I got into school for nothing - Chapter 202
I got into school for nothing (202)
Lesson 40. No Alien Allowed - 2
―A puny human dares, without fear, to block the path of our legion!
As if in response to Ban Yuwon's voice, another voice resounded.
The voice, echoing through the vacuum of space, was imbued with immense mana and a repulsive resonance. Any being with weak resistance would surely mutate into an orc simply by hearing it.
At the center of the fleet, on the prow of what appeared to be an asteroid-sized flagship, a colossal orc stood proudly.
That one must be the 'Boss'.
―Excellent, actually. My throat was just parched, and I'll quench it with your blood before we enter Earth!
Boom—another wave spread out, amplifying his own power and that of his subordinate orcs.
It's certain. That bastard is the Boss who wields the Relic.
Of course, unlike the last Orc Wave, the situation wasn't simple. Even if they killed the Boss, another orc on the flagship would simply resonate with the Relic again.
‘The best method... is still to somehow find an opening and destroy the Relic.’
The problem is that the Relic itself is too massive and sturdy to even consider destroying.
And what about the Boss, chosen by such a Relic?
The distance was too great for an accurate measurement, but he had to be at least twice as powerful as the Constellation's Incarnation they had fought before.
[Level 200?! An orc, of all things, at Level 200!]
See? I knew it.
Level 200, when converted to Life, is 2,000.
That means he's as strong as Ban Yuwon and Rucell's combined Life.
Power drained from his body automatically at Kiira's timely alert, for she was adept at managing status windows and instantly discerning the abilities of the strong.
[It's alright, Master. As long as you keep injecting Wildness into me... I'll handle him!]
“Even if you have the Wildness Furnace, he's still backed up by the Relic.”
[That's why Master, please help me. With your Giwon Sword!]
“Tsk... no choice, then.”
―I'll sweep you all away!
Daringly, the bastard leapt from the flagship, cleaving through the vacuum of space, charging straight for them.
Rucell, having absorbed all the Wildness Ban Yuwon poured into her Wildness Furnace, gathered the vast energy produced by the furnace in her mouth and unleashed it like a laser beam!
―Khaaa!
The foe tried to block it with his colossal glaive, but it was useless.
Unable to withstand the immense heat, the glaive instantly melted, and the foe clicked his tongue, hastily retreating to avoid it.
Several warships in its path were destroyed in his stead, tens of thousands of orcs aboard them instantly vaporized.
A depth of Wildness she normally couldn't wield, couldn't even contain.
Enduring it solely with her Divine Beast-transformed body and the power of the Giwon Sword resonating with Ban Yuwon, Rucell roared again.
[I'll keep pouring it on!]
If she extracted all the concepts from the orcs destroyed in this single bombardment, she could fire another energy cannon of the same power.
From that perspective, one might think it allowed for infinite rapid-fire, that the bombardments could be replicated indefinitely, but...
Even a machine gun, with continuous fire, can overheat its barrel or, in severe cases, melt it down.
Rucell, too, would eventually be unable to withstand it if she kept firing bombardments of that same power.
Ban Yuwon observed the movement of concepts within her body and made a calm judgment.
“Three more times is the limit. Let's proceed a little more cautiously.”
[But I haven't eaten the Candy of Life yet. If I eat that, I should be able to fire seven more shots continuously.]
Rucell had already steeled herself to burn her own body away.
She immediately fired a second bombardment, targeting the Orc Boss again, but the bastard evaded it, and only several orc warships were repeatedly blown up instead.
―Kuaaaaaaaah!
The foe roared at the sight of the destroyed orc warships, then, in an instant, swung a newly manifested glaive, unleashing a terrifyingly destructive slash.
The colossal crescent-shaped slash that cleaved through space somewhat resembled Kang Miyeon's 'Unforgettable Trace', which attacked foes by tracing a trajectory, but the destructive power and sheer scale contained within it were on a completely different level.
