Episode 932 Mutual Destruction (1)
Bendie’s jaw clenches.
It feels as if a chipped blade has dug in and stirred up the inside, not only of the physical nerves but also of the mind, which does not exist materially.
A piercing pain that cannot even be compared to the suffering of being struck by nature’s lightning.
‘… … Ferocious and cruel magical power.’
Unless he assumed a defensive stance with his resistance maximized,the damage to his senses was too severe to open up his entire senses to catch the dark red lightning with the weapon’s metal and target Draven.
Had it been exposed for just a few more seconds, the damage would have increased exponentially.
The lightning induction was a clear misjudgment.
There is a vast difference between experiencing something directly and coming into contact with it indirectly. I have never encountered such a catastrophic concept in my life.I was even filled with awe at Draven for somehow managing to withstand Verden’s magic.
anyway.
Experiencing it with my whole body made me even more convinced.
Verden is the answer.
This time, Bendie summoned a mace from the armory and charged. Spinning. A brutal iron mace, loaded with maximum centrifugal force, struck the demon sword.
“Smash and bring to decay, [Craventur].”
At her whispered starter, a resonant sound spread from the mace [Craventur].
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The ground surged upward from an explosion powered by Bendie’s brute strength. With the surroundings obscured by dust, Draben sliced through the line of fire.
“Living Wedge, [Braxor].”
Bendie’s claw [Braksor] grabbed [Morbein] between the hooks. Immediately after, he twisted the wrist, and the magic sword was firmly secured.He tried to strike hard, but the claw flexibly and persistently tracked the sword’s trajectory, thoroughly hindering it from forming a path.
A mace in the right hand.A claw in the left.
In addition to her prowess and character, Bendy is renowned as a weapons collector. No one can match the number of weapon-type artifacts she possesses.
The tactic of repeatedly activating the artifact at the cost of the subsequent backlash was one of Vendie’s trump cards.
Boom!
The mace split the ribs and severely shook the internal organs underneath.
Trusting in Kaesillus’s magic, Draben raised his hand. After all, unless it was Verden’s magical power, not even a Master could kill him!
Vita Exilium
The chains of fate grazed Bendie’s arm and tore at her skin. The scythe of death at the end of the chain returned, aiming at Bendie’s back.However, far from retreating, she approached in return and grasped [Craventur] briefly.
Crunch!Crash!
The scythe of fate dug into Bendie’s shoulder, and a mace flying from point-blank shattered Draven’s ribcage.
‘Doesn’t avoid it… …?’
Give the flesh,and break the bone.
Ignoring injuries, I strike the immortal transcendent one with at least one more blow.
What this woman was aiming for was obvious.
To hinder that movement even slightly so that it is struck by dark red lightning.
flinch.
Draven’s body stiffened for a moment. The bone fragments shattered by the blow from [Craventur] tore through his muscles and nerves, hindering his movements.
In a fleeting moment, Verden’s shadow fell upon Draven’s blind spot.
Hyunroe – Danje
A dark red magical blade vertically severs the right arm and splits even the thigh. A chain of destruction destroys the body, starting from the cross-section.
The tactics have changed.
Draven displayed mental strength.
‘Even though it would be advantageous to keep me occupied for as long as possible, are you saying you will ignore my injury and push forward without sparing any strength…!’
In Draven’s case, he had to stall for time until the ritual of immortality was completed, yet paradoxically, the time given to him was tight.This was because he had allowed the Heavenly Sword and Mauler to intrude on the path leading to the ritual grounds.
It is difficult for Lunesica to handle this alone.
Even if you are fully prepared and possess multiple artifacts, facing two transcendents is incomparable to facing one.
You must kill the three people in front of you, and together with Luneska, kill the two people in the rear as well.
Therefore, the best option is a short-term decisive battle.
However, ironically, the transcendent beings of the continent, who must drag out the situation into a long war, are rushing in without hesitation, even shedding blood.
The uncompromising killing intent I had seen countless times in the war of the transcendents runs chillingly over my neck.
Face it head-on. I will not shy away from it.
