Chapter 358: translated
I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.
Chapter 358
Gloria was the first to burst out.
Gloria burst out much faster and stronger than she had thought. It was because Kos had put strength into Gloria's movements. It would have been reasonable to be flustered, but because of the coordination she had built with Kos, Gloria was not greatly confused and swung Blood Moon.
Gloria collided head-on with Count Vex.
Baaaaang!
The Blood Moon, fully imbued with Kos' blood, exploded, tearing apart the tentacles that had surrounded Gloria.
Ding!
Count Vex's helmet flew off and his face suffered severe burns.
But Count Vex pushed Gloria strongly without backing down. Despite receiving Kos' help, it was difficult to handle Count Vex.
Gloria was pushed all the way back and hit the wall. The tentacles, which quickly regenerated, came in targeting Gloria's head.
Crunch!
The tentacles were simultaneously cut off by Aurora and Pio's swords. The blood splattered from the tentacles added power to the Blood Moon.
Gloria exploded the Blood Moon.
Bang!
Gloria, having finally pushed back Count Vex, felt her palms tingling and her muscles trembling. It wasn't because of Count Vex's strength, but because her entire body was being suppressed by the aura flowing from Count Vex's entire body.
The eyes of Count Vex that she faced up close were not human eyes but beast's eyes. Eyes of madness devoted only to slaughter.
Would Yugar have thought of fighting while looking directly into those eyes?
An explosion went off in the distance. The wind carried by that explosion was sharp and familiar, making her nostalgic.
Caesar was nearby.
She felt like she wanted to run to see Caesar right away. And she wanted to be evaluated. She wanted Caesar to know how hard she had lived and tried to protect Homigraph while Caesar was gone.
Gloria's entire body tightened. It was Kos tightening around Gloria's entire body.
-Let's go.
Kos seemed to say so.
Let's go and prove it. That we weren't just sitting idle while Caesar was gone. That we've been running this far to repay you and gain your recognition. Pio and Aurora were thrown back after being hit by tentacles.
Gloria passed by Pio and Aurora and entered Count Vex's embrace. Count Vex's sword was wielded wildly.
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Sword strikes came pouring down at a transcendental speed that was difficult for Gloria to see or feel. What would Caesar do in this situation?
No, what had Caesar instructed her to do?
-A technique-type knight dies if they don't trust their reaction speed, a tanker-type knight dies if they don't trust their body, and a classic-type knight dies if they don't trust their armor.
-If you've decided to become a classic-type knight, you must trust your armor.
Gloria did not respond to all the pouring sword strikes. She just trusted Kos. She also trusted her sword.
Count Vex's sword strikes battered Kos. Each strike was destructive, but Kos silently protected Gloria.
Now what Gloria had to do was not lose her direction in the face of attacks raging like a fierce typhoon. Gloria strongly brought down her sword. Gloria's sword stubbornly cut through the barrage of attacks.
The stubbornness of the red greatsword pioneering a path through chaos looked beyond marvelous to supernatural.
Baaaaang!
What Gloria aimed for was Count Vex's head.
Count Vex avoided the attack coming straight at his head by just turning his head. But he couldn't prevent the end of the greatsword from piercing his shoulder.
Thud!
Count Vex's blood was purple. It was also thicker and stickier compared to the blood of ordinary people. That blood was devil's blood, and the Blood Moon, excited by the devil's blood, reacted.
Baaaaang!
Internal organs and flesh exploded and scattered in all directions. If it were an ordinary devil, it would have exploded and died without leaving a single bone fragment.
Kos tightly squeezed Gloria's body and warned her. It was not over yet. Tentacles charged through the purple mist. Gloria raised the Blood Moon to repel the tentacles.
Boom! Boom!
The tentacles burst and disappeared upon touching the Blood Moon. Gloria charged in the direction the tentacles had come from. It was a learned judgment, not instinct.
Beyond the mist, there existed only a black knight with no upper body. Three tentacles extending from the lower body were pressuring Gloria. She didn't understand how a devil could move and live without a heart or head. She even felt fear at that bizarre vitality, but what Gloria had to do was clear.
Thud!
As Gloria was about to cut through the tentacles and kill its lower body, her back was tightened.
Bang!
"Ugh!"
Her balance collapsed at the heavy pain felt from her back. She looked back after rolling on the ground and receiving the impact. There, she saw the upper body of Count Vex regenerating.
Below the upper body, tentacles were acting as legs and firmly supporting the ground, and in his right hand, he held a sword. Count Vex's upper body and lower body charged simultaneously.
Gloria froze momentarily at the bizarre attack pattern. She didn't know what to block or how to attack, but the answer was given soon.
"Explosion."
Red magic gathered at the cross-section of the lower body and then exploded. The wizards nearby had provided support.
"My research materials are here! Fight somewhere else!"
