Chapter 224 – 224. The Dark Knight (1)
“Finally, finally, this day is coming…”
Direa trembled with joy in anticipation of the approaching future.
“If only we wiped out all those monopolizing the blessings of the World Tree.”
Not forgetting the remorse of the time when he ran away 350 years ago without being able to deal with it, he devised a method for a long time and prepared step by step for nearly 20 years.
In order to claim the World Tree, the strong gambler who weakened the power of the World Tree did not hesitate.
Through dozens of curses installed outside the realm, I have been waiting for the day to deal with all the tribes of the forest who are hiding in the barrier of the world tree and do not come out.
“Soon… If the power of the barrier is completely gone… It’s not even a job to tear them all apart.”
Direa recalled the memory of 350 years ago, when she declared war on the elves and fled after suffering a miserable defeat.
“If it weren’t for that hideous human…”
I still can’t forget the gray hair and red eyes full of hatred and anger.
As the silver-haired man who intervened during the war disposed of all the demons summoned by the Dark Elves, the war situation rapidly turned to the victory of the Elves.
Even without that human, the world tree belonged to the Dark Elves, and only affluent people could enjoy a future life.
In addition, the war was confirmed by the defeat of the Dark Elves, and after that, a barrier was placed in the entire area where the power of the World Tree reached, and the Dark Elves could not even come close to the area of the Moon Village.
It is not a barrier using spirit magic used by elves, but a magical realm that rejects all races with a specific blood.
I could easily guess who installed it without even asking.
“That hateful person who took my husband must someday…”
Kill.
After killing him, his body is torn to shreds, and his soul is determined to make an offering to the god of death who has led his tribe to this point.
“Whoa… Are you okay. However, that person is no longer there. In order to find and kill that human, taking possession of the World Tree is the first priority.”
The situation inside the Forest of the Moon was not exactly known, but 350 years ago, a certain Dark Elf, who used the art of possession to keep an eye on the surroundings from time to time, got information that a human with silvery white hair and red eyes came out of the Forest of the Moon and left. Come.
After being unable to find them for a long time, the Dark Elves, including Direa, came to the conclusion that humans, who were the cause of their defeat in the last war against the Elves, were no longer in the village of the moon.
And the more elaborate, tenacious, and painstaking work for a long time has continued until now.
“Direa-sama.”
“What?”
“I have an urgent report to you.”
“… Report?”
“The news from Dirat-nim has been cut off.”
Direa’s fingers trembled at the sudden news of her son.
“News from my son?”
“Yes.”
“Since when?”
“It’s been about a month… Cuckoo!”
The neck of the Dark Elf who was reporting to Direa is grabbed by Direa’s hand and lifted into the air.
“It’s been a month, why are you reporting now?”
“That, that…”
The Dark Elf, who was wondering what to say to keep his neck intact, hesitated and couldn’t continue his words.
Di Lea, annoyed by his stifled attitude, frowned at him and squeezed his hand that was gripping his neck with increasing force.
“Ouch! Buy, save… Please give it to me!”
As he struggled and struggled as he was suspended by his neck, he tossed aside the Dark Elf begging for his life.
“Cuck!”
As he hit the wall, the Dark Elf gasped for breath in a great shock and hurriedly got up and straightened his posture.
Di Lea frowned and opened her mouth again.
“Explain.”
“… Yes!”
The beginning of the question is that Dirat, which should have returned a month ago, has not returned.
Abducting humans from nearby villages, guiding them to the altar in the area they were in charge of, and offering the kidnapped humans as sacrifices to create a medium containing the curse.
Some Dark Elves, who were waiting for the news, felt doubt as Dirat and his party, who had to install the medium of the curse in the designated place and return to the main base where the Dark Elves were hiding, did not show up.
“So? Didn’t you report it to me even though you were suspicious?”
“I-I thought it was first to grasp the exact situation!”
When Dirat did not return to the main base, some Dark Elves who felt doubt headed to the place where the altar they were in charge of was located to find the whereabouts of Dirat and his party.
“… The cave with the altar collapsed?”
“Yes… It looked like someone had used magic to bring it down.”
“…”
“Perhaps Lord Dirat has already…”
Could it be that he is already dead?
Just as she was about to say the ominous remark, Di Leah contorted her face and let out a roar.
“Shut up!”
“I’m sorry.”
Pudeuk
Direa, who had gone through this, could easily imagine what would happen to her son.
But, is it because her parents are not able to say it out loud?
Di Leah said she couldn’t be aware of it herself.
The only thing that fills her mind is irritation and anger due to the unexpected variable and the news of her son’s change.
‘What? Was there something I didn’t figure out?’
So far, we have carefully and meticulously prepared and smoothly weakened the World Tree.
I was thinking that the day of the real project would be decided in the near future.
‘Something went wrong.’
Di Leah thought she needed to quickly figure out what was going on.
It is a plan that has been painstakingly 20 years in order to erase the memory of her defeat 350 years ago and claim the World Tree.
The anxiety that she might become a bubble in an instant made Di Lea nervous.
