Chapter 569 – Heirs of the Goddess (6)
Just before the fight in heaven is over.
When Equinox landed on the ground, Gildart shouted while activating his magic item.
─Click! Gildart activated the effect of the artifact [Night Valley of the Spirits]. A magic item that allows you to control the spirit summoned by a spiritist with a deep connection.
“Uuuuu!!”
The spirits roared and poured magic.
Water streams like knives poured down, and the wind blew to create a prison. There were very few wizards among the undead targeted by magic, so it was easy to tie them down despite the difference in numbers.
Woowoowook… !!
However, as a price, that much mana was consumed.
As much as the mana from Tirsi temporarily decreased, that bold offensive required a formidable cost. In other words, they put a burden on Tyrsi to break through the enemy army.
At this rate, it would only hold Tirsi’s ankles.
The veteran warriors understood this fact, so they forgot the side effects on their bodies and unleashed the strongest attack on Equinox from three directions.
Nefertiti cried out to share information. If you are an undead of the level of a lich, you can achieve similar immortality by storing your soul outside your body. However, Equinox did not completely abandon the human body. It must have been that he did not completely convert to the undead in order to use the extreme of divine power called the power of creation. Even the evil archmage, who said that resurrection was possible by killing only the visible body, would not have been able to avoid death. The mana aura of the land, which had grown to the size of a house, danced. Her arm wrapped around the aura chakram was swinging like a blender. A whip that could break the dragon’s defense magic tore through the cold air of Niflheim. Qurrrr—!! Powered by an almost infinite supply of mana for a short period of time, the mithril-class attack aimed at the vital point of Equinox, who was floating without a leg. Any of these attacks could defeat even a dragon. Speaking of power, it must have been strong enough not to succumb to Equinox’s black magic. However, at the moment when the death-dealing attack was pouring in, Equinox plainly uttered a spell. <<< The moment the instant chanting ended, the three masters shuddered at the feeling of being autopsied by a being from another dimension. ─Ew! It was only Nefertiti who realized the meaning of the chill and stopped the attack even belatedly. Gildart’s sword flung lightly, and instead a bony palm crashed into his chest, shattering his ribs. The arm wrapped in Optum’s aura was twisted at an impossible angle and discolored.
─Foe oh oh! Equinox captured Optum with the specter’s spirit spewed from its arm.
At the pressure that seemed to break his bones, Off Tomb squeezed out his strength, dyeing his face red. The aura chakram created on the 180-degree bent arm began to gnaw away at the prison of the specter as it rotated by itself.
‘So I don’t have much mundane knowledge, but some interesting theories have come out in the last few hundred years. The class system created by a man called the spearman of the adventurers guild was outstanding among them.〉
Gildart swung his sword and tried to slash the ghost that restrained Optum. A sharp swordsmanship that would be unthinkable for a person who has difficulty breathing due to internal bleeding. However, Equinox spilled it as if he had predicted it.
It was a parrying that was so mature that it was difficult to see not only for warlocks but also for professional warriors.
Whirik-!
Nefertiti’s whip snatched him, who could not rescue Optum and was about to be captured.
〈… Of course, the mithril class classification was a bit clichéd. It is a well-known fact that skilled warriors can refine mana into auras, so this is a comprehensive classification, ignoring skill levels.〉
Equinox, who missed Gildart, said something trivial.
With her innate inspiration, Nefertiti realized that her story was a punishment for her time until she perfected her unspelled magic. But she was in no position to attack hastily.
Then, at least at this time, when you’re busy talking, let’s get rid of the ghosts that tied Optum.
Thinking so, Nefertiti slightly moved her whip, and she stopped in shock at her black eyes staring at her as if she had looked into her heart.
〈Even in the same class, it is relatively divided into those who are slightly stronger and those who are weaker. In my opinion… You who use the whip are 1-2 ranks above the other 2.”
〈… Take no interest.〉
It was embarrassing to say such an immediate answer, but Equinox skipped the story with the words he originally intended to say.
Saying that, Equinox lowered his staff and took it down.
─Kushyuk!
The cane pierced Optum’s eyeball as he tried to free himself from restraints.
〈’It is only until you are halfway up that you can feel the excitement of seeing people climbing up the ridge’. ‘After standing at the top of a mountain, rather than looking down at the path I came up on, I long for a higher place than the top’…〉
-Wheeze, whistle.
Equinox said, swinging her wand in Optum’s eyes like a fairy tale witch.
It was a question without tension, but Nefertiti couldn’t bear to attack. Because she instinctively sensed that it would only be pointless.
‘As a master class wizard like him, that really resonated with me. Do you know why?〉
– Creepy.
Gildart, who was about to tighten the handle of his sword, bit his lip as if the gigantic demon that had been looking down at him from a distance earlier had reappeared.
That sense of intimidation flowed from Equinox.
