Level up with swords (239)
With the annihilation of the Imperial Knights, there were no longer any obstacles standing in the way of the infiltration unit.
As soon as the group passed the third hole, they ran at full speed.
Since this battle was close to an all-out war, any further war of attrition had to be avoided. Destroying the barrier core would not completely neutralize the evil cult, so it was right to first destroy the barrier and call in reinforcements from outside the White Palace.
And within a few minutes, the infiltration unit was able to enter the room at the center of the barrier.
Leon, who entered the building before anyone else, looked around.
“Is this the barrier center of the White Palace?”
“yes.”
Rian, who followed him in, nodded his head.
Their eyes were soon fixed on the same place.
Barrier central room.
Floating in the very center was the magic stone that seemed to be over 3 meters in diameter.
“It’s huge… !”
Even Walter, who hated the Empire and the White Palace, could not help but admire the magnificence of the magic stone.
The power overflowing from the magic stone maintains the function of the entire palace through magic channels divided into hundreds or thousands of branches. It made me wonder if Dragon Heart, the heart of a dragon that can only be found in legends, would have that level of power if it were real.
That is the keystone of the barrier of the White Palace.
The heart that oversees all functions of the White Palace and maintains its driving force, Rian smiled bitterly as he stood before his eyes.
“I never thought I would destroy the White Palace with my own hands.”
Although I had been prepared ever since I participated in the infiltration operation, I had no choice but to lose my composure at this moment.
The glory of the Clyde Empire.
A palace that symbolizes hundreds of years of history and past prosperity.
A place where the emperor reigns.
It was Rian’s role to cut out the heart.
Let’s go!
Walter stabbed his sword lightly, but the force field rippling on the surface of the barrier stone pushed the blade away.
The barrier stone is also a lump of unprecedented power.
It was difficult to break through that repulsive force even with the <Auror Blade>, and even if it was forcefully broken through, there was a possibility that the force would run out of control.
however.
“Chalk, Calem, the rightful prince of Clyde, has arrived.”
Rian cut his palm briefly and spoke while smearing the blood, causing the barrier stone’s force field to melt. No descendant of the royal family remaining in the present era has inherited blood darker than Lian.
Even the Light Emperor Nex.
The primary authority of the security system lies with the emperor, but only pure bloodlines can directly interfere with this barrier ceremony.
After the force field melted in a matter of seconds to make way for him, Lian walked in without much resistance and arrived in front of the barrier stone.
“… father.”
What would the late emperor say if he had seen him now?
Did he rebuke you for destroying the glory of this country? Or would he have scolded me for coming this far and saying there was no time for further hesitation?
I don’t know.
A hesitation that lasted for a few seconds or minutes caught Rian.
Leon, who was watching this from outside the station, frowned. For some reason, an unpleasant feeling remained.
‘Is destroying it really the best option? ‘I can’t think of anything else, but I keep feeling like I have to stop.’
[Hmm, are there not enough clues?]
‘Maybe so. It’s also a bit strange that no defense forces have been deployed here. The White Palace’s barrier is quite a strong point for them, but not a single member of the evil cult’s core strength showed up.’
I don’t know what the result of the alliance between the Light Emperor and the Evil Church was, but the Revolutionary Army and the Fermat Army were not enough, so there was no way they would be stronger than the allied forces joined by the Holy Church.
If all the remaining members of the <Exorcist Demon Bishop> had been summoned, the story might have been very different, but even so, it was strange to leave the barrier center defenseless.
“lee… ”
So Leon opened his mouth, but then swallowed his words because he couldn’t think of a way to persuade the others. It was a hard work to come this far, but he couldn’t say anything as he retreated and left the barrier center alone.
Above all, this suspicion is just a suspicion without any physical evidence, and the tactical goal should not be easily changed based on his intuition.
It was right after that.
Quack!
Lian’s sword struck vertically, splitting the barrier stone into two pieces. There was no power to block the blade, such as the magic stone that had even been torn apart by the force field, so the barrier stone, which had been split in two, rolled around on the floor.
At the same time, the directionless magic disperses.
The mana concentration in the room soared hundreds of times, but it was not enough to have a negative effect on the Aura Master.
The White Palace, which has lost its power source, will soon cease to function.
