#227
Immortal King vs. Hero Party (2)
I only passed through one door, but I was suddenly hit by air of a completely different quality than the outside.
As expected, the central building in Beorsen was no longer an ordinary space.
'…That's unpleasant.'
Heinrich frowned and looked around.
The wide and tall space, which could hardly be called the inside of the building, was not only filled with darkness, but also a dirty, stuffy, and sticky atmosphere enveloped those who entered.
Like an abyss pit trying to drag them into an endless bottom.
And in the center of that space.
there he was
[It's been a while since this happened. Hero Heinrich St. Landgard.]
The culprit of not only this situation but the tribulation that is occurring across the continent.
…and a being who has the exact opposite tendency to Heinrich, but is also another side of him.
"Hannibal Strauss, the Immortal King."
It was the moment when the warrior party finally encountered the immortal king.
***
'Immortal King.'
Squeak—
Geos Kalkin, a member of the warrior party, grabbed the spear pole tightly.
'at las.'
It was a moment I had been waiting for so desperately.
Has it now been a year since the disaster that day? Hasn't it been less than a year yet?
I feel like it was a long time ago… but I don't really remember.
'As expected, it's a good thing I joined the death squad.'
Otherwise, it would not have been easy to have the opportunity to meet the Immortal King in person.
It would have been impossible to directly engage weapons.
Of course, while defending against the Immortal King's attack, he killed many warlocks who were involved in the incident.
He always targeted warlocks first and did not hesitate to take and torture the survivors after the battle was over.
Heinrich, who knew about Zios' situation, also tolerated his actions without saying anything.
Considering his just nature, it must have been uncomfortable, but it was also something for which I was truly grateful.
[Kkekekekeke— This is so interesting….]
"Immortal King! now……!"
The voices of the Immortal King and the warrior were coming and going from afar, but they did not reach Zios's ears at all.
In his blurry gaze, memories from a long time ago emerged vividly as if they had happened yesterday.
-"Uhuhu—how about Geos? Are you ready to become a father now?"
His pregnant wife, Anna, lovingly caressing her belly.
The two, who had no relatives and only knew each other, had a child and eventually became three.
-"oh my god! so cute. "Whose daughter is this, that she looks like an angel when she sleeps?"
I remember that child who came out into the world and couldn't even open his eyes properly and was twitching.
-"H—Huhhh—!"
-"What are you going to do if your baby cries? Geos! Don't you have to joke around in moderation? Yes, it's okay, Nia. "Mom is here."
I remember the moment when I was not good at dealing with children and always ended up failing.
-"Abba-ppapa!" Look at this! Hahaha—!"
I remember the child who couldn't even speak grow up and come up to me and smile brightly.
-"Then I will go slowly while dating my daughter, so my father, who is the lord, can go first and work alone. Right~?"
-"Right~? Hehe! Dad, I'll go quickly, so don't cry and just wait? Understand?"
-"Is he the kind of person who will cry because his dad is so lonely? "I guess I'll just stay in a corner and dig in the ground."
-"ah! I really think so! Heehee!"
…I still clearly remember the moment we said our last goodbyes.
Geos raised one hand and slowly stroked the deep scar on his chest.
After hearing the sad news, I desperately suppressed tears while squeezing my heart until my hands were covered in blood and my muscles were torn to pieces.
To keep my daughter's last words to wait and not cry.
Of course, even if he was a master-level knight, things like that didn't go as planned.
Still, I haven't shed a single tear since that day. Wouldn't you please take care of that?
'As expected, you know me very well.'
Additionally, it was not wrong to say that he would just stay in a corner and sell land.
Now, I set a goal and went out, but it was also true that I stayed in my house for a while and wasted my time in a daze.
He laughed bitterly, grabbed his spear again, and lowered his posture like a wild animal about to be hunted.
With your eyes focused on the culprit of all this, you imprint the other person's every move in your mind so that you can kill them at any time.
'But… I'm sorry. I don't want to wait any longer.'
