Episode 668: The Wolf Walking the Abyss (1)
“Wolf sound?”
“I heard the story…”
The wolf’s howl echoes through the fog…
It was enough to corrode a person’s spirit, but to those gathered here, the wolf was not even a threat…
This is because a single knight was capable of slaughtering a pack of wolves in one fell swoop.
However, the wolf howling here now was not an ordinary animal…
“According to the survivor’s eyewitness testimony, they looked like creatures made out of pitch-black clay.”
“It’s similar to Cryptid… No, it’s just Cryptid…”
“Since they are cryptids controlled by the devil, they should probably be called monsters…”
Awww!
Awww!!
The howling of the wolf became louder and more numerous…
When one wolf cried, wolves continued to howl in other places.
The cries resonated with each other, humming and vibrating in the fog.
They seemed to number a thousand, or even more…
Through the gray fog, I saw whitish black shadows moving quickly.
The sound of an animal’s footsteps, panting breathing, and even bright red eyes that can be clearly seen even through the fog…
“come!”
A cryptid in the shape of a wolf is coming…
That too a lot…
I couldn’t even express it as impossible…
Doo doo doo doo!
The closer they came, the more the earth shook…
It was literally a number like an army.
Woe!
The gray fog dispersed and a black tsunami came…
The tsunami was made entirely of black wolves…
A pack of wolves rushing in, not caring that their bodies are intertwined.
“Stop it! “Everyone get ready!”
The first to step forward were wizards…
Implements magic using magical power and performs magic.
Those gathered here are all carefully selected war mages.
Since his skill was at least level 4, his magic output was also extraordinary.
Kugugoogung!
The ground imbued with magical power suddenly surged and created a huge earthen wall.
Sharp thorns protruded from the outside of the earthen wall.
A black tsunami crashed onto the earthen wall…
Pow! puck!
Cryptids were pricked by thorns in the earthen wall and scattered like black liquid.
They didn’t stop… When they disappeared, a new one appeared in their place…
The endless and overwhelming volume of
The moment the strong earthen wall slowly cracked and was about to collapse, the next magic was activated…
Hahaha!
Huge flames poured down from the top of the earthen wall and swept away the cryptids.
The cryptid screamed in pain as the flames spread quickly, like a match being thrown on oil.
A sea of fire spreading quickly, a burning stench that stings your nose,
A hazy scarlet light rose up to the point where the gray fog dissipated, and the cryptids howled and turned to ashes.
The Cryptid disappeared as it was, but a new wolf came forward to take its place.
Wow!
Awww!
I blocked one wave, but as if it was nothing more than a trick, the second wave came in.
The number was even greater than before, and the size of the wolf was also larger than before.
Wow!
The wolf crashed into the earthen wall.
The earthen wall that was barely holding on cracked and collapsed.
Magic prepared by wizards flew one after another from beyond the collapsed earthen wall along with cloudy dust.
So bad…
The water previously laid on the floor froze and grabbed the wolf’s ankles.
The wolf running in front stopped, and the wolf running behind got tangled up with them, creating a bottleneck.
Gurgling!
It’s a joke!
The moment the wolves gathered together and tangled together, lightning fell from all directions and struck the wolf pack.
With that alone, hundreds of cryptids turned into charcoal and disappeared…
But there was no end to the wolves…
Those who poured in from beyond the fog kept rushing as if there was no limit to their numbers…
“Oh God!”
“Protect us with your holy power!”
Paladins came to the front…
The paladins in charge of protection held a square shield the size of their body in one hand.
They built a dense wall with shields in front, and golden sacred power resided above the shields.
The wolves could not break through the wall of divine power…
The wolf’s skin touched by divine power burned with a hissing sound…
The guy who put his head in to grab the shield had his head burned by golden flames.
It was a mace and a mace that welcomed the wolf that came through it.
Pow!
The mace and mace filled with divine power broke the bones of the wolves.
The wolf with its head exploded turned into black mud and collapsed.
“Have the courage to face the darkness!”
“Steel-like stamina that won’t give in to the enemy!”
The priests applied a buff from the rear…
And the remaining priests used holy magic to shoot out golden flashes.
