Chapter 653
My Villains Episode 653
74. melee(1)
flashing.
The purple light flashed for the third time. It seems like we're getting closer, but I'm probably not mistaken..
Meanwhile, for some reason, the speed at which the boundary dimension is collapsing is slowly decreasing. It is clear that this too is an ominous sign..
“……I'm going crazy, really.”
The back of my neck becomes cold later on..
Without any judgment or anything else, I took action. Putting your arm through the back of the portal.
giiiiing-
The grey-white jelly-like, bouncy surface engulfed my forearm with a strange metallic sound..
Unlike the front, where students, soldiers, knights, and wizards are rushing towards the nostalgic greenery, the other side casts wide shadows and maintains the same color and texture as before the transformation..
“Everything, you.”
I turned to see Euphria looking up at me with a trembling voice..
“Teacher, are you also Teacher Ludo? What does that look like?-”
I looked back and forth between her and the black fairy lying at her feet, and shouted in bewilderment..
“This is driving me crazy, why are you still here? I told you to get out quickly!”
“Please explain properly what's going on.-”
“explanation? Is that important in the current situation??”
“No, then, just go straight into that suspicious portal.?”
“yes Other people are doing well, right?!”
“Because they don't know that it was you who opened the portal.!”
“Holy shit-”
The important thing now wasn't Euphria, so I dealt with her and quickly manipulated the dimensional core..
The intention was to accelerate the collapse of the boundary dimension again and erase the black and purple thunderbolts that were approaching at every moment..
Rumble-
The border dimension responded to my will. As if space itself was distorted, the sky was torn apart, the ground turned over, and black cracks appeared throughout the dimension..
“Ugh,”
But it didn't go completely as I wanted. The range of torsion was only a few hundred meters in radius..
I was able to clearly recognize it through the perception transmitted from the dimensional nucleus. Outside of that range, my control no longer works, and even that range is getting narrower..
As a result of the upheaval I caused, the speed of the purple lightning slowed down a bit, but I didn't think I could completely stop it..
It was then.
“Oh, stop!”
visor!
Euphria, whose eyes were full of confusion and wariness, suddenly pointed her sword at me. The magical ‘Heffelson Sword’ shed a blue-black light..
“Get your hands off of there.”
“……What are you doing now??”
“I would have told you to take your hands off me.”
Although he was trying hard to appear calm, his eyes and the tip of his sword were shaking dangerously. I don't know exactly what he was thinking, but he seemed suspicious of my sudden change in appearance or the unusual development of the situation..
“who are you?”
As if to prove my guess, she asked in a low voice..
“Is it a black fairy? Or a doppelganger? Since when have you been wearing the mask of a teacher? Where is the real teacher??”
“Damn it, Euphria. Now is the time-”
“answer, do!”
With a loud roar, Euphria rushed in with a fierce spirit. As I was dipping my hand into the dimensional core, I had no choice but to lift the knife with one arm..
Kakang-
Euphria took aim at this and knocked my sword aside with a simple and quick slash. And the admirable agile movement continued..
Hung.
When a kick aimed at my chin, I reflexively bent my back and stretched out my foot to meet him. Just before the front kick landed in Euphria's abdomen, her hand glowed red..
“Ugh,”
My feet split the air. Euphria activated the 'Sideway Walking Ring' and hid herself in a dimensional gap. With a flash of light, she spun around with the same momentum as she was kicking and raised her sword..
“Hmm!”
It is a strike that is a perfect combination of a famous sword imbued with magic, the physical abilities of a superhuman, and mastered skills. I quickly adjusted my sword and took a defensive stance, but no matter how good my sword was, there was no way I could withstand it..
Squeak.
The blade, which already had teeth sticking out here and there, was cut cleanly like a piece of wood without much resistance..
“……oh.”
I forgot about the urgent situation and the existence of the blade aimed at my pole, and was purely amazed..
A surprise attack without hesitation. A kick that dazzles the eye. Even the mindset of using all the means at your disposal to attack the opponent's weaknesses..
“Excellent. You have mastered the essence of ‘Ogose Ryu’..”
Ogose is a legendary figure who rose to the position of guardian of the Mitergeland Empire despite being a lowly barbarian mercenary. In short, he is a dirt spoon sword master..
And Ogose's technology shined even brighter when it fell into the hands of a golden spoon. Speaking of the art of throwing away everything you have, wouldn't it be natural for the rich to have an advantage over the beggars?.
Perhaps because she was embarrassed by the joy she naturally showed, Euphria's face became distorted..
“What on earth are you? What is going on?.”
“I want to praise you more, but…….”
I put down the knife that had been cut in half and glanced back toward the portal..
“This is a bit of bad timing..”
Most of the punitive force seemed to have escaped..
But there were still about twenty members left, and as the original owner of the dimension got closer, my control was rapidly diminishing..
Kiyi-
“Tsk.”
Eventually, the portal shrunk against my will and disappeared as if melting..
No, it hasn't disappeared. I could feel that the dimensional core had been absorbed into the dimensional seal through the heat transmitted to my forearm. I tried putting in a little magic power just in case, but it only gave off a low metallic sound and a weak wavelength, and there was no sign of the portal opening..
