Chapter 268 – #60_Drainage Tunnel (4)
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One.
“What?”
Siu was standing in the middle of the tunnel.
So… In the middle of a strangely widened tunnel.
This is unexpected.
The red knight who beat two witches like insects and appeared with a terrifying atmosphere, and the master who single-handedly beat hundreds of white knights disappeared like a lie.
So it was left alone.
“This….”
Dangerous.
I don’t know exactly what caused the separation, but being thrown single-handedly in the middle of the enemy’s lair was enough to arouse a sense of crisis.
Escape is possible.
While Siwoo strengthened his body through training with Eloa, his coordinate movement system was also constantly maintained and improved.
To simplify the existing coordinate movement procedure, it is as follows.
After ‘establishing the current position’, after ‘establishing the position to move’, after ‘calculating the distance and warping’…
A lot of the process was omitted, but it roughly feels like this.
Coordinate movement is a very complex and precise magic method, so it requires a high level of concentration and magic control.
Therefore, if time is not given to fully concentrate, the casting time itself becomes very long.
In fact, most of the cases were not used for escape during actual combat.
To improve this shortcoming, Siwoo went through an optimization process that shortened the previous three steps.
That is, while moving, the coordinates of the current location are always roughly entered.
The location to move is random, but ‘limited to the ground’ is applied to shorten the calculation time and promote safe escape.
If it wasn’t a barrier that blocked movement at all like Ea’s water bottle, it would have secured the conditions for escaping outside in a fairly quick time.
A coward caused by a cowardly witch.
Siwoo decided not to sit idle in this situation.
He promised that he would add even the smallest amount of effort, and that at least he would not let go and watch.
In that sense, now was the perfect time to escape.
A powerful enemy that Siwoo cannot handle has already appeared, and there is plenty of time to escape.
In addition, due to an unknown effect, he is completely separated from Eloa.
“Bloom.”
Without hesitation, Siu started calculating the coordinate movement formula.
Since the tunnel suddenly widened, the magical energy around it changed.
Strictly speaking, I tried to suppress the flow of magical power like a powerful jammer, but I didn’t care too much.
Substituting the disturbing factor into the variable part and adjusting it appropriately, the passage to escape the anthill was completed at once.
At that time.
– Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!
A sound rang out.
Just as I had heard before the red knight appeared, the vibration was so great that it seemed to be transmitted over hundreds of meters of space.
It was such a terrifying sound that I could be sure where the source was.
On the other side, a fight to the death between Eloa and the red knight must be taking place.
It is assumed that the action of this space area is caused by the red knight.
If that’s the case, it’s probably because this side was treated as a ‘obstacle’ or ‘someone who gets in the way’ and moved to another place.
“Is this correct?”
Elroa told me what the red knight was like.
Since it was the greatest power possessed by the cowardly witch, it was only natural to share information in advance.
According to her explanation, the red knight was said to have been a strong man who had escaped from Elroa seven times.
How strong is a being who fought seven times and fled all seven times… I can ask.
Actually, Siu thought so too.
However, now that he watched Elroa seriously engage in battle, he had a change of heart.
He was the one who found a way to survive even after receiving the overwhelming power and power that made him think ‘I’m glad he wasn’t the enemy’ just by seeing one blow, seven times from the front.
If it had been Siwoo, he would not have been able to endure it even for a second.
That enemy knight is now even stronger.
I didn’t dare to guess what level it was, but there was something that bothered me.
Siu released the gauntlet on his left hand.
On the back of the hand, the contract of Eloah in an hourglass shape is engraved.
The magic Eloa passed on after being attacked by the drowned witch.
She was told that, according to her, when she is in danger, she activates her defense magic.
One contract out of 12.
It is clear that Eloah of the 23rd hierarchy handed over 1 in 12 power to Shiu.
It’s impossible to calculate the relationship between magic and hierarchy with a simple arithmetic formula, so it’s unclear what the cost will be…
– Kwaaaaang!
A roar echoed over and over again in the distance.
This meant that the fighting was still going on.
In other words, Elroa continues the fierce battle without being able to subdue her enemy knight.
Would it be okay if I let go of her hand and run away like this?
Is it right to let Eloah, who is not perfect because of herself, struggle with a vicious looking red knight?
Strictly speaking, it was Eloah who held Siwoo from leaving.
Because Periwinkle’s fortune-telling was foretelling very dire misfortunes.
However, Siwoo also did not want to sit idle and do nothing.
In the end, it is the result of everyone’s choices.
Responsibility lies with both sides.
At least Siu thought so.
“If this… “
Siu looked at the four-leaf clover that Periwinkle had given him.
According to Periwinkle’s additional explanation, it is a kind of talisman that allows one to avoid the fate of death.
In addition, Siwoo has a music box.
If you infiltrate after raising the intensity to the highest level, you might at least get a glimpse of the war situation.
It wasn’t easy for Siwoo to imagine, but if Master is struggling, wouldn’t there be a way to cancel his contract and return it?
Even in times of crisis, there is work to be done.
Siu hardened his resolve and took his steps towards the battlefield where the sound came from.
2.
A whopping 1,200 white knights and a red knight who appeared with a fully awakened red branch.
As expected by Siwoo, Eloah was going through a series of struggles.
The white spear held by the white knight resonated with the red branches and suppressed the surroundings heavily.
