#228
Immortal King vs. Hero Party (3)
Heinrich… or rather, Han Seong-hyun's main feelings toward Geos were pity and identification.
Because I was in a similar situation.
In addition, I had a little admiration for him, even though I didn't show it clearly until now.
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 the presence or absence of a clear target for revenge, but it felt like only a minor issue in the face of their fierce will that seemed to burn even their souls.
Quad deud deuk—
but that's just a personal impression.
Heinrich, who learned of the limitations of the refractive spear in the process of learning "Space Slash," did not expect anything more than assistance from Geos from the beginning.
[Ugh, what is this?!]
So—the distortion of space that occurred in the Immortal King's chest just now was something that even he had not expected.
That 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 any other thoughts 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.
[Ugh… It's impossible!]
Kugugugung—
However, at that moment, the enormous abyss that rose up like a struggle from the body of the Immortal King managed to shake the tip of the holy sword even as it melted in the light surrounding it.
Sigh! Grumble—!
[Pfft! Nenoom—!]
Thanks to this, he was cut from one shoulder to the other pelvis and 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 only I had one more chance…'
Luckily, I still had the energy to do that.
If I use this, I think I will be able to land a more certain attack this time…
[I dare you! 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 toward him.
Not only did he allow a series of attacks, but even the sacred fire was consuming his body, but he prioritized defeating Geos rather than responding to it.
"for a moment…!"
"Master Geos!"
Fuhuaak—!
Even before my colleagues could do anything.
The thorns of the abyss erupted 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 had to retire.
'Because of that bastard! This body!'
Of course, he also knew about Geos well.
Thanks to the usefulness of his secret skills, he is performing beyond the realm of ability, but strictly speaking, he is only at the upper-middle level level in the extreme.
An opponent whose status is clearly inferior not only to Heinrich and Saint Halli, but also to the other two.
In other words, from the Immortal King's point of view, he was allowed to attack an extra he had never paid attention to before.
'You're urging me! …I was going to kill them all at this point anyway.'
As the saying goes.
In fact, from the beginning, he had planned to get rid of everyone except Heinrich and Harley right here.
How much karma would you get if you killed a saint from the main church and an archmage who was a friend of the next high elf emperor of the Elven Kingdom?
With the aftermath, the heightened fear of the Immortal King will soon return to an overwhelming point!
'Cooperation? cooperate? Not required! Wouldn't this body earn more karma than all the rest of them combined?'
Ever since he built a mental barrier and cut off the connection, his already unstable thinking was getting more extreme by the minute.
The basic goal of accumulating points for power has remained the same, but everything else has been twisted to only think about oneself.
[Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk of course, if it's too easy, it won't be fun.]
The Immortal King blocked the pouring 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 completed preparations for war and have begun moving south.
But he had a lovely pet that he could call at any time.
[Come out, Heratos.]
As soon as those words ended.
[Kyaaaaaagh——!]
A huge and vicious bone dragon tore through the space and appeared.
***
Thanks to Riesta's belated intervention, Geos was able to be evacuated backwards without being killed immediately.
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 was in a situation where I couldn't just focus on treatment.
[Kyaaaa——!]
The essence of destruction spewed out from the mouth of the Bone Dragon Heratos, who flew into the air and struck down.
"Intensive barrier!"
"Lord!"
Kwaaaaang—!
From the moment the Immortal King showed his weakness, Isea's magic succeeded in controlling the magic power, and Riesta, who continued to maintain a barrier while holding on to Geos' 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 toward the rear continued unabated.
[Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk at what are you doing, warrior Heinrich? If you want to save your comrades, wouldn't it be best to defeat me?]
"You bastard…!"
And Heinrich realized.
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 had thought that his condition was not good from the beginning, but there was no way that anything I said would make sense to the person who had now become a true immortal king.
'Harley…'
Harley was in a big fight with a number of demons outside the building's barrier.
They had already annihilated most of the lesser demons and killed one great warrior, and had the upper hand throughout, but it didn't seem easy to shake off the remaining ones and come to their aid.
So how can we use it now?
'no method.'
Blood flowed from his lips, which he chewed hard.
Despair spread like a toxin in my body as I felt helpless and unable to solve the problem on my own and had to resort to other means.
'…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 Biggie, but also because of his dangerous appearance that made him look 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, his 'true enemies', the warlocks belonging to the Oath of Rebellion, especially those involved in holding a continental sacrificial ceremony, even took action to ensure that Geos personally killed them all.
Perhaps the only remaining parties are the Baltheon group, which directly opened the rift in the southern part of the country, and the revolutionaries behind it.
