248. Clash (1)
#248
“what. “Are you alive?”
【…you!】
Naransonia’s eyes widened. She must have been the human she fought with. She looked at Ronan and Orsay’s necks alternately and let out her confusion.
【Why are you guys here!】
“Ah…that’s too long to explain.”
Ronan scratched the back of his head. Of course he had no reason or time to explain but he didn’t think anyone would believe him if he told him. Sonia clutched the wound on her chest.
【Wow…!】
Her wounds hurt. She still shivered just thinking about the fight. The pain from when she was cut by the sword still lingered deep in her skin. Ronan frowned at her as he saw steel spikes growing up her arms.
“What are you fighting for? “I don’t really want to do that.”
【Shut up! Get the sword right now…】
It was the moment when Naransonia was about to say something. Quaaaang! Suddenly an explosion occurred in a corner of the ceiling. A white-haired boy jumped out of the hole and landed comfortably.
“Wow…surprise. “What’s going on?”
Even though he collided head-on with Orsay there was not a single scratch on his body. Ronan turned his head and raised an eyebrow. It seemed like he knew what Orsay had collided with.
“ok?”
It was definitely Lycopos. Why is it here and not protecting the summit? Moreover looking at the situation it seemed like they were fighting against Naransonia.
‘What were you two doing?’
It was a car where Ronan was thinking about various things. The boy who was looking around met Ronan’s gaze. The eyes of both people were flashing an almost similar scarlet color. The boy who was silent for a moment opened his mouth.
“…you.”
The relaxed face became distorted. The playful voice was eerie. When Ronan did not answer the boy continued.
“You’re lucky. “I never thought I would meet her sister’s enemy here like this.”
“younger sister?”
“okay. “I won’t say I don’t remember.”
The boy solemnly raised his greatsword and pointed the tip of the sword at Ronan. Ronan narrowed his eyes at her incomprehensible sound. Now that she thought about it she had probably said something like that when they had run into each other a few hours earlier.
Ronan thought about it for a while before she was able to retrieve her memories of the boy’s sister. She said the girl she killed coming down the tower was her sister. he said
“ah. “That poor bitch.”
“Die!”
For a moment a vein appeared on the boy’s forehead. His figure disappeared from sight. The boy rushed forward in an instant and arrived in front of Ronan in the blink of an eye. The strangely colored protective shield was still wrapped around the boy’s body.
【It’s dangerous! That shield…!】
Naransonia shouted. She didn’t know why she had given the warning. Is it because he hates the boy who killed the innocent maids more than Ronan who defeated him with his skills?
‘It’s late.’
But the warning seemed a little late. Sonia twisted her mouth. Instead of dodging Ronan responded by drawing his sword right where he was standing.
The elegant sword body was stained with colors reminiscent of a sunset. His slashes were faster but speed didn’t really matter in front of that shield.
It was a moment when the boy smiled as he sensed his own victory. La Mancha did not stop even after reaching the star’s protection. The blade gently cut into the protective shield drawing an arc. Ronan said.
“If you just believe in this and go forward you won’t live long.”
“what?”
The boy’s eyes widened. The star’s protection was crumbling. The scarlet blade was already right in front of his eyes. He tried to escape quickly but his body wouldn’t move as he wanted.
“Ugh my body…!”
It felt like the knife was pulling me. The boy who failed to defend or evade was trying to shout something. Suddenly! The blade penetrated his ulnar bone and tore through the back of his neck.
There was no will. The boy’s head rose into the air. The sunset color covering the sword faded revealing the sword’s body stained with blood. Naransonia’s mouth opened.
【…how?】
“I don’t know either.”
thud. The boy’s leaning body fell to his knees. His head fell almost at the same time soaking the bed with blood. Ronan said sheathing her sword and turning to her.
“More than that it seems like I saved your life so let me ask you one thing.”
【What?】
“What the hell is going on up there?”
Ronan asked. As I climbed higher I felt the flow of mana getting stronger. The ominous feeling that seemed to pierce his entire body was not something that could be dismissed as mere rain.
Naransonia was dumbfounded and said nothing. If things had been the way they were she wouldn’t have said anything and would have pounced on her until she died. No matter what anyone says she was a confidant who swore loyalty to Ajidahaka.
However what the white-haired boy said bothered me. He said that after a few hours everything would be useless. Adding that the world will end soon.
