Chapter 48 – Behemoth (4)
How long did it last
From Marius’s point of view, it seemed like they had been running for three days and nights, but in reality, it must have only been a few hours.
His horse had already collapsed and was abandoned in the meadow, and Marius was now running through the meadow, avoiding the Behemoth, relying on his own legs.
Marius had somehow managed to hold out against the lightning with his cloak, but he was slowly reaching his limit.
Since the lightning struck 10 times, the number of times the magic tool was used was exhausted long ago, and even if there was aura, there was not much left.
‘Now, it’s a group…’
Marius, who had been running nonstop for a moment, fell to the ground on his knees.
I came this far with the determination to get the Behemoth as far away from the city as possible, but it was too much.
Falling to the ground, Marius turned and looked at the Behemoth approaching him with a determined attitude.
That majesty and ferocity befitting the name of the Beast King.
Although he was an irrational beast, he felt somehow happy when he thought that an opponent like this would end his life.
‘It seems that senility has come at the end. To feel joy in this situation.’
Marius smiled and closed his eyes as he waited for his imminent death.
When the behemoth’s thumping footsteps stopped, Marius closed his eyes even more tightly.
My heart keeps pounding like the Behemoth’s footsteps. Even a hardened knight, even an old man with only a few days left to live, is afraid to die.
However, even though I am afraid of death, I have no regrets anymore.
Even if I can’t rebuild the kingdom, I believe that if it’s Grindella, I’ll get through this rough world somehow.
“Ouch…”
The short cry of the Behemoth before it lets out a roar echoes in my ears.
It’s something I just have to step on and finish it, but I’m really grateful that they even use lightning bolts.
Memories flashed through Marius’ mind as he calmly waited for his death.
The first time he holds the sword.
When he became the leader of the Kingdom Knights.
And when Grindella was born.
Indeed… He grew up really well.
Although he lacked the heartlessness befitting a king, he grew up to be a kind child who cared for his people.
‘Now there is no regret. Princess… No, it’s my lovely niece, Grindella. This ugly uncle goes first.’
Along with the sound of the wind cutting, you can probably hear the sound of lightning flying.
Can you shoot thunderbolts without roaring? He’s such a nasty guy that he tells you that only before he dies.
– Kwakwang!
The Behemoth’s roar, which was a little different from when it struck the thunderbolt with a loud explosion, made Marius’ ears ring.
But except for the deaf ears, he felt no pain in his body.
When I opened my eyes softly, wondering if I had missed it, a huge dark cloud was floating over Behemoth’s head.
‘No, that’s not a dark cloud…’
That black smoke was not a dark cloud, but smoke that came out when using powerful fire magic.
“Gooooo…”
The Behemoth, who hadn’t been bothered by so many magical baptisms, screamed in agony just by hearing it.
Marius, embarrassed by what the hell was going on, was about to get up.
“Uncle!!”
Crying out her own name, Grindella, with her tears in her eyes, ran toward Marius.
“Princess… ! And you guys…”
Behind Grindella were the adventurers and warriors she sent with Grindella.
“Yoah ball! That magic… And why are you here…”
“I’m here to save you. Martha, I’ll see if you’re not hurt.”
When Martha, who was at the side of the hero, approached Marius, Marius waved her hand and said,
“Oh, no. There are no injuries. We have to get out of here sooner than that… !!”
“No, if I let that go any longer, there will be more victims.”
Although Behemoth is a small country, it is a beast that has already destroyed several countries.
For the hero, there was no option from the beginning to leave such a monster unattended.
“I will definitely kill you here today so it doesn’t happen again.”
The world is also something to live for a long time to see. I never thought the day would come when the words that I would kill you would sound so reassuring.
But this time the opponent is so bad. Being chased by the Behemoth for several hours, Marius knew better than anyone else that the monster’s strength was greater than it seemed.
“Oh, no… !”
The moment Marius reached out to the hero who got off his horse and leisurely approached the Behemoth.
– Whiiing!!!
A powerful storm suddenly blew from somewhere, and Marius was speechless and closed his eyes.
The storm, which even a human who is not familiar with magic can tell that it is not a natural phenomenon, but a phenomenon caused by someone artificially, hit the Behemoth.
Then the thundercloud, which had been caught between his sides and spewed thunderbolts, began to disappear.
‘A thundercloud is disappearing from his side…’
Did he come with a plan, not just reckless?
However, there were still countless thunderclouds covering the sky for the Behemoth.
It was a while to think that even with that storm, those thunderclouds could not be helped.
The sky suddenly began to clear right above Behemoth’s head.
‘… Is that magic too?’
I don’t know what kind of magic it is, but Marius seemed to know that it wasn’t ordinary magic.
‘Maybe there is a possibility?’
Just as he was thinking about that, a golden light like the sun radiated from the body of the hero who was advancing towards the Behemoth.
“That… The number of trump cards the hero said.”
As Martha muttered that, Marius turned his head and asked.
“The number of spleen? What is that?”
