Episode 470
Episode 153. Decisive Battle (1)
Kurrrr…!
The beach in front of the barrier was vibrating. A large army of nearly 200,000 moved and shook the land, and the sunlight shone sharply as it moved back and forth between the armor and the sea.
Before the battle with the Ogre begins, the entire Allied Forces lined up on the beach for the last time. The barrier that covered the soldiers seemed to be unusually taller.
The civilians, infinitely fewer in number than the soldiers, were looking down on them from the top of the barrier. Worried that some of them might return alive.
Dragons were seated in the sky.
Whenever the giant wings of the dragons moved, a pleasant breeze brushed the soldiers’ heads. It was an unprecedented landscape of dozens of dragons and hundreds of thousands of humans.
And at the center were Yuma, Duran Jacques, and Randell. The three did not bother to build a platform, but built a small hill out of sand and stood a little higher than the soldiers.
After the rowing and alignment was finished, it was surprisingly quiet.
It was hard to believe that so many lives gathered on this narrow beach, and the scenery lasted for a while.
It was unknown whether the silence was due to fear or the theft of a seasoned soldier.
Only the vast expanse of the sea roared in front of them.
Beyond that sea, seven ogres, traitors who abandoned humanity, and Lisol, who was once praised as the great wizard, would be waiting.
Huh!
Duran lightly swung the greatsword Star Buster and put it in front of him.
“We are here for the world, not for ourselves.”
With both hands on the hilt of the sword, Duran finally opened his mouth. His high-energy voice spread like a wave, and he spoke not very loudly, but even the soldiers standing at the far end could hear his voice clearly.
“There has never been and never will be a higher honor than that. Starting today, we make tomorrow for the world! I will initiate the operation!”
Wow!
The shouts of the soldiers hit the sea. After shouting with a high heart for a while, the soldiers began to divide their ranks under the control of their commanders.
open war.
The final showdown had begun.
[We will begin, too,]
said Mahatrisha, looking out to sea. As she cast her dragon magic, the sea turned golden for an instant.
It was as if it was not water, but molten gold. Even though most of her powers were lost, the greatness of Mahatrisha’s magic of words did not disappear.
[Rod opened the magic circle.
All dragons open the way!]
Kriesha shouted and the dragons flew in a circle. The sun was hidden by their wings, and instead, the multicolored radiance of dragon’s eyes covered the people on the beach.
Then, the golden-colored sea took on a mysterious color. As the waves stopped, whirlpools arose in various places, and the dragons’ magical energy flowed through them.
Just looking at the landscape where the colors were spreading, it seemed as if a festival had begun rather than announcing the start of the war.
Some soldiers were stunned for a while watching it. The commanders did not impose any sanctions on him.
Rumble! Wooddeuk…!
There was a cracking and cracking vibration from under the sea. Now the earth shook as if an earthquake had indeed occurred, and in the aftermath stone dust rained down from the walls of the bowels.
The dragons were roaring and emitting overwhelming energy. Enormous magic power began to split the sea, enough to make even those without Hort tingle their skin.
“The dragons’ magic is amazing, but I’m a disciple.”
Left!
The rounded coastal sea gradually turned into a waterfall.
And after a while, the land buried under the parted sea rose up.
Surprisingly, there was no water to be found on the land that appeared magnificently as if God had created the world.
It was instantly solidified by the magic of the dragons.
It was the first time that a straight line of land rose in the center, followed by five more roads on either side of the land.
“They are the only ones who can make a road out of nowhere in the middle of the sea.”
Yuma had seen many amazing landscapes before, but this time he couldn’t help but admire.
“Can’t you?”
“I can do it, but if I do, it will be a big problem.”
The land was slowly moving toward the pole, like a mole digging a hole and moving forward.
It took a full day to complete the road leading to the pole.
[Duran Jacques. It’s okay to move the sea humans now.]
When Kriesha said, Duran nodded.
“Start moving the Navy Island!”
“yes!”
Hundreds of warships were anchored on both sides of the outer wall, based on the beach. When Duran’s order fell, the navies that were lined up began boarding in an orderly manner.
The 200,000-strong army did not all head to the pole through the five roads made by dragons. About 30,000 troops were to move by boat and fire at the ogres to support the allies.
Also, since fighting is unlikely to take place only in polar regions, they also had to take on the role of transporting troops on land to the wall in case of emergency.
“Good luck!”
“Good luck!”
Each commander shouted and scattered.
At the head of the road in the middle were Yuma and Durandel. As their vanguard was the first to start moving, the five roads were filled with soldiers.
