Chapter 515 – Yangdong
Although Terraism’s punitive force was mainly comprised of powerful Holy Knights, the rest of the humans who followed them could not be underestimated.
They were transcendent strongmen drawn from all over Pantera. Among them, there were not only humans but also elves and other races.
At first, the Pantherans also attacked with numerous armies. However, after realizing that it was meaningless… No, it only brought benefits to this side, it turned into an attack by a few elites.
It was not enough for Hellion to deal with Terraism’s punitive force alone.
Even though the performance of this avatar is good, it is only a part of it that can bring out the power of Hellion.
And the magic power called the sacred power of Terraism had a strong affinity with black magic power and blood magic power.
Zephyria was aware of this fact, so he tried to improve it, but he had not yet developed magical power that was more efficient than those two in transferring power from Zephyria to Panthera.
Geoff, who was watching the Terra Cult punitive force rushing towards Helion’s avatar, opened his mouth.
“What about support troops?”
“It will arrive soon.”
As soon as Chief Duncan’s words end, a black space opens, and the beings that the Pantherans call demons appear one after another to Hellion’s side.
They were elite combatants of Zephyria’s army who had been summoned by the warlock.
These are items that are completely different from the avatars provided to civilians in Zephyria as a virtual reality game.
There was a big difference, from the initial connection device to the amount of sacrifice the warlocks prepared.
The demon elite unit led by Helion clashed with Terraism’s punitive force.
-Geugeuggeung!!
Intense shock waves spread in all directions due to the collision of transcendental beings.
The warlocks desperately deploy a protective shield to prevent damage to the gate built in the aftermath of the battle.
Geoff’s eyes caught the sight of a wizard draped in flames and splendidly attacking Hellion.
“I see a face I’ve never seen before.”
“He appears to be a fire-type 8th circle archmage.”
Terraism was not stupid.
Knowing that something unusual was being built on top of the Slover Labyrinth, Terraism’s offensive became more intense.
They were bringing in strong men from somewhere and continuously putting them into the battlefield.
However, Zephyria’s side also continued to use warlocks to replenish its troops, so the balance of power was being roughly adjusted.
“Fanatical fanatics… Your struggles are not far away.”
If the current situation is maintained like this without increasing the battlefield, then the Terra Bridge punitive force does not actually pose a major threat.
They were the ones who would end up once the gate was completed anyway.
But it was clear that it was annoying.
Every time Terraism’s punitive force attacks, the completion of the gate is delayed.
If the resources used to defend the Terra Bridge punitive force had been invested in the construction of the gate, it would have already been completed.
“What about Terra’s satellite?”
“No change.”
Chief of Staff Duncan quickly answered Geoff’s question.
As the gate neared completion… Geoff began to worry more about Terra than the attacks from those fanatics.
Fortunately, the amount of energy observed from Terra’s residential satellite shows no signs of decreasing yet.
It was probably an energy wave caused by the battle between Terra and alien invaders.
The huge energy wave observed on Panthera’s moon is terrifying even to Zephyria’s army.
It was the most intense energy wave in the history of observation.
Even without seeing it in person, you can see how desperately Terra is trying to stop the invaders.
Fortunately, it doesn’t look like it will end easily.
It’s been like that for almost 7 years, so it’s not strange to say it’s been 10 years.
Nevertheless, Geoff felt uneasy at the same time. Because it was just a guess and not 100 percent.
If Terra were to finish subjugating the alien invaders tomorrow, it was obvious that she would turn her attention to this, and the plans she had built so far would go to waste.
In the past, plans that were going well failed due to strange circumstances.
‘No matter how much I think about it, this is an opportunity that will never happen again. If we wait for thousands of years, will an opportunity like this come again? It’s time to pour everything in.’
“What about the right fit? Are you ready?”
Not long ago, a report came from the Warlock Management Department that a good candidate had appeared in the Kingdom of Laun.
At this point, you could think that the universe would help Zephyria conquer Panthera.
“They say there isn’t much left, Commander.”
Geoff thought it was necessary to divert the attention of Terra Bridge, even if it meant incurring some losses to complete the gate.
