Chapter 403  

Rumble!

Raon increased the Ring of Fires output to the maximum while looking at the rain of spells and the Sword of Purgatory approaching his neck.

Because the resonance happened in an extreme situation, time felt like it was flowing even more slowly than usual.

I knew it.

Raon had noticed when he entered the Land of Death, where the three pillars were located.

The energy of death was on a whole different level compared to the other locations, and countless magic arrays were hidden everywhereincluding the sky and ground.

Its only natural.

The archlich had been observing the people while commanding the undead army ever since the siege, and there was no way he wouldn't have made preparations against them.

That much preparation was obvious since he was trying to kill the warriors who managed to charge their way to the pillars.

Among them, I seem to be the one he wants to kill the most.

Even though only one person had entered his range, he activated the magic circles and even revealed the advanced death knight hiding under the energy of death. Raon could feel his determination to kill him before starting the war.

But you arent the only ones who are prepared.

Since Raon was already aware of the fact that the archlich had been observing the battlefield all along, he knew that it was going to happen.

Raon rolled his lips into a smile while looking at the approaching Sword of Purgatory and spells.

Wrath, lets trade already

Dont wanna.

Huh? What?

The King of Essence said that he doesnt want to.

He unexpectedly shook his head in denial even though hed told him that hed recover the aura and stamina and even lend his coldness and wrath.

Raon swallowed nervously while looking at the approaching Sword of Purgatory.

Why are you saying this now?! You promised to trade!

The King of Essence thought about it and came to the conclusion that you are the only one who benefits here.

Wrath closed his eyes, saying that it was disadvantageous for him no matter how he thought about it. His curved lips suggested that he knew that he had the upper hand in the situation.

However, he seemed to be willing to negotiate, because he transferred his strange power to make the time flow even more slowly while they could think at the same speed.

Ugh

Raons heart tightened because he didnt expect that to happen.

Ill take more wrath from you. Deal?

Wrath had been shoving his wrath into Raon in order to take over his body, but it wasnt always bad for him.

Since Raon learned how to use the wrath from him, it had its pros and cons.

Wrath pouted instead of responding.

That wasnt it?

Raon thought Wrath was obviously trying to give him more wrath, but he wasnt saying anything.

We have no time to waste. We are going to die if you dont say it already, and you wont be able to gain anyth

Wrath suddenly licked his lips.

Wait, dont tell me

Raon frowned as he watched Wrath lick his lips.

Ill eat all of the delicious foods until we return to the house instead of just after the war.

Hmm

Im also going to eat the new bead ice cream that Runaan mentioned!

Call!

You damn glutton!

Raon couldnt hold back his insult because of how he tried to negotiate in that emergency.

Wrath didnt seem to be aware, but the result of the negotiation wasnt going to be in his favor.

The King of Essence shall make sure to give you what you want.

Along with Wraths excited voice, vitality returned to Raons body, which felt as heavy as wet cotton. Heat and coldness emerged endlessly inside his empty energy center.

The coldness was especially huge, enough to overflow from his huge energy center.

Raon lowered his center of gravity and thrust the Blade of Requiem.

Whaap!

The extreme coldness and the wrath of the demon king were dwelling inside the yellow ghastly energy. Deadly light radiated from the red blade wrapped in the alien power.

Cring!

He made the ghastly energy, coldness, and wrath he could feel from his left hand at the same time. The Blade of Requiems intense vibration felt like it was about to break, and the coldness bursting out seemed capable of freezing the entire world.

Swaaa!

The Silver White Aurora emerged through the Blade of Requiem, and the spells falling from the sky and the death knights hellfire froze at the same time.

Kuh

Raon bit his lip while looking at the frozen world.

This isnt easy

He felt nauseous and tired. He wanted to collapse right away.

It was previously possible to use the Silver White Aurora thanks to Wraths help, but using it on his own was still too difficult for him.

Creak.

The creaking sound of the death knights body inside the ice could be heard. He was even stronger than he expected, as he could still move after Wraths skill was used on him.

Cring!

Raon endured the throbbing pain in his heart and incorporated Heavenly Drive, which was in his right hand, with the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivations heat.

Crack!

The line of fire surged over the crimson blade to destroy the advanced death knights frozen body.

Whaam!

The huge pillar of ice created through the Silver White Aurora was destroyed by the Crimson Slash and fell into pieces.

What the hell is that?

Habuns castellan, Milland, dropped his jaw while looking at the ice wall created by Raon.

I-it looks like magic, but it isnt. Its actually a phenomenon

Morells widened eyes looked like they were about to pop out as he described the absurdity that just happened in front of him.

Did he change his swordsmanship?

I think he just got better in the meantime.

