Episode 445: The two lines connecting the Emperor and the Black Knights were drawn in an instant as if Logan, who had jumped over the wall, was caught by his senses.
One is the line that connects the soul. One is the magic line.
It was clear that the black knights who appeared now had been made hastily, just as I had first guessed.
Maybe that’s why it seemed like even the brainwashing wasn’t complete. So much so that the emperor had to connect the soul line and control it directly.
And the ‘hatred’ at the root of the souls of the weakened Black Knights was also fully read.
‘Then there is no need to cut off the magic line.’
The moment when Logan swings his sword with a faint smile.
Flashing.
With a flash of brilliant golden light, the soul line connecting the Emperor and the Black Knights was suddenly cut.
The emperor’s blue magic power was unable to resist the ‘unparalleled’ blow.
“what…!?”
The moment the Emperor’s astonished voice uttered, the Black Knights’ spirit visibly swelled, and at the same time, screams emanated from among them.
“I…”
“I don’t want to…”
“I don’t want to become a monster…”
“I will curse the Empire…!”
“I hate the Emperor…!”
The crazy eyes visible through the black helmet clearly showed that Logan’s plan had worked. The direction of their lives began to completely change.
“no!”
The emperor’s face distorted, and the blue mana spreading beneath his feet began to quickly subside.
but.
“That doesn’t work.”
Kwasik.
The golden sword pierced the feet of the emperor, not the emperor.
At the same time, the golden power radiating from the tip of the sword began to replace the emperor’s magical power. He forcibly maintained the magic composition he had created and delivered the power of the scrolls back to the Black Knights.
An unbelievable sight where Logan, who is not a wizard, let alone a wizard, steals the magic composition of the Grand Mage and uses it as is.
“Nonsense…!!”
The moment the shocked emperor shouted.
A giant golden fist appeared in front of him.
Wow!
“…big!?”
The emperor, unable to even utter a scream, was thrown straight out of the castle walls.
There was deep regret in Logan’s red eyes as he looked at the falling emperor.
‘It’s a waste…’
I should have ended it all at once.
Although it seemed like he was seriously injured, he couldn’t run away after the guy.
Ugh.
“I hate the empire…!”
“The emperor who betrayed his loyalty…!”
thud.
Disposable superhumans who struggle and emit dark red aura in all directions.
Right now, it was more important to stop the rampage of those black knights. It would be difficult if those who went on a rampage caused chaos on the battlefield.
Of course, there was no way to solve both problems.
[The Emperor is over there.]
The spirit wave transmitted to the Black Knights.
“Emperor…!”
“The emperor!!”
“Kill the Emperor!!!”
At the same time, the black knights began heading toward the eastern wall, their eyes flashing eerily.
“The emperor!”
“Empire!”
“Kill it!”
Skag.
Kwazizig!
A dark red aura began to spread out from the center of the castle wall in all directions.
“Ugh!”
“What are these monsters!”
“Save me!”
The sight of the troops with the ‘golden dragon’s emblem’ collapsing in an instant.
However, the disaster was caused by only about 10 of the Black Knights.
The remaining 40 or so black knights began to run like crazy, chasing the location of the emperor that Logan had drilled into their heads. At the end of their gaze was the Emperor, who had been thrown out of the battlefield and was barely able to collect himself.
– Emperor!!!
Black knights running while screaming horribly.
– Insignificant test subjects!
Wow!
The moment when the Emperor and the Black Knights face off with a loud explosion sound at a place somewhat far from the main battlefield.
The imperial army began to collapse in earnest.
“Save His Majesty!”
“Let’s save His Majesty!”
At a time when the panicked imperial knights were all heading towards the emperor, Logan gritted his teeth as he felt that the UP time limit was running out.
[I am running out of strength to maintain you. Let’s end this.]
The source of power supplied to the Black Knights was the power of the victims on the battlefield, which came from scrolls, but what delivered that power was the magic created by the emperor.
For Logan, all he could do was intervene with the magic and maintain the structure. Even if he maintained a one-hour composition that was enhanced by his characteristics, he was not a wizard.
Fortunately, the Black Knights seemed to have enough reason left to understand what it meant.
– no!
The screams of the Black Knights’ souls could be clearly felt, and at the same time, Logan could keenly feel their determination and resentment.
And that resentment was soon manifested in reality in a huge explosion that would never be seen before in the world.
Flash!
Where the majority of the Black Knights had gathered, an explosion of light erupted that caught all the attention of the battlefield. Soon, mushroom-shaped dust rose high into the sky, and the shock wave that started from there struck the battlefield a beat late.
– Wow!
The soldiers’ bodies fell and even the knights stumbled, unable to support themselves.
Even that wasn’t the end. What followed was a searingly hot storm that swept across the battlefield, producing countless screams.
“Aaaah!”
“What!? Ugh!!”
“Kwaaaaak!”
Rumbling.
At the epicenter of the explosion and shock, a wound appeared on the apparently intact field, as if a mountain giant had hit it with an axe, and an earth-shattering tremor was felt.
An event that forced all battles in Ruspelheim to come to a temporary halt.
Everyone’s eyes turned towards the split field, but the red eyes of the person who was the first to understand the situation were slightly squinted.
‘…It jumped out.’
Even as the appointed time passed and the elevated soul was downgraded again, Logan’s senses caught the Emperor’s soul moving away from the battlefield.
If you manipulate the power of space freely, it is impossible to harm it with simple physical force, but it still inflicted quite serious injuries…
‘I guess it means that there was still magic left in that situation. ‘Toxic guy.’
As Logan savored his appetite with regret, movement appeared again in the explosion that froze everyone.
It was the black knights who remained on the castle wall.
