Episode 1086 Expansion of the Front Line (1)
Verden has his eyes closed.
I sensed a change in space at the time when Arkhand disappeared along with the Citadel. However, while it was very similar to the shifting of spatial coordinates caused by ordinary magic, there were also aspects that were different.
The
Upon detecting the Imperial air raid on Delharun, I contacted the Magic Kingdom. As a result, suspicion turned into certainty. Aside from the long-distance
The Four Gates emitted unique spatial waves that destabilized the continent’s space. It is highly likely that this is a branch of spatial travel utilizing those waves. However, if the space itself is unstable, one would inevitably have to risk a
If Vangelis had not enabled spatial teleportation again, the Xerion Empire would also not have been able to strategically utilize it in this war.
Verden’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
It is strangely balanced.
If the World Alliance takes up arms, the Xerion Empire takes up arms. If the World Alliance lays down its sword, the Xerion Empire lays down its sword.
I had that feeling.
Perhaps it is deeply connected to the power of the Sixth Apostle possessed by Akhand.The Apostles are the product of ‘you’.The power of a god, and a true god at that, had many aspects that could not be explained rationally. That is why Verden stubbornly refused to analyze it.
Now is the time to focus on the present and reality.
… … .
It is quiet.
Even the wind stopped.
In a high mountainous region of Highlandia, Verden stood still in a spear-throwing stance. His senses were directed eastward, not toward the central continent.
Communication with the Delharun Extermination Corps is impossible.
Verden must seize a clear opportunity and intervene in time without external assistance.Even he has no way of knowing the situation on the Eastern Continent across the sea. However, there is no need to identify every single situation.
Circumstances, conjecture, judgment, intuition.
The Beast King and the Dark Warton Tower Master are formidable. Evenif Arkhand were to personally lead the expedition with his closest retainers, he could not slaughter Mauler, the Beast King, and the Dark Warton Tower Master in a short period of time.Arkhand considered a retreat.There is a Four Gates at the Delharun subjugation legion’s encampment.
Akand’s objective is the Four Gates, and they will retreat after carrying out some sort of operation there.
Even Verden did not yet know what he intended to do with the Four Gates. However, since Akand had personally led the expedition, it was certain that noticeable changes would occur.
Whooooooong.
Elder Sheorn’s spatial sense.
Elder Sheorn perceived the flow of spatial coordinates pierced by Verden even from a great distance. Verden experienced and learned the essence of the space he had constructed.
Of course, I have no arrogance in believing that I can replicate Elder Sheorn’s level.I simply believe that it is possible someday.
That is what possibility is.
Mado
Verden infused ‘Black Flame’ into [Interis] itself and poured all his magical power into the spatial system.Griping his staff tighter, he activated the special function inherited from its predecessor, the Eastern Dawn, [Orient].
To limit magical power to a specific elemental attribute.
A circular crystal that adorns not only [Orient] but also the head of [Interis].The magic of the Orb, created by Linus Oesu, a disciple of Gharun, by combining the Breath of Elements and Magic Crystals stolen from the Bohemirn Magic Tower Treasury.
The attribute to select is space.
Verden temporarily became the ruler of space.
Crack… … crack crack… … .
Regular spatial ripples occurred in Verden’s magic circuit. The earth, which had been repeatedly expanding and contracting, snapped like a rubber band and became misaligned.
A third dimension to which a continent belongs, which is not separated into dimensions like the spheres of Ark, Rivereas, and the Lefragium Magic Tower, is a single domain.
Become one with time and focus.Your intuition will guide you.
──!
The transcendent being’s nerves reacted.
Verden opened his eyes.
“Ersetia.”
───Into the innocent light.
A sacred voice was heard from the communication device, and a flash of light struck Avenka, the sanctuary of the Western Continent. Luas’s spear shot out at the speed of light.
It was a speed that a transcendent being of the magical realm could not physically match, but Verden was not merely a transcendent being.
God’s senses split the moment into countless pieces.
Blue Eyes caught the beam of light fired from the Western Continent and passing through the Central Continent. As soon as he sensed Luas’s divine power, he put all his strength into his stepping foot.
As the mountain peak shattered───Verden threw [Interis] with all his might.
The ground sinking into a spatial shockwave.A deafening explosion belatedly.
The end of order followed the trajectory of [Grenter].
* * *
Delharun’s Gracerim Forest was twisted into a rocky area with only traces of the past remaining here and there.
You have every right to boast about having overcome death.
After fierce battle after fierce battle, Antias mumbled and spat out red blood.His broken teeth were embedded in the rock.
