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Episode 538: Now let's kill that guy. (2)

Kwajik!

Helgenik stood up, breaking the spear that had pierced his chest. Black smoke was pouring out ceaselessly from his chest.

"Divine power?"

Not only the dagger the woman wielded, but also the spear was imbued with divine power.

Helgenick ground his teeth.

"These guys… … !"

Before he could even take his stance, a huge mace appeared before his eyes.

"What??"

Kwaaaaang!

"Ugh!"

Helgenik was thrown back after being hit by a tremendous force. The part of his arm that had made contact with the mace began to burn violently.

Kwah! Kwah! Kwah!

Parniel, who had been running through the corpses, rushed at Helgenik with an angry expression.

She was furious at the sight of so many dead bodies.

"How dare you hold back the souls that are destined to go to the goddess!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Helgenik fell back, unable to come to his senses, as her attacks struck with a force that could shatter even a mountain.

I tried to block it by deploying a shield, but the destructive power of the mace was so great that the shield would just break with each hit. Each attack was imbued with tremendous divine power.

Helgenik shouted in astonishment at the incredible strength.

"A saint!"

Not just anyone could have displayed such divine power. It was certain that she was the saint of the rumors.

Just as he was about to counterattack, dozens of daggers surrounded the space.

grasp!

Helgenik had no choice but to move through space and wave his hands.

Grrrrrr!

The Death Knights that had been destroyed by Jerome were resurrected. They ran straight towards Parniel and Belinda.

In addition, the huge number of corpses surrounding them began to surround them.

But Belinda pulled away, picked up Jerome, and left the battlefield.

At the moment when only Parniel was left, he was barely able to catch his breath.

Scratch!

The heads of the corpses blocking the way all fell off at once.

Pfft!

And then a man suddenly appeared behind him and swung a sword.

There must have been quite a distance.

Squat.

Helgenik's body was cut again. It was definitely the same one that had cut his chest earlier.

This time, he avoided fatal damage by dodging the blow, but Helgenik couldn't help but be astonished.

'There really is no warning.'

No matter how fast the speed was, it was impossible to attack while ignoring the distance like this.

It was a sword that cut wherever the will touched. It was a sword that completely ignored the rules and swung to bring about results wherever it wanted.

Since he was a skilled player of the level of Helgenik, he was able to identify the nature of the attack and its weak points.

'The effect varies depending on the level.'

If I were weaker than I am now, I would have been beheaded in an instant.

However, he was one of the strongest men on the continent. Because of that, his opponent's will was not able to overwhelm him.

It seems that the opponent also knew about it, so he did not use that technique anymore.

Still, the eerie feeling didn't go away easily. If the opponent's level had been just a little bit higher, I would have been seriously injured.

Because it was a swordsmanship that truly defied common sense.

Dddddddddd!

In the split second he had to dodge the attack, Helgenik used all his might to do everything he could.

A pile of bones jutted out from the ground, blocking his path, and countless corpses rushed towards his enemies.

Over 200,000 corpses rushed to block the enemy. Because there were so many of them, the enemy's movements were temporarily halted.

Without missing the gap, Helgenik continued to retreat.

"Whoa, these guys are dangerous. I should get out of here."

Helgenick finally sighed when a large army of corpses blocked his path.

I've brought in all the corpses I've collected so far. It would take a while to get through without actually flying through the sky.

But the situation was so urgent that he momentarily forgot something important.

I'm talking about the spear that fell from the sky.

Wedge!

On top of Dark's back, who had transformed into a giant crow, Jiselle jumped down, exploding with mana.

The speed of the falling Giselle was like light.

Helgenik was hastily retreating and moving the corpses. In his confusion, he was a little late in discovering the one falling from above.

"hmm?"

Jiselle fell to where Helgenich was and swung her sword wildly.

Kwajik!

"Kwaaah!"

Helgenik's body was cut lengthwise from shoulder to side. Black smoke poured out from the wound.

Kwaaang!

Jiselle grinned as she landed, creating a huge hole.

"Ah, you're avoiding this. You're really great. Helgenik."

Jiselle's sword was also shining with divine power. This was because both Parniel and Piote had blessed each other's weapons with divine power.

A badly hit Helgenik stepped back and shouted.

