Chapter 504 – 17. Oberon’s Sword, Lilia, an Unknown and Poisonous Sword Master
After the long conversation we had that day, Lilia and I carried out our mission mechanically.
“Whoa, whoa…” “
Lilia scours the mountain range, burning every last drop of mana until mana exhaustion occurs, and me, who swallows my anger and burns everything at the sight.
The mountain range selected as a candidate site was covered in four days, but the dimensional gate never came out.
“You’re sure it exists, right?”
“It’s clear from the tentacles and traces found along the already searched route. Tomorrow I will go this way… “
“… “I’ll take this one.”
“Thank you.”
Lilia holds out her fist with a faint smile. She was conflicted for a moment, but my already outstretched hand made contact with her fist and slowly crumbled.
Like the memories we keep.
“Hey, Lord Cassano… “
The meeting with Charles continued.
After hearing Lilia’s tearful words, breaking off the meeting with Charles… Because her embrace seems to confirm her suspicions.
And that was something that Charles should never have done.
Because the feelings that this cute girl had for me and the stories she shared with me were all sincere.
“I think you two have become a little awkward these days.”
“It’s just that it’s back to normal. And we are still friends.”
“Ah… “
“And I feel like I did something bad to Charles, so I’m sorry.”
***
It was only when Charles saw Cassano’s sad smile that he realized what Lilia was feeling.
I am only that person, but to that person I am one of many people.
It was so terribly lonely and sad.
Because it was unrequited love.
However, Charles did not regret it, because she chose to meet him after knowing everything about him, and her perspective was a great help to her.
‘Sister… ‘
Please, I hope you realize that too.
-Clap!
“Ah, the place I came from earlier… “
Lilia plunged her huge sword into the ground and sat down on the remaining stump for a moment.
My mind is dizzy, to the point where I’m already searching all over again… I am not free from distracting thoughts.
‘Is it just me? No, there must be at least one other person.’
Lilia’s brave face as she trekked through the vast mountain range gradually distorted.
If she rested even for a moment, the choices she made at that time began to bloom like mold and eat away at her body.
‘I shouldn’t have said that.’
Cassano’s face was clearly hurt.
The moment when his face, which always had a confident and innocent smile on it, was distorted by pain, flashed like a vision before Lilia’s eyes.
She blamed Cassano for creating a situation where he had no choice but to reject her, by pushing him endlessly without even giving him time to think or a chance to talk.
Lilia took off her gauntlets and covered her face with her sweat-soaked hands, swallowing her tears.
‘I was so emotional, I’m sure he was sick of this woman.’
Lilia chose this even though she knew it would end up like this, but if she took a break even for a moment, her choice pushed her into a deeper abyss of depression.
‘Cassano… ‘
A large hand gently stroking her head.
Two ugly eyes that were busy glancing even though they said it wasn’t.
The mouth that brought food every day and shared it, and joked around by offering its own portion, saying that it was a good meal.
Even though he rejected the Sword Master, saying he thought it was funny, every time he came down the mountain, he would make jokes such as extending his hand to fetch the young lady…
That kind of guy.
‘You always thought of me, even though I knew it wasn’t a lie, even though I knew it was true… ‘
Did you not mean it, but did you think of it as a substitute for just eating it once and throwing it away? You decided on your own suspicions, got hurt on your own, and turned your back on Cassano without asking about his feelings…
A foolish woman.
‘Oh, it’s the worst.’
Once tears burst, they do not easily stop.
When she was young and spent every day in tears due to sudden circumstances, she thought that her tears had already stopped.
The slightest thought of her thoughts about Cassano brought tears to her eyes like a broken faucet.
‘Let’s go down.’
The car was searched once more after giving the order to descend, just in case. It was clear that all the soldiers and knights were descending.
Lilia adjusted her gauntlets, lifted her greatsword, and slowly stood up.
She uses up all of her remaining mana to strengthen her legs.
‘Nearby… ‘
The presence of mana, which she could not quite feel, spread out like a spider web, her mana gathered in the soles of her feet, and stretched out in all directions. Her eyes widened at the feeling of her heart pounding and the foreign sensation.