It seemed to him that this was not the will of the monarch he served. Ajda Haka’s purpose was to gain his strength and attack Navarre with his men.
That was why he did not obediently stick his neck out to the boy. No matter how much I thought about it it didn’t seem like an order from the Dragon King.
【They said that in a few hours…everything would be over.】
After her brief silence she opened her mouth. As for me Sonia told me about the conversation she had with the boy and the circumstances of the surprise attack.
【…That’s what happened. Do you have any guesses?】
“ah. “Fuck.”
Ronan who was listening let out a curse. It wasn’t difficult to draw her conclusion.
The Dragon King was planning to finish the ceremony today. The ominous feeling piercing his body and the absence of the Yongwang himself the guard force overly focused on the tower were all explained.
‘Fucked.’
There was so little time. Ronan immediately turned around and climbed on Orsay’s neck again. He said tapping the scales.
“I have to hurry. let’s go.”
【Wait a moment! What is going on!】
“I don’t have time. “If you want to protect the king you serve kill all the white guys.”
【what? What is that…】
Ronan answered without even looking at Naransonia. She was about to say something. Kwaaaaang! Orsay’s large shaking body soared through the ceiling.
【Ugh!】
The enormous wind pressure threw Naransonia backwards. A black wall seemed to be rising before her eyes. Her body and wings hidden beneath her were much larger and more swollen than when she had met Orsay in her past.
Eventually Orsay completely escaped. bang! bang! bang! A crashing sound could be heard through the hole in the ceiling.
【What the hell….】
Sonia who staggered to her feet clenched her fists. The hole that appeared in the middle of the lair seemed to be at least 200 meters in diameter. Various debris debris corpses and screaming people were falling down below.
****
【Kaaaaaa-!!】
“Okay don’t stop!”
The ignorant breakthrough resumed. Ronan’s plan was to take Orsay and attack from the inside. The ice armor created by Asher and the wind of Schlieffen were assisting him.
Ronan got the idea for this strategy from Naransonia’s headbutt that broke the outer wall of the tower. Wearing her steel armor she shattered the outer walls of the Sky Tower which would have been difficult to insert even a needle into in a spectacular manner.
She did it but there was no way our Orsay couldn’t do it. Fortunately the prediction came true wonderfully. Asher’s screams echoed pitifully from the dragon’s soaring back.
“Ugh! Hiyaaaaa! Kyaaaaaak!”
He was holding on to the thorns on Orsay’s back as if they were a lifeline. Ronan and Schlieffen crouched down next to the crying Asher. The place where Orsay’s neck and torso connect. That hollow section was the only safety zone on this crazy flight.
-bang!
-Quaang!
-Quaaaaa!!
A regular explosive roar was shaking the tower. Every time Orsay broke through a floor a desperate scream could be heard. Of all the creatures that collided with his body there was none whose limbs were not torn apart from the Lycophos boy he had met a little while ago.
“Save everyone!”
“What is this…Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
The ice that grew in the form of armor destroyed everything it touched. The wind created by Schlieffen created an upward current around his body increasing his speed.
“The old guys are coming! Stop it!”
“How?! Hahaha!”
Originally they tried to make it easier to break through the ceiling by inflicting shock with a slash or telekinesis but that was just a useless concern. In less than a minute Orsay broke through five floors and roared loudly.
【Get out of the way you bastards!】
Nothing could stop Orsay. Orsay who changed into his true form was literally the demon dragon of legend.
Each time the four wings flapped the ceiling collapsed and the scenery changed. The black dragon soaring destroying the tower from the inside literally seemed to embody the word reverse heaven.
Suddenly an incredibly wide space opened up in front of them as they ascended without obstruction. The sound of metal clanging was making noise. The group’s eyes widened.
“This is…!”
It was a familiar place. A golden desert spread out. The magnificent space with no end in sight was originally a place to lay the body of the Dragon King.
However the Dragon King was not visible. All that remained was his enormous wealth swirling down the hole Orce had dug up and disappearing.
“It’s the throne room. “Have we come this far already?”
“This stomach seems normal.”
Schlieffen said. I could definitely feel that things were becoming more unpleasant and closer to normal. Clap la la la…! The gold coins that had risen with Orsay were pouring down like rain.
