The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 244
55page. fierce battle (5)
10.
Quagga gaga go! Quaang!
A battlefield where misty dust rises.
Ulan wielded an ax against Asteban and continued a fierce battle..
how long has it been like that?
I could see Ian, Sven, and Perticia, who had left the group earlier, returning..
‘did you find something?’
I'm not sure yet.
It's not even a voice.
So, I decided to shake off my thoughts and focus on my original mission. Thinking that someday she'll tell me when the time is right.
After a while, the time we've been waiting for has come.
―Ulan.
A voice suddenly rings in my head.
Noah's voice.
Judging from the fact that the communications department hung around his neck was shining bright blue, it was assumed that he was talking to him through an amulet..
―I'm sorry, but please rampage a little more violently. until this side is ready.
Ulan's eyes lit up at those words..
Judging by the mention of the word preparation, it seemed that he had found a way. After that, Noah's words, which had paused for a moment, continued..
―And when the time comes, please prioritize Laurea's safety above all else. Please.
Ulan did not answer.
as if of course.
As if Noah had guessed Ulan's silence, he didn't speak anymore..
‘then…….’
Now is the time to carry out Noah's instructions..
Until the other side's preparations are over, it's more hotter and more violent.
‘The remaining transcendence area doubles.’
Ulan used one of them.
Awesome! Quadduk!
Asteban laughed at the sight of defeating the three clans with just one transcendence realm..
【I said it was pointless!】
Asteban squeezed through the slight gap created by Ulan reaping the Transcendence Realm, and revived the Immortals once again..
A never-ending battle would be meaningless, but Ulan silently swung his axe..
【such an ignorant!】
Asteban also crumpled his face as if realizing that he couldn't communicate..
the battle started again.
Ulan raised the last spirit and drove him. Asteban, too, poured out all his strength to defeat Ulan..
then.
An abnormality has occurred.
“that…….”
The blue sky turned dark in an instant..
As the sun goes down and the night comes.
The stars began to twinkle one by one in the night sky. Ulan wasn't the only one watching this change.
【Uh, why are the stars―.】
Blue eyes shaking as if shaken.
At that moment, in Asteban's field of vision, he saw a girl kneeling and praying..
Saint, Laurea.
The moment he saw her wrapped in the divinity of the stars holding her hands, Asteban grasped the situation..
【You bastard! agent of the stars!】
Asteban, who belatedly realized what they were preparing for, immediately started running..
After blocking his way and throwing all his family and the dead at Ulan, he tried to take Laurea's life by using the momentary gap..
However, the raid failed.
“Hold on! I absolutely have to stop!”
The barrier created by Noah's talisman.
Dillia's Veil of Stars.
Cadel and Ian's holy shield. Furthermore, to the protective wall created by the spirits of Perticia.
While Laurea was activating Divinity of the Stars, the party had already prepared everything..
【Something like bugs! go away!】
However, it was not enough to hold Asteban for a long time. In the blink of an eye, he broke through all defenses and was within reach of Laurea..
The moment I tried to block the activation of the godhead.
Kagagakak! kwaaang!
There was someone who stopped Asteban.
A red-eyed barbarian who appeared after slaying all his family and the dead he left behind..
“……your opponent is me.”
It was Ulan.
body covered in blood.
He broke through his family and the dead by using the last remaining transcendence realm. It was not strange even if he collapsed right away, but he held on confidently..
Meanwhile, Asteban, sensing that his time was running out, poured all the strength he had saved so far and pressed Ulan..
【Do not disturb the load! mortal!】
Facing him, Ulan had a hunch.
That I had to risk my life to protect Laurea from him. So he made a decision without hesitation..
‘Then I'll bet!’
As in the last moment of my last life, I was willing to burn my life. So, I pulled out the remaining limit and activated the area again..
‘transcendent realm.’
The activation of the area beyond the limit of use gave the body a tremendous strain. The blood pouring from the eyes, nose, mouth and ears was evidence..
but didn't stop.
‘yet again!’
His eyes were red as if they were going to burst, and the pain of twisting his muscles and internal organs overtook him..
but couldn't stop.
