My alter ego is becoming a big shot - Episode 228
#228
Immortal King vs Hero Party (3)
Heinrich... No, Han Seong-hyun's main feelings toward Geos were sympathy and identification..
Because I was in a similar situation..
In addition, I didn't show it off until now, but I also had a little admiration for him..
Unlike himself, who needed two years and the help of an ability called “Avatar” to recover, didn’t he get up quickly with just one thought??
Of course, their positions were different, such as the power they possessed and whether or not they had a clear target for revenge, but it felt like nothing more than a minor issue in the face of their fierce will to burn even their own souls..
Quad deud deuk—
But that's just a personal impression.
「Heinrich, who learned of the limitations of the refraction window in the process of learning 'space cutting', did not expect anything more than assistance from Geos from the beginning..
[Wow, what is this??!]
Therefore—the distortion of space that occurred in the Immortal King's chest just now was something that even he had not expected..
The embarrassment may only be felt by those who directly received the attack..
‘opportunity!’
However, Heinrich, who was already deeply immersed in the battle, put aside other thoughts for the time being and swung the holy sword towards the momentary gap that was immediately visible in front of him..
Sharpen the blade with a greatly amplified lightsaber, and use “Space Slash” filled with the martial arts skills you have honed so far..
[Huh... it's impossible.!]
Kugugoogung Palace—
However, at that moment, the enormous abyss that rose like a struggle from the immortal king's body succeeded in shaking the tip of the holy sword even as it melted in the light surrounding it..
Sigh! Grumbling—!
[Pfft! nenoom—!]
Thanks to this, he was cut from one shoulder to the other pelvis and was engulfed in the sacred flames that arose there, but somehow managed to avoid being hit directly in the heart..
“Cough—!”
And a little distance away from him.
Zios, who was coughing up blood while holding a spear, muttered regretfully as he looked at Heinrich, who was thrown away by the Immortal King's force..
“···Was it shallow?.”
Of course, this was my first time using this power..
Since it was only established in theory, errors were bound to occur during actual use..
‘Still, I can sense something. If I had one more chance···.’
Fortunately, I still had the energy to do so..
If I use this, I think I'll be able to land a more certain attack this time.···.
[dare! This bug—!]
Unfortunately, there seemed to be no more opportunity..
[die!]
The Immortal King, who seemed relaxed throughout the fight, expressed his anger and stretched out his hand towards him..
Not only did he allow a series of attacks, but even the sacred fire was eating away at his body, but he prioritized defeating Geos rather than responding to it..
“for a moment···!”
“Geos!”
Puhuaak—!
Even before my colleagues can do anything.
The thorns of the abyss rose up from the floor and pierced his defenseless body..
***
‘···It was dangerous. I never thought you could do such a trick!’
Fortunately, the opponent's attack was only slightly shallow, and with his overwhelming time advantage through transcendental perception, he immediately strengthened the subspace surrounding his heart upon detecting a crisis..
If the attack had been a little more threatening, he would have been unable to properly block Heinrich's successive attacks and would have retired..
‘Because of that scum! This body!’
Of course he knew about Geos well..
Thanks to the usefulness of his secret skills, he is showing performance beyond the realm of ability, but strictly speaking, he is only at the upper-middle level level in the extreme..
Heinrich and Harley, opponents whose status is clearly lower than that of the other two, let alone the saints..
In other words, from the Immortal King's point of view, he was allowed to attack an extra whom he had never paid attention to before..
‘You are urging people! ...I was going to kill them all at this point anyway..’
As you said.
In fact, he had planned from the beginning to get rid of everyone except Heinrich and Harley..
How much karma would you get if you killed a saint from the main church, a high elf from the Elven Kingdom, and an archmage who was a friend of the next emperor??
With the aftermath, the heightened fear of the Immortal King will soon return to an overwhelming point.!
‘Cooperation? cooperate? Not required! Shouldn't this body earn more karma than all the rest of them combined?!’
Ever since he built a mental barrier and disconnected himself, his already unstable thinking was getting more extreme by the minute..
The basic idea of accumulating points for power has remained the same, but everything else has been twisted to only think about oneself..
[Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkt of course, if it’s too easy it’s not fun..]
The Immortal King blocked the shower of spirit arrows and Isea's magic and silenced the sacred flames consuming his body into the abyss..
I thought I could do it on my own, but I had no intention of being stubborn anymore after it got to this point..
‘I don't need much anyway.’
Except for a few executives who will protect the immortality, the rest are busy as they have finished preparing for war and have started moving south..
