I don’t really care what happens to it, but I never imagined that the diversionary tactic to delay the persistent pursuit of the Luas Church would be thwarted like this.
Of course, even so, I have no intention of just sitting idly by and facing death.
“Come to think of it, is this the first time I’ve actually died?”
Landerck wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and walked on. After resting for a moment, he staggered out of the small cabin in the woods.
Collect information until the very end.
For a great corpse.For a world without conflict.
Hehehe…
Contrary to his noble intentions, the black mage, who had spread a plague and caused enormous casualties on the continent, laughed as he contemplated his contradictory self.
* * *
Southwest of the central continent.
Unia arrived in the Ternetian Federation.
The cities of the Federation, one of the nations particularly hard hit by the Bloodcry Plague, were mostly waiting for the situation to end with their gates sealed.
If that is the case in a city, how much worse must it be in a remote village?
The deserted village was such a desolate sight that it was hard to believe it was a region where people had lived and farmed until recently.
Rusty hinges creak,and weeds growing here and there in the vineyard sway in the bleak wind.
Yunia placed her hands on her hips.
“The atmosphere is absolutely killer. Anyway, to think you’re hiding out in a place like this, I can tell just how nasty your hobbies must be without even seeing you.”“I heard you defeated the Elder of the Volcanic Island’s Magic Tower in a magic duel at such a young age; you’re as arrogant as I heard.”
Sitting on a long wooden bench in the center of the village, the Blood Alliance’s top executive—Zakran of the Black Magic—slowly raised his head.His cold, shadowed face with deep-set eyes stared directly at Junia.
“Did you come alone?”“Can’t you tell by looking?”“Hmm.”
Zakran closed his eyes.
“Well, I guess it was strange from the start. Ever since the Blood Alliance’s raid turned into Eon’s surprise attack… I never imagined information would leak out before we even began. Truly befitting of a hastily assembled group from the underworld.”
Seeing that the secrets, which had maintained tight security, were being exposed, Zacran conducted an experiment in his own way to figure out who the informant was.
He moved the organization to the Ternetia Federation so that only the higher-ups of the Blood Alliance would know, and concealed his location by treating it as a top secret.
If they get caught, it means that some of the higher-ups are Eon’s stooges, and if they don’t get caught, it means that at least those higher-ups can be trusted.
And the correct answer was the former.
Zakran recalled the faces of those involved in the founding of the Blood Alliance and chose one person whose intuition pointed to him.
“The patron of the blood alliance. Is he a traitor?”
A big shot providing massive financial support to the Blood Alliance.There was no concrete evidence.Nevertheless, the reason the sponsor was identified as the culprit was simply because he was unfamiliar. It was the intuition of a veteran of the chaotic underworld.
Yunia shrugged her shoulders.
“Well? I wouldn’t know.”“Hmm, I heard you rank quite high even among Eon’s executives. As expected, you don’t receive proper information because of your lack of experience. Anyway.”
Zakran got up.
“You came here alone even though you knew I was here?”“Isn’t that obvious?”
Yunia snorted.
“Levana will take care of your organization in the Federation. And you’re going to die at my hands. Isn’t that efficient in many ways?”“Hahaha.”
Jacqueran let out only laughter with an expressionless face.
“I guess living in the shadows for so long hasn’t really conveyed who I am. Still, that is quite a display of recklessness. Thanks to you, an opportunity to remove one person from the assassination list has come my way.”“Ugh, even your laughter is unpleasant.”“I admit that Eon possesses formidable military power as a force of transcendents. However, riding on a dragon’s back does not turn a goblin into a dragon. Hmm, I wonder what kind of expression that divinity will make if I turn you into a test subject and send you to Eon.”
Since he has fallen out with the forces of the Transcendents, it is difficult to survive until the end. Moreover, Zakran is in complete violation of the Three Commandments of Divinity.Since the conflict cannot be resolved anyway, he has no choice but to escalate it further.
Zakran wanted to try and contort the Transcendent’s expression before he died, if possible.Having majored in black magic for over 70 years and lived in this underworld for roughly over 40 years, Zakran’s way of thinking was on a completely different level from that of an ordinary wizard.