“It’s my mood… Was it?”
When there was no significant change even after the barrier stone was broken, Leon dismissed his discomfort as a result of his mood.
No, I was trying to ignore it, but-
———-thud!
From somewhere, a heartbeat resounded as if it was striking my soul.
——–thud!
It wasn’t just Leon.
All of the Masters, including Ellahan and Karen, were looking in the same direction with expressions as stern as plaster statues.
It’s scary.
Something with a different level of existence jumped out into reality.
——thud!
A shock wave of salt that repeats like a heartbeat.
It was only the masters who recognized the wave and were shocked. Lian, who was still close to becoming a master, just blinked his eyes in confusion.
El Cid said.
[under! Indeed, the White House was a prison that suppressed that. It seems that the evil cult also realized that they had brought in a monster that they could not handle, so they just put a leash on it and let it sleep forever.]
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‘A monster, how strong is it?’
Because Leon had experienced just how absurd his standards were, his astonishment was bound to be even greater.
[He is at least half a god. Did it really fail?]
‘Demigod level?!’
[Kasim of the current era could try to target Dongguijin, but with the forces gathered around here, there would be no choice. If you fight ten times, you die ten times, if you fight a hundred times, is it worth dying together once or twice?]
Probably 1 or 2 percent.
This means that the limit is not victory but mutual destruction.
Before Leon could question what he said.
—thud!
The monster that fell asleep after being captured by the barrier of the White Palace,
Quaaaaaaaaaaa!
I broke the chains that bound my body and the cage, and set my feet on the earth of the imperial capital, Karelum.
* * *
Meanwhile, the outside of the White Palace was a complete mess.
10,000 soldiers have their bodies taken over by evil spirits and thrust their spears at our allies, while the rest hesitate and die because they cannot decide whether to subdue them or kill them.
Moreover, the “possessed” soldiers had no limits to their physical abilities, so they committed violence without caring whether their bodies were broken or not.
It was a power that ordinary soldiers, not Auror users, could not handle.
The knights quickly tried to reorganize their formation, but it was difficult to calm the panicked army in a short period of time.
and.
“I’m dying!!”
Adela broke through the poisonous fog with her bare body and threw out two swords.
Tremolo
Duet of Palm
Shock waves of material collapse pour out one after another.
Morse didn’t have the confidence to handle that with his regenerative power, so he struck the ground beneath his feet with his tentacle and used the recoil to push his body away.
As the ground shatters, dust rises.
Adela predicted the guy’s response and delivered a follow-up blow.
Staccato
Solo of Finger
A stab like a flash of light!
The light emitted from her index finger instantly pierced Morse’s heart without giving him time to do anything.
Oui focuses on penetration and speed.
There was absolutely no similarity to the “Tremolo” or “Vibrato” that had been shown several times before. Her skills were to outwit her enemies and survive even after clashing with her.
“Whoops, you took a hit. “I thought you would charge like a wild boar.”
Despite having a hole the size of a coin in his heart, Morse stumbled once and regained his balance.
Soon, Adela shouted with a shit-chewing face.
“hey! Honestly, if your heart and brain are shattered, you should die, so why live and shake your head?! Even if you sell your conscience, there has to be some degree to it, f*ck you! “The fight is so f*cking messy!”
“That’s high praise.”
“Did you put an orc X in your ear hole!?”
Adela bowed down again, swearing at her relaxed attitude. Because of her small size, the ground was always close to her.
It runs as if grazing the ground.
Adela’s body quickly accelerated and surpassed Morse’s visual acuity due to the technique of minimizing air resistance and the height difference due to her body shape.
The nickname of <Maeng Jin> is the same.
Running straight forward like a wild boar, that is a fighting method suited to this young-looking cardinal.
Vibrato
Quintet of Fist
Destroy anything.
With that powerful force, the bundle of tentacles summoned by Morse explodes, and the shell and thorns of unknown material are crushed.
As far as physical power is concerned, it is equally powerful as Necator!
Even Morse, who had used up all his saved strength, was at his limit to save his life in the face of Adela’s sprint.
Phew!
The impact, which passed by at a narrow interval of half a beat, tore off one of Morse’s arms.
The arm, which had been torn from the shoulder, was splattered with black blood.