“Gather the possessors right now and collect information…”
“It’s an assault!”
Di Lea and the Dark Elf who was reporting to her reflexively looked out of her window at the sound of a loud bell resonating inside the Dark Elf’s base with a loud cry.
“What…”
The ground shook and shouts and screams filled the base.
Di Leah realized what was going on inside her base, and she hurried her steps out of the building.
And when she senses that her immense magical power is concentrated in one place, her Di Lea’s skin gives goose bumps.
Woo woo woo
The earth began to vibrate with her own shaking arm.
[Six-digit upper magic]
[Earthquake]
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The beginning of the preemptive strike is Illyana’s high-level magic.
Cracks formed between the vibrating earth and began to crack, buildings collapsed, and the unprepared Dark Elves fell in vain between the cracked earth.
In the fight that started when the elves attacked the dark elves, Eunhyeon, who had been watching the battle without participating in the battle, glanced at Elvin standing behind him and asked.
“Alvin, how is your new body condition?”
“It’s not bad. Rather… It is more stable than before.”
It consumes a considerable amount of mana just by materializing, and is in an optimal body condition different from before, which was inefficient in long-term battles.
Alvin smiled with satisfaction, having acquired a human form similar to that of her life, so hard to believe that she was made of wood.
Elvin’s body, which was made by overlaying artificial muscles and skin on a skeleton made of ‘twigs of the World Tree’, which boasts a hardness stronger than human bones and an overwhelming conductivity of magic, is a golem similar to a human form, ‘ It looked like a doll.
‘Well, since I made it into a human male with reference to the internal composition of Emilia’s body, it’s natural.’
Although the specifications of her body itself, including her armament, are not comparable to those of Emilia created by Arcis, Elvin has the ‘power as a spirit’ that can cover the lack of heavy armament of realistic artifacts.
After confirming that she was in good condition, Eunhyeon smiled and pointed at the dark elves in front of her and opened her mouth.
“It’s the first outing. Wherever once, fight as much as you want.”
“Follow orders.”
Nodding her head at her eunuch’s command, Elvin slowly walked forward, slowly closing the distance between her and the dark elves in front of her.
[I, ‘Elvin Hersha,’ swear at this moment.]
With each step she took, a black shadow shimmered on the ground that Elvin was stepping on.
At the same time, Erwin’s words resonated in Eunhyun’s head.
[I will serve my new master here.]
The black crystal ball embedded in her left chest radiated her jet-dark aura, agreeing with Alvin’s words.
Eun-hyeon released her magic toward Elvin, who was walking towards her Dark Elves in front of her, and began to connect with Alvin’s magic flowing from the black bead artifact, which is Elvin’s heart and her source.
What is being done at this moment is the process of contracts between spirits and humans.
However, it was different from the contract of mutual cooperation between Alice and the spirits.
[No questions and answers, promise to give eternal loyalty.]
It is not a contract of mutual cooperation, but an absolute master/servant oath between a lord and a subject.
It is a promise to faithfully obey like Lily, a succubus who became a familiar by directly intertwining mana with mana.
“I will accept your oath.”
As Eunhyeon accepts Erwin’s oath, the magical powers of the two are connected, and a contract and oath are established.
Ugh
A contract between a human and a spirit, a direct pass connection, begins to supply an enormous amount of magic power to Erwin from Eunhyun.
The dark robes covering the whole body disappeared, and the shadows that were encroaching on the floor climbed up and covered the entire body of Alvin.
The shadow that shimmered like a black flame took shape and transformed into a single jet-black armor, and the finished form of Elvin was a dark knight armed with dark black.
“My master’s first order, through oath.”
Under the bright moonlight, the Dark Elves showed a hesitant appearance, weighed down by the appearance of the Dark Knight exuding an even more emphasized sense of intimidation.
Inside the jet-black helmet, red eyes like Eunhyun stared at the Dark Elves in front.
“Dark Elves’ annihilation.”
The shadows that were encroaching on the ground Elvin was stepping on gradually expanded the range of encroachment, and lingered up into the air.
As the sun sets and the moonlight shines, the space now filled with thicker shadows is completely Alvin’s territory.
The shadows that rise into the air begin to take shape with all kinds of weapons, such as swords, spears, axes, and blunt weapons, that can cut, stab, slash, and crush opponents.
“What, what… These are!”
“No way… Angiography… !?”
Some Dark Elves who were aware of the existence of the Imaging Technique look shocked, probably because they are learning black magic of the same type, such as possessive magic and curse magic.
Instead of boasting powerful power, imaging technique, which has an enormous risk of eating the user’s reason, is a dangerous black magic like a double-edged sword that has to bear a greater risk depending on its strength and range of use.
Having developed a wide range of magic to cover the entire forest, he imagined the risk he would have to bear in the aftermath and was horrified.
The Dark Elves do not know that Alvin, who has already become ‘magic’ itself and a ‘spirit’, is free from that risk.
“At the command of my master, I will annihilate all of you.”
[Elvin’s unique spirit art]
[The Bon Dance of Shadows]
The shadows of the dark knights began to dance and move.
