Chapter 263 – 263. The Golden Lion (1)
“There is no Raynan, so will one of you, Liode-nim, take over the front line?”
Gerard, who had shed tears like chicken droppings with his hands of terror until now, looked at the condition of his tingling fingers as if the aftereffects remained.
The power of the hands that the young and weak beautiful girl walked on was so powerful that it was powerful enough to send a person into the goal.
After accepting Gerard’s tearful apology, Anies nodded as if agreeing with Gerard’s words.
“That’s right. Where is he and what is he doing? You say you don’t even know where you’re stuck?”
“That’s right. Hyung hyung, haven’t you heard the news?”
Currently, among the seven people gathered, including Derkin and Alice, Eunhyun had the best intelligence.
Eun-hyeon shrugged her shoulders and gave a lamentable answer.
“Not yet.”
“Hmm.”
“No. The avant-garde is with Riod…”
Soon, she turned her head and her gaze stopped at the appearance of the “Current saintess” Of the youngest girl among them.
“Eh? Me?”
Eunhyeon nodded her head at Agnes’ question as she pointed her finger at her with a puzzled look on her face.
“Hey! It’s good!”
She looked at Anies, who smiled cheerfully as if she were having fun, and Derkin, who didn’t know her identity, put on a worried expression.
No matter how old she looks, she is still a weak girl who is only 14 or 15 years old. How can she be entrusted with her avant-garde, who has to face all the demonic attacks head-on in the team?
It was an order she could not understand with Derkin’s common sense.
“Honey. Nothing to worry about.”
“… Alice?”
“Even though he looks like that, he’s the strongest among modern humans.”
“A young girl like that is the strongest among humans?”
Even though she knew it was rude, she asked in a low voice that only Alice, her wife, could hear, with a question she couldn’t quite resolve.
“Yes.”
“Well, it’s natural to have such questions.”
Despite speaking in her low voice, Agies, who was close to her two couples, shrugged her shoulders at Derkin’s words.
“Sir, excuse me. That…”
“This is Agnes. Please call me at your convenience.”
“This is Derkin.”
After introducing herself, Agies quickly turned her head to look at her colleague, who was holding Derkin’s hand tightly with her black eye patch covering her eyes.
“Alice, your eyes…”
“Are you okay. Mr Agnes. Although it is a bit uncomfortable now, it did not interfere with her daily life.”
She tried to heal Alice’s eyes, but despite all her efforts, Agnes was unable to heal Alice’s eyes.
Even though she is blessed with the most divinity, Alice, who has not been cured, is one of the sore fingers in Agies’ heart.
The memory of the time when she had to pluck out her eyes with her own hands to prevent damage to her body from contamination is still preserved as a pity.
She felt some responsibility for it, but Alice rather comforted Agnes, telling her not to be so concerned.
“And the reason I came out of the forest and followed Eunhyeon was to find a clue to fix my eyes.”
“Okay?”
“Eunhyeon-nim suggested the possibility.”
“… I see Whoa.”
As soon as she heard the possibility that someone, if not herself, might be able to cure Alice’s eyes, Agies let out a small sigh of relief in her.
Even more reassuring to know that someone is Eunhyun.
I looked at Eunhyun and asked.
“Hey, is there anything I can do to help?”
“It would be nice if you could help. When the time comes, I will ask you to help me too.”
“Are you sure to call me?”
When Agies and Alice finished their brief meeting, Eunhyun continued.
“Leod and Agnes are the front line, Derkin and Alice are the lieutenants, and Gerard is the rear.”
“Eh? What about older brother and older sister Illyana?”
“Me and Illyana will go straight into the deepest depths and eliminate the cause of this situation.”
“The cause?”
“There’s no way we can continue to create such a large-scale monster in a short period of time and cause an invasion. The appearance of demonic beasts does not happen without any reason.”
There are two main cases in which monsters appear on the continent.
The first is when the mana of a life form in the underworld is contaminated and degenerated into a demonic beast at the end of the transformation.
