Chapter 413
My Villains Episode 413
63. The Silver Prince's Knights(20)
When experienced adventurers think of Asag, the land of the dead, the first thing that comes to mind is not a lake full of by-products of death or a swamp inhabited by monsters..
They think of fog. The fog is so thick that it takes your breath away, as if the rain that was pouring down in full force had stopped in mid-air..
The heavy fog that seems to be constricting one's breath is actually full of evil energy and venom and strangles a person's neck. Those who are not prepared for this will lose their lives without even knowing it. The spirit body that faces death is divided into a ghost and a walking corpse and wanders the swamp..
These tragic stories are often endless, and the number of undead roaming Asag is impossible to count. Those countless undead had no organization or regularity, so they all moved as they please. They walked through thick fog, floated on lakes, lay down in swamps, and made piles among themselves..
And now, in the middle of a swamp so old that its origin cannot be guessed, the undead broke their long silence and shouted with one voice..
Sooooo-
It was a ray of light that woke them up. The light source that rose from the land of the dead shone like the sun and burned up the fog in the area..
Kaan-! The 'Holy Sun', which spreads bright brilliance, seems to be not satisfied with just burning away the fog, and has even melted the dead..
The blown-up corpses crawling up from the bottom of the lake, the skeleton soldiers rising from the swamp, and the ghosts swimming in the cool wind were all erased without a trace..
The fog that had piled up all the way to the bottom of the clouds retreated significantly, revealing a clear sky. The bottom of the lake is transparent, duckweed spreads in the swamp, and the soil remains green..
But, even for a moment.
The light gradually faded. The sacred sun is setting. The fog that had receded a bit rushed back like water over a burst dam..
“Lord.”
The beautiful paladin's light green eyes were stained with sadness..
She raised her divine power and grabbed a fist-sized jewel. However, the 'Savior's Pendant' blinked once and then lost its shine..
“this.”
Now, this pendant won't be able to use its power for at least a month..
Although it was a holy relic consecrated by countless red clothed bishops who led the Calandari Order, it was unable to purify Asag in the end. Not even a single inch.
Instead of sighing, the anointed paladin, Theodora, drew his sword and raised his shield..
A harsh look permeates the noble woman's eyes, an aura of the same color spreads around her light golden hair, and a silvery sheen permeates the pure white plate armor..
Whoa! As soon as Princess Theodora raised her sword and shield, a group of undead rushed towards her through the fog..
The majority were flesh that could barely walk and skeleton soldiers holding rusty metal objects, but there were also ghosts in the form of ghosts, powerful ghosts, and the corpses of huge beasts and monsters..
kiek!
A figure with bluish flames wrapped around a black figure let out a sharp scream. If the criminal had faced this, he would have immediately urinated and collapsed, but the paladin in 'Calandari combat stance' simply swung his sword with his eyes shining calmly..
joy!
Theodora's blade was suddenly emitting golden brilliance. The ghost of the blue flame - the undead commonly called 'Revenant' - screamed as its blade cut open from shoulder to stomach. For a moment, as the brilliance of the blade grew brighter, it turned into ash and dispersed..
Grumbling!
The Revenant also collapsed in vain, but the lower-level undead could not even reach out to Theodora. This is because the golden aura that waves around her, the 'light of exorcism', burned them out early..
Wow!—!
A ghost flying with black smoke instead of its lower body spread evil energy. The trick called 'Ghoul's Song' failed to stop Theodora even for a moment, let alone paralyze her..
Tongue!
She raised a shield large enough to cover her entire body to block the ghoul, then twisted her body and lashed out with her sword..
Squeak-
The ghoul whose throat was pierced was soon dragged by the sacred blade and its head fell to the floor. Then the bottom blade of the shield cut off the man's waist like a guillotine..
Turn it off.
The ghost, cut in two, wriggled its limbs like a bug in the sacred aura. Instead of looking at the bastard melting like butter on a hot pan, Theodora extended her sword towards the waves of death..
Theodora gave them the end they had been waiting for with her reverent and resolute movements - which, if Phoenix had seen, would have been considered slow and stiff - Theodora gave them the end they had been waiting for. Before ten minutes had passed, three digits of vengeful spirits had found rest, and twice as many bodies had been reduced to dust..
“Whoo, whoo-”
As the battle continued, Theodora's breathing gradually became heavier. Most of the undead that the princess dealt with melted before she could even swing her sword, but in other words, it meant that she cut down the rest one by one, so it was natural for her to be exhausted..
Gwaaaaa!
When a sudden roar pierced her ears, Theodora quickly turned her head..
And when she realized that the entity that let out that horrifying howl was a monster as large as a small stronghold, she opened her mouth slightly..
“••••••dragon?”
Indeed, it was none other than a dragon that rose from the pile of bones..
The hard scales had fallen off and most of the thick flesh had rotted away. However, the perforated membrane wings, the head that looked like a lizard enlarged dozens of times, the two sharp horns, and the blade-like claws clearly had the shape of a dragon..
bowl!
It is questionable how a rotting corpse makes sounds, but the corpse dragon roared and lunged just as it did when it was alive..
“Lord,”
The corpse dragon swung its tail at the paladin who was muttering with a pale face. Its movements were incredibly slow, but it was so huge that it was impossible to avoid it. The princess immediately ran away. A heavy sound passed over her as she lay face down on the wet floor..
“Ugh.”
She quickly got up and lost her footing. One leg sank up to the shin in a swamp filled with rotten fish. Taking advantage of that opportunity, the corpse dragon opened its mouth wide..
Kwasik!
