Chapter 253 – The Second Hero.(20)
With the advent of wizards, a secondary force following the knights, the elves’ suppression proceeded smoothly, and the warriors and saints were also secured in advance.
All that remains is the Queen and her younger sister, the Knight Commander, Aper and Apes, who are living in the castle.
The knights are besieging the castle, so all you have to do is enter.
“Artel-sama, are you really going to go in alone… After all, considering safety, wouldn’t it be better to have knights with you?”
“It’s okay, none of the knights here are stronger than me. Take someone with you. You guys can watch it here.”
I passed through the dissuading knights and entered the castle.
The castle was quiet with no one there, but it felt like the calm you feel before a battle on the battlefield.
Perhaps deep inside, the elf called the strongest is preparing to fight with me, so I can’t predict how fiercely they will resist.
Besides, my weapon is just a branch I picked up in moderation.
I tried to bring the knight’s sword, but the knights didn’t have spare swords, so I had no choice but to bring only branches.
“Zeop, Darkness is still eating away at the World Tree, so there’s nothing we can do about it. We have no choice but to go on like this.”
I twirled a tree branch and broke down the door that felt a huge presence.
Inside the door, Aper and Apeth were heavily armed with unusual green armor.
It was a strange armor that protected the torso, including arms, hands, legs, and feet, but did not cover the joints, such as knees, shoulders, and elbows.
Perhaps it was because of the nature of elves that they move quickly and alternately use a bow and a sword, so it seemed like that. Apes with a bow on his back and a sword in his hand, a strange staff, and Aper with a ball of light next to him were glaring at me.
I looked straight at them and provoked them.
“What’s wrong? Smile. Thanks to you, my goal has been achieved.”
“Has this been your purpose from the start? Dealing with the World Tree, bringing in the knights, and enslaving us all!”
“No. My purpose is to subdue you, but I have no intention of enslaving you. I swear that in my name.”
This is sincere.
I want to catch the elves not only because of my personal desire, but also because I want to protect them in the future.
That would be the case because this land was thoroughly destroyed by the demons as targets for war.
In the original story, the land of the elves was valuable enough to be coveted by the demons, so it was destroyed, and I will take all the elves to our territory to prevent this in advance.
However, there was no way Aper and Apes could understand this.
“Don’t be ridiculous! They don’t enslave us! If they’re dragging us by force, what are they saying if they’re not slaves!”
“Even trying to catch the hero was a lie from the beginning.
“The main purpose is to capture the hero, but catching you is only one of the objectives. And you acted as I thought. Because you gave me the right to head to the World Tree. I was able to succeed. Thank you.”
As I let out a provocation called a thank you for the last time, I held up a tree branch and took a posture.
Aper and Apes must have realized that the conversation was over and rushed at me gnashing their teeth.
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Kill.
With only this emotion in mind, Apes sharply swung his sword.
The beginning of the battle wasn’t bad.
Thanks to the combination of the spirit sage and the swordsman, the spirit summoned by Aper poured out all kinds of elemental attacks from the start.
In addition, she herself is a knight who has reached a considerable level, and uses a sharp and pointed rapier for a quick thrusting attack, and her rapier swung swiftly and covered Shine Artel’s entire body.
Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Chang!!
Rapid shooting, reminiscent of rain, was a skill that Apes had trained and accumulated over a long period of time, and he was confident that it could never be stopped with tree branches.
But no.
Caang! Kaga River!
The rapier’s thrust was blocked by an ordinary twig that Shine Artel was holding, and Shine Artel slapped the twig with ease and forcibly removed her rapier.
Apes was stunned that the skill she was most confident in was so absurdly broken.
“What! Uh, how!”
Ahpes’s swordsmanship was obviously excellent.
But she was not enough to reach Shine Artel.
It was just that, but Apes couldn’t understand it.
So she screamed and stabbed her sword even more violently.
However, Shine Artel, who had been knocked out with a tree branch this time, was able to afford it.
“Damn it, the branch got the sword stuck!”
“If you use magic well, this is possible!”
Apes screamed at her as she relentlessly brandished her rapier.
A shock seemed to spread through her whole body each time her own sword got stuck in a tree branch.
Apheth was frightened by this and backed away, and Artel took a step closer, but she backed away, striking her with a branch in the storm rushing at her.
