Chapter 89_ Undefeated King (5)

'He can use it?'

Lexus doubt it. The legendary death knights are limited to basic skills since they were weak compared to his prime. From what he knew in the novel, 200,000 Army Swordsmanship should be the current limit of Death Knight Madra.

However...

Madra' long sword pierced through the storm of sword energy and struck Lexus in the chest. Lexus ignored his super sensitivity warning to avoid it. He fixed his feet that were trying to withdraw like a rabbit.

"Death Sword!"

The sword energies overlapped one after another. Horizontally and vertically—the sword energies seemed to form iron bars that blocked all escape routes and would shatter the being in its path. It was a light that erased everything it touched without a trace.

In terms of power, the Undefeated King's Swordsmanship was the strongest. Ordinary beings couldn't withstand this power.

Revolving Counter.

His circular sword swallowed Madra's explosive attack and returned it. The purple aura that should've turned Lexus into a corpse struck Madra instead.

[You have dealt 30,000,000 damage to the target!]

'What did you do…?'

Thanks to the attack, Lexus was able to see a shocked expression on Madra's face.

[Fifth Form: Revolving Counter]

[Reflect all attacks and aim them back at the enemy, but with more than triple the power; therefore, the stronger the opponent's powers are, the stronger the counterattack becomes.

Reflects 350% of all attacks within 1.2 seconds of being cast.

Skill Resource Consumption: 400,000 mana, 400 sword energy.

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 minutes.]

It was the strongest counterattack. The power greatly surpassed Pagma's Sword Dance— Revolve and unlike Revolve, it was possible to cast it immediately without needing footwork. Strictly speaking, it was a counterattack that exceeded Revolve.

As Lexus took the advantage between the clash of the two Undefeated King, the epic was concluded.

[An unknown person has completed the second page of the epic!]

[Your status has risen to the next level with the completion of the epic.]

At this moment, Ciel took advantage of the completed epic to make her master reach the realm of the myths. Something that Lexus had put off for a long time.

[Your legendary classes, Undefeated King's Successor, Pagma's Successor, Sword Saint... don't bear the existence of you.]

[Your class will be reconfigured to Undefeated King. The king that was never defeated and the king that harvests death. You have inherited all existing class attributes.]

[The myth class effect has doubled your health, mana, and sword energy.]

[The total number of stat points gained when your level rises is increased to 30.]

[The title 'One who Became a Legend' will be changed to 'One Who Became a Myth.']

[As a Myth, legendary skills and below no longer fit your status. Rapid growth is adviced.]

True transcendence—only a few dozen people had reached it in this game's worldview, and Lexus set foot in this absolute level. High ranking great demons and dragons, unrevealed transcendents and heavenly gods... he had become a being that transcended all concepts in the world.

Once again, it was a new world that Lexus had never experienced before. Euphoria. It could be described like that. He could be sure that his adventures for the last year hadn't been for nothing. He was incomparably stronger than before.

His five senses became more detailed as well. There was nothing he couldn't feel around him. He felt a strange emotion as his two dragon eyes opened.

Fire around him soared high enough to reach the clouds. As if showing off his stronger power, Lexus didn't hide any of it. The aura of a dragon and the energy of death combined in the air, filling the entire Behen Archipelago.

This was the greatest show of power for Lexus. It was on a different level than what he showed just a minute ago. A thick smile formed on his lips.

While Lexus was feeling omniscient, figures rose from his shadow like they were protecting him. Lantier, Giz, Kruger, Povia, Igris to his right and appeared with their weapons while Ainz to his left, and Mumud flew in the air, unleashing thousands of magic spells.

The death legion of legendary figures spread out. Unlike the case when they were too feeble, with their master reaching the myths, they would be able to use their full strength.

Boom!

The island became a mess after some time.

However, even after death, Madra is a genius. He introduced a new swordsmanship that reinterpreted the swordsmanship of Lexus.

It was a swordsmanship deviced based on his experience of fighting Lexus. He recalled the traces of the sword left on his body. He recalled Lexus's swordsmanship, which he couldn't stop or avoid. Then he recreated it in a new manner based on the sword slashes carved on his skeletal body.

Quite literally, in the blink of an eye! Madra arrived before the group of undead. He twisted his body in mid-air. The aura of the death knight from his shoulder and the arm cocked rearward ballooned up.

His target was Death Knight Povia however, the legends in front of him weren't pushovers either.

[Gis is mining. Gis is invincible when mining and anyone can't cause any damage.]

At that moment, Gis successfully defended Povia by swinging his pickaxe. The legendary miner Gis was invincible when mining. Thanks to that, the arrows precisely pierced Madra's chest.

"Tch, I thought these things were just a simple illusion."

Madra pondered. He hadn't anticipated that Lexus would be able to create the death knights from the remnants of the past legends and control them. He quickly recovered his composure, though.

He wasn't overly surprised because Pagma, Baal's Contractor, had already carried out this action.

Swaeek!

Puuoooook!

