Chapter 238 – Really Real Final Version
War encourages the development of civilization.
In that sense, the ‘Hero’ and ‘Demon King’, modeled after ‘Gaut’, the representative of the Goddess of Wisdom, quickly achieved what they wanted.
Unlike the elves, whose population growth rate was very slow due to their long lifespan but low reproductive rate, humans and demons rapidly expanded on the continent with their relatively short lifespan and proportional reproductive rate.
As a result, two races appeared, and less than 500 years later, the continent’s dynamics were reversed, humans developed enough power to establish an empire, and the demons formed a tribal federation.
However, one thing that the two goddesses overlooked was that she was busy growing the power she had created and did not keep the elves of the forest in check.
The elves, who had already built a long history as the continent’s indigenous people, collapsed the human empire overnight with their overwhelming technological prowess and elemental magic, and this was a wake-up call to the demons.
They have been at odds for so long that they don’t even know why they hate each other anymore, but that’s because they know the power that humans have.
After witnessing the destruction of the human empire overnight, the demons sent an envoy to Elven Wood wishing for peace.
As it was a time of social turmoil shortly after the change from a kingdom to a republic, the Elven Wood side did not have time to worry about the outside world, so they accepted the demons’ offer of peace, and the result was a mutual non-aggression pact that lasted for nearly 300 years. .
***
‘It’s been quite a while since I’ve fought in person like this.’
The power of demons becomes stronger as they age.
Even though the physical prime may have passed, the total amount of mana accumulated in the body continues to increase.
“Sigh!”
Every time he swung the spear covered in black aura, the elven soldiers armed with heavy armor were torn apart like sheets of paper.
Nero Zoroaster was originally famous as the greatest spearman in the Demon King’s army.
His aging body and graying hair make you feel the passage of time, but the martial arts he built up in the past has not faded even now.
“Ugh! Unfold the passing list!”
About thirty elf soldiers, under orders from the commander, surrounded Nero with spears.
“Stab it!!”
Spears are thrown out all at once along with the shouts of the soldiers at the front.
When he thought he would never be able to escape because he was surrounded on all sides by spears, Nero jumped into the sky.
As the spears that pierced the space where Nero was been tangled like spider webs, Nero used them as a stepping stone and lightly landed, stroking his beard with his left hand and saying.
“It’s slow.”
Even throwing out a spear.
“Ugh!”
The soldiers quickly tried to withdraw their spears, but Nero’s spear was swung a beat faster.
Sigh!
Red blood sprayed in the air, and Nero, who stepped on the ground again, threw a spear and pierced the neck of the elf commander who was trying to run away.
“Knock! Knock!”
The commander elf clutching his neck tried to say something, but Nero roughly pulled out his spear without even blinking his eye and surveyed the battlefield with sharp eyes.
‘The overall flow is not bad.’
As his son-in-law Kaldrashu said, when a powerful enemy appeared that ordinary soldiers could not deal with, the members of the Septentrion in the rear came out to the battlefield one by one to fight.
As long as fighting is taking place all over the battlefield, celestial magic, which is assumed to require large-scale rituals, will not be able to be used.
‘Two people to go.’
It was when I was counting the number of people left.
“What, are all my opponents old demons?”
Bang!!
A lump of dark red flame suddenly flew out of the air.
Nero, who swung his spear and instantly split the flame in two, stared at the red-haired elf floating in the sky.
‘Sixth Septentrion.’
Hair as bright as blood is proof that, like Dorothea, she is loved by Salamander, the spirit of fire.
“I’m sorry that my opponent is such an old man. But I’m confident that I won’t be pushed aside by young people these days.”
“Well, that remains to be seen.”
Saying that, the elf extinguished the flames gushing out from under his feet and stepped on the ground.
“I am Alioz of the Crimson Flame, one of the Septentrions.”
Then he declared with a cocky expression.
“It’s the name of the person who will kill you, so remember it clearly.”
“Is he really that type?”
After hearing Ali Oz’s confident declaration of victory, Nero shook his head.
“I know how self-confident you are. But I don’t think I can grant that request.”
“What?”
Alioz frowns.
But regardless, Nero said with a calm expression, stroking his long beard.
“I’m saying you’re going to collapse right here and now.”
Upon hearing that, Ali Oz distorted her face.
“Hot! Let’s see if he has the skills to say something like that!”
Immediately after,
Nero, wearing a black aura on his spear, and Ali Oz, holding a fireball in both hands, clashed.
***
A battlefield where the situation is rapidly changing.
Even the Demon King, who was supposed to act as the commanding tower, entered the battlefield, so it was almost like an all-out war.