Draven immediately committed suicide and resurrected using the servant’s magic pioneered by the fourth servant, completely erasing any physical damage.Although his soul had suffered a severe blow in the previous strike, he forcibly ignored it. After all, nothing would change even if he sustained one more fatal wound while in a state no better than a corpse.
The ancient king’s left leg, with the center of gravity fully concentrated.
Draven turned his body, placing Verden on his left and Vendie on his right.With a shout, the three transcendents crossed paths.
Kagagagagagagagagagagagagagang!
Bendie’s swordsmanship and artifacts, as well as Verden’s magic and weaponry, were all deflected and destroyed by the magic sword [Morbein], which was swung with full force.
[Braksor], who had been blocking the path of the demon sword all along, was destroyed.Blood gushed from his shoulder.
“Spread deeply, [Seorin].”
Bendy threw his broken claws and summoned a dagger, thrusting into the air three times.[Seerin] is a dagger-shaped artifact that disrupts an opponent’s sense of balance through hearing by resonating the sword marks left in the air.
Piing───
The tinnitus that paralyzed his eardrums weakened Draven’s physical control.A magic sword grazed past.
As such, the moves Bendie makes by sacrificing his own body cannot be stopped. One must endure them. Bendie’s level is close to that of the foremost transcendent beings of the modern era.
Crunch!
[Interis] pierced Draven’s lower abdomen from bottom to top.Verden advanced while supporting his staff, rotating and slicing horizontally with one arm. Annihilation and destruction combined to form a single concept.
Lord Arcane: Destruction
The magic of the apocalypse cast by the Luas Theocracy.
Draven decided that he could not avoid it like before and swung his left arm in response.
─────────!
As the death residing in the old king collided with the apocalypse created by Verden, sound vanished from the area and the space rippled slowly.
At that moment.
Their arms sprang away at the same time, shaking off tremendous pressure.
I told you it wouldn’t work.
Draven grinned, convinced that Verden’s magic had no effect on His Majesty after all. That feeling of triumph outweighed the agonizing pain in his abdomen.
The old king’s grasp rushed in before my eyes.
Xerion Empire martial arts enhanced by the divine power of a saint.
Verden, having retrieved [Interis], deployed the Shield of Destruction… … A punch that shattered it with force pushed the staff away and struck Verden’s shoulder.
A piercing sound burst out.
Then, after exchanging two blows with Bendie, he snatched the mace with his hand. He intended to completely sever the troublesome [Craventur].
The metropolitan area was in an uproar.
“……!”“……?!”
Countless thunderbolts fell from the storm.
Thunder that dominated the atmosphere.
A dark red light exploded indiscriminately, stirring up the cavity.
Flight
Draven reflexively performed an evasive maneuver but was ultimately struck by lightning and plummeted.
Lightning rained down from above.
He responded with a blue lightning strike using the soul of an 8th-rank transcendent being, but he could not overcome Verden’s domain with the incomplete magic of others.
“Cough……! Aaaargh!!!”
Swallowed by destruction, Draven could not hold back and let out a scream. His shadow, bathed in a dark red glow, looked distorted as if his soul were splitting apart.
Sob.
Bendy kept pouring out the thunderbolts, but as the destruction accumulated inside him reacted, he knelt on one knee and vomited a small amount of blood.
Indren could not escape the influence either.
The barrier of the magical
To think such a shock even for someone like me, specialized in resistance… … Most beings would not be able to endure just by being in this realm and would perish.
Indren composed himself and focused on the formation of super-level magic, which had nearly gone to waste. And in his eyes, Verden was reflected.Hundreds of projectiles emanating from the Great Abyss swarmed into [Interis].
Kwag
A beam of magic ejected from an over-concentrated destruction turned the area upside down.
Draven burst in with a shout, his eyes wide with bloodshot whites. Verden anticipated the sword path and twisted his body accordingly.
A single blow sliced each other’s upper bodies.
Whoosh, crack!
Almost simultaneously, the old king’s left leg struck horizontally and exploded. Verden, pushed back with both feet planted on the ground, trembled.It was a transcendent physical strength that overwhelmed physical resistance.Pain began to creep up from his forearm and shoulder, where the impact had accumulated layer upon layer.
