194th Episode
The silver blade of the Omega Series reveals its form.
At the same time,
The esteemed sword, deeply engraved with the emblem of the Empire and personally bestowed by the Emperor to Ernst, was drawn forth from Ray’s hand.
As Ray advanced, rotating his core and circle, armor emerging from A-Space began enveloping his body.
Before the armor completely covered him, Ray glanced at the apparition before him and quietly instructed.
“Aptel, assist Luna.”
[Understood.]
Trud!
The bracelet encircling Ray’s wrist fell off on its own.
The empty wrist was then fully wrapped by the fully deployed armor.
Following the armor, over a dozen divine artifacts appearing from A-Space sequentially synchronized with Ray’s spirit.
All these artifacts were emblazoned with patterns symbolizing the Empire or families belonging to it.
A Demon, standing with outstretched arms, clenched their fists as they watched Ray.
The Demon could not tolerate Ray’s arrogance.
The overwhelming presence that the name “Empire” carried was undoubtedly formidable.
However, what did it matter?
This place was not on the territory of the Empire.
It was the blessed land imbued with the power of the Great One.
Certainly, this was no place where a mere human could arrogantly invoke the name of the Empire.
“I will rip apart that one’s limbs.”
The Demon accepted the power of the Great One, revealing their excitement.
A severed arm and ruptured eyeball rapidly regenerated.
Thus, here upon this land, every Devil Worshipper can easily perform miracles.
Shaken with tremors, the Demon started moving their legs and explosively accelerated towards Ray.
Kwaang!!!
With a powerful thrust, the Demon reached Ray in an instant and swung their fist.
An intent to crush Ray was embedded in this strike.
Ray moved his sword as he felt the air in front of him being compressed.
The sword swung towards the incoming fist, but it was too slow.
The Demon believed that the sword wouldn’t block the punch; instead, the punch would crush Ray’s face much faster.
However, the sword, which had been moving slowly forward, suddenly disappeared and became a streak of lightning.
The Demon couldn’t perceive the trajectory of the lightning-fast sword strike at all.
Uddduk!!!
A sound of something being crushed echoed near the ears.
Only after forcefully swinging their fist did the Demon straighten their blurred vision due to excitement.
Their arms felt empty. Blood was gushing from somewhere, soaking the ground.
The Demon looked down at their body.
The two arms boasting formidable power were now shattered, and the chest was torn open.
Realizing too late that they had made a grave misjudgment, the Demon hastily tried to retreat.
The entity before them was certainly not someone the Demon could confront alone.
Just then, another Devil Worshipper summoned a dark Spirit to help the Demon retreat, and it hurled itself toward Ray without hesitation.
The Dark Spirit thought there was no need to spare its body.
Ray grabbed the Demon’s jaw with his right hand while releasing his sword momentarily.
Then, he swung the sword held in his left hand towards the Spirit lunging at his side.
Sword Energy surrounded the sword.
Harshia’s creation, the Spatial Blade capable of cutting through beings beyond dimensions, pierced into the Spirit.
Puuk!!
[Keeeeeaaaah!!!]
Ray twisted the sword and pulled it back.
The Spirit screamed strangely as it was bisected by the Spatial Blade.
The blood turned to ice as it flowed across the ground, chilled by the cold emanating from Ray.
Only now did terror rise in the Demon’s crimson eyes. The terrified eyes of the Demon seemed almost human.
Ray smirked.
This was deep within enemy territory.
To continue fighting with few numbers, maintaining momentum was crucial.
That’s why Ray was delighted to see the fear in the Demon’s eyes.
“Do you feel the same fear as humans?”
Unable to hide their fear, the Demon’s body trembled violently.
Trembling, they couldn’t even think of attacking Ray and kept trying to take steps backward.
Ray hoped that this trembling would spread to other Devil Worshipers and recited a phrase Ropheiren used to hum for such moments.
“Cry out as much as you like.”
Ray raised his sword.
The space around the sword warped, and a dazzlingly blue flash extended outward.
“The most terrifying nightmare you feared has returned.”
Swinging the sword imbued with Harshia’s wish, a blade that cuts through souls, at the Demon.
Ray deliberately slowed the sword’s progress and slowly bisected the Demon.
The Demon screamed horrifically as they sensed their soul collapsing.
Before long, the Demon’s body split in half, scattering ash-like dust onto the ground.
Witnessing this scene, the Devil Worshipers faltered and stepped back.
In their eyes, consumed by fear, there was no trace of the mockery once directed at Gilland.
Ray advanced toward them.
A shadow watching Ray couldn’t fully conceal their perplexity and shouted desperately.
“Kill him!!!!!”
The forced power of the contract compelled the Devil Worshipers existing in the underground city to move against their will.
Even though they trembled with fear, Ray sighed regretfully as enemies approached from all sides.
Despite the swarm of enemies closing in, Ray took another step forward without hesitation.
Gilland, who had been staring blankly at the scene, was abruptly pulled by Leonie.
“What are you doing?! Run immediately!!!”
Leonie pointed towards the direction of the elevator and shouted.
Gilland stammered, startled.
“H, but…!”
The current situation was the kingdom’s responsibility, and it was the kingdom’s duty to resolve it.
He couldn’t simply leave everything to the Empire’s Knight and retreat peacefully. He shouldn’t.