At first, an ominous mana that feels very faint, like ripples on a lake.
However, the moment Lilia gathered her remaining mana, prepared, and cut through her bottom-
-Quaaaaang!!!
With a huge explosion, a pile of dirt flew out and mana began to pulsate to the point that it made the skin tingle.
“Oh my, fuck…” !”
Lilia widened the distance while spitting explicit profanity.
The ground where she had been standing just now had completely turned over and was spewing out something pitch black.
Lilia was astonished at the moment when the black curtain and the pattering, tentacle-wrapped figures poured out like a swarm of flies.
“Did you hide a portal in the floor?”
This is why I can’t find it.
Lilia clicks her tongue and prepares for battle.
Starting with the portal that had been lying on the ground slowly rising into the air, an explosion sound and acrid smoke began to rise near the mountain range.
The sound of countless footsteps nearby.
Lilia adjusted her helmet as she cut down the pouring heathens.
‘It looks like the kids are coming up.’
Even though I don’t have enough mana left, it’s not enough to kill me from these pagan scoundrels.
Determined, Lilia single-handedly dealt with the waves of tentacles and cultists until her men came up.
-Clap!
“To a lowly mortal!”
“What do you say?”
Even though her head was cut off and her head was shaking, Lilia pulled out a small dagger and cut the attacking heretic in half. She plunged her mana-encrusted greatsword into the ground, drove her blooming sword to the tip, and fired without hesitation at the creeping tentacles.
-Quaaaaa!!!
Lilia’s sword shot out through a gap in the ground dug by tentacles. Shocked by the swarms of heretics and tentacles that penetrated the sword river that blossomed like a green tree, Lilia raised the cover of her helmet and gave orders to the knights who gathered one by one.
“Starting now! Kill every single one of the invading infidels!”
“””Yes!!!”””
Lilia throws herself at her enemies with an intimidating roar.
Cassano, who had already joined her, was behind her.
“… !”
The two do not say anything, but when Lilia turns her back and slaughters the gathered cultists, Cassano finishes off the swarm of tentacles that infiltrate the floor and approach.
The general commander and deputy commander, who showed good chemistry even without conversation, praised each other with a faint smile and slowly approached the portal, breaking through the group of immortals.
-Squeak, squeak, screech.
Just three slashes, but with just that, half of the crowd pouring out of the portal disappears into dust.
Lilia, who found a hole through which she could break through, first spoke to Cassano.
“We need to get rid of the portal.”
“Can I just get rid of it?”
Ominous jewels embedded in the portal. Judging from previous experiences, a single mana-charged blow was enough to destroy it.
A huge portal the size of six adults joined together.
Lilia wondered if she should deal with the flock of heretics for a while, but-
-Pugh.
“I will help.”
Cassano reliably stands by her side and assists her in breaking through the breakthrough created by Lilia.
Facing the onslaught of attacks, the two were able to approach the portal while keeping in check the hordes of heretics who were attacking their colleagues step by step.
-Gooooo…
A portal that floats in the air and spits out endless enemies. Without hesitation, Lilia took her stance and raised her sword holder to wrap it around her greatsword.
A piece of power that can only be used once you reach the level of a sword master.
The huge sword that towered above even the thick smoke slowly swung towards the portal.
“Be sure to stop that woman!”
“Where!”
Cassano, despite endless checks, steadily protects Lilia.
Lilia’s cheeks turned slightly red at the sight of him sweating blood, protecting her reliably like her guardian knight, making sure her posture was not disturbed.
“Thank you.”
-Whoop!
The death sentence was finally handed down.
A huge greatsword splits the portal in half, and the bodies of the group of heretics that fell to the ground turn to ashes and disappear one by one.
At that time, when countless knights and soldiers were cheering and disposing of the remaining remnants.
From the portal, which was split exactly in half, a tiny tentacle revealed its head.
-I’m crying.
A small tentacle that absorbs the ominous mana that was scattered after the portal was destroyed like a sponge.
The tentacle, which grew in size in an instant, became as large as the portal floating in the air, and started a second counterattack by connecting the half-split portal with the tentacle and swinging the large body.
