#323. Time for Bloody Battle (2)
“What, what the heck is this… … .”
Hernus, who was adjusting the gap in space-time, said in disbelief.
“The Commander Sword King suddenly descended. How could this happen… … .”
“It is not impossible in theory.”
Yosteras said, staring into the rift in space and time.
“It seems that the spirit of the Commander Sword King flowed out from there.”
“Huh, in the Astral Plane?”
“Human souls also flow into the Astral Plane. Ordinary human souls would simply disappear or turn into monsters like worms, but the soul of the Commander Sword King would be able to endure.”
“But it’s been over two thousand years since the death of the Commander Sword King. Even if he is the Commander Sword King, it’s hard to endure for that long… .”
“Have you forgotten? The Astral Plane is a place where there is no concept of time.”
“… … !”
It was an ironic story.
It was because Yosteras and Hernus opened a rift in space and time that the Commander Sword King was able to appear here.
“Yosteras.”
A deep voice flowed from the Commander Sword King.
“It seems they obtained my remains and are studying them in various ways.”
“Commander Sword King… … .”
“If you had buried my remains properly and made an offering to them, I might have been helping you by now because of my fateful relationship with you.”
The blue eyes of the Commander Sword King shone inside the helmet made of bone.
“But I came here because of my connection with Yeonja. Together with Yeonja… … I will crush your ambitions.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Yosteras glared at the Commander Sword King.
“Is the Commander Sword King, the strongest necromancer and dark swordsman in human history, standing in my way?”
“… … .”
“But, Commander Sword King.”
He slowly raised his sword.
“You are not the living Sword Commander.”
“… … .”
“You are just an undead monster made from a soul that was sleeping in the Astral Plane, bones called from the past, and miscellaneous pieces of flesh that have nothing to do with you.”
There is no need to fear unless you are the living Commander of the Sword.
“Yeah, that’s what you think.”
A cold voice came from the Commander Sword King.
“Then… … Yeonja-yeo.”
“Commander Sword King… … .”
“I’ll take care of Yosterras. You go over there and stop that woman and close the door of time and space.”
The Commander-in-Chief entrusted Hernus to Eriol.
He decided to face Yosterras alone.
“okay.”
Eriol answered shortly.
I accepted the Commander’s offer without asking any questions.
I could tell there was great trust between them.
‘How on earth can such trust be established between a wizard and a dragon soldier?’
Yosteras approached Eriol with one of his clones, feeling doubtful.
Because we must not allow Eriol to interfere with Hernus.
“Stop.”
“… … !”
However, the clone that was headed towards Eriol was blocked by the Commander Sword King.
“I will take care of you.”
“Do you think you can do it alone?”
“Would you like to try it?”
“… … .”
Yosteras moved two bodies simultaneously.
One was to face the Commander Sword King, while the other was to bypass him and rush towards Eriol.
Then, the Commander Sword King suddenly threw the demon sword into the sky.
“Do not underestimate my dark sword, Yosteras.”
“… … !”
Pfft!
The magic sword that flew around the dark aura struck the clone that was aiming for Eriol.
‘Can you control the sword remotely at will?!’
And the Commander Sword King swung his huge arm and deflected the sword of the clone that was rushing at him.
He was wearing armor made of bones, and the bone fragments were sharp and protruding, making his entire body a weapon.
“Ugh… … !”
Kuung!
I tried to block the attack of the Commander Sword King, but Yosteras was pushed back.
The situation was completely opposite to when Eriol was attacked earlier.
‘The attack is… heavy!’
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If it weren’t for Yosteras, my arm would have been broken.
It’s crazy to take such an attack head-on.
“Call in your clone too. Don’t aim for Eriol.”
“… … !”
Although it was a blow to his pride, Yosteras mobilized both clones and began attacking the Commander of Swords.
The Commander Sword King took up the demon sword again and faced the attacks from both sides.
“Put pressure… … !”
Yosteras showed off his skills with a shout.
It was a full-fledged swordsmanship that I hadn’t used when fighting Eriol earlier.
