Chapter 78 – #17 the Fragment of Calamity With the Storm (6)
The jet-black knight’s blow was so fast that I couldn’t properly recognize it.
A sharp sword that could cut through even steel and a weight that could not be endured with tolerable strength.
The sharp sword in Emilia’s hand blocked the blade that was about to sever her throat without a word, without delay.
Chaeeng!
Kakiing! Kaaaaang!
“Kuh… !”
At once, the jet-black blade aimed at the neck, forehead, and heart was swung, and the three swords filled with white energy completely blocked it.
The death knight felt a bit of interest at this moment, his hideous red eyes shining brightly.
All the humans he cut down until he came here after being freed from the seal died in one blow.
I was interested in thinking that this person who had endured 3 matches was a little different.
As if responding to the feelings of such a knight, the aura of ink was explosively added to the sword.
Shih-!
Be swung
Even at a glance, a blow full of sincerity that made you realize that the attacks so far had only been enough to shake off the dust on the knife.
In response to that attack, Emilia widened her eyes and added energy to her razor blade.
A white sword that shines brightly as if against the ink sword.
――In the first place, it was not intended to be used as a sharp sword.
Therefore, it is not necessary to have the same weight as the opponent’s greatsword.
‘Drop… Hand over… !’
Diagonally from the top right.
In response to the blow of the storm-like greatsword, which was swung at a speed that was invisible to her eyes, Emilia brought the three-sword in her own hand closer.
Chae Ae-Aeng!
Boom!
“Ugh… ?!”
The attack of her great sword was barely let go, but the blade of the three swords in Emilia’s hand was shattered into pieces as if she couldn’t overcome her shock.
In order to avoid the attack, stay in a half-bent position, using the recoil, roll halfway on the floor and retreat backwards.
But as if she wouldn’t let go of her, her jet-black knight followed her nose without even a chance to breathe.
“Admiration… Do…』
Great, what is great?
He’s such an idiot who broke his sword with a heartfelt blow, at least with one swing.
In front of Emilia, who had an expression of resentment on her face, the jet-black knight raised his greatsword to the top.
It is not something that can be blocked with a sword with only the handle remaining.
Emilia intuited her own death, but without closing her eyes, she looked up at the scene.
The sword body, wrapped in ink-colored swords, fell as before, at an invisible speed, like a solemn guillotine, to cut Emilia apart――
* * *
Whoops!
『… ?』
The jet-black knight felt puzzled and his red eyes shone.
Underneath the great sword he wielded to sever the enemy in front of him, there was only a cracked carpet and hallway floor.
The woman in front of me disappeared.
I don’t know who it is, but she was a woman who was wrapped in nostalgic energy.
『…』
I can’t find where she went. However, it was only vaguely felt that something similar to the traces of her witchcraft remained.
『Disappeared… Me…』
She has no regrets about not being able to cut her opponent.
After all, what he does doesn’t change.
You have to cut the warrior.
But now he can’t recognize the hero, so he must kill all living humans.
First of all, from the people in this royal palace where he is.
And furthermore, all the creatures felt outside the royal palace.
If there are no more living humans on this land, it would mean that the hero is also dead.
“Alone… Is… This time… It will take… Army..”
The jet-black knight murmured, then broke through the window next to it and came out.
Outside, a storm was raging with torrential rain.
A dark sky like a jet-black knight.
The jet-black knight looked up at the sky, where lightning flashed occasionally and showed off his terrifying majesty.
As it is, it opens its mouth and lets out a sound that resembles a grotesque shout.
『――――――――――!!」
Fuhuaaak!
Black energy erupts from his body.
A terrible scream that shook the ground and shook the air.
A calling voice that is shouted in a special way, not simply by vibrating the vocal cords.
And, in response,
In the sky covered with dark clouds, between those black clouds,
Something huge and terrifying appeared.
――It was a dragon made entirely of bones.
A larger size than a normal flying dragon.
However, even its wings were entirely made of bone, and even though it had no means of resisting the air, it flew unsteadily through the air and descended violently toward the knight.
Wooooo!
Thus, the bony dragon that reached the ground opened its mouth as if to welcome the old master who had called him.
However, there is no way a voice can come out of a throat without vocal cords, Clatter Only the sound of bones crashing makes a loud noise.
The jet-black knight reached out to the dragon he had met for the first time in several hundred years.