'…I was trying to calm down as much as possible before I faced my final goal, the Immortal King.'
Heinrich closed his eyes tightly from the overwhelming despair.
[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 mercy to you.]
Not only the lives of Geos, who was in danger 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 person and early member of the warrior party, is also Hesperon's teacher.
Lydia is also acquainted with Harris, who willingly volunteered for this dangerous task even though they have only been together for a short time.
But now I am so helpless.
'Lord…' He
cried out
in such a surge of passion that he tightly twisted the handle of the sword with both hands.
A question suddenly occurred to me, and I slowly opened my eyes and looked down at the holy sword in my hand.
In terms of state, it is a divine weapon that raised him to the pinnacle of humanity, even though he had not yet reached transcendence.
okay.
He has not yet reached transcendence.
why?
I admit my shortcomings as a military officer.
But isn't he a priest and a priest at the same time?
He is the pinnacle of a priest who has received great blessings and is 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?'
Divine power granted by the mercy of the Goddess in the fake faith instilled with the "Mind Herb" and "Persona."
Can Heinrich really be called a saint?
'…The title of saint was simply earned because he received great blessings 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?
'…Lord.'
Heinrich tightened his grip on the holy sword again.
And I repeated the reckless challenge that had failed several times in the past.
[…Huh? Are you going to fight again? That's good too. Haha! Try struggling, warrior!]
Ignoring the immortal king's taunts and ridicule, he leaped through space and swung an attack.
However, as expected, the distance that had been narrowed by being easily defeated quickly widened again.
'It's shameless to even think like this now.'
He did not give up and rushed forward, but the damage accumulated little by little from the pouring black magic and the power of the abyss, and he became increasingly covered in blood.
'Isn't faith something that comes easily?'
My body was further heightened by the divine power imparted to me by Riesta.
While maintaining the shield and providing treatment, they even added a buff based on the situation here.
I smiled wryly at the sight of her being truly a 'saint' although she lacked an aggressive side.
'But I believe.'
No matter how much Heinrich was a self with faith and beliefs, if he lacked correct faith, his purity would inevitably deteriorate.
However, with the connivance of the main god, he was able to receive sufficient divine power through that alone.
How was that possible?
'That I can be of help to Outerica, whom the Lord of this world cherishes.'
The answer was simple.
Just because the Lord gave permission.
Then why did the Lord give him such preferential treatment?
'I believe it. That I can do what the Lord wants.'
That too was a simple matter.
This may be because he is a special being from another world, but he is able to contact the main body through some trick, so there is something he wants.
And it was probably something related to the abyss.
'I believe in myself… my potential. And I also believe in you, who believes in me.'
It was a slightly twisted belief, not a pure worship of God…
but it was the best he could do right now.
'Didn't the Lord believe in me and grant me this power?'
The side was torn apart by the flying abyss.
The 'Guardian of Glory', a pure white armor that was like a moving fortress, that he received when he became a saint, was not only in tatters, but also had holes in various places.
'therefore!'
A repetition of a process that has already been repeated several times.
Despite all the damage and approaches, the situation does not get better and only gets worse.
The abyss that had accumulated excessively within the body had now reached a point where it even interfered with the operation of divine power.
'Don't wait to see what you will believe, but believe it passionately! I have a lot of affection for you, so please give me an advance payment!'
I will continue to try 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.
[Hahahaha—you look like a moth to fire, hero… hmm?]
But the one who responded to his will first.
It was an unexpected phenomenon that I had experienced once before.
Quad deud deuk—
The space distorted in the Immortal King's chest.
Geos, who was completely devastated, 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.
[Hehe! There is no way with this guy! Do you think Hannibal Strauss will fall for the same trick he once fell for?]
Yes, the Immortal King was such an unreasonable being.
No matter how life-threatening the attack was… there was no way he could not respond to an attack he 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.
'It's much more complete than the first attack. If I had been hit by this for the first time while defenseless…'
I probably would have been unable to respond properly to the Holy Sword that flew in the next time, and would have suffered a fatal blow and had to run away 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 occurred in this transcendental perception…
"I told you so, Hans."
But once again his calculations were wrong.
Heinrich, who had been toyed with by him until now, casually entered his 'time' and—.
Puuk—
"I will definitely insert the holy sword into that heart."
[Whoa?! You can't believe it…!]
Heinrich's holy sword shines more brilliantly than ever.
It was embedded 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 could not have any effect on the main body.
But such a big thing happened three times in a row.
It was no wonder that I woke up earlier than expected.
"ha-."
But despite this, all that comes out is just a sigh.
"…That's bullshit."
And at the same time.
The will that had been divided until now came together in one place.