Only the transcendent realm can catch up with Asteban. Even if you can't reach it, just grabbing his feet is enough.
【You guys! to the end―!】
Ignoring the cries of fury, Ulan widened his territory one step after another. Instead of a completely exhausted spirit, burning life force.
life and origin).
Ulan and Asteban fought fiercely, burning all the power to prove each other's existence..
In a world that was all black, only the two of them shone the most.
and finally.
The time for decision has arrived.
────!
A silent explosion of light.
The night sky was bright, and all the starlight filled the world. Then, Ulan heard the sound he had been waiting for so long..
Kwadeuk! oh oh oh!
The sound of the sky splitting in two.
It was the sound of Asteban's source breaking..
11.
a cracking world.
Faced with the slowly collapsing landscape, Asteban howled as if vomiting blood..
【no! it can't be like this!】
The family and the deceased who had firmly guarded his surroundings disappeared like dust before he knew it..
The Undead Lord completely alone.
He still denied the current situation with eyes full of disbelief, as if he couldn't believe it..
【Death was not allowed to Jim! Only here, in a place like this, there is no way my eternal abyss will be broken.!】
However, unlike denying reality, Asteban's alter ego was shattered from the tip of his toes..
Not just an alter ego.
The space itself, where everyone now exists, collapsed rapidly..
【iced coffee! Ahhh―!】
Source destroyed by godhead.
Magical power that scatters like breaking.
All the changes happening around him pointed to Asteban's disappearance..
That's why I had to admit it, and the screams that Asteban had uttered in the meantime turned into bitter regret and regret..
then.
The culprits who made the current situation like this were clearly reflected in the blue eyes that were gradually fading..
The first thing I saw was a girl praying.
【agent of the stars―.】
Agent of the Abominable Holy Ghost.
The one who destroyed the source and led the immortal to mortal. If she hadn't come here, she wouldn't have lost Asteban..
【Rudric's family.】
white wolf hiding in the fog.
The plan went awry because of him..
If it hadn't been for that guy, the group of warriors wouldn't have reached the place where the throne was, and of course the space where the source was located wouldn't have been discovered..
【―gentile.】
Otherworldly Beings Guided by the Stars.
Victory would have belonged to Asteban even if there were no strangers after giving up one hundred steps..
Because of Noah, who is suspiciously familiar with his unique spells, Asteban was unable to kill any of the warriors..
Without her, the warriors would have been unable to overcome Asteban's curse and necromantic magic in the Dark Palace and would have died from the fog of corruption..
【and―.】
The most disturbing thing is.
Heir of an old bad relationship.
It wasn't enough to destroy Asteban's boastful 12 clans, it was a variable that Lacus hadn't mentioned before that destroyed all his plans..
【Kazan Rudric!】
Along with wide-eyed eyes, a fierce roar erupted like an explosion. Asteban stared at Ulan and screamed..
【I curse you! I curse you, who decided to inherit Rudrick's will, to every single drop of blood flowing through your body.!】
All the power remaining in the broken source was transformed into a form of curse and condensed..
The agent of the stars was praying, and Ulan has also reached its limit, so no one will be able to stop the curse..
【Those who inherit your power and blood will never die a proper death.!】
Eventually, Asteban's curse, completed, went straight to Ulan. But at that moment, there were girls who defied expectations and stopped the curse..
“no! No!”
“Like that, I can't let it go.”
A girl with pure white hair and brilliant silver hair. It was Perticia and Dillia..
The two raised the spirit's power and all mana to block the curse. And he succeeded in removing Asteban's curse by a short distance..
A curse scattered in empty space.
The blue eyes trembled as if shaken..
It wasn't just because the curse was dissipated. It is only when death approaches that it is because what has not been seen before becomes visible..
【Right. are you guys again.】
Pertishia and Dylia.
The moment I saw the determined faces of the two girls who set out to protect Ulan, a long memory that I thought I had forgotten came back..
【―Einer, Artina.】
A long time ago, when he was the king of mortals, a memory he cherished. Asteban whispered the names in it..
Then I laughed blankly.
As if you stretched out your hand to grab something but didn't catch anything in the end, in vain.
