< Chapter 91 - Night at Argonne Harbor #4 >
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The battle in the port progressed very quickly.
Because the difference in combat power between the two sides was too great.
In the battlefield where Mateo and the two adult Black Dragons were absent, there was no one who could stop Landius.
No, even if the first three had been intact, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference.
“The power of the wheel is one!”
As Landius raised his clenched fist, the power of the sun was concentrated at the tip of it.
The golden aura radiated such strong light and heat that it felt like I was holding a small sun in my hand.
“ha!”
Landius jumped high and moved the sun that had been focused on his fist to his palm, then opened both his hands wide. He threw the sun, which had grown larger in response, into the middle of the monsters.
“Kiaaaaaaa!”
The screams of the monsters did not last long. The sun exploded, releasing an incredible amount of light and heat, and the monsters within a dozen meters of the sun were literally annihilated.
It was truly a fearsome force.
But instead of being satisfied, Landius kicked the air again. It was to stop the monsters’ movements.
“Help me!”
As Landius jumped into the midst of the monsters and moved his hands and feet, five monsters were instantly killed.
Those who were hit in the head lost their heads, and those who were hit in the chest lost their chests. All monsters were equal before the destructive power that transcended common sense.
That’s why, when Landius flew again, the monsters that were in between were knocked down by the shockwave alone, so Kaisa and Scarlett didn’t immediately understand what Landius was saying.
No, I did listen carefully, but it was more like my body didn’t react right away.
‘Help me?’
Who is who?
Caesar blinked again, but Scarlett suddenly came to her senses.
Because I understood what Landius meant when he asked for help.
“We have to stop it! We have to fight too!”
“uh?”
“Civilian damage!”
There was no time to explain further. Scarlett grabbed her sword and charged forward, and Kaisa blinked a few more times before coming to her senses just as Scarlett had.
Landius was strong.
Even if there were ten times more monsters than there were now, it would take a long time for the invincible iron man to defeat them all.
But the civilians at the port were different.
They were weak and needed protection.
“These bastards!”
Instead of fighting Landius, the monsters were scattering in all directions.
Because Sicily changed its policy.
‘Buy time.’
It was foolish to focus all of our power on Landius.
If you do that, you won’t be saving time, but rather compressing it.
Because of this, Sicily dispersed its forces in all directions.
The place where they were fighting now was not an open field or an uninhabited ruin.
It was a port city with a large population, so we had to take advantage of that.
“Wow!”
Landius flew again and smashed the monsters with his hands and feet. He couldn’t do things like sweeping them away in one go by blowing up his air energy like before.
‘Because there will be civilian casualties.’
The situation was different from the central square, which was open on all sides. If a technique with high destructive power was used, even a building would collapse easily, and the people inside would not be able to avoid being annihilated.
“Haaah!”
Scarlett swung her sword and cut the throats of the monsters that were trying to rush into the houses. Kaisa, who had defeated the boar men of the Black Hand mercenary group, snatched the weapons they were holding and began to rampage with them in both hands.
“Lena!”
As Landius shouted again, Rena, who had been chasing the dragons from high in the sky, nodded.
“Cordelia! Go to the surface! Leave this place to me!”
“Yes! Lena!”
Cordelia immediately answered, spinning her body in the air and sending out dozens of magical energy balls. She swept away the nearby dragons as if she had detonated claymore mines, and then flew to the ground.
Instead of following Cordelia, Lena glared at the dragons. As expected, the dragons that were far behind began to retreat. Instead of scattering in all directions and attacking civilians like monsters.
‘We must save even the dragons.’
It was Sicily’s decision.
With the power I had now, I couldn’t take away Carlos’s sacred Ultimate Three – Dragon Sword Ascalon. No, let alone taking it away, I would just be annihilated.
So, I had to save what I had to save and give up what I had to give up.
Sicilia gave up the monsters and the Black Hand mercenary boar men, choosing the dragons and Mateo, which were the only things she could save.
“Whoa!”
“It’s a monster!”
“Save me!”
“help!”
Screams began to erupt from all over.
These were the screams of people who opened their windows after waking up to the sound of fighting, or of those who were attacked by monsters.
“Get out of here!”
Cordelia, who had settled on the ground, summoned five pitch-black spears at the same time and fired them, piercing the heads of five monsters.