The third prince and Borini Kitten swallowed nervously at the Crimson Slash that severed the death knight in a single strike instead of the Silver White Aurora.

This should be called a circus at this point.

The Warring Steel division leader, Trevin, shook his head while sighing.

Is he even human?

Hes even more terrifying than the undead at this point

Im going to be a good boy in front of him.

The Light Wind squad was also murmuring in amazement as they witnessed the impossible scene.

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H-how is this happening?!

The archlich stepped backward while looking at Raon, who managed to block hundreds of spells and the death knights sword with a single move.

This cant be happening How did he suddenly recover his aura?

He was aware that the young Zieghart was capable of creating that wall of ice, but hed judged that it was impossible with his remaining aura and stamina.

However, a tremendous amount of aura that shouldnt have existed exploded from his energy center right before the sword and spells reached him, creating a wall of ice that shouldve been impossible.

What the hell? He couldnt understand the situation no matter how hard he thought about it.

However, rather than unraveling the secret, he had to focus on overcoming the crisis at hand. The young Zieghart wasnt his only enemy, after all.

What should I do?

Re-summoning the death knight wasnt a difficult task, but he couldnt find the method to kill all the humans in front of him.

While the archlich pulled the strings of death to revive the death knight, the young Zieghart shook his hand behind him.

Its done. Come inside now.

The humans whod been waiting from behind slowly stepped inside the Land of Death, following his signal.

This is my chance!

The humans shouldnt have been aware, but the magic circles that hed prepared could be used continuously instead of having a single use.

He expected that even the young Zieghart in front of him wouldnt be able to create the wall of ice consecutively. That was why he thought he could inflict a critical amount of damage by activating the magic circles after his enemies entered the area.

The humans stepped into the Land of Death without hesitation and started to wipe out the non-frozen undead.

Now is my chance!

The moment the last person stepped inside, the archlich activated his magic circles once again.

He was about to resume the death knights revival after firing the attack spells, but his movement came to a halt.

Huh?

He couldnt activate the magic circles. No, the activation wasnt even the problem, since the magic circles were melting even though they shouldve lasted for at least a month.

Wh-what?! Whats happening to the magic circles?!

He even stopped the death knights revival in his panic, and the young Ziegharts voice could be heard.

Whats wrong? You cant activate the magic circles?

He smiled cheerfully while twirling the dagger hed used to create the wall of ice around his finger.

Dont tell me, you used that dagger

The archlich had seen that ominous dagger destroy the spells and magic circles many times in the past, but he never imagined that he could nullify all of the magic circles in the area.

Who the hell are you?! Whats wrong with you?!

I wonder.

Raon smiled faintly while looking at the archlichs trembling chin. He seemed to be panicking, since his green flaming eyes were trembling so hard that they looked like they were about to be extinguished.

It worked.

Even the Blade of Requiem couldnt destroy the huge number of magic circles at the same time.

Raon had used the Ring of Fire to find the center of the magic circles, then he destroyed the circles with the Silver White Aurora and the Ghastly Flow of Mana, which ended up being effective.

This is great stress relief!

Burren grinned while destroying a spartois body.

Give me your heads, you fucking skeletons!

Martha was only focused on destroying the heads. She looked like she was venting her accumulated frustration.

Lets finish this quickly so I can sleep! Sleep! Sleep!

Runaan cut a dullahan in four different pieces, her purple eyes burning with fighting spirit. She looked like shed reached her limits.

We can see the end!

They werent even a big deal!

Kill them all!

It wasnt just the Light Wind squad. The warriors and magicians from the four different factions were also slaughtering the undead while consuming a huge amount of mana since the war was coming to an end.

Since all of them were powerful groups, all of the undead monsters perished in no time except for the archlich.

That skelly is the only one left now.

Milland stood next to Raon and pointed his sword at the archlich.

An advanced archlich, what a rare sight. It will be a fun experiment.

A frightening smile appeared on Morells face as he compressed a firestorm on his hands.

We have to eliminate him no matter what, as he can control such a powerful army of undead.

Borini Kitten walked up to him, wrapped in his sharp pressure.

So hes the perpetrator that made us come all the way here. How arrogant.

Trevin glared at the archlich while unleashing the astral energy from his sword.

The tips of the archlichs fingers looked like they were trembling as he faced the powerful pressures from his four enemies.

What are you going to do now? You are the only one left.

Im not the only one.

The archlich raised his hand while grinding his teeth. A huge amount of energy of death rampaged and the death knight and advanced undead that had died a moment ago emerged from underneath the archlich.

Im sorry.

The death knight immediately raised his sword and apologized to the archlich.

You dont have to apologize.

Raon responded instead with a faint smile on his face.

Your friend is also going to die the same way soon enough.

