Chapter 221
Chapter 221
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 221
Chapter Title: Dragon's Roar
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“Shut up!”
Arthur swung his dagger with all his might.
A golden aura intertwined with a blood-red aura coiled together and shot toward Ruan.
“Ga, mi, nu, gu!”
Collepton thrust out his fist.
Paaang!
A powerful black aura fist flew forth with immense force, colliding with Arthur’s aura blade.
Kwaaaang!
Arthur’s attack was completely blocked.
But unlike the RPG-7 strike, there was no aftermath shockwave from the momentum.
“Hahaha!”
Ruan burst into loud laughter and leisurely vanished along with the darkness spirit.
Arthur’s face twisted as he watched them go.
Leaving an enemy at his back with such leisure meant they were thoroughly underestimating him.
The humiliating emotions he’d felt back on Earth facing the Demon King and his minions surged back to life through this moment.
“Mm...”
In contrast, Collepton wore a triumphant expression as he surveyed Arthur and the knights.
“Ku, ku, ku.”
He approached with sleazy laughter, brimming with confidence.
“Tha, t at, tack, di, dn’t, wor, k.”
“You idiot bastard.”
Arthur spat coldly and charged at Collepton.
He’d realized it clearly from the previous attack.
Dealing with this thing was more efficient with a blade than a gun.
So from now on, he’d engage in close combat.
‘End it quickly.’
Arthur swung his dagger with full power.
Shuk, shuk, pat-!
Kang! Kangkang!
Collepton parried the dagger with his hook-like arms.
The first couple of blocks didn’t faze him.
But as he kept deflecting attacks, a stinging pain built up from the accumulated shock.
‘What the?’
The golden aura cloaking the blade nagged at him.
Moreover, the wielder’s skill with the dagger was impressive.
He’d assumed the freakish weapon meant poor swordsmanship, but that wasn’t the case.
“If, tha, t’s, ho, w, i, t, i, s.”
Collepton’s movements changed.
He shifted like he was stepping in a dance, thrusting his hooks.
Then he spun, lashing out with his tail in an irregular attack.
“Mm...”
As Collepton’s assaults poured in without respite, Arthur ramped up his speed even more.
He parried the attacks with his dagger while countering.
‘This guy...’
The strikes grew sharper by the moment.
Collepton’s face hardened at the unpredictable, aura-charged blades coming from unforeseen angles.
Once he lost momentum, he was reduced to desperate defense.
‘What is this attack...?’
He’d faced countless knights before, but this technique was new.
Kang! Kakangkang!
“Da, mn!”
Collepton spread his wings and retreated.
But Arthur wasn’t about to let him escape.
He kicked off the floor and pursued.
“That all you got?”
“Shu, t, up!”
Collepton flung his wings wide.
Papapapapat-.
Dozens of dagger-like projectiles rained down on Arthur.
“...!”
Arthur twisted his body, veering aside just in time.
He barely dodged, but Collepton had pulled back a good distance.
“Te, he, ran’s, swo, rd, ar, t, tha, t’s, wha, t, i, t, i, s.”
“Of course. It’s my technique.”
Arthur glared fiercely at him.
He had one test in mind.
If this worked, it’d likely work on the others too.
He’d never used it in real combat before...
But Arthur trusted his training.
He activated all six circles and gripped his dagger tight.
Blood-red aura cloaked the dagger, blazing like flames.
“...!”
Not golden aura, but blood-red.
The intense, domineering energy felt far from ordinary.
Collepton couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the sudden shift in his opponent’s aura.
‘What’s that?’
Tension rising, he drew up his darkness power.
Papat-.
Thick black aura rose from Collepton, pressing in on his surroundings.
‘No matter how you struggle, nothing changes.’
Arthur met his gaze and sneered, as if peering into his mind.
“Really?”
“Wha, t?”
As Collepton frowned, Arthur raised his dagger overhead.
Then he swung it down hard, as if slashing with a sword.
“Go!”
The blood-red aura uncoiled from the dagger, forming a fireball and flying forth.
It wasn’t fast, but it radiated terrifying momentum.
“Tha, t, chi, ld’s, pl, ay.”
Collepton clenched his fist, gathering his darkness power.
Then he thrust it out like lightning.
Paaaa-!
Black aura shot out like a flash.
The air screamed with the sound of it cutting through.
He could feel it was stronger than a century ago.
This strike would not only cancel the attack but take down the enemy too. He was certain.
“It’s, o, ver...!”
Collepton’s eyes widened.
A dragon’s face suddenly emerged from the oncoming blood-red aura.
Then its momentum surged and exploded.
An enormous tidal wave of force poured out.
It was as if a dragon had been summoned and was charging.
“Th, is, i, s...”
The terror from facing Teheran a century ago clawed back into his mind.
That savage attack had torn his limbs apart.
His ultimate move had incinerated tens of thousands of monsters.
As he lost the will to fight amid the carnage, that ultimate strike had ripped off his head.
That was his end.
It had been horrific.
Even after a century, recalling it made his whole body tremble.
That fear burrowed into his head again.
‘Teheran’s ultimate...’
Fear engulfed Collepton’s face.