If I had to, I was planning on leaving with just Ellen... … It's okay.
As the portal that was emitting the lively air of Middle-Earth disappeared, the border dimension, which had completely stopped collapsing, was once again enveloped in ominous silence..
“Po, the portal.”
“Oh my god, lord.”
Of course, the remaining members immediately became upset. There are only about twenty people who have not yet crossed the portal. As they were a small minority, the confusion and fear they felt was even more profound..
Fortunately or unfortunately, about half of them were my subordinates..
Cole, Steedman, Cal Ain, and others were gathered around Ellen, whose eyes were shining towards Euphria from earlier. As if they had vaguely sensed the situation, they were wary of their surroundings and kept casting sidelong glances in my direction. It seems that the only ones who safely crossed the portal were Simos and Tiloria, who were in charge of monitoring the Carisi and Ruesi sisters..
The rest was also quite usable..
In addition to the five or six young knights, including Garwin and Os, who were supervising the escape of the troops next to the portal, there were also five or six vassal knights and hunters of Baron Acraden..
“Is there anyone in the separate unit? how did this happen!”
“Ludo teacher, Ludo teacher! where are you!”
Only then did the surrounding eyes gather in this direction. The expressions on the faces of those who saw the strange confrontation between me and Euphria became even more messed up..
“Euphria?”
The most annoying opponent among the remaining ones - Sir Iphus, the cathedral knight, slowly approached and asked a question..
“Who is he??”
Euphria, who was pointing a knife at me before I could even open her mouth, quickly answered..
“The guy who looked like Mr. Ludo just a moment ago..”
“What do you mean, Mr. Ludo??”
“yes. As soon as he got his hands on the dimensional core, he revealed his true colors..”
“her.”
Lord Iphus studied my face and narrowed his eyes. A puzzled look is evident.
That's natural. The only things that are different from ‘Ludo Sensei’ from before are the hair, eye color, and body size. That alone would have changed the atmosphere enough, but not so much that it would be completely unrecognizable..
It was a very troublesome situation, but this wasn't the problem right now. Just as Sir Iphus was about to question him, the bastard finally appeared..
“I finally understand.”
Everything stopped as the Milanese sounded low, slow, and somehow awkward. The voice that was creeping down seemed to entangle everyone's whole body..
“It was you, descendant of Zahak..”
I slowly turned my head in the direction where the voice was coming from. Even the smallest movements felt difficult due to the intense demonic energy and the resulting pressure..
A figure is floating in the air without any sign, as if it had been there from the beginning..
A majestic physique, plate armor clad in deep darkness, a long spear that smokes purple vapor, and purple eye lights shining through the gaps in the helmet..
“Achillemnur.”
It made a humming vibrating sound through its helmet and slowly landed on the ground..
“It was you, it was you.”
It looked exactly the same as the one I saw a few years ago, but its presence felt completely different. Is it because my senses have improved, or is it because that guy has become stronger... … . Well, probably both..
“I should have noticed when I sent that pesky hound.”
“hound?”
“Are you going to pretend not to know??”
“……You pretend not to know and sleep, I don’t know what bullshit you are talking about..”
“Make it good. It's not that important.”
As I answered him, I slowly and secretly gathered my strength..
Of course, using magical power in front of a dark knight who is a master of magic is as reckless as pulling out a hat against a Tazza. But that doesn't mean you can just quietly stick your neck out. I won't be able to see through the magic flowing through my bloodstream, I can only hope so..
“You've changed. The fishy smell has become very strong. I thought it was a hybrid that lost its soul because it was grafted incorrectly.…….”
As if he didn't care about those who had become as frozen as stone statues, Achillemnur calmly walked among the heavily armed soldiers. He was a strong man of the highest rank in the dark world, and had a presence that suited him..
As the mighty demon passed by, the crew members barely rolled their eyes but fully revealed their emotions of bewilderment, astonishment, and fear..
“I see it now.”
With every clattering step, a suffocating demonic energy comes over me. The flickering eye light was only aimed at me, but the Dark Knight's magic was oppressing everyone regardless of their gaze..
Overwhelming power. The original body's magic power is also magic power, but this is because all kinds of turbid magic power that fills this boundary dimension is completely concentrated in it..
“Balar, that old man was playing a shallow trick..”
Even I, who had regained my full strength after the magic seal was released, could do nothing but lick my lips in front of Achillemnur, who was just a stone's throw away..
“How can you be so foolish? Your old status will recover on its own if you just quietly play around in your dreams, but you are causing me anger by showing up needlessly..”
“……What is this stupid bastard saying to himself??”
The guy's helmet vibrated again. He is smiling. The Dark Knight's laughter was heavier and more insidious than the roar of a demon or the scream of a banshee..
Shut up.
“Gehehe,”
The next moment, a purple-black chain came out from under my feet and wrapped around my neck. The chain made of demonic energy pulled me violently without even having time to struggle. Euphria, whose body was frozen in the same position as she pointed the knife at me, was thrown off roughly and rolled around on the floor..
