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[ First-Hell Gate (2) ]
Unfavorable It was the wizards who changed the flow of the battlefield.
“It’s been a long time since the capital recapture war that we’ve used magic on such a large scale.”
Count Hawkin, the court archmage of the Hicks Kingdom, smiled and stepped forward.
Wooooow!
A huge amount of magical power was formed at the tip of his magic wand.
Ssssssut.
When the staff was waved in the air like a brush, geometric shapes and runes were engraved in the air, creating a huge magic circle.
In that state, Hawkin looked back.
“Because there are allies on the battlefield, we will refrain from using attack magic.”
There, about 300 wizards of the magic corps were raising their magic power.
“yes! master!”
They were the wizards of the magic tower built by the disciples of the great wizard Draitz a thousand years ago, and they were wizards who served Hawkin, the successor to Draitz who appeared after a thousand years, as their master.
Oooooh!
The magic power raised by the wizards seeped into the magic circle, amplifying its power several times.
Hawkin was lost in memories as he watched that scene.
‘A lot has happened in the meantime.’
Even after Daeyin and Lily left the Gaia continent, the princess and her group went through many things.
One of them was that Hawkin learned the magic book of Dreitz that Daein gave him, reached the level of an archmage, passed the test of the Magic Tower, and became its master.
‘I wanted to show him my changed side…’
Hawkin was no longer a young wizard with only talent. Less than 100 people in the entire continent of Gaia became great wizards.
Now, they have a high status that cannot be compared to before.
Still, sometimes I miss the old days.
“It still seems like yesterday that we were all riding together in a steel carriage…”
“Count Hawkin! “How long do I have to wait!”
At Sir Leonard’s displeased command, Hawkin returned straight from his old memories to reality. He said with a sigh.
“Yeah yeah. “It’s done.”
Hawkin grunted and stretched out his magic wand to point at the enemies. The powerful magic amplified from the magic circle reached the giant monsters on the battlefield via his staff.
The archmage’s voice echoed throughout the battlefield.
“Mass slow”
The movements of the rampaging monsters began to noticeably slow down. The panicked guys opened their eyes and struggled.
That was just the beginning. Hawkin activated magic one after another.
“High gravity”
Kugugugugugung!
Gravity, which became several times stronger, crushed the monsters.
It was a fatal spell for monsters weighing tens of tons. A crushed groan escaped from the monsters’ mouths.
Crrrrrrr…!!
Count Hawkin waved his wand once more and muttered. Cold sweat began to form on his forehead.
“Paralyze.”
Ssssssut….
The black energy that spread from the magic wand enveloped the bodies of the monsters.
A few seconds later, the paralyzed monsters sat down on the floor, trembling as if they had been electrocuted.
“Whoa…”
Feeling tired, Hawkin slowly exhaled.
Even though he had reached the level of a 7th Circle Grand Wizard, it was not normal for him to cast magic on that number of giant monsters in succession.
The effect was that great.
The superhumans took a breather and began a counterattack against the monsters.
However, the battlefield was not yet in a situation that could be said to be favorable to the Allies.
‘Not yet’.
“Good job. From now on, I will take action.”
Sir Leonard, the knight, rode forward. The royal knights, the kingdom’s elite, lined up behind him.
There was no need for long words.
The middle-aged knight raised his horse spear and aimed it straight ahead. And then he spurted forward at once.
“Charge—!”
Thousands of knights on horseback galloped across the battlefield, following Leonard, the kingdom’s greatest sword.
Doo doo doo doo doo!
Even though it was a desert, there was not a single war horse whose feet got stuck in the sand. It was thanks to the wizards having already cast a spell that made them forget their fear of lightweight magic monsters.
Thousands of war horses galloped across the wilderness, creating a sandstorm.
The Royal Palace Knights, who created a spectacular scene, immediately turned to the right of the superhumans and tore apart the demonic beasts that had come out of the Hell Gate.
Quad deud deuk!
“Haaaaap!!”
At the head of the knights, Sir Leonard fired out his Auror blades. The mere touch of his horseman’s spear turned the demonic beasts into a lump of blood. The path seemed to open of its own accord.
“Knights of the Kingdom, follow me!”
The middle-aged knight impaled the monster’s head on his horse’s spear and held it high in the sky. The knights who followed his roar also felt their blood boiling.
““Ooooooo!””
At that moment, a huge monster bird attacked Sir Leonard from the sky.
Kyaaaaaaaaa!
Sir Leonard was not embarrassed and just leapt upward.
Whick!
The knight jumped higher than the monster at once, stabbed the monster’s back with his spear, climbed on top of it, drew his sword with his other hand, and cut off the monster’s head.
Sigh!
The monster’s neck, as thick as a log, was easily cut off.
Immediately afterwards Sir Leonard jumped down and mounted his war horse again. All of the movements were as natural as water, almost as if they were one movement.
Leonard drove his horse again and charged into the enemy camp, shouting.
Leonard, the kingdom’s greatest sword.
An old knight who was frustrated because he could not break the sword master’s wall for decades, but with the help of Daein, he broke the wall and became a sword master.
He looked truly happy now.
“Now is your chance to return the favor to the benefactor of the kingdom! “What a joy this is!”
Leonard chuckled, recalling the man’s sly face.
From what I heard, it seemed like the man was busy saving people here too.
‘He is truly a consistent man.’
After the day he broke the wall, Leonard became stronger day by day, as if a dam that had been blocked for decades burst.
And currently, he is evaluated as being closest to the Grand Sword Master in the southern part of the Gaia continent.
“Ira-!”
Sigh!
