< Chapter 6 - The Witch's Forest #3 >
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When moving in groups, it was very important to have a proper formation – a sort of formation.
Uther looked back at Lucas and Cordelia and said.
“I will lead, then Miss Cordelia, and lastly Prince Lucas.”
When Uther said he would stand in front, Cordelia let out a small ‘wow’ in admiration, and Lucas made a slightly dissatisfied expression.
“Prince Yude, I too······.”
“It’s not that I see Prince Lucas as someone to protect. I’m entrusting him with the rear, which is just as important as the front.”
“The rear?”
“Yes, we are in a place where we don’t know where the enemy will come from. The rear is as important as the front. Please keep a close eye on the rear and protect Miss Cordelia.”
“Okay, leave it to me.”
Lucas nodded with a serious face.
Although I was excited by the words, “It’s a real adventure,” after hearing Yuder’s explanation, I realized just how serious the situation was.
“There are probably other knights wandering around the barrier as well. The best way to overcome the current situation… would be to free the witch’s soul.”
“The witch’s soul can also lift the barrier?”
“maybe.”
As it was an emergency situation, Cordelia began to speak in her usual tone again.
Uther answered briefly and then spoke to Lucas again.
“For now, I plan to maintain the direction I was moving in. Even though I entered the barrier… there’s a chance that the direction itself will remain the same.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Lucas answered bravely, immediately drew his sword and entered a combat stance.
Juder took a deep breath at the sight of Lucas like that, then came close to Cordelia and spoke.
“Honestly, I don’t know how to know the direction. I’ll just trust you.”
“I know. You mean the witch’s voice?”
Cordelia also brought her face close and whispered softly.
The witch’s voice.
In the original, Cordelia is wandering through the Witch’s Forest when she hears the witch’s voice and follows her guidance to the seal.
“Listen.”
“Okay, I’ll leave it wide open. But since it’s a front line, can I cross one line off the list?”
“I’ll do other things for you soon.”
“Huh, I’ll look forward to it.”
Cordelia, whose story ended strangely, distanced herself from Uther, and Uther placed the Sun Necklace on his knuckles and looked out beyond the fog.
“Let’s go.”
Uther slowly walked forward, keeping a close eye on his surroundings, while Cordelia and Lucas each followed him at a distance of three steps.
How far did it go?
To take a short break, Yuder stopped under a large tree. Despite being in the middle of a forest, the trees were spaced very far apart.
“Let’s take a moment to look around.”
The low-spoken Yuder began to carefully observe the dirt on the ground and the trees nearby.
And Cordelia thought.
‘What are you doing?’
Observe your surroundings.
Honestly, Cordelia had no idea what Uther was doing.
‘It’s also true that the soil has changed.’
That is to say, when she first entered the forest, she observed the soil, something Cordelia could never have imagined.
‘What the hell was he doing?’
It was also the case that I noticed that the soil had changed while I was walking.
This could not be explained by simply saying that it was already ranked number one on the server.
‘There is something, there is something.’
A memory that is no exaggeration to say transcendent.
A different way of thinking from ordinary people and excellent acting skills.
Here’s to your outstanding observation skills.
‘I smell something fishy.’
It was when Cordelia sniffed for no reason.
“Miss Cordelia.”
“Huh? Oh, yes?”
Cordelia turned her head in surprise and saw Lucas.
But for some reason, I couldn’t help but have a wicked smile on my face.
“Lucas… Prince?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. The way Miss Cordelia looks at Prince Yuder is so earnest… It’s truly a deep love. I also want to love like you two.”
Cordelia thought as Lucas blushed slightly, as if he was really jealous.
‘What is that crazy guy talking about?’
But fortunately, it wasn’t as urgent as the fight with Minos, so I was able to prevent the words from coming out of my mouth.
“Oh my… Hohoho… I’m sure… you’ll do that.”
Cordelia barely managed to swallow her characteristic exclamation and smiled elegantly, while Lucas wiped his nose for no reason as if he was embarrassed.
And that was the moment.
Cordelia, who had been laughing awkwardly, suddenly stood up from her seat. Lucas, although a beat late, also looked around with sharp eyes.