“Emperor!”
“Empire!”
“Kill!”
Kwaaaang!
Quaaaaaaaaaaa!
Rumbling.
The sight of black knights throwing their bodies one after another toward the place where the empire’s troops were concentrated reawakened both armies, who were just staring at the explosion as if in fascination.
At the same time, several explosions collapsed the eastern wall from the center.
Rumbling.
“It’s collapsing!”
“damage!”
Quaaaaaaaaa!
In the midst of the chaos, a pillar of golden light rose from a corner of the castle wall that had not yet collapsed.
With everyone’s attention focused, a loud shout rang out through the explosion of the castle wall collapsing.
“The Emperor has escaped! We! McLane! have won!”
How could that cry be heard so clearly in a battlefield that was literally in chaos?
It was a surprising enough occurrence, but the majority of the imperial army did not have the energy to think about the reason.
just.
– We lost.
I’m just in despair at the reality I’m facing.
“This doesn’t make sense….”
“You have to run away too!”
“Take me too!”
A soldier jumping like crazy from the only remaining intact castle wall.
A soldier who manages to survive and screams despite being swept away by the aftermath of the collapse.
Even those who move to survive even though blood gushes like a fountain from their severed limbs.
With Logan’s declaration of victory, the imperial army collapsed in an instant.
However, among them, there were some who did not lose their morale until the end.
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
“Empires do not fall!”
Among the knights, a very small number of those who were fanatical about the emperor and the empire tried to somehow continue the battle by rallying their crumbling troops. To be precise, it was closer to retreating while preserving the scattered troops as much as possible.
And among those struggling, there was a knight very close to Logan.
“Ok.”
Imperial knight Giggs used what little force he had left to force his mortally wounded body up.
‘It can’t end like this.’
The enemy king in front of you.
He was not someone he could deal with, as he could not even handle the aftermath of clashing with His Majesty the Emperor. Let alone his opponent, his own life could easily have been cut off with just a portion of the power contained in the beam of light he had thrown into the air a moment ago.
But still.
‘You must show the mettle of an imperial knight.’
Giggs prepared to die.
No, the amount of blood already shed was lethal. I’m just barely scraping together the force to continue my life.
In other words, you are going to die anyway.
He is willing to give his life if his sacrifice can give the retreating allies even a little courage.
‘For the Empire!’
The strong determination and ideology that he had engraved in his heart since he was a mere soldier gave strength to his body that was already beyond its limits.
Giggs spoke out his decision and burned the last will of his life.
“For the Empire!!”
The sword filled with all his energy swung towards the enemy king, pulsing with red force.
Skag.
And the blood splashing out.
Giggs saw that his sword had made a shallow cut on the ‘monster’s’ cheek.
And the sight of the other person’s red eyes shaking violently.
‘…uh?!’
The situation was unexpected for both those who attacked and those who were attacked.
‘What is this…?’
For a moment, Giggs wondered if the sword he swung for the last time might have been imbued with some kind of superhuman power.
But even for a moment, he soon realized the reality.
‘That’s not it. He… has become weak.’
I don’t know why.
He had no way of knowing how the enemy who had defeated His Majesty the Emperor and spewed out light that pierced the sky had accidentally been wounded by his own sword.
However, the thought that he had to make use of this opportunity and the thought that he had to tell this truth took over his soul for an instant.
“The enemy…!”
I was exhausted.
The moment I was about to shout that, a cold sensation passed through my whole body.
“…mask.”
Ugh.
Giggs spit out just one syllable of what he wanted to say and then split in two while standing.
And behind it, the female knight who saved her companion smiled with a tired face.
“The steel mage has been dealt with.”
“…great job.”
Logan’s face, which had turned pale for a moment, regained its color with a faint smile.
The moment the aftereffects of the characteristic enveloped the body and the force was completely depleted, the sword exquisitely penetrated the gap.
We almost faced a desperate crisis in a war that we almost won.
Eilen gently supported his body, which almost stumbled out of relief, discreetly.
“Recover quickly. The soldiers will see it.”
“Thank you.”
Logan smiled bitterly and moved the Force Core to fill even a little of the empty Force.
On the outside, he maintained a more steadfast expression than anyone else.
And not long after, it came to his side. Allied superhumans gathered one after another.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I missed the Mage of the Cold Wind. The shadow mage replaced himself to block it…”
“I took out four superhumans of the Imperial Guard. For your information, I have three and Viktor is one.”
“I will correct this by saying that Count Ronian is two and I am one. One handled it together. And thanks to Count Ronian’s single action, Jerome Decade missed.” ”
Hey man…!”
Crap!!
– Caught them. Two.
While the old knight, the young geniuses, and Shinsu were showing off each other’s achievements. .
Thump. Thump.
That’s it.
– Tsunami freeze. Processed….
In one corner, three golems were scratching the castle wall and writing, but no one was looking at them.
“What about Bourdel?”
Even Logan was just sitting here. While I was looking for another contributor who wasn’t there, I heard an answer to that voice from behind:
“I chased after the retreating imperial troops. He said he would come with a reduced number of knights.”
Wicken Callia, who appeared with a silver wind, continued.
“And Luther is leading the soldiers and organizing the remaining troops. The Southern Gate Kingdom Alliance is entering the interior. The Mage of Iron Wall and Tsunami is also with us.”
“…Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wicken.”
“I’m only sorry for being late, Your Majesty.”
Despite Logan’s admiration, Wicken just knelt down with a regretful expression.
His gaze began from the center. They were facing the collapsed eastern wall and the field that was split as if there had been an earthquake. They seemed to be truly regretful that they were not there in the biggest battle.
And the joy that they could not hide behind that regret clearly proved that they had won.
