Episode 1157 The Predetermined Order (4)
Despite the inherent poverty and misfortune, he showed compassion, but he could not erase his heartlessness.
Unrequited love.Goodness mocked by malice.
I tried to save the heart that turned away even from the light that had reached out first, but I realized that such mercy would cover the world in an even more cruel darkness.
Thus, love was lessened.
It is right for one who cannot love the light to atone by dying before becoming even more defiled.With this firm resolve, the four divine artifacts were moved.
Since you have been granted the qualification from heaven, you must always prove your status befitting it.
Ersetia, chosen by the Holy Spear and Holy Armor, reigned no longer as a weak believer but as a judge of light practicing noble will.
He held a belief.
No matter what trials come, I will carry out the goddess’s will.
Whoosh───CRASH!
Ersetia, thrown by her ankle, immediately plummeted vertically. Without even a moment to absorb the impact, she hurriedly rolled her body.The Dragon Sword plunged down at a right angle.As Akhand plunged down, the ground, shattered into pieces, surged upward in reverse.
Ersetia, having blocked the fragments of the earth with her wings of light, charged forward in reconciliation with light.
A radius of approximately thirty steps.
That range was a substantial gap.
The rampant glory and death, silent as a swamp, repeatedly collided, alternating between day and darkness in the vicinity.
‘The truth? There was no such religion among the heretical beliefs recorded in the history of the Ruas Theocracy. The Xerion Empire isn’t even a religious state. The truth? What kind of god is this, anyway? What kind of god is this? What kind of god is this?’
It cannot be dismissed as a simple indigenous belief.
There is no way that the servant of a god with almost no worshippers compared to the Luas religion could be this powerful. How could the power of a false god dare to oppose the power of light?
‘What on earth──’
At the same time the Holy Spear bounced away, the Dragon Sword slashed the shoulder line. He barely managed not to let go of the Holy Spear, but his defensive stance collapsed.
A fist rushed in relentlessly and struck squarely into the abdomen as if crushing it, anda knee kick struck the face.
“Ugh……!!”
Before the Dragonblade could approach, he immediately bent only his elbow and threw the Holy Spear.In response, Akhand allowed the flash of the gods to hit, closing the distance drastically, and thrust his hand toward the Holy Armor once again.
Season: Sixth Form – Obkel
A wave of energy exploded.
Ersetia plunged the Holy Spear into the ground to brake her body. As soon as she succeeded in stopping, she leaned forward and braced herself against the floor.*Pfft!* Her internal organs twisted.As immense physical force burrowed into the cracks in the Holy Armor, she could not control her trembling.
Just what kind of god is he… … !!!
If Akand’s origins stem from faith, just as they did for Ersetia, and if Akand is a god, then which god chose him?
Evil god.
I can say with certainty that it must be an evil being that deserves to be called that.
At that moment, Ersetia flinched.
‘Wait. No way, the Devil God?’
That makes sense.
Just as the undead hate the living, demons are a race that resents and is jealous of the light.Perhaps they created a god among themselves while imitating humans. Noxias and Ifekarn… if there is a culprit, it must naturally be the Archdemons.
Crunch.
Whatever it is, I have no doubt of victory.
Akhand is not invincible. Like them, he is wounded and expending his strength. Even if he is pushed back now, if he goes all the way, he will surely be able to bring judgment.
This is a trial that must be overcome.
An unyielding faith sustained Ersetia’s heart.
You can’t shake off your recklessness.
Akand stepped forward with his front paw and let the [Magras] hang horizontally.
“That, too, is overconfidence.”“Shut up, heretic.”
The moment the Holy Armor [Arminel]’s healing and protection fail to keep up, it leads directly to defeat. Before that happens, you must land Divine Judgment directly on Akhand at point-blank range.
O Luas, give me innocent glory!
It was the very moment when Ersetia burned with mad faith.
A murderous rage seized me.
It was not directed at Ersetia, yet it was a murderous intent intense enough to provoke a reaction in her. A presence akin to that of an uncontrollable, ferocious beast.
Th-th
“Arkhand Linigea Tain Xerion. Commonly known as the Old King. I’ve heard so much about him that he feels like an old acquaintance.”
Hisril approached, dragging a thin-bladed greatsword along the ground.Reflected in the divine radiance flowing from Ersetia, her pure white hair with a distinctive reddish tint shone faintly.
“Thanks to you, I’ve regained my life. Have I thanked you too late?”“Hithril del Roharun.”“It is an honor that you recognized me. I was wondering what special gift to give you to express my gratitude, and I thought this would be perfect.”
A redder energy than blood rippled.
“You said you wouldn’t die? I’ll kill you.”“I refuse the gift. Your resurrection was not my intention.”