"Don't come here!"
Of course, it doesn't seem like they really wanted to provide support. Gloria thrust her sword toward Count Vex's upper body.
Ding!
It was nearly impossible to withstand Gloria's attack with tentacles alone. Due to Gloria's attack, the upper body of Count Vex rolled on the ground like a ball that had been hit directly.
Crash!
A chain net covered the lower body of Count Vex.
"Catch that damned bastard!"
"Shoot all the nets we have!"
Chain nets from the net launchers stuck to his lower body.
The tentacles kept breaking the chains but couldn't escape from the continuously flying nets. A potion bottle was thrown over them.
Weeeeeee!
The burning tentacles screamed and writhed.
Smir threw a potion bottle and remarked indifferently.
"It seems certain that devils are indeed weak against fire."
Count Vex's upper body rushed toward Gloria again.
Gloria struck down the upper body again, followed by a barrage of magic spells. In the midst of this, Count Vex swung his sword and tentacles to block the magic, but Aurora rushed in through the opening.
Thud!
Aurora thrust her sword into Count Vex's heart, pinning him to the ground, and then Pio drove his sword into his forehead.
"Just die already, you tiresome creature."
Pio and Aurora twisted their swords. Despite this, Count Vex did not utter a single scream. He merely swung his tentacles to twist Pio and Aurora away as if swatting flies. Observing this scene, Smir frowned.
"It seems impossible to kill him with simple magic."
Count Vex pulled out Pio and Aurora's swords with his tentacles. It was an absurd regenerative ability and vitality. In a situation where it was impossible to gauge how to kill him, a woman stepped forward.
"I think I can do it."
A blonde woman passing by Smir. Count Vex's eyes fixed on the blonde woman.
Her blue eyes, straight nose, and closed lips were familiar from somewhere.
However, her hair, which was always shiny and wavy, was now cut short, and in her hands, where an elegant fan once suited her, was now a heavy piece of metal.
Count Vex's tentacles instinctively moved toward the woman but stopped.
"...Father."
Count Vex's purple eyes flickered to blue.
"Ol...livi.a."
Count Vex's stammering words were awkward like a broken machine.
However, it was the most emotional among all the times Count Vex had called Olivia.
Count Vex's tentacles twisted. Like cramped muscles, they lost their direction and slammed into the ground.
Click!
Olivia raised her gun barrel toward Count Vex.
"Why did you become like this, Father......"
Her index finger on the trigger trembled.
She needed to pull it but didn't want to. The misfit and defective product of the Vex family. That was the evaluation Olivia had received from her father, but she always craved love and attention.
That's why she wanted to leave the Vex family and forge her own path to become her father's pride... But now even that opportunity has been taken away.
Count Vex's body was regenerating. His right thigh was already growing back. The magicians prepared their magic, and Gloria also prepared to charge.
They understood Olivia's feelings, but they couldn't waste any more time.
Thud!
At that moment, Count Vex's tentacles pierced through his own body. The tentacles that pierced through his growing left arm and thigh were firmly fixed to the ground. Count Vex opened his mouth, stammering.
"...I'm so.rr.y."
What was he sorry for? Olivia wanted to have a more detailed conversation. But Count Vex's eyes were becoming more and more purple.
"I'm sorry too."
Olivia pulled her index finger. The holy flame enveloped Count Vex.
Kieeeeeeee!
Count Vex's mouth didn't open, but the tentacles screamed. Count Vex's body began to crumble.
However, Count Vex's gaze never left Olivia, and Olivia did not take her eyes off Count Vex.
Until Count Vex's body burned black, leaving no trace.
***
Thud!
Purple blood splattered into the air as the devil crumbled. Caesar shook the blood off the Spear of Penetration and thrust it into the ground.
Thud!
And then he caught Thunder as it returned from flying through the air. Caesar looked at Denver, who was sprawled on the ground. Denver coughed up blood with his chest pierced by the Spear of Penetration and the Baptism Sword.
"Now you can't run away like a lizard anymore, can you?"
Denver regretted.
Instead of helping Elijah attack Yan, he should have first attacked Caesar with Elijah's help.
The cause of this defeat was underestimating Caesar and acting rashly.
'Could Noah have foreseen even this scenario?'
If all of this was a collaborative work between Noah and Caesar... Then Denver had been played in the hands of Noah and Caesar.
"...I admit it. You are the strongest on the continent."
"I am truly honored that you finally acknowledged it."
Crack!
Caesar drove Thunder into his shoulder.
"Aaaaargh!"
Denver's scream crossed the desolate land. Denver gritted his teeth and spoke.
"After you kill me, will you go after Elijah?"
"Probably. I have business with him too."
"I see... So it will end like that after all."
Denver closed his eyes.
"Just kill me already. Don't humiliate me any further."
