Immortal King vs. Hero Party (2)
I only went through one door, but a completely different quality of air rushed in.
As expected, the building in the center of Beorsen was no longer an ordinary space.
‘…That’s unpleasant.’
Heinrich frowned and looked around.
The wide and high space, which could not even be called the inside of the building, was already filled with darkness, and a dirty, stuffy, sticky energy wrapped around those who entered.
Like an abyss trying to drag them down to the bottomless bottom.
And in the center of that space.
He was
[It’s been a while. Hero Heinrich Saint Landguard.]
The cause of the tribulation that is taking place not only in this situation but also across the continent.
. . . And while having the exact opposite tendency to Heinrich, he is also another side of him.
“The Immortal King, Hannibal Strauss.”
It was the moment when the warrior party finally met the immortal king.
***
‘Immortal King.’
Pudeuk-
A member of the hero’s party, Geos Calkin, grabbed the spear pole strongly.
‘At las.’
It was the moment I was really waiting for.
Has it been a year since the cataclysm of that day? No, hasn’t it been a year yet?
I feel like it was a long time ago… But I can’t remember it well.
‘As expected, it was good that I joined the death squad.’
If it wasn’t for that, it wouldn’t have been easy to create an opportunity to face the Immortal King in person.
There would have been no point in directly striking the weapon.
Of course, while defending against the Immortal King’s attack, he had slaughtered numerous black magicians who were probably involved in the incident.
He always targeted warlocks first, and after a battle, he didn’t hesitate to take the survivors and torture them.
Heinrich, who knew about Geos’ situation, tolerated his actions without saying anything.
Considering his righteous disposition, it must have been uncomfortable, but it was also something to be thankful for.
[Keukeu—This is really, really fun…]
“Immortal King! Now······!”
The voices of the Immortal King and the Hero were coming and going, but they did not reach Geos’ ears at all.
Memories from a long time ago flashed vividly in his blurry gaze, as if they had happened yesterday.
-“Uhuhu— how about it, geos? Are you ready to become a father now?”
His wife, Anna, who lovingly stroked his stomach with a pregnant body.
A child was born between the two, who had no relatives and were only with each other, and finally they became three.
-“Oh my god! So cute. Really, whose daughter is it that even when she sleeps, she looks like an angel?”
I remember the child who came out into the world and couldn’t open his eyes properly.
-“Hehheheheeng-!”
-“What are you doing if the child makes you cry, Geos! You shouldn’t even be joking around! Yeah~ It’s okay, Nia. Mom is here.”
He remembers the moment when he always failed because he was bad at dealing with children.
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– “Daddy daddy! Look at this! Kyahahahaha—!”
The child who couldn’t speak has grown up quickly, and she remembers the bright smile that came to her.
-“Then I will go slowly while dating my daughter, so the father, the lord, should go first and work alone. Right~?”
-“Isn’t it? Hee hee! Dad, I’ll be leaving soon, so don’t cry and wait? Understand?”
-“Hey, is Daddy the one who cries because he’s lonely? He would just be holed up in a corner and digging.”
-“Ah! I really think so! Hee hee!”
I still clearly remember the moment when we said our last goodbyes.
Geos raised his hand and slowly stroked the deep scar on his chest.
After hearing his sad news, he desperately swallowed tears as he tore at his chest until his hands were covered in blood and his muscles shredded.
To keep her daughter’s last words, “Don’t cry and wait.”
Of course, even for a master-level knight, even that didn’t go the way he wanted.
Still, I haven’t shed a single tear since that day.
‘As expected, he knows me too well.’
In addition, it was not wrong to say that he was going to sell the land in a corner.
Now, I set a goal and came out, but it was also true that I wasted my time in a daze, shutting myself in my place for a while.
Laughing bitterly, he gripped his spear again and lowered his stance like a beast on the verge of hunting.
With that gaze directed at the culprit of all of this, while imprinting his opponent’s every move in his mind so that he could take his breath away at any time.
‘By the way… I’m sorry. I don’t want to wait any longer.’
A fierce fire ran through his veins.