Can it be described as a wide range debuff?
It was an obstacle when dealing with a group of white knights the other day, but the effect is felt more as the numbers gather at once.
As if wielding a sword in the water, there is a hindrance to body movement.
Even so, it wasn’t that Eloah was unilaterally driven into a corner.
“Haaaaa!”
With a clear spirit, the contract sword swung vigorously, cutting through dozens of white knights all at once.
After seeing the destroyed white knights rise again, Elroa, who opened her eleventh contract, cut through dozens of white knights with her one sword.
It seems that 1000 planes have already been cut down, but the distance with the enemy knight watching the fierce battle from afar does not show any signs of narrowing.
That will be the case, because while Elroa advances, slashing her white knight, those that have already fallen and become rubble rise again and aim at her spear.
“Keugh!”
Elroa unleashed the stabbing spears from all 16 directions.
When she struck the surroundings with the back of her hand that was not holding her sword, a group of white knights flew away as if a claymore had exploded.
However, even Eloa could not completely ignore the white knight who clung to him like a swarm of termites.
Even if the enemy knight used a tricky tactic of accumulating her burden just by bumping her weapon, Elroa was able to solve it.
The combat experience he had cultivated through hunting was not in vain.
Dozens of strategies to try right now come to mind.
I was confident that at least one of them would be effective.
However, just as Eloa knew about the red knight, the red knight also knew about Eloa.
After conducting a search battle with each other a little while ago, when they couldn’t guarantee a perfect odds, they dug into Eloa’s weakness.
Its weaknesses are twofold.
One.
Basically, Eloa’s contract can only be cast against one person.
Therefore, while Elroa shows overwhelming strength in one-on-one battles, it has magnetic magic that is somewhat insufficient for one-on-one battles.
Two.
Elroa is weak in Earth War.
The total amount of her magic power she can store in her brand is less than her normal witch.
Also, in the process of converting all of her magic to a combat type, her optimization is broken and the consumption value is high.
Now that she has opened all of her current contracts, the somachi has reached her maximum, and she can feel her mana flowing out every time she swings her sword.
Of course, no matter how weak Eloah is in most of the cases, it is still ‘somewhat’ weak.
If Eloah tried to catch Eloah’s feet by gathering a bunch of gossips, she would only have lined up her scarecrows that would be ruined by her work attitude.
However, the white knights cloned from the red knights were strong enough.
The spears that the white knights throw out while ignoring their lives make even Eloa unable to ignore them and advance.
Even if it is cut down, it will rise again and join the battlefield.
In that sense, putting the white knight as a shield and pushing it was the best move.
In order to advance ten steps, you must cut down ten times the number of steps.
As a result, Eloa’s clean clothes were torn in places, and her luscious pink blonde hair was drenched in sweat and looked like it had been splashed with water.
Although everything did not turn out as intended, there is something comforting.
Seeu will be safe.
Even after a while, there is no response to the guardian’s contract.
If he had a crisis, she would have been known to Eloa after she triggered it like an autonomous defense.
As soon as she fell, she probably fled to a safe place.
At that point, I was very fortunate.
“Whoa….”
In the blink of an eye about 10 white knights, Elroa swung her sword once more to ward off the attacks around her.
Now is the time to make a choice.
Do you run away like this?
Are you fighting for your life to the end?
The red knights and white knights gathered here are probably all the forces that the cowardly witch can mobilize.
In other words, if these guys can be dealt with, then the power that threatens Seoul will disappear.
The remaining magic power was also almost exhausted.
Even so, if it were now, he could afford to shake off the pursuit and lose one body.
However, in that case, in order for Elroa to be able to exert her full force again, about a week of recuperation and magic recovery would be required.
In other words, you can save lives, but you can’t prevent the disaster that will come in the future.
However, if the fierce battle continued beyond this point, if the enemy knights who were only watching would enter the battle in earnest, there would be no room for escape.
Die or be killed, one of the two outcomes will remain.
-Gavakkkk——!
The red knight’s roar rang out.
The white knights with their spears raised all at once ran towards Eloa, and at the same time, the red knight flew in between the white waves.
Even if the distance is far, it is no different from a duel that transcends human restraint.
It must have been less than 5 seconds for Eloa to fall into his thoughts for a moment.
But in that short moment, a lot of thoughts come to mind.
Eloa remembered her own death.
Even though he tried his best, he was unable to defeat the enemy knight and was miserably defeated.
I was afraid.
I wanted to run away.
When I had to dance on the edge of a knife that I risked my life and death until now.
There was never a time when I wasn’t afraid.
“Rafi….”
Raffy’s words of wanting to protect innocent people.
The upright conviction of a lovely disciple that Eloah had never affirmed in her life.
The foolish teacher belatedly embraced her will like a knife.
“Siw….”
Had she known that this might be his last appearance, she would have praised his growth.
She would have shown her caring for him a little more honestly.
Eloah felt sorry for that.
As if time stopped, the sound of her footsteps trampling everywhere pierced Elroa’s ears.
Elroa gripped her sword like a crushing grip.
“Come slowly.”
All the magic power remaining in the mark is converted into power and dwells in the limbs.
Elloa, generously pouring in all her strength to use for her escape, glared at her foe with her cherry-bright eyes gleaming.
Eloa Tiphareth will die here today.
I will survive and win her victory.
“I am not running away.”