It was a mystical sight.
Every time humans move forward, the path made by dragons is also moving forward little by little.
A splendid exhibition ceremony followed, but there was no reaction from the polar regions. Neither Resol, nor the traitors of Povian, nor the ogres made any special moves.
“If it was a raid, now would be the best time, but I don’t know what the plan is.
Are you so sure you can’t help yourself?”
“Well, even when I was in the middle of cutting the ice, they didn’t approach me.”
“I heard about it beforehand, but… it’s kind of uncomfortable.
Isn’t that Risol already fled to the New World?”
“It is not. I and the dragons can feel it.”
“Yeah… It’s a story I’ve been talking about for nothing. Guess I’m old too This fucking old man is also guarding the front lines, so why is Hugo still lying around?”
Duran shook his head in frustration.
Ogre Slayer Hugo. He still couldn’t move his body the way he wanted. The seizure frequency was gradually decreasing, but it was never at a level where combat was possible.
Nonetheless, Hugo was now in the Blockade Citadel. As the situation is the situation, I hope that even a miracle will happen and he will be true, and I brought him here for now.
Yuma smiled bitterly.
“I’ve been thinking about Captain Hugo’s condition the whole time, but it seems to have something to do with Hwa.”
“Huh? You say that he became like that because of his eyes?”
“Friga Matiu, the real owner of the red dragon’s eye, used the power of Hwa. He’s not Hwa’s apostle, he just borrowed power without permission… but I think that may have influenced Captain Hugo.”
“For whatever reason, if he doesn’t wake up by the end of the war, I think I’ll be very disappointed in him. I can’t accept that a person who is compared to me has become that way because he has no eyes.”
“It will happen for sure.”
It wasn’t wishful thinking, it was sincerity and trust. Yuma thought Hugo was never a great man who would end up in vain like this.
“hmm! Anyway, according to the strategy, we will lure the ogres and fight, so when you arrive, just focus on your fight.”
“I understand, Master.”
The march went smoothly.
Nothing happened until nightfall, and the cold of the polar regions only grew thicker and thicker.
The stars in the night sky were shining brightly. When Duran stopped marching and ordered camp, tents were spread over the road the dragons had made.
There was no need to set up a separate sentry, and all soldiers could rest comfortably except for vigils. It was thanks to the dragon race that they remained vigilant while circling the sky.
‘Perhaps this is the last peace before the fight begins.’
Yuma thought as she rode the Tulka around the camp. Yuma was moving with the mindset of bestowing blessings on the soldiers.
Man fights man’s fight, God’s fight.
When they arrive at the pole tomorrow, they and Yuma will split up and fight each other. Unlike the Underworld War, there was a very high probability that Yuma would be separated from the troops by himself.
It was because when he met Rizol, he had to constantly open the dimension between the underworld and the human world.
It was impossible to compete head-to-head with Resol, and in the end, the only way was to have him face Haider.
‘An existence that is only a dream is bringing an end to the world…
Although the Second Coming of Hwa began as a butterfly effect of various events that started from the beginning.
The tree of the gods, the world that was one of the first dragons, and so on. These elements were not known to a single human being until recently.
It is a secret story that even Yuma found out while fighting against Amanzo.
And most of the beings who knew this story said this.
It’s all human fault. It happened because humans coveted the tree of God. From the moment it was damaged, the world was irrevocably divided.
‘If you think about where you went wrong, you end up biting tail after tail and eventually going to the beginning.’
The problem could be that there was a tree of God in the beginning, the problem could be the God who created humans to covet it, or simply all existence itself could be the problem.
Of course, it was Hider who provided the most direct cause for this situation.
I still can’t understand the part that he damaged the tree of God for infinite reincarnation with his lover.
‘I want to see how the hell that madman came to be and ate Haider by drowning Lisol in the abyss of the underworld.’
That night, Yuma wandered around the camp all night praying for the safety of the Allies, but did not sleep.
It wasn’t because I couldn’t sleep.
It was because my body didn’t need to sleep anymore. After entering the realm of a god, his body was gradually becoming closer to that of a god.
On the other hand, I felt fortunate to have become strong enough to fight other divine beings, and a lonely feeling that I was losing my humanity.
‘Even after winning the war, what if I can’t become a human again?’
Rather than the defeat or the end of the war, it was those issues that made Yuma worry, but Yuma quickly shook off his worries and greeted the morning.
It was because the idle thoughts before the fight were not always right.
Then, the march continued and there were about five hours left until the pole.
The dragons brought information that the ogre had begun to move.
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