“It is reckless to use one's tongue on a trivial topic. Aren’t you afraid of death??”
“Grrrrrrr,”
Why is this crazy guy asking questions without even letting me talk??
The dark knight, who controlled the magic chain to reach eye level, seemed to be amused by the look in my eyes and continued speaking happily..
“Among the fleas that interfered with the Great Work, the first to be caught was you, the descendant of the two snakes. This is a victory worth celebrating, so I will take you as a trophy..”
……yes?
Do you have it? Me? why?
Whether my eyes widened or not, Achillemnur's words continued..
“I command you to be a docile servant and serve me with loyalty..”
Those were no ordinary words. It was a command, a hint, a prophecy, and a spell..
“On the day when the true Lord of Light comes, raise my banner high and sing of grace and glory..”
“uh.”
……what.
My vision is blurry.
The surroundings become increasingly distant…….
“Wash away the sins of the hideous Zahak and the foolish Balar. You, who have been converted, will receive an eternal name, and your noble family will prosper beyond compare..”
“……Umm.”
Achillemnur's embrace was as comfortable as it seemed. It was soft and cozy, like a bed covered in freshly washed blankets. The fatigue of my body and the sharpness of my mind melt away in the comfort I have never experienced before..
Just before falling asleep like that.
“eww,”
I felt a sharp pain in my right wrist..
It's a snake. It is the work of a snake. The plain snake that was in the form of a bracelet regained its true form and bit my wrist..
Tsutsutsu-
The small snake easily pierced the skin, which was tougher than that of a rhinoceros, and sucked out a few drops of blood. And it climbed up like it was wrapping around my wrist and burrowed into my hand..
Wow.
brilliant red light.
The moment that amazingly beautiful color emerged sharply, I held it as if I had been waiting for this day..
And threw it out.
“That's it!”
scream. Following instinct, the body and mind awaken clearly. I immediately twisted the sack in my hand..
“Turn it out!”
bang!
Achillemnur, who was screaming silently, was hit in the chest by a kick with all his might and fell back..
Immediately after, the blade that was deeply embedded in the guy's shoulder was sharply slashed..
Crying.
Are you happy to see the light for the first time in a long time? The sword that shed its skin, Hrunting, made a clear sound as if it were laughing. The blade soared, a brilliant red light erupted, and one step later, the heavy arm fell to the ground, spewing out black smoke..
“humble, mongrel!”
The joy of holding the longed-for sword again was short-lived, and demonic spears rushed in with deafening roars..
Kaang-!
He swung Hrunting and swatted away the long spear that was scattering purple vapor, while also instantly breaking the chain of demon energy that was strangling his neck. As soon as I set my foot on the ground, I immediately threw myself down..
Rattling.
While he was rolling around on the floor, dark red scales covered his entire body. He raised his blood energy and deployed ‘iron-blooded armor’..
“Anbul!”
As expected, countless black thorns poured out from within the writhing darkness inside Achillemnur's cloak..
Parkakakang!
Each thorn was at most the size of the palm of one's hand, but considering the amount of magical energy contained in it and the amount of force poured into it, it seemed as if even a thick steel plate could be reduced to a rag in an instant. In fact, it is a fierce attack equivalent to heavy machine gun fire..
“Ugh, fuck-”
As I frantically threw and rolled around to avoid countless thorns or block them with my iron armor, the Dark Knight sneered fiercely and swung his long spear..
“A bug-like bastard. Okay, just keep rolling.!”
The space was cut like a piece of paper by the blade of the spear that cut into the air. He pushed the spear into the gap..
“Ugh?”
The moment I quickly turned to the side, feeling a shiver run down my spine, a sharp spear tip came out of the empty air..
Kagagak-
I managed to block the spear in an awkward half-prone position, but I couldn't avoid the barrage of thorns. As I was about to throw away, the pouring thorns concentrated and hit me harshly on the back..
“Wow!”
A merciless follow-up hit struck me as I was thrown hard to the ground, scattering broken scales. The Dark Knight, who had restored his severed arm in the form of a lump of smoke, opened his palm towards me..
“k'zork dan!”
Following the incomprehensible spell, a strange metallic sound filled the room..
Jiiiiii-
At the same time, the space itself began to shrink rapidly around me..
“Turn it off, huh-”
“That's fun.”
Shock and pressure as if my whole body was being crushed by a huge rock. I couldn't even scream due to the terrible pain..
“It's surprising how treacherous and vicious it is..”
The heavy steps are getting closer..
I couldn't even raise my head, let alone stand up against him. All it did was wriggle like a bug with a pin stuck in it..
“But it's still foolish. How dare you try to confront me, even on a level that I own. It is a rare sight even in all of Middle-earth..”
I felt Achillemnur raise his magic spear just a short distance away, and I forced a sneer..
“Huh, that sounds like a dick..”
“What?”
“They say you're giving a shit. This place belongs to you..”
I pushed all of my blood into my forearm. Then, taking advantage of the slight pressure relief, he looked straight up at Achillemnur. The guy's eyes twinkled greatly..
“How.”
“It's been a while since the owner changed..”
The dimensional seal radiated light..
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