Chapter 202
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 202
Chapter Title: Lesson 40. No Alien Allowed - 2
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A frail human dares to block the path of our legion without fear!
A voice rang out in response to Ban Yu-won's words.
The voice echoing through the vacuum of space brimmed with dense magical power and an unsettling vibration. Any being with weak resistance would mutate into an orc just from hearing it.
At the center of the fleet, atop the flagship that resembled a massive asteroid, stood a hulking orc in proud defiance.
That one must be the 'chieftain'.
—Perfect timing. My throat's parched anyway. I'll quench it with your blood before heading to Earth!
Boom. Another wave pulsed out, amplifying his own power and that of his orc subordinates.
He was resonating with the flagship right now, controlling the Orc Wave.
No doubt about it. The one handling the relic was that bastard.
Of course, unlike the last Orc Wave, this situation wasn't simple. Killing the chieftain would just mean another orc aboard the flagship would resonate with the relic soon enough.
The best option is... to find an opening and destroy the relic somehow.
The problem was that the relic itself was enormous and incredibly sturdy—destroying it seemed impossible.
And then there was the chieftain chosen by that relic.
It was too far to measure accurately, but he had to be at least twice as strong as the constellation's avatar they'd fought before.
Level 200?! An orc at level 200!
See? I knew it.
Level 200 meant 2,000 in life force.
As strong as Ban Yu-won and Lucelle combined.
Kira's timely alert, which could grasp a foe's abilities at a glance thanks to her status window mastery, drained the strength from his body.
It's fine, Master. Just keep feeding me ferocity steadily... and I'll handle it!
"Even with your ferocity core, that guy's getting relic backup too."
That's why you help me, Master. With your Origin Sword!
"Tch... no choice, then."
—I'll sweep you all away!
Bold as brass, the orc leaped from the flagship, slicing through space as he charged straight at them.
Lucelle, channeling all the ferocity Ban Yu-won fed her into her ferocity core, gathered the massive energy it produced in her mouth and fired it off like a laser beam!
—Krhat!
He raised his massive glaive to block it, but it was futile.
The glaive melted under the intense heat, and he clicked his tongue, dodging desperately.
Several ships in its path exploded in his place, vaporizing tens of thousands of orcs aboard in an instant.
A depth of ferocity she couldn't normally handle or contain.
Thanks to her divine beast body and the Origin Sword's resonance with Ban Yu-won, Lucelle roared again.
I'll keep blasting them!
She could fire another blast of the same power by extracting concepts from the orcs destroyed in that volley.
It might seem like infinite fire or bombardment replication... but.
Even machine guns overheat or melt if fired continuously.
Lucelle would eventually overheat too if she kept unleashing blasts like that.
Ban Yu-won monitored the flow of concepts in her body and judged coolly.
"Three more is your limit. Let's play it a bit safer."
But I haven't used my elixir candy yet. With that, I could fire seven more in a row.
Lucelle was already prepared to burn herself out.
She fired her second blast, targeting the orc chieftain again, but he dodged, blowing up several more orc ships.
—Kraaaaaah!
Roaring at the sight of his exploding ships, he swung his newly forged glaive, unleashing a slash brimming with horrific destructive power.
The massive crescent-shaped slash tore through space, reminiscent of Kang Mi-yeon's authority that curved to strike foes—but its power and scale were on another level.
Master, I'll...
"I'll block it."
He couldn't casually dispel magic power on that scale.
Even with the Origin Sword's flow or reversal techniques, deflecting or redirecting even 10% of the slash's power would be lucky.
But he had something else he could use.
"Seal!"
He raised the seal ring on his left index finger, seal facing out, and poured in a massive surge of origin energy to activate it.
If it were a weapon swung in close range, maybe not—but a detached magical slash...
—What?!
Ban Yu-won felt a petty satisfaction at the orc's startled cry.
The slash froze solid in place, its crescent form floating aimlessly in space.
"Lucelle, now!"
Got it!
This blast targeted the flagship dead-on.
He didn't expect it to destroy it, and sure enough, it only wrecked a swarm of ships that veered to block it—but that wasn't the goal.
—You bastards...!
Now the fleet knew Lucelle could target the flagship anytime. They couldn't help but go defensive.
The fleet's advance ground nearly to a halt, and Abel and Kira rampaged through the gap, sowing greater chaos.
Of course, Lilith, Abel's core and controller, wasn't satisfied and messaged him.
Master, should I go for the chieftain too?
No, killing this one just means another takes its place. Look for an opening on the flagship instead.
But...
—I'll slice you myself!
And that moment arrived.
The chieftain orc flushed red all over and rocketed straight at Lucelle!