The second case is when the monsters created inside the dungeon exceed the dungeon’s acceptance limit and jump out of the dungeon.
All monsters with a specific race name wandering on the continent were summoned from the dungeon through this second case and came out of the dungeon through the flooding phenomenon.
The biggest cause of ‘Stampede’, which was a precursor to this incident, was that the continent’s dungeons began to run wild, summoning large-scale monsters and releasing them outside.
“In other words, what this guy means is that a monster army is being summoned continuously in a certain specific dungeon, and this situation will end only when it is resolved.”
Eunhyeon nodded her head saying that it was the correct answer to Riod’s question as she was organizing the explanation she had heard.
“That’s right. The level of this dungeon itself is not that great. Rather than dungeons or the quality of monsters, it seems like a concept tailored to summoning a large amount.”
Most of the dungeons that caused the overflow of monsters around the dukedom were suppressed under the leadership of the duke family, and they were quiet for the time being.
In a similar way, this problem could have been addressed beforehand, but Margrave Mograf did not.
It was because it was too much to keep on defending the legion of monsters that had been threatening the border fortress for 15 days.
In addition, the dungeon that caused this situation is the territory of the destroyed empire beyond the vast forest that exists in front of the frontier fortress.
Due to the nature of the frontier fortress, which constitutes a defense-specific strategy and power, it is not easy to prepare troops to be dispatched there, and it is not easy considering the monster army that must be pierced to reach the dungeon that is the cause.
“That’s why the Margrave requested help from the royal family. Riod, who has the power to break through the monster army and conquer the dungeon, please send you.”
“By the way, is it enough to bring only me, not the entire Knights?”
“It’s this side that’s in a hurry, but I also wanted to at least strengthen the troops on the defense side of the fortress.”
Due to the battle that lasted for over 15 days, the soldiers of the Mograf Territory were already exhausted and exhausted.
He was not trustworthy because he didn’t have a very good impression on the kingdom army that came along with him.
The intention was to send a force capable of helping the troops that Alex had brought with them to provide even a little bit of support.
The Artia Knights of Riod and the priests and paladins of the Temple of Vesta led by Agies would be of great help in the defense of the fortress.
“I sent Eleanor and Elvin, so the defense of the fortress should be fine. Besides, as much as I turned Artia’s knights over there, I brought strong forces here as well.”
A couple who are eight-digit high-ranking wizards and can show high power based on Spiritual Art, a power that is rare for humans on the continent.
“… I am most afraid of Hyun-hyung, who is manipulating a large-scale army by manipulating his brothers and sisters from behind.”
Even the fact that Riod and Agnes, who are currently the top of the two groups, are obediently accepting Eun-hyeon’s orders and have no doubts, is terrifying.
“I don’t feel like thinking about things like this. It’s going to be annoying, but it’s convenient if someone does this for you. It’s not like he’s putting me in front of me and trying to eat the believers’ backs or destroy the world.”
“Because this guy’s judgment is mostly right.”
“…”
It is absurd to see him calmly admitting that fact and then looking at him with an expression of ‘What’s wrong?’.
Even though each of them belongs to their own country and serves the royal family and the pope, it seems as if they are following Eunhyeon’s words more than they do.
“What… Certainly.”
However, Gerard nodded his head with a wry smile at the fact that it could not be denied.
“Hyunah, I don’t think I’ve heard of a situation like this.”
“… Do not say.”
Convinced that it would not sound good at all, Eun-hyeon put on a trembling expression and blocked Illyana’s words beforehand, but Illyana was not the one to hear them.
“You know the word ‘non-commissioned officer’?”
“Oh, don’t tell me.”
Aside from Illyana, who was in for her fun of teasing her husband with her giggles, Eun-hyeon continued talking.
It was the last operational briefing in a situation where the seven people had arrived near the dungeon, their destination, and now only had to enter.
“Anyway, to sum it up, here’s the strategy. We will divide into two teams and move. Illiana and I will break through the monsters and go straight down into the depths to conquer the dungeon. As soon as the five of you enter the dungeon, clean up all the monsters.”