Apeth exhaled heavily and looked at her sister with trembling eyes.
“Sister! I can’t win at this rate…!”
“Don’t panic, calm down! Take a look at Shine Artel’s sword once again! It’s no ordinary tree branch!”
“…Ah?”
At Aper’s words, Apes looked at the tree branch, and only then did he realize.
The branches were mixed with tremendous magical power and divine power reminiscent of a warrior.
“I don’t know how he did it, but the opponent even has the power of a hero. If he panics, he’ll be overpowered soon.”
“…Okay.”
Apes caught his breath and regained his usual pace.
And she attacked Shine Artel, wielding her rapier once again.
However, this time it was not a fast attack, but a heavy stab with plenty of magic power.
It was an attack intended solely to contain and block the opponent.
This means only one.
It meant that the defeat of Shine Artel would be entrusted to Aper, the Elementalist.
Aper, who recognized this meaning, began to gather strength by supporting Apes with the power of the spirit.
“Huh!”
The wind wrapped around the rapier.
And it rotated like a drill and stabbed in.
Sparks exploded elsewhere, and dirt and stones rose from the floor, impeding movement.
This combination was so exquisite that it did not give Artel a chance to counterattack.
However, he was unable to break through Artel’s defense, and on the contrary, only Artel’s monster-like ability to skillfully shoot down even the spirit’s attack with thunderbolt was confirmed.
“Why is that? It seems that the offense is weaker than before? Try harder.”
“Keugh!”
Artel’s way of destroying a heavy attack with even stronger force, Apes felt his hands tingle.
In addition, the lightning that rose from the tree branches flowed through the sword to Apes, and in order to stop it, Apes had to consume more and more magic power.
Thinking that he would have collapsed earlier if it wasn’t for the spirit’s assistance, Apes bit his lip and operated his magic at a speed similar to that of Artel.
It seemed that his whole body was heating up as he tried to boil his mana to a level that was incomparable to that of sparring or training.
“Hmm… That’s interesting.”
Emitting a mixture of magic and divine power, Artel charged Apeth this time.
At the same time, a huge fireball created by Aper appeared in front of Artel, but Artel pierced it with his body.
Then, looking at himself, he slid under Apes, who was taking a defensive stance, and passed underneath.
“What!”
“It’s stupid, but in a battle like this, it’s the way to kill the support first!”
Apeth was sorry and tried to cling to Artel, but it was already too far away to catch Artel.
“Then show me the power of the spirits, my queen!”
Artel slammed the branch down.
The tree branch was blocked by the shield made up of the spirit’s power, but the shield shattered like glass when the branch struck dozens of times.
At that moment, Aperu tried to block the attack by using the spirit’s power to create a barrier, but Artel received the spirit’s attack with his body and grabbed Aperu’s body with his hand.
And a bright light broke out in the palace.
Pajijijijijik!!!!
“Kyaaaaah
A huge thunderbolt filled the palace, and the thunderbolt coiled around Artel and Aper like a snake and toppled them, and Apeth was unable to even speak while blindfolded by the bright light.
The nearby lightning spirits tried to intervene in Artel’s lightning, as if trying to block it, but Artel’s lightning ignoring the spirit’s control rose stronger and electrocuted even the spirits.
Pajik ~ Pajikjik
How many minutes have passed
The concussion subsided.
Aphes hurriedly looked at the place where his sister was, but there she was, as if she had fainted, and Apheh, who was holding onto her body, then left her on the floor and looked at Apheth.
“Whoa~ spirits are fun, but yea~ they’re weak.”
“…You bastard!”
Apes grabbed her rapier and lunged at Artel, who knocked out her own sister.
A sharp, precise rapier aimed at the heart.
Artel took a step, twisted his body sideways to evade the rapier, and stabbed a branch into his stomach.
Her armor, which seemed solid, was shattered by a tree branch, sending a shock of her magic and divine power to Apes’ body.
In shock, Apes gasped and coughed up blood.
Upon examining her body, it was felt that her internal organs were damaged.
But she couldn’t lose in this condition.
Apeth grabbed the twig and tried to stab her rapier, but Artel let go of her twig and lifted her body as it was. Coughed up blood
His vision gradually became blurry, and he heard Shine Artel’s words through the gap.
“Sleep for a while. When you wake up, everything will change.”
