Dark Fantasy: Magical Eye Knight – Chapter 151

Chapter 151: The End of Erosion (2)

 

As Irrucil turned her head, she saw Aellasis gritting her teeth and unleashing a torrent of lightning. Her light blue eyes had turned into sharp pupils like those of a reptile, and two horns were growing on her head.

 

The lightning bolts flashing from her hands spread out into tendrils of light that focused solely on the black-robed man, leaving the surroundings unharmed.

 

The lightning’s intense heat melted the ground surrounding them. The sand melted and solidified into glass, while the rocks glowed red and billowed smoke.

 

At that moment, the robed man, who had been plowing through the ravines, stopped dead in his tracks. Then, like Aellasis, he spread his hands forward and unleashed his own magic power.

 

White lightning began to surge forth. Black smoke-like magic power rose from the man’s entire body and concentrated in his outstretched hands, blocking the lightning bolts.

 

“Kkk, ugh!”

 

As the lightning pushed back, Aellasis realized her feet were sinking into the ground. The robed man did not miss the opportunity presented by the weakening lightning.

 

“Scorching Darkness.”

 

He uttered a single word in a quiet murmur. Even amidst the flashes of lightning and the deafening roar that tore through the air, his low voice reached everyone’s ears clearly.

 

Darkness erupted from the man in an instant, like an explosion. Centered on the man, the darkness took on a physical form, spreading open like the petals of a flower in full bloom. And then it devoured the lightning whole.

 

Aellasis staggered back from the impact as the weakened lightning scattered into countless tiny sparks, forcing her magic power to disperse. However, she did not lose her composure.

 

Planting her feet firmly on the ground, Aellasis raised the axe she held in both hands. The combination of the axe’s inherent coldness and her own ice attribute power resulted in the creation of a massive ice block.

 

The magic power transformed the block of ice into a massive axe blade, descending upon the man still engulfed in the dark flames.

 

KABOOM━!

 

The block of ice shattered into a million pieces in a single blow, creating another crater even deeper than the one before.

 

The air was filled with water vapor. Her lightning had heated the surroundings, but the Final Frost’s chill now cooled them.

 

“March of the Frost Storm!”

 

Aellasis continued to wield her magic power without pause. Her thoughts, will, and incantation harmonized, building upon the foundation of magic power.

 

The thick water vapor rapidly condensed as the air temperature dropped, and the condensed moisture crystallized into pillars of ice.

 

KUKUKUKUKU. . . . . .

 

The air vibrated violently as the water vapor scattered throughout the area was compressed into a single spot. Cold, frosty winds swept through the interior, cutting like blades, while towering walls of ice surrounded the area.

 

In the blink of an eye, a magnificent conical ice formation, spiraling and surging with a majestic aura, stood where the black-robed man had once been.

 

“Haa, haa, haa.”

 

In a matter of moments, Aellasis transitioned from shooting lightning to swinging her axe, and used the water vapor created by the heat and cold to form a massive ice formation. Having consumed a vast amount of magic power in a short span of time, Aellasis lowered the blade of the Final Frost to the ground and rested her hands on the shaft, panting heavily.

 

“Is he dead?”

 

Aellasis murmured these words, and the massive conical ice formation began to tremble violently. In sync with the trembling ice, the ground nearby also vibrated, causing sand and rocks to shift with a clatter. And then, with an earth-shattering roar, the ice exploded.

 

“Ah. . . .”

 

Aellasis let out an involuntary gasp. Dark magic had created a hemispherical black protective barrier. And from within the barrier, which vanished like a bursting bubble, the black-robed man slowly rose to his feet.

 

He was not unscathed, either. The lightning had struck him head-on, tearing and charring the robe in several places, its ends smoldering with black smoke and constantly regenerating.

 

However, other than that, the man appeared to have suffered no significant damage, and he stretched his neck from side to side.

 

“You’re still young, but you’re still a dragon. That was hot.”