Shut up!

The death knight charged at Raon while grinding his teeth. He was even faster than before, probably because he was using his footwork as fast as possible.

Hes fast, butI already know his methods.

Raon extended his right foot to the front and slashed upwards with Heavenly Drive.

Claang!

The brutal strike of the Fangs of Insanity fended off the death knights Sword of Purgatory.

What?!

The death knights chin trembled in disbelief from how his sword was easily pushed back.

The death knight that was here before was your mirror image, right?

How did you know?

Because you are using exactly the same swordsmanship.

The advanced death knight in front of him was wielding his sword exactly the same way as the death knight that could grow while fighting.

Since even the footwork and swordsmanship were the same, Raon could tell that the one hed previously encountered was the mirror image, and he managed to fend off the blow without much difficulty.

Nonsense! You cant possibly understand my sword just from fighting that!

The death knight charged at Raon once again. His footwork and swordsmanship had changed slightly, but there wasnt a huge difference.

The flow of swordsmanship was learned with body, and it couldnt be changed so easily.

Its still similar.

Raon deflected the death knights Sword of Purgatory with Heavenly Drive, incorporating the flow of the Blizzard Sword Art before he advanced.

Once he reached right in front of the death knight, he unleashed the Swords Silvery Dream with the Blade of Requiem.

Crack!

The short blade passed like a dream, and the blade of ghastly energy appeared from its shadow to pierce through the death knights core.

Ah

The death knight dropped his Sword of Purgatory without even realizing what killed him.

What is

You didnt see that before, right?

Raon had used countless techniques to kill the undead but he purposefully didnt show the Swords Silvery Dream.

The death knight turned into ash, his core destroyed by the Swords Silvery Dream that hed never seen before.

Even though the land was brimming with the energy of death, he wasnt going to be revived any time soon.

Whaam!

The archlich also fell on the ground from Morells fire snake while trying to dodge Milland and Borini Kittens combined attacks.

Kuh

The archlichs hand was trembling as he groaned. He seemed to have taken some damage even though he shouldnt feel any pain.

Y-you bastards!

The archlich broke out of the fire snake and tried to activate his black magic, but Raon used the Supreme Harmony Steps to approach him.

Hes definitely going to dodge if I attack him normally.

Even though the archlich was a mage, he couldnt be underestimated considering what hed done so far. It was necessary to use powerful techniques even though he didnt have much time.

Kuh!

The archlich raised his hand while looking at Raon. A dark purple light flashed from his gray finger bone.

Cring!

Raon drew a wave with Heavenly Drive. The white shadow emerging from the blade gently embraced the archlichs flash.

Whir!

At the same time, crimson sword resonance burst from the Blade of Requiem, rushing from the left side. Blood Rain. The archlich had already seen it before, but he had never heard the wail of the deceased that stopped his movement.

And one more step from here.

Raon stepped forward with his left foot and cut into a cross shape with the White Shadow Slash, which managed to absorb the black magic, and the Blade of Requiem, which just scattered the rain of blood.

Kuh

The archlich tried to move while looking at the two swords approach, but the wail of the Blood Rain didnt release his limbs.

Crack!

Once Heavenly Drive and the Blade of Requiem reached him, the archlichs body was split into four pieces.

Whaam!

Milland and Borini Kittens astral energies assaulted the archlichs severed body, and Morells firestorm created an explosion.

Whaap!

The archlich disappeared under the ground that was brimming with the energy of death without even leaving a single piece of bone behind.

He was going to be revived eventually since his soul crystal wasnt destroyed, but it was bound to take a tremendous amount of time.

Whoaaa!

Its over!

We finally killed them all!

Sniff! I can finally sleep!

Since the Light Wind squad had been fighting for six days straight, they cheered in delight at the fact that they could finally rest.

Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the land where the archlich had perished.

This is a bit strange.

The battle wasnt actually that hard even though the energy of death from the archlich and the death knight was extremely terrifying.

Even if he considered that he managed to destroy the archlichs plans and the fact that he had powerful helpers, he still felt like the battle shouldve been harder. He had a bad feeling about it.

Castellan.

Raon turned around and walked up to Milland.

Didnt you find this too eas?

Raon was about to tell him about what hed just thought.

You realized it so quickly.

The Land of Death wavered once again as the frightening voice could be heard. Unlike what happened so far, the energy of death itself was moving throughout the land.

Swoosh!

Dark hands surfaced from the ground and bound everyones hands and feet.

Gasp!

Wh-what?! What is this?!

Bl-black hands?

Is the lich still alive?

The warriors and magicians attacked the black hands with their aura blades and magic but the hands didnt disappear.

Oh no

Ev-even astral energy cant destroy it!

