Chapter 1609 – 1609. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into A Baron’S Family
KWA-AAAAAANG!
The ground shook slightly with a deafening boom that was hard to ignore.
My gaze snapped towards the source of the sound. It was in front of the castle gate, where the golems were fighting. The battle between the golems had reached its conclusion.
The victor was the enemy’s golem. The golem that Pesers had proudly controlled himself was shattered and collapsed. The only positive thing was that its wreckage was blocking the entrance to the castle gate, and the magic alliance’s golem wasn’t in perfect condition either.
‘The magic alliance’s golem has half its body destroyed.’
The magic alliance’s golem, which had won the battle, was slumped over like a puppet with its strings cut. It wasn’t moving even though it was right in front of the castle gate.
‘It doesn’t have the energy to attack the castle gate.’
Calibird, the representative of the magic alliance, must know the current situation. Simply breaking down the castle gate wouldn’t be enough to turn the tide of the war. If he wanted to survive, he had to take down the superhumans who were currently dominating the battlefield.
‘And the easiest way to do that is… to target me.’
A massive flow of mana could be felt in the sky. I looked up. A red magic circle was drawn in the sky as if someone was scribbling.
Flames erupted at the center of the magic circle, which was completed in an instant. A huge meteor was slowly being summoned from there.
‘They’ve decided to kill me even if it means taking damage.’
The meteor wasn’t that big. However, it was more than enough to devastate the area where I was.
Both enemies and allies were murmuring. It seemed they had already succeeded in changing the atmosphere of the battlefield.
‘There’s no way to deal with that. It’s best to avoid it.’
Avoiding it wasn’t difficult. I could use a space-movement scroll. I had given space-movement scrolls to the Golden Rose Knights as well, just in case, so they would avoid a pointless death by meteor.
Charrrrrk.
The sound of chains rattling was heard.
Immediately after, several thick shadow chains shot up from the ground into the sky and wrapped around the falling meteor, restraining it.
The shadow chains tightened with force. The meteor couldn’t withstand it and shattered. The meteor fragments fell to the ground, but they had lost all their power. They were just rocks falling from high in the sky.
‘Heh heh. Their trump card has become useless.’
I couldn’t miss this opportunity.
I looked around for a high place. The pile of broken ice was the highest. I quickly climbed on top of it and raised the Hwaryeon Bido high.
“The magic alliance has begun to crumble! Let’s engrave our fear into the enemies!”
I had to properly show who the main force of this battlefield was.
“WAAAAAAAH!”
The shouts came from outside, not inside.
Reinforcements.
Different reinforcements from the ones Alba Soltes had brought.
‘Reinforcements are arriving one after another. Why are they suddenly appearing like this? Those bastards… they were watching nearby, waiting for the right moment.’
Their intentions to get a free ride were obvious.
Although reinforcements had arrived, I wasn’t in a good mood.
‘I’ll have to look into it later and take appropriate action.’
I could just deal with the ones I didn’t like. I had the power and authority to do so.
‘Focus on the battle. Finish it perfectly. If I destroy the magic weapons…’
I looked towards where the magic weapons were. I could feel a storm of mana there. The force of it made my skin tingle.
‘Something big is coming…!’
The magic weapons were rising into the sky. Their appearance was strange. Rather than large machines, they looked like sculptures made of cut jewels.
‘What is that bastard doing there?’
At the center of the magic weapons was Calibird, with his white beard fluttering. The magic weapons were rotating around him.
The magic weapons were emitting colorful lights. The rainbow light was so bright that it was making me feel sick. If they played some exciting background music here… wouldn’t it be just like a magical girl transformation scene?
‘Is that old man going to transform? Shit. Just imagining it makes me want to throw up.’
That terrible imagination became a reality.
The magic weapons that were emitting light turned into small jewels and stuck to Calibird’s body, one after another.
“KROOOOOOOOOOO!”
Calibird let out a roar. The storm of mana that had been moving fiercely was compressed and seeped into his body. A blue light was flowing from Calibird’s eyes.
‘…The pressure is no joke. What did he do?’
Calibird slowly moved his head in the air and looked around the battlefield. He opened his mouth.
“Tremble.”
Kukukung.
The ground shook.
An earthquake had occurred with just one word from him.
‘It’s not magic.’
Magic isn’t a power that can be used simply by imagining it. To manifest magic, you need to calculate complex formulas. It’s called casting. The more skilled you are, the faster the magic casting becomes.
‘Because of this problem, even an Arch Mage is limited in the magic they can use in battle.’
Yuria mainly uses shadow magic as support, and Melissa often uses hellfire.
‘Calibird is a fire-type mage. There’s no way he can cause such a large-scale earthquake magic so easily.’
That would be the case for a normal Arch Mage.
But Calibird’s current state was strange.
‘Those jewels embedded in his body… is it the power of the magic weapons?’
