Episode 325
Episode 108. The place where the tree of God used to be (7)
It wasn’t that encroachment didn’t work. As expected by Aidan, the encroachment was making Sheltion’s near-infinite magical power flow endlessly.
Since the encroachment was successful, Sheltion was expected to die at the end of the regurgitation, but the Auror was out of Aidan’s calculations.
I thought that Yuma also had at least one weapon hidden by Sheltion. But I never thought that would be self-destruct using an aura!
The information of the aura emanating from Sheltion’s body came quickly into my head. Unlike magical power, Aura was a power that Yuma could read as easily as the handwriting.
It was hopeless even if he intuitively judged the aura. Sheltion’s aura far exceeded what humans could handle.
It won’t be as big as the dimension collapse explosion that almost happened at the Tower of Dempir. However, Sheltion’s self-destruct seemed to be able to produce about 20% of that power.
In other words, it was enough power to annihilate not only the people gathered here, but also the 20,000 troops who were securing their way outside the forest.
‘How do I stop this…?’
The storm, which had been lifted once, was hastily reopened. As with magical power, there was a backflow phenomenon with Aura.
If the power of a storm surged inside the body in a very short time, it would be difficult for even Yuma to stop the backflow.
“Ouch!”
Blood flowed from every pore in his face. If he hadn’t met Mantu and raised his dominion over his body, he would have collapsed without enduring it.
Whoa!
The aura gathered in the palm of my hand unraveled like a solid line and wrapped around my body. Yuma spat out hot blood and began to calm the storm.
The forcibly created storms consisted of significantly lower concentrations than usual.
It didn’t matter. Since it was activated, the plan was to control the massive explosion caused by the Sheltion based on the storm.
It was impossible to absorb like he did with Haze’s mist walk.
It would have been all about adjusting the flow of the explosion a little bit.
By analogy, it was like this. Moving a sailboat with spoons instead of oars and sails. What Yuma was trying to do with the storm was that difficult.
“Sir Yuma! What’s wrong!
The cannibalism definitely worked! That’s not magical power…
Aidan’s embarrassed voice spread. The three warriors filtered out by the wizards and Yuma were not aware of the situation.
However, Natalie and Tane Igor couldn’t hide their shocked faces.
It was because those three had enough skills to recognize what Sheltion’s aura would do.
“Yuma! this crazy!”
Natalie threw herself at Yuma. However, the shock wave that signaled the foreshadowing of a big explosion spread from Sheltion’s body and had no choice but to bounce off.
“Ahhh. This whole place will blow up! Wow, Princess!”
“Reinforce your defenses now! Shel Tion’s aura will explode!”
Tane shouted at the mages.
Now, Aidan and the wizards were at a loss as well, with contemplative faces.
“Cannon explode? Are you the creator of magic? uh what is that? Encroachment is…
“Don’t ask, strengthen the shield!”
Natalie slapped Aidan on the cheek as if dealing with a clumsy subordinate.
It was an infidelity that Kyle couldn’t even imagine, but now wasn’t the time to argue about that.
“Yuma! What do you mean!”
“I have to stop!”
“How do you mix that! Quickly get inside the shield… evil!”
Whoa!
A second shockwave spread. It contained an incomparably heavy energy. The barriers and shields cracked open, and several wizards with weak stamina rolled on the floor vomiting bubbles.
There were even dead wizards.
The body, which had been pushed to the limit due to gravity magic and encroachment, could not withstand the shock.
All the dead wizards were causing a reverse flow of magic. It was the shape of a backwater filled with the magic of the forest that splattered everywhere like sparks and attacked other wizards. In the middle of a dwarf, there were more things to handle.
Fortunately, there were safe artifacts in Ballinan’s bag, but there were already more than five wizards who died and spread the reflux.
The explosion I saw hadn’t even started yet, but the inside of the shield was already messed up.
It was obvious what the consequences would be if an explosion hit the scene.
Eights, the sword master, and Mark Heudin were barely able to protect themselves with their trembling legs.
Tane ran right in front of the shield and was hitting the shockwave. It was a resolute gesture, as if prepared for death.
Beyond the shield, I could see the shockwaves that rippled ferociously as if they would overturn the entire forest. It was as if hundreds of compressed typhoons were hacking the ground.
Now I have no choice but to trust Yuma.
Natalie bit her lower lip.
She, too, would not be able to stand outside the barrier.
She, too, had to find out what she could and could do in this damn catastrophe.
“shit! Master Ballinan!”
Natalie found Barlinan at once inside the chaotic defenses. Ballinan calmly took out the artifact and was using it, but it looked as if she would collapse at any moment.
The shockwave that penetrated the shield fell towards Ballinan.
The darting chainsword blocked the shockwave, but the next shockwave slammed into the same spot.
Natalie had no choice but to hug Ballinan and receive the shock wave with her body instead.
“I am Natalie!”
Blood poured from Natalie’s mouth and ran down Ballinan’s forehead.
His spine was cracked and his side had a hole the size of his little finger.
Natalie smiled as she looked into Ballinan’s weeping eyes.
“Why are you so weak and damn this young boy? I’ll protect you, so give me the money if you survive. Keep your mind straight!”