By making a secret pact with the first servant of the Glory of the Dead hundreds of years ago—the three ancient transcendents revived in modern times alongside the resurrection of Arkhand had nothing to do with fate.Although they opened the Gate of Death to the Eastern Continent as promised, their actions themselves stemmed from the opposite of fate.
Akand said.
“So, ‘he’ made a move in the end?”“Of course, not directly, but… Oh, right.”
Hythril fumbled around behind his back and threw some heads from inside his robe.They belonged to the leaders of the undead legions that had invaded, or were planning to raid, other cities near Gargant.
I found this on the way.
Ersetia could not hide her bewilderment at the unexpected appearance of Hisril. ‘He’? Above all, she could not understand the conversation between the two.All she had known about Hisril’s identity was based solely on the information secured from the World Alliance.
The Empress of Delharun who clashed with Verden in the southern part of the Eastern Continent.
A transcendent being of the martial arts world who dominated the era three centuries ago.
“What did you say to the Saint earlier? Did you say, ‘The price for saving those who should have died will be paid by those who should not have died, according to the cycle of fate’? As the Transcendent, I will throw those words back at you.”
Hythril raised the tip of his sword and engraved a non-circulating straight line as if to show off.
Toward only the single path.
* * *
The World Alliance headquarters was keeping a close eye on the Scalum Fault. Sincea large number of Transcendent forces from the Central Continent had gathered there to wage a campaign to subjugate the Old King, the war would end immediately if they were victorious.
Beta was worried about Alpha, but that did not mean he neglected other battlefields. He filled Alpha’s void as much as possible and responded on a continental scale.
“S-The Blood Empress in the Scalum Fault…? An ally, an ally?!”“Although no engagement has occurred yet, judging by her hostility toward the former king, she is judged to be an ally of the Alliance for now.”
Intelligence agents from various countries clenched their fists at the unexpected reinforcements.
No one denies that the Empress of Delharun is the evil of human history.Had she not barged into the negotiations and killed the Beast King at the time, the war between races would never have escalated into a continent-wide conflict. Thewar between races resulted in the second-highest number of casualties after the First War of the Transcendents.
In the end, no one felt any sympathy for the fate of Hisril, who was abandoned by everyone, surrounded by beastmen, and torn to shreds to death.
However… that level is on the scale of asymmetric power.
If it helps to eliminate the old king, past evil deeds are of no concern. Victory. The members of the World Alliance decided to think only of victory.
“What? From Delharun?”“What is it?”“Urgent report from Delharun!”
Just then, new news was added.
“They say the Great Emperor is personally leading a mercenary group to wipe out the undead within Delharun!”
Following Vantoreon and Hythril, the last ancient transcendent being began to move.In a direction opposing the Xerion Empire.
* * *
Northern part of the continent, Prohas.
Nordwald Fortress, known as the Polar Fortress, was used for emergency summits and served as Prohas’s largest outpost during the war against the Old King.
The Allied forces stationed at Nordwald Fortress were scheduled to close the Prohas Gate.
They thought that war would begin once the young King of the North returned and broke the seal… but it was the Xerion Empire that was attacking from the start.It was merely that the perspectives of offense and defense appeared reversed due to the nature of the Four Gates.
The international community was in a defensive position.
The seal was forcibly broken.
The shadows of humans much larger than humans fell over the Gate of Prohas. Giant undead that escaped from the Gate invaded Prohas.
“Those bastards are throwing again!!”“Prepare for the shock!”
Boom!
A frozen rock flew in a near-straight line and struck the castle wall.The siege defense magic circle vibrated violently.
The commander clutched his ear, which was ringing in his ears, and shouted at his adjutant.
“Ugh, preparations for High-Rank Magic!”“Mana Particle Cannon charged to 88%, and the calculations for Tier 6 Siege Magic will be finished soon!”“Deal with the one closest first!!! You must absolutely not let him approach the walls!!!”
There were 22 giant undead that came out of the gate, and now 6 have fallen, leaving only 16, but the danger could not be taken lightly.
The Great Warrior of the North, who had single-handedly defeated two of them, was slammed deep into the ground the moment he took just one hit, trampled to death instantly. Hewas a fighter of near-peak skill, yet his sturdy body was completely crushed.
It was an unreasonable power.
Even when a giant undead in broken armor stomped its foot, all
The wizard trembled.
“That kind of undead has never been discovered. Furthermore, given the nature of the undead being born from corpses… did a race called giants really exist…!”
The traces of the giant race have not been passed down to the modern era.
But they actually existed.
It was active even in the great divergence where the gods fell, and in the war that determined all destiny.
At that time, giants were assessed to be capable of killing anyone if they got on their good side even once, and they were also called the strongest race on Earth.
Kwaaaaaaaang!Kwagwagwagwa!
Giants struck by modern weaponry had their upper bodies blown off or collapsed after sustaining damage equivalent to that. Their resistance was not as unreasonable as their strength.
