Chapter 982 – 982. The Lion and the Four Dragons (3)
The start of the war was bold.
The number of people on the Holy Kingdom of Erenia’s side facing just one disaster is approximately 2,000.
However, because the opponent was a strong force that could not be dared to face him, the clash between the two camps was fierce.
“Don’t back down! “Hold on somehow!”
The Holy Knights and Shields, who were at the forefront of the battlefield, shouted at the Holy Soldiers.
That voice was extremely courageous even in the face of a disaster that could not be faced.
He was not a foolish commander who did not know fear.
It didn’t matter even if his power and the divine sword couldn’t reach that disaster.
All I have to do is hold on and pave the way for the hope of defeating that disaster to arrive.
That was his role and that of the soldiers under him.
The holy soldiers under the command of the paladin also put forward their sturdy shields.
Even though the army of ghosts, which spread a disgusting energy and are no different from death itself, are pushing in, they are determined to not let even a single ghost go back.
Soldiers and knights alike stood against the army of specters.
And as if to mock their resistance, the Death Dragon floated in the sky, flapping its huge wings.
The corpse’s wings, which had originally been torn to pieces and could not maintain their proper shape, were restored to their proper shape and were functioning properly.
Eventually, the evil dragon tilted its huge face back.
The unusual energy that had begun to condense in the mouth was the energy of death that priests and paladins so loathed and feared.
[Commander Secret]
[Death Breath]
The energy of death was scattered across the sky.
“That… !”
The paladin and his soldiers were astonished.
The pitch-black breath covering the sky gave them fear as it got closer and closer to them.
It vibrates and pollutes the atmosphere.
That thing that is getting closer and closer is death.
I could tell even without being close.
The moment it touches it, it melts the body and rots the internal organs.
A crystal of irrationality that forcibly distorts the human form.
It is literally the violence of a monster that brings ‘death’.
You shouldn’t get hit by that.
The moment you touch the death dragon’s breath, what awaits you is a terrible ending in which your limbs will rot and decay.
It takes away the future itself.
“Blood… !”
Must be avoided.
Reason indirectly realized this through fear, but his body did not move.
Even though my mind keeps screaming wildly at me to run away, I cannot escape from the range of that black breath.
It felt as if time had stopped.
No. What stopped was not time.
The unreasonable violence that attacked them was so fast.
Before they could even shout to avoid or move their bodies, death arrived before their eyes so quickly.
He saved the Holy Knights and Holy Soldiers who were filled with fear and felt that they were about to die.
[You are a goddess!]
[Vesta’s Blessing]
[Holy Sanctuary]
It was a miracle from the goddess that the next saint prayed for.
As if to counter the energy of death scattered everywhere, the divine power of the Holy Goddess spreads and purifies the morale.
“I will stop you from committing any more terrible killings.”
Eleanor looked up at the death dragon flying in the sky and said.
“Under.”
Marius scoffed.
Above the death dragon flying in the distant sky.
Although Marius could not have heard Eleanor’s voice, he nevertheless saw her and made her laugh.
Even though he couldn’t hear the voice, Marius clearly understood.
He resisted the breath released by his own Death Dragon and protected numerous Holy Kingdom troops.
That alone was enough to convey her intention to stop him.
And as if to prove her intention, Eleanor performed her miracle.
[Eleanor the Goddess]
[Chief Angel Seraphim]
Eleanor’s body floated into the sky, as if fighting a necromancer’s evil dragon.
A pair of pure white wings, larger than her body, flap and unfold.
With her hands clasped in her prayers, Eleanor looked up to see her necromancer facing her.
Eleanor opened her mouth again.
“I will stop you.”
This time, Marius also clearly heard.
As if to prove her words, pure white feathers fluttered and scattered in all directions, filling her battlefield.
Marius ground his teeth.
These pure white feathers, and the high quality of divinity contained in each feather, were enough to make him go against his will.
“This damn bitch… !”
Unlike when dealing with Anies, Marius gritted his teeth and showed intense anger.
A fierce anger that is the opposite of when you face the golden lion and its owner with joy and leisure.
It was natural.
The nature of the divine power of Anies and Eleanor is different from the prayers they prayed earnestly.
The prayer that Anies prayed to the goddess Vesta was ‘annihilation of the enemy.’
Therefore, the golden lion that was manifested through that wish is a powerful shield that protects Anies and a powerful mace of God that bestows the right of judgment.
However, Eleanor’s prayer to Goddess Vesta is for ‘the salvation of our allies.’
The moment the high-quality divinity contained in the feather touches, it is a miracle that restores people from damage and fatigue, lifts them out of the swamp of death, and provides salvation.
It was not simply because it was a natural power that purified the morale that was the source of necromancy.
