Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 91

091. Apocalypse of the Other World (6)

The front line in Paju City at the beginning of the Gehenna incident, when humanity’s counterattack was beginning.

It appeared when most of the hunters were exhausted and stretched out after a battle that lasted six days and nights.

Pago Nephila.

A cursed spiderling that took away most of Seongjin’s early companions.

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Rumble! Coo!

The monster that appeared, breaking through the floor of the Heretic Tribunal building and raising dust, was as large as the spider at that time.

Its plump body, densely covered with long, rough thorns like fur, looked like a purple tarantula. It’s just that it’s bigger than a fairly large cargo truck, and its legs, which are longer than its body, make it heavy like walking heavy equipment.

At the end of a long, hard joint that looks as if it is made of iron plate, a huge claw protrudes with a hideous scarlet sheen.

Squeak. Squeak. Eight eyes staring in all directions, emitting an ominous light, soon find their target.

Ta-da-da-da-dak.

The thorns covering its entire body trembled all at once, creating a low-frequency noise.

“Lowering!”

Seongjin was already rushing towards the spider, leaving Masain’s scream behind.

While the bastard was moving slowly to completely pull himself out of the hole in the floor, Seongjin quickly passed by the thorny legs.

And before the spinneret could even turn forward, I reached the center of its stomach and cut it with all my might. This was the location of the nucleus.

Kagagagak.

The nutcracker, roughly wrapped in aura, managed to split the hard shell of the monster.

‘… ‘Shallow!’

Before the spider fully rose, Seongjin slid down and drew the same spot horizontally once more. Kagak!

However, it was too much to plunge the sword deep into that huge body. You would have to dig at least 2 meters deep with a single knife.

As soon as he realized his failure, Seongjin rolled over from where he had been slipping and immediately started running counterclockwise with the guy’s body as the axis.

Meanwhile, the spiderling, which had fully raised its body, looked around with its glass-like red eyes.

I thought its head was following Seongjin for a moment, but then it turned and faced forward again. This is because Masain was charging from the front with his sword in a frightening manner.

“Lowering!”

Perhaps they decided that being wary of the humans over there was a priority. The golden aura on Masain’s sword was quite threatening even to monsters.

Seongjin, who saw the bastard clicking the fangs on its upper jaw, shouted at Masain.

“Damage, Lord Masaine! “I spit poison!”

“… yes?”

While Masain hesitated for a moment, Seongjin quickly struck one of the spinnerets in front of its tail with his sword. He couldn’t completely destroy it, but he was still able to make the spider flinch and turn his head away.

Return to school. A large amount of slime is sprayed from the spider’s mouth onto the female lobby floor.

Soon the carpet in the lobby melted with a crackling sound, and Masain, who narrowly avoided the acid spit to the side, was frightened.

“omg! What is this!”

“Don’t mess around in the front, just move! Lord Masaine!”

Hearing the urgent cry, Masain immediately came to his senses and started running towards Seongjin.

thud! bang! thud! The thing turned to follow him, clawing the floor with its strong claws, but the experienced knight commander ran towards him, dodging the huge legs that were thrusting towards him.

He even cut off one of the nodes of the flying middle leg with the elongated Auror blade that briefly took shape. As expected, Seongjin’s swordsmanship teacher is a very reliable person in terms of his skills.

He ran in a circle after Seongjin and shouted urgently.

“The Royal Guard knights will be arriving soon, sir! First of all, it’s best to leave… … !”

“No, Lord Masaine! “We have to tie him up here!”

Masain can only say this because he doesn’t know much about that guy’s mobility. If he destroys the building and starts running rampant, the damage will likely grow out of control. Even though he was so huge, he moved so quickly and slaughtered hunters.

Moreover, I can’t aim properly right now because it’s a small space, but once it starts spewing out spider webs in a wide area, it’ll be quite a pain to deal with.

Most knights who have no experience dealing with such monsters will stick to it and be defeated before they can even do anything about it.

‘So, when you can make it spin around in a small space, you have to knock it as much as possible!’

Of course, just as he was trapped in the building and unable to move, Seongjin and Masain also had limitations in their movements. This is because it crawled out through a large hole in the floor of the building.

Quaaaang!

A huge crane-like leg is launched quickly like a cannonball and lodges in the wall. I quickly lowered my body and rolled over, only to find a dead wall in front of me.

Kagagak. Seongjin and Masain then cut off the flying leg joints with all their might, and managed to change direction using the recoil. Coincidentally, a hallway with a completely collapsed wall was exposed next to it, so they were able to quickly get out of the corner.

Ta-da-da-da-dak! When they failed to chase them away, the spider dropped its thorns in displeasure and then chased after them, stomping and slashing with its claws. Part of the claw got stuck near the collapsed stone floor, and the edge of the hole collapsed again.

Wow! visor! visor!

Unusual sounds were also heard from underneath the hollow floor. These are the things heard from the prison in the basement of the Inquisition.

Screams, weapons clashing.

And then an ominous sound like something being chewed.

It looks like a battle is going on inside the prison. It seemed that most of the Heresy Tribunal’s troops were driven underground. This probably means that the culprit of the situation is inside that prison.

‘Is the gate open as expected?’

Seongjin thought as he rolled to the side to avoid the spider webs that were shooting out. Other than that, there was no other way to explain these many monsters that suddenly appeared.

Considering the circumstances, the priest named Hayes is suspicious. But how can humans open the gate arbitrarily?

[Shall I take a look?]

Seongjin, who heard the demon lord’s excited voice, burst into laughter. At some point, I felt that he got a lot happier when he had something to do, which made me feel a little sad.

‘please!’

[okay. You too, take care of yourself!]

