Episode 384 – The blessing of the Great Sea will allow you to withstand any attack nine times.
After defeating the series of attacks by ghosts, the saintess spoke with a pale complexion and used all her remaining holy power to bestow a blessing on him.
Along with saying that the allies on the eastern wall are in danger.
Therefore, Victor had no choice but to run like crazy, leaving behind his doubts about the saint. And with perfect timing, he saved his younger brother’s life.
How on earth did they know about the condition of the walls from deep within the temple?
Indeed, her insight was so amazing that people called her a saint, but one thing was wrong about the saint’s insight.
‘They said I’d endure it nine times!’
During the short moments of fierce battle, the Sword Soul’s sword strike never hit the target. But with just that, I felt that the power of the saint’s blessing had fallen to the ground.
It’s not that the saint’s words were wrong….
‘He must be a monster.’
Victor gritted his teeth as he watched the sword spirit begin to attack him despite the sudden surprise attack.
I thought I knew why.
A dangerous energy that I have seen several times during sparring with my lord. The cutting power of space.
The lord also mustered up all his strength to cast a fatal blow, and it was seeping out with each sword strike. So, just by blocking it with a sword, the thick blessing containing the power of the deep sea will be shattered.
If it’s a good thing…
“A real paladin?”
He could see that the opponent was confused even as he was pushing him, and that the flame-like aura burning all over his body was decreasing in real time.
It was probably due to the initial blow from his surprise attack and the magical power of his younger brother, who was weighing him down in a visible form.
In that situation, it was visible that the two allies who had been thrown out of the castle walls rejoined the battlefield a little late.
“bout!”
“die!”
Voices that seem to be filled with anticipation rather than enthusiasm.
The flame of the sword spirit dying out and his expression hardening.
Those appearances gave Victor confidence.
‘Catch the sword spirit here!’
Victor, who gained confidence in the eyes of his allies crossing the urgent situation, burned his fighting spirit again.
But it seemed like this wasn’t the only one making such guesses.
“Master!”
The one-eyed knight who quickly joined in from behind Ronian poured cold water on those expectations.
‘Jerome Decade!’
It’s a face that Victor can’t recognize either.
His silver aura blocked Ronian.
In addition, a knight holding a spear with flashing red aura came out from behind Eilen and attacked her.
“Avoid Your Excellency!”
Although his face could not be seen because he was wearing a helmet, everyone here could tell his identity just by the red aura-filled spear and jet black armor.
‘Argen Tusat, Commander of the Western 5th Corps.’
Even the corps commander, who was supposed to be protecting the neutralization magic circle created by the Mage of the Cold Wind, had intervened in this battlefield.
But that was also within the predicted range.
“Brudel!”
“Leave it to me!”
Now that Lia’s face was revealed, she had to be more careful about hiding her identity, but she couldn’t bring herself to do that. Fortunately, just calling the name seemed to convey the meaning.
Bourdelle, who knew that he could not pierce the Sword Soul Aura with his own strength, began firing arrows frantically at the two newly appeared superhumans.
Seeing that, Victor focused his mind on the sword spirit again. Soon, in the heightened consciousness, time began to pass slowly and the flame of the sword soul was seen decreasing in real time.
At the same time, the wrinkles on the face deepen.
The obvious weakness of the famous sword spirit tempted him.
‘you can do it!’
At that moment, Victor gave up his defense, believing in the saint’s blessing and his own regenerative ability. In addition, with his concentration raised to the limit, he was able to use the 6th form of Shingeom Vision’s Root Cleave in real combat for the first time.
Ugh.
A bead made by combining gray aura. The power of destruction, which destroys everything it touches from its core, was fiercely shot towards the gap between the sword soul and the sword.
And at that moment, Viktor’s eyes saw the same orange and red aura beads shooting towards the sword spirit at the same time. Eilen and Ronian also seemed to have the same thought, ignoring the superhumans standing in front of them and aiming for the sword spirit.
The eyes of the three people, who poured all their strength into the attack without even caring for their own safety, were all saying the same thing.
– Kill the sword spirit here!