In his prime, he used swordsmanship in two directions simultaneously, rivaling that of the Sword Saint Julius of the Artian family.
“hmm.”
Kookung! Boom!
The Commander Sword King defended against the attacks that unfolded simultaneously.
One with a magic sword, the other with a forearm imbued with black energy.
‘Can bone armor be strengthened in the same way as the dark sword?’
Yosteras felt surprised.
This is the first time I’ve seen such power displayed.
‘then……!’
Here, Yosteras increased the number of clones.
From two to four, from four to eight, from eight to sixteen… … .
“There are a lot of numbers.”
The Commander-in-Chief muttered as he was surrounded by the sixteen Yosteras.
“This is a wonderful clone magic. It would be difficult for the human brain to process, but it looks like you have been training for a long time.”
Yosteras did not respond.
Because controlling sixteen clones at the same time is not an easy task even for Yosteras.
“Then I too must fight with all my might.”
At that moment.
A dark aura emanated from the Commander Sword King.
The energy condensed in the Astral Plane and became a sword.
No, it wasn’t just one.
Two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two… … .
“… … !”
If you include the demon sword that the Commander Sword King holds in his hand, there are thirty-three swords in total.
The sight of him controlling so many dark swords at the same time was worthy of his nickname, the King of Swords.
“Come at me, Yosteras.”
“haha…….”
I found myself laughing without realizing it.
I never thought I would encounter such a formidable enemy in the final stages of my plan.
But I wasn’t angry.
Rather than that… … the excitement was stronger.
“I will do my best to defeat you, Commander Sword King!”
All sixteen clones moved as they felt countless dark swords rushing towards them.
They deployed different techniques and surrounded the Commander Sword King with a lethal net.
* * *
“Professor Hernus!”
“… … !”
He rushed at Hernus, who was adjusting the gap in space and time.
Until now, Yosteras had prevented them from approaching, but now it was possible to attack directly.
“Eriol… … !”
Hernus was wearing armor with a texture like insect shell.
I don’t know what effect it has, but it will probably provide significant defensive power.
‘Jupiter Judgement!’
To catch them off guard, he dropped lightning from the sky.
However, it did not cause much damage to Hernus.
Because the thunderbolt failed to shock Hernus and flowed down to the ground.
‘Is this the effect of that armor-like protective suit?’
Hernus is the head of the production and department.
It wouldn’t be strange if an ordinary wizard possessed a high-performance protective suit that he couldn’t even dream of.
“If I had known you would cause such trouble here, I would have taken you out then!”
“Is it by any chance Professor Hernus who manipulated the U-Plane assistant in the electronics department?”
In the first semester, there was a time when Assistant Professor Euplane, who had a grudge against me, attacked me after strengthening his magic with a strange artifact.
“It was just a test of your skills. I thought you might be a useful tool for us someday.”
“You want to use me as a hunting dog to take Uncle Kaisel’s place?”
“We could have taken you as a colleague who shares our same views.”
Hernus’ armor began to transform.
Something like a gun barrel that fires magical bullets spread across his body.
‘It seems like your fighting style relies on the abilities of the equipment you’re equipped with.’
‘Yeah, but… … .’
Just a moment ago, Hernus survived a direct hit from Jupiter’s Judgement.
That means the defense is excellent.
‘But I can get through it.’
Just before the magical bullets were fired from Hernus’ body.
The Levatein system has been activated.
‘Levatein Strike.’
Kwaaang!
A spear of flame fired from close range.
A penetrating magic that broke through all defenses was struck at Hernus.
‘Pierce through!’
Hernus’ armor had a powerful defensive spell applied to it, but it was useless.
The spear of flame dug in, burning away all the combined structures of the defensive spell… … and creating a large hole in Hernus’s torso.
“uh……?”
Hernus looked taken aback.
I never thought a student like me would be taken advantage of so easily.
“Nonsense, no… … .”
Boom!
The entire armor exploded.
The flames spreading from the torso would have set off flammable materials inside the armor.