Once the barrier was breached, shockwaves poured like crazy through the gap.
Natalie swung the chainsword diligently with her back to Ballinan, but her body wasn’t the same as usual due to the injury she had just received.
Somehow, it reminded me of Evan. Even then, he was stabbed in the side while protecting the little boy in this desperate situation.
‘Then Yuma terrorized the Hale Gate saying he would save me…
It wasn’t too bad after meeting that damn bastard.’
Natalie also had a hunch about death.
Seeing Natalie’s scarred back exposed whenever her clothes were torn by the shockwave, Ballinan resented her helplessness.
‘What kind of Phobian am I when I can’t even use magic? Every time, I only cause trouble to my colleagues. You incompetent bastard…!’
A shock wave that the chainsword couldn’t block fell onto Natalie’s side. It was, of course, the spot where he had been stabbed by Evan.
Just as she thought it was over, a black hairball suddenly covered Natalie’s vision.
It was Igor who was blocking the shock wave with his bare body with his armor all broken.
“I wanted to spend my last moments with the princess!”
If there are colleagues to protect, there are also colleagues to protect me. Upon remembering that fact, Natalie gave up her resolve to die. I completely erased the word death from my mind.
His lover, who tried to stop the explosion outside the shield, would not think of death. It was clear that he would stand up to Waltion with the will to survive unconditionally.
“What was the last one! Stop talking nonsense one more time! You should have come sooner, you hairy man!”
Wow!
A part of the surface of the shield fell off, and in an instant, more than ten wizards disappeared without a shape.
Natalie and Igor were only shoulder to shoulder, wielding swords and spears.
“Whoa, whoa…
Yuma’s quarters outside the shield were quiet. The silence was deep enough for the sound of his own breathing to resonate in his head.
In reality, there were hundreds of overlapping explosions and roars that would almost tear apart a person’s eardrums, but at some point the flow stopped and no sound could be heard in the stopped storm.
The explosion was already starting.
The phenomenon that looked like a shock wave from inside the shield was an explosion.
Yuma threw herself into the basement where Sheltion was and threw an explosion into the storm.
He succeeded in moving a sailboat with a spoon.
Most of the explosions that were sucked into the storm and then slowly escaped had lost most of their destructive power.
That much was the shockwave that the people inside the shield were experiencing.
It was comfortable.
The pain of being torn apart, limbs shaking, spine breaking, or heart bursting was only for a moment right after the explosion started.
From then on, the same phenomenon began as if after running for a long time, at some point, the sensation of flying in the sky became intoxicated.
Gently grasps the aura that surges into the storm. Release what you’ve been holding onto The released explosion is swept away by the storm again and spreads out…
In the very brief moment leading up to this state, there were countless dangers, but they all passed without hitting Yuma.
Should I say that I was lucky or that Yuma was outstanding? If that wasn’t the case, could Sheltion actually hesitated at the last moment without realizing it?
Yuma didn’t know what was the reason he was able to hold the explosion.
[You won.]
It was a distant voice. It was like hallucinations. Sheltion’s rigid body, comparable to that of Seruka steel, had already been shattered, leaving not a single small piece of scale left.
“You can call this a victory, Welltion.”
[Why did so many of the humans I brought die? Or do you think the people of the world won’t understand how great you defeated a being?]
“No, it’s not like that. You… I feel sorry for you.”
[Sorry. There is one dragon who said that to me.]
“Dragon Lord Mahatrisha.”
[This long, dark life is over. Please tell me my story*••…]
I couldn’t hear Sheltion’s voice anymore.
With her eyes closed, Yuma only slowly removed the aura that filled the storm.
It was only a few minutes before Yuma realized that time was passing while he blocked the explosion. But outside, three hours had passed.
In other words, the storm had been unfolding for five hours. Although relying on Shel Tion’s Aura, Yuma surpassed Duran’s record by twice.
“Mandibular Crane!”
The shield had no shape left. Of the 53 wizards, over twenty died. No one died among the unmanned, but none of the survivors were intact.
Yuma leaned against the bone pillar and let out a feverish breath. My mind went blank and my body didn’t move.
“Ter hairy…!”
“Oooh! I can’t speak…!”
“Natalie Igor!”
Both of Ballinan’s arms were dangling. the bone is broken Natalie and Igor had far more broken bones than sound ones.
Of the people inside the shield, the only ones who could move at least were Barinan and Aidan.
However, Aidan also had his left arm completely cut off.
“Don’t touch me. because it hurts so much
Find Yuma.”
Barlinan nodded, got up and looked back at the ruined forest.
Smoke was rising here and there, but it wasn’t long before I could see Yuma.
It wasn’t just the arm that was broken. It was not easy to get up and walk, probably because my ankle was broken. Just then, I saw Aidan moving towards Yuma.
“Brother Aidan! Take care of Yuma hyung!”
Aidan did not respond to Ballinan’s words. I didn’t even walk towards Yuma. Aidan’s body was facing the side where the Sheltion and the seal had been.
“Ballinan! my brother! The Archmage after Resol is mine…!”
Aidan’s eyes, clouded with desire, were directed to the roots of the tree of gods.
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