The golden holy laws that cut through the gray fog fell into the center of the wolf pack, causing a large explosion.
Kwagwagwagwagwang!
Huge explosions occurred everywhere, and the pack of wolves caught up in them were thrown and flew in all directions.
Wizards also joined in with magic.
Occasionally there were wolves that jumped over the wall and attacked from above, but the knights dealt with them quickly with aura-filled swords, so they never penetrated inside.
“rotation!”
“2nd row forward!”
When the divine power of the shield was exploded in a direct direction, the wolves that gathered around were torn apart.
At that moment, the second row of Holy Knights stepped forward with their shields and switched places with the leader.
The leading paladins immediately concentrated on recovery with the support of priests.
A systematic battle with no gaps in either attack or defense.
This alone could have weakened the enemy’s strength, but that did not happen…
The wolves were still ferocious, and they continued to charge as if they had no fear of death.
Die, die, die again…
Even though they died like that, these Crypti continued to flock from beyond the fog, wondering where they came from.
“As expected, there is something…”
The leader of the Holy Knights, Tarian, glared at the thick fog and muttered…
One of the three Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom of Bretus…
Now that the other two leaders have died, he, the only remaining leader-level paladin, realized that if he continued like this, he would be at a disadvantage…
“We’ve blocked it to this extent, but there’s no sign of the offensive abating… That means there’s a parent company producing it somewhere here…”
The people gathered here could easily withstand an attack like this…
But what if this continues without a break?
No matter how many elites you gathered, in the end, you are only human and you are bound to get tired someday…
On the other hand, they didn’t know what trick the Demon King had used, but the wolves were pouring in endlessly…
It was truly an endless wave of darkness…
“It seems like the work of the Jebodang monster.”
A senior paladin, Tarian’s lieutenant, said…
“Is that so…”
The monster of Jebodang·
The worst cryptid in history that brought the kingdom of Durman to destruction in the past.
A single, yet corps-level entity that endlessly proliferates and produces Cryptis.
It was at Lederbelk’s Kunst Auction House that the guy who I heard was subjugated in the Kingdom of Durman reappeared.
I heard it disappeared somewhere after that…
“I never thought it would appear here again… As expected, what happened at the Kunst auction house back then was the work of the devil…”
The monster of Jebodang·
When I heard the story, I thought it was a lot of exaggeration, but when I actually saw it, it was completely empty.
If things continue like this, this side will wither and die after an endless war of attrition.
“Captain Tarian, what do you want to do? If things continue like this, we will be pushed out.”
“How long can I last?”
“In this condition, I can still endure it for more than a full day.”
“That should be enough time for follow-up reinforcements to arrive.”
Currently, the first one to move was the first vanguard led by Tarian.
The number of follow-up units that would arrive later was much greater than those who are here now.
If you receive their support, you will be able to slowly advance and wipe out all the cryptids, rather than just defending here and holding on.
“But that’s not enough… I don’t know what the devil Lord Heathcliff is up to right now, but I can’t just stay on the defensive… According to reports, they are blatantly trying to waste time… I guess the current volume war is part of that. ·”
“So then, we have to go on the offensive.”
“There must be a main body… the one who keeps summoning this many cryptids…”
Jebodang’s monster body·
If we just defeat him, there won’t be a need for this war of attrition…
“We need to get someone out and take this guy down…”
And that was the role that Tarian, the strongest in this position, would play…
“I will follow you too.”
It was a risky move, but the adjutant did not stop Tarian.
In the first place, I didn’t even think that Tarian would be defeated… as if it were blasphemy…
Who is Tarian?
He is one of only three leader-level paladins in Bretus, and is considered the strongest among the three.
Moreover, the opponent is the Cryptid, who can be said to be the axis of evil.
In terms of compatibility alone, Cryptid was weak against divine power, so the fight itself was not at a disadvantage.
Tarian quickly selected members to go with him to deal with the monsters of Zevodang.
It was not possible for many numbers to move at once.
While most of the people here were attracting the attention of the cryptids, a small number had to strike at their core…
“We will open the way!”
