< Chapter 106 - Jude Bayer #3 (with illustrations of Jude and Cordelia) >
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A craze is brewing.
A depth charge follows.
Blades of wind cut sharply through the world, and explosions of lightning roughly tear at the surrounding area.
The ultimate secret technique of the Wind Sword.
The ancestor of the Count Bayer family, who attained the truth of the law long ago and became the Sword Master of the Wind. The path of wind and lightning that he left behind.
A storm of consecutive attacks unfolded.
The thunderous claps that followed one after another connected as one, and the twelve sword strikes were as if they were one.
Elio screamed mentally.
I concentrated and concentrated again to block the sword of wind that was fiercely sweeping before my eyes.
Read the wind. Withstand thunderbolts.
Kakakakakakakakang-!
A sound buried in the loud thunder.
Elio’s sword followed the trajectory of the Wind Thunder Strike with difficulty.
But he couldn’t keep up with them all. From the fifth time he blocked the sword strike, Elio’s sword became distorted. It was because of the lightning strike added by the wind. It was hard to withstand the power of the sword. Every time he blocked it, not only his sword but also his hand shook, and his arm was strained.
‘No, that’s not all!’
The Wind, Thunder, and Lightning Strikes were not simply a collection of sweeping strikes.
It contained a sword.
There was a truly mysterious principle hidden inside that made it impossible to block properly, made people misunderstand the trajectory, and eventually made them drop the sword.
Elio, who had come close to becoming a Grand Sword Master, could instinctively realize it.
But that was all.
Even he, who had outstanding swordsmanship skills even among the Sword Masters, was powerless before Geomri.
His sword was already shaking due to the wind, thunder, and lightning strike.
Quagga River!
I couldn’t block the sixth sword properly.
From the seventh sword onwards, it was practically just a case of forcibly bringing the sword.
I couldn’t even bring my sword to the tenth sword.
The sword’s trajectory wavered, his arm twisted, and the sword he was holding was released from his hand.
The eleventh tragedy.
The twelfth strike.
I dropped my sword, but tried to hold on.
I tried to dodge by pulling my body back, but it was impossible. The wind prison created by the sword strike of the Wind Thunder Strike did not allow that.
Get sucked in.
I am being bitten by the teeth of the fierce wind.
“Cock!”
He couldn’t even scream properly. The thunder drowned out Elio’s screams. The harsh wind squeezed Elio’s body even more.
And Uder prepared his final thirteenth slash. He pulled the sword made of the black dragon’s energy, turned his wrist, and laid down the blade that had been standing vertically. He glared straight at Elio, who was trapped in the wind prison, and unleashed the final thirteenth slash of the wind-thirteenth slash.
A true wind and thunder storm.
Twelve slashes prepared for the final slash.
Swinged.
I cut it.
But it wasn’t a simple tragedy.
It divided the atmosphere, the space, the world.
Elio, who was trapped in the prison of the wind, instead of being torn in two and bleeding, collapsed with a silent scream.
And as if to replace him, everything behind Elio’s back split in two.
For a moment, it gave the illusion that the world itself was splitting apart and sliding away.
“ha.”
Uder let out the breath he had been holding. The pitch-black sword made of the black dragon’s energy scattered and disappeared, and Uder spat out blood.
It was the price paid for forcibly opening the door.
But Yuder wasn’t too worried. His current body could easily withstand an injury of this level. He was more concerned about other things.
‘Inspection.’
What was contained in the Wind, Thunder, and Light Spell.
A vision seen in a moment – a power that only those who reach that horizon can obtain.
Scattered and disappeared.
It was as if the blow had been a midsummer night’s dream, and it had slipped through Yuder’s hands.
But the feeling remained.
It was impossible for me to completely forget the sword I had spread with my own hands.
The road leading to the horizon.
The one standing on the road.
The sword of wind that could be passed down from him.
[Previous generations! Next generations!]
Belencia’s voice caught Uther’s mind.
It awakened Yuder’s will to drift aimlessly as if floating, and made him see reality.
“Cordelia.”
The most important person in the world.
Yuder, speaking softly, turned around.