Caesar looked at the sky. It was just becoming evening, and the sky was dark blue.
"I would like to kill you, but it's not time yet."
"...What does that mean?"
"Killing you wouldn't really kill you anyway."
"...!"
Caesar bent down to look directly at Denver's face.
"I know that if I kill you now, you'll revive again. I know that those 9 horns on your head aren't just decorations."
"...You read that far?"
"Yes, you tiresome creature."
This persistent fellow is like a cockroach, able to be reborn from the 'Fountain of Life' installed in the royal palace even after being killed repeatedly. It is identical to the phylactery of a lich that commonly appears in fantasy novels.
Denver spoke with a voice filled with malice.
"I may be defeated now, but I will surely kill you, Caesar. I will grind my teeth and sharpen my bones to destroy everything you love. I will never underestimate you again like I did now."
"Well, you do that."
Denver's body began to crumble gradually.
"Love many things. Because there will be abundant joy in trampling and breaking that love."
"The Fountain of Life is located in the royal palace, correct?"
"...Yes. But it won't be there when you come looking. It will already be gone from that place."
"What matters is now."
Caesar shouted toward the sky.
"Whitey!"
Neeeeeigh!
Whitey approached, reflecting the white moonlight. Denver snickered.
"What? Are you planning to ride that Pegasus to the royal palace?"
Only Denver's head remained as his body crumbled.
"Beware of nightmares. Because the day when those nightmares become reality is not far off."
Denver's head turned to dust and disappeared, and Whitey descended.
"Honestly, running away quickly because you're scared."
Whitey nuzzled against Caesar's face.
"It's been a while? Have you been well?"
Neeeeigh!
Caesar mounted Whitey.
"Let's go now. It seems we don't have much time left."
Neigh!
-Where are we going? Master?
Caesar stroked Whitey's neck and said.
"Sapientia."
***
Andras' body burned white.
"Ah....."
The green-eyed wizard reflected in Andras' eyes.
The title of history's greatest wizard was not wrong. Andras tried to struggle somehow, but there was no way to defeat that woman. Andras watched Bassago flying away, turning into ash.
"Truly futile."
Andras looked down.
The familiar city appeared like a distant dot.
It was Sodom, the land Andras had devoted a lifetime to building. Andras' body crumbled like Bassago's, turning to ash and disappearing. The ashes could not reach Sodom and scattered high in the sky.
Raven lowered her wand and looked at the Blue Star wizards. The number of surviving Blue Star wizards was about 10. More than 100 Blue Star wizards had all been killed by those two.
Raven composed herself and looked back. There, the Arch Great Library could be seen.
"What on earth are you trying to do in this city?"
She had expected the city to be full of magicians, but except for the Blue Star wizard, there were no other magicians at all. What was the reason for launching an Ark where no one lived?
"You should go see His Majesty."
The Blue Star wizards began collecting the bodies of the dead wizards after saying this. Yes, they're right. Asking the master is the correct answer.
Raven headed toward the Arch Great Library. The main entrance was open, and a dragon language was floating.
『To the study where the Akashic Record is』
Raven immediately immersed herself in the dragon language. Before Raven's eyes, Noah Arch appeared, looking at the Akashic Record.
"Is that you, Raven?"
Noah's eyes were unfocused. He had lost his sight.
"Was it written in the Akashic Record that I would come at this time? No, I asked a foolish question. So you already knew that I would kill Bassago and Andras, and that I would return to this place again."
"I knew. But it wasn't because of the Akashic Record that I knew."
"Because it was written in the Akashic Record, you launched Sapientia so confidently even though Bassago and Andras might have secretly boarded, didn't you?"
"No."
Noah fumbled and sat down in an armchair.
"I didn't know anything. I just believed in you and Caesar."
Raven knew that Noah's words were sincere.
"Are you saying that this future wasn't written in the Akashic Record?"
"Yes. The last future I saw was launching the Ark. After that, when Caesar met Denver, I could no longer see any further future."
Raven looked at the Akashic Record.
The Akashic Record continued writing.
"What was the reason for launching this Ark while knowing the future was uncertain? Shouldn't you have been more cautious?"
"Even after 36 regressions, the future where I launch the Ark does not change. The future where the Cork Wizard Tower collapses and the devils invade does not change either. I'm merely following the future already written in the Akashic Record."
"You're saying you followed it because the Akashic Record said to launch the Ark? Do you think that makes sense?"
"Caesar was already coming to Sapientia and had enough strength to prevent Denver's invasion. Yet why did I launch the ark? I regressed 36 times to find that answer."
"Did you find the answer?"
Noah nodded slightly.
"It seems the answer has arrived."
The sound of spatial movement was heard beside Raven.
It was Caesar. Caesar held up the letter he had given to Denver and said.
"Why did you have the insane idea of dropping the Ark onto Niflheim's airspace?"