Episode 1482. At my age, that’s not surprising.
Elio’s gaze turned to Goliath.
I had seen the Imperial Goliath in the Southern Kingdom five years ago but it was different then.
In each of his hands was a magic gun and a medium-sized gun barrel.
‘You mean you’ve been hiding something like that for ten years?’
Elio clicked his tongue inwardly.
He had no idea that such a secret weapon was hidden in the commander-in-chief’s airship.
The more you peel it the more new things pop out. It’s like looking at an onion.
Archduke Knauf who was following Elio’s gaze spoke briefly.
“It’s the 4th generation Goliath.”
Although he said it as if it was nothing you could see the confidence in his face.
Like the improved magic cannon something must have been done to that Goliath.
Elio wondered what it was but didn’t ask.
The Imperial Army has many secrets.
It was obvious that they wouldn’t teach me about the 4th generation Goliath like the improved magic cannon.
Archduke Knauf sensing the awkwardness changed the topic.
“It looks like the magic stone is inside that building. “Please go.”
Soon Elio and Archduke Knauf began walking shoulder to shoulder.
About a hundred imperial troops and ten Goliaths followed.
The demons did not dare to enter and retreated in despair in front of the temple.
The temple was huge.
The size of the entrance alone was large enough for ten Goliaths to fit in a row.
As I went inside the vast interior caught my eye.
It looked big from the outside but once inside it was difficult to gauge its size.
There were stone statues the size of houses lined up on the left and right sides.
When Elio who was walking stopped Archduke Knauf looked at him with a puzzled look.
“Why are you doing that?”
Elio said pointing to a statue.
“Because there’s a familiar face.”
“Who?”
“I am a demon god named Antar.”
“Did you say he was the god of demons?”
“Yes he said it himself and other demon gods also said that he was Shaitin’s favorite god.”
“That means these stone statues….”
“Yes they look like demon gods.”
Archduke Knauf looked at the statues with worried eyes.
This is because the ends of the stone statues along both walls were not visible.
Elio walked again for a while and suddenly stopped.
This is because he belatedly discovered someone sitting on a throne at the end of the temple.
The face of the person sitting on the throne was so beautiful that one would not think he was an evil god.
There was a black stone pillar behind the throne and dark ether swirled around it.
Elio intuitively realized that the black stone pillar was a magic stone.
At that time a fluent continental language flowed from the mouth of the person sitting on the throne.
“You managed to come this far in a human body.”
Hearing these rather meaningful words Elio took a step forward.
“Are you the evil spirit Shaitin?”
“That’s right. This is a place just for me. “No one can enter without my permission.”
At those words Elio finally looked back at her.
She saw only imperial troops and priests and not a single demon.
‘Why didn’t you invite the demons?’
Elio frowned.
He let in the humans who came to destroy the magic stone but blocked his own servants?
No matter how much he thought about it he couldn’t figure out Shai Tin’s intention.
In such cases it is best to ask directly.
“We came to destroy the magic stone. But they stopped the demons and let us in? “Why?”
“Because I am the one who called you here.”
“You called us together? you’re welcome! We have followed the oracle of Manapthras.”
“Is that really true?”
After finishing speaking inexplicably Shaitin leisurely leaned his upper body against the back of the throne.
This is when Elio tilts his head at Shaitin’s incomprehensible attitude.
Archduke Knauf who was standing next to him suddenly stabbed Elio with a dagger.
Whoop!
The self-defense power that was developed reflexively blocked the dagger.
However the Grand Master’s mana paid no attention to self-defense.
Kwasik!
With the sound of something being crushed the dagger was embedded in Elio’s waist.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
However something happened that Archduke Knauf did not expect.
The tip of the dagger only went in about two finger joints.
It was prevented by the protection of the Titan warrior.
“Ugh!”
Elio quickly distanced himself from Archduke Knauf.
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Ten Goliaths lined up in a semicircle with Elio at the center.
Elio looked at Archduke Knauf and Goliath alternately with a bewildered expression.
“Archduke Knauf! “What are you doing!”
Elio thought that Archduke Knauf and the imperial army had fallen under the spirit magic of an evil spirit.
Otherwise their actions could not be explained.
However a surprising answer came from Archduke Knauf’s mouth.
“I’m sorry. There was nothing I could do to save the empire. “It’s okay to curse at me.”
“To save the empire? “You just have to destroy the magic stone!”
“A pact was made between the emperor and Shaitin. “I decided to exchange my life for the preservation of the empire.”
“What is that…”
Archduke Knauf continued speaking with a bitter look on his face.
“The warlocks came to the emperor and urged him to cooperate with Shaitin. “The emperor promised to preserve the empire… so he made a pact with Shaitin.”
Elio gritted his teeth at the emperor’s choice.
Even so he decided to join hands with the evil god Shaitin and kill himself.
Suddenly Elio’s eyes turned to Apostle Anna Ramakrish.
Looking at Anna Apostle’s surprised face she seemed to know now.
Finally Elio saw Synclair.
“Did you know?”
“sorry.”
However unlike Archduke Knauf Synclair’s expression was calm.
In fact she not only knew but actively participated.
Rather the person who worried until the end was Archduke Knauf.
Fearing the status of Count Lagoa he was conflicted between being ‘Count Lagoa’ and ‘destruction of the magic stone’ until the end.