Burning with sadness and despair as fuel—a fire in the name of revenge and anger.
‘If you can’t come no matter how long I wait, I’ll have to go.’
Because the heat was so strong, a distorted smile formed on the lips of Geos, who had already turned to ashes.
And soon as he waited.
The battle between the warrior party and the Immortal King has begun.
***
Whoosh whoosh—!
Chow! Chew!
Heinrich sprinted towards the Immortal King and cut off the snakes of the abyss that attacked him from all directions.
The [Blessing: Lightsaber] using the holy sword was no different from the natural enemy of Abyss, but it continued to slash and disappear, but it continued to flock without hesitation.
‘Kuh, the situation is more serious than I thought.’
Fortunately, there was some time to breathe thanks to Geos who continued to support him with a refracting window.
He clenched his teeth while using 「Blessing: Increase」 to further heighten his divine power.
In fact, the conversation Heinrich had with the Immortal King was not that important.
It was just a great distance between the common demon king and the hero.
What really mattered was the meeting in the brain that should have been implicit.
I thought that Hans would be reluctant to lift the barrier blocking communication again when it came to this face-to-face situation…
‘It must mean that he has no intention of making concessions.’
Even now, when the battle began, the window of conversation was not open.
I have no intention of backing down from here. I’ll do whatever I want, so if you’re going to step back, you should step back.
It was like a one-sided notification.
‘Hans…’
Kwaaang-! Bang! Kwak-kwang-!
At that time, the arrows shot by Lydia, who was with the party from behind, shook the Immortal King’s barrier in succession.
Arrows made from the dry branches of the World Tree that Howard was using as firewood poured down like a bombardment, carrying not only the power of the spirits but also the divine power of Riesta.
[Tsk, you’re bothering me.]
As soon as the murmur ended.
The darkness that filled the space wriggled and raised its blades all at once to cover the party members in the rear.
“Lord— protect us from injustice!”
At the same time as Riesta’s prayer, the orb of light that spread out pushed away the darkness and protected the party.
Although she was still struggling with the pressure from all sides, she was also a saint, so she wouldn’t break down so easily.
Dismissed—! Pajijik-!
And in the space around Isea, who was next to him.
The spark that started right after the war started and repeated several times until now bounced off again.
“Kuh, in the middle of this hectic time, do you still have time to pay attention to this side? What a ridiculous monster…!”
She broke into a cold sweat and bit her lip.
The mana that had gathered around at an incredible speed was terrifying to be rescued, repeatedly collapsing with sparks.
Her high-mage was using against her arch-mage the magic inversion that she was supposed to use against her far-out minions.
And that continued for dozens of times in the middle of dealing with others.
[It’s funny.]
It didn’t even end there.
Whoa— Kwah!
Before she had time to do anything, the high-level black magic cast, the flames of pitch-black hell pierced the barrier of light maintained by her saintess.
“Ugh!”
In response to the shock, Riesta, who was maintaining the protective shield and the blessings on the body of the party members, let out a low moan.
While she interferes with other people’s magic, she uses high-level magic herself casually.
Grinding Ise Agai at that absurd situation, she focused her mind again.
Regardless of her achievements, if she let go of her hand at all, her opponent would pour out high-level magic like rain with that much leeway.
But even in the midst of everyone trying so hard.
The body of the warrior in the forefront was gradually increasing the damage and the burden was increasing.
[Kuhuhh! Why? Warrior? If you want something, get it yourself!]
The lightsaber activated by the holy sword is the best even for the Immortal King.
It’s good to be able to intercept and approach countless attacks and then slice through that solid shield like a radish, but the opponent wasn’t a scarecrow that would hit them as they attacked.
‘… That’s annoying. If Harley had been there, would it have been a little different?’
Even if they managed to peel off the shield somehow, they hoped that the distance would widen again while they were caught in the ensuing counterattack.
However, he could not stop until he dealt a fatal blow to the Immortal King, and the damage he had to endure in the process continued to accumulate.