And I was faced with countless people looking at me with dumbfounded faces.
The elves are out of their minds.
Frightened minds.
Cordelia blinked with her mouth wide open, looked this way, and when she realized that their eyes had met, she instinctively raised her thumb.
Awesome.
Our Yuder is really awesome! He’s really awesome!
It seemed like he could see Cordelia jumping up and down in admiration. So Uder laughed. He had just vomited blood, but he had poured all his strength into the Wind Thunder Strike, so he had only a little strength left, but he was still showing off. He slowly raised his sword and spoke.
“Shall we continue?”
If Scarlett had been there, she would have twisted her hands and feet and said, “Why do you keep embarrassing people?” But to those present, it felt completely different.
The elves felt fear.
The mines have already started to run away.
And Cordelia covered her mouth with both hands and began to tremble.
‘You’re so cool!’
Can our Yuder be that cool?
Wow!
Cordelia, whose face turned red from the bean pods, squealed inwardly, and the elves and minions, unable to overcome their fear, began to disperse.
Several of them tried to pick up the fallen Elio, but it was only an attempt.
The moment their eyes met with Uther’s, they mustered up all the courage in their lives to open their mouths, and Uther gave them an excuse to run away.
“I won’t kill you. I have no intention of fighting all the elves.”
At Uther’s words, the elf knights gritted their teeth in pain, then turned around and started to run away.
And their reactions made Uther certain of one thing.
‘Is this really Elio’s rebellion?’
It wasn’t the intention of all elves.
Then, as expected, if we just passed the Orange Gate, which was under Elio’s jurisdiction, we would be able to secure safety.
‘I didn’t use the devil’s power.’
Elio only had the power of the spirit with him.
That is, it meant a pure state without a contract with the devil.
‘I guess I was fooled.’
Did you think that you were joining hands with the Prime Minister who was using the devil’s followers as his puppets, rather than a group of devil’s followers?
He joins hands with the prime minister, who is a pro-war faction, to overthrow the emperor, who is a pro-peace faction.
In Elio’s mind, the current betrayal was likely portrayed as a power struggle within the empire.
‘In any case, since he plotted to assassinate the emperor, it would be impossible for him to ascend to the position of head of the family.’
That was it.
Yuder, who had stopped thinking, gasped for breath again and fell to the ground.
“Uder!”
Cordelia, startled, quickly came over and crouched down in front of Uther, and Uther found himself laughing.
“Why? Where does it hurt? Did you vomit blood? You’re not laughing at the taste, are you?”
At the cheap expression, Yuder laughed again. It was a strange feeling. Cordelia, whom he had always seen, was now seeing, but it felt as if he had not seen her for a long time. That was why he had missed her so much and loved her so much. Just the fact that she was sitting in front of him like this made him want to be thankful to the world.
“Yuderya?”
Instead of answering, Uther reached out and hugged Cordelia. They were both sitting, so their posture was awkward, but he didn’t care about that.
“Uder? You’re not crying, are you?”
Cordelia, startled by the words she said without realizing it, wanted to check Uther’s face, but it was impossible. She was held in Uther’s arms and couldn’t move.
As Cordelia said, Uther was crying.
But even Uther himself couldn’t figure out why.
Tears just flowed down my eyes.
[Hodai, are you okay? Was there something wrong with the process of opening the Seven Gates?]
In response to Belencia’s worried question, several things came to Yuder’s mind reflexively.
The road leading to the horizon.
The man standing far ahead.
The fairy who didn’t stop at just showing up after a long time, but even reached out and spoke to him.
What she said.
A story that is true to Yuder himself.
Black.
Sword of the Wind.
“Yuder. It’s okay. Everything’s okay. I’m here. I’m not going anywhere.”
Cordelia hugged Uther and spoke affectionately.
She said something that even she didn’t know exactly, and Uther felt relieved again. He hugged Cordelia tightly, fearing that the small and delicate Cordelia would be crushed.
“Sorry, I’ll sleep for a bit.”
Uther, who had regained his composure, whispered softly and released Cordelia from his embrace.