“are you okay?”
“Ugh, ugh. Okay, okay······.”
The man who seemed to be the shop owner answered with a tearful face. He didn’t seem particularly hurt, so Cordelia immediately turned around and summoned her magical blades. And as always, her intuition was right.
‘We need more people.’
To block it completely, we needed more people.
The combined number of Black Hand mercenaries and monsters was over two hundred. If they were all gathered in one place, it would be fine, but if they were scattered like they are now, it would be difficult for even Landius or Cordelia to stop them.
“Pink bomb!”
Just then, Scarlett, who was running on the rooftop, shouted loudly, and Cordelia turned in the direction she pointed. She laughed brightly and shouted.
“Carmen!”
A veteran saint of the Holy Cross Defenders.
It wasn’t just her. Members of the Order of the Holy Cross, including Manuel, were running towards them, kicking off the roof.
“Good!”
Can be stopped.
If we continue like this, we can protect everyone.
Cordelia spread her wings and flew up, then flew towards the monsters again.
And at the same time, Uther cut open the second dragon’s chest and extracted its heart, killing it.
He absorbed one into Ascalon, but he kept the other and intended to give it to Cordelia.
“Whoa, whoa, calm down.”
However, contrary to Yuder’s thoughts, a sharp cold air rose from Ascalon’s white blade like a flame. Ascalon, a dragon that hated dragons, wanted the soul and body of the dragon.
“Still, that won’t work.”
Because I had to give it to Cordelia.
Yuder, who had suppressed Ascalon once again, turned his gaze after gathering the Dragon Heart, a lump of jewel slightly larger than his fist. This was because the sound of a horn could be heard amidst the noise of battle all around.
‘You’re finally here.’
Royal knights and guards who guard the harbor.
The dragons that had been threatening to cover the sky scattered and fled in all directions, and instead of chasing them, Lena headed to the ground to clear out the monsters and boar beastmen, while also treating the injured civilians.
‘Is this the real situation?’
With the addition of the members of the Order of the Holy Cross and the guards, it seemed unnecessary for Yuder himself to step forward.
That’s why Yuder turned towards the small energy he felt right behind his back.
“Huh! Could this be a dragon? No, Prince Yuder?!”
It was Bentham who shouted in surprise.
They were wearing pajamas, as if they had just jumped out of bed, and behind them stood dwarves dressed in similar attire, each holding a weapon like a hammer or an axe.
It seemed like he ran out after hearing the commotion.
“Prince Yude, what the heck is this······.”
“For now, it’s a calming situation, so you can rest assured. I’ll give you a more detailed explanation once the situation has been completely resolved.”
Yuder, who had opened the Nine Heavenly Gate and the Sixth Gate, was not an ordinary human being.
He was a little closer to being transcendent, and so his words had the power of a spirit.
“Oh, I understand.”
When Bentham nodded, the other dwarves nodded instead of saying anything else.
No, it seemed like their interests changed the moment they saw the dragon’s corpse.
If Yuder hadn’t been there, I think he would have rushed in and started dismantling it right away.
That’s why Yuder thought about giving some kind of warning, but soon stopped. Landius, who had sorted out the situation, came running towards him.
“What about the dragon?”
“I organized it.”
Landius nodded at Uther’s answer and turned around again. Before Uther could catch him, he flew off in a certain direction again. It seemed like there was still work to be done.
‘It’s always surprising no matter how many times I see it.’
Iron Man Landius.
The sight of him beating the adult body of the black dragon and throwing it away was vivid in my mind.
If you think about it logically, it was an absurd sight, but when Landius saw it, there was nothing strange about it, like water flowing from a high place to a low place.
Because of this, Yuder felt a sense of discomfort that could be said to be new in other areas.
‘Why are you so strong?’
Landius was definitely a strong person.
That’s because she was the main character in the first volume of Heroes’ Chronicles.
With the addition of the Ancestor Return and the Nine Heavens Gate, and the 10 years of training, it was only natural that he would become stronger than in the first installment.
But should we say that the range is too wide?
The power of Landius was so strong that it made me feel uncomfortable.
‘How on earth did he die in the original?’
Of course, Landius wasn’t truly invincible.
Even the enemy we’re going to face right now, Malekith, is stronger than Landius.
