Episode 1083 Strong Hand (3)
In the modern magical world, where it is possible to traverse continents through spatial teleportation, countermeasures against
Detecting spatial waves on a small scale, and blocking spatial movement on a large scale.
The history of such spatial defense systems was relatively short compared to human history.
Before the Age of Magic began, spatial teleportation was the exclusive property of high-ranking spatial mages, and large-scale spatial teleportation was a realm of imagination.Although it is presumed that the First Demon King was certainly capable of it,
The First Transcendental War consisted mainly of thorough and brutal ground warfare. In terms of the sheer number of strategies, the Xerion Empire was bound to be pushed back by the World Alliance.
Nevertheless, Verden prepared spatial countermeasures at the World Alliance’s major strongholds.
It was not only the Citadel that was guarded.
This is because they assumed the worst-case scenario that the Xerion Empire could replicate all modern tactics and strategies.
The opponent is not an ordinary undead army.
In the southern part of the Eastern Continent, the Kingdom of Ronia’s airship fleet was once stolen by the Corruptors. Verden was convinced that the Alliance had no clear technological advantage other than Golem technology.
Even after all that, it’s still this bullshit.
Gareth forced open his shoulder, which had been stiff from the collision with Akhand. Hehad nearly broken a bone.However, had he not blocked it head-on, the punitive expedition would have suffered significant casualties. The spot the enemy had originally targeted was the center of the legion.
He surveyed the magic-activated zones within the encampment using only his senses. Although the exterior was damaged, the internal magical mechanisms were intact.
The spatial defense system is still operational.
In that case, direct
However, there was no reaction.
“Tsk.”
Gareth clicked his tongue.
If you think about where Arkhand appeared from, the answer came out immediately.
That crazy corpse bastard has
The range of spatial sensing devices used in the modern era is literally specialized for all four directions: east, west, south, and north—that is, horizontally.Vertically, it would likely reach at most the early to mid-stratosphere. Beyond that, not only is the space magically unstable, but the efficiency of mana consumption with height plummets exponentially to the ground.
In other words, Arkand traveled through space beyond the mid-stratosphere and plummeted vertically. Enduring the friction between the unstable space and the atmosphere with ease… it was a first for such an air raid.
Gareth asks.
Communications.
Major General Miracel of the Guard Division shook his head.
The connection is not working.
It looks like they manipulated the magic flow of the communication device as soon as they arrived at the base.
The spatial wave detection is still unresponsive. That beast shouldn’t have left yet.
The Delharun Extermination Corps is composed of Delharun’s army, the City Alliance Kylians, and forces from the Magic Towers. Althoughit possesses considerable national-level power, it is useless in the battle against Arkand.
thud!
Gareth clashed his left and right gauntlets together.
“Destroy the Allied spatial defense system.”“Yes, Great King.”
Miracel obeyed immediately without question the order to destroy the allied strategic weapons. As she drew her backsword and moved, Gareth crossed the center of the encampment on two legs.
The elder of the Zentir Magic Tower shouts, realizing the intruder’s identity too late.
“Retreat! Retreat!”“The Old King! The Old King has appeared!”“Step back immediately and form your battle lines!”“It is the Emperor of the Xerion Empire!!”
The elders of the Magic Tower, the officers of the nation—the commanders—spit and sweated as they struggled to bring order to the chaos. The garrison was stained with noise and heat.
Delharun’s soldier looked up blankly at the figure standing on the hollowed-out hill.
“The author…… the old king.”
He was quite different from what I had imagined upon hearing of the Ruler of the Corpses. The ancient king was not a skeleton exposed like the undead, nor was his flesh rotting.He was human.He looked like a human.He was even as young as the Leader of the World Alliance. While instinct cried out in terror, the human heart whispered: that all living beings should worship death and submit to it.
Just like the god of death.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
At that moment, Mirasel unleashed her technique and destroyed the spatial defense device.Before anyone could even turn their head at the deafening explosion, a transcendent being radiating a pale blue aura charged toward the God of Death. Two short leaps following the charge.
A mountain-shattering iron fist slammed down on the ground.
Crack───Kugugugugu!
The hill subsided and became a little lower.
Gareth and Akhand stood close together inside the small crater. The blade of the Dragonblade [Magrath] and the gauntlet were touching.
“The opening magic of the Fortein Plains must have been quite impressive. Judging by the fact that you have come here in person. You bastard, are you Meteor?”“It was impressive. Indeed, a true monarch should not hesitate to personally attend. The royal path of a Fate Destroyer is worthy of being compared to mine.”
Akand smiled.
“You, too, are fit to be king. If you hadn’t stepped forward, this place would already be stained with blood and corpses. How does it feel to save your people, even at the cost of injury?”“People my ass.”