Hernus died in an explosion without even being able to scream properly.
“For all the evil you have done… … let this be the price you pay for it.”
Hernus was no longer of interest to me.
The gates of space and time had to be closed to prevent the red moon from coming.
‘Edelweiss, what should I do?’
‘This is a singularity where the boundaries of space and time can easily collapse. If you touch it carelessly, the door will grow even bigger.’
I heard Edelweiss’ calm voice inside me.
‘I will deploy the lockdown technique. It will disable the Draupnir system. Is that okay with you?’
‘Please.’
From what I heard from Edelweiss, it seems that you can’t use magic while the Draupnir system is activated.
Because he has handed over all of his magical processing abilities to me.
‘Yes. I will disable the Draupnir system.’
I felt the edelweiss coming out of me.
And then the image of Edelweiss appeared before my eyes.
“Then I ask you, Edelweiss.”
“Yes, Master.”
I turned my head and left it to Edelweiss.
Because I had to defeat Yosteras together with the Commander Sword King.
‘Is the Commander Sword King superior?’
It seemed as if Yosteras had created a dozen clones, but they were falling one after another to the mighty dark sword of the Commander Sword King.
‘Deathweiss… …was originally that strong.’
I realized anew how much of a great person I was treating as a dragon’s fan.
‘Since the Draupnir system has been deactivated, the Levatein system cannot be used. However, normal magic cannot penetrate the defensive magic that Dean Yosteras has deployed throughout his body… … .’
With that in mind, I composed a ritual to help the Commander Sword King.
* * *
The sword of Yosteras and the dark sword clashed countless times.
Sometimes the sword of Yosteras was pushed out, and sometimes the dark sword was destroyed.
If the number of swords had been the same, the match would have been close.
However, the number of dark swords controlled by the Commander Sword King was much greater than that of Yosteras.
“Ugh!”
Yosteras’ clones were fatally wounded one by one.
As soon as the limbs were cut off, a hole was made in the neck or heart.
The swordsmanship of the Commander Sword King was a bloody murder sword.
“There’s not much left.”
“… … !”
Crunch! Crunch!
The number of clones that used to be sixteen had already been reduced to less than half.
But Yosteras did not think he would be defeated.
Because I had already planned out the recipe.
‘I’ve been researching the undead a lot for a while now!’
Now Yosteras was preparing a radiance purification spell.
It is a magic similar to the Sacred Caliber recently developed by Kaisel in the Principle Department, but it is not specifically based on that magic.
It just turned out similar because I was improvising a recipe to definitely defeat the Commander Sword King.
‘Even the Commander Sword King is eventually an undead… … He has no choice but to collapse from the purifying energy!’
Creates a lightsaber that is deadly to the undead by compressing the purifying energy from photons to the extreme.
If Yosteras’ calculations were right, he should be able to silence the Commander Sword King with one blow.
‘so……!’
Yosteras sent his clones charging at the Commander of Swords.
However, except for one clone that could fatally wound the Commander Sword King with a light sword, they were all just bait.
“Put pressure… … !”
The clones launched fierce attacks on the Commander Sword King, each using different techniques.
While the Commander Sword King defeats them one by one with the Dark Sword, he deploys the Light Sword to attack the gap.
‘This is the end… …!’
The moment I was about to unfold the completed technique while roaring in my mind.
A powerful gravity pulled my whole body.
“… … ?!”
Of course, Yosterras’s ability can easily overcome this level of gravity.
But as I was preparing to exploit the slightest weakness of the Commander Sword King… … my timing was completely off.
‘Eriol Valencia, you… …!’
Eriol, who had subdued Hernus, was raising his hand towards this side.
Knowing that weak attack magic would not be able to harm Yosteras, he used gravity magic to disrupt it for a very short time.
“ah…….”
And even for a short time… … it was enough for the Commander Sword King to swing his sword.
“It’s over, Yosteras.”
The Demon Sword of the Commander Sword King, which had defeated all the remaining clones, fell towards the head of Yosteras, the last remaining one.
