< Chapter 32 - The Lawful Guardian >
Chapter 32 – The Lawful Guardian
The number of enemies has not changed.
The number of combat troops, excluding the sacrificial offerings originally brought for human sacrifice, remained the same.
But there was no worry on Yuder’s face like when he first encountered the enemy.
And it was the same with Cordelia.
“Let’s use our hammer and anvil!”
Cordelia shouted as if she had been waiting for Uther to catch up with her.
Hammer and anvil.
A smile spread across Yuder’s face as well.
“I am Moru?”
“I’m a hammer!”
It was decided.
What Cordelia had in mind was somewhat different from the typical hammer and anvil tactic, but since the conversation was started with just a glance, and even words were mixed into the conversation, no further explanation was needed.
“Please!”
“me too!”
thud!
Uther roughly stomped the ground to gain momentum. In one breath, he more than doubled his speed and left Cordelia like a ray of light, creating a violent whirlwind.
bang!
The black wind has arrived.
Uder charged forward, tearing through the wind, taking in the entire battlefield in his sight.
I located the tomb guardians roaring above the land of Solari, and saw Bluebeard writhing and raising himself beyond.
And that wasn’t all.
Enemy positions.
Enemy numbers.
The location of Billbain, which Uther himself must capture by becoming a moru!
thud!
Accelerated once again.
All the enemies, startled by the loud noise and the wind, turned to look at Yuder, and among them was Bilbain.
‘Intermediate mine.’
Among them, the named one is one of the strong ones.
But what does that mean?
“under!”
Uder turned his body.
The whirlwind and gale formed a whirlwind and spun around, blowing away the snow around them and momentarily blocking the enemies’ vision.
And Uther saw. He was satisfied with the sight of Bilbain reflexively raising his shield and taking a defensive stance, and he concentrated all his strength into his feet.
Black Dragon Cross Strike – Jin
Added the dragon emblem to the Black Dragon Cross Sword.
Because of this, the black dragon’s energy became stronger.
Yuder’s back kick, which had him spinning his body in the air, struck Bilbain’s shield, and the blow, which was closer to a pushing kick than a rolling subbat, unleashed a terrifying force along with the pitch-black cross.
Kwagagagagaga-!
The defenses of Bilbein, comparable to a castle wall, were strong.
Despite the relentless blows, the defense was not broken.
But there was nothing I could do about being pushed back so far.
Billbain was pushed more than twenty meters, and was instantly completely independent of his men.
And then Yuder charged again.
He made the whirlwind and gale even stronger, creating a wind like a dragon fist that surrounded himself and Billbain.
The flurry of snow once again blocked Uther and Billbain from everyone’s sight.
“Black Knight Billbain.”
He was a strong man.
If it were a one-on-one fight, he would be an unrivaled being that almost no one among the mid-level demon eyes could match.
“but.”
Uder knew Bill’s level.
I also knew his fighting patterns, and I knew all his characteristics and weaknesses.
‘Until recently, I wouldn’t have been able to even deal with it.’
It’s different now.
Yuder had gained almost 20 levels since he fought Jarakul in the Land of Beautiful Snow Wind.
Not only has his physical ability become incomparably stronger, but he has also opened a new gate called the Nine Heavenly Gate.
‘And there are more ability bonuses.’
Much stronger than the average level 55 playable character.
By simple calculation, it is an ability level of 60 or higher.
‘Bilbine’s level is 62’
It’s really tall.
But you can deal with it.
It was possible to capture the bastard by making him a strong enough target.
“I am Juder Bayer of the Bayer Counts. I challenge you to a duel, Black Knight Billbain.”
When Uder suddenly spoke politely, Billvine flinched, but soon responded with a bow.
“Black Knight Billbain, I accept your challenge.”
Coming from a fallen knightly family, Billbain still had pride in his family even after becoming a demon follower.
The fact that Yuder showed a slightly pleased expression when he formally requested a duel was proof of this.
‘Okay, I dragged it for a few seconds.’
