198. The strongest party on earth
A full moon has passed before I knew it.
And the party of warriors gathered in the outskirts of Logness Barn. Arthur, Reus, me, Sepia, Anya, Sonny, Lund, Klein, the 3rd ranked warrior, Neith, and Yoon Ah-hyun all gathered in the area adjacent to the wilderness.
Except for Yoon Ah-hyun, those currently gathered in the wilderness were no different from the empire’s strongest forces.
All of them were selected by Lund himself through a selection process.
There was only one reason why the number of people in the party was only 10 or so. To get to the floating castle, you had to fly in the sky after all, and the number of people who could go was limited.
I hoped that Queen Aster’s apostles would join in hearing the news that Helya had become the demon king, but I asked them to escort Tesha.
‘But, this is what we have to do… .’
I wasted three hours persuading Ashron. Perhaps they blamed Helya for their fall.
After a long persuasion, Ashron decided to stay in Central Class and escort Tesha.
Because they had more important tasks than participating in battle… .
And now I looked up at the floating castle floating in the air. That was the end of this story and the final battleground.
It was also the day when the fate of the empire and the entire world depended on it.
In front of us were five wyverns that Yoon Ah-hyun had tamed.
I tried to tame more monsters, but the maximum number Seir could tame was five.
It was also the reason why Yoon Ah-hyun was chosen as one of the 10 people in this party. Because Yoon Ah-hyun was the only one with the ability to tame a wyvern.
“Ethan… . Have a good trip.”
At Tia’s farewell, I smiled once.
“yes… . I will be back.”
I wanted to say something more, but I held back because the moment I said more, I thought I would be flagged for death.
“I think the amount is a bit small for 10 people to share.”
Neith, the third-ranked hero, was in trouble as he stroked his brown beard. Apparently, Klein and Neith were tall, so they had to ride the Wyvern alone.
I rode a wyvern the other day as a demonstration, but the two of them had to ride separately. Wyverns couldn’t carry more than 2 people in the case of Klein and Nace.
Lund laughed at Neith’s words.
“Neiss, do you think there are only wyverns here?”
“Then, did you prepare a dragon or something?”
“Right. We also have dragons.”
“Right. Wait, did you say dragon?”
Before Neice could finish speaking, a long roar came from the air. The gathered people raised their heads one by one.
Soon, everyone’s eyes were focused on the dragon, which took a full turn in the sky and landed lightly on the ground.
The dragon with blue scales was Hessia. Suddenly, a few days ago, I remembered Hesia, who said she was ashamed to transform into a dragon.
‘Even though I’m a dragon, it’s a bit embarrassing to go back to my original form.’
It seemed that Hessia was also reluctant to return to her original self after living in the human world for quite some time.
‘Nope. What are you talking about. How cool is a beautiful girl who transforms into a dragon.’
Isn’t a pretty girl who turns into a dragon as cool as a transforming robot? That was my honest feeling.
‘really? Edan, do you like beautiful girls who transform into dragons?’
‘yes! A beautiful girl who transforms into a dragon is better than a giant god.’
At those words, Hesia readily transformed into a dragon. Fortunately, Hessia, who grew up fast, had grown into a dragon that could burn two people, even if it didn’t reach adulthood.
From the guardian’s point of view, I wanted to exclude Hessia from this party, but there was no way for the 10 party members to head to the floating castle except for Hessia.
“I never dreamed that I would see a dragon in my lifetime. According to legend, when the world is in danger, the legendary hero and dragon appear and save the world.”
“Then, that dragon must be the one that will save the world.”
At Neith’s words, Lund shrugged. Neyce laughed and turned his gaze to me.
“Then, that friend must be a legendary hero.”
300 years ago, Amos, who saved the world from the demon king, was a hero riding an indigo dragon, and thanks to that, a legend arose that a warrior riding a dragon would appear when the world fell into crisis.
Of course, the dragon in that legend was Hessia’s mother, Calcia.
“Trust me. is that possible I would like to believe it if possible.”
Lund soon walked towards the wyvern. Starting with Lund boarding the Wyvern, each of them got on top of the Wyvern.
I got on Hesia first and gave Sephia a hand.
“Let’s go, Sepia.”
“yes! Please take care of me, Hessia.”
Hesia nodded and spread her wings. Soon, Hessia flew towards the sky with the group of wyverns.
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Hessia reached the floating castle and landed softly. Seeing the castle floating in the air gave me a strange feeling.
A dark purple sky spread around the castle. Above it, a castle larger than the imperial palace in Centralban was floating in the air.
[The goddess of wisdom is interested in wealth.]
[The most beautiful goddess admires the floating castle.]
[The god of festivals and pleasures cheers you on.]
[Many gods look forward to your final journey.]
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Numerous messages were flying in. I pulled out the holy sword from my waist. The vampires standing guard slowly approached and narrowed the distance.
It was the moment when the final battle began.
As soon as he released his magical energy, blue aura and silvery-white torch raged all over his body.
“Nice! Anya! sepia! Take charge of this place according to the operation! The rest will break through after me!”