But he had a lovely pet that he could call at any time..
[Come out, Heratos..]
As soon as those words ended.
[Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!]
A huge and vicious bone dragon tore through space and appeared..
***
Thanks to Riesta's belated intervention, Geos was able to be evacuated backwards without being killed instantly..
Of course, since his entire body was pierced and even the abyss was contaminated, it would not be strange if he died at any time..
Even now, I couldn't concentrate on treatment with all my might..
[Kyaaaaa——!]
The essence of destruction spewed out from the mouth of the Bone Dragon, Heratos, who flew into the air and struck down..
“Intensive Barrier!”
“Dear Lord!”
Kwaaaaang—!
From the moment the Immortal King showed his weakness, Isea's magic succeeded in controlling magical power, and Riesta, who continued to maintain a barrier while holding on to Zios' life, defended the breath..
“Horia, Equistin, Mayru, Dimanta!”
Lydia's arrow, a mixture of the four major attributes of fire, wind, water, and earth, sniped at Heratos while he was in the air..
The Bone Dragon's addition continues in a situation that was otherwise difficult to endure..
Of course, in the meantime, the Immortal King's offensive towards the rear was also continuing unabated..
[Kkekekeke—what are you doing, hero Heinrich? If you want to save your comrades, it would be best to defeat me.?]
“You guy···!”
And Heinrich was able to realize.
Hans... Hannibal Strauss, the immortal king, truly intends to kill all of his colleagues here..
“why···!”
He opened his mouth like that without realizing it and gritted his teeth, unable to continue his conversation..
I thought things were not good from the beginning, but there was no way anything I said would make sense to the person who had now become a true immortal king..
‘Harley is···.’
Harley was engaged in a great fight with a number of demons outside the building's barrier..
They had already annihilated most of the lower-ranked demons and killed one great warrior, and had the upper hand the whole time, but it didn't seem easy to shake off the remaining ones and come to their aid..
So what method can you use now??
‘no method.’
Blood flowed from his lips, which he chewed hard..
Unable to solve the problem on my own and having to rely on other means, I felt helpless and despair spread like a poison inside my body..
‘···What is a saint and what is a warrior? There's nothing I can do other than putting together a play.!’
The image of Geos, whose entire body was pierced by the thorns of the abyss, came to mind..
The reason he was accepted into the hero's party was because of his greed for secrets, but the main reason was because of his precarious appearance that looked like he might break at any moment..
I hope that he, who has similar pain as me, can live with anger as a driving force..
In the process, he even worked to ensure that Geos personally killed all of his 'true enemies', the warlocks belonging to the Rebellious Pledge, especially those involved in holding the continental sacrificial ritual..
Perhaps the only remaining officials are the Baltheon group, which directly opened the rift in the south, and the revolutionaries behind it..
‘···Now, I tried to compose myself as much as possible before facing my final goal, the Immortal King..’
Heinrich closed his eyes tightly from the overwhelming horror..
[Have you given up? Warrior. Hehehehe—that would be fun too. Let's have fun watching our colleagues die together. Heinrich, my adversary. I will show you mercy.]
Not only the lives of Geos, who was on the verge of death, but also the lives of others were in danger..
Even before he became a Holy Knight, he met Saint Riesta when he first stepped into the Great Hall of Roselia..
Lee Se-ah, a fellow Korean awakened and early member of the warrior party, is also Hesperon's teacher..
Lydia, who is also acquainted with Harris, willingly volunteered for this dangerous task even though they had only been together for a short time..
But right now, I am so helpless..
‘Dear Lord···.’
Wow—
In such a surge of passion, he strongly twisted the handle of the sword with both hands..
A question suddenly occurred to me, so I slowly opened my eyes and looked down at the holy sword in my hand..
God's weapon that raised him to the pinnacle of humanity, even though he had not yet reached transcendence in terms of state..
okay.
He still hasn't reached transcendence..
why?
I admit my shortcomings as a military officer..
But isn't he a warrior and a priest at the same time??
And that too, the pinnacle of a priest who received great blessings and was even called a ‘saint’..
But why hasn't he gotten over the wall yet??
‘The first condition of a priest and the basis of divine power.’
belief in god.
‘Is my faith worthy of reaching transcendence??’
「The fake faith instilled with “Mind Herb” and “Persona” and the divine power granted by the mercy of the Goddess..
Can Heinrich really be called a saint??
‘···The title of saint is simply something I earned because I received a great blessing from God..’
So to speak, it was just a promise between humans..