But Leonie reminded him again that this wasn’t the time for such righteous arguments.
“But and nonsense, just shut up and run!!! What great help can we possibly provide anyway?!!!”
They could indeed be helpful.
But at the cost of their lives.
Gilland glanced at his unit members.
They were waiting for Gilland’s orders.
There was no time to hesitate.
Monsters were swarming from all directions, and even if they moved to escape immediately, it was uncertain how many would survive.
“…We’re retreating.”
Gilland turned his back on Ray.
Someone needed to survive the incident in the underground city to inform the Kingdom and the Empire.
Besides, perhaps this Imperial Knight could tear through all the Demons alone, achieve his purpose, and return.
Thus, suppressing the emotions welling up inside him, Gilland rationalized their retreat as cowardice and stood at the forefront of the Knight Order.
Gilland manifested Sword Energy and swung his sword at the monsters to clear a path.
Behind him, a thunderous sound erupted, but Gilland didn’t look back.
Kuung-!!!
Ray dodged black magic and charged head-on toward the Devil Worshipers.
The number of fallen individuals who had deeply embraced the powers of the Evil Deity, commonly known as Demons, continued to increase.
Ray began controlling the divine artifacts connected to his spirit while swinging his sword.
Kagagajak!!!
The Sword Energy manifesting on the unparalleled imperial treasure, which defied valuation, cleaved the Demon’s body with superior cutting power.
In an instant, as one Demon disintegrated into blood, a massive beast leaped from above to cover Ray.
At that moment, a golden spear shot forward at supersonic speed, piercing through the monster’s head.
Cheejek!!!!
The delayed shockwave surged, and the headless monster rolled backward before exploding.
Kwaaang!!!
Having confirmed several times that direct combat offered no solution, the Demons surrounded Ray and simultaneously rushed at him.
Each of them possessed enough strength to withstand the sword strikes of a graduate-level warrior if they were deep within the Forbidden Forest.
However, Ray didn’t halt his advance. Calmly, he swung the twin swords enveloped in Sword Energy.
Kwagagajak!!!
Every time a flash of light appeared, chunks of Demon flesh were crushed, drenching the ground.
Limbs severed, the Demons crawled on the ground.
If they were human, they might have died even if left untreated, but they were Demons.
Unless finished off decisively, they would quickly recover and attack again.
Ray plunged deeper to completely sever the still-living Demons.
At that moment, a corpulent Demon inflated their body even further, shining their single eye.
An enormous amount of energy shot out in a beam from the eye.
At that moment, the shield-shaped Artefact guarding Ray’s rear intercepted the energy beam.
Chulkek!
The gauntlet of the shield opened into eight pieces, revealing the core inside.
The energy beam fired by the Demon was absorbed into the core of the shield, swirling before being condensed again.
Ddak!!!
The condensed energy was restored to a beam of light and fired back at the Demon.
The Demon couldn’t evade the attack made of their own emitted energy, and their head flew off.
Kwagajak!!
After slicing another Demon’s limbs, Ray spun the Omega Series, shrouded in Sword Energy.
The momentarily hidden bundle of Sword Energies reappeared behind, tearing through space above the head of a Dark Wizard preparing magic.
Leaping Sword Energy bombarded the ground.
Kwagagagajak!!!!
Screams erupted from various places.
One of the Dark Wizards hit by the Leaping Sword Energy clutched their wound while summoning sturdy monsters with bio-gloves.
Using the monsters as meat shields, the Dark Wizard began drawing magical circles again.
When the Leaping Sword Energy struck again, the monsters effectively fulfilled their role as meat shields.
The Dark Wizard’s magical circle neared completion.
Linked with the massive magical circle already inscribed in the underground city, the magic aimed to amplify its power.
At that moment, a large sword-shaped Artefact was launched toward the Dark Wizard.
Ddak!!!
The Dark Wizard used the monsters as shields to protect themselves—or so they thought.
Chejik!
“?!”
The target of the large sword was never the Dark Wizard but the magical circle from the start.
The incantation of the nearly completed magical circle was disrupted.
The name of the large sword-shaped Artefact Ray had launched was ‘Alithro’.
Most of Alithro’s body was crafted from metal infused with extreme anti-magic properties, earning it the nickname ‘the sword that cuts through incantations’.
The Dark Wizard spat out blood as mana reversed its flow.
While the Dark Wizard barely managed to grab the distorted magical circle and attempted to restore it, a chilling sensation ran down their back.
Ddak!!!
Ray, revealed between the corpses of monsters, swung his sword instantly.
The Dark Wizard, unable to respond properly, was deeply slashed across the waist and crawled on the ground.
Breathing heavily and gritting his teeth, Ray muttered.
My head is spinning.
Simultaneously handling numerous Artefacts was truly no easy task.
“We aren’t becoming like our aunt.”
Compared to Saria, who handled five or six Artefacts like her own limbs, Ray was lacking in many ways.
Uddeog!!
Ray crushed the head of the crawling Dark Wizard underfoot.
Five Devil Worshippers lost their lives in an instant.
However, even more Devil Worshippers newly appeared and readied themselves.
“Like cockroaches.”
Even with some forces diverted to Gilland’s retreating side, they continued to crawl towards Ray.
No matter how strong Ray was, he would’ve perished alone.
That’s why Ray grinned.
Fear (2)