If we had been a little more polite and exchanged a few words, it would have been easy for 20 seconds.
“I have heard of the great reputation of the Black Knight for a long time. It is an honor to face him today.”
“I also knew the name of the Counts of Bayer. It is an honor for me to cross swords with a descendant of such a noble family.”
Ah, Bilbain. Ah, Bilbain.
Uther clenched his fists and spoke again, and this time Bilbain answered sincerely.
The whirlwind that swirled with the snowflakes blocked not only the view but also any sound, so the two of them could focus on each other as if they were in an independent space.
“Go.”
“Come, descendant of a noble family.”
After waiting for Billbain to finish speaking solemnly, Uder immediately kicked the ground.
Although weakened by the land of Solari, the opponent is the Black Knight, Billbain.
It was a swordsmanship that could lead to death if one moment of carelessness was lost.
Tsupat!
Billbain’s sword crashed into Yuder’s chest. It was not a simple stab, but a blow that could not be avoided, as he read Yuder’s path and stabbed him in a position where he could not help but reach.
That’s why Yuder didn’t avoid it.
As if he had known that Billbain would react like this from the beginning, he blocked Billbain’s sword strike with his handcuffed arm. He gently pushed him away with the back of his arm, changing the trajectory of his thrust.
Bam!
Uther dug into Billbain’s arms. In an instant, Billbain’s shield pushed back like a wall, but this time, Uther was not flustered. Using a shield to strike was one of Billbain’s specialties.
Tsuk!
The wind blew.
Black Knight Billbain’s attribute was earth, so Uder had mobilized all of his equipment and finished setting it to wind attribute.
That was also the reason why the whirlwind was stronger than usual in the first place.
Quagaga-!
The wind dampened the momentum of the shield attack a little. Uder turned his body once more and completely buried himself in Billbain’s arms, while at the same time strongly pushing Billbain’s chest with his back.
thud!
The attack, reminiscent of the Iron Mountain from the Baguette, pushed Bilbaine back, but it was short. Bilbaine quickly adjusted his stance as if he was taking root and swung his sword at Yuder again. No- he tried to swing it.
widely!
It’s blocked.
Before the sword could draw a proper trajectory, Uther’s arm struck Bilbain’s arm.
Immediately after blocking the attack, he turned his body again and struck Billbain’s side with his free hand.
bang!
At close range strikes, Billbain’s armor rang like a bell.
“Huh!”
The moment Billbain stepped back, Uder let out a breath. He gritted his teeth and opened his brain.
Quagga River!
A lightning-like seven-strike combo rained down on Bilbain, but Bilbain was not one to be easily defeated.
I used my shield to block all of Yuder’s attacks.
Bang bang bang!
The iron clanged, and Uther was struck by the earth energy that Bilbain had wrapped around his shield.
It was fortunate that the full setting was set to wind attribute, otherwise, the attacker Yuder would have taken even greater damage.
Ssuk-!
It was that very moment.
The sword strike that Billbain, who had been focusing on defense, swung at a terrifying speed flew towards Yuder’s neck.
Uther knew about this attack. He had even prepared himself mentally in advance.
But I was barely able to avoid it.
A few strands of Yuder’s hair flew into the air as he crouched down to avoid the sword strike, and Bilbain’s knee crashed down on Yuder’s face.
widely!
Uder wrapped his palm around Billvine’s knee. He gave in to Billvine’s pushing force and leaped backwards.
thud!
It was the sound of Billbain’s foot hitting the ground with the foot that had pushed Yuder away.
He immediately steadied his stance and continuously blasted his sword energy towards Yuder.
Squeak squeak!
As if to tell you to avoid it if you can, the three strands of black energy drew different trajectories.
That’s why Yuder didn’t dodge. He used the Black Dragon Cross Strike to neutralize the sword energy itself.
Quagaga!
The cross and the sword coexisted.
Uther, who had pulled out his strength too quickly, landed with a groan, and Billbain had already kicked the ground.