“You are brimming with confidence, befitting a seasoned old sorcerer. But haven’t you ever questioned this? Like why you were given a clue to deduce who the traitor is?”“A reason?”“It probably means it doesn’t matter whether you figured it out or not.”
Junia tilted the [Ultima] she was holding and took a stance.
“I’m going to die here anyway.”
Zakran’s eyes gleamed with an eerie glow.
“He is severely overconfident. I wonder if all of Eon’s executives, having faced the assassin sent by the Blood Alliance, feel the same way.”“Ah, exactly!”
Yunia threw a tantrum.
I said you should worry about yourself.
BANG!
Elemental magic and material world dark magic collided, erupting with a deafening explosion. A one-on-one magic battle between mages began in a remote village on the frontier of the Federation.
High Rank 6 of the Black Magic lineage, Zarc of the Black Magic.
That’s a neck worth showing off to your senior.
Eon’s fifth phase, Junia, bared her fangs.
The opponent is a top-tier sorcerer.
It was the perfect formidable opponent that she absolutely had to overcome right now.
* * *
Boom!
A chaotic engagement took place with several seaplanes mingling together.
“Hahaha, did you say the Blood Guards? You know quite a bit to have fun.”
The Mercenary King commanded an airship and faced the Blood Guard.The elite troops under the Ruler strategically and skillfully responded to the enemy’s pressure, just as if waging a war, and counterattacked.
“Aaaah…….”
Reporter Kasine hid in a corner, terrified, while rolling his eyes and pen as he meticulously recorded the series of scenes.
and.
The captains clashed on the deck of a Blood Alliance airship. Sword against sword, sword against shield, and a succession of metallic sounds echoed.
The Ruler, Lateon Offniel.
Leader of the Blood Guard, Pidrak.
The two men, whose specialty was crushing enemies head-on with heavy weaponry, moved back and forth between close and deep range, exuding a persistent killing intent.
“Is it called war armor? You’ve brought quite a decent piece of scrap metal from somewhere…!”“It’s not scrap metal; it’s a masterpiece.”
Rateon took pride in the armor crafted by the old dwarf. New war gear was not something to be disparaged by the trash of the underworld.
Rateon sent his front paws back, then charged forward with full force. He blocked the creature’s vision with his shield and aimed for its instep with his sword.Feigned to be small for his size, Pidrak quickly pulled his legs back and pressed down on Rateon’s wrist with his body weight, closing the distance in an instant.
Boom!
A struggle of strength ensued right behind the airship’s railing. Even though they were wearing armor, it seemed as though their menacing muscles were being squeezed.
At that moment, Fidlock swept his knees across the floor and pressed his body firmly against it. He had grabbed one of Rateon’s legs with almost his entire body.
“Haaah!”
The airborne Rateon crashed into the floor.The deck collapsed.As it fell to the lower deck, wood fragments flew and thick dust rose up.
Roaring cleave
Pidrak’s extremely heavy sword strike sliced through the air. Tsukakak! Sparks flew as it grazed the war armor.Seizing that fleeting moment, Rateon thrust his shield forward.
───Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The shield charge smashed through the airship’s walls one after another. Pushed back by the shields, Pidlock clenched his teeth tightly and barely managed to stop.
“ignorance…….”
Bang!
My face stings.
Blood flowed from Fidrak’s nose after being struck by a headbutt using a helmet. Having blocked the subsequent sword strike from Rateon, he continued speaking.
You’re so ignorant.
Lateon answered.
“I’ll show you what real ignorance is.”“What?”
Rateon used his shield to deceive Fidlock’s vision and slipped aside.
Where is he going?Is he trying to kill another subordinate?
Pidlock chased after him, harboring doubts. Unfortunately, those doubts were quickly resolved. He, who had been staring blankly, opened his eyes wide.
“You crazy bastard!!!”
Boom!
Rateon, who had trespassed into the airship’s engine room, gathered his energy.The powerful sword energy contained in the blade severed about half of all the magical blood vessels connected to the airship’s heart.
Whoosh, the seaplane flipped over halfway.
In the blink of an eye, the wall turned into the floor, and the balance was thrown off. However, Rateon, who had an excellent sense of balance, quickly regained his balance and shattered the remaining magic circle right before Pidrak’s eyes.
