#138
The Immortal King’s Movement (2)
Not all of the powerful figures in the conference room, whether they participated as representatives or followed as escorts, participated in the battle.
For example, the master of the empire had no choice but to step forward due to the country’s prestige, but the archmage who was with him stayed back under the pretext of protecting the crown prince.
And among those who do not get involved in the fight and just watch…
“Ugh— I guess I should join in too. If they get hit anyway, this will be the end for me too. Oh, but since Lapori-sama asked me to take care of this place···”
Cecily Grandwood, a new high elf from Elven Kingdom, was also present.
Having become a high elf, she had been growing stronger quickly, to the point where she had recently evolved her water elemental to the highest level, but she was still not very good at handling it due to the lack of time.
Lapory also knew that, so he sent her to the barrier, asking the other elves to take care of it, and went forward alone.
Kwarrrrung!
Whioo—
There are three highest-level spirits summoned by Lapori.
Intense golden lightning struck the bodies of dark demons, and the raging storm kept the liches from interfering with the fight.
[Keuheuh— How dare a spirit like you! I will crush you with fear!]
Dread Phantom Pagos unleashed a thick wave of fear from its entire body, which was covered in the abyss of the Undead King, but it failed to penetrate the defenses of the earth elemental and collapsed in vain.
‘As expected, Lapori is amazing.’
As pure beings, spirits are vulnerable to contamination, so special care must be taken when dealing with such high-level undead.
The compatibility was so bad that even just making contact would have a negative effect.
Isn’t there even an immortal king, the pinnacle of the undead, in this battlefield?
This wasn’t a big problem for Lapory, a veteran spirit master, but it was a different story for her, who was still inexperienced despite being a high-level spirit master.
‘If I got involved, it would be more likely to be a nuisance to you, Lapori. … That’s probably why you pushed me back.’
And his daughter, Shapiron, was also looking at him with concern.
‘dad···.’
Of course, since she only had access to intermediate spirits, it wasn’t something she could worry about, but how many children would feel at ease when their father was in a dangerous battlefield?
I just hoped for a safe return.
But when they were like that and couldn’t do anything and just stamped their feet.
In the meantime, there was someone who was preparing something with a calm expression—.
“Huh? Harris? What are you doing? Are you planning on getting in there?”
“Huh? What did Mr. Harris do?”
Harris took the silver thread out of his pocket and fastened it tightly to his bow, Themis, and looked around.
He didn’t change his expression at all at the surprised gazes of those around him, and answered in his usual soft voice.
“Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just···.”
Tung—
A deep, vibrating sound resonates from a slightly plucked bowstring.
As expected from a luxury brand, the sound was different.
“I was thinking of shooting an arrow or something.”
“···yes?”
Harris smiled at the absurd gaze and slowly walked out of the barrier.
With a calm expression, as if going out for a walk.
***
Kaaaaang—!
The sword that was thrust forward while wrapped in a blue aura bounced off a two-handed sword that was covered in black energy.
The knight who had swung the sword tried to quickly collect it.
The large blade cut into his weak point with a nimble movement that was unusual for its size.
Phew!
A two-handed sword that passes through the knight’s upper body.
Those who had been fighting beside him tried to stop the follow-up attack, but it was already too late.
“Cough!”
As the sword imbued with black magic mercilessly cut through his neck, the knight eventually died on the spot before help could arrive.
“Sir Turkan!”
“Tsk tsk! This monster!”
Karam, who was faced with humans rushing at him in anger, slowly looked around again to check the personal information of the people around him.
‘The Imperial Crown Prince’s knight, Kaien Turkan, has been dealt with. Then, the next prey is…’
He immediately headed towards the next ‘killable opponent’ based on the information he received from the Immortal King in real time.
I don’t know what criteria were used to determine the list of victims, but the details weren’t particularly important to him.
‘I am the King’s sword. I simply follow His commands. The King must have some grand intentions.’
Kkwaduk—!
Again his two-handed sword cut through the thick armor of the paladin blocking his way.
However, interest is not permitted.
Karam exchanged weapons with those rushing to save the paladin, and watched the wounded being carried back, while he looked around.
‘But it’s stronger than I thought. How many layers of sacred barriers did you put together? Normally, you should be able to cut it easily.’
In fact, it was not just that he did not kill the target, but he also did not treat it as a non-lethal target or attack it gently.
It was not only that his power was not fully exerted due to the barrier, but the defensive effect on the opponent was more than imagined.