A fierce fire burned through my veins.
Burning with sadness and despair as fuel—a flame named revenge and anger.
'No matter how long I wait, if you can't come, I'll have to go.'
The heat was so strong that a distorted smile formed on the lips of Geos, who had already turned to ash.
And soon as he had waited.
The fight between the hero party and the immortal king has begun.
***
Hiss hiss—!
Sigh! Sigh!
Heinrich raced towards the Immortal King and cut down the snakes of the abyss that attacked him from all directions.
The holy sword "Blessing: Light Sword" was nothing short of a natural enemy to the Abyss, but it continued to cut down and disappear, without paying any heed to it and flocking towards it endlessly.
'Wow, the situation is more serious than I thought.'
Fortunately, there was some breathing room thanks to the continued support from Geos a little behind with the refraction window.
He gritted his teeth as he further heightened his sacred power using "Blessing: Increase."
In fact, Heinrich's conversation with the Immortal King was not that important.
Because it was just a typical battle between a demon lord and a hero.
What was really important was the meeting within the brain that had to be held implicitly.
I thought that if it came to a face-to-face situation like this, Hans would reluctantly lift the barrier blocking communication again…
'It means he has no intention of giving in.'
Even now that the battle had begun, there was no intention of opening a window for dialogue.
I have no intention of backing down from here. I'll do whatever I want, so if you're going to back down, you can too.
It was no different from that kind of one-sided notification.
'Hans….'
Quaaaang—! bang! Kwa-bang—!
At that time, the arrows fired by Lydia, who was with her companions from behind, shook the Immortal King's defenses one after another.
Arrows made from the dry branches of the world tree that Howard was using as firewood rained down like a bombardment, carrying not only the power of the spirit but also the divine power of Riesta.
[Tsk, you're annoying.]
As soon as the mumbling ended.
The darkness that was filling the space stirred and sharpened all at once to cover the party members in the rear.
"Lord—protect us from injustice!"
At the same time as Riesta's prayer, a sphere of light spread out, pushing away the darkness in the area and protecting the party.
Although she was still struggling with the pressure coming from all directions, she was also a saint, so she would not collapse that easily.
Pajik—! It's shaky—!
And in the space around Isea next to it.
The spark that started right after the start of the war and has been repeated several times until now was sparked again.
"Ugh, in this hectic time, you still have time to worry about this? "What kind of ridiculous monster is this…!"
She broke into a cold sweat and chewed her lips.
The magic power concentrated at an incredible speed around the structure, collapsing with sparks as soon as it was formed, repeatedly.
The magic reversal, which high-ranking wizards only use against low-level wizards, was being used against her, the archmage.
And that continued for dozens of times while dealing with others.
[It's laughable.]
It didn't even end there.
Grumble—Quaang!
The pitch-black flames of hell, a high-ranking black magic spell cast before her had no time to do anything, struck the barrier of light maintained by the saint.
"Ugh!"
At the impact, Riesta, who was maintaining the protective shield as well as the blessings on the party members' bodies, let out a low groan.
While interfering with the magic of others, he himself uses high-level magic without a care in the world.
Ise-ah gritted her teeth at the absurd situation and refocused her mind.
If you let go regardless of whether there is any result or not, the opponent will have that much leisure to pour down high-level magic like rain.
But even while everyone is trying so hard.
The damage to the bodies of the warriors on the front lines was gradually increasing and the burden was increasing.
[Hehehe! Why do you do that? Warrior? If there is something you want, get it for yourself!]
The lightsaber activated with the Holy Sword is the best even for the Immortal King.
It's nice to be able to intercept numerous incoming attacks, approach them, and cut down the hard defense shield like radish, but the opponent was not a scarecrow who would hit every attack.
'…That's annoying. Would it have been a little different if there had been a Harley?'
Even if you somehow succeed in removing the shield, you will be caught in the ensuing counterattack, and the distance will increase again several times.
However, he could not stop until he dealt a fatal blow to the Immortal King, and the damage he was forced to take in the process continued to accumulate.