A golden opportunity to break the sharpest sword of the empire.
‘certainly!’
The sight of Jerome and Argen, with awe-inspiring expressions, digging into Ronian and Eilen’s loopholes came into view, but neither the two nor Viktor were shaken.
In such an urgent situation, the dying flame of the sword soul was transferred to his sword.
A sword that is swung in a large circle at the same time. Viktor gritted his teeth as he seemed to be the only one moving strangely fast in the slow passage of time.
Wow!
In an instant, eight superhumans became entangled at one point, and a roar louder than ever erupted.
Rumbling.
The walls of Noviense, which were thoroughly protected by all kinds of sacred laws, including the indescribably strong Daecheon Barrier, shook for an instant as if they had been hit by an earthquake.
“Big!”
“100 million!”
“Pfft!”
The superhumans flew out in all directions, each screaming in pain.
“Master!”
“dismissal!”
Jerome and Argen, who had been hit by arrows in several places but looked relatively fine, ran toward the fallen sword spirit, vomiting blood with a pale complexion.
A sword spirit thrown from the battlefield by an intense collision.
It is clear that he was mortally wounded, but his life was not completely cut off.
‘Oh my…’
I wanted to run right away and swing my sword again, but Victor didn’t have the strength to move any further.
And it seemed to be the same for other allies as well.
He was seriously injured, with his side cracked wide open, exposing his internal organs and bones.
Eilen stumbles with stab wounds all over her body, and a long, split sword wound on her abdomen.
What was most serious was Ronian’s injury, which appeared to have been split from his right shoulder to the solar plexus due to Jerome’s sword strike.
A fatal wound that looks so dangerous that its blurred eyes will take your breath away at any moment.
“Oh brother!”
Victoria, who was still in good condition, screamed like a scream.
“I’m fine. Let’s go Ronian first.”
Victoria’s complexion became even paler as she watched her brother coughing up blood, and she bit her lip.
Her magic was still weighing down the fallen sword spirit. I felt like if I could hold on to the magic just a little longer, I could suffocate that old monster.
But our soldier’s injuries were too serious.
My brother, whose injuries showing visible bones were already slowly healing, and the queen, who was staggering but barely able to stand, were okay, but the details of Ronian, who seemed like it wouldn’t be surprising if she died right away, were problematic.
‘Little Confucius!’
Even if he became a 2m tall man, like a count or something.
To her, Ronian was still just a little prince, the younger brother of her benefactor. And she couldn’t let him die like that.
“Hold on, little Confucius!”
I didn’t have the mental space to choose words considering my disguised identity.
Victoria poured all of the magical power that had been suppressing her sword spirit into Ronian.
A wizard from the Wizard school would have used healing clumsily, but all she could do now was cover the wound with magic and amplify Ronian’s life force a little with the remaining magic. It was a primitive use of magical power that could not even be called magic.
At least, the deterioration of the details was prevented as the power of the force responding within Ronian was added to the mage’s enormous magical power.
but.
“…I promise next time, you guys. I’ll keep this in mind.”
I could only watch as the one-eyed superhuman supported his fallen teacher and the black spear-aimed superhuman walked away, following behind as if he were wary of Bourdelle.
“Wow!”
“We won!”
“hurray!!”
It was a very unfortunate result for the party, but it was a great achievement for Seongguk.
That day, the imperial army’s offensive stopped after the leadership deserted.
* * *
“You’ve passed the critical point. You are, after all, a superhuman. If you keep calm for a while, you will be able to move around normally in a few months.”
At the old priest’s words, the group collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing them like that, the high-ranking people of the Holy Kingdom all smiled.
Although it is less serious than Ronian, who has a pale complexion and cannot open his eyes, most of the group is receiving treatment for serious injuries or internal injuries. Right now, this room was no different from an intensive care unit.
Even in such a situation, it seemed heartwarming to see him worry about his colleagues.
Of course, one person was an exception.
“This is just me…”
Bourdell worked harder than anyone else on the battlefield and made a career that suited him, but for some reason, he felt like he was the only one fighting roughly.
Eilen consoled Bourdel.
