𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟓.2: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 (10)
As he spoke, Valerian instantly formed hundreds of rune magic circles and then compressed them into ten magic circles. It was a spell called ‘Destroyer’ that had been created with the rune magic he had created earlier, and it had overwhelming destructive power.
“Take this! Destroyer!”
From the ten rune magic circles, multicolored beams of light shot out and struck the Duke of Blood Aquitaine directly. A high-density energy beam born from the superposition of several rune magic circles. As its name suggests, it had such tremendous power that it scorched the surroundings. Nevertheless. . . . . .
“Huh, you withstood that?”
【That one definitely hurt a bit. 】
The Duke of Blood Aquitaine, shedding his broken armor and healing his wounds in an instant. As befitting his epithet as the Red Dragon, his skin resembled dragon scales, and his eyes resembled dragon eyes.
“Are you of dragonian lineage?”
【Well, it’s similar. To be precise, it would be more accurate to say that I’m a dragon-kin vampire from another world. 】
“Ha. . . . . . Alright, let’s have some real fun.”
Saying so, Valerian began to cast flashy magic again. The Duke of Blood Aquitaine also cast blood magic, creating a hundred blood-red spears made of blood.
【Blood Spea. . . Keuk! 】
Puhwaaaak!
At that moment, an X-shaped wound appeared on the Duke of Blood Aquitaine’s back, and blood splattered.
“Heh? Did you completely forget about me?”
The Zephyr Assassin Katarina had somehow circled behind the Duke of Blood Aquitaine and ambushed him. Despite being caught off guard, he was still a duke-class demon. . . none of the spells he had already cast had dissipated.
【Come to think of it, there was one more. 】
Shuahk! Shuahk!
The Blood Spears, which should have been aimed at Valerian, began to fly towards Katarina. Katarina defended herself by dodging or deflecting the flying spears. The spears themselves didn’t seem like much, but their power was on par with a Grandmaster’s Aura Blade.
In the end, Katarina allowed one attack. . . even that, she barely managed to dodge by rolling on the floor, and she was on the verge of having her arm cut off.
“Tch, he’s disgustingly strong. . . . . . ”
Katarina quickly took out a potion and poured it on the wound to heal it, and thanks to the use of a top-grade potion, the wound healed instantly and closed up.
The problem was that the Duke of Blood Aquitaine realized that Katarina was relatively weaker than him and rushed to finish her off.
“Tsk!”
Valerian tried to stop Aquitaine, but. . . he couldn’t launch a proper attack because he was worried that Katarina would be swept away, and as a result, Aquitaine’s hand ended up around Katarina’s neck.
“Keuk!”
【First, it’s better to deal with the annoying ones. 】
Just as he was about to snap Katarina’s neck!
Shuahk! Kwaang!
A long branch that had flown from somewhere pierced Aquitaine’s abdomen and passed through. The being that soon appeared was quite peculiar.
A being with an appearance that could be described as half-human, half-beast. . . the first druid and a being who had evolved into a demigod-class spirit race, the ancestor of the Wood Elf Empire, Orion Inarius.
Orion Inarius, who had received two blessings through the Rite of Verdure, gained green horns and green lower body. In addition, after living as a spirit race for a long time and accumulating power and enlightenment, he evolved into a form closer to a spirit race and became a demigod-class being.
Thanks to that, his lower body now resembled a centaur with four legs.
Soon, spirit race Wood Elves resembling satyrs but different from satyrs appeared around him.
“Orion’s Honor Guard and Orion himself?”
Orion’s Honor Guard.
They were also those who had received two blessings through the Rite of Verdure, gaining green horns and green lower bodies. Unlike Orion, they only had two legs, giving them the appearance of satyrs.
“How dare you, a demon of Chaos, invade the sacred forest!”
【Guardians of the forest? They are certainly powerful. 】
quitaine looked down at the hole in his jaw and exclaimed in admiration. His body had a hole in it, but he was remarkably calm and collected. . . It was no wonder, as the hole in his body was visibly healing.
【However, it’s too late. We have already finished all the preparations and have succeeded in gathering all the sacrifices. 】
The reason why the cultists of Blood had come to the Gigas Continent, not to a Titan, and to the Wood Elves’ forest was because it was easy to obtain sacrifices.
Anyway, the sacrifices were fine as long as they were full of life force, whether they were livestock or monsters. All that mattered was that they could offer more life force as sacrifices.
So they captured numerous monsters in this forest and prepared them as sacrifices, capturing a total of 1 million lives and tying them to the summoning circle. Among them were monsters, Wood Elves, and livestock.
“Well, is that so?”
Kugugung!
At that moment, an explosion was seen in the distance. At that sight, the Duke of Blood Aquitaine’s expression contorted for the first time.
【You. . . . . . 】
“We’ve come quite a long way. We’ll take this opportunity to wipe out all of you demons and cultists.”
🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸
10km northwest of where Valerian was, Archduke Malekis the Dark Elf and Golden Lancer Ornstein appeared.
“We’re not late.”
“Still, it’s better to clean up those things first.”
Soon, Ornstein’s Mind Sphere spread in all directions, killing the demons who were preparing the ritual. At the same time, Archduke Malekis’s magic destroyed and ruined the summoning circle. . . only then did the high-ranking noble demons who were there show themselves.
【These damned bastards!! 】
With a roar of anger, dozens of noble-class demons rushed towards Ornstein and Archduke Malekis. And at the same time, a barrage of fire fell from above their heads.
Kwaquakwakwang!
Kugugugung!
A man who revealed his majesty by swallowing noble-class demons with a tremendous explosion. It was Blast Grave McRee.
“Whew, hooo. . . . . . This is going to be a good fight.”