Chapter 1485 – 1485. Paladins: Journey to Ruin
It was obvious what Necromancer Barbarojax’s intentions were.
Buy time.
It is to buy time for the demons to sacrifice themselves so that the Great Demon Resurrection Ritual can proceed quickly.
‘I’ll have to hang out with him in moderation.’
The undead rise from the ground. Most of them are skeletons, the lowest level undead. They’re not even a handful to me, but they number in the thousands.
‘Undead give less experience than corrupters.’
Mostly because the undead are weaker than the corrupters. However, experience is originally about collecting dust and leveling up. I kicked the nearby skeleton. The skeleton’s body shattered like pottery on the floor.
‘It’s a waste to use the holy spear against these guys.’
I put the holy spear in my inventory and took out my greatsword and held it in my hand.
Skeletons with nothing but bones rushed at them. As much as his intelligence was low, he had no fear of me. I rotated my body and swung my greatsword like a top. Skeletons shattered like sorghum cans, and bone fragments flew into the air.
“Come, my servant. Defeat my enemies.”
Bavaro Yax thumped the ground with his skull staff. His magic power spreads. Some of the skeletons reacted. Hundreds of skeletons coalesced and compressed into one place, then began to take the form of armored humans.
I punched the skeletons that were charging at me and watched them.
“… They are not ordinary undead.”
Even though he knew the identity, he pretended not to know.
“The paladins of Valentier from the previous generation were amazing. Character and skill. None of that was lacking. But it was foolish. I dared not even know the subject and attacked the great devil, Suton. I received a paladin’s bone from Mr. Suton. The pile of bones in front of me and in front of you is the paladin of the former Valentier.”
“You do not hesitate to do disgusting things.”
“Sometimes I feel disgusted with what I do. Mostly when you’re messing with a corpse. But look at my finished army! Your disgust is my fear! You too will be part of this force!”
“Did you say the plains of death? You will sleep here forever with your bones.”
Unleashes a Holy Aura.
The undead that were approaching me from all sides were swept away in one fell swoop.
Thump thump.
The Skull Knight, who was a paladin in life, approaches. It is quite heavy as it is made up of hundreds of skeletons. The defense looks great too. Skull Knight moves by pushing the skeleton in front of him like a chariot.
As I raised my greatsword and took a combat stance, the Skull Knight also raised a greatsword made of bone and took a combat stance. The body of the Skull Knight seen up close was 2.5 times bigger than mine.
The Skull Knight swung her sword first. She was unbelievably neat for an undead swordsman. But.
‘In an instant.’
[Uses a moment. Stacks Remaining: 6]
Narrowly avoid the Skull Knight’s attack and deliver a counter blow. My golden sword hit the Skull Knight’s neck. I was thinking of cutting it, but… Skull Knight’s body was stronger than expected.
The guy immediately counterattacks. It was an undead that felt no pain, so it was a possible counterattack. I kicked the floor and stepped back.
‘The former paladin…. Just looking at the movement, it’s definitely excellent swordsmanship. I can’t even compete with a tolerable paladin.’
Skull Knight wields her bone sword. I lay her greatsword at an angle to avoid the Skull Knight’s sword attack. The Skull Knight’s sword slipped and sparks flew all over her.
My combat experience is different from other paladins. Fence? In this world, I wonder if there is an existence that I can rub against when I look at only one swordsmanship.
At that time, the posture of the Skull Knight, who exchanged sword strikes, changed in an unusual way. She steps back and draws her sword behind her.
‘If it’s time, I’ve had enough.’
Paper weave.
Golden thunderbolts bounced from the blade.
Thousand thunderstorms.
Around the greatsword, golden manrei rotate and gather.
I haven’t had a good use of cerebrospinal fluid in this world. The first reason was that he was able to deal with demons and corrupters with just pure swordsmanship, even without a thunderstorm. It was also my preference to press down with force rather than technique.
The second and third reasons were that there was not enough divine power left to use the thunderstorm, and that it was inefficient in many ways to spread the thunderstorm with a great sword.
‘The story is different now when a powerful blow is needed.’
Skull Knight wields a sword. I also swung a sword with Manleo in line with it.
Qurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Thunder roared. Golden lightning spreads in all directions. My sword cut through the body of the Skull Knight. An electric current began to penetrate the Skull Knight’s bones. The evil energy of the Skull Knight is consumed by golden lightning and disappears. Cooong! Skull Knight fell to the floor.
I climbed onto the fallen Skull Knight. Grasp the greatsword in reverse and strike down to finish.
“Barbarojax! It’s your turn next!”
Let out a roar
It was a cry that meant to bring more skeletons right away.