Adela saw that and smiled fiercely.
“Next is the neck. “If crushing the brain won’t kill you, crushing every last piece of flesh will do anything.”
“It’s scary. “I don’t want to die here.”
“It’s up to me, not up to you?”
Then Morse shook his head and said no.
“It was close. The fight with you ends here. “I thought one of them would die, but my expectations were exceeded.”
“Are you planning on taking it out again?”
“Take it easy. “It will start soon.”
“What on earth is starting—!”
It was that moment.
The White Palace’s barrier stopped, and a monster sleeping in the depths of the palace opened its eyes.
——thud!
A terrifying presence struck a radius of several kilometers.
Because low-level beings cannot even perceive it, only a few masters felt it.
Adela’s hair stood on end.
Die.
Against this, you can’t even hope to win even a penny.
Adela instinctively sensed the gap and screamed.
“이 개새끼가! What the hell did you call out to me! Could it be that you have summoned a demon lord!?”
“That is indeed true. “In order to properly summon the Demon King, you need to make an offering of about four eclipses.”
Morse calmly explained that there simply wasn’t enough living sacrifice.
“Goddess Boar, do you know the concept of ‘spirit world’?”
“… Are you talking about a world in the outer dimension that can only exist in the form of a soul?”
“That’s accurate. “I requested a contract from the ruler of the spirit world and granted favor to the child I taught.”
“Grace is a mess, it’s a damn curse.”
Morse ignored Adela’s words and continued muttering.
“The child you call the ‘Light Emperor’, Nex, had the potential to become a saint. The seed of a great monarch who wanted to change a world where the direction of life is fixed by lineage and background. So I suggested a way to achieve his ideal.”
A world where everyone can enjoy life equally.
To build that utopia, all that was necessary was to unite all the lives divided into tens of thousands into one.
This does not mean reducing their numbers by killing them.
It literally meant ‘becoming one’.
“I ask you just one thing. “Where did the hundreds of thousands of souls of the citizens who lived in the ecliptic Karelum go?”
Adela twitched her eyebrows at the mocking question.
“Your modifications are always the same. “Wasn’t it used as a living sacrifice?”
“no. “Except for what I used when dealing with the ruler of the spirit world, I gave everything else to Nex.”
“… … what?”
Adela’s eyes widened.
She was intelligent.
Because he had lived for a long time, his experience and insight far surpassed that of other people. So he realized that ‘it’s easier not to know’.
Morse also saw through it and smiled grimly.
“Hehehe, I guess you understand.”
“this… “You bastard!”
Adela, whose patience had completely run out, rushed at her as if running wild, but Morse, who had anticipated that reaction, had already begun space transference.
Adela pierced the air just a few seconds apart. Also, in her space where her Morse disappeared, only her bastard’s voice remained, scattering her malice as if teasing her.
[With the souls of 500,000 imperial subjects as part of itself, Nex reached the next realm. I am casting off my mortal body and looking to the seat of transcendence, where I can interfere with the world even in my spiritual form.]
The power bestowed by the ruler of the spirit world, the Great Law of Divorce, absorbed all the subjects of the imperial capital who became living sacrifices. Nex, who obtained the potential, energy, and causality of hundreds of thousands of souls, was reborn as a being that could no longer be considered mortal.
Nevertheless, he could not become a god.
A few hundred thousand is simply not enough.
In order to become a god who rules a dimension, it was necessary to eat at least half of it.
[Bless! The birth of a new king! See the first steps of a transcendent person who can become a god!]
Adela listened to those extremely unpleasant remarks and saw something rising from inside the White Palace.
Breaking through the ground floor, breaking through the ceiling.
A vortex of soul soaring beyond the clouds.
“Oh, goddess… .”
Even Adela felt dizzy from the stench of a soul that had rotted so deeply that it made her feel nauseous. Something like this shouldn’t exist. The monster that had broken the rules of circulation and taken away the most precious right of life was proudly showing off its size.
At the boundary between matter and soul, a giant made of ectoplasm looked down on the humans on the ground as if he looked down on ants.
With its completion, Morse cried out.
[〈Death King〉Nex has come to this land!]
This was the birth of Nex, the demi-god created by the evil cult.