Of course, in general, if you reach a level worthy of receiving a great blessing, you will also have the faith to match it... but isn't his case a little special?.
‘···Dear Lord.’
Heinrich tightened his grip on the holy sword again..
And I repeated the reckless challenge that I had failed so many times before..
[···Hoo? Are you going to fight again? That's good too. Haha! Try struggling, warrior.!]
An attack made by leaping through space, ignoring the Immortal King's taunts and ridicule..
However, as expected, the distance that had been narrowed by being easily defeated quickly widened again..
‘It's shameless to think like this now, but.’
He didn't give up and rushed forward, but the pouring black magic and the power of the abyss gradually accumulated damage and he became more and more bloodied..
‘Isn’t faith something that comes so easily??’
My body was further heightened by the divine power imparted to me by Riesta..
While maintaining the shield and providing treatment, you can even add buffs based on the situation here..
It only lacked an aggressive aspect, but I smiled wryly at the sight of her being truly a 'saint'..
‘but i believe.’
No matter how much Heinrich was a self with faith and conviction, if he lacked correct faith, the quality of his purity would inevitably decline..
However, with the connivance of the main god, he was granted sufficient divine power..
How was that possible??
‘I know that I can be of help to this world, to this Outerica that the Lord cherishes..’
The answer was simple.
Just because the Lord allowed it.
Then why did the god give him such preferential treatment??
‘I believe it. That I can do what the Lord wants.’
It was also a simple matter.
I guess that's because there's something they want from a special being from another world who can still contact the main body through some trick..
And it was probably something related to the abyss.
‘I believe in myself... and my potential. And I also believe in you who believe in me..’
It was not a pure worship of God, but a slightly twisted faith.···.
It was the best he could do now..
‘Didn’t the Lord believe in me and grant me this power??’
The side was torn apart by the flying abyss..
The pure white armor he received after becoming a saint, the 'Guardian of Glory', which was like a moving fortress, was not only in tatters, but also had holes in various places..
‘therefore!’
Repetition of a process that has already been repeated several times.
Despite taking all the damage and approaching, the situation does not get better and only gets worse..
The abyss that has accumulated excessively in the body has now reached a point where it even interferes with the operation of divine power..
‘If you're going to believe anything, don't wait and believe it! I have a lot of affection for you, so please give me an advance payment.!’
I will continue to do my best to trust you, so for now, please trust me first..
With such force, he ignored his physical strength, which had reached its limit, and continued forward until the end, swinging his sword..
As if I would never stop if I had that faith..
[Hahaha, you're like a moth to fire, hero... hmm?]
However, the first to respond to that will was.
It was an unexpected phenomenon that I had experienced once before..
Quad deud deuk—
The space distorted in the chest of the Immortal King.
Geos, who was in complete disrepair, finally got up from his seat, rejected the attempts to dissuade those around him, and burned the last of his life—it was a secret plan that destroyed space..
but.
[Haha! This guy, there is no way! Do you think Hannibal Strauss will fall for the same trick he once fell for?!]
Yes, the Immortal King was such an unreasonable being..
Even if it was a life-threatening blow... there was no way I could not respond to an attack I had already experienced once, especially if it was the first and most unexpected surprise attack..
Based on his transcendent perception and overwhelming understanding of space, he forcibly connected the split space by applying force in the opposite direction of the twist..
‘The level of completion has improved much more than the first attack. If this is the first time you hit this while defenseless,···.’
He probably couldn't respond properly to the holy sword that flew next, and suffered a fatal blow and had to escape in an awkward manner..
But that was already in the past.
Now he has safely defended himself against the attack, and at Heinrich's level he cannot exploit the loopholes in the response that arose in this transcendental perception.···.
“I said, Hans..”
However, once again his calculations were wrong..
Heinrich, who had been toyed with by him until now, entered his ‘time’ without any hesitation.—.
Puuk—
“I will definitely insert a holy sword into your heart..”
[Huh?! You, no way···!]
Heinrich's holy sword shines more brilliantly than ever.
It was stuck in the chest of the immortal king Hannibal Strauss..
***
Sigh—
I got up from the bed..
The avatar is myself.
No matter how much it happened in a separate body, there was no way that the important act of transcending the limits of existence would not have any effect on the main body..
But such a big thing happened three times in a row..
It was no wonder I woke up earlier than expected..
“ha—.”
But despite this, all that comes out is just a sigh.
“···That's shit.”
And at the same time.
The will that had been divided until now came together in one place..
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