Episode 1125 Beyond Limits (3)
Soldiers infected with the cold plague die as a result of the Allied Forces’ fierce struggle. Amidst their dying screams, Lachdion’s jaw was severed.
Crackle crackle.
It was the result of the combined action of various factors, including Lachdion’s weakening, the unknown energy contained in Karance’s sword, the fixed body, Triton’s magic, and Lateon’s strike.
I broke through his resistance. But… … .
The recoil struck Rateon.
My arm bone is fractured.
My insides churned and thrashed as a consequence of striking Lachdion with all my might. Is this what it feels like to be struck with full force against dense metal? The only thingleft to vomit out was stomach acid. My throat felt as if it were on fire.
Movement continued amidst that fleeting flow.
Crunch…
Adrian began to twist his lightsaber. He intended to thrust the blade straight up to completely shatter Lachdion’s damaged head.
At that moment, a blue light flashed from the empty eye sockets.
Before I could even block it, a blue radiance moved and settled in the Sword of Conquest.
A frosty light fell over everyone.
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The cold plague exploded and completely engulfed one axis of the massive battlefield.
* * *
A blizzard raged.
The Allied Forces within the range of the power were frozen not only on the outside but deep inside.There was no pain.It was simply that their appearance just before death was perfectly reflected in the ice statues.
Adrian opened his eyes.
“……!”
He reflexively gripped [Silendar]. He was pointing the tip of the sword forward. It was exactly as it had been before being enveloped in frost.
He moved his head to look for Lachdion.
Everyone except Adrian was frozen, their faces showing no awareness of the situation.
[I could kill it with just a slight movement. But this world is not that simple. It seems one-sided at first glance, yet it is strangely harmonious. Just as a host spreads a plague to other living beings but does not die from it.]
Lachdion, who had been restrained just moments ago, appeared in the snowstorm.
[If you take one, you must take one. That is the balance of the world.]
Adrian passed by him. However, nothing could be cut. The light sword simply passed through Lachdion without any resistance.
Is it the mental realm?
[Save the vast majority with the least sacrifice. I have seen your resolve well. I admit it. That you are qualified to dare to exercise the right to choose.]
The sword energy split the snowflakes.
I told you to shut your mouth.
[Adrian Chambers.]
There were no sword marks on Rakdion’s armor. The armor was restored, and the damage was repaired. Only the jaw inflicted by Rateon and the fingers severed by Adrien did not return.Because his lower jaw was gone, the tongue that had been hidden inside protruded long.
[Do you think of yourself as a savior?]
“…….”
[Yes, that word would suit a fate destroyer. I ask again. Do you think that only a being who has destroyed the wheel of fate and found freedom is a savior?]
Adrian furrowed his brow.
“What kind of nonsense have you been spouting since earlier?”
[Although the name of salvation may differ for each individual, its essence is ultimately a choice made for the greater good. The sacrifice of the few. In that respect, it is no different. It is merely a difference in scale.]
Lakdion looked at the frozen allied soldiers.
[Even the Destroyer of Fate will one day truly realize… to borrow the maxim of a great king.]
He tore at his limp tongue.
[Resistance without an alternative is worthless.]
It was a phrase the second apostle and the first king of the human world habitually repeated.
Whoooo
A white storm arose.
This is.
Lachdion and Adrian were dragged away by force.They could not resist.The flow of time, as if it were rewinding, returned the two to their original places.
Adrian stretched his light sword out into the air again, and Rakdion was restrained, pierced by various weapons or held captive by power.
Crack… … .
Frost fell. Wisdom was felt in the eyes of the thawed exterminators, and along with it, the blades that had been piercing Lachdion were pushed back in an instant.
A unique power to freeze a vast space and stay within it to restore morale.
Leonhardt’s pupils dilated.
“……uh?”
The sword mark disappeared from Lachdion.
Boom!
Rateon, struck squarely by a headbutt, slammed down diagonally. A single punch struck Leonhardt, Castian, Benheim, Leila, and Triton as if sweeping them away.The Sword of Conquest overwhelmed Adrian and Eres, and his knee shattered the Mountain King’s abdomen.
Conquest: Rampant
Transparent thorns rippled and sharply covered Grizzly Wall straight away.
[The host is no longer needed.]
Rakdion abandoned all defenses. Whether sword marks were etched back onto his body or not… like a true undead, he began to reveal intense murderous intent toward each and every one of them.
Triton was kicked.
“Kuhup……!!”