He swung his sword, closing the distance in an instant as if to corner Yuder.
Black Lightning.
A strike that could be called Black Knight Billbain’s ultimate skill.
Uder’s eyes lit up at the lightning-like strikes that poured down, drawing black trajectories.
He reacted immediately, as if he had been waiting for this moment.
Tsukwaak!
Billbain’s sword struck the ground. The sword energy extended out and tore through the whirlwind, and with a loud bang, the entire whirlwind was shattered.
Swaaaah-
Snow that had been blown up by the whirlwind poured down from the sky. And among them, there was yudher.
Uther, who avoided Black Lightning with his fairy footsteps, foolishly distanced himself from Bilbain.
‘Lightning strikes twice.’
Black Lightning was not a single-shot weapon. If you tried to avoid the sword strike and approached, you would be struck by a second lightning bolt focused on the hand holding the shield.
Especially since the time has come now.
“Cordelia.”
Uther smiled at the sight beyond the broken whirlwind.
On the other hand, Bill Bine opened his eyes wide in surprise.
The crimson-haired witch was literally destroying Bilbain’s men.
She was a natural disaster itself, running wild like a beast alongside the tomb guardians.
Double casting.
Echoes of the order.
She was able to create four spells with one order.
Each time I cast Multi-Barrage Magic Missile, dozens of magic missiles would appear, all of which would sweep around the area like a storm.
“Human disaster.”
A nickname Cordelia had in Heroes Chronicles 2.
They were already weakened by the influence of the land of Solari, and were the subordinates of Bilbain.
Here, the tomb guardians were emitting a sacred aura, and Bluebeard, who had risen late, joined them, so the bastards had no chance of dealing with them.
“Is this what you were aiming for?”
Billbain glared at Uther as if he had been betrayed, and Uther smiled.
Who can blame Billbain for getting caught up in a one-on-one duel without properly assessing the strength of the other side?
And there was one more reason why Yuder smiled.
“Beast mode?”
Uther spoke to Cordelia, not to Bilbain.
Although there were still quite a few of Bilbain’s men left, Cordelia, who had left them in the care of the tomb guardians and Bluebeard, approached Uther and Bilbain.
He pretended not to hear Uther and spoke to Billbain.
“The hammer is here, so shall we start round 2?”
Anvil and hammer.
The startled Billbain looked at Uther again and shouted.
“Cowardly! Are you planning to attack me in a one-on-one duel?”
“huh.”
“uh.”
Even Billbain was momentarily dazed by the refreshing answers from the two people, when Cordelia took another step forward and spoke.
“No, you were the more cowardly one who rushed in with a bunch of subordinates in the first place.”
If you look at the ratio, it was in the forties and fives.
At Cordelia’s words, Bilbain flinched again and clenched his teeth, and Cordelia’s expression softened slightly.
Still, I opened my mouth to speak for the sake of Bill Bine, who knew his shame.
“Black Knight Billbain, I will deal with you as the Golden Dragon’s agent.”
Because it was Bill Bane who liked this kind of declaration.
But Uther saw through Cordelia’s true feelings.
‘I like it.’
The fact that he was a bomber recognized by the Golden Dragon – no, an agent.
But since pointing it out would have made his face turn red, Uther just smiled to himself and got into position. He took steps in sync with Cordelia.
“Profit! Come!”
Bilbain shouted in a fit of rage, and Uther and Cordelia did not hesitate. Without saying a word, they rushed towards Bilbain.
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“victory!”
Two rings of light appeared one after another on Cordelia’s chest as she smiled brightly while making a V sign.
In the aftermath of the battle, his hair was disheveled and his clothes were torn here and there, but his smiling face seemed to shine.
After applauding, Uder approached Billvine, who was disintegrating into ashes.
If he had been demonized, it would have been a bit more difficult to deal with him, but just like in the original, he died when he died, so I held a brief moment of silence for him who fought until the end as a human.
“I will write well.”
The armor and shield left behind by Bilbain.