The air has changed.
To be exact, I felt sharp, stabbing gazes.
“Miss Cordelia.”
Instead of answering Lucas’ call, Cordelia grabbed Moonlight with both hands and shouted.
“Uder!”
His gaze was still focused straight ahead.
A rattling sound could be heard beyond the thick fog. It wasn’t just one, it was many.
‘Let’s think, let’s remember.’
In the original, there were quite a few different types of monsters that Cordelia encountered while wandering through the Witch’s Forest.
In the outer forest areas, there are mainly forest goblins, and in the depths, there are beasts like owl bears and warboars that you absolutely must consider running away from. And near the seal······.
‘Skeleton!’
The power of the seal that imprisoned the witch’s soul was never weak.
Containing the power of Asmodeus, the Overlord of Lust, it affected not only the souls of witches but also the surrounding area, so that death was no longer an eternal rest deep within the Witch’s Forest.
Because a powerful fraud reborn the dead into undead monsters.
“Lucas! Sheath your sword! It’s more effective against skeletons!”
When Cordelia shouted quickly, Lucas was startled but quickly unsheathed his sword.
And finally the skeletons appeared.
‘eight.’
It was not a small number.
The men who came walking in staggeringly were all wearing tattered white clothes, but somehow they didn’t seem unfamiliar.
‘What? Was it like this in the original?’
It was when Cordelia was gritting her teeth and thinking.
“Guardians.”
Yuder, who had come up right next to me, said.
The Order of the Holy Cross.
A group of humans who fight against demons, influencing the entire Heroes Chronicles series.
In a broader sense, the knight Garius and the Solari priests who sealed the great evil Raizegang in the past were also members of the Guardians.
Given the circumstances, it is highly likely that he entered the forest to destroy the demonic creatures that were Asmodeus’ puppets, and ended up in this state.
“Guardians? Then?!”
“There must be one more.”
Because the Holy Cross Guardians moved in groups of nine.
And then, as if answering Uther and Cordelia, a new skeleton appeared behind the lined up skeletons.
Likewise, it was a skeleton wearing a holy robe with the Holy Cross emblem of the Guardians clearly visible, although it was old.
Perhaps he was the leader of those guys.
“Prince Yuder! Those bastards!”
Lucas shouted in a very nervous voice.
Because the eight skeletons that had appeared began to take formation.
“Guardian Destruction Formation.”
The most basic formation of the Guardians, created for the purpose of unifying offense and defense.
Moreover, red speculation began to appear in their hands as the situation worsened.
Even though he had become an undead monster, he still seemed to be able to use the Guardians’ techniques.
“Fuck.”
Cordelia finally let out an exclamation and swallowed dry saliva, and Uther spoke quickly.
“As expected, the pattern is simple. Tie them up with Lucas. I’ll deal with the leader.”
The guardian destructive formation consisted of eight people forming a fortress, with the leader moving between the inside and outside of the formation to attack the enemy.
Therefore, in order to break the Guardian Destruction Circle, you had to tear them apart by fighting the leader and the Guardian Destruction Circle separately.
Cordelia was convinced by Uther’s explanation.
Because in theory it was a perfect story.
But as always, there was a gap between theory and reality.
“Hey, wait a minute!”
Cordelia shouted urgently, but by then Uther had already hit the ground.
The skeletons also began to advance slowly, forming a defensive formation, and the leader kicked the ground as if chasing after Yuder, who was slipping away to the side.
“You bastard! Am I you? Are you me?”
The pattern is simple.
If you know the pattern, you can break it easily.
‘Who memorizes all that!’
In Heroes Chronicles 2, numerous monsters appeared, and the natural patterns of their appearance were humorously calculated to be in the hundreds or thousands.
Who else, not even an outboxer, would memorize all those patterns?
“Nose, Miss Cordelia?!”
“Come on! Hold your ground for now!”
Cordelia reflexively shouted and chanted the spell while hitting the ground with Moonlight. First, she spread out Greece in a wide area to prevent the guys from approaching right away, then she shouted at Lucas again.