[Master, I...]
“I'll block it.”
Magic of that caliber couldn't be nullified so easily.
Even if he wielded the mysteries of 'Flow' or 'Reversal' with his Giwon Sword, it would be a blessing if he could even deflect or redirect one-tenth of the power contained within that slash.
But he still had other things he could wield besides that.
“Seal!”
He lifted the Seal Ring on his left index finger, revealing its insignia, and poured a massive amount of Won-gi into it to activate it.
If it were a weapon wielded by the opponent themselves, perhaps, but a magical slash already separated from its main body...!
―What?!
At the orc's gasp of alarm, Ban Yuwon felt a strange satisfaction.
The slash, frozen solid in place, floated motionlessly in space, maintaining its crescent shape.
“Rucell, now!”
[Yes!]
The bombardment she fired this time aimed directly at the flagship.
Of course, he didn't expect it to be destroyed, and indeed, it only ended with a large number of warships hastily diverting to block its path being annihilated, but he was aiming for a different effect.
―Th-these bastards...!
Once they realized Rucell could target the flagship at any moment, the fleet had no choice but to move defensively.
Currently, the fleet's advance had all but halted. Seizing that opportunity, Abel and Kiira rampaged, creating even greater chaos.
Of course, Lilyth, who acted as Abel's core and piloted it, was not satisfied with the situation and questioned him.
[Master, should I also attack the Boss?]
‘No, even if we kill this bastard, another Boss will just emerge anyway. It's better to look for an opening and target the flagship.’
[But...]
―I'll cut you down myself!
And then the moment came.
The Orc Boss, his entire body glowing crimson, flew directly towards Rucell!
The blood-red flames blazing above his glaive drew a long afterimage in space, making him look like a comet falling from the sky.
[Follower of Ten Thousand Kalpas?!]
Seeing it, Kiira shrieked in terror.
Hearing her scream, Ban Yuwon thought, ‘No way...’
“He contracted with a Constellation?”
[No, not exactly. Perhaps... that Relic! It was left behind by a Constellation! Because he's resonating with it, he's also wielding the Constellation's power!]
No wonder it felt absurdly powerful!
―I'll tear out your eyes!
“Tsk...!”
The moment the foe shot forward with lightning speed, aiming to bring his glaive down on Rucell's forehead, Ban Yuwon clicked his tongue and subtly moved his hand.
At that very instant, the crescent-shaped slash, previously sealed and floating aimlessly nearby, suddenly regained its power and assaulted its own master!
―Kuuuuh!
He surely never expected the slash he'd fired to turn on him, did he? The orc hastily raised his glaive to block it, letting out a pained groan.
It was an opportunity!
“Rucell!”
[Kuooooh!]
The energy gathered at Rucell's mouth crackled, sparking and discharging.
Her nine tails, attached to her body, rose in unison, concentrating the essence of lightning at her mouth, shaping it into a spear.
The artifact, now almost entirely assimilated with her, surpassed its output limits, creating a lightning bolt akin to an Authority. In the next instant, that lightning spear pierced the abdomen of the orc bastard, whose body was completely off-balance from blocking the slash!
―Kuaaaaaaaak!
It was a perfect strike, piercing the foe's most vulnerable spot.
Even after that, the lightning spear, without losing momentum, continued onward, destroying several more warships made of orc bones, muscles, and flesh.
This was thanks to Rucell resonating with Ban Yuwon and perfectly adhering to the control of the Giwon Sword.
“Hwaaaaaap!”
However, Rucell had truly run out of strength from firing continuous powerful bombardments.
Even assuming she could recover by eating the Candy of Life, Ban Yuwon would have to confront the foe directly from now on, unless he wished to inflict permanent damage upon her!
―Kuk...!
Ban Yuwon, having moved behind the orc, who was roaring across space, swung his Executioner's Longsword relentlessly, giving the foe no chance.