Even though he wasn’t wearing heavy armor, he could be useful anywhere if he took it with him.
Either give Lucas to him or just sell him.
“I think it’s all over there too.”
As Cordelia said, all of Bilbain’s men were practically annihilated.
A few of them tried to escape, but seeing Bluebeard flying through the sky with a furious expression on his face, it seemed that they would not miss them.
“Do you feel embarrassed?”
“It must be embarrassing.”
Because I ignored Cordelia’s warning and rushed in, and almost died.
Here again, thanks to these two people, he was able to save his life and wash away his shame, so Bluebeard, who had any sense of shame, could not help but feel embarrassed.
“Hehe, then I guess I can get more out of it.”
“···uh?”
“No, since you have committed a sin, you will listen well. Right? First of all, I will definitely take Solari’s necklace.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
When Cordelia spoke with an angelic smile, Uther agreed for the time being, but felt a strange pang of guilt.
What could it be?
I feel guilty for having dirty this pure white snow field.
“What’s with your expression? Are you in pain? Did you get stabbed or something?”
“No, it’s just that… it reminds me of the old days when I was pure.”
Where did the Cordelia of old, who was so bad at lying that she had to read Korean textbooks, go?
‘No, of course I made it dirty.’
As Uther wrestled with his guilt alone, Cordelia tilted her head a few times and then smiled brightly again as she looked back toward the temple where Lena was.
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“What do you mean? It’s going to be late?”
“This fight has consumed too much of the Holy Land’s power. It has also left us with insufficient power to wash away the natural filth… It can’t be helped.”
Bluebeard answered with an embarrassed expression, as if slightly intimidated by Cordelia’s agitated voice.
Holy Land – To be precise, the power of Solari has been used so much that there is not enough power left to heal.
So, considering the time it takes for Solari’s power to recover and the slow healing rate, it will take at least a month.
‘I see.’
Unlike Cordelia, Uther had anticipated the current situation to some extent.
After all, he was the one who squandered Solari’s power in the first place.
“Cordelia, there’s nothing I can do. But since recovery is possible, I have no choice but to leave you behind.”
“Ugh······.”
Uther and Cordelia came to the wild land not only to save Lena.
It was time to return to the Great Storm tribe’s village, as they had to join forces with the Great Storm tribe to form the Eastern Alliance and fight against the Angry Horn tribe that had taken control of the west.
“Ugh… Haa… I can’t help it. Mr. Bluebeard, I’ll take good care of Lena. Okay?”
“I get it.”
Bluebeard said, looking at the Solari necklace hanging around Cordelia’s waist.
It was too big for Cordelia, who had been wearing it since it was huge, so she hung it around her waist instead of her neck, but in any case, from now on, it was Cordelia’s property, not Bluebeard’s own.
And actually, that wasn’t all.
Several Solari relics that had been kept in the Holy Land for a long time were hanging all over the bodies of Uther and Cordelia.
Even though it was something Bluebeard had given it to, and there was a clear reason for him to give it to me, I couldn’t help but feel like I had been completely stripped of it.
‘They saved our lives, protected the Holy Land, and on top of that, the two of you are the guardians of the wild lands recognized by the Golden Dragon······.’
How can we resist His words to spare no support?
As Bluebeard secretly wiped away his tears, Cordelia turned to Kaplan and said.
“Is Lord Kaplan staying here?”
“Yes, I plan to study the Holy Land and wait for Lady Lena to wake up.”
Cordelia smiled brightly at Kaplan’s cheerful words, hugged him tightly, and said.
“Thanks to Lord Kaplan, we were able to solve the incident in Endymion. Thank you. Lord Kaplan is like a lucky angel to me and Uther.”
Thanks to Kaplan, I was able to meet the Wild Fairies and find the hidden paths of Endymion. The fact that there was a dragon vein at the end was also information I learned thanks to Kaplan deciphering the language of the high elves.
“Miss Cordelia······.”
Kaplan’s face was instantly covered in tears.