Blood-red flames blazed atop his glaive, trailing a long afterimage through space like a comet plummeting from the sky.
Followers of Myriad Calamities?!
Kira shrieked in horror upon seeing it.
Ban Yu-won thought, No way, as he heard her scream.
"Contracted with a constellation?"
Not that—probably the relic! It's a constellation's legacy! Resonating with it lets him wield constellation power!
No wonder the scale felt insane!
—I'll rip your eyes out!
"Tch...!"
As the orc shot forward at blinding speed to smash his glaive into Lucelle's forehead, Ban Yu-won clicked his tongue and flicked his hand.
At that instant, the sealed crescent slash floating nearby suddenly regained its power and slammed into its own master!
—Kruuuugh!
He never expected his own slash to turn on him. The orc desperately raised his glaive to block, groaning in pain.
Opportunity!
"Lucelle!"
Kuoooooh!
Energy gathered at Lucelle's mouth sparked and discharged wildly.
Her nine tails stood on end, channeling lightning into her maw and shaping it into a spear.
The artifact now fully fused with her pushed past its limits, producing lightning bordering on divine authority. In the next instant, the spear pierced the orc's gut as he blocked the slash, his balance utterly shattered!
—Kraaaaaaaaagh!
A perfect strike through his weakest spot.
The lightning spear didn't lose momentum, smashing through several more ships made of orc bone, muscle, and flesh.
Thanks to Lucelle's perfect resonance with Ban Yu-won and obedience to the Origin Sword's control.
"Hraaaaaah!"
But Lucelle was truly spent after those consecutive heavy blasts.
Even with elixir candy recovery, unless he wanted permanent damage, Ban Yu-won had to take over now!
—Kuh...!
Ban Yu-won warped behind the howling orc and thrust the Executioner's Longsword mercilessly, giving no quarter.
In that flawless ambush, flames unexpectedly erupted from the orc's back to burn him—but oddly, Ban Yu-won's body flashed red and nullified them.
"...Huh?"
Shlick. The orc's head floated limply in space, tension gone.
He'd expected resistance from a relic-empowered constellation user and braced for some damage—but.
Nullifying the flames and cleanly severing the head left him baffled.
Even with 2,000 life force, it went down that easy?
Was Lucelle's lightning spear that devastating?
Sure, it was—but as he attacked, an autosheld or similar had activated for a counterattack...
Before he could defend with the Origin Sword, it vanished on its own. The orc's defenses dropped near zero, letting the Executioner's Longsword claim another head.
You've successfully beheaded a mighty foe amid a brutal battle. The Executioner's Longsword undergoes conceptual mutation.
Well, damn. Proving its identity by beheading an absurdly strong foe triggered a weird mutation in the Executioner's Longsword too.
The minor issue: unlike instant evolutions, it crumpled hideously like Eve or Lilith before, oozing and morphing slowly.
No telling how long it'd take, but it was unusable here.
Ban Yu-won sighed and stowed the longsword in his inventory.
He also harvested the dead orc's concepts: ferocity to Lucelle, the rest divided and absorbed appropriately. Then he ordered his familiars.
"Lilith, Kira! Wound the flagship as much as possible before a new chieftain rises!"
Already on it...! That ability was unnatural. What if the Followers of Myriad Calamities are watching directly?
Master, I think Eve-sis succeeded!
Succeeded at what?
He tilted his head and muttered reflexively, then realized and looked up.
—Crack, craaaackle!
—Szzzzzt!
Gigadrill break!
It felt like Eve saying it.
Probably not, but.
Ban Yu-won's familiar 'Abyss,' which Eve had taken, had ballooned in size and burrowed into the flagship, tearing it in half!
Success!
"Didn't dream of taking down the chieftain with just us two."
True, killing the chieftain wouldn't stop a new one without destroying the relic.
But it wasn't instantaneous—selecting and empowering a new one took time.
The relic overseeing it would have gaps too.
He'd weighed Abel and Kira's contributions and judged that without halting the fleet, any gap from killing the chieftain wouldn't yield much. So he'd sent them to the fleet while he and Lucelle faced it alone...
I figured we'd just stall the chieftain and damage the fleet, but who knew we'd end it so easily.
Ban Yu-won was still puzzled.
The orc—or the power within him—had tried to counterattack...
Why did it vanish?
Master!
"Oh, Lucelle. Right, four blasts. Here's your elixir candy right—"
No—they're coming!
"Ah."
Still resonating with her, maybe she sensed it first.
He looked up, and sure enough, two spacecraft were piercing the dimensional barrier.
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"I said nooooooo!"
Level Force's platinum member—the reinforcements—had arrived!