“kehok,”
The mouth, which was spouting poison, snatched the princess in an instant. The corpse dragon swung its house-sized head roughly, and Theodora rolled around in the mouth of the thing that seemed to be full of blades..
Kagagak!
Fortunately, the plate armor given by Phoenix did not leave a single scratch even as it was ground between the dragon's teeth. After passing through an unknown cathedral knight, a skeleton knight guarding the King of Death, and a red knight, 'Pure White', finally given to Theodora, found a worthy owner after a long time and was doing her part..
“Shut up!”
However, the whiteness did not protect the face, nor did it absorb all the shock. The princess's beautiful face was instantly covered in blood, and her limbs, which were thin compared to her great strength, were crumpled and broken in a random manner..
Grrrr!
The dragon, which had been shaking its mouth for a while, seemed to know that its digestive system had lost its function, so instead of swallowing what it was holding, it threw it on the floor..
“Bent-”
Unfortunately, Theodora flew far and landed on her back on a mossy rock. Even though she was choking and screaming, she didn't lose consciousness..
The princess was accustomed to pain..
In her early teens, she lost her parents and siblings all at once, half of her trusted vassals were killed, and the rest betrayed her and her family. When she was imprisoned in a convent, she was locked in solitary confinement for several months. When she could not hide her revenge and anger, she had to beat herself until her bones were exposed. When she refused to bow her head, she suffered from starvation and lost her mind..
“Huh, huh.”
Therefore, Theodora quickly got up. It was her long-standing trait to be able to keep her mind clear even in the midst of terrible pain. Prayer too. ‘Healing light’ poured into the prayer I had memorized as a habit, and torn skin and broken bones were repaired.…….
Whoa whoa-!
Instead of admiring her tenacity, the corpse dragon roared and attacked her like it did right after it appeared..
“Glory to the Lord.” Theodora stopped the treatment and caught her breath. I turned my mumbling into a shout and kicked the ground..
“Rest for them-”
The federal flag in front was dyed scarlet. She accelerated, leaving behind a trail of brilliance. It's 'Dash of Glory'.
“For me, only fame!”
It is a swift charge that even a real dragon could not have avoided. There's no way that corpse could react..
Quang!
Theodora hit her hind legs like a battering ram. The corpse dragon fell forward and hit its head. The princess threw away the shield that was about to split in half and climbed up the ridge of its wings. Then he thrust a golden, burning blade into the middle of his back..
“Light, oh.”
Grumble!
The sacred light she poured out filled the hollow inside of the corpse dragon. Light flooded the maw. The dragon came to rest, emitting light instead of flames..
“Haaah, haaah, hoo……
Eventually, the corpse dragon turned to dust and scattered, and the princess fell down on the floor. The damp dirt floor was full of poison, but nothing like that could have poisoned her..
Theodora, who had been catching her breath for a while, staggered to her feet. Then, I picked up a palm-sized trace left by the corpse dragon..
“What the hell is this.”
It was a small disk that looked like it was made of bent bone. I felt an unfamiliar yet familiar energy..
The reason it felt unfamiliar was because it was an energy that was difficult to find in the middle world. An energy that is completely different from the evil energy or thick poison that fills this place, and is so unpleasant that it gives you goosebumps.…….
The reason it felt familiar was because she had encountered this energy several times recently. This is the energy I felt a few weeks ago when I was suppressing the forces left behind by the King of Death in front of the Monastery of Seteniora, when an assassin invaded targeting my maternal uncle, Prince Ulkar..
And this is the energy that I vaguely felt just a few days ago, while securing the road to Roji across Asag. The reason Theodora had now separated from the heavy cavalry and entered deep into the land of the dead was precisely to track down this energy..
“……ah,”
Then, the bone disk broke off without any sign. Before the princess could react, a black lump the size of a finger flowed out of there. The lump immediately stuck to my gloved hand..
“Ugh-”
Theodora quickly shook her hands away as her palms burned in pain. However, the lump that flowed through the glove stuck firmly to the palm and did not seem to fall off..
The princess gritted her teeth in pain that made her hair turn white. He picked up the sword he had laid down next to him and scratched his palm, staining it with golden brilliance. Even after being touched by the ‘sacred blade’, the black mass did not subside..
“Lord, give me light!”
As I gritted my teeth and uttered a prayer, a light as intense as when I was finishing the corpse erupted. After scraping the skin off my palm with a dazzling blade, the black lump shriveled and fell to the floor..
As the black mass began to seep into the dirt, Theodora quickly stabbed the glowing sword into the ground..
The lump pierced precisely by the tip of the knife writhed, emitting gray smoke, and finally disappeared without a trace..
“Lord, what is this?.”
Theodora made the sign of the cross in surprise and guessed the identity of the lump she had just burned..
Magic energy (magic energy)）.
It was clearly demonic energy flowing from the dark world, one of the eight other dimensions..
“Why is Magi in Asag... … . It's a story I've never heard of before..”
Asag is a dangerous place called the Land of the Dead, but I have never heard of it being connected to another dimension. It is commonly known that passages connecting to another dimension occur in places with few people, but in fact, they were created in places where there was no magical power that could interfere with the creation of the passage. In a place as full of fraud as Asag, it was natural for it to be connected to the spirit world rather than the dark world..
“Lord.” As Theodora was lost in thought about something inexplicable, the sound of a group of horses' hooves was heard from the south..
“Princess! Princess Theodora!”
‘It was the voice of the ‘giant’ Lord Ankir..
It was a loud voice, the same as usual, but somehow it felt like it was excited..
In the end, the princess retrieved the sword and turned towards the place where the sound of people was coming from..
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