The devil immediately disappears from my mind.

Seongjin thought silently as he wielded the nutcracker.

In any case, if the gate in the basement of the building was truly opened, it would be difficult to expect support from the Knights of St. Marsyas before the situation inside was resolved. I can only hope that other knights of the imperial palace notice this situation as quickly as possible and come running.

Meanwhile, Seongjin succeeded in completely destroying one of the several spinnerets, and Masain was able to cut off two more of the creature’s legs.

Of course, they too were on the defensive as time passed. Although the range of movement was getting narrower and narrower, they were moving in a precarious manner, as if doing acrobatics, but it was unclear how long this dangerous standoff could continue.

Puhahaha. The spider web it spewed out at random got tangled on the floor again.

The lobby is already a mess with sticky cobwebs. He felt like if he didn’t deal with it quickly, it would become increasingly difficult for him to walk on it.

The stairs leading to the second floor were also covered in its venom and collapsed a long time ago.

Chii Iik. Seongjin clicked his tongue after checking the smoking and melting railing. She saw the situation and tried to jump down from upstairs onto the guy’s head.

“We must destroy his core, Lord Martha!”

thud! As Seongjin shouted, splitting the leg that was flying sideways at an angle with a nutcracker, Masain shouted from behind, completely cutting off the half-split joint with his sword.

“Do you know where that core is, sir?”

Perhaps he remembered the caterpillar from Diggory Manor and seemed to understand Seongjin’s words right away.

“I put a sheath on the underside of his stomach! Just split it there!”

Unlike Bantra moss larvae, which move from place to place, the nucleus of Pago Nephila is always in the same position.

Masain nodded and aimed his sword. However, they soon looked frustrated, because the spider that had been circling after them had suddenly moved to right above the hole in the floor.

Isn’t this the only way to dig down?

The two quickly stepped back to avoid the claws that came flying at them. This was the first time since the guy appeared that there was a long gap between them.

“Why not split it from the top?”

Masain asks Seongjin, wary of the upper jaw causing strong friction.

“It’s going to be hard. Because the nucleus is close to the bottom of the abdomen. Plus, the outer skin on its back is twice as hard!”

What if Masain’s aura exploded? If that attack had the power to rival Seongjin’s punches in his prime, it might be possible to destroy the core with a slash from the back.

However, Masain seemed to have some limitations in using the Auror Blade, as he had only used it briefly at critical moments.

Also, how can I protect myself from a guy who runs wild like that? However, if you try to cut it from the head and chest from the front, that huge body will not cut all the way to the core in one go.

For now, there seems to be no other way than to just lose strength little by little from the front until the opportunity arises.

Before I knew it, the two people who had been confronting the spider were pushed to the entrance of the Heresy Tribunal building. The floor around him was covered in sticky cobwebs, so it was no longer possible to run around recklessly.

The two spinnerets that are still intact writhe, aiming at them.

Cheeeee. Unusual smoke was also coming out of its tusks. The situation is ready to spout poison at any time.

At that moment, a group of knights wearing white uniforms rushed into the Heresy Tribunal building.

A golden chain and a black sword engraved on the clothes. They are members of the Knights of Saint Marsyas.

“What kind of fuss is this?”

The old man in the lead shouted in a loud voice. Unfortunately, the cry caught the spider’s attention.

It was almost at the same time that the old man finished speaking and the spider fired a large amount of poisonous stings that it had been preparing.

“Avoid everyone!”

As soon as Seongjin could get his hands on it, he quickly pulled the hem of the old man’s clothes and threw himself to the side.

“Aaaah!”

“Aaaah!”

It happened so suddenly that the three Holy Knights who could not avoid the sting melted on the spot in an instant.

The remaining knights who survived were also not unharmed. They were stumbling around with burns from splashes of venom, or were frightened and were taking a step back.

As Seongjin struggled to get up, the elderly knight who had rolled on the floor with him raised his head with a pale face.

His eyes were staring blankly at the knights who had been standing behind him just a moment ago, but who had now turned into a handful of blood and pooled on the floor.

“What the hell is this…” … .”

“Now is not the time to be so lost! “You are the leader, right?”

Seongjin grabbed the nutcracker, pointed it at the spider, and shouted. Now the guy was turning away from them, led by Masain’s inducement.

“If we don’t do something about that monster quickly, the damage will only increase! Quickly order your men! “If you can’t help, at least don’t stand there like an idiot!”

“… Prince Mores… … .”

Only then did the old man, Sir Durand, recognize Seongjin. His eyes suddenly burned with bright blue anger.

“Prince Mores! Well then! “I knew one day you would show your true colors!”

what?

While Seongjin was taken aback by the unexpected reaction, Sir Durand suddenly rushed at him with both hands and grabbed him by the collar.

“What have you done! “What on earth have you done to my men?”

“for a moment… … .”

“Even after doing this! “Do you think that in the holy kingdom of the main lord, you would get away with harming a knight who serves the lord!”

“No, old man! Now is the time… … .”

Seongjin tried to pull his hand away, but the old man’s grip was not very strong.

A strange sparkle flashed in his eyes. Maybe it was because of the shock, but it seemed like he was in no way able to communicate right now.

“You bastard! “What on earth are you planning here in Delcross!”

“what… … !”

Seongjin didn’t even have time to feel puzzled by his excessively blind anger.

“Lowering! Avoid!”

From afar, Masain can be heard screaming like a scream.

At that moment, a stiff spider’s leg flew in from behind and pinned the two people into the wall of the building at the same time.

Kuaaang!

With a shock as if he had been hit by a dump truck moving at full speed, Seongjin’s vision suddenly turned dark.

fantasy,