Since she is an earth attribute mage specializing in defense, Glinda, who was supporting the allied forces with a golem in the rear, suddenly saw a water spear appearing from all directions targeting her and struck the ground with her staff.
Let’s go!
When the rock rising from the ground blocked the spear of water pouring in from all directions, this time the water that flowed through the gap created when the rocks met turned sharp like a needle and poured over the head.
However, this time, Glinda easily neutralized the attack by wearing magical weapons and shared her vision with the golem to find the location of this persistent opponent.
“… I found it.”
Tak!
When she struck the ground with her staff once again, the concentrated mana flowed through the ground and grabbed the limbs of the hidden enemy.
Glinda climbed the waves of dirt to check the face of the person targeting her, and muttered with a surprised expression when she found an unexpected face.
“Dube.”
Then the blue-haired elf, whose limbs were bound by Glinda’s magic, shouted with an angry face.
“Gloriana! Your brother’s enemy!”
She was Akkad’s half-sister, whom she killed when escaping from Elvenwood.
Because she felt uncomfortable killing all of her siblings who had once worked as her subordinates, Glinda asked as she approached Dube, whose limbs were tied.
“Why are you helping Mayer?”
Then Dubé, who was asked, made a venomous expression, turned to Glinda’s face, and shouted, “Turn!”
She spat.
“I will never open my mouth, so kill me!”
“…”
He is a troublesome opponent.
Glinda’s instinct was to think so, and she decided to use the same method she had used before when she captured her enemies.
Boom!
As she stamps her feet, a mound of dirt rises from her ground, creating a circular barrier, temporarily cutting off the space from the outside.
Glinda lifted Mystiltain with an expressionless face.
“From now on, if you don’t answer my questions, I will erase your limbs one by one.”
“… What?”
“You’ve probably heard about the notoriety of Mystiltein, the secret treasure of the Alfheim royal family, right?”
As Glinda said that and raised her wand, the two asked with a puzzled expression.
“Wait a minute! Are you planning to use the ultimate extinction magic on a person?! If you die from that magic, not even a soul will be left behind!”
“There’s nothing I can’t use. It’s not like I’m going to die anyway.”
As Glynda said and brought her wand to her left arm, Dube cried out with horror on her face.
“Wait!”
Stand tall!
As she stopped her wand just before it touched her ring finger, Dube spoke with a servile expression on her face.
“Woah, I’ll tell you any information you want, so please just spare my life!”
“How can I believe you?”
“If you want, I can swear on the World Tree!”
“… If those are the conditions, it’s fine.”
Seeing Dube’s humble appearance unlike the first time, Glinda put her staff away.
Dube, who had barely escaped her death, asked with a sigh of relief on her face.
“So what are you curious about…?”
“Then, first of all, please tell me the name of the magic you used in the recent battle.”
“… It’s Gungnir.”
“Gunggnir?”
“The so-called ‘Spear of God’ project is a weapon of mass destruction created through a conspiracy between Mayer, the 5th archon, and Merak, the director of the National Magic Engineering Research Institute. When a signal is sent to a satellite floating in outer space, an iron pillar made of adamantium is brought to the ground. It is a celestial weapon that is dropped and attacks with its shock waves.”
Glinda was surprised when she understood the principle after listening to her brief explanation.
“Meteor Strike was artificially implemented?”
Then Dube added her words with a stinging expression.
“There are still many imperfections, so in order to drop it at the desired location, more than half of the Septentrion members must gather together to fine-tune the drop point.”
If so, Kaldrashu’s prediction was correct to some extent.
By sending all the Allied forces’ main forces to the front line, they forcibly pulled out the Septentrion from the rear.
“… Then I’d like to ask a different question this time. Do you- No, why is Septentrion helping Mayer Griffith?”
“Are you stupid? Of course…”
It was the moment when Dube was about to answer Glinda’s question.
Kwasik!
The blade of wind that suddenly broke through the barrier removed the pile of dirt that was restraining Dube’s limbs.
“What!”
“Aha! Thank you! Megrez!”
The moment Glinda panicked and was about to use restraint magic again, Dube thanked something floating in the air and quickly jumped into the puddle of water on the floor.
The restraining magic she activated late hit the place where she was, but her party had already disappeared.
“… You’re interfering with important timing.”
Glinda muttered as she glared at her white-haired elf fighting Khaldrashu in the sky.
No matter how much she had the personality of a saint, she couldn’t help but be annoyed.
However, since what had already happened could not be undone, Glinda buried her anger inside and decided to calmly wait for other people’s battles to come to a conclusion.