It was the aftermath of the explosion of yin and yang energy that caused the black sun to go berserk.
The price of using the Wind Thunder Strike, which should not have been available yet, was by no means small.
“Okay. Leave the rest to me. I’ll take care of everything.”
Cordelia said, patting Uther on the back.
Yuder smiled at those words, which were so trustworthy, and closed his eyes. As if it were a lie, he fell into a deep sleep.
“ha.”
And Cordelia sighed softly.
He carefully laid down Yuder, who was incredibly heavy because he was so tall – he honestly must have weighed over 100 kilograms – and then relaxed his shoulders.
[We’ve retreated for now, but we don’t know what they’ll do since their leader has been captured. Let’s run away quickly.]
Melissa’s words were valid.
Cordelia stroked Uther’s face for a moment, nodded, and stood up.
“Okay, then shall we give it a go?”
Cordelia tapped her knee and used her telekinesis to carefully lift Uther up before walking over to Elio, who was lying on the ground.
“Are you sure you fainted?”
I tried tapping his face with my foot, but there was no response. It didn’t seem like he was pretending to faint.
‘Just in case.’
Cordelia, who had bound Elio tightly with her bind magic and paralyzed him, also lifted him with her telekinesis.
Then Melissa, who had been watching silently, said.
[Which way do you plan on going now? Red Gate? Orange Gate?]
It seemed like taking Elio hostage would allow them to move in either direction.
“Euuum······.”
If there is a variable, it is the superior mine that appeared at the Red Gate.
The bastard had not yet revealed himself.
Did you go to catch Lucas and Kaisa?
‘If the two of them work together, I think they could handle a high-level mine.’
Since the Emperor’s side had Moonlight, it was highly likely that they somehow escaped to the promised location.
“Let’s go to the Orange Gate.”
[To the Orange Gate?]
“Yeah, because Yuder is defenseless right now. In fact, I used a lot of magic power when I helped Lucas escape, and I tried to shake off the interference magic.”
Of course, as Cordelia had the magical power of a great wizard, she still had the strength to fight, but she didn’t want to create even the slightest variable while Uther was defenseless.
“The Red Gate can be dangerous.”
Because you never know what might be hiding there.
“Besides, the nobleman originally planned to capture the Emperor and us at the Red Gate, right? It’s sure to be much more heavily fortified than the Orange Gate.”
And perhaps the Orange Gate forces were not fully informed of what was happening.
[So are we going to use hostages to get through the Orange Gate?]
“That’s fine, or you can threaten Elio and get him to go beyond the Orange Gate… So, real elves? Good elves? Anyway, you can call out the elves living in the Yellow Gate. The point is to inform the elves who haven’t betrayed you of Elio’s accident and get their cooperation.”
It would also be better for him to join the Emperor.
[Wow.]
“Why? Were you impressed?”
[Yes, you could think of it. You could do it, but you didn’t. It’s not that you couldn’t do it!]
“Hey, are you going to break it?”
[Yes? Oh, that, yes?]
While Melissa was flustered, Cordelia clicked her tongue and lightly unclenched her hands and feet.
Cordelia herself was capable of thinking, although she left the thinking to Uther, who was in the right place at the right time.
No, isn’t that obvious? There’s no way I can’t do it!
“I hate you, I hate you.”
[Lady Cordelia?]
“I won’t talk to you for a while.”
Cordelia, who had childishly stuck out her tongue, turned towards the Orange Gate after groaning with Melissa-Moonlight.
The realm of the elves.
This is the first land I’ve visited since being reincarnated as Cordelia.
But strangely enough, I had a strange feeling.
I should say that I feel like I’m going to meet someone very welcome.
‘You’ll know when you go.’
Cordelia stroked the cheek of the once-passed-out Yuder, kissed him once, and then used flight magic toward the Orange Gate.
And as always, Cordelia’s animalistic intuition was not wrong this time.
Orange Gate.
In what could be called the beginning of a full-fledged shadow forest, an unexpected person was waiting for her.
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This is a fan art of Uther and Cordelia drawn by Esnim.
Thank you so much for the great drawing 😀
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