Chapter 305 – Lord of Death
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Moments later, after confirming that the ice meteor shower had stopped, Gaon retrieved his divine instrument and opened his mouth.
“Then let’s go to the basement of the imperial palace now. Having stopped the first airstrike, it will probably make the fight a lot easier.”
In his previous life, he faced a rift much more defenselessly than he did now, so the attack he just made paralyzed the entire capital and half of the troops in the capital were blown away.
Just blocking it was a great feat for the Grand Duchess of Drakanis.
Gaon and his party spurred the clock tower and flew straight toward the imperial palace.
In the meantime, a battle between the undead army and the empire that fell from the rift took place all over the capital.
The knights and soldiers of the empire, as well as the wizards of the Mage Tower and the paladins and priests of the Healing Church, all joined forces to fight the dimensional invaders.
Gaon clicked his tongue as he mercilessly swept away the undead in his path.
‘As expected, he doesn’t die.’
Would the undead be undead for nothing?
Even if they smashed their skulls, they often regenerated and stood up again.
Truly an immortal army.
Even soldiers who were killed by their demons quickly stand up again and aim their spears at the allies they were with just before.
The entire capital was already Nome’s domain.
‘Ark Rich.’
That was the identity of the aggressor who came from this rift and the Lord of Death who ministers and controls all these undead.
Of course, being a bastard is not invincible.
Even at this moment, a huge amount of mana must be consumed to revive the undead.
If it’s a problem, there’s no way to know how much of a burden that consumption is to him. According to his previous life, he maintained this state for over three days, so he might have possessed near-infinite magical power.
“Gaon!”
Gaon, who had been kicking the air with many worries, suddenly heard a voice and came to his senses.
Looking ahead, Lugiena, who had arrived earlier, was waiting for him with her aide, Remian Winchester.
Normally, it would be an action that would attract suspicion from the guards guarding the entrance to the imperial palace, but now he didn’t care if he didn’t have the energy to do so as he was blocking the undead pouring in from all directions.
Rather, it seemed that he secretly liked the attack that Rougiena and Remian threw at him, giving him a chance to catch his breath.
Gaon landed with everyone and joined them.
“Lugiana. Welcome.”
“I’m glad you’re okay too. Then let’s quickly go to the basement of the imperial palace. I don’t see anything particularly suspicious yet, but it’s better to go ahead and wait.”
“Yes. Song.”
Gaon, who had briefly finished his talk with Rouziena, bowed his head and exchanged greetings with Lemian, and then went straight into the palace.
The guards who were fighting the undead tried to stop the party, but when the 2nd prince presented the token, they immediately stepped aside.
On the way to the basement of the imperial palace, Gaon saw a strange sight.
The undead that rushed in the middle were annihilated after being hit by the bloody river thrown by Rougiena.
Usually, no matter how much you attack, they are revived, but it was a strange thing.
When asked about it, she replied.
“Are you forgetting my ability? Thanks to the evil eye of death, I can see the connection between them and the caster. I just cut it off.”
“Okay. Then, do you know the location of the caster?”
“Well. The link extends to the sky. But he said he would come to the basement of the imperial palace? Maybe it’s not directly connected, but it’s a ceremony that was once twisted through a magic circle. You better hurry things up.”
Right now, I can’t figure out the details, but I can’t just rely on her magic eye.
Gaon and the others passed through the long corridors of the imperial palace and finally entered the depths.
There are three forks here, and the front is the road leading to the audience room. To get to the basement, you had to follow the path to the right.
“Come this way!”
Rujie, who had memorized the internal structure of the imperial palace in advance, stopped her hesitant party and took the lead first.
And at last they reached the hall where the emperor’s remains were enshrined for generations.
In front of them, the Knights of the Sun, who always guarded the remains of the emperors 365 days a year, stood guard.
One of them shouted.
“Who are you! This is not a place anyone can go in and out! Get out of here!”
Arbitrarily entering the basement of the imperial palace was a crime that could have been punished by summary execution. However, perhaps because the current situation was so special, they chose to expel them instead of causing a pointless fight.
Looking at them, Gaon realized that the Arch Reach hadn’t arrived yet, and while relieved, held out the token handed to him by the 2nd Prince.
“We have been ordered by His Highness Adelio Pentra!”
“Is it the name of the second prince?”
“Yes. It is said that the Arch Reach that caused the current situation is aiming for the remains and holy sword of the First Emperor. He asks for cooperation to stop it.”
As befits the place where all the remains and holy swords of past emperors are gathered, all of the Sun Knights guarding this place boast strength comparable to those of the royal knights.
Perhaps because they were guarding in three shifts, there were only 10 people, one-third of the total, but each one was at least 8 stars, so it would be helpful in the fight against the Arch Lich, not a hindrance.
However, even at Gaon’s words, they did not let their guard down at all.
“Can not believe it! Lay down your weapons and surrender!”
“This…”
They did not change their existing way of thinking even in this urgent situation, as if the front and back were tightly blocked.
Rather, it tells us that it is an imminent situation to draw a weapon and form a siege as if to subdue it right away.