“It’s the first time I’m seeing you today, so I don’t know… I am well aware of the fact that an enormous amount of divine power resides in the warrior’s body. How can you get such an amount…”
“Divine power…”
Just as a wizard deals with mana and a knight deals with aura, the power used by priests and paladins is divine power.
‘I thought he handled only the aura well, but he can’t even handle the divine power.’
Come to think of it, did you say that it also handles mana? Marius naturally looked at the hero when he heard that he could not feel the divine power, but he was an enormous amount.
And…
“That one?”
He noticed that an incomparable amount of aura was flowing from the hero’s body.
Meanwhile, Rose focused on weather manipulation magic, but did not take her eyes off the hero like Martha and Marius.
‘What is that light…’
Even Rose, who is well versed in magic, has a divine feeling that even Rose cannot understand.
What is that magic?
Did he develop another magic besides the yet unnamed reflection magic?
‘Since I focused on body strengthening magic, that must be that type of magic too, right?’
In the golden light, you can feel the intense mana that is unbelievable for a 6th circle.
Certainly, with that amount of mana, his physical abilities would greatly increase, but for some reason, it seemed that it wasn’t everything.
‘Are they mixed with auras? But then…’
It’s not a story limited to the body and mana, but if you reinforce it too much, you won’t be able to withstand the power and will be destroyed.
Besides, when the warrior first met, he said that swordsmanship was more advanced than magic.
That would mean that not only pure swordsmanship, but also the ability to manipulate auras were superior to magic.
‘When I said that, it was the 4th circle at the time, but if the amount used as an aura is high, the burden on the body…’
While I was thinking about that, the hero’s body, which was emitting golden light, disappeared.
“What?!”
And the next moment, along with the sound of chopping meat, the Behemoth’s scream resounded.
*****
Do not use overlapping body strengthening magic.
Every magician knows this, and the hero first heard it when he was learning magic from YuRia.
And this technique that the hero is using now is a technique that denies that statement from the front.
The principle of the technique is simple enough to be ignorant, and first of all, the body is strengthened to the maximum by magic, miracles, and the operation of the aura.
And the body that is constantly being shaved off by its subordinates is blocked by healing miracles.
Thus, the whole body of the hero was enveloped in divine power containing the power of healing.
“Ugh… !!”
The hero glared at the Behemoth, gritting his teeth in pain as if his flesh was being ripped apart by a knife wrapped around his body.
I never got used to this pain, which I thought I would never get used to from the first time I succeeded.
In pain of being ripped off, the hero gnashed his teeth and spurred the ground as he jumped at the Behemoth’s head.
“What, what?!”
It is not unreasonable that such words would come out of the mouth of an adventurer watching over the hero.
Even Hero himself couldn’t keep up with his own speed, so he couldn’t understand what had happened in an instant.
Behemoth, who did not recognize the hero yet, did not notice the hero above his head, and the hero raised his fist eagerly at this time.
“It’s great… !”
However, the excruciating pain felt in his arm for a moment caused the warrior to withdraw his hand without realizing it.
‘This condition won’t last long…’
This state consumed both stamina and mental strength tremendously, so the duration was not very long.
It should end with this one room.
With that in mind, the warrior put all his strength into his fist and swung it at the Behemoth’s head.
-Bang!!!
Instead of hitting the creature’s head, the Behemoth slammed its face into the ground with a ghastly sound of large chunks of rock colliding with each other.
No matter how much Behemoth was, she raised her head cautiously as her body trembled as if she hadn’t recovered from such an attack.
‘The attack works… !’
It didn’t break his bones, but blood flowed from the Behemoth’s head.
The bone was too much for one shot, but it seemed like it could be shattered with multiple attacks.
When the hero smiled softly at the fact that he could win, the Behemoth opened his mouth at the hero, baring his teeth.
Behemoth tried to swallow the hero in one bite, but the hero who escaped by spurring the air returned and kicked the Behemoth’s cheek with his feet.
“Goooooh clothes!!”
The Behemoth, whose head had turned so much that he thought his neck bones might have been broken, went far away and fell.
The Behemoth, which had flown almost hundreds of meters, lay still on the ground and did not move as if it were dead.
Could it be that it ended in only two rooms?
Seeing the fallen Behemoth, the adventurers watching the scene shouted.
“Have you done it!?”
“There’s no way I could have survived being hit by that!!”
“What, it’s surprisingly nothing!!”
Did you hear that?
The Behemoth jumped up at a speed that made me wonder how such a speed could have come out of that body, took a step back, and pointed its two horns at the hero.
“That… ?!”
“Oh, shit?!”
Lina and Grindella, who did a lot of research on the Behemoth, realized what it was and shouted.
“Avoid everyone!! That’s a technique that unleashes all the thunderbolts stored in the horn!!”
“That bastard uses a special move!! Avoid quickly!! Otherwise, it’s electric grilling!”
Hearing those words, only the warrior pulled out his sword and approached the Behemoth while everyone fled in confusion.
“Warrior?!”