The ground Gareth was standing on cracked.
A chain reaction.
I experienced Akand’s physical abilities on the island in the Hiaremar Inland Sea. There is no time to gauge the situation. If I do not pour out my full power, I will be defeated in an instant.
Chain Attack – Extermination
The atmosphere becomes chaotic and disorganized.
Tsk t
Gareth’s two arms and two legs crossed in succession, forming harmony. His unique martial arts and leg techniques encroached upon the opponent’s space from all directions.
Akand, who had been focusing on defense with only his dragon sword while standing in place, suddenly pulled his front paws back.
A diagonal line was drawn.
Gareth twisted his upper body diagonally with a sense of agitation. The tip of the armor was severed, splitting the wall of the crater and the hill behind it.
The Dragon Sword that conquers all things – Magras.
When Magras collides with all things, one of the two is bound to be damaged.
If you fight back, you will be severed.
You cannot defend with a rigid stance.
Gareth sharpened his senses and focused on dodging. Sword pressure grazed his ears. Every single strike was practically a killing move.He forfeited the opportunity to counterattack. After all, the goal was to buy time.
‘stomach.’
The moment Gareth took a short leap backward, Akhand grabbed the Dragonblade in reverse grip and thrust it down. Then, using the Dragonblade as a pole, he threw himself forward and closed the distance in an instant.
“Good deeds stem from one’s own judgment.”“……!”
Gareth tried to cross his arms.It couldn’t be avoided.Because he had misread the move.
It is a misjudgment.
Akand’s punch struck Gareth’s face faster than the sound. The shockwave caused one side of the small crater the two had used as their arena to collapse.
Boom! Boom! Crash!
Regardless of his defense, Gareth’s massive body twitched with every blow. His full body armor, classified as an artifact, was crushed as its resistance was damaged.His bones were broken, and his insides were battered.Gareth, having barely managed to block a front kick, leaned his back against the rock wall.
“This bastard is different from when he was resurrected…! Impossible physical abilities. It’s not just a matter of surpassing the wall of a martial arts transcendent one more time.”
Gareth recoiled.
At the very least, it reached that extreme!
In terms of the magic world, the tail end of the 8th tier.Or, even higher.
Smack!
Gareth blocked Akhand’s punch with his hard forehead. His skin burst open and blood flowed. In that moment, Gareth stepped forward with his front paw and rotated his waist.
Energy burst from my whole body like an explosion.
I admit it’s strong.
But even if you have overcome death, could you be unharmed after taking a direct hit during the transcendental phase?
The desecration of collapse.
Mujeon – Ampa Fortress
It was a perfect counterattack. In the slow passage of time, the blow Gareth unleashed had nearly struck Akhand’s abdomen.
However, Akand is a born transcendent being, yet he is a martial arts-based transcendent being like Gareth.
Xerion Empire Fist and Footwork Techniques, Forms 1 through 7.Xerion Empire Swordsmanship, Forms 1 through 8.
All the techniques that the first servant, Draven Lemarque, manifested by replacing the energy with magic were skills created directly by Arkhand.
Xerion Empire Fist Fighting Techniques 3rd Form – Rsat
Doo-woong───
The sound of drums rang out.
It was the sound of Akhand’s energy flowing through the fist into Gareth’s forehead, destroying the flow of energy.
The dark energy overwhelmed the light blue energy.
Gareth’s transcendental energy disintegrated before it could even reach the target, so no destructive power remained in the gauntlet that touched Arcand’s armor.
Spurting blood.
“Cough…”“It is best to seal off Transcendence, Super-tier Magic, and Divine Miracles before they are completed. Did you perhaps expect a head-on confrontation?”
Akand swung his palm.
“You are a naive transcendent being.”
Xerion Empire Sixth Battle – Obkel
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The moment the wave of energy reached Gareth, a powerful physical force spread. The already weakened ground collapsed repeatedly until it crumbled.The northern area outside the outpost sank. The small crater that had served as an arena vanished.
The surroundings were wide open.
The empty sky was reflected in my eyes.
“……Heh.”
Gareth dragged his battered body. He hadn’t lost consciousness. Probably not. He believed he hadn’t lost consciousness. Hecrawled across the floor filled with rock debris, then tried to stand up but immediately fell back down. He knelt down again, lifted his hands from the ground, and swung his arms behind him.
Akand grabbed his wrist.
Crunch!
The Dragon Sword severed Gareth’s left arm. The Transcendent’s blood stained the earth. Gareth swallowed the pain and tried to tear off the creature’s face with his other arm.
Akand clasped Gareth’s hand and used his ki to subdue him with force.
Crunch! Crack!!