‘Looking at it like this, since it’s a paladin, it won’t be a big problem right away. Even so, it’s difficult for the Abyss mixed attacks to overlap excessively.’
No, before that, it was doubtful whether his colleagues would be able to hold out until then.
The fact that he had been able to approach him several times so far was only possible because of Lydia’s supporting fire, Riesta’s divine power support, and Geos who intercepted the attack directed at him in the middle.
‘In addition, thanks to Isea, Hans’ magic bombardment was reduced, which was quite helpful.’
If Harley was here too, I could have really taken a bite.
Well, if that was the case, Hans might have summoned some of the officers still remaining in Immortality.
Kwak-
Heinrich let go of his regret and grabbed the holy sword again.
It was an opportunity for Hans to deal with him alone.
I don’t know if what I’ve been doing until now is just a habit or just arrogance.
‘It’s not the time to save money.’
If I can make him calm down for a few days by inflicting a critical blow on him now, I’ll be able to buy him time until his body wakes up.
Heinrich swung his holy sword, generously using the [Blessing: Leap] he had reserved for the decisive moment.
Seriously, to split this f*cking skull.
***
Throughout the fight, Geos calmly analyzed what he could and could not do.
The refracting spear he had been taught by Chehai was the ultimate form of aura operation that could jump over space and strike wherever he wanted, but it wasn’t really without any restrictions.
‘My attacks cannot reach beyond the Immortal King’s magic barrier.’
In fact, this was a problem that applied not only to the Immortal King, but to all protective measures above a certain level, so there was nothing new about it.
If he had risen to transcendence, he might not know, but he is still far from reaching it.
‘Even if I aim for the moment the shield is destroyed… It won’t have much effect, probably.’
Geos, who was persistently analyzing his opponent, was able to notice the secret surrounding the Immortal King’s heart based on his intuition about the accumulated space while using the refracting window.
‘A tremendous level of space distortion surrounding the heart. It would be meaningless to simply bend the tip of the spear and stab it there. What if I intervene in the space itself and strike beyond it?’
And that was an impossible level of skill for Geos today.
‘…In the normal way.’
Of course, the secret technique he learned was by no means ordinary.
The fact that a being that had not reached transcendence could intervene in space with only an aura was itself the extreme of extraordinary.
And the technology that was close to ‘psychic power using aura’ made by Chehai’s hand.
Through Geos, which inherited it, it has developed into something closer to ‘Aura Biggi’.
“Whoa—.”
He swung his spear to slash the dark magic attacking around him, taking a deep breath and contemplating the situation around him.
Pajijik-! Dismissed! Dismissed—!
Several sparks flew in succession from Isea’s side.
She, too, was trying to construct her multi-magic at the same time, drawing her own enormous magic power, which was her special skill.
It was a risky attempt that could lead to runaways, but thanks to this, the frequency of the Immortal King’s use of magic has decreased significantly.
Lydia and Riesta also continued to support Heinrich.
No matter how many arrows he had, the arrows flying in succession pierced the serpents of the abyss.
The divine power that radiated from the body of the saintess, who could now even see the light itself, ignited the darkness in all directions and gave them strength.
Geos’ gaze turned back to the front.
Occasionally, Heinrich desperately clings to the space, and the Immortal King responds leisurely to it.
Also, there was no hope.
If she didn’t care, she might lose her life right here, from the hero to the saint.
And it was a really, really dangerous… World crisis.
‘Yeah, that’s why… This can’t be helped.’
A subtle smile formed on Geos’ lips.
It’s like he’s willing to do something.
‘Immortal King.’
And the master-class knight who rose to the extreme and Count Geos Calkin of Lesk Kingdom.
‘Perhaps even if I do this, I won’t be able to kill you.’
Without hesitation, I twisted, squeezed, and pulled out the aura hole inside my body.
“Big— cool—!”
Based on that, he pulled out a bloody aura that accumulated his own life, character, and karma.
‘But this… Will hurt quite a bit.’
Immediately after the hero’s holy sword cut through the shield.
At the same time as Geos’s spear was thrown—the tip of the spear pierced space.