 

The man raised his hand and pointed an index finger at her. Blood-red electricity crackled from his hand, gathering at the tip of his index finger before shooting out like a bolt.

 

KWARURURUNG!

 

A bolt of lightning, distinctly different in color from Aellasis’s, struck her. Before the blinding crimson light of destruction filled her vision, Aellasis raised her white axe with trembling arms.

 

Her body shook, and her head throbbed from the recoil of unleashing such a vast amount of magic power. If she had transformed into her dragon form, she might have had a way to counter it, but for some reason, she did not feel like doing so. Aellasis felt an indescribable sense of ominous foreboding.

 

Just before the crimson bolt of lightning pierced through her, a vast number of white objects shot up in front of Aella. The tightly intertwined objects formed a wall of iron chains.

 

“Aella!”

 

And Irrucil, who had come running at lightning speed, grabbed Aellasis and took to the sky.

 

KABOOM!

 

Just in the nick of time, the lightning bolts pierced through the iron chains and struck the spot where Aellasis had been. The lightning bolts scorched black and melted the earth. The magic power dissolved the venom and resentment, transforming the dirt and rocks into a bubbling pool.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“No. . . .”

 

Aellasis responded to Irrucil’s question with a feeble shake of her head. After pouring all of her magic power into her lightning bolts and attacks, she was barely able to move a finger.

 

Though she was a dragon, Aellasis had only been out of her egg for less than a year. The fact that she was able to accumulate magic and improve her magical skills to this extent, even now, is evidence of her special nature.

 

“Stay here.”

 

Irrucil put Aellasis down and stood up. She could see the robed man approaching in the distance, wielding dark magic. Without a word, she drew her sword again and confronted the man.

 

“Why did you attack us for no reason? What is your purpose?”

 

“To find the answer.”

 

Irrucil frowned.

 

“What answer?”

 

“To get that answer, the power of the gods must weaken. To weaken their power, their will must die, and the false beings of the other world are necessary.”

 

” . . . . . .”

 

Irrucil gave up trying to answer questions. She realized that this was not someone she could get a proper answer from. She silently raised her sword and warmed up her magic power.

 

Her magic circuits burned with heat, and her body, trained for over a decade since she was a child, pulsed with life.

 

BAM!

 

As her feet left the ground, the ground shook. The next time she appeared, she was right above the robed man.

 

“HA!”

 

The blade she swung down with a battle cry was razor-sharp. At the same time, chains erupted from the ground around the man, binding and resonating with his entire body.

 

The high-level technique disrupted the humming frequency, scattering the man’s dark magic.

 

KOONG-!

 

A circular shockwave spread out from the ground where the man stood, creating ripples that resembled waves. The hard earth lost its solidity and became like mud, unable to withstand the impact and bursting apart with a POP sound.

 

Irrucil’s eyes widened. Something had just deflected her sword strike right in front of her.

 

GIGIGIKING.

 

The sound of metal grating against metal produced a profound roar. A knight clad in armor, wielding a large shield and a long sword, had blocked her sword. The only difference was the absence of the torso, which should have been visible between the armor’s seams.

 

“Living armor?”

 

Just as Irrucil realized this, the knight who had blocked her sword collapsed, unable to withstand the impact. However, the living armor was not the only one of its kind.

 

The robe spread wide, its ends fluttering like smoke, and red eyes flashed from within. And a long spear blade shot out from within, aiming for Irrucil’s chest.

 

Irrucil quickly turned her sword and blocked the spear thrust with the blade flat, sending her soaring high into the air. And then, the knight from before threw a spear at her.

 

BAM!

 

Irrucil narrowly dodged the javelin and landed on the ground. However, in the meantime, the robed man had shaken off all the iron chains that had bound him and was now free.

 

“Impressive swordsmanship and magic manipulation. Allow me to reveal my living armor.”

 

THUD, THUD.