But the situation was different now.
He was stronger, and though it was Teheran’s ultimate, it wasn’t perfect.
No reason he should lose.
“Kraaa-!”
Collepton bellowed.
The blood-red aura in dragon-head form clashed with the black aura.
Kwaaaang-!
The two supreme auras seemed evenly matched at first, then the black was devoured by the blood-red.
It then flew straight at Collepton.
“...!”
Collepton hurriedly wrapped his wings around himself and deployed Defense Armor.
Black aura cloaked his wings like an iron wall.
Kaaaa-!
The blood-red aura roared like a summoned dragon and slammed into Collepton.
Arthur, watching the scene, murmured lowly.
“Pierce through.”
As if hearing him, the dragon gaped wide and swallowed Collepton whole.
The moment Collepton’s massive body was fully engulfed by the dragon—no, the blood-red aura!
Kwakwaaaang!
The blood-red aura exploded.
The shockwave’s aftermath blasted everywhere, along with debris.
It rushed toward Arthur and Demian too.
Arthur deployed Defense Armor and shouted.
“Down!”
They dropped flat to the floor, and Arthur swung his dagger at the incoming fragments.
“Go!”
Paapang-!
Another fireball shot out, morphing into a dragon shape.
It collided with the oncoming force.
Kwaang!
A massive quake shook the building like an earthquake, shattering pillars and walls.
Crack, creak-.
The floor split with a sound.
Then small stone fragments fell from the ceiling, followed by a ‘creeeak’ as the upper section began to crack.
Arthur yelled.
“It’s collapsing soon! Get out!”
The knights bolted for the gaping hole in the wall, eyes wide.
They were ten meters up, but leaped down without hesitation.
Sword Experts at the peak could handle that height easily.
But that wasn’t the issue.
The tallest tower loomed above the office. If it fell, the damage would be incalculable.
The knights who escaped to the ground looked toward the tower.
Sure enough.
It was tilting slowly.
And worst of all, it seemed headed straight for the building where non-combatants worked.
“Damn it! Evacuate the people!”
“Follow me!”
The knights sprinted toward the building with all their might.
Demian watched gravely.
He hadn’t jumped down yet, waiting for Arthur.
Arthur had blocked the attack but showed no sign of escaping.
The hazy fog from the explosion obscured the enemy.
But its presence lingered, so it hadn’t been destroyed.
He probably aimed to finish off the Demon King’s familiar this chance.
But with the ceiling and floor about to cave...
No matter how strong, could he survive a castle collapse?
“You have to go!”
Demian shouted.
Arthur kept his eyes fixed on the Demon King’s familiar and yelled back.
“Don’t wait—go!”
“It’s dangerous!”
“I won’t die from this! Suppress the situation outside! Hurry!”
Kwang!
The floor near the office entrance caved first, the collapse advancing sequentially.
“Damn it!”
Demian couldn’t hold out longer.
“I’ll trust you and go!”
He leaped down.
The floor in front of Arthur was sinking, but he didn’t blink.
He focused solely on Collepton behind the haze.
Its presence had weakened sharply—it had taken heavy damage.
‘With this attack...’
Arthur drew up the Tyrant’s power once more.
All his mana converged on the dagger.
Blood-red aura rippled and hummed with vibration.
Meanwhile, Collepton reeled from the massive blow.
‘This can’t be. Something’s wrong.’
He’d gained absolute power.
More than twice as strong as a century ago.
No way this guy could match him.
Yet...
Half his body was torn away.
As if bitten off by a dragon’s fang.
Exactly like when he’d faced Teheran a century ago.
‘I can’t vanish like this.’
He strained to regenerate, but mana was critically low.
The aura-explosion fog was thinning before his eyes.
Worse, a tremendous presence emanated from beyond the mist.
The enemy was surely preparing a finishing blow.
Guardians, when life hung by a thread, could use ‘Blessing of Darkness’ to teleport to the safest spot.
But only once.
He’d used it when falling off a cliff mid-fight, saving his life.
Now that was gone too.
Of all guardians, he—the one awakened with the greatest power—would vanish first.
It was infuriating, unjust.
“You, ba, st, ar, d...”
Collepton seemed to resolve something. He halted regeneration and poured all power into his remaining fist.
The aura gathered at his regenerating parts was sucked back inside.
The spread aura converged on his fist.
For a moment.
The black aura emanating from Collepton vanished.
Instead, his fist was wrapped in black aura, forming a sphere.
Immense power condensed within.
All his energy focused there.
As the fog cleared, Arthur came into view.
Everywhere but where he stood had collapsed.
Stone fragments rained from the ceiling.
It would give way any second.
‘Die with me.’
Collepton thrust his fist with everything he had.
“Die!”
Paaaang-!
The black sphere shot like a flash.
Darkness consumed its path.
The sphere’s colossal momentum brought the ceiling crashing down.
Arthur’s eyes flashed, as if he’d awaited this.
Julius Style First Form.
Sword’s Roar.
He unleashed his devised ultimate.
Blood-red aura flashed forth, manifesting a dragon’s head.
It roared with jaws agape.
Kaaaaaaaak-.