‘It’s a little difficult because of the barrier, but I can still hold out. …There he is. Peyton, the current mercenary king’s right-hand man.’
He flashed his eyes and roughly parried the attacks of those rushing at him, then rushed at someone who was just stalling for time while fighting off a Death Knight from behind.
“Ugh! Why me all of a sudden!”
By the order of the Immortal King.
To instill maximum fear in those here.
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And of course, Karam wasn’t the only one who received such a strange order.
***
As the fighting intensified, undead were destroyed everywhere, causing many casualties and deaths.
The Immortal Army was harvesting lives one by one with a terrifying momentum, even though the sacred barrier was in full effect.
Of course, the deceased were people who had already been investigated through the list that Heinrich had obtained in advance.
Even in a world where the caste system is rampant, these guys were so vicious that it was considered excessive.
‘The current mercenary king, Kanbul, is the ringleader who colluded with high-ranking officials from each country to sell civilians into slavery. The Jushin Church could not come forward directly because there was no evidence···.’
At that time, Heinrich, with the help of several strong men, charged at Hans again.
He scattered black flashes of light in all directions as if to keep an eye on his surroundings.
Kwakwakwakwang!
The strong ones who urgently block the attack.
However, ‘coincidentally’ one of the rays that stretched out with a particularly strong aura ignored the defense of the mercenary king, Kanbul, and passed through his body.
“Keuh-euk!”
He was mortally wounded and fell down, spitting out black blood, but thanks to the sacred barrier, he did not die instantly.
The priests, including the saint, tried to treat him urgently, but…
Kuung—
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, Heinrich was thrown far away, and the Immortal King, temporarily freed by this, went on a rampage, leaving him without any time to pay attention to him.
And when Heinrich, who had rejoined the battlefield, barely managed to get the situation under control, Kanbul had already been impaled by a shadow rising from the ground and died.
‘Actually, there are more people out there that need to be dealt with.’
Harris, who had been observing the scene from afar, turned his head slightly and looked at those hiding in the barrier.
He stared blankly at Crown Prince Simon, who had been furious since the death of the knight who had been following him as his escort, then shook his head, licking his lips.
That barrier took a lot of work to build, so it would take a lot of effort to break it, and even if it was done, the damage to others would inevitably become uncontrollable.
‘There’s nothing we can do. For now, we have no choice but to be satisfied with those on the battlefield.’
The main target now was those who, like the mercenary king who had just died, were unable to leave because of their pride and had participated in the war without thinking.
Of course, even if we do this, it is inevitable that there will be people who feel uncomfortable and think that something is wrong···.
‘What does it matter? So what are you going to do?’
Who would dare imagine that the Immortal King and the warrior would side with each other and create a list of people to kill and choose their targets?
‘No, that’s not possible since everything that’s happened up until now is known to be the work of the Immortal King.’
What kind of selection is this when the number of victims that have occurred on the continent is impossible to even estimate?
Of course, you will worry until your hair falls out, thinking that there must be some trick to it, but even so, the result will only be a coincidence.
‘But it’s not good if it feels too unnatural, so I guess I should end it here.’
Now that I had come up with a decent ending, all I had to do was perform it on stage.
“···Harris! Let’s go back now! This place is like ours···.”
“That’s right, Mr. Harris! I know you’re great, but this is only a place for a mid-level spirit master…”
There was a commotion on both sides of Harris.
Those who followed him out of concern as he left the barrier.
Although it was a little annoying, he was grateful for the thought, so he smiled brightly and answered calmly.
“I have the idea. If you just block the shockwave like you are doing now, I will take care of the rest.”
“···No, how can you be so calm when you don’t know when they’ll attack us! What on earth are you going to do!”
Of course, even if we are out here defenselessly, they won’t attack us.
Because I told you so.
“Phew—.”
Harris exhaled slowly, raised his bow, and aimed it forward.
And before leaving the enamel continent, he recalled the last blow he had fired, and slowly formed an arrow.
The energy in all directions was unstable and fluctuating as black magic and divine power were intertwined.
The World Tree was a being that acted as a filter for this world, and its power, although small, was also present in the “Child of the World Tree.”
Woohoo—
The surrounding energy was sucked into him and compressed into the arrow.
At the same time, the spirits he contracted with appear around him.
Crackle! Crackle!
Wheezing! Woohoo—
His lovely spirits began to empower the arrows.
I couldn’t let the spirits directly inhabit the arrows as they could become contaminated, but that couldn’t be helped, so I had no choice but to do it this way.