Gareth’s fingers were bent in the opposite direction. The back of his hand folded backward. It was only after his wrist was broken that Gareth’s back touched the ground again.
bang!
The Dragonblade was embedded in the ground.Next to Gareth’s head.
Akhand squeezed Gareth’s neck with the grip he had just been holding the Dragonblade. Then he dragged him to the edge of the cliff and slammed him down.
“Ugh… *Screaming*…!!”“War is chaos where a multitude of emotions intersect.”
Gareth’s head, pressed against the edge of the cliff, tilted back a little further.
“Look.”
Gareth was forced to see the punitive expedition.
This is war.
The garrison was already hell.
Second Commander of the Xerion Empire, Apocalypse of Conquest, Lachdion.Fourth Commander of the Xerion Empire, Apocalypse of Death, Sarkanon.
They were two of the four undead brought to the conversation with Verden.
The sixth apostle’s closest confidant.The retinue of the Apocalypse.
“Aaaa
The soldiers, including the priests, are being tainted by the aura of death, and the endlessly rising undead are cutting through the ranks of the extermination army.
Even with the miracles and magic cast by the Archbishop and the Elder of the Magic Tower, the two commanders remained unscathed and motionless, slowly silencing their lives.
“Did you think I would come into enemy territory alone? You are naive, too.”“……!!!”
Gareth’s eyes soon became bloodshot at the unyielding grip.Tiny blood vessels burst.
“War is not fought by a single person. Even if you are strong, trying to accomplish everything alone is arrogance. For even the most mighty beings have formed groups. It is only when you clash everything you have—whether life or tools—that it truly becomes war.”“…….”“How long do you intend to desecrate the great war, Gareth Cyrilliard?”
Akand said in a low voice.
“Unleash the power of the Great Demon.”
On the island in the Hiaremar Inland Sea, Akand saw Gareth and called him a slave. A slave. A contractor. A henchman under the influence of a Great Demon.There was no way an Apostle of Fate could fail to recognize the energy of a Great Demon, a byproduct of fate.
Crunch.
Gareth hesitated despite being subdued. Once the power of the Parasite Archdemon was unleashed, there was no turning back. There were priests of the Ruas Theocracy nearby.If even a trace were discovered, he would become a target of the entire Ruas religion.If that happened, death would be unavoidable.
It looks like there is still room.
Crunch… … .
Pressure was applied as if Gareth’s neck were about to be ripped off. He continued to watch his punitive army crumble before it could accomplish anything.Even the sight of Myrasel, who revered him as the Great King, dying tainted by death.
“Shit.”
Gareth twisted the corners of his mouth into a smile. His eyes turned inverted.Goddess or whatever, screw it.
Crunch crunch!
His body was restored. His severed left arm flew in and attached itself to his body. The wounds disappeared, and the power of Ifekarn partially manifested.
Gareth grabbed the guy’s wrist.
Kugugugu… … !
Unlike before, Akand’s arm began to be pushed back little by little. The power of the Transcendental Being was combined with that of the Great Demon to confront the Apostle of Destiny.
I think I told you.
Akhand retrieved the Dragonblade remotely. He trampled on Gareth’s chest and aimed the blade, raised toward the sky, at the outpost.
“Just go for it.”
Xerion Empire Swordsmanship 1st Formation – Glaros
A massive sword energy flew toward the extermination army. It was aimed precisely at the space where Mirasel was. There was no chance for Gareth to break free from his restraints and block it in the first place.
“ah…….”
The soldiers’ faces turned stunned.
As sword energy resembling an abyss surged toward them, they lost their will to fight. They had neither the thought to dodge nor the actual strength to do so.
The moment Miracel sensed death and gritted her teeth.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
Just before the extermination legion was half-destroyed, something blocked the sword energy head-on. It let out a roar and blew Akand’s techniques into the air.A large tail resembling that of a dragon pounded the death-ridden earth.
A killer entrance.
King Antias.
The pinnacle of the beastkin has arrived.
That wasn’t all.
The death that had stained the human body slowly retreated. Footsteps were heard in their ears. When they turned around immediately, another death was there.
Did the former king come in person?
Understander of Death, Reindel Nexreon.
Two members of the World Alliance’s asymmetric forces have arrived.
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Verden spoke into the communication device.
“Arkhand won’t try to settle the matter at Delharun. A retreat cannot be prevented. Therefore, we will wait for that moment.”
───Understood, Verden.
Saint Ersetia answered.
───Holy Spear bombardment, almost ready.
In the sanctuary of Abenka, she aimed her spearhead at Delharun of the Eastern Continent,just as she had targeted the Bone Dragon in the past.
“okay.”
Verden also held [Interis] in reverse and aimed it toward the east.Space was shaken by the magic
Wait for the signal.