 

Silhouettes rose from the thick, black fog that spread over the ground. All of them were living armor. A black magic spell created knights from the soldiers killed in the city that the robed man had destroyed before.

 

“I will not kill you. Instead, I will enslave you and make you tell me everything you know.”

 

“Try it.”

 

Irrucil quietly assumed a stance, her magical power surging. The ground trembled beneath her feet, and the light grains of sand floated gently into the air.

 

“Go.”

 

The man pointed his finger at Irrucil. Immediately, the living armors charged forward.

 

While watching this, Aellasis desperately searched for Russell. Irrucil was crushing the armor with dozens of chains, but she would not be able to fight forever.

 

She was far from gaining an advantage, as she had not yet recovered her magic power and stamina from her previous battle with the demon beast. She needed Russell.

 

“Ah!”

 

Aellasis saw Russell and made a surprised expression. Calia was already kneeling there, her hand on his forehead. Aellasis got up her heavy body and ran towards them.

 

“Calia! Huh?”

 

Aellasis tried to shake Calia’s shoulder, but stopped just in time. She had a sizable wound on her side and was bleeding, but she was still focused.

 

Aellasis quickly realized that Calia was trying to regain Russell’s consciousness. She, too, turned around and placed her hand on top of Calia’s hand, which was resting on Russell’s forehead, and closed her eyes.

 

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

 

Russell was floating in the darkness. He could not feel anything. He was unable to sense any sensation in his fingertips, toes, arms and legs, torso, or the presence of magic power.

 

He found himself in a state where his awareness was limited to his mind alone. He vaguely guesses the cause of this phenomenon.

 

The cause was Russell’s excessive use of the Evil Eye. After the experience he had had in the abyss after his battle with Calia, Russell knew that his eyes were something beyond mere physical organs responsible for sight or magical abilities such as magic power.

 

At that moment, he began to see other things in his field of vision. Foreign things had entered the space that had been filled only with darkness.

 

There was a crack. The crack was gradually expanding in the distance, extending past the horizon. Something was trying to come through that crack.

 

“What is that?”

 

He could see a huge shadow covering the world. The shadow was flickering, along with countless other shadows. The smaller shadows seemed small in comparison to the huge shadow, but each of them was still larger than a building, as far as Russell could tell.

 

It stood out so clearly from the darkness, resembling an abyss. It was still infinitely far away from where Russell was, but its scale was all the more astounding because of that.

 

The crack that had appeared beyond the horizon seemed to be at a standstill, with the power trying to close it and the power resisting it in a tense standoff. Something unrecognizable was struggling to come through, but it did not seem easy.

 

“Now, enough.”

 

At that moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice whispered in Russell’s ear. However, he could not turn his head. He didn’t have a body. But how could he hear?

 

“That sighting is still too early for you. Go back now.”

 

And a white hand slowly approached from outside his field of vision, covering Russell’s eyes. And he felt something familiar—two auras—approaching him.

 

Calia’s magic power had a viscous and sticky nature. The other was a magic power that embraced everything, yet had a cold chill and the fierceness of a thunderstorm on its exterior.

 

Calia. Aellasis.

 

Realizing that it was their magic power, Russell’s consciousness rapidly rose. The sensations of his physical body quickly found their place, and his eyes opened.

 

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

 

Irrucil’s struggle was amazing. She had crushed all the living armor and managed to land a blow on the man after overcoming the combined attack of the demon beasts.

 

“That’s amazing. I didn’t think there would be someone with such power among the humans of the north. I should have brought you out sooner.”

 

As he said this, Irrucil, who was about to retort, spat out blood. Her body was riddled with wounds. Blood seeped out from the wounds that had pierced her abdomen and side, staining her clothes red.

 

“Ugh. . . . . .”

 

Irrucil, who had been standing with her sword planted in the ground, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. But the blood continued to flow. Significant internal injuries were limiting her movement with pain.

 

The burning dark magic in the man’s left hand split into dozens of tendrils, wrapping around Irrucil and binding her. She tried to summon her magic power once more to pull out the iron chains, but they did not move.

