◈ 692. [STAGE 40] Time for a counterattack (3)
“The Night Bringer in that state is dead and cannot be defeated even if it wakes up.”
I said as I turned around and watched the terrifying battle between Night Bringer and Jormungand from afar.
“It is a state that is combined with the night of this world… No matter how much damage is done, it will eventually assimilate into the night and regenerate the wounds. “It’s virtually invincible.”
“….”
“Jormungand will fight for a while, but even that Jormungandra is impossible to defeat the Night Bringer.”
The person listening to me stammered and asked.
“So… that evil dragon can’t be defeated? “Is the world going to end like this?”
“If it continues like this, it will be like that.”
I chuckled.
“So… we have to change the ‘premise’.”
“yes?”
“The reason Night Bringer is invincible is because it is combined with the night of the world. Then again.”
I spoke of the final strategy route I had prepared and that this world had…
“Wouldn’t it be enough to ‘take’ him away from the night?”
“Removing it from the night…? “What do you mean?”
I turned around.
“Let’s think about it simply. Lord Macmillan. “In principle.”
The person talking to me behind me was Air Force Fleet Regiment Commander McMillan.
He was sent by the emperor to check on my survival and at the same time have a conversation about future operations.
“What is it in this world that originally defeats the night?”
McMillan looked blank for a moment in response to my question.
Macmillan, who thought for a moment with his thin head as if it had been too long since he last saw him and was having a hard time remembering, finally answered.
“…is it the sun?”
“That is correct.”
“But the sun…”
Macmillan lifted his head hesitantly, and I also raised my gaze. We looked at the sky together.
“Aren’t you invisible right now, covered by that curtain of darkness?”
A veil of darkness covers the skies of the world.
In the darkness below the lake, the Night Bringer has completely taken over the vast sky that it had worked hard to prepare for the past five hundred years… a blackout of evil and gloomy colors.
The main culprit who blocked the sunlight and brought darkness and snowstorm to this world.
Okay, so….
“Tearing that darkness apart.”
“yes…?”
I spoke one more time to Macmillan, who stammered as if he didn’t understand.
“We will split the sky, Lord Macmillan.”
“…?!”
“Cut down that veil of darkness and bring sunshine to the world. Drive out the night, weaken the Night Bringer’s power, and defeat him… To put it simply, this is my plan.”
So it’s the opposite.
It’s not about defeating the Night Bringer and restoring daylight.
Only by regaining daylight can we defeat the Night Bringer.
Macmillan, who had been listening blankly, took a step towards me, waving his hand urgently.
“I beg your pardon, Your Majesty, when the first curtain of darkness descended upon the sky… It’s not that I didn’t try that method!”
“….”
“We climbed to the highest possible altitude with an air force fleet, observed the veil, and attacked, but the results were disastrous.”
I know.
Because I also received that report.
“That veil is not just darkness. “The entire crew suffered from mental contamination just by getting close, and our artillery fire had no effect.”
Macmillan calmly expressed his opposition.
“Furthermore, according to the results of the analysis, the veil was estimated to be made up of tens or hundreds of layers… It was as if it were alive, trying to ‘eat’ anything that came close with ugly tentacles and pitchforks.”
“….”
“That veil of darkness is something as terrible and evil as the Night Bringer itself. How on earth are you going to cut it down?”
After listening to his well-articulated opposing opinions.
I nodded.
“Actually, I originally had no intention of planning this strategy.”
There was no way to cut through that veil of darkness with the attack methods we had. So, I only had the idea as a last-ditch effort and had no intention of actually using it.
“But things have changed.”
“Things have changed?”
“Look over there.”
I pointed to the distant southern sky.
“Can you see it?”
“What are you talking about…”
then.
sparkle.
Some kind of sparkling particle flashed high in the sky far away in the direction I pointed.
Macmillan quickly took out the binoculars from his pocket and looked at the spot. And then he opened his mouth small.
“No way…”
“Yes.”
I backed away and nodded.
“Just one day ago, the dethroned princess of the Lake Kingdom gathered all the light she had and attacked the Night Bringer, but the Night Bringer barely escaped. and.”
The real Ash and Dusk Bringer. And unknown. In the battle the three of them fought against the Night Bringer.
“The huge pillar of light that occurred at that time reached the sky.”
The pillar of light that Nameless shot out in the end definitely reached the curtain of darkness.
That fierce vortex of light tore apart the seemingly flawless fabric of the sky –
“burning the darkness at that point.”
got a scratch
“A ‘gap’ has appeared.”
Having reached the level of a transcendental person, I was able to clearly see the distant sky without binoculars.
The sky covered in pitch-black darkness was even brighter because the light sprinkled by nameless stars was embedded in it like stardust.
“You can’t help but use it. “The only path that my friend risked his soul for…!”
After confirming the ‘damage’ undoubtedly engraved on the veil of darkness.
Macmillan slowly lowered his binoculars and stuttered to ask the next question.
“I also checked the scratches on the tent. But in the end, it’s just a scratch and I feel like I need to make an additional attack, but just getting close will pollute my mind and make it difficult to move properly. How are you going to attack in this situation?”
I grinned.
“there is.”
“yes?”
“There are those among us who can bear that evil air even at close quarters.”
I’m afraid my words will fall out.
“My lord.”
A voice came from next to me. Macmillan and I turned towards him.
“The entire special team has been summoned.”
What stood there… were my heroes who accepted the darkness to defeat it.
Led by Lucas, Kelly Bay Verdandi Kuilan Thorkel Diarmudin Chain Nobody… In addition, there were several reserve heroes who held the Dragon Slayer in their arms.