“Sir Amil. You too, get a good rest. You too have overexerted yourself. The imperial army probably won’t be able to go on the offensive for a while either.”
Even at the words of Aran Eilen, who had a pale complexion, Bourdel scratched his head.
‘As a guard knight, I have respect…’
The master’s wife and younger sister, as well as mage Victoria, whose body was weak compared to that of an Auror user, suffered serious internal injuries.
As the escort driver, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed because the people I was supposed to escort were all injured more seriously than I was.
Victor, who seemed to be just as fine as he was, actually recovered quickly due to his characteristics, but his first injury was actually one of the most serious.
Even now, his pale complexion showed that even with his fraudulent characteristics, he had not been able to completely remove the internal injuries caused by the Aurors, so he was in a situation where he felt guilty for some reason even though he had done nothing wrong.
When Bourdelle was unable to do this or that with his eyes fixed on empty space.
A savior appeared in an unexpected place.
Sigh.
With the sound of the old door opening, the new sword walked straight into the room and bowed its head at a 90-degree angle towards them.
“Thank you for your hard work and sacrifice.”
The eyes of everyone watching widened, and Harmon added a sound that no one expected.
“You have shamed this Harman, who was thinking of running away with the Holy Virgin and the Pope.”
“Captain!”
“Your Excellency, why are you doing so…!”
Even while the high-ranking priests in the room were embarrassed, Harmon’s gaze and posture did not change.
“I would like to thank you again. Thanks to your efforts, Seongguk was given another opportunity. I am truly, truly grateful.”
The commotion in the room gradually died down due to the sincerity contained in those words.
Eilen’s voice broke the moment of silence that lasted for a while.
“…You came here after cleaning up after the war, right? How was your past record, Captain?”
“1,000 of our knight troops were killed, and about 500 were seriously injured. The Holy Legion suffered close to 10,000 casualties. But…”
Harman, who looked around the room for a moment as if he was taking a pause, quickly smiled and concluded.
“It is estimated that the damage to the Empire will be at least three times that amount.”
“Hey!”
The moment everyone’s faces turned bright red, Bourdelle, who unconsciously clenched his fists and let out an exclamation, blushed as he felt the focused attention.
Eilen asked again with a comfortable smile.
“What about superhuman powers?”
“Egon Miller, commander of the 1st Imperial Western Corps, and Malton Heights, commander of the 3rd Corps, are dead. Miles Boykin, commander of the 2nd Corps, and Orlando Brown, commander of the 4th Corps, were defeated with serious injuries.”
“Oh!”
“A landslide victory!”
“As expected!”
Eilen, who was alone in his composure amid the outbursts of exclamation, immediately asked about the whereabouts of the most important person. .
“What about the sword spirit?”
“…He’s not showing up at all, but judging by the atmosphere in the enemy camp, it looks like he’s not dead.”
The group sighed at the same time at those words.
Harman let out a laugh at the deep disappointment felt in that appearance. I couldn’t help but shake my head.
‘Don’t they realize how great a record they have made?’
Right now, the atmosphere in Novienne was almost like a festival.
Although it was a struggle to forget the sorrow of many people’s deaths with the joy of victory, it was also proof that the victory achieved by the Holy Kingdom in this war was valuable.
However, the protagonists of that victory were rather regretful. So, I was even more thankful for that. Because the war was not completely over yet.
“The emperor will not give up easily. Now that the Empire knows of your existence, greater power will come. Please give us your strength one more time.”
Five legions, one magic corps, and eight superhumans. Among them, there were even superhumans representing the empire, such as Sword Soul and Sakpung. The
empire failed to achieve results even after investing such troops. There is no way to back down like this.
Next time, perhaps, they will send troops capable of thoroughly trampling the Holy Kingdom, including the power of the five newly appeared superhumans.
‘Maybe the central army will make a move.’
Even if he fully recovers, his body is one. He cannot deal with the overwhelming power coming from all directions of Noviense.
That is why Harman desperately needed their help.
But Eilen, no, Aran, shook his head with an apologetic expression. “…I’m sorry ,
but that seems difficult.”