 

“It’s no use. It’s easier to just be captured.”

 

The man violently turned his head and flung his body backward, scraping the ground, just as the dark magic was about to cover Irrucil’s face.

 

Irrucil, whose skin had turned black from the dark magic, lost consciousness and collapsed on the ground. Just before her head hit the ground, a large, strong hand reached out and caught her.

 

“Sister.”

 

Irrucil refused to open her eyes, even when Russell called out to her. Blackened blood vessels exposed her entire face. Even at a glance, it was not a good sign.

 

Russell slowly lowered Irrucil’s body to the ground, then stood up. And he walked towards the robed man who had been standing behind him, now straightening his back.

 

“Who are you?”

 

Russell did not answer. He simply clenched his fist and quickened his pace.

 

“No need for words, huh? We have similar tastes.”

 

“Bullsh*t.”

 

Dark magic erupted like flames once more, and the man in the black robe extended his right hand. Blood-red lightning crackled and shone, then shot out at Russell, scattering disaster branches in all directions.

 

Russell reached behind him. Russell’s hand gripped Nahilnir, which Calia had planted in the ground, as it flew up on its own. Russell swung the great sword as it soared.

 

KABOOM!

 

The lightning altered its path, destroying and melting the unfortunate ground with a deafening roar. The robed man’s red eyes flashed at the skill with which he had deflected the lightning.

 

“. . .Using magic imbued in a sword to sharpen the blade and counter incoming spells. Was that even possible?”

 

Russell responded to the murmur by shooting Nahilnir like a javelin. The Nahilnir, which was thrown without any preparation, cut through the air, and its momentum was so terrifying that even the robed man couldn’t ignore it.

 

He quickly created hand seals, and five defensive barriers made of dark magic appeared in front of him.

 

ZHEZHEZHEJENG-!

 

In an instant, a thunderous roar, akin to that of a glacier, shattered the five defensive barriers. As the man watched in astonishment at the blade of the greatsword that had stopped just short of his forehead, Russell, who had somehow gotten close to him, swung his right fist like a cannonball.

 

BAM!

 

“GUK!”

 

The man groaned for the first time as he flew dozens of meters backward. Dirt and sand exploded into the air like dust, creating a new crater before falling softly.

 

“Kkk, what is this. . .!”

 

The man, unable to withstand the impact, struggled to his feet. Then Russell’s foot landed on his back.

 

KABOOM!

 

Once again, a shockwave erupted, and vibrations spread out in a circular pattern, like waves. However, Russell frowned. The robe rose on its own, pushing Russell’s foot away.

 

“Blocked?”

 

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

 

Russell’s kicks continued. Each time, the shock spread around him, and the ground sank into deep craters, as if a localized earthquake had occurred.

 

“Get lost!”

 

The robed man, who had received dozens of blows, shouted through gritted teeth. Simultaneously, a dark magic shockwave engulfed Russell, propelling him skyward.

 

As Russell landed outside the crater, the robed man also emerged from it and floated into the air. He had completely disheveled the robe and pushed back the hood. For the first time, Russell could see his face.

 

He glared down at Russell with a fierce expression, his pale skin and black tattoos drawn under his eyes, then raised his hand, condensed with dark magic. Russell also summoned his magic power and assumed a stance to leap into the air.

 

At that moment, the robed man flinched and lowered his dark magic. Russell’s eyes caught sight of a flow of magic power that had come from somewhere and reached the man.

 

“Damn it.”

 

The robed man looked at Russell and his party with an expression that seemed to be struggling with something, then wrapped his body in dark magic. Russell, who sensed that he was about to escape, immediately pulled the nearest axe, Final Frost, and threw it straight at him.

 

“KAK!”

 

The robed man, who was trying to teleport away, screamed, and something dropped to the ground with a thud. With only one arm left, the man disappeared into the air with a flash of light.

 

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