“Hmm.”
“The more you organize the monsters in the dungeon, the less the burden on the defense of the frontier fortress, which has to deal with the number of latecomers. Besides, after conquering the dungeon, it will be easier for me and Illyana to exit the dungeon.”
“You mean we can just sweep everything inside? Simple.”
Agnies, who shrugged his shoulders and made a confident expression, began to move his body little by little and loosen up his body.
“Then… Let’s get in.”
A team composed of the strongest forces in the current continent, who jumped out of the forest, met head-on with the monsters that had just been released from the dungeon.
Kreuk!?
Surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy, the monsters rushed at the team with alertness.
Seuleung
The team entered the dungeon, starting with the monsters that were split in two after failing to attack once, leaving behind the bodies of the beasts that were disposed of in the blink of an eye.
“If anything happens, contact me through the crystal ball.”
“I get it.”
Riod, who automatically took over as the team leader in Eunhyeon’s absence, nodded.
As soon as she was transferred to a completely different world, inside the dungeon, Eunhyeon immediately activated her powers.
[Eunhyeon’s Unique Ability]
[Time Acceleration]
“Illyana, let’s go.”
“Huh.”
[Four-digit sub-magic]
[Fly]
Illyana, floating in the air and sitting astride the floating staff, nodded in response to Eunhyun’s actions.
Following Eun-hyeon, who jumped out like an arrow, Illyana initiated her movement by manipulating the staff through her flight magic.
Watching the two couples run ahead of each other while avoiding battles with the beasts as much as possible, Riode opened his mouth.
“We will start too.”
“Good!”
Riod’s team, consisting of 5 people led by Riod and Agies, began to advance all at once.
[Intermediate Spiritual Art]
[Summon Lieutenant Spirit]
[Elven Guard Spirit Art]
[Wind Fairy’s Arrow]
The arrow of wind created by Sylph, the wind spirit summoned by the couple, was shot from Derkin’s bow and passed between Riod and Agnes, causing a gust of wind.
The arrows of magic, embodied by the power of the spirits, tore the body the moment it touched the body of the beast.
At the same time, the power that stretched forward without losing speed and penetrating power showed an appearance worthy of the reputation of the elves as the ‘tribe of the forest’.
Kreureung!
By lowering their bodies and running on a quadrupedal walk, the wolf-type monsters, which suffered relatively little damage from arrows, are running with ferocious cries.
[In exchange for my faith, my heart, and my faith, I earnestly ask you.]
A clear and pure voice containing a clean and clear divinity without any dirt.
The prayers expressed in that voice are different from the usual insincere prayers, and are the prayers of a faithful priest who have a reverent heart for God.
[A blessing to defeat my, your, and our enemies and protect everyone.]
Agies’ whole body is enveloped in the divine power emitted from his body, emitting pure white light.
[I beg my goddess.]
[Vesta’s Blessing]
[Kangshin (降神)]
As soon as she finished praying, golden gauntlets were worn on both hands of the girl.
The hair, which was long enough to reach the floor, floats in the sky thanks to the divine power.
And behind the girl’s back, an assembly of divine beings in the shape of lions clad in golden armor.
It is neither a spirit nor a divine sword.
Truly a part of God, itself.
Among the priests on the continent, it is a feat that can be performed because it is a being endowed with the most blessings of divine power.
Agnes, who is the only one who can perform the miracle of a strong god, is the closest human being to the ‘Apostle of God’ on the continent, except for Eunhyeon, the ‘Apostle of God’.
“That…”
Derkin felt the amplification of a powerful divine aura he had never felt before and filled the interior of the dungeon with a shocked look on his face.
He immediately recalls what his wife, Alice, said.
-That person may look like that, but he’s the strongest among modern humans.
The long blonde hair of a girl wrapped in golden light, not white silver, the color of divine power, flaunts her presence while floating in the sky.
And above her, a golden lion enveloping her own devotee.
“Ruler! Gaza!”
Agnes bravely jumped into the group of witch beasts.