There was no loss if the gate was completed.
The Suitable One was a very good hidden card to take away the power of Terraism, which was concentrated in this direction.
The plan was to make the advent using the suitors of the Kingdom of Laun splendid.
The Church of Terra will have no choice but to let go of the power it has gathered here. Then, the resources used to defend the Terra Bridge subjugation force will be reduced, and the gate completion time will be shortened.
“Who is the candidate?”
“We selected three candidates.”
The faces and profile screens of three combat officers appear in front of Geoff.
“Colonel Gregory.”
Gregory was an elite combat officer with SS rank in both magic release and body strengthening classes.
“I will call Colonel Gregory.”
After a while, an image of Gregory, a sturdy man who had been called, appears.
『Loyalty!』
“Colonel Gregory. You know your mission. Your role is more important than anything else.”
『I will never fail!』
“Yes, you are… The Duke of the Demon World… No, you should be Demon King Gregory. That way, even the Terra Church guys will roll their eyes and rush at you.”
“Yes! I understand!』
Gregory’s image screen disappears.
“Then… Let’s start a spectacular event.”
“… I will announce the event.”
At the words of Duncan, the staff member next to him, Geof nodded his head, moving his gaze to the battlefield screen where Hellions were fighting.
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Panthera.
Laun Kingdom.
A scandalous rumor began to circulate in the slums of Crea.
It was a rumor that a murderer was roaming around.
However, even if there were no murderers, the slums were places where people were dying every day.
The city’s guards didn’t move because of something like that.
Emerson had felt something strange about Cyrus a few days ago. It seems that it was when he went away for a while to look for food.
Cyrus, who used to be nervous, was showing a more relaxed appearance than usual.
You may think it’s because you’ve adapted to this life, but… Emerson felt an unexplainable eerieness when he saw Cyrus like that.
-Squeak…
Emerson was sleeping when he heard the door opening and suddenly woke up.
“…”
It seemed like Cyrus had gone out.
‘Did you go to urinate at least?’
It was common to wake up from sleep and urinate.
In this shabby corner of the house, the toilet was outside.
Emerson thought it was no big deal and went to sleep, but woke up again some time later.
This time it was because he needed to urinate.
Emerson got up from his bed and was about to go outside to urinate when he saw Cyrus’ door open.
I didn’t feel like I was popular.
‘No way? Hasn’t it arrived yet?’
Emerson was worried that something had happened to Cyrus.
The moment he thought he had to find Cyrus.
The door opened and Cyrus came in.
“Cyrus? Where have you been?”
“Hmm? Where do you mean? I was just taking care of a minor need to urinate. Sir Emerson. Do you also need to urinate?”
“… Yes.”
“Just go about your business. I’ll go back to sleep.”
A very natural excuse.
But Emerson couldn’t believe it.
This is because there was a faint smell of blood from Cyrus.
“…”
The next day.
Emerson did not sleep this time, but instead alerted himself and watched Cyrus’ movements. And this time, he confirmed that Cyrus was secretly leaving the house.
Emerson quietly got up, picked up the sword that was lying next to the bed, and began following Cyrus.
‘Slums?’
A slum on a dark night like this…
For a well-bred master like Cyrus, it was tantamount to suicide.
However, Cyrus’ steps were unstoppable.
Even in the dark, he wandered through a gloomy back alley that seemed familiar, then opened the door of a house and went inside as if it were his own.
Emerson waited outside for Cyrus to come out, but he didn’t seem to show any signs of coming out.
Slowly, I approached the house where Cyrus had entered.
‘… Hmm? The handle…’
The door handle had disappeared as if it had been cut off. The image of Cyrus naturally opening the door and entering came to mind.
‘Magic? When did you get this kind of power?’
Emerson carefully opened the door and looked inside the house. And he was shocked by the devastation of the house.
A man’s body was spread out on the floor.
However, the man’s upper body was half gone, as if a bomb had exploded.
The blood that flowed from him turned the house into a sea of blood.
In the pool of blood, Cyrus was on top of a woman who appeared to be the dead man’s wife, strangling her and raping her.