Anya swung her massive hammer and knocked off the head of the approaching vampire. While Neith and Anya protected Ahyeon from the vampires, we made our way through the corps and toward the center.
He left Rien in Hessia’s shadow, and even gave Rien an order to retreat if conditions were not right. It was also an agreement with Lund as a condition for Hesia to participate in the battle.
“Runtar! Letea!”
Runtar and Lethea appeared by my side. With the blessing of Runthar, red and black flames rose from Excalibur.
“Run wild! colossus. Help Anya and Neice around here and protect Hesia and Yoon Ah-hyun!”
I ran along Lund and summoned the Colossus.
The Colossus that came out of the shadows roared for a long time and ran. Then, he trampled and kicked the adversaries. At that momentum, the enemies hesitated.
“That’s a colossus! Everyone, get your head straight!”
Countless soldiers fell under the floating castle with a single kick. Vampires surrounded the rampaging giants, but could not easily approach them.
While they were dealing with the giant god, we were able to reach the castle gate without realizing it. Lund exploded the mana he had gathered while running.
Mana poured through the strong castle gate.
With a huge explosion, the place where the magical energy had passed became a mess as if it had been bombed. At that moment, the huge iron gate fell off.
“Keep breaking through!”
At Lund’s words, both Arthur and I nodded.
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center of richness.
Sitting on the throne, Helya rested her chin on her chin. There was a lot of commotion outside. My confidant Astal opened the door and jumped in and got down on one knee.
“Helia. A party from the Empire has reached Floating Castle.”
“How many troops?”
“Nine people.”
only nine people?
Helya laughed at that number. However, the boundaries were not completely relaxed. 300 years ago, the party of warriors was only three and defeated the demon king.
Of course, all they could do was seal them against the mighty demon king.
“Who is the enemy?”
Astal hesitated for a moment before answering. Because Ethan, whom I thought was thrown into the bottomless pit in the underground labyrinth, came back alive.
“Lund, who is called the strongest hero, Klein of super strength, and Ethan, the black-haired swordsman. And it seems to be a member of Nadia Academy.”
At the word Edan, Helya’s lips went up.
“Ethan? Wasn’t he dead?”
“that is… .”
“Well, okay. Anyway, he’s a fun guy. To fall into the abyss and come back alive.”
Astal bowed her head as if to apologize.
“What about Agares?”
“We are preparing for battle now.”
“okay? Now that you’ve come to the abode of the gods, will you welcome me? Get ready soon.”
“Yes… !”
After answering, Astal’s body turned into mist. Soon the fog disappeared where it came from.
Soon, Astal appeared in a long hallway. Elite soldiers lined up behind Astal.
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After breaking down the main gate, we ran straight into the castle. As a rough estimate, the number of guards seemed to be in the hundreds.
However, those who dared to break through were a party composed of the strongest in the world. We have a triangular display centered on Lund.
“Clein!”
As if waiting for Lund’s cry, Klein ran out and hit the club. With the sound of cutting the wind, magic power swept across the front.
The running vampire was hit by magic and fell to the wall and the ground.
After one blow, Klein skilfully fell back. However, the lineup was still undisturbed. Immediately, as if it was his turn, Lund released his mana and fired forward.
bang!
Long sword scars were engraved on the wall of the inner wall and cracked.
“Reus!”
In a situation where magic flew like a bombardment, Reus briefly memorized the skill name. The magic flying through the translucent barrier created by Reus was destroyed as if to shoot it down.
Even so, the magic that could not be shot down was dealt with by Runtar and Lettea. The fire-type magic was offset by Letea, and the cold-type magic was offset by Runtar.
[The Goddess of Wisdom is satisfied with this battle.]
[The most beautiful goddess smiles at you.]
[The god of festivals and pleasures shouts that he is excited.]
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“I’m going into resistance as it is!”
Under Lund’s command, we dealt with the enemy in our respective positions. And finally entered tolerance.
“Lund! go ahead! I’m not in charge of this place. The demon king told me to take on any challenge, so go and tell him that he has come to challenge!”
At the entrance to the castle, Klein shouted against the pursuers.
“Thank you! Klein! Back please!”
The line led by Lund continued to move forward without slowing down. And in the hallway stood a vampire and a demon.
It was Astal, a huge vampire with gray-white hair and red eyes, Helya’s confidant.
And the one standing next to him with purple hair tied back was Agares, the second-ranked demon, Banshee.
“Don’t you think you’ll get out of the way easily?”
Sony stood tall.
“Reus! Sony! Meet them!”
“Yes.”
Reus and Sonny took on Agares and Astal, respectively.
“You cannot pass through here.”
With those words, Astal struck down a huge mace. Sonny quickly created an alter ego and wielded a polearm against the mace.
A polearm and a mace collided. Reus then stabbed his spear at Agares and entered. Agares dodged the spear by leaping backwards.
“good. Ethan. We are in charge here.”
“please. Reus.”
I nodded my head at those words and headed for the final battle.