In front of Leonard’s sword dance, all the monsters and beasts collapsed into fallen leaves. The royal knights who followed them ravaged the enemy camp to their heart’s content.
It was then.
Jeeeeee!
A demon suddenly appeared out of thin air and surprised Leonard.
“-!!”
An exquisite surprise attack made at a difficult moment to prevent.
The moment Leonard realized the surprise attack, the devil’s claws were almost touching his backside.
‘You can still avoid it…’
The moment Leonard was about to take an evasive action,
“Don’t move.”
Leonard stopped moving at the sound of a voice coming from behind him, and the demon aiming at his backside was pierced by an arrow that flew like a beam of light.
Phew!
Leonard glanced at the fallen demon and then looked at Alina riding her horse toward him.
A light sigh escaped the old knight’s mouth.
“There is no need for you, Your Highness, to come to the battlefield.”
“It’s because I’m itching to just watch it alone.”
Alina spoke with a face like that of a foolish girl rather than the usual dignified king.
she knew
The fact that the old knight Leonard is very weak with this kind of facial expression and tone of voice.
“…All right. Instead, you must stay close to me.”
“Lord Leonard. “You haven’t forgotten who saved you just now, have you?”
“Okay.”
Alina, who silenced the kingdom’s greatest sword, roamed the battlefield with the royal knights.
Every time she pulled the string, a big hole opened in the monster’s head.
-pop! Boom boom boom!
She was a half-elf with noble elven lineage and was taught elemental arts and archery by an elven elder.
His true skills were comparable to those of Archmage Hawkin or Sword Master Leonard.
Rather, the queen fought so hard that the knights around her had nothing to do.
“majesty. Even if you don’t fight that hard, the knights…”
“I wanted to let you know. Even after you left, I worked hard to become this strong. Waiting for the day we can meet again…”
Alina muttered as if she were talking to herself. Sir Leonard asked back with a mischievous expression.
“What did you just say?”
“…I hope you didn’t hear it.”
There was no way he couldn’t have heard it with the Sword Master’s hearing. There was no way Leonard didn’t know who the ‘you’ she was talking about was.
“I have the same thoughts. “I must meet you and let you know!”
The old knight smiled and looked at his king.
The girl, whose face was red as if she felt embarrassed for some reason, pretended not to notice the gaze and looked away.
“I want to show him my sword skills. I plan to show you the kingdom you have rebuilt. Hawkin, who has just become a prosperous wizard, probably feels the same way. So, as soon as I got the call, I put everything aside and rushed…”
In reality, there was no one at the Combined Forces Command on Earth.
I heard here and there that he left for another dimension on an important mission.
Sir Leonard said with a grin.
“He is truly a scandalous man.”
“Where are you and what are you doing now?”
Sir Leonard said with a kind smile upon hearing Alina’s voice filled with longing.
“I’m sure he’s saving someone somewhere, right?”
“Well…”
They laughed as if it was obvious even without looking at it.
***
Thanks to the activities of the Hicks Kingdom army, the giant monsters that poured out of Hell Gate were quickly eliminated.
However, what came out of the gate were not all demonic beasts and giant monsters.
The demon lords were much more cunning than mankind had imagined.
[Humans of Earth. It’s stronger than expected.]
[Hmph. Well, they are just bugs…]
When the monsters tore through the gate, there were small beings hiding in the shadows.
They were small, transparent demons with multiple eyes all over their bodies.
Family members with the ‘Eye of the Devil’ implanted in them.
The demon kings who could not yet cross the dimension looked at the battlefield, sharing the view of their descendants.
[Move slowly.]
[We will go to the humans’ command center.]
[Then this too goes according to plan…]
The small demons hiding between the monster’s shadows permeated the entire battlefield.
Slur…
Most of the superhumans were busy fighting with monsters, so they couldn’t sense their presence, and even if they did feel their presence, they assumed it was a weak demon beast and moved on.
Thanks to this, the Demon King’s descendants were able to hide their presence and move.
Srrrrrrr….
More than hundreds of the Demon King’s descendants moved to hide among the corpses of monsters and demon beasts.
Their first destination is the Combined Forces Command headquarters located on the ground.
[That is where the king of humans is.]
[According to the contractor, the kings of all countries are gathered here.]
[Tsk tsk tsk tsk….]
While humanity was preparing for the Hell Gate, the demon kings were not just idle.
The demon kings obtained information about the Earth through various methods and planted spies inside the human world.
Some of them have already succeeded in reaching out to the humans at the Coalition Headquarters.
[Then let’s begin.]
The demons quietly arrived at the Allied Forces Headquarters and began to quickly mutate after melting into shadows throughout the building.
Wood-dud-duk…!
The small, transparent body curled up and swelled.
As the limbs grew longer, sharp nails sprouted, and shark-like teeth grew in the malformed mouth.
Crrrrr….
The things that rose from the shadows were no longer small and weak. It was a powerful demon and a murderous weapon.
[My descendants.]
[Find the leaders of the human world.]
[Kill them all.]
Secret assassins sent by the demon kings.
The plan is to sneak into the Allied Forces headquarters while giant monsters rampage outside and assassinate the leaders of humanity gathered in one place.
Even if only half of the success was achieved, humanity would suffer fatal damage.
[Stupid humans. They’re all gathered in one place to kill them.]
[Tsk tsk. [Things will be resolved easily.]
The kings of the demon world chuckled as they watched the scene through the ‘eyes’ planted in their descendants. Some people were already toasting, wagging their tongues in excitement at the slaughter that would unfold in a moment.
But what the devils expected did not happen.
“Hmm. It’s a strange monster.”
Humans were also much more cunning than the Demon Lords expected.
[ First-Hellgate (2) ] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