‘Actually, it’s a bit unlikely that she’s a mid-level spirit. But I’ll figure out how to do that with the scenario…’
But then.
Harris, who had been grumbling inwardly, stopped for a moment.
A heterogeneous, yet somehow warm atmosphere.
It started from the tip of my toes and reached the crown of my head in an instant.
‘ah?’
A feeling as if something that had been blocked at the tip of my head is about to burst open.
And, he soon realized.
《The individual grows by achieving the conditions. The special skill “Child of the World Tree” evolves into “Child of the World Tree.”》
‘···This is what it felt like.’
Harris.
I have achieved the ‘conditions’ to become a high elf.
‘No, what did I do? … Of course I’m planning to do it soon. You didn’t pay me in advance, did you?’
He closed his eyes, recalling his senses that had changed subtly.
There wasn’t a dramatic change, as they weren’t officially converted to high elves, but there was clearly an increase in the limitations of what they could do compared to before.
Anyway, this satisfied the probability that was a little lacking.
“Huh? Mr. Harris…? You, no way!”
Cecily, who was right next to him, looked back at him with wide eyes as if she had realized something.
She seemed to sense that he was qualified at the moment, as she was a high elf, but Shapiron was equally surprised, as he could not tell.
That’s understandable, because a noticeable change was taking place right before our eyes.
“Harris! The spirit suddenly···?”
Phage crackle—!
The moment I became qualified as a High Elf and acquired the “World Tree’s Elite” status, my natural power and affinity suddenly increased and affected my “Spiritual Magic”.
And the first thing that was affected by it was…
“watt.”
Phagec!
Lightning Spirit Watt.
His first partner finally made it past intermediate level to advanced level.
The other spirits haven’t evolved to the point where they’ve become stronger, but they’ve definitely gotten stronger than before.
“···This means that the World Tree also supports Mr. Harris. Do whatever you want. Until then, I will do my best to protect you.”
Cecily nodded with a solemn expression and looked ahead.
Shapiron, who was also swept up in the atmosphere, began to look around cautiously with a stiff expression.
‘Um… well, I guess it doesn’t matter.’
Harris shrugged his shoulders slightly, refocused, and continued with the process he had been preparing.
From Themis and the bracelet made from the branches of the World Tree, a deeper natural power that he would not have been able to handle originally surged forth.
The increasingly compressed arrows and the power of the spirits contained within them.
He held the arrowhead, which was slowly being completed, and took aim at the target quietly.
Kurururung—!
The Immortal King and the warrior clashed fiercely again, sending shockwaves spreading in all directions.
The shock swept through the surroundings and reached where Harris was.
swaying—
The highest level water spirit summoned by Cecily easily neutralized it, so they suffered no damage at all.
‘Just a little more···.’
Aura surged from the body of the warrior, Heinrich, and the sword of light in his hand suddenly grew several times larger.
“Put your pressure—!”
Immediately afterwards, a huge crescent-shaped sword energy shot out from the holy sword swinging in the air.
The blade of divine light cut through the ominous shadows blocking his path and opened the way to the Immortal King.
“Saint!”
With perfect timing, accompanied by the assistance of the saint and the cardinal, Heinrich ran down the road like a whirlwind.
Boom!
The dark magic of the Immortal King and the divine power of the warrior clash.
The shock wave explodes again.
Swords and magic crossed, and holy law and black magic clashed.
Meanwhile, thoughts slowly accelerate and the world slows down.
Time passes, shared only by Hans, Heinrich, and Harris.
There is no need to exchange glances or gestures.
Just move naturally as one body.
Hans twisted his body slightly during the fierce fight.
In response, Heinrich’s sword swung, adjusting its course in real time, and Hans responded by using his black magic.
As if in delicate collaboration, the two entities exchanged blows to weave together a single result.
And finally.
When the hero’s desperate blow was blocked by the Immortal King’s magical barrier, it still left a large crack.
Nevertheless, the moment the overflowing black magic power restored it in the blink of an eye.
An arrow that had been quietly waiting for its right moment was fired.
The silent beam of light shot out without a sound and stretched out in a straight line.
Sweeping through the magical fragments scattered everywhere in the aftermath of the collision.
Digging into a crack that was barely big enough to fit a finger through, that hadn’t been repaired yet—.
Crunch—
Kwaaang—!
It landed in a gap that could never have existed under normal circumstances, a ‘could not exist’ gap.