'Even if it looks like this, it won't be a big problem right now since he's a Holy Knight. However, it is difficult for attacks mixed with abyss to overlap excessively.'
No, I had doubts about whether my colleagues would be able to survive until then.
The reason he was able to approach so many times so far was possible because of Lydia's supporting fire, Riesta's divine power support, and Geos who intercepted the attacks aimed at him.
'It was also quite helpful that Hans' magic bombardment was reduced thanks to Isea.'
If Harley was here, it could have really been a hit.
Well, if that were the case, Hans might have summoned some of the executives who still remained in immortality.
Heinrich
shook off his regret and tightly grasped the holy sword again.
Now was my chance to deal with Hans alone.
I don't know if what I've been doing so far has become a habit or just arrogance.
'This is not the time to economize on means.'
If we can deal a fatal blow to him now and make him calm for at least a few days, we will be able to buy time until his body wakes up.
Heinrich swung the holy sword, generously using "Blessing: Leap," which he had saved for the decisive moment.
To tear apart the skull of this bastard with sincerity.
***
Throughout the fight, Geos calmly analyzed what he could and could not do.
The refracting spear he received from Chehai was the ultimate auror operation that transcended space and struck a desired location, but it was not truly without any limitations.
'My attack does not reach beyond the Immortal King's magic barrier.'
In fact, this was a problem that applied not only to the Immortal King but also to all protective measures above a certain level, so there was nothing particularly new about it.
He may have reached transcendence, but he is still far from reaching it.
'Even if we aim for the moment when the shield is destroyed… it probably won't have much of an effect.'
Geos, who was persistent in analyzing his opponent, was able to sense the secret surrounding the heart of the Immortal King based on his intuition about the accumulated space while using the refraction window.
'An enormous level of space distortion surrounding the heart. There is no point in simply deflecting the tip of the spear and stabbing it there. What if we intervene in the space itself and strike beyond it?'
And that was an art at a level impossible for the current Geos.
'…In the normal way.'
Of course, the tricks he learned were anything but ordinary.
The very fact that a being who could not ascend to transcendence could intervene in space with only an auror was the height of extraordinaryness.
And the technology that was created by Chehai was close to 'superpower using aurors'.
Through Geos, which inherited it, it was developed into something closer to 'Auror Biggie'.
"Whoa—."
He swung his spear and struck away the dark magic coming from around him, taking a deep breath and observing the surrounding situation.
It's shaky—! Pajik! Pajik—!
Several sparks flew in succession from Isea's side.
She, too, seemed to have developed an aura, and was attempting to build multiple magics simultaneously by gathering the enormous magical power that was her specialty.
It was a risky attempt that could have gone too far, but thanks to this, the frequency with which the Immortal King used magic dropped significantly.
Lydia and Riesta also continued to support Henry.
How many arrows did they have? The arrows flying one after another pierced the snakes of the abyss.
The divine power emanating from the body of the saint, who could now be seen as light itself, burned up the darkness everywhere and gave them strength.
Geos' gaze turned to the front again.
Heinrich, who occasionally transcends space and clings desperately, and the Immortal King, who responds leisurely.
As expected, there was no hope in this case.
If I were not careful, both the warrior and the saint might lose their lives on this spot.
And it was a really, really dangerous… crisis in the world.
'Okay, so… this is something that can't be helped.'
A subtle smile appeared on Geos's lips.
As if willing to do something.
'Immortal King.'
And Geos Calkin, a master-level knight who reached the peak of his powers and the Count of the Kingdom of Lesque.
'Maybe even if I do this, I won't be able to kill you.'
Without hesitation, I twisted and squeezed the auror hole in my body and pulled it out by the roots.
"Kkulk!"
Based on that, he extracted a ray of blood-red aura that was an accumulation of his life, status, and karma.
'But this…is going to be quite painful.'
Just after the warrior's holy sword sliced through the shield.
At the same time as the spear of Zios was thrown out—the tip of the spear pierced the space.