But to put it another way, it was like saying that no one could kill Landius unless someone at the level of Malekith appeared.
‘Duke is too much.’
No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t Duke. It seemed like there had to be some other reason for Landius’s death.
‘Maybe things have already changed due to the butterfly effect.’
Not only the survival of Landius, but perhaps even its strength.
‘Because so many things have really changed.’
Even the Ascalon I was holding in my hand right now was like that.
In the original, it was Ascalon that was enshrined in the ruins discovered by Gamor Khan.
‘Of course, in the original work, it was only mentioned that way, and the ruins could not actually be excavated… so maybe what was enshrined there was fake.’
It was common for fakes to be displayed to hide the real treasure.
‘Anyway, you did it.’
Yuder, who had once again slumped his shoulders, took hold of Ascalon’s power, which was still emitting a chilling cold air.
After changing it back to its normal sword form and wearing it on my waist, I felt a satisfied smile on my face from deep within my soul.
He seemed satisfied when he returned to Ito-ryu after using Ito-ryu, which was not a two-way style.
‘What would happen if I really used the dual sword technique?’
At that time, I got angry and said, “I’m going over two legs and three legs.”
Yuder was slightly curious, but soon shook his head. Even with just one Ascalon, Velencia would have cold eyes and say all sorts of things, but now she’s adding two more to it?
It was a terrible thing to even imagine.
‘Anyway… the results are good.’
Not only did he obtain Carlos’ divine waters, but he also acquired Ascalon, who could be considered Malekith’s natural enemy.
With the Paragon heroes, led by Landius, joining in, the power to stand against Malekith was built up in an instant.
‘I won’t waste time.’
Waiting for Malekith to rise again and attack was a poor strategy.
‘Strike Malekith.’
It creates a situation where you have no choice but to win before the bastard can properly revive.
‘Sicily.’
This attack has made me more certain.
The one currently leading Malekith’s men was Sicilia.
So what will she do from now on?
After losing Gamor Khan, Madurus, and even Ascalon, what will she do next?
‘There is only one.’
What she does next and the consequences.
And the countermeasures that Yuder himself can take to anticipate all of that.
Uder, with a dark smile on his face, turned to face south.
I looked beyond the horizon.
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Cecilia raised her head.
As soon as he severed his mental connection with the dragons, he buried himself in the back of the chair and let out a ragged breath.
“Haah··· ha······.”
Her whole body was drenched in sweat, but she didn’t even have time to wipe it off. Cecilia, who had just caught her breath, got up and left the room.
Gamor Khan is gone.
Madurus was killed and Ascalon was taken by the enemy.
Moreover, the damage was not limited to this.
Sebastian, who had been captured and brainwashed with great difficulty, was no longer of any use.
The Kraken that was released to cause chaos in the sea has also been sealed again.
‘Juder Bayer and Cordelia Chase.’
Two people whom the devil’s followers unanimously warned.
In fact, it was because of Uther and Cordelia that all the plans went awry, even though Sicilia didn’t know about it.
The capture of Gamor Khan and the death of Madhurs, the sealing of the Kraken and the usurpation of Ascalon.
Here’s the Java Walk of the Eternal Forest.
In fact, almost everything that Malekith had planned to throw the South into chaos before his resurrection was ruined by Uther and Cordelia.
‘Matteo Lucilia.’
Cecilia erased his name from her mind.
Although his life or death had not yet been confirmed, I had a premonition that he would not be able to be used again, whether he was alive or dead.
‘It’s over. We have no choice but to push harder.’
Cecilia paused for a moment and took a deep breath. After belatedly adjusting her clothes, she looked at the large steel door in front of her.
The one who sits over there.
A powerful being who is the leader of the Three Knights of Malekith and effectively leads the dragon army.
“Orga, I’m going in.”
As if responding to Sicilia’s voice, the steel doors opened to the left and right with a dull sound.
Sicilia swallowed dry saliva at the sight beyond the pitch-black door, which seemed to be the entrance to an abyss, and took another breath. She clenched her fists as if to brace herself and took a step forward.
We entered the residence of Orga, the dragon general and successor to Malekith.
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“Disciple, how many doors?”
“It’s the sixth gate.”
“Fuck.”
< Chapter 91 - Night at Argonne Harbor #4 > End