However, Nordwald Fortress did not have a sufficient number of weapons.This was because most of the weapons were deployed to the front lines.
The rocks thrown by the giant undead have already surpassed the level of ordinary siege weapons.
Kwagwagwagwang!
The castle wall collapsed.The magic circle was broken.
A giant with an arm blown off by a magic particle cannon leaned against the castle wall and thrust its head forward.The Great Warlord blinded it with a magical bombardment, leaped from the wall, and split its skull with a great sword, but another individual soon took its place.
There are 8 left.
The Daejeon manager calmly counted the numbers and dealt with the giant that approached the castle wall.
“Mr. Daejeon, excuse me…….”“…….”
Thirteen additional giant undead were reinforced from the direction where the gate was located. They were personally creating a means to shatter the frozen earth and throw it.
You can catch it.You can catch it.
However, if he allowed even a single blow, he himself would not be safe. Once outside the castle walls, no mistakes would be tolerated.The life of the Grand Commander, who was in charge of Nordwald Fortress in the King’s place, was not his own alone. If he were to fall in battle, it would immediately lead to a decline in morale.
This isn’t easy.
Above all, the fact that he didn’t know how many more giants there were made him hesitate.
“……hmm?”
The Daejeon president raised his head.
Just when I thought something was moving, a medium-sized airship was crossing over the fortress. However, that airship did not belong to the Alliance. The Alliance airships warned against approaching the giant.
“Where does that belong?”“I, I don’t know. It doesn’t have any particular symbol. It’s an appearance I’ve never seen before.”“Still, it doesn’t seem to be the Xerion Empire. Tell them quickly that there is a giant capable of neutralizing
The Daejeon president opened his eyes wide.
The moment someone swung their hand in the air on the deck of an unidentified seaplane, I felt an indescribable, chilling sensation.
Great Sword Style – Heart Seal
and.
Crack.
The bodies of the giants near Nordwald Fortress were cleanly severed. The individual that dropped the airship was blown to pieces before it could even stomp its foot.The additional ones that arrived from the Four Gates had their heads severed and collapsed with a deafening roar.
21 giants were beheaded.
“Huh?”“What…….”
The soldiers, encountering the sudden anomaly, looked at the now silent battlefield in bewilderment.
Gulp.
On the other hand, some personnel, including the Daejeon President, could not take their eyes off the seaplane at all. They swallowed hard. The powerful all instinctively sensed it.
There is a monster on that airship that cannot even be compared to the giant undead that came out of the Four Gates… … .
Whoosh
The ark passed the fortress indifferently.
Where did it come from?Where is it going?
Judging by his path, it seemed he was heading toward the Four Gates.
“I’m chasing that seaplane right now.”
* * *
“Honestly, I haven’t known the inside story for very long, so I might seem a bit cocky, but so what?”
Hisril gently lifted the dust-covered sword from the ground.She declared as a resistor.
“It won’t go your way, will it?”“Hehehe.”
Akand laughed softly.
I’m glad.
Akand advanced, shattering the earth. Tyrannical power surged forth. Just as Ersetia attempted to stop him, Hisril charged in to meet her.
The sword energy crossed.
The shockwave spread in all directions.
Tsk tsk!
She arched her back to dodge the dragon sword by a hair’s breadth, then slid forward and assumed a quadrupedal stance.
Akand asked.
“What were you promised?”“What else could it be.”
The Empress’s wildness awakened.
Season: Wild Waves and Raging Fields
What I want.
* * *
“……!”“What is wrong, Enette?”
Enette suddenly felt an unpleasant sensation, as if something precious had been taken away, so she turned her head toward the west… and then shook her head.
“It’s nothing. I think it’s just my imagination.”“Is that so? Then let’s hurry.”
The massive clash of magical energy felt in the Principality of Livaant seemed to have ceased.
Verden had ordered them not to approach the Duchy’s borders, but the Highnesses could not do so. They tracked Verden’s footsteps with a small number of people.
We increased speed toward the epicenter.
In the process, he sensed a presence. He met people in poor condition. They were Lord Paite and the merchant Conrad, whom Verden had rescued.
City Martes.
Upon hearing the information, I headed straight there.
“divinity!!”
Upon confirming that Xenia was supporting Verden, she landed immediately. Xenia had sensed their presence beforehand and deactivated
“The condition is…….”
Melad checked his injury and bit his lip. He turned his head. His eyes fell on Eon’s Elixir that Xenia was holding.
“Who are you?”“I am…….”“Melad.”
Verden spoke. He was still holding onto consciousness.
Melad helped him up and asked.
“Speak, Divine.”“Daema, Power.”
Verden continued speaking with difficulty.
A ritual of great magical power is required.
That was the only way to calm the rampaging magic and deal with the old king.