Just then, someone appeared from behind.
When I turned my head, I saw a group of people approaching along the road the party had passed.
‘Sun Knights?’
They were wearing armor with sun patterns engraved on their chests, just like those who had besieged them.
The one in the front opened his mouth.
“What is this now?”
“Captain! Welcome. Currently, these men pretend to be the subordinates of His Highness, the 2nd Prince, and are trying to break into the tomb. We need to catch and investigate.”
At the report of the knight who ordered the siege, the man called the captain turned his head and looked around the party carefully.
“What is identity? Why did you try to break into the tomb?”
“… His Highness the 2nd Emperor obtained information that the Arch Lich, which had crossed over from the rift, was aiming for the remains of His Majesty the First Emperor and the holy sword, and hastily rushed to stop it.”
“How can you believe that?”
I can’t find anything to say.
It was a lie that he had obtained such information in the first place. I haven’t been to the world beyond the rift, so how can I know?
Gaon, who was blocked by an unexpected obstacle, even wished that the Arch Reach would appear now.
And, the world made his wish come true.
Rouge, who was glaring at the sun knights with her half-legged face full of annoyance, suddenly raised her head to the ceiling as if she sensed something in her.
Then she opened her eyes and screamed.
“Everyone beware!”
Kwaaang!
At the same time, the ceiling collapsed.
A gigantic spear of ice pierced the ground like a tofu and slammed into the imperial tomb, spreading terrible cold around.
Everything that touches the frost freezes.
Naturally, the knights who were located relatively close to the tomb were all reconciled into ice statues.
And a shadow slowly descended from beyond the open ceiling.
The fluttering dust dissipated, and what was revealed was the image of the god of death itself that exists in the heads of ordinary people.
Ominous magic overflows from the skeleton flapping its black robe.
Gaon looked at it and said.
“Will you believe me now?”
“… I have to believe it. Certainly, a powerful lich. I will cooperate with you I am Ryze Parvian, the leader of the Knights of the Sun. Please take good care of me.”
“I really wish you well.”
When the public enemy appeared, a dramatic agreement was reached between Gaon and the Sun Knights.
“Hey, hee! Buy, buy, save me!”
Then, a shrieking sound came from the front.
Looking straight ahead, I saw a knight barely freed from the influence of the Ice Spear, crawling on the floor with terrified eyes.
As the deputy commander of the Knights Division, he was the one who had ordered the Gaon party to be hostile and besieged until just a moment ago.
Unfortunately, however, it was the Arch Lich, not the Gaon party or the leader, who asked for that help.
Shaaaaa—
When he held out his hand, which was nothing but bones, black magic power spread in an instant. In an instant, that energy overturned the deputy commander and the entire tomb.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Rugus!”
It seems that the name of the deputy knight commander is Lugus. The leader shouted his name and tried to run, but before that his energy was scattered.
All that was left in its place was the 1st Death Knight, all stained black.
The death knight, filled with black aura even to the inside of his body, vomited ominous glare from his eyes.
Along with him, an excellent number of knights covered in fraud rose from the graveside.
All of them were death knights who used the corpses of previous emperors.
‘It’s a mess.’
Fortunately, the first emperor didn’t come back to life as a death knight, either because of some special power or because of the holy sword stuck in the tomb.
If he had been resurrected as an undead, the lives of everyone present here might have been put in danger.
So-so- so-so-
Gaon looked at the approaching death knights and spoke softly.
“Sir Rise. Can you stop the death knights? I will attach a few companions as well.”
“Are you?”
“I will stop the Arch Lich. If even the remains of His Majesty the first emperor were resurrected as a death knight, he would not be able to handle it.”
“Okay. Leave this to us.”
“Please.”
After finishing his conversation with Rise, Gaon immediately turned to his group.
“Chorin and her mother-in-law, please provide appropriate support here. And Hayeon, you protect the two of them.”
“All right. Son-in-law.”
“Can’t you get hurt?”
“Leave it to me!”
Ha-yeon is not strong enough to face Archlich, and even if Cho-rin is far away, she can play her role enough, so she doesn’t have to go out to dangerous places.
And since Surin was mainly focused on defensive abilities, it was difficult to play an active part in the fight against the Arch Lich.
Gaon, who finished sharing roles with his party, took a leap towards the Arch Lich, who began to show interest in the remains of the first emperor and the holy sword.
Paaang!
With the sound of air exploding, his body shoots afterimages.
Louisena, Isabella, and Lemian followed her.
Upon seeing this, the death knights rush to stop it, but at the right time, the shield created by Surin surrounds them and blocks the attack.
And the knights rushed in after him, two by two, to deal with the death knights.
The average level was ahead of the death knights, but they couldn’t easily break the balance, perhaps because they had long since died and were unable to fully demonstrate their former powers.
Gaon realized that he didn’t have to worry about anything else and immediately activated his stigma.
Ugh-
Divine power takes over the whole body and raises the physical ability by one level.
Due to the giant’s serum, the already powerful physical ability has now completely exceeded the racial limit.
Gaon threw the spear with all his might.