The robe-type artifact of the Hellion Magic Tower Master was rendered useless as the bones throughout his upper body were strained.
* * *
Triton Martus landed in the middle of the Allied Forces.
Crunch!
The light sword and the holy sword crossed and pierced Rakdion’s armor completely.Yet, his gaze was still elsewhere.
“Lateon!”“Crazy……!”
Pushing the Transcendents back head-on, the creature charged toward Rateon. Rateon, who had barely managed to raise his upper body, recoiled in terror and picked up his shield.
Boom!
The sword of conquest fell onto the shield.
The shield was deeply gouged.
As the ground sank, the unabsorbed impact struck Rateon. His shoulder was dislocated, and a broken arm bone pierced through his skin. His muscles and nerves were severely worn down. He wason the verge of being crushed to death, but a purple sword energy prevented his death.
Lachdion with a severed throat.
Adrian’s rotational kick struck Lachdion’s helmet. The sound of fibers tearing whizzed past, and the creature staggered.
Even so, he did not attack the transcendents and struck Rateon with his sword again.
new moon
Holy Sword: Pilgrimage
Adrian and Leonhardt took the blow for him and knelt on their right knees.Their energy and divine power wavered.
Rateon dropped his shield as if his body could no longer move and spoke.
“I served as bait. You should have just cut me down…!”“Shut up…!”
It was a move Karans intended himself, but it was not for Rateon.If it hadn’t been stopped, Rateon would have died.
Adrian could have exploited Rateon’s death, but he did not. It was not that he could not endure the sacrifice of his allies at this point.He found it unsettling that Rakdion was disregarding defense in an attempt to eliminate all his thorns in the side.
What on earth is the purpose?
At that moment, Lachdion laid his wrist flat and traced the trajectory of a crescent moon with his sword. The exterminators who had rushed in from behind froze for a moment.
Lachdion reached out his hand toward the Mountain King.
Kaang! Kang!
Following the light sword, the holy sword sliced through more than half of the frost-covered gauntlet. The creature did not stop. Eres struck upward with the sacred sword from below, and Adrian’s sword energy surged from the sword mark in space.Eventually, Rakdion’s wrist was severed.This was partly due to the weakening caused by the cold contagion affecting his resistance.
Even so… Lachdion did not withdraw his murderous intent.
Since the asymmetric forces are trying to take a life in exchange for a hand, even Adrian, who had nearly reached that level, is helpless.
The cross-section of the wrist pressed down on Sanwang. It lifted him up, putting its weight into it as if crushing him. Sanwang tried desperately to block it, but it was ineffective.
“Khaaaaaaak!”
Quazzzzzzuk───
From his abdomen, softened by the previous blow, to the crown of his head, he was completely devastated. The Mountain King’s face, ground to pieces while still alive, left no trace.
Undead that hates the living.
Lachdion designated the next target.
At that moment.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwang!
Magic cast by the Undead Legion bombarded the battlefield of the Transcendents.It was an offensive that the Alliance was originally supposed to have stopped.Adrian, having cut down as many as possible before the spells could reach them, turned his head. Only then did the scenery, which was quite different from before, clearly come into view.
The punitive force was cut off.
The front and rear were completely cut off. The troops that were supposed to fill the gap were annihilated. A terrible chill emanated from their corpses.
The plague…
This is moving way too fast. Especially considering the Allied forces had already taken countermeasures. No matter how I think about it, such damage couldn’t have occurred in such a short time.
‘hour.’
Much more time passed than the senses perceived when the power manifested and everything froze… … There is no other answer.
[Secure a life.]
[Kill… …!]
As the Allied forces’ firepower dwindled, high-ranking undead immediately supported Rakdion.
The battlefield became a complete mess.
Only Adrian managed to catch Rakdion, but the situation was dire. Lateon had become so weak that he could be killed by lower-tier undead. The peaks lacked the stamina to face the highest-tier undead and special entities to the end.
Sword energy that slashes the back of the knee.
Concurrent light
Lachdion’s jaw lifted. Beneath his helmet, one of his eye sockets split open. He had reached a point where he could no longer ignore Adrian’s sword strikes.
[The annihilation of the main force is imminent.]
Lachdion clashed swords with Adrian while kneeling on one knee. Countless sword marks once again remained on his body and armor, which had been restored by his power.Although both were battered and bruised, their positions were different as the leaders of the legions representing the World Alliance and the Empire.
This is war.
The outcome is imminent.
[This is the result of your choice, you defeated general.]
* * *
Crash! Crunch!