When his hand touched, the same black mist that covered the knight began to cover the whole body made of dragon bones, from where the hand touched.
Then, underneath the fog, flesh and muscles that were not supposed to exist began to slowly form.
The bone dragon soon regains its former majesty.
However, is it because the knight has not yet fully recovered its power, or is it just like that… The dragon’s figure stopped recovering somewhere in the middle.
Corrupted flesh. One of the eyeballs is missing, and it remains as it is in places as if it has rotted or fallen off.
The stench emanating from its body was also frowned upon.
Corpse Dragon.
Even at first glance, it looked like a corpse, but it was different from normal dragons that made you feel the beauty.
However, its majesty is not lacking in the slightest.
The huge size and overflowing sense of intimidation, plus the ferociousness of the black mist that enveloped the whole body.
With a terrifying appearance that only arouses fear in humans, the dragon looked up at the sky with revived vocal chords and howled.
The air shuddered, and the raindrops that had been pouring crashed and scattered in the air.
“Long-time… Only… That’s it… Not nice…』
“Our… King… Of… Command… Second… To protect… Let’s go…』
At the Black Knight’s words, the dragon roared again.
It was hidden from view by the helmet, but the knight seemed equally delighted with the excited dragon’s appearance.
The gaze that had been looking up at his favorite dragon turned downward again.
“That… I’m… To…』
At the end of that line of sight, there were knights who realized the ideal and hurriedly ran.
Only a few people.
Even though there are colleagues who will soon realize the same change and come running, they are in a state of being frightened and hardened by the extraordinary in front of their eyes.
They are accustomed to the peace they have enjoyed for a long time, and there is no way they are mentally prepared to properly accept this situation.
However, whether they are ready or not, the black knight only approaches them with a greatsword wrapped in pitch-dark energy.
As if following him, his favorite dragon opened its wide mouth and stirred its long neck at the knights as if smacking their lips.
“I’m… Wealth… Die…』
The greatsword in the hand of the black knight, like a god of death, was swung at the knights.
* * *
“… ?”
She was Emilia, who had been preparing for her death just a moment ago, but fortunately, the death she expected did not come.
She must have been looking up at the red eyes looking down at herself and the heavy blade filled with murderous intent.
What came into her field of vision now was the stone ceiling of the 【Secret Warehouse】, which she must have come out of a while ago.
“Ahhhhh~~~!! Really! What are you going to do when you die?! Leah are you crazy?! I told you not to go~~!!”
Only then did she realize that she was being held by someone, that someone was lying underneath her.
Succubus Mona.
Emilia, who was about to die, was lying with Mona hugging her.
“What happened? That guy…”
“Ugh! I moved them into the shadows! Because the shadows of me and Lia are connected now!”
Emilia, who moved from Mona’s stomach, lost her balance in no time and staggered down.
Her limbs tremble
The premonition of death, which had been approaching just a moment ago, is now starting to come true.
“Stay still, Leah. It’s safe once you’re hiding here. There is also a fairly powerful concealment technique, and I even reinforced it with my magic.”
The entrance to the secret warehouse where the two were located was closed again.
In the first place, this place must have been used not only to hide secrets, but also to serve as an air-raid shelter.
Anyway, it’s okay to hide here.
Even in the worst case, the existence of this room would only be discovered after all the humans in the palace were killed.
If you can afford that, you can evacuate her to a safer place.
Because of the contract with her master, Emilia can never be let dead.
‘I hope the master is all right. He’s working on a communication scheme, but he feels like he’s constantly getting in the way…’
Contact with her owner, Earl Meln, is not working properly.
In the first place, among the contents of Mona’s contract, there was something about protecting Emilia’s life, but nothing about Earl Meln.
If Emilia dies, Mona will disappear, but even if Count Meln dies, she and Mona will not disappear.
… In other words, there is no way to know whether Earl Meln is alive or dead right now.
‘It’s a big deal… What about this…’
Should I go out and protect Count Meln? Leaving Emilia alone?
Could she go and protect him in the first place?
The opponent you saw for a moment a while ago is definitely ‘that’ dangerous death knight, isn’t it?
On the other hand, Mona is good at controlling her people’s hearts, but her fighting ability is almost non-combatant.
‘How about this…’
She was at the time when Mona was worried that she didn’t know what to do right away.
“――I need a sword.”
A voice came from right next to me.