While Alex shot Madra with the sniper rifle, Povia's arrows rained down from the sky like rain. Moreover, a pointed needle aimed at Madra. It's battle-specialized acupuncture that drives people to death. As a legendary tailor, Kruger is a master of sewing. He uses the needle very well. He uses an unusual technique where he accurately stabs a needle to overwhelm his opponent.

"This... seems intriguing."

Madra spoke. He was facing several opponents including the swords controlled by Ciel and thirty golden red hands are attacking him at the same time.

Just then, the intuition of the fabled Undefeated King shivered. Madra had been the strongest. He was considered invincible and rarely experienced a fright. The golden red hands launched Limitless Missiles!

"Ugh!"

It was a completely unexpected type of attack. He never imagined that magic would come from those self moving artifacts.

'What is with the strength of this magic?

The magic launched completely ignored the target's magic resistance. Madra had fought the great magicians of the continent but not even them have magic that was this fast and powerful.

'The magic of an artifact transcends that of a great magician...!'

Madra appreciated the potential of the golden hands. As the legendary group of undead creatures under the command of Lexus are starting to attack Madra with their ultimate moves that they can unleash at the moment, they suddenly stopped moving.

"Halt."

It was from a single word from their master. However, black chains started to wrap around Madra's body. He tried to move but he found out that all of his movements are sealed.

"You…..! Are you looking down on me?"

Madra raised his voice as he observed that Lexus had prevented the ideal combinations. When the conflict was about to reach its peak, Lexus intervened. The only explanation he could come up with was some sort of ridicule.

"No, that's not my intention."

Lexus raised his two hands showing no ill will. Instead, he calmly looked at Madra and thought of how to get him on his side. As a death knight he was so outstanding.

"It's unfortunate but I can't tolerate you to completely die Undefeated Master. Unlike what you wanted, you won't be able to rest like you sincerely wish."

He focused his gaze more closely on Lexus. He was puzzled by Lexus' peculiar manner of addressing him. Madra was shocked when Lexus pulled out the sheath from his waist and pointed it out to him.

"My sheath! I see. So that's how it is... Hahaha! I didn't expected that you'll turn out to be my successor."

Lexus smiled and gave an earnest nod. He revealed what he had gone through for the entire year now that Madra understood their connection.

"Haha! You already grew this much in a single year but you're speaking that you'll still grow stronger? Well, its not impossible."

However.

"But you want me to be a death knight that works beneath you?"

"Yes."

"I refuse."

Madra was already exhausted. Since his resurrection as a death knight, he had lived in solitude on the 66th island for more than 100 years. As the Undefeated King, he couldn't express himself or complain, but it had taken a toll on his heart. He had been longing for rest.

The former legends had already finished their lives. It was unlikely that they wanted their bodies to be dug up from their graves and resurrected as a worthless undead.

In particular, Madra had human intelligence and wisdom. Being resurrected as a skeleton would be shocking, but to spend more than 100 years alone on a remote island with nothing…

"I'm sorry but ending you here won't be the end. Your soul will likely be unable to rest for all of eternity and will instead be used as plaything by Baal."

Just like what Pagma suffered in the hands of Baal for more than hundreds of years. He didn't expect it to be easy. But to think he would be this stubborn.

"Undefeated Master, you have nothing to be afraid about. You've had enough suffering; this time, I'll entertain you in exchange for your participation in my adventure."

"Hm. That's true. That can't happen. Oh no."

Madra muttered like he wasn't happy. Lexus extended his hand and paused. It seemed like he had changed his mind.

"You can't just send me off?"

"I can't. I don't like the idea of your soul being captured by Baal."

"You have a lot of greed. Not even letting me rest in death. Hm. Well, ok, that doesn't sound too bad. Since I was protecting my kingdom during my entire life, looking outside of it should be ok."

Madra was lost in his thoughts for a moment, and turned to look at Lexus.

"Then I have a condition."

Lexus pulled his hand back.

"Go ahead."

"I'll obey you. However, leave my free will alone and make me stronger than when I was alive."

Although he was strong and was never defeated, he still has the passion to become a strong person. He wanted to reach something that he wasn't able to when he was alive. Also, that was what Lexus wanted as well.

"I will also become stronger. More than others."

"Then it's settled. To be honest, I knew it from when I first saw you. That you were the same species as me. Hehe."

Just then...

[Madra's ego inside the sheath is returning to the original's soul.]

[The soul fragments of Madra that guards his legacy and was scattered all over the continent have gathered to Death Knight Madra.]

Dozens of blue souls shot through the entrance of the space. It was truly spectacular. The appearance of the souls flying in the darkness was like looking at the universe.

「 Thanks kid.」

With all of his ego returning back to him, Madra inherited their memories.

「 Although this wasn't the rest I desires, for now, this is more than enough. Again, you have my gratitude. 」

After that, a short thank you and goodbye as Madra willingly became bound to his Black Bracelet and dispersed into the shadows under his feet along with the others.

The moment Madra's voice entered his ears.

[The greatest hero, Undefeated King Lexus has given rest to the heroes and succeeded in cleansing the Behen Archipelago.]

[This will be a long-standing achievement in humanity's history.]

The 66th island started to be cleansed. The somewhat cloudy air cleared and green forests and a lake appeared.