However, Barbarojax must have felt differently at my cry, and instead of summoning additional skeletons, he began to collect them. Skeletons piled up everywhere collapsed. The bones all flew around Barbarojax.
‘Are you planning on going into battle yourself?’
The blown bones take the shape of a gigantic elephant. The voice of Barbarojax was heard inside the elephant.
“I will admit it. You are strong enough that I have to show my full strength. I will trample you personally.”
A large elephant up to 10m in height runs towards me. Its long nose was sharp as a sword.
Fighting head-on is crazy. I ran right to the side and avoided the elephant’s charge. The elephant turned. Because it was so large and heavy, it slowed down when turning.
‘It’s an opportunity. Gallop.’
Activate the sprint skill. It was similar to acceleration or moment, but different. When I sprint, I felt as if an invisible force was pushing my body. In addition, you can double jump.
I couldn’t climb to the top of an elephant with just one double jump. I kicked off the elephant’s body and double-jumped 3 times in a row to get on top of the elephant.
“It is useless!”
The voice of Barbarojax echoed inside the elephant. Immediately after, the elephant’s bones undergo deformation. Sharp spikes shot up and aimed at me. I ran over the elephant’s body avoiding the thorns. Some of the thorns touched my body. Fortunately, it wasn’t powerful enough to pierce the armor at once.
I didn’t just run away. He ran around avoiding the thorns and struck the elephant’s body with his greatsword. The elephant ran and struggled across the black ground, but balancing was no task.
Caang! Kang! Kang!
Hit it, hit it again.
At some point, the bones started to crack. Sharper thorns tighten my body. A bony arm shoots up and tries to strike me.
“Shit! Die some! Why the hell doesn’t the curse work?!”
“Curse? Have you cursed me?”
“Yes, yes. The Curse of Madness! Curse to see hallucinations! A curse that causes headaches! A curse that rots the whole body! All the curses I could have I used on you! Why doesn’t the curse work?! Teach me something!”
“Do you think you can teach me?”
Among the skills I had, there was no skill that completely ignored the curse without resisting it.
I had a guess.
Divine spirit.
‘I knew it had a big impact on me… Did it have the effect of completely ignoring the curse?’
Whatever it was, it wasn’t a bad situation.
Clang clang clang!
I continued to strike the greatsword like swinging a hammer.
Efforts have paid off.
Cracked bones shattered.
The inside of the elephant was empty unlike its solid exterior. Instead, Barbarojax was located at its center.
Barbarojax marveled at me.
“Awesome. I never thought it would come to this point.”
“You pretend to be relaxed until the end.”
I looked down and measured the distance. If you double jump, you will reach it. It can be killed in an instant using a moment. But the reason I didn’t do it right away was to waste time.
‘The Great Devil’s Resurrection Ritual must succeed.’
“You look like you have a lot of questions. Are you curious about the reason for resurrecting Suton ahead of time?”
“… Are you willing to answer?”
Upon hearing my words, Barbarojax laughs. It was the same with him who had the purpose of killing time.
“Suton-nim wants to put an end to the boring war.”
“Are you going to attack the church? This is something that even the greatest devil cannot do alone. If that was possible, the Church would have already disappeared from this world.”
“If not alone? What if the great demons guarding their territory attacked the church all at once?”
“…… Gibberish. Do you know that I do not know the propensity of demons? For the sake of their own desires, they do not hesitate to kill even their own people.”
“Isn’t that the same for humans? Even so, when humans unite, they unite. Just because he’s a demon doesn’t mean he shouldn’t stick together. Plans to attack the Church are already underway.”
“…….”
It is false.
The plan hadn’t even started. The full-fledged plan will begin after the resurrection of the Great Demon Suton. And the plan will never be carried out forever. Sutton will die by my hand.
“… That plan. Please tell me in detail.”
Haha! Are you also curious? But what about this? The Ritual of Resurrection has just been completed! I don’t need to play with you!!”
Barbarojax shouts. The bone elephant collapses. The broken bones begin to change into the shape of a knife.
“Okay. I don’t have to listen to your disgusting words anymore.”
[Uses a moment. Stacks Remaining: 5]
I used an instant to leap.
[Uses a moment. Stacks Remaining: 4]
Then use sprint. A double leap formed, and I closed the distance in an instant. The greatsword pierced Barbarojax’s chest with precision.
“How can this speed… !”
“You must be too slow.”
Raised the sword. His head was split in half.
It and my body fall to the ground at the same time.
I stayed still without doing anything.
Thud.
I felt a slight shock in my back. Raise your body It was inside the Grad Hall. The corpse of Barbarojax was strewn about in front of me.