"Ugh! Who are you? Who are you guys!"

"You wouldn't know it if you saw it?"

"Huhhhhh… … ."

Helgenik quickly figured out who his opponent was.

There was only one army on the continent with so many strong men gathered together.

"Are you the Duke of Fenris of Rutania?"

"Okay. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll answer. I have plenty of time."

"Kuuuuu… … ."

Helgenik laughed, shaking his body. The fact that these guys came here meant that the Salvation Church's operation was successful.

"You idiots. Do you know what it means for you to come here?"

"know."

"what?"

"You were trying to lure us in, right? It doesn't matter. We were going to wipe them all out anyway. Especially you."

For Giselle, Helgenig was also a danger. The reason she had left him alone until now was because he had acted independently in his previous life.

But now that he's joined hands with the Salvation Church, he's become someone who needs to be dealt with faster than anyone else.

Even if it means suffering other losses, it's more profitable to kill that guy here.

Helgenick bit his teeth at Giselle's relaxed attitude.

"Don't be bluffing… … . Do you think you can handle this many corpses?"

There were over 200,000 corpses. Although it wasn't easy, it would take a tremendous amount of strength to simply knock them down.

As evidence, aren't the superhumans who first appeared unable to break through the wall of corpses?

Jiselle chuckled again.

"Who said we came here together?"

"what?"

Doo doo doo doo doo doo!

A group of cavalry approached from a distance.

Jiselle moved with the mobile force. She only moved first to save Jerome after confirming that he was in danger through Vanessa's magic.

"Sweep it all away!"

At the signal of Gillian's shout at the forefront, the mobile force enveloped in shining divine power began to charge.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The mobile force armed with divine power tore the corpses apart in one breath.

The corpses were swept away with astonishing ease by the mobile force's attacks.

To begin with, they had no ranks or anything, and they were just hostile to life. There was no way they could stop the mobile force that was launching sophisticated attacks.

Grrrrrr!

But there were too many of them. Even though there were priests in the Parsali Kingdom army, why were they pushed back until now?

Because their divine powers could not handle all these corpses.

A huge number of corpses rushed towards the mobile force again.

Because the wall of corpses was so thick, the mobile force's breakthrough power quickly decreased. From now on, we must enter a melee.

But there was one person here who was very specialized in melee combat.

"Yaaaaaaah!"

Elena, the 'Princess of Destruction', jumped off her horse and swung her giant hammer.

Kwaaaaang!

Huh?

The corpses burst out as soon as they rushed in. The path was ripped open every time Elena swung her incredible strength.

Elena, who was trained in fighting against the Crackers, couldn't control her anger(?) and ran out alone. She was always angry these days.

Gillian saw that and laughed out loud.

"Follow the princess! Keep pushing! Don't leave a single one behind!"

"Whaaaaaah! Princess of Destruction!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before we knew it, Elena was in the lead, swinging her hammer. The allies had to avoid her range as well.

Only Rachel was able to observe Elena from as close as possible.

Elena was making her way through with ease, but the corpses rushing in from the side quickly filled the empty space.

At that moment, a loud shout rang out from behind the mobile unit.

"Oh, Goddess!"

Wow!

Fiote's hair began to turn silver as he followed the mobile force. A bright light spread out widely as he drew out all his divine power.

Oh my!

The corpses that were touched by the light trembled and burned. They could not withstand the divine light that was the opposite of darkness.

The priests who followed Piote also protected their allies by releasing their divine powers with all their might.

The mobile force advanced, trampling over the incapacitated corpses.

The reason corpses were scary in the first place was because they couldn't be killed. If they could be destroyed, no matter how many there were, they would be no match for the regular army.

And it wasn't just Piote that was there.

The corpses that were flocking to the center were taken care of by Parniel.

"Get out of here, you filthy bastards!"

Kwaaaaang!

As Parniel forcefully slammed his mace into the ground, a tremendous storm of divine power spread out in all directions.

Grrrrrrrr!

Even the Death Knight's body was torn apart, and lower-level undead such as zombies and ghouls were turned to ash and destroyed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Other superhumans were also sweeping away the corpses, swinging their divinely-imbued weapons.

Area-of-effect spells cast from a distance were also exploding corpses in clumps.