Even the moods of Gildart and Nefertiti, who were desperately searching for opportunities behind their calm expressions, were fully visible to Equinox, who had activated «Spirit Resonance: Overlook».
To a master, the distinction between a warrior and a wizard is meaningless.
That’s because no matter which way you covet strength, the destination you end up with is the same.
Just as the martial arts of Mithril-class warriors form a spell like magic, the skills used by warriors of lower ranks to master-class wizards are no better than low-level magic that sets fire to their hands.
That’s why the master class is not to lose to those who are weaker than you.
〈Human strength is determined by the strength of the body and the size of the soul. And the more the soul expands, the stronger the inspiration. Looking down from the top, any human coming up by any road seems to be reachable.〉
〈… Does it make it obvious what we’re about to do?〉
Gildart said while enduring the pain. How big is the gap with the master class that I only heard about? I couldn’t understand it, but it was impossible to deny the reality even after it was obvious.
Even in this world, the number of those who are evaluated as master classes has not changed for decades.
Even if you search all of human history, there may not be 20 people.
The lich standing in front of them was such an existence.
〈… Under. They were quite wary of us for that kind of thing?”
Equinox was a warlock. For the archmage, who had reached a major level with magic that deals with souls and death, reading the souls of others and their strength was possible through either experience or instinct.
Nords are the only opponents worthy of vigilance.
No matter how different the level was, the mana he embraced could not be ignored. In particular, he felt the presence of a dagger hidden from him, so he had no choice but to be more vigilant.
‘Even if a shepherd is confident in his own strength, he knows that avoiding wolves is the wisest course. He had the power to annihilate my army… My vigilance was wise.〉
Equinox lightly brushed off his eyeballed staff.
The high-ranking black magic that had been prepared for a long time manifested itself.
Gurrrr
The mana of Tirshi, which was flowing to Nefertiti and the others, turned the tide without any warning. Gildart gritted his teeth, feeling the bleeding as if he had been bitten by a leech larger than himself.
‘Did I tell you? I want you to hang out.〉
That was the only reason Equinox kept them alive.
They are just a means to steal mana from Tyrsi.
Absorption efficiency was poor, but there was no other black magic that was as vicious as this in battles between wizards.
〈Cuaaaaa!!!〉
Undead, who had defeated the spirits before they knew it, rushed to redeem them. ─Kwareung!! Nefertiti, who reflexively tried to avoid it, was struck by a lightning bolt of black magic in his chest and coughed.
“That side is also coming to an end. There have been many unpleasant interventions, but it is time to end them.〉
Equinox stopped paying attention to his captors and raised his head.
─Kooung!! The undead dragon’s soul was halved and crashed.
Tyrsi had killed the undead of the master class. Equinox half-opened his eyes. Even she couldn’t help feeling a little regret at the death of the dragon, which she had been dealing with for over 500 years.
〈… I’m not interested in the Sabah world… ?〉
A voice like a corpse, calming the mind that had been polished before a real fight.
Equinox’s magic is widely used to detect the presence of enemies, and he casts a huge hole in his eyeball, casting an annoyed look at the dying warlock hunter.
“Then why… You destroyed the city my family is in… ?〉
〈Even if I’m not interested, it doesn’t mean the other person isn’t interested in me either. I’ve had a lot of courtships from people I’m not interested in. Okay. Just like now.〉
Equinox said in a sigh and raised his head again.
The ‘now’ she spoke of meant the twofold enemy of this situation, which was being delivered from her mana pouch, which was just annoying, and the enemies flying from the half-destroyed palace in the sky.
Shuwaaaaagh—!!
White rays of light across the sky. It was the 20 Valkyries and their leader.
Nefertiti’s eyes trembled when she found something like Equinox.
〈… Nord.〉
‘Looks like he won. Golbin Fake God.〉
Seeing Letitia in good health, Equinox clicked his tongue.
Was the wound big? He lost part of his helmet and armor, but his bold smile did not disappear. Nord was nowhere to be seen.
He couldn’t even make it Einheri. It meant that the warrior’s soul, which would have served as the body of the powerful undead, had disappeared. Equinox felt a deeper regret than when he lost his dragon, but he quickly burst into laughter.
There was little mana felt from Letitia. Dealing with the Nords, consumption was great.
In the final phase of this three-way fight, it was she who had the highest win rate.
“Fate is so ironic. Isn’t it? If I hadn’t engaged with that hollow woman’s colleague over 20 years ago,
Equinox murmured in his intuition that it was time to end the long journey.
In the past, back and forth between the underworld and this world to seek the soul of the pharaoh.
There were several other warlocks who aligned with Equinox. They were the ones who would be the key factors in
The day I was trying to contact a certain high elf professor.
Equinox encountered one
—The possibility of reaching the throne of God is great.
—Therefore, I define you as a first-class slaughter target.
That short declaration was the trigger for a war that destroyed one of the great cities of Narmer-Nile.