Above this is the Dragon King. I didn’t know what was happening but I was sure of one thing. You have to fight a fierce battle with the dragon that comes next to Navarre. Ronan took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
“let’s go.”
Orsay increased his speed without saying a word. The end has arrived in a space that seemed to last forever. Quaaaaang-! The night sky unfolded beyond the shattered ceiling.
“ah…!”
Cool air swept through my lungs. They were hovering in the sky much higher than the top of the tower. It was because the speed was too fast.
The sky toward the end of dawn was a little closer to blue than black. The stars which were slowly cooling down were scattering a will-like brilliance. At that time a familiar voice rang out from below.
【Welcome. Grace and-】
【Those who do not know the subject.】
Ronan lowered his gaze. At the top of the tower a gold dragon so huge that it was difficult to see at a glance was spreading its wings. It was the Dragon King Ajidahaka. Nebula Clazier’s followers dressed in white were standing around him.
“for a moment.”
Ronan’s eyes suddenly widened. At the feet of the Dragon King there was a magic circle with the light turned off.
His head which had been cut in half just a few hours ago was now complete. Unlike his friends the third head that grew to the left of the center was covered with white scales reminiscent of the moon.
【Is that the Demon Dragon Orsse? It’s more ordinary than I thought.】
The third head spat out harshly. It is a phenomenon whose meaning is self-evident. Asher’s face turned pale.
“I can’t believe I’m already conscious…!”
“Nimi. “Are you one step too late?”
Ronan twisted his lips. Even though I hurried as much as I could it seemed late. But that wasn’t what we needed to worry about right now. Inside the mouths of his three wide-open heads the pure white sun was shaking one by one.
【Repenting for abandoning your grace-】
【Disappear in the starlight.】
This was really not good. The quivering sphere containing inestimable magical power seemed to have been prepared even before they arrived. The third head spoke.
【Goodbye trash.】
“Fucking damage!”
Ronan shouted. Quaaaaa! At the same time the shape of the sun collapsed and three rays of light came out. The beams shot toward the same target merged into one in the air explosively increasing their scale. My eyes turned white as if lightning had struck.
‘I die.’
At that moment everyone including Ronan felt death. The grotesquely white glow looked like an eraser meant to completely erase their existence. It was the moment when the light was about to engulf them.
‘Not yet.’
In an instant Ronan’s time stretched out. My entire body’s senses were heightened as I faced a crisis. The fiercely roaring wind silenced his mouth. In a world that had slowed down the only one who could move as usual was Ronan himself.
He couldn’t end here. He instinctively pulled out his sword and grabbed the hilt with both hands. A bright crimson color like the blood that had just come out of his body rose onto his sword body.
Cut it in one go. With that determination Ronan put all his strength into his waist and swung his sword. The horizontally drawn sword path expanded dozens of times drawing a huge crescent moon.
Sigh…! A black line crossed the white world. The narrow gap in the night sky beyond the line was the only way to save my life.
The stagnant sound was being heard again. Ronan shouted as time returned to its original state.
“Orse!”
【Don’t order me!】
Only then did Orsay come to his senses and spread his wings horizontally to attempt a breakthrough. The increasingly widening gap swallowed them. A scream burst out of Asher’s mouth as he finally became speechless.
“Hiyaaaaa!!”
“Kuh…!”
Schlieffen gritted his teeth. It was like sailing through the sun on a comet. The white light pulsating with destructive power narrowly passed by the tops of their heads and Orsay’s hind legs. The ice armor that touched the light was disintegrating into particles and disappearing.
After what seemed like an eternity of seconds the night sky finally unfolded before my eyes. Because of the light halo that was so intense Adren turned into a landscape that was as good as day. Ronan growled.
“I lived. “You bastards.”
【this-】
【This is ridiculous!】
Two heads burst out in confusion. A pure white afterglow was leaking out from their mouths like smoke. He looked a little tired perhaps because he had used so much effort. The newly sprouted head opened its mouth.
【Don’t panic. Just go one step further.】
Unlike the previous heads his cool-headed attitude stood out. However the dragon they were riding was not easy either. Orsay’s four wings spread out like an explosion.
【Do you think they will leave it that way?】
The demon dragon’s roar shook Adren. The fact that her life had been saved by a human was causing her unbearable anger. Orsay folded his four wings and began to descend vertically.