The number of corpses was so great that they were still pouring in, but at this rate, the legion of corpses would soon be annihilated.

In fact, if they were moderately strong, there would be no problem. They could block the divine power with Helgenik's aura and continue to revive the corpses.

But now… … .

"How is it? Even if you are strong, it seems like it would be a bit difficult to handle us."

Giselle smiled coldly. Helgenick gritted his teeth, unable to answer.

I couldn't use my power for the corpses. If I did, I would be killed by the thing right in front of me.

Helgenik slowly looked around and asked.

"… … Do you know about me?"

"Why do you think so?"

"Because it's weird."

I expected reinforcements to come. I expected priests to come too, since there was an army of corpses.

But, powerful people beyond common sense came running here, and they did so very quickly and accurately.

It was strange that they brought only 20,000 troops to this large number of corpses. Normally, they would have thought of joining up with the royal army to block them.

Because that's the way to minimize damage.

However, the opponent moved rather boldly. They led only a small number of strong and elite soldiers and launched an attack against this army of countless corpses.

It's like… … .

"You were actually targeting me. Am I right?"

"Yes, that's right. I told you. I came to kill you. Oh, and I also came to save that cute wizard friend of yours lying over there."

"… … ."

As expected, the opponent's target was himself. Does he mean that he would rather take his neck than be lured?

Grrrrrr!

The corpses were rapidly decreasing. Without Helgenik to help, they were just being pushed back helplessly.

Even though corpses were gathering around Giselle, Giselle didn't even need to move.

Whoosh whoosh.

Because the magical spears that had been created around him were automatically destroying the corpses.

Helgenik raised his spirits.

I wondered how he knew so much about me, but now was not the time to question it.

"You are so relaxed, Duke of Fenris."

Helgenick deliberately stalled for time by talking to his opponent in order to make him let his guard down.

Because he had no intention of fighting in this place.

Paaaaak!

Dozens, hundreds of bone bars protruded from the floor where Jiselle was standing.

'It's too unfavorable now. The operation was successful, so we'll retreat for now.'

It was a shame to abandon these many corpses, but there was nothing I could do. If I continued to fight, I would be the one who would get hurt.

Taking advantage of the gap left by Giselle's bone attack, Helgenik cast Blink backwards. No, he tried to.

Scratch!

If only Julian, who had come through the corpses, hadn't interrupted the flow.

Bam!

"Cough!"

As the flow of magical power was cut off, the recoil directly impacted Helgenik.

Helgenik stumbled and looked forward. Blink had failed.

He was the one who cut where his will went. The method of going against space did not work for the author.

In the end, it meant that there was no way to escape through space travel.

"Who are you?"

"Julian."

After a moment of searching, a memory came to mind. The deity who recently suppressed the rebellion in the Turian Kingdom.

It just so happened that he had a technique that was extremely effective in preventing the wizards from escaping.

Kwaaaaang!

The prison of bones shattered and Giselle walked out.

Jiselle smiled at Yulienne.

"What, why are you so late? Hey, I kept talking to you because I thought you'd get tired if you ran away. I should've brought Claude with me."

Even if he is a Jisel, it is difficult to catch someone as skilled as Helgenik if he runs away. You have to engage in a constant chase.

This is because you can quickly increase the distance by using magic to move through space, even if it is a short distance.

But if Julian is there, he can stop the escape, because he can cut the invisible current.

That's why I waited until Julian came. I had already prepared for this situation.

"...okay."

Unlike Giselle who was smiling brightly, Julian answered with a blank expression on his face.

Helgenik looked at Giselle this time.

It wasn't me who was wasting time, it was that guy. Rather, I was the one who got caught up in that guy.

"These guys… … ."

In the end, we have no choice but to fight. We have to kill these two before the others arrive.

Helgenick realized that for the first time in his life, the time had come to confront the situation head on with all his might.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

"Don't think I'm just good at moving corpses."

A tremendous amount of energy began to emanate from his body, as he knew that he could not escape from this place without risking his life.

First memory.

Julian lowered his stance and raised his sword.

Jiselle said with a snicker.

"Now let's kill that guy."

Kwaaaaang!

Jiselle and Julian swung their swords at Helgenich.