Milland and Borini Kitten were looking at the black hands with trembling eyes because they couldnt even remove them with astral energy.

This isnt magic!

Why cant I cut this?!

Even Morells fire magic and Trevins astral energy, which was at the highest level of Master, were unable to destroy the black hands.

I-its absorbing our mana!

Unleash your aura! Stop your energy from leaving you!

Just like the third prince and Milland said, the black hands were also absorbing their stamina and mana on top of stopping their movements.

Damn it!

Raon struck the black hand holding his wrist with the Blade of Requiem. Even though he was using the Ghastly Flow of Mana, the black hand didnt disappear.

This isnt a spell.

The hand wasnt made with magic. It was a phenomenon created from energy, just like the Silver White Aurora.

Kuh

We are going to lose all our vitality and become zombies at this rate!

We have to move no matter what!

I want to, but what can we do?

People were panicking and struggling, and a small resonance occurred from the land where the three pillars were located.

Thud!

Slow and huge ripples spread from pillars as if the swamp was going to rise again in the Land of Death, and a mysterious man clad in a black robe emerged.

Ah

Raons fingertips trembled as he looked at the archlich mask that the mysterious man was wearing.

The Specter?

It mustve been Specter, Edens officer who supposedly inherited the power of a high-class archlich.

This is the first time weve faced each other, Raon Zieghart.

With a heavy voice, the Specter slowly floated into the air to look down on them.

Im extremely thankful for you bringing all of these people here.

He extended his right hand downwards. A powerful light incomparable to the archlich radiated from the black bead he was holding.

It was worth experimenting instead of returning right away.

Raon bit his lip while looking at the purple light becoming as colossal as the sun.

I thought someone mustve been behind this, but it was the SpecterDamn it.

Because Merlin had told him that the Fallen had given up on him temporarily and didnt visit him for a while, he didnt expect Eden to be the perpetrator behind the war.

No, it was my mistake. I shouldnt have simply believed that Eden wouldnt be here.

Merlin did mention that the officers received various independent missions.

Since Eden was a group of lunatics, he had to consider the possibility that they would attack on their own accord, regardless of the Fallen.

However Its not completely impossible to reverse the situation.

Raon gathered the wrath from the bottom of his soul and the Ring of Fire at the same time.

Rumble!

The release of power was huge enough to twist his bones and skin, and the black hands holding his limbs shattered into pieces.

Thud!

Raon kicked the clammy ground and jumped towards the Specter.

As Raon aimed to nullify his spell with the White Shadow Slash and cut his neck with the Blade of Requiem, he extended his left hand.

Youd better stop.

Yua and Yulius appeared from his left hand as he spoke.

They looked like they had lost consciousness, as they were faltering like shirts hanging on a clothesline and their eyes were shut tight.

Fakes? No, their vitality

Raon wanted to believe that they were fakes, but their presences and existences were the real deal. He wouldve ignored them if they were fakes, but he couldnt attack because they were the real ones.

Shes the real Pineapple Girl!

Damn it!

There was no mistake since Wrath confirmed it. Raon controlled his aura to the best of his ability to force himself to stop mid-air.

Splash!

Once his feet reached the ground once again, black hands even bigger than before rose up to strongly pull his legs.

Wise decision.

The Specters sneer could be heard from his voice.

Because I personally brought those children from House Arianne.

But I didnt notice your movements!

Because Ive been hiding inside the energy of death.

He said that hed spread the energy of death to the entire land for that purpose.

Dont be so sad. Im the one who found them first, not you. You are the one who took them away from me in my point of view.

The Specter smiled while looking at Yua.

She had even better qualities than I thought. She was corrupted because of you, but dont worry. Ill make it so she can kill thousands of people with a single song soon enough.

He smiled coldly, saying that he was looking forward to it.

Lets put an end to this.

A powerful light flickered once again from the bead in the Specters extended hand.

Rumble!

It was releasing a power to crush their bodies with the energy of death that even the White Shadow Slash and the Blade of Requiems Ghastly Flow of Mana wouldnt be able to stop.

Since Raon used the card to get help from Wrath, he couldnt come up with any way to stop it.

Should I attack again? But he might use Yulius as a shield. But everyones going to die if I dont do anything about this

His head ached from his thoughts, but he couldnt think of any way to deal with it.

Whir!

Even though he didnt come up with a solution, the Specters sphere of death was ready to fall.

Theres no other choice. I wanted to save it, but

Raon started to gather the divinity that he was planning to hide until the end when a refreshing wind tickled his nose.

No, it wasnt just wind. The sharp and aloof scent of lightning was there as well.

Could it be?

Raon raised his head and saw him right behind the Specter.

The blade of wind and lightning from the red-haired elf severed the Specters body.

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