Synclair reminded him that Count Lagoa was still human.
If she had not informed Archduke Knauf that ‘Count Lagoa was on the verge of death by Exitium and still fears Exitium’ he might not have sided with Shaytin.
Elio asked as if to confirm Synclair’s words.
“Is it because of the title?”
“How much public value can a sword beginner accumulate among sword experts? “You’re lucky if you survive.”
“When I die I will receive a lot of merit points.”
“It would be possible to make it yourself.”
For a brief moment a bright smile appeared on Synclaire’s face and then disappeared.
Soon she said:
“But you’re not surprised to hear what I say?”
“At my age that’s not surprising.”
Synclair did not understand the young master’s words but just ignored them.
Elio felt sick but she didn’t show it.
Not long ago she found out that the wound medicine that Sync Lair had given her had a poisonous component but she thought it was a trick of the Emperor.
But she felt sick to her stomach when she thought that even that was something that Sync Lair had done.
Elio sighed lightly and turned her head to Archduke Knauf.
“Then what happens to the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom?”
Her answer to that came from her throne.
“The territory of the kingdom will be given over to demons and new creatures.”
Elio’s face hardened.
The new creature probably means the monster of the South.
“I don’t think I have any more questions so please finish. “Humans talk too much.”
Archduke Knauf quickly retreated at Shaitin’s words.
As if he had been waiting the ten-strong Goliath began firing his medium-sized magic gun.
Kakakakang!
Kakakakakang!
A beam of red light rushed towards Elio.
Sensing her danger Elio tried to escape with Lee Hyun-hwan’s Divine Law but her body did not comply.
It was because the dark ether flowing inside the temple was too strong for her.
It felt like it was moving in the water.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
The floor of the temple where the red beam of light fell was dented.
Several of them hit Elio’s body.
Puff puff!
Even though he received self-defense and the protection of a Titan warrior blood splattered from his body.
Elio hurriedly swung the Void Sword.
The aura blade which stretched out long like a whip wrapped around Goliath.
Viscount Kwaja!
Goliath with its waist cut off stopped working.
Meanwhile other Goliaths and even the musketeers were firing magic guns.
Thick and thin red rays of light were focused on Elio.
Elio raised his spiritual energy to the maximum against the dark ether.
Her blocked blood vessels opened and blood spurted out from all over her body.
Still thanks to maximizing her spiritual energy her feet were able to move freely.
Elio moved behind her Goliath on top of her Lee Hyung-hwan.
Anticipatory shots from several sharp-witted musketeers poured into the space behind Goliath.
Elio’s Aura Blade shattered her Goliath Segi but he also hit her with a single Exitium shot to the chest.
“Ugh!”
A scream burst from Elio’s mouth as he felt the pain in her chest.
However unlike Goliath the Musketeer’s Exitium could not penetrate the Titan warrior’s protection.
Thanks to this Elio unfolded his transformation again and approached the other Goliath.
He intended to deal with her Goliath first.
Although Goliath’s attack was fatal it was also because of the burden of cutting down people.
She defeated two Goliaths again.
Elio covered in blood all over her body looked like she was about to collapse.
Archduke Knauf moved the remaining four Goliaths between the Musketeers and Shaitin.
The calculation was that if Shaitin was behind Goliath even Count Lagoa would not be able to attack him easily.
As expected Count Lagoa who saw Goliath and Shaitin did not move like before.
Meanwhile Elio shouted as Archduke Knauf turned Goliath back.
“Archduke Knauf! Have you forgotten that the enemy of man is the evil spirit Shaitin? Don’t make me kill someone! I am….”
Archduke Knauf cut Elio off.
“I will fight for the Empire not for the humans! Shoot!”
Puff puff puff!
The musketeers’ magic guns which had paused for a moment fired again.
‘Crack!’ Elio who was grinding his teeth cut down Exitium with the Void Sword and then performed a series of Cheonsan Sword Strikes.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
Sword incarnations fell on the heads of the musketeers.
With a single blow about 50 musketeers fell to their knees.
The surviving musketeers were seized with fear and took refuge behind Goliath.
Archduke Knauf who saw this drew his sword and rushed forward.
Count Lagoa thought he had reached his limit and made a final move.
Elio also did not decline.
He intended to end the battle against the imperial army by subduing Archduke Knauf.
Soon the swords of the two Grand Masters clashed in the air.
bang! bang! bang! bang! Kwaang-!
With an ear-piercing explosion sound fragments of mana and aura flew like sparks.
After a dozen sword strikes the two swords crossed.
Ga-ga-gak-!
Elio shouted from a distance where they could feel each other’s breathing.
“grandee! “Should we do this with the evil spirit Shaitin right in front of us?”
“There is no other way to save the empire!”
“Not us me! We can beat Shaytin!”
“Wrong. The Count cannot defeat Shaitin. “The current Count will not even be my opponent.”
“….”
Elio could not refute Archduke Knauf’s words.
In fact her own condition was at its worst.
Not only was he dizzy from how much blood he had shed but even the hand holding his sword was shaking.
“I’m sorry.”
Archduke Knauf pushed Count Lagoa away and struck him on the head with a thunderbolt.
At a desperate moment light exploded from Elio’s body.