“The portal was destroyed anyway! “Leave this to me and let the remaining people take care of the remnants!”
At Lilia’s bold shout, the stiffened bodies of the knights relax and move with faith.
Just as she had promised, Lilia killed the giant in one go and cut down the slowly sinking portal once more.
-Push shot!
“Ugh!”
“Lilia!”
However, as a tentacle that absorbed all the ominous mana that had sunk into the mountain range, it succeeded in piercing Lilia’s side with her last struggle. Despite Cassano’s screams, she raised her hand to stop him and raised her sword higher.
‘Fuck, I let my guard down.’
If twice doesn’t work, just swing three or four times until the enemy disappears.
Cassano also assisted Lilia as much as possible, defeating the remaining remnants as he threw a sharp sword strike at the portal and gathered the last remaining mana.
Gurgling.
[Found it.]
The giant tentacle that was causing the last struggle splits and a gloomy voice covers the mountain range.
At a time when everyone’s bodies were frozen by an overwhelming sense of intimidation, only one person – Lilia – was able to move first.
Tentacles the size of hundreds of adults are instantly compressed and transformed into small hands, shooting out like arrows.
The speed that Lilia could barely read with her own eyes, the person standing in the direction where her black hand was fired was-
“Cassano!”
-Up!
“Pfft!”
Before Lilia could push him away, the black arm grabbed Cassano’s collar and contracted in an instant. The portal had lost its appearance due to dozens of slashes, but the veil that came back to life with just one black hand was holding Cassano and sucking him in.
“Hmph!”
-Kaang, kaang, kaang!
Cassano, who was only grabbed by the collar but had freedom of movement, quickly swung his sword around Mana, but the bony black arm bounced Cassano’s sword away with a sound like steel.
-Clap!
Cassano was in despair, the moment his trembling arms fell limply – the huge sword steel completely cut off the black hand.
-Lots!
Cassano, who was freed, fell straight into the grass and took his stance immediately, but his severed hand regenerated in an instant and was shot at Cassano once more.
The hand was already very close, and Cassano tried to escape before he was caught, but it was too much for his body.
Only one person, only one person-
-Pow!
Cassano’s body tilts and flies away.
Cassano went through all sorts of hardships, including being kicked on the shoulder and being sent flying, rolling around on the floor and hitting his head on a stone, but he was freed from the obsession of the black hand and stood up shaking his head.
“Lily-“
A sight seen by Cassano when he looked up and called out the name of the person who saved him.
“Please speak kindly to Oberon.”
It was Lilia’s shoulder being pierced by the hand that was holding Cassano, and she was being dragged away.
Lilia says goodbye with a confident smile.
Ignoring Cassano’s yelling, Lilia closed her eyes tightly at her motionless body and smiled without realizing it.
‘Oh, I feel stupid.’
I’m sorry Nia, I’m sorry Cassano.
I entrusted you with a burden that was too big.
-Gooooo… !
With her hands constantly spewing ominous mana and shrinking, Lilia, who had already been swallowed more than half by the portal, drew up her future, praying that her subordinates and Cassano would resolve the absence of a general commander.
‘Where are they taking me? No, can I survive?’
It’s scary, it’s overwhelming.
But – I didn’t regret getting caught instead of Cassano at all.
In that case, he would be of greater help to Nia than himself, rather than himself being too busy being a fool… That would be better.
-Tub.
I guess I should watch it last.
The moment Lilia opened her eyes with determination, a heavy weight felt in her hands.
The last sight Lilia saw before being completely swallowed by her portal.
It was Cassano’s trusty hand that held her hand firmly.
-Whoop!
The portal swallows them both in an instant and collapses.
The ominous mana disappeared in an instant like dust washed away by rain, and the portal, reduced to an insignificant stone, fell to the floor with a thud.
A group of heretics and a swarm of tentacles had already turned to dust and disappeared, and all that was left in the empty space were insignificant stones and warriors from the northern front who had lost their commander.
They just stare endlessly at the sky.
I could only remember the bitter defeat.