“You crazy—you bastard!!!!!”
The seaplane crashes while spinning.
All the crew members on the deck had long since collapsed.
Rateon fired a series of sword energy at the bewildered Pidrak, and immediately afterwards, while keeping his shield as close to his body as possible, he unleashed a barrier.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The seaplane was destroyed.
The nearby forest was damaged by the tremendous impact, but the seaplane’s power source did not explode despite the commotion, so no explosion occurred.
Shortly after, Rateon rose from the pile of debris and lightly stretched his neck as if to show off.Despite falling nearly vertically from high above while aboard the seaplane, he suffered little damage. Even if the seaplane had exploded, the result would have been the same.
This is a masterpiece, and this is a weapon of war.
Trust in the Innocent.
It was the first belief Lateon had gained while traversing various battlefields in the past. If he could not even trust what he held in his own hands, what could he possibly trust in the future?
Thump thump.
Pidlock emerged, pushing over the heavy debris with brute force. As expected of his high level of skill, his life was not in danger at all.Only blood flowed from the long slit on his left forehead.
“You’re going to shoot down a seaplane from there? You fucking asshole. What the hell are you doing?”“I just changed the stage.”“You idiot…….”
Pidlock twitched his eyes for a moment, then took a magic item out of his pocket and activated it.
Red smoke burst from the sky.
“Are you calling in reinforcements?”“That ruined the mood.”
Pidlock spat out saliva mixed with blood and cleverly covered his left hand.
Fuck, I cracked the back of my hand.
It would have been fine if I had fallen from thin air, but since I was inside the airship, I couldn’t absorb the impact at the precise timing.On top of that, my attention was diverted by the sword energy the guy fired in the middle of the fall.
“If I clash with the Ruler in this state, I will surely break. That fucking bastard from the Central Continent’s Four Powerhouses… …!”
Pidlock choked up for a moment but endured it with superhuman patience. After all, the easiest way would be to hide his injury and corner him to death with the troops sent by the war merchant Vernon McFree.
Many figures are approaching.
“…….”
Rateon prepared to continue the battle as if nothing had happened. A fierce war. That was the only way for Rateon to prove his skills.
At that moment.
“Shall I help you?”
I turned my head to the side at the sudden sound of a woman’s voice. A familiar sorcerer was sitting leisurely on a small cliff.
Pidlock flinched.
Lateon asked.
“The fact that you are here means I should assume he has returned, right?”“Yeah, that’s right.”
Isabella answered.
The head of the family has returned.
Rateon twisted the corners of his mouth.
Then it’s over.
* * *
The Eastern Continent United Front is on alert for a large-scale undead outbreak.
The Allied forces, having purified the aura of death engulfing the battlefield with the help of Archbishop Joseph, were spending time at a military camp.
They enjoyed the precious rest that might not come again, such as playing dice, sleeping, and polishing their weapons.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The boundary magic item rings the bell.
Commanders and knights from various nations gathered on the outskirts and gazed at the distant grasslands. An army of the undead appeared in the field of view magnified through the telescope.
“The numbers are roughly in the thousands.”“That’s not that many. But we must not let our guard down. Everyone, battle stance.”“Yes, everyone! Battle───”
Kwag
A brutal barrage of flames wiped out the undead army in an instant. The firepower was so intense that the heat reached even the distant campsite.It was magic, but it was clearly on a completely different level from ordinary magic.
The knight of the Republic and the knight of the Duchy muttered blankly.
“What was that just now? Was it magic?”“Did reinforcements come from another magic tower?”“……No.”
A knight of the Kingdom of Estiria knelt on one knee, placing his sword on the ground.
He has come.
widely.
Verden landed in the center of the campsite.
Silence fell at the sudden appearance, but only the knights of the Kingdom of Estiria quickly composed themselves and showed the utmost respect.
With Cain and Ennet by her side, Kalia came forward as the representative of the kingdom and knelt on one knee.
This is an official occasion.
“Commander of the Kingdom of Estiria under the Eastern Continent Alliance for Undead Extermination, and Calia de Esperensa of the Dukedom of Esperensa. I greet the Absolute Ruler of Estiria.”“Yes.”
Verden gestured.
The knights of the Kingdom of Estiria stood up in unison.