Everyone was looking at me blankly with disbelieving faces, so I lifted the corner of my tired mouth and smiled to meet their expectations.
“Why are you all looking at me like you’re seeing a ghost? “That’s right.”
“….”
“I died once, but I came back anyway.”
I then spread my arms wide.
“I don’t have a lot of time, but I can at least hug you once in a while… ugh?!”
I got hit in the chin.
Kelly Bay suddenly rushed at me, swinging his fist and hitting me. Verdandi rushed in next, pinching my entire body, and Diarmudin hit my head with his cane.
The rest of the heroes huffed and puffed around me, as if they couldn’t bear to hit me.
Kelly Bay, who had been beating me up front, glared at me with tears in her eyes and shouted.
“I thought you were dead, you damned Noom!”
“That means he’s dead. “It’s because it came back to life… No, strictly speaking, it’s a bit different…”
It was a bit ridiculous to explain that it evolved from Shatter to Super Shatter, so I decided to just accept it.
“I don’t think all of you are safe, but I’m glad to see you alive and well.”
Everyone was crying and angry and it wasn’t a fuss, but we managed to set the mood.
I quickly looked away. I saw a werewolf with a silver-red mane standing trying to look calm.
I called right away.
“Hey Lunared.”
《Cough?!》
Lunared freaked out… The nightmare shadow that had taken over Kuilan’s body stopped by and coughed violently.
《What are you talking about? Captain…Chief?》
“Don’t act like it doesn’t work, you bastard. “Can you see everything?”
Currently, I am in a state where the status of a transcendental person overlaps three times.
I was able to immediately figure out what state Kuilan was in. It looks like this guy was overexerting his power and gave himself up to Nightmare Slayer.
《Oh oh, I came back after a long time and my eyes were squinted… It’s me! Kuilan!》
Lunared avoided eye contact and looked the other way until the end.
I crossed my arms, took a deep breath, and whispered softly to him.
“Say ‘Lunared bastard.’”
《What kind of outrageous words are you saying to the great Wolf King-!》
Immediately after, Luna Red said, ‘Gasp!’ He made a sound and covered his mouth with both hands. The effect is direct. crazy.
“It’s not Kuilan, it’s Lunared?!”
“You wolf cub, how dare you take Kuilan’s body…!”
“Exorcise! Order it! Bring back Kuilan!”
The remaining heroes surrounded Luna Red with rolling eyes. Luna Red set her fingernails with a disappointed look on her face.
Lunared is clearly a powerful monster, but since he came back in the form of taking Kuilan’s body, he is unable to exert all the power he had when he was the leader of the Nightmare Corps.
On the contrary, this side is full of heroes who have immersed themselves in darkness and whose destructive power has pierced the ceiling.
As I was wondering what to do in this imminent atmosphere, I discovered something.
“….”
Immediately after, I waved my hand.
“it’s okay. Everyone, lower your weapons and calm down.”
“Master? but.”
“That guy is definitely Luna Red, but… it’s okay.”
I chuckled.
“are you okay. Let’s trust Kuilan.”
As I said that, I gestured towards a part of Lunared’s body, and the heroes who saw that direction soon became convinced one by one and lowered their weapons.
《…?》
Luna Red was the only one who did not understand the current situation and stood guard with his claws raised.
“Everyone has a lot of stories they want to talk about, but right now, it’s urgent.”
Actually, I don’t have time to fight whether it’s Kuilan or Lunared. Because the Night Bringer over there is a more urgent fire.
“Let’s go do our own thing while Jormungand buys us time.”
“Where are you going?”
“To go to the sky, first go to Crossroads.”
I glanced towards the castle wall, which looked like it was about to collapse at any moment, and walked ahead.
“Now that the destination has been decided, we need to prepare the means to get there. let’s go!”
Heroes followed behind me as I took the lead.
I also gestured to Luna Red, who was awkwardly standing alone in the back.
“Hey Lunared! “You too, follow me!”
《Uh… Huh?》
“If the world falls apart, you will end too! First, you have to get rid of that black dragon first, then you can eat the surviving world or not. right?”
I raised the corners of my mouth with a smirk.
“Follow me quickly! “This is a temporary alliance only until we defeat the Night Bringer!”
***
《Hot…!》
Standing blankly, Luna Red slowly followed Ash and the humans, flashing his dark red gaze.
I don’t know why he didn’t subdue me even after finding out his identity, but… I was confident that I would make him regret that foolish choice.
‘Right now, I’ll pretend to join forces to kill the black dragon like you said… but immediately after that!’
I’ll eat them all…!
Luna Red licked his lips while plotting a sinister plan in his mind. To do that, it would be important to first relax the guard as much as possible.
After retracting his protruding claws, calming down his anger, and trying to calmly follow the group…
“Huh?”
Lunared looked down at his hands in confusion.
In Luna Red’s hand, there was a round fur ball made of silver fur that had come out of his body.
“What is this again?”
Lunared realized too late.
A little while ago, when I was surrounded by human heroes… I was making this ball by combing my body hair with both hands without realizing it.
Seeing this, the human heroes became hostile.
《…?》
Did Kuilan, the owner of this body, have a funny habit of making a ball out of his fur when he was nervous?
Lunared, who was puzzled because he did not understand the meaning, threw back the fur ball in his hand and walked after the group.
The silver fur ball disappeared as if it was being sucked into the swirling snow wind, swept away by the repeated earth tremors caused by the two super-giant monsters.