Calibird’s gaze turned to me.
Even though we were more than 800 meters apart, our eyes met precisely.
“To think that our magic alliance would be pushed back this much… Count Prukerus. I acknowledge your strength. But that’s as far as it goes. This power bestowed by Lord Leosio… no one can stop it!”
Calibird extended his finger towards me. The tip of his finger glowed, and then lightning flew towards me.
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 2]
I used Flash to dodge to the side.
The lightning that flew hit the spot where I had been. A crater over 10 meters deep was created in the ground. It wasn’t ordinary lightning. If I had tried to take it head-on, I would have had a hard time.
“Tsk.”
I glared at him and checked the state of my body’s recovery. It wasn’t bad. I could feel mana every time I exhaled, and vitality surged every time my heart beat.
I charged towards Calibird.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The sound of a horn blared. The knights of the reinforcements, who had arrived late, charged towards the battlefield to gain merit. The sound of warhorses’ hooves could be heard even here.
Calibird’s gaze turned towards the reinforcements.
“Annoying things.”
The magic weapon jewels embedded in Calibird’s body flashed. Immediately after, Calibird drew his hand horizontally.
Magic was manifested. No, a disaster occurred.
Crimson flames soared from the ground to the sky and then fell towards the charging knights. It was a tidal wave of fire.
“KYYAAAAAAAH!”
Knights and soldiers screamed. Those wearing armor and those not wearing armor were all equally engulfed in flames.
I opened my mouth as I watched the scene.
“That’s not the level of an Arch Mage.”
Even a Grand Arch Mage wouldn’t be able to use such large-scale magic so easily.
‘Calibird is something more than that now. The good thing is that he doesn’t seem to be completely invincible.’
After sweeping away thousands of people with the fire wave, he was just floating in the air without doing anything. He was recovering his strength.
‘Now is the chance. It would be good if Yuria was here, but…’
Yuria was currently fighting three Arch Mages. She had already helped enough earlier.
‘Calibird. I’ll kill that bastard. Just because he’s a Grand Arch Mage doesn’t mean he can’t be killed.’
Thanks to my hard running, the distance to Calibird had decreased to nearly 100 meters.
“Count Prukerus! Do you feel it?”
“Feel what?”
“This pure mana and primal elemental! Can you really not feel it?!”
“Has your head finally gone crazy?”
“Ignorant fool. To not feel the elemental even though you’re blessed by lightning… it’s a waste to even say that it’s like a pearl necklace on a pig.”
“You’re looking down on me just because you’ve gained some power. You’ll regret it.”
“You’re not the one who can make me regret it. The silver-haired woman who’s rampaging over there will be my greatest adversary.”
His gaze shifted from me to where Yuria was. The strong recognize the strong. He saw Yuria as his greatest adversary. Well, there’s no way Yuria would lose to an old man like that.
“One has died. Even when fighting three of them, they can’t last long. What a monster…”
An opening had appeared. I didn’t miss that opening and grabbed the Meteor Sword Heaven in my hand and used its ability.
Meteor Sword.
Three giant swords created in the sky fell accurately on Calibird.
Calibird didn’t dodge. A spherical barrier surrounding his body blocked the mass of the meteor swords.
When he gestured, a wind arose. The swirling wind shattered the three meteor swords with a ferocious force and disappeared.
“If any more of my allies are sacrificed, we won’t even break even… Count Prukerus, I’ll show you the ultimate magic. Consider it an honor.”
I felt my body float.
It was a familiar sensation. It was similar to the sensation of teleporting.
My vision changed drastically. I was in a different space.
A volcano.
I was in a place full of black earth and bubbling lava.
“…Teleportation?”
“It’s a temporary space I created. In this place… I can use magic without harming my allies.”
The jewels embedded in Calibird’s body had been shining non-stop since the moment I entered this space. I could feel it because the distance had become closer. Those jewels were cores of mana. Each one was equal to the core of an Arch Mage. And there were 12 of those jewels.
‘It’s like 12 Arch Mages are backing up that old man.’
If you include Calibird, it was like 13 Arch Mages combined.
I curled up the corners of my mouth.
‘No. I shouldn’t calculate it that way.’
12 plus 1 is 13?
Wrong.
Calibird, the main body, hadn’t become particularly stronger. He was just being backed up by the magic weapons. Even if the amount of mana and casting speed had increased, Calibird himself hadn’t reached the level of a Grand Arch Mage.
‘I’m going.’
I took a step into the air.
Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Void Path (虛道).
Calibird frowned. The lava flowing on the ground turned into a hand and tried to grab my leg. I dodged the attack as I ran.
Pat.
Calibird’s figure disappeared. It was Blink.
[Opening the Heavenly Eye (天眼).]
I could see the flow of mana. I leaped to the right and swung my sword at Calibird, who had teleported with Blink.