I’m grateful that you’ve been with me all along, but you’re such a lucky angel.
Isn’t this something you’ve never heard before in your life, something you thought you’d never hear?
“I look forward to seeing you again.”
“Yes, I will definitely come back again.”
As Kaplan laughed heartily, wiping away tears, Cordelia smiled back and stood up.
‘Here, you too.’
When Cordelia nodded to Uther, who was counting numbers behind her, Uther also opened his mouth to speak.
“Remember, Lord Kaplan. Lord Kaplan is not a god. He is just an honest and trustworthy explorer and archaeologist.”
“Yes, I won’t forget, Yuder-kun.”
After shaking hands with Kaplan, Uther said goodbye to Bluebeard for the last time and left the temple with Cordelia.
“Are you going back right now?”
“I guess so. It’s a bit of a shame that we won’t be able to see the Fairy Queen, but it’ll take time if we go through Endymion, so let’s just go straight from here.”
In a straight line without passing through the Blade Beak Canyon.
Cordelia nodded as Uther explained by drawing on the floor instead of unfolding the map.
“Okay, then let’s go right away.”
“okay.”
“But Yuder.”
“uh?”
“What’s going on? You seem brighter than usual.”
“Because I won?”
“Well, I guess so. Because I won.”
Cordelia, who was smiling bashfully, started walking ahead, and Uther walked shoulder to shoulder with Cordelia.
And at the same time.
“If we go one more day from here, we’ll reach Bladebeak Canyon. If Gounnun is right, Uther and Cordelia will be there.”
Adelia sighed after listening to what Gale had said, even though she already knew it.
“Ha… Really. At this rate, I’ll end up traveling all over the wild land.”
“That’s right.”
The journey that I thought would end in the County of Hresvelg ended up crossing the border and continuing here.
Furthermore, Count Chase’s ring, the only magical device that could roughly track Cordelia’s location, had been damaged after entering the wild land, making tracking even more difficult.
‘Well… Fortunately, the destinations are clear.’
Although it was a vast, uninhabited wilderness, and perhaps because it was beyond the border, Cordelia did not particularly hide her destination.
‘Haa, anyway, when we meet, I have to spank her butt.’
Of course, I’m not talking about the kind and gentle Cordelia, but rather Uther’s butt.
“Miss Adelia.”
“Yes?! Oh, yes. Prince Gale.”
When Adelia answered in surprise, Gail tilted his head, but soon asked again in a serious tone.
“Is the vacation okay? It’s already way past the original schedule······.”
“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. Things just turned out this way.”
Adelia shrugged and smiled bitterly, and Gail spoke with a face that was the epitome of sincerity.
“This incident has gone beyond a simple runaway incident. It has become a major incident that has major implications for the defense of the North, so I will write a petition… no, a statement and send it to the Royal Magic Corps in the name of the Count Bayer family.”
“Um… thank you.”
Normally, if the adjutant had said something like that, Adelia would have told him not to overdo it, but Gale said something different.
‘Well, what should I say. It goes beyond simply being sincere······.’
Should I say that it is sincere?
A stable man you can trust and rely on.
“Miss Adelia, it must be hard, but if you go a little further, you will find a place to rest. Let’s get going again.”
Gail, who got up first, politely extended her hand to Adelia, and Adelia coughed in vain before taking his hand and standing up.
“Shall we go?”
“Yes, let’s go. Prince Gale.”
Gail and Adelia smiled at each other and walked forward shoulder to shoulder.
And because of that, the paths of Uther and Gale – Cordelia and Adelia – became completely misaligned.
And one more person.
“This is a big deal.”
Count Chase, looking back at his bags, which had now grown to four, checked his budget and soon made up his mind.
I quickly wrote a letter to send to the Red Dawn Tower.
‘Send me a space expansion bag.’
As the trip got longer, just a bag wasn’t enough.
He was settled in the northernmost city of Langewurst, with two daughters, a son-in-law-to-be, and still unaware that someone who might become his son-in-law was in the wild lands beyond the border.
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