It was the day she first wielded her power in the Sabah world, not paying much attention to this world——and the day the
〈If that happened, I wouldn’t have lost a friend fighting an enemy, nor would you have lost a family member. Round and round, every aspect of the day and the repetition of the situation… There is nothing to say about being displeased.〉
〈… Who was that colleague?〉
Equinox was indifferent to the words that abruptly dug into the muttered sentiments. That’s why he didn’t want to turn a blind eye at first.
– Creepy.
The moment Equinox realized that her flesh that just brushed her neck was holding on to her terrifying demonic energy that made even her rigid, Equinox reflexively turned her head.
Chizuzuzuzu…
With her bubbling mana floating her sky-blue hair, her expressionless face harboring her creepy demons——her Nefertiti with her arms tied, staring at her as if to kill her.
“At that time, I fought with you… Who was it?〉
〈… Aha.〉
Equinox read Nefertiti’s soul with black magic that further inspired the master class. And he muttered intriguedly after interpreting the several emotions boiling within him.
〈… …〉
It is the struggle of a loser who ends up being restrained by the scruff of his neck.
Equinox said, rare for her, to feel even her sympathy for the young genius.
〈… Answer the question!〉
‘I don’t know the name. Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in this world?〉
Equinox replied boredly and focused on the two flying goddesses.
“But, that’s right. He was a skilled wielder of spears and magic. Just like the man I just saw——〉
Equinox, who had been answering so casually, suddenly found a sense of incongruity.
The mana of the approaching Valkyrie is different from before. It’s okay to say that it’s impossible to tell people apart based on their mana patterns, but it’s even weirder that they can’t recognize them if they’re this far apart.
‘Darkness and negative mana… ?!’
It was none other than the mana that made Valkyrie move.
Even with dark and negative mana, she was a lively Valkyrie like a fish out of water, but that was very different from Letitia’s mana.
No, that’s not all.
Even the mana felt from Letitia herself——was dark and negative mana.
〈──Trap!!〉
──Weeeee!!
In her sense of time, which has become so fast that even blinking once is a luxury.
As if the invisibility magic had been lifted, I saw a man wielding a spear emerging from a blank space.
I’m sorry-! Equinox’s arm danced through the air.
After defeating Letitia, Nord, who landed on her ground, barely succeeded in counterattacking.
Even with a surprise attack, the enemy avoided it, but to be honest, it was either a miss or not. Nord let out a roar, raising the tail of his mouth like a menacing beast.
It was a lively smile that didn’t fit the tone.
For some reason,
─Papapapapapa!! Equinox, who had lost his arm, reflexively cast black magic.
A great magic that cannot be compared to the previous one. It was a series of magic that was enough to kill Nord, even though it was a chant-free magic.
Kwakwagwagwang—!! Equinox gnashed his teeth at Nord’s movement to take advantage of the explosion.
Nord, who countered with the anti-magic power of his spear and the remaining mana, was a powerful enemy that Equinox had to focus all his attention on. Enough that he had to ignore the ice mana that was concentrated in the sky during the engagement.
Nord, like a warrior, bought time for a wizard to sing, and after waiting, he shouted.
Tyrsi complied. ─Tooguaaaaa!! The ice meteor made of enormous mana pulverized the elite undead in the rear in the blink of an eye.
Kwaaaaang—!!
One of the icy meteor clusters stuck between Equinox and Nord.
Is it a distance control mistake? No way. It’s nonsense. It was not an adversary who could be mistaken for such a thing.
〈<
Equinox unleashed shield magic that condensed as much mana as possible right in front of him.
They lacked mana, and it was clear that they would attack by tricking their eyes. The enemy’s soul and presence were all forward. Equinox entrusted all defense to one shield and prepared for a counterattack.
〈──As expected, smart people are easy to fool.〉
And then, Nord hiding behind the ice meteor laughed evilly.
──Kwaduk!!
From Equinox’s rear, completely unconcerned, her hand pierced the flesh-and-bone core of her soul.
〈… Uh?〉
‘It doesn’t matter if you’re not interested in me, but it’s troublesome if you kick me so coldly. Since that day, I’ve lived only imagining the moment I met you.〉
Weiyiying——!!
Focusing only on herself and her equal foe, Equinox saw a dark-skinned arm sticking out of her chest.
The chakram made of aura was spinning with a sharp piercing sound.
‘Thank you for treating me, Nord. I almost fell asleep. What?
Of course, it was Oftum who made the pair’s eyes shine in the bloody eye socket. Having approached Equinox, the Nords first healed Optum before launching an ambush.
And the Aura Chakram, created with the mana he received from Tirsi, pierced Equinox’s defenses after giving up the guard behind it.
〈The master class never loses to the mithril class?〉
It’s something I heard sometime. Nord said with a smile.
“Tada, but there are no absolutes.”
Although the size of their grudges was different, they were avengers of similar circumstances, so he dared to assert.
Revenge means that you shouldn’t just entrust it to others.