“Start from the right! Imagine!”
“yes?!”
Lucas shouted in confusion, but he was not a swordsman for nothing.
I managed to dodge the attacks of those who approached by taking a detour, as if avoiding the Greece that Cordelia had spread out.
‘It’s true!’
Imagine.
Head, head, bottom.
The three skeletons’ consecutive attacks were just as Cordelia had said.
“Miss Cordelia!”
“This time, my side! Heavy!”
Cordelia cast Haste on herself and quickly moved to put some distance between herself and Lucas, to avoid being surrounded.
‘What, why am I memorizing this?’
And then Cordelia realized.
Even if my head didn’t know, my body knew.
It was a bit odd to say that her body knew since she had been reincarnated, but Cordelia’s subconscious, which had gone through hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of hunts, remembered the pattern of the Guardian Destruction Circle.
“Miss Cordelia!”
“Center! Top, bottom, top, bottom! At the same time!”
Cordelia reflexively shouted, making no effort to recall her memories. She gave in to her hunting instinct and just said whatever came to mind.
“Imagine!”
thud!
Uder slammed his fist into the ground as if piercing through Cordelia’s clear voice. He thought with his head instead of his instincts as he watched the skeleton leader rushing at him from the front.
‘Boxer. Guardian Squad leader. Judging from his attire, he’s a low rank. Probably 7th rank. If so, he uses a divine fist!’
A martial art that is one level above the basic martial art known as Suhoken, which is practiced by the Suhodan boxers.
Just as the Cheonha Samsim Yukbo goes through several upgrades to reach Cheondun Gubo, the Divine Fist also started from the basics and progressed to a higher level of martial arts.
‘The power of the Holy Spirit has been weakened because of being undead.’
Magic power, internal energy, and martial arts.
Although they were all similar concepts in the end, there were slight differences.
The Holy Spirit is the power of life added to internal energy.
That was why it was not a power that the undead monsters could properly handle. Although they were using it forcibly by using fraud, it was clear that it would not be as powerful as it was when it was alive.
Moreover, the bastard had no flesh or blood now.
The movements of the holy grail were clearly visible above the bastard’s pale bones.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Uther kicked the ground repeatedly.
Although it didn’t have a set pattern like the Guardian’s Destruction Circle, Uder showed perfect evasion as if he knew all of the bastard’s attack patterns.
‘Because I can see it.’
The flow of the holy spirit moving along the bastard’s frame. Because of that, what kind of attack the bastard will launch.
Of course, it was a talent that an ordinary person could not display, whether it was visible or not, but it was possible for an outboxer.
Moreover, the person he was now, Yuder, had something he had never had before.
‘The Thousand and One Thousand Steps!’
The skeleton commander was never weak.
Although he was using poor fighting skills compared to when he was alive, the divine fist itself was fast and accurate.
But Uther was also fast.
By defeating Mine Minos, his level had passed 20, and his overall physical abilities had also greatly improved.
One more thing added to that.
Uther didn’t stop at simply avoiding attacks.
He didn’t even stop himself from naturally imagining the next attack.
The Thousand and One Body.
A talent bestowed by the heavens!
Tsuwhaak!
Pure white flames of passion rose from Uther’s fist.
Fighting.
The life force that everyone who is alive has in their inner energy has been added to it.
I thought I knew it as I watched the movements of the fighter.
At some point, the usage method just came to mind naturally.
And the result.
Uther held his breath.
I read the volume of the skeleton that was rushing forward.
I shifted my body’s center of gravity, feeling the trajectory the bastard would draw.
Tsuk!
The bastard’s fist pierced the air. A cracking sound erupted, and Yuder, who had dodged the bastard’s attack as if he was floating it, clenched his fist.
I drew a picture in my head.
How many times has the skeleton leader been deployed?
The flow of fighting spirit that was shown several times without hiding anything.
Became one.
It was connected naturally.
And that’s why Yuder was able to unfold.
‘Divine authority.’
Cross of the Holy Cross.
A pure white crest formed a cross above Yuder’s fist.
The chest of the skeleton in charge was crushed with a loud impact sound.
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