“Salvation. “Salvation?”
Once Marius realized its true nature, he had no choice but to become angry.
Marius hates, loathes, and denies the very thing of ‘salvation’.
It was something he had longed for so much, but was never able to get it into his hands.
“Don’t back down!”
“Goddess Vesta’s blessing! “He is with us!”
Upon seeing the Death Breath, the Holy Kingdom’s troops, who had been filled with despair and fear, regained their morale.
Armed with a shield and a sword, they fought against the army of ghosts while praying to the goddess with gratitude and wishes.
The miracle performed by Eleanor was the moment when her faith in the goddess Vesta, which had been established in their hearts, became deeper and more firmly established.
And on the contrary, for Marius it was also a moment when his anger and hatred towards his goddess deepened.
Salvation.
I pondered its meaning over and over again.
“There’s no way something like that exists in this world…” !”
If there was such a thing as salvation, what about yourself?
Why did he not receive that salvation?
Why was he just watching the unreasonable end of not only himself, but also the village people he cherished like friends and family?
That is why Marius denied salvation.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to endure it.
“…”
Eleanor looked sad as she faced Marius, who was showing intense anger with a distorted expression.
His sins were created through their own mistakes.
Because he and the temple were so helpless.
An evil that was created because it abandoned its duty to look after and protect many people and failed to function properly.
His sin was no different from his own sin, that of the temple.
That’s why he had to prevent further damage.
“I’ll kill you.”
Marius pointed his finger at Eleanor, who was floating in the sky like him.
The evil dragon, or mass of thoughts, controlled by necromancy opened its large mouth as it stared at Eleanor.
The moment when the ‘death breath’ that had been condensed in the mouth once again scatters from the mouth.
“Hey. “Where are you looking?”
Suddenly, a familiar girl’s voice was heard from below.
It was the voice of Anies, who had been engaged in a fierce battle with his death dragon a little while ago.
“Tsk… !? “
Just below, Anies grabbed the death dragon’s paw.
Marius’ expression distorted as he couldn’t understand how that was impossible.
It’s not that I let my guard down.
I just had no idea that Anies, who was restricted by gravity, would chase me all the way to this point, hundreds of meters away from the ground.
How on earth?
Anies, who saw the incomprehensible expression on Marius’s face from above the death dragon’s head, shouted with a triumphant expression.
“I jumped! “You fucking bastard!”
A simple jump.
Even though I heard the explanation, I really couldn’t understand it.
Even if you have a physical ability that easily exceeds that of a human, would you be able to jump hundreds of meters into the air just by jumping?
To be honest, even Anies, who tried this extraordinary method, had no idea whether it would actually come true.
But it worked.
He simply strengthened his body by injecting a huge amount of divinity into both legs.
It wasn’t much different from her using her fearsome strength to strike down her demons with her bare fists.
By injecting the utmost divinity into the elasticity of her legs and into each of her muscles, the realm of her abilities was pushed to the limit.
“This crazy bitch… !”
An extremely ignorant method that only she, who was gifted with her hard body and divine powers due to the blessings of her divinity, could perform.
Anyes’ hand moved.
She pulled at the paw of the Death Dragon, which was held by the arms of the assimilated golden lion.
The physical power she exerts is so powerful that it can shake the body of the gigantic Death Dragon.
“Come down! “You bastard!”
Anyes slammed the death dragon’s body down on the floor.
“Everyone get out of the way!”
At the same time, a small girl’s voice rang loudly.
The Holy Kingdom’s troops heard Anies’ voice echoing from the sky like the roar of a gigantic beast.
She then saw the torso of the Death Dragon (Dead Dragon) casting a shadow in an instant, and was once again astonished.
It was ironic that this happened not from an enemy attack, but from a friendly attack, but the situation was happening without any time to worry about it.
“Um, everyone… ! “Go away!”
As if they had witnessed a huge meteorite falling, the troops who had assessed the crash site began to retreat, shouting in unison.
The knights and soldiers who had already faced death but fought valiantly against the army of ghosts who longed for the life of the living, became scared and ran away because of the attack from our allies.
It was absolutely ridiculous.
But no one criticized or ridiculed it.
If I could afford it, my first thought was to take at least one step forward and escape the crash site of that gigantic corpse.
Quaaaaang!
As soon as a corpse with a huge mass collides with the floor, it causes violent vibrations and shakes the ground.
“Ugh… !”
Marius, who collided with the ground along with the death dragon’s body, frowned.
He groaned in intense pain and woke up.
Marius lifted his head.
“Didn’t I tell you it was time to get beat up?”
Before he knew it, Anies had approached him with the head of the dead dragon and was standing in front of Marius.