There is no way to kill him. Not right now.
It might have been possible in pure hand-to-hand combat, but due to [Magras], Antias’s tremendous resistance was neutralized, making it difficult to exploit the opening.
One wrong move and you’ll die instantly.It’s disadvantageous.It’s utterly unreasonable.
Is this the necessity of weapons? Since his body itself was the strongest weapon, he, who had never hunted using tools, was delighted by this realization gained through experience.
Apart from his injury, Antias was overflowing with stamina and did not get tired. Akand, likewise, showed no signs of fatigue, as if he had no stamina at all.
The hunt can continue, but… … .
Crunch.
Antias’s claws dug into the bedrock exposed by the excavated ground. His massive tail, covered in something resembling dragon scales, swung horizontally, scattering the thick cloud of dust in all directions.
Akand is approaching.
Antias pondered whether he should use his trump card on a hunt destined for failure. It was at that moment that the distance between them was about to narrow once again.
It’s time.
As soon as Akand’s voice brushed past my ears, an anomaly occurred in the south where the punitive force’s base was located.
Antias turned his head to the side.
Nothing had happened yet, but a strange atmosphere hung in the air.Like a prelude to an event.
“What is the gist of the plan?”“Expansion of the front line.”
Akand stuck the dragon sword into the desolate ground and sat down on a nearby rock.
“The World Alliance was organized faster than I expected. Their response was swift, too. The two gates were occupied before they could even be fully opened.”“You mean Prohas and Delharun.”
Antias also sat roughly on the floor.
“Does that mean it was extremely bothersome?”“All resources are finite.”
Akand stretched out one arm as if pointing at the world itself.
“The Four Gates, besieged by the World Alliance, have lost their original strategic value. Therefore, it is rational to repurpose them rather than keep them and continue depleting their resources. The remnants of the sacrificed Four Gates will be dropped across the entire continent.”“Dropped?”“You could call it an air raid.”
Lachdion, the Second Commander of the Xerion Empire, took the lead in interfering with the source body of the Four Gates and directly inscribed numerous spatial coordinates.As planned, the moment the source body self-destructs, the world within the Four Gates will collapse, and its fragments will head toward their respective designated spatial coordinates.
Above the heads of the cities recorded on the world map.
Death Descending on the City.
Akand pointed upward with his index finger.
“Even the World Alliance cannot establish an air defense network across the cities of every continent. Thus, the entire continent finally becomes part of the Great War.”“Hoho. But the moment a single Gate is closed, wouldn’t the Xerion Empire permanently lose more than 10% of its total military strength?”“It is a self-evident truth.”
Akand asserted.
“There is no war without sacrifice, Antias.”“…….”
Antias did not answer.
Limitations of the organization,limitations of resources.
Akand revealed the situation of the Empire himself, but the information could not be fully trusted. Emperor Zeracl was convinced that Akand was a politician.
At that moment, a strange shiver became vivid.
A massive oval manifested in the sky directly above the punitive expedition’s encampment.Antias’s eyesight identified a rift that appeared as a mere dot beyond the horizon. Inside, the landscape of the Four Gates described by Reindel was shimmering.
A battle of wits set on the continent.
and.
I wonder who will win.
As if waiting for it—a bright yellow light struck from the far west. A bombardment of the Holy Spear. It was the response Akand had anticipated.
The problem is the foreign object right behind the spear.
Season: Seventh Formation – Regios.
Akand instantly grasped the Dragon Sword and thrust it toward the boundary between the Holy Spear and the Four Gates.The straight beam of light targeted the spot where the light had passed, but the staff was distorting the surrounding space that encircled him.
The flow of the seasons was slightly distorted and tore through the air.
Two divine objects entered the gate.
* * *
The artificial collapse of the Four Gates is imminent.If only we could stop the Holy Spear.
[You idiot.]
Gareth split open like a devil.
You’ll only learn your lesson after getting beaten up by a tough guy.
Feeling displeased by Gareth’s mockery, Rakdion raised his sword while keeping a close eye on him. At the same time, 20% of the undead of the Four Gates were offered as sacrifices, and all morale was concentrated on Rakdion.
[As Yuksado intended.]
Rakdion, who vanished in an instant, stepped onto the inverted cone crystal and leaped. A distinctive chill overflowed from the blade, engraved with a pattern symbolizing slaughter.He bound the power obtained by sacrificing the undead through the function of the Four Gates to the sword.
The light of life illuminating death.A radiance even more unpleasant because it follows the Sixth Apostle.
The Four Divine Artifacts and the Apocalypse.