At the moment of a perfect ambush, unexpectedly, flames erupted from behind the foe, trying to incinerate him.
Strangely, Ban Yuwon's body shimmered red, annihilating the flames.
“...Huh?”
Slick—the foe's neck, cleanly severed, floated leisurely in the vacuum of space.
He had expected the foe, who was wielding a Constellation's power, not to die so easily. This strike had been delivered with the readiness to accept a certain amount of damage, yet...
Ban Yuwon, having successfully annihilated the foe's flames and then beheaded him, was instead baffled himself.
‘No matter how you look at it, an enemy with 2,000 Life... did he really go down that easily?’
Was the damage from the lightning spear Rucell just fired that severe?
Well, yes, it must have been severe, but surely, at the moment he attacked, something like an auto-shield activated and tried to counter him, didn't it...?
Before he could even make a defensive move with his Giwon Sword, it had annihilated itself, and simultaneously, the foe's defenses momentarily plummeted to near zero, allowing the Executioner's Longsword to add another entry to its list of beheadings.
[You have successfully beheaded a powerful foe in a terrible battle. The Executioner's Longsword is undergoing a concept transformation.]
Well, then. To make matters worse, the Executioner's Longsword, having successfully proved its identity by beheading an absurdly powerful enemy, also began a strange transformation.
The only minor problem was that, instead of instantly evolving, it began to miserably contort and squirm, slowly transforming, just as Eve and Lilyth had done before.
He didn't know how long the transformation would take, but it certainly couldn't be used anymore in this place.
Ban Yuwon sighed and stored the longsword in his inventory for the time being.
As a bonus, he retrieved all the concepts from the orc he had killed, giving the Wildness to Rucell and appropriately dividing and absorbing the remaining concepts himself, all while instructing his vassals.
“Lilyth, Kiira! Before a new Boss is born, inflict as much damage as you can on the flagship!”
[We're already doing that...! That ability just now was unusual, could the Follower of Ten Thousand Kalpas be directly watching this place?]
[Master, I think Sister Eve succeeded!]
Succeeded at what?
He cocked his head, muttering reflexively, then, realizing its meaning, he lifted his gaze just as—
―Crack, Rrrrrrrip!
―Sisisisish!
Giga Drill Break!
He felt as if Eve had said something like that.
Though probably not.
It was true that Ban Yuwon's vassal, 'Abyss,' which Eve had taken, instantly swelled in size, burrowed into the flagship, and split it in half!
[I succeeded!]
“I never dared to think we could kill the Boss with just the two of us.”
It was true that as long as they couldn't deal with the Relic itself, killing the Orc Boss would only result in a new one being born.
However, that wasn't something that happened without any delay. Naturally, selecting a suitable Boss and injecting power into them would take time.
And naturally, the Relic overseeing it would also become vulnerable during that time.
However, after weighing the actions of Abel and Kiira, he had judged that killing the Boss wouldn't allow them to exploit any opening to achieve anything significant unless they also blocked the fleet. That's why he had sent them towards the fleet and confronted the Orc Boss with only Rucell and himself, but...
‘I was just planning to hold off the Boss while damaging the fleet, but I never imagined we'd finish him off so easily.’
Ban Yuwon was still puzzled.
Clearly, the foe, no, the power residing within the foe, had tried to counterattack him...
Why had it disappeared?
[Master!]
“Ah, Rucell. Right, you fired four shots. I'll give you the Candy of Life right now, so...”
[No, that's not it, they're coming!]
“Ah.”
Perhaps because she was still resonating with Ban Yuwon, she could perceive it.
He lifted his head, and in Ban Yuwon's eyes, two spacecraft were now visible, just breaking through the dimensional wall.
―Yuwon-niiiiiiiiim! The 90% special discount clause! Don't forget it!
“I said I'm not doing thaaaat!”
The Platinum Members of the Rebel Force, reinforcements, were on their way!
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