◈ 143. [STAGE 5] Alpha&Beta (3)
《Do you have nightmares often, Ash?》
While watching the battlefield being finished, Selendion immediately asked.
Looking back, he is still smiling innocently and weakly. despite all of his own men dying.
“… … .”
I do not like it.
However, my role is to delay as long as possible to prevent Selendion from joining the battlefield while his subordinates are annihilated.
I decided to pretend to listen to him wholeheartedly. I don’t know what else you’re talking about.
“nightmare?”
“okay. It’s a nightmare.”
“Is there anyone who doesn’t have nightmares?”
Celendion’s smile deepened.
This bastard, when we first met, he pretended to be expressionless and new. The closer you get to the battlefield, the more relaxed your face becomes.
As if war and death were too good.
It seemed to show the nature of these monsters, so I was honestly a little scared.
“Nightmares reveal the deepest fears within a person. It is to materialize and show what you fear the most.”
I frowned.
Suddenly, he is muttering a psychological story related to dreams.
I want to bring you even a book written by Freud or Jung on Earth, hey.
“But just imagine it. What if that nightmare doesn’t stop as a dream but comes out as a reality?
“… … ?”
《If you crawl out from the other side as a living, breathing monster with a clear reality. If that monster stands in front of you and looks into you.”
Celendion stared intently at the glass in his hand.
《How would you feel?》
“What… … Are you talking nonsense?”
“A nightmare is not just a dream. It is in touch with a deeper source.”
Celendion gulped down the glass at once.
The bottle is already empty, and that is the last one left.
“If you truly have the ambition to annihilate us and save the royalties, then you’d better think about this.”
Is it a question and answer that catches floating clouds? Or is it a hint to help you clear?
I was embarrassed because I didn’t know.
widely!
Selendion, who set the empty wine glass down on the table, bent her red eyes like the moon.
“Come on, little human. Let me ask you again… … Do you often have nightmares?
“… … .”
“What are you most afraid of?”
What am I most afraid of?
Unknowingly, I was lost in thought. that… … .
“I hope it’s not too terrible.”
Selendion slowly turned his gaze towards the wall.
“Whatever it is, if you look too deeply, it will become reality.”
***
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!
The mid-boss fight between Alpha and Beta. Phase 2.
The spirit cores were destroyed and the two fallen vampires rose again with Fallen Blood.
Although they lost their sense of reason, their fighting ability rather doubled.
Alpha poured out a much larger amount of blood magic than before, and Beta doubled in size with her entire body covered in muscles.
Alpha and Beta were squeezing out every last drop of life remaining in their respective sources.
Even if the duration is short, it is natural that the specs go up.
“Hey! Can’t stand this?!”
Quagmire and light!
Evangeline screamed as she managed to dodge the pouring blood magic bombardment by a single difference.
“… … .”
Lucas dodged all of Beta’s axes with cold eyes.
I was able to avoid it, but unlike the first phase, I couldn’t seize the opportunity to counterattack itself.
“Mr. God Hand! body bag! Are you still not ready?!”
Evangeline hopped. The wall she had been stepping on until the very moment was beaten by blood magic and turned to powder.
“It’s getting to the limit! Do something quickly… … Ukiyaaaaagh!”
Kwajik-!
In the end, blood magic mercilessly hit Evangeline, whose evasion had reached its limit.
I received it with my shield, but I couldn’t handle all the impact.
Evangeline, who fell backward, fell into the ruins of the castle wall. bang!
Same with Lucas. it was the limit
fit-
A long line of blood ran down Lucas’ cheek. For the first time today, Beta’s ax blade touched my body.
Pit, Pipi Pit-
Once allowed to attack, it was a breeze after that. Blood lines began to form all over Lucas’ body.
F*ck!
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Lucas’ breastplate was blown to pieces by the axe.
Lucas sprinted backwards, and Beta’s ax shot upwards.
The next attack was about to hit the neck, not the armor.
The very moment Alpha and Beta took one more step toward Evangeline and Lucas cornered.
“That’s true… … .”
Evangeline grinned, with a face full of dirt and scratches.
“It’s terribly difficult to induce. monsters.”
Charleureuk!
A net of silver rose from under Alpha and Beta’s feet.
God Hand collected silver ingots and pulled them out.
Even a metal master who handles metal freely is far from precise craftsmanship.
All that can be produced is a crude form.
However, as long as it takes the form of a net, it can function to restrain vampires.
The body bag relocated and readjusted the net that God Hand pulled out, and at the decisive moment, it bound the enemies.
Kyaaaaa! Kyaaaagh!
Evangeline squealed as she watched the monster struggling in the silver net.
“Why are you so late! You almost died!”
On the other side, I saw God Hand, sweating profusely and controlling his breathing.
God Hand swallowed the water with a tired face.
“This amount of silver ingots… … Huh Eok, it’s not something to make in advance, but to convert it into a net form on the spot. Huh Eok. I mean, it’s not usually a drain… … .”
If you make such a large silver net in advance, the vampire will naturally detect it.
They won’t come close.
It was a trap that could only be used after killing all the rest and waiting for Alpha and Beta to become Fallen Bloods.
So, both the fabrication and installation of the nets had to be done on site.
Kiyaaaaaaa-!
Caught in the net, Alpha and Beta roared and twisted.
Alpha tried to use magic while caught in the net, and Beta tried to break the net with brute force.
Flash!
Fufufufu-!
However, Junior, who approached before that, destroyed Alpha’s magic and inserted his own elemental magic into Alpha’s spiritual core.