The radiance lingering at the tip of the Holy Spear [Grenter], having crossed over into the Gate of Delharun, threatens evil. The doctrine of light defined the undead as objects of purification and demons as absolute evil.A strike from the Saintess, who worships the solemn will of God, struck the center of the Gate.
[──────!!]
The Sword of Conquest, symbolizing Lachdion, blocked the Holy Spear head-on. Thecold of the Apocalypse, freezing even light.As sacred turmoil and unholy silence intertwined, the world of the Four Gates was thrown into turmoil.
Gareth recoiled and groaned.
[Ugh… … !]
To him, who has unleashed the power of the Archdemon, the divine power of the Luas religion is the polar opposite.Much more so than to the undead!The power of the Saintess is even more so.
The stalemate was momentary.
The heat of the Holy Spear melted the cold of the apocalypse, and the chill of death emanating from the sword resisted fiercely, as if to freeze even that brilliant beam of light.However, since the owner of the Holy Spear was in the Western Continent, its purification power was limited. As long as the confrontation itself was established, the Holy Spear could not surpass the Sword of Apocalypse.
Lachdion’s grotesque mouth twisted.
[Those like light’s henchmen—]
An unexpected shock was delivered immediately afterward.
A gray staff flew in and suddenly shattered the space between the Holy Spear and Rakdion. Rakdion plummeted to the ground from the shockwave.
BANG!
As the balance of power was chaotically shattered, the force of the Holy Spear bombardment was neutralized. As if having fulfilled its purpose, the massive blade of light transformed into particles of light and vanished.
Gooooo…
The silence was heavy.
A familiar staff was slammed right in the middle of Delharun’s gate, as if to show off. Gareth, who was assessing the situation, frowned.
[That is Verden’s… …?]
Hwaruk.
In the End of Order [Interis], pitch-black flames slowly rose. The flames of destruction planted by Verden just before throwing his spear had emerged.
The concept of extinction.Verden is extinction itself.
Dark flames shaped the form of a human body. As soon as the flames receded, Verden appeared. It was a movement of substance used by Dahit Wesroel, mediated by the flames, rather than an ultra-long-distance
Released
He retrieved the [Interis] that was deeply embedded in the sand desert and looked around.
‘This place is the world of the Delharun Sect… I see. Is it the effect of the boundary with the continent collapsing?’
Verden entered the Four Gates in the southern part of the Eastern Continent, where the Empress had fled, but was denied entry. The world of the Four Gates rejected him.For this reason, Verden was not suitable to be the commander of the Four Gates subjugation army.
However, now I have succeeded in entering the gate.
Because the world of the Four Sects had lost its uniqueness and been incorporated into the continent’s three dimensions. It was evident just by looking at the landscape of the continent visible beyond that huge ellipse fixed in the sky.
“Anyway. Since we succeeded in crossing over to the Eastern Continent with minimal impact on spatial coordinates, the theory has been proven. The scope of our tactics has expanded significantly.”
The bombardment of the Holy Lance [Grantere] is accomplished by speed, not spatial displacement. Therefore, Verden combined the staff’s space with the flow of the Holy Lance.As a result, [Interis] crossed the continent without
Anyway.
Verden rotated [Interis]. Turning his waist to form the blade of the Flame of the Blossom, the danger indicated by his instincts was within striking distance.
Boom!
[Destiny Destroyer.]
Rakdion glared at Verden through his empty eye sockets. Cold and annihilation clashed between the staff and the blade.
[How could you.]
Verden threw his sword without answering.
Magic Spear Technique
An offensive based on the magic of the Fallen Flower instantly burned the surrounding space. Rakdion, responding to attacks coming from all directions, was pushed back while maintaining extreme vigilance when he came face-to-face with the Blue Demon Eye.
A pure gravitational wave of 8th-class output exploded.
One side of the desert terrain collapsed.
Earth and dust shot up with a loud bang from the forest terrain where Rakdion had flown. Verden dropped his finger in that direction.
Meteor
A massive sphere of magical power reminiscent of the sun, the first star has fallen.
Kwag
A storm derived from that heat and pressure swept widely across the Samun world.
It was around the time my ash-colored hair had settled down.
“Anyway.”
Verden shifted his gaze.
Was he Ipeakarn’s contractor?
[ah.]
The completely unexpected appearance of Verden.
It was only then that Gareth came to his senses and looked down at himself. His massive body, radiating the power of the Archdemon of Parasites, was clearly visible.
[Ah, fuck.]
Caught.
Gareth broke out in a cold sweat.