Castian protected Karans and Rateon while exterminating the undead. He had a way to kill Rakdion long ago, but he did not use it.
Spears that kill each other – Lugina Horn
For Castian’s trump card and final resort is solely to kill the former king.Even if he is defeated here.
‘……I’m sorry.’
Castian felt devastated, thinking that countless people had died because of him. Anger and hatred toward his older brother, the former king, gnawed at his heart.
It was then.
“War or whatever.”
Even though defeat seemed imminent, Adrian’s fighting spirit remained unbroken at all.
You never know the outcome until the very end.
Rakdion felt a sense of unease at Adrian’s composure. What was the basis of his confidence? He froze for a moment as he pushed away the light sword and stood up.His gaze, which had turned hurriedly, fixed on the source body of the Four Gates, which the Allied Forces could not reach.
[You bastard… …]
“Leonhardt!”
That was a signal.
Leonhardt raised the holy sword [Luens] high and unleashed all his divine power. The undead surrounding him recoiled in pain.
O Light of Humanity.
Leonhardt’s eyes flashed.
Destroy your evil.
God’s miracle.
Heavenly Stigmata
With a monstrous divine explosion, a massive Holy Strike fell vertically.
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The world of the Four Gates became brightly lit. The sword energy of light severed the battlefield, creating a cliff, and furthermore, engulfed Adrian and Rakdion.
The more evil abounds, the more intense the light of the goddess will be.
All the divine beings of the Ruas Theocracy are natural enemies of demons and the undead. The divine miracle subsided only after purifying one side of the undead army, including one special individual.
Lachdion touched the floor.
[Ridiculous… … .]
Crunch!
Adrian struck the calf with his light sword. It was a calculated move to take away his mobility. Lachdion gripped his hand tightly and swung his elbow in an instant.BANG!Adrian, who had been hit by the Miracle of God while trying to hold Lachdion, was unable to dodge and was struck.
Rakdion ran toward the Source Body without targeting the exterminators. Something touched the Source Body of the Four Gates, but no presence was detected.
Lachdion gave the order.
[Exterminate the area around the source.]
The special entities, acting on the orders of the Second Commander, began to move. They turned their backs. Although they could not see what lay around the source body, they nonetheless manifested their supernatural abilities and magic without hesitation.
“As expected, you notice just by the touch. You are sensitive.”
The mages of Elemar emerged from the Veil of Oblivion as if they had been waiting.The four mages were concentrating all their magical power and magic upon the Captain. Then, the Captain tilted the staff engraved with the symbol of the First Magic King forward.
[Mark of the Demonic Path].
The relic of the First Demon King, known only by rumor, is a national treasure of the Demon Kingdom said to obliterate an entire major city without a trace the moment it is activated.It is said that the First Demon King’s unique magic is imprinted within it.
The commander memorized the starting phrase.
“First Magic.”
The staff, having absorbed almost all of the magical power gathered by the five mages, flickered and faded. And the oldest wind in the Four Gates world began to blow.
Primordial storm.
[The Resistor’s… … !]
Lachdion felt fear.
Kwag
The two special entities that Rebecca feared were shattered into pieces as they tried to stop them with force. That thing, which had swept through tens of thousands of undead, cast a shadow over Rakdion.
His body and armor, damaged by the vanquished attack, twisted and were torn apart. Rakdion was swept away by the fierce wind and disappeared from view.
Eventually, the primordial wind subsided.
Kuooooh… … .
A loose current flowed across the ravaged ground. Soon, the earth surged up. Rakdion limped and then leaped high again.
Rakdion, having reached the source of the Four Gates, gained insight into what they had done and searched for the culprit who had summoned the magic of the primordial wizard.
Killing intent pierced the air.
Lachdion saw through the national treasure, the Veil of Oblivion.
“As expected, concealment doesn’t work on someone at that level.”
Elemar’s leader was leading his party away from the Four Gates immediately.Then, he spoke without hesitation.
Now is the time.
Although she hadn’t moved far enough yet, Rebecca didn’t hesitate either.She tightened her grip on the button in her hand.
Press.
The source of the Four Gates… … a tremendous amount of magical power gushed out from the underground.Rakdion was right in the middle of that light.
Grimmel’s bomb, which Alpha enabled remote operation using the communication device’s signal.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwang!
The magic power splitting chain device activated. A magnificent explosion of magic power spread in an instant, engulfing a radius of several kilometers.
The sky split open.
The source body of the four sects has collapsed.