Are the right radius, ulna, and scapula fractured?
Draven, consumed by madness, launched another fierce attack but was intercepted by Vendie. She split the creature’s head open with a new artifact invoking the spell, but it was of little use as it did not die.
Despite being significantly exposed to destruction, there is no sign of a major weakening in their power yet. It is not merely a matter of holding out; it seems as though death itself is being delayed. In any case, they have exceeded expectations.
Verden took a deep breath.
However, with this, the painting is almost complete.
Based on the emotions Draven had unwittingly revealed, Verden calculated the possibilities in his head and predicted the course of the battle a short while later.
Push a little harder.
The moment to drive the final nail in the coffin is right around the corner.
* * *
He countered the combined attack of Verden and Vendie by calculating and unleashing Draven’s dark magic. The energy of destiny was scattered here and there.
Crunch crunch crunch!
Three people pushed back by the massive shockwave rubbed against the ground.
A very brief lull.
There were no serious injuries, but the wounds scattered across his body were quite deep. It was the trace of the Great Area of Destruction seeping into Draven’s sword marks.Nevertheless, Vendy quickly composed himself and maintained the precision of his technique, almost identical to when the battle began.
Verden gradually showed signs of exhaustion from the continuous fierce battles that had swept across the continent. Hispitch-black robe was stained with blood. It was only natural that he had cast Lord Arcane three times, even excluding the Interis Great Area of Effect used against Grimmel.
“…….”
Draven’s body, resurrected from death, was restored and free of a single scratch.Only the Knight Commander’s armor was shattered.Outwardly, Draven seemed to be overwhelming, but his eyes were trembling violently within his heart for a completely different reason.
“By now, at least one person should have been killed.”
The plan didn’t go as expected, but the overall flow wasn’t bad.It would have been the same if Verden hadn’t been there.
Crack, crack, crack.
The vessel of my soul.
I heard the sound of something splitting inside me, and then a sensation like a shard falling traveled through my soul.
A rift occurred in the connection between the souls that filled the space of the souls expanded by Lunesica’s super-level magic
Then, a familiar voice is heard.
───Crimson lightning. Mysterious thunder. It is beautiful lightning… …!
Due to the destruction, the chain of super-level magic was completely disrupted, resulting in unexpected changes.As its control was greatly weakened, the souls of the transcendents residing in Draven began to find their own selves one by one.
───Was it Verden? You understand the principles of my Great Wide Area and are creating your own Great Wide Area? Hahahahaha! I am delighted. I am truly looking forward to it, and I can’t contain my excitement. I wonder if that fellow will be able to make me feel that crossing the ages was worthwhile… …!
If it weren’t for the constantly resurrecting demons, it would have been difficult to handle even that one woman. Is she the strongest fighter of this era?
───They are suitable to serve as my subordinates.
───… … .
They weren’t talking to each other.
The transcendent beings who had traded long ago were merely observing the current scene through Draven’s soul and expressing their own thoughts.Since they were souls, their inner feelings could not be concealed and could be fully understood.
‘Having grown closer to their souls, I am now able to draw out their power even more deeply… but… does that mean I can no longer calculate when the super-level magic will run its course?’
The candlelight burns down rapidly.I don’t know when the wax will completely melt and darkness will fall.
A sense of urgency washes over me.
Just then, the magical structure surrounding Indren took shape and glowed once. It appeared that the super-level magic was almost ready.
There is no time to think.
Draven drew magic, energy, and divine power from the souls of the Transcendents, respectively. Now that the situation has arisen, everything available must be utilized.
Super-level magic, transcendental skills, divine miracles.
Pour it all out in one breath to take out three people and face the next.
Kugugugugu… … !
As soon as Draven’s expression changed, Verden formed a hand seal as if he had been waiting for it. Pitch-black flames overflowed from his entire body.
‘now.’
If they do not collapse even when I exploit their weaknesses,I will crash head-on into them and smash them to pieces while they are at their strongest.
Super-level magic is Super-level magic.Transcendental level is Transcendental level.