【Like a thousand years ago, this time too, you choose him, not Jim.…….】
A collapse that fills up to the tip of your chin before you know it.
After a while, Asteban's alter ego was scattered as ashes. The words he was going to leave until the end were buried in the wind and disappeared lonely..
saaaaaa!
Subsequently, fragments of the shattered source turned into rainwater and seeped into the bodies of the party. Among them, the largest amount of fragments was absorbed by Ulan..
some time after that.
The scenery surrounding the group has changed..
“uh, uh uh?”
“this is…….”
The place where I first met Asteban.
The place where the black swamp and the throne made of human bones used to be, is the center of the demon palace. Around the time when the group returned to their original place and looked blank.
A familiar sight appeared before Noah's eyes..
[You earned the achievement.]
system notification message.
What followed filled her vision with achievements that had never been seen before..
【Achievement】: Who led immortality to death
【Condition】: Subdue the immortal lord 'Asteban'
【Reward】: Elixir
Notification that you have killed Asteban.
Noah murmured quietly..
“……ah.”
you did it.
Really got rid of Asteban.
Despite the victory he achieved himself, Noah still looked blank as if he couldn't believe it..
‘Origin of Asteban.’
The identity of the source she was looking for was the desert space itself..
However, even if we figured out what the source was, we couldn't destroy it right away. Because the source had to be reduced to such an extent that the divinity of the stars overwhelms the source..
‘So I asked Ulan.’
to run a little more.
Push Asteban to allow him to draw more of the source's power..
Ulan did an excellent job.
And as a result, Asteban's source was sufficiently reduced, and Noah took advantage of this to induce Laurea to use the godship of the stars..
‘thanks to that…….’
When I was a player, I had a victory that I had never won before. Achieved the contradiction of driving an immortal being to death.
The heat that flows through the whole body.
Noah's shoulders trembled..
‘There are only two left.’
Howling Eye of the Abyss, Lacus.
Giant King Largtan.
If you subdue only these two lords, you will subdue all 6 lords of the abyss that existed in the original work..
When I clenched my fists with determination.
Suddenly an urgent cry was heard..
“Noah! Ooh, Ulan……!”
Three girls with a puzzled expression.
In front of them was Ulan, who had lost all his strength and passed out while standing. And Laurea, too, had lost her mind and collapsed..
This was at least a nobleman.
I had a really big problem.
“The magic palace is about to collapse!”
“We must escape quickly.!”
Due to the disappearance of Asteban, the magic palace also lost its power and began to collapse..
At this rate, the situation will be buried.
but there was no need to worry.
[gurrureung!]
Baekrang, who appeared before he knew it, waved his tail as if to follow the party..
Act like you know the way out.
Accordingly, the party immediately moved in pursuit of Baekrang, with Ulan and Laurea supporting them. In order to escape from the rapidly collapsing palace.
12.
capital of the empire of ruben.
Even though it was well past midnight, the lights in Demuel's office did not turn off. The reason was the numerous papers piled up on the desk..
crunch!
Around the time when only the sound of a quill running over papers filled the room. The eyes of the clay doll sitting by the window suddenly flashed..
“finally gone.”
“yes?”
“The Immortal King is dead.”
“……!?”
Demuel's eyes widened..
Because I understood the meaning of Lacus, the lord of the abyss who borrowed the body of a clay doll..
“The Abyss of Undeath is gone, now all that remains is Jim and the Abyss of Giants..”
There are only two Lords of the Abyss left.
Even though four lords were subjugated by the warriors, there was no nervousness or fear in Lacus' voice..
Rather, it was full of joy..
“I can only thank Asteban. Thanks to you, I brought this opportunity to Jim, who is at the lowest level of the Abyssal Seat of Power..”
Lacus, who closed his mouth for a moment, looked at the southern sky beyond the window..
The barren land and the den of pagans, the first place the giant king went after escaping from the abyss.
It was in the direction of the southern desert..
“Now, if only the abyss of giants disappears, the only thing ■■ can choose is Jim, so Jim will be the only abyss..”
I'm looking forward to that day coming.
Lacus' eyes narrowed. The sound of laughter that followed filled the room..
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