Beta’s head, neck, and chest were also pierced with arrows one by one. Damian approached and killed Beta cleanly with 3 consecutive fires.
When the spirit core, which was clearly revealed in the state of being restrained, was beaten, there was no ability to withstand. The two vampires were completely silent.
“Whoa!”
Evangeline stood up in the ruins of the castle wall and brushed the dust off her body.
“Is there any reason to make it so cumbersome… … ?”
Lucas answered in a slightly hoarse voice as he tidied up his disheveled hair on the other side of the castle wall.
“We have to stop their next form change.”
Alpha and Beta originally have 3 phases.
In Fallen Blood state, if you cut more than half of your health, the two will ‘combine’.
And it becomes a monster that fires both Beta’s physical attack and Alpha’s magic attack.
To borrow Ash’s expression, it was ‘a F*cking duo that was beaten until the end’.
However, if you completely bind and kill him through silver like this, you can skip the 3rd phase itself.
‘No, really, how did you understand the behavior patterns of the monsters in such detail?’
Evangeline glanced under the castle wall.
The human commander Ash and the monster lord Celendion were still having a conversation.
… … There is no sense of reality.
The image of Ash having a conversation while drinking alcohol with the Vampire King, who is stronger than any monster he has ever met. There is no sense of reality.
‘Even if that monster lifted his hand, senior would be dead… … .’
There is reason to believe in something, so it must be that way.
Even so, that courage was far beyond the criminal’s understanding.
Looking back, Ash was always like that. There seemed to be no great desire for the protection that a human being should have.
Is it because he is a cold-hearted commander?
Otherwise… … .
“Now, it will be difficult for everyone. Let’s prepare for the final battle.”
Evangeline suddenly came to her senses at Lucas’ words.
After tidying up his hair and fixing his armor, Lucas returned to his usual well-groomed youth.
With a slightly haggard face, Lucas looked back at the party members.
“… … Now is the final showdown.”
***
The battle on the wall is completely over.
《Even Alpha and Beta have collapsed.》
Two of his subordinates died miserably while being caught in a silver net.
Selendion, who was comfortably appreciating the scene as if he were a spectator, even gave a small round of applause.
pair, pair, pair.
《It’s great. Humans.”
“… … .”
I silently glared at the vampire king.
I didn’t like it.
Even though all 999 of his subordinates were exhausted, this monster’s face did not lose its composure. It was inexorably annoying.
“Okay, the introduction was long.”
Celendion looked back at me with a bright smile and stretched out his hand.
“Then shall we start a real war?”
chin!
“What?!”
“Let us go on stage now.”
An intangible force gripped my neck. I gasped, gasping for breath, and my body was lifted into the air.
《Can I escort you, little lamb?》
Having said that, Selendion kicked off the ground and rose up.
Taat-!
It felt like the sky and the earth were turning upside down. I screamed involuntarily.
“What kind of escort is this, you crazy bastard!”
While Selendion climbed the path of ice and corpses, I was dragged into the air, choked by his magic.
It took only a few seconds for him and I to reach the top of the rampart.
The faces of my party members who were watching this way hardened in astonishment.
“what?!”
“Suddenly… … !”
“Lord! are you okay-”
As soon as I reached the top of the castle wall, Selendion threw me away.
Kudangtangtang!
Thrown towards the three archers, I rolled awkwardly on the floor. Ahh!
“majesty!”
“Prince! Are you not hurt?”
Damian, Skull, and Old Girl quickly accepted me. Oh my, it’s the waist… … .
“Manners… … Cool, not as good as it looks! Vampire King!”
I tried to pretend to be calm and smiled as I looked up at Selendion.
“Aren’t our talks still in progress?”
“What is the use of a conversation between a human and a monster? It’s all just pointless speculation. Didn’t you think so too?”
The long fangs stood out on the Vampire King’s boyish face and gleamed.
“Have you been patient for a long time? now… … Can I eat it?”
“… … .”
“It’s to the point where I can’t stand it because I’m hungry.”
Go-oh-!
The air around him shuddered, and the suffocating scent of blood began to vibrate.
Stage 5 boss.
clan lord. Lord of Crimson.
No Life King. Nosferatu. Dracula-
A named monster with dozens of nicknames, the red eyes of the vampire king Selendion radiated a terrifying glow.
chuck! chuck! chuck!
My party members blocked the way of Selendion. A long sneer formed on the lips of the Vampire King.
“I kept thinking while watching your fight. Which of you is the most threatening enemy?”
The boy vampire’s slender fingers pointed at my party members one by one.
“sniper? Wizard? article? You all have potential. but.”
Before long, the fingertips pointed at me.
“You are the most dangerous, Ash.”
“… … !”
《Not only did he lead the front line up to this point, he didn’t go crazy even when he was alone with me, and he maintained his sober mind.》
It’s natural if it’s obvious, but if you’re exposed to the boss monster’s fraud (邪氣) for a long time, normal humans will go crazy. Especially in a 1v1 situation.
But I’m just not affected by the passive skill [Indomitable Commander].
“You resemble the great people I dealt with a long time ago… … . Admit it. You, my king, are dangerous on the way.”
“Thank you for overestimating me, but… … . So, what?”
“So I’ll take your life first.”
Raising his ominous and mysteriously gleaming eyes, Selendion stepped straight toward me.
“Consider it an honor. To be the first meal of the Vampire King’s expedition.”
next moment.
Taat-!
Selendion jumped at me, and all my party members fixed their weapons and charged at Selendion.
Stage 5, which is the final stage in the beginning of <Defend the Empire>.
It was the final showdown.