Priests and paladins unleashed powerful skills, squeezing out their remaining divine power.
The light of heaven descended on earth…
A golden glow shines down like sunlight on the gathered group of cryptids.
The wolves who could not withstand the holy power were swept away at once…
There was something about the sight of the cryptids disappearing, staining the ground pitch black, that made the viewer feel refreshed.
However, the expressions on the faces of those defending did not improve.
Because I knew that if I pushed them away now, more people would come anyway…
“Damn it, how long are you planning on coming? “There is no end to it. Does this make sense based on common sense?”
“Hold on just a little longer, because the leader of the Holy Knights, Tarian, has moved.”
Thanks to the attention drawn a little while ago, Tarian and other special forces were able to leave the place and head to the place where Jebodang’s monster was located.
“If you’re the leader of the Holy Knights, it’s definitely possible… Until then, we just have to hold on…”
Anyway, wouldn’t it be a bigger and stronger wolf?
“uh? “What is that?”
Then a knight pointed beyond the fog…
He was able to see because his eyes were particularly bright.
A blurry black shadow seen through the fog…
As always, I thought it was a cryptid in the form of a wolf, but it wasn’t…
It was much bigger than that and radiated an overwhelming sense of intimidation…
No matter how you look at it, it was not an ordinary cryptid…
I felt him staring at me…
Creepy ·
A creepy feeling running down my back…
Even though we just made eye contact, I felt like my natural enemy was licking his tongue right in front of me…
Those gathered here were superhumans who went beyond ordinary people.
The threshold for fear and pain felt by an average person was much higher than that…
Even they could not be free from this fear…
“What on earth is that…”
Something like pitch-black energy began to gather around the huge black beast…
It was a pitch-black sphere that was clearly visible even through the fog, crackling and sparking around.
Soon the sphere flew towards the crusaders.
* * *
Quagwagwagwang!
Leader of the Holy Knights Tarian, who was cutting down a wolf, narrowed his eyes at the loud vibration he felt behind him.
“Captain, what’s going on?”
“It seems to be a far cry from the shock caused by vibration and magic a little while ago…”
“yes? “What is that…”
“No, that’s it. Let’s just move on. He noticed that we left separately. If we waste time here, we’ll be surrounded.”
Tarian sensed that something had happened at the headquarters…
But I came this far and couldn’t go back to help again…
If we move a little further, we can reach the place where Jebodang’s monsters are located.
The wolves that had already sensed the scent began to flock…
Tarian had to make a choice…
‘I guess I’ll have to pray that the main unit will hold out until I return…’
Still, there are many paladins and priests from the home country, so it won’t be easy…
“Move…”
Tarian moved, cutting down the wolf.
Before they knew it, the fog had cleared and they saw a thick darkness covering the floor.
The darkness overflowing from the ground endlessly, as if an oil field had exploded.
Red eyes emerged from the darkness, transformed into a cryptid in the form of a wolf, and ran towards the battlefield.
As soon as you are born, you become a cryptid and are sent into battle.
The speed was truly astounding.
And beyond the darkness…
There was a being who could be said to be the culprit of the current situation…
“Is that the monster from Gévaudan? “It’s a lot smaller than I thought…”
Didn’t they say that the monster of Gévaudan was a giant wolf monster with three heads?
On the other hand, no matter how much I looked at it, it didn’t look like a wolf…
The head was a wolf, but the body underneath was human-shaped.
In addition, he was wearing dark armor and even had a cape on his back.
“Well, we’re good at that too…”
“No matter what, I know that he is the master of this darkness…”
As soon as the cloak fluttering behind my back touched the floor, the darkness rising from there was encroaching on the surroundings…
Tarian’s sword turned golden…
It looked different from what I heard in the report, but it didn’t matter…
Gooooo…
At that time, the monster that was lowering its head stared at Tarian with red eyes.
The guy slowly got up from his seat and stretched out his hand toward the pillar next to him.
‘No… that’s not a pillar…’
It was a blunt greatsword carved out of stone, overflowing with pitch black energy.
chuck·
The wolf lifted the great sword and placed it on his shoulder.
The flowing mane made the opponent look like a devil.