C643
The lightnings of the Sword of the Reign of the King of Legends slowly dissipated. Jin was breathing heavily. The fatigue from consecutive battles and mental shock made him feel nauseous.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, for now."
He could still keep fighting.
Although his condition wasn't the best, they believed he could unleash his prowess at least once more.
Jin and Kaio lifted their heads at the same time and looked up at the sky.
When the cloud formed by lightning disappeared, the bottom of Ram became visible again.
The sight of chaos dragons and black ships descending like a swarm of bees fleeing the nest, and the scene where they were destroyed by cannon fire, also shook their eyes dizzyingly.
At first glance, it seemed that Runcandel was finally on the defensive... but it was far from over.As if to ridicule the external assessment that Runcandel was falling behind in technological development, Ram continuously spewed out chaos dragons and black ships.
Furthermore, Ram was reloading its main cannon.
The black cannon that had led Zipple's Second Fleet to annihilation with a single blow was now aiming at Kinzelo.
"However... we must prepare to escape."
Inflict maximum damage and rescue the knights when the clan does not accurately know its strength.
That was why Jin visited the Garden of Swords alone today, and hoped to have achieved the former to some extent.
"The knights killed today will eventually be resurrected, and summoned knights like Lionel or Padler-nim will appear again... but there must be limitations. There will definitely be a significant cost."
Rikalton.
The land expected to be the area where humans are supplied to make clones of Joshua's body.
Just cloning him required at least hundreds or thousands of humans.
It is incalculable how many human lives would be needed to revive people like Padler and Lionel.
"The escape of the rebels depends on the skills and luck of the elder chief."
Jin wanted to pursue and protect them even now, but that would rather put them in danger.
No new energy emerged from the mausoleum.
Intuitively, Jin sensed that Rosa would come to look for him.
The chaos enveloping the garden of swords was converging again towards the same place. The center of the black ships, probably where Rosa would be.
From now on, there was no chance of winning against her.
As expected, all the maximum power of Kinzelo and Zipple has arrived, but even after dealing with the Captain of the Black Knights, the summoned former patriarch, and the great knight, Runcandel was still resisting.
"Good idea. Even in my opinion, it would be better to plan for the future. We will need the help of our brothers if we are to defeat the master of this land."
"The same goes for escaping now. Please take cover, Brother Kaio."
Kaio snorted at Jin's solemn voice.
"Hah, it seems you feel sorry for having used me as a meat shield. Don't feel it, brother, the death of a summoned being is not real anyway."
Kaio was already convinced. He knew that for Jin to leave this place, his sacrifice would be necessary.
Jin's gaze turned to the mausoleum.
Before embarking on the escape, he wanted to strike the mausoleum one last time, but part of the chaos gathering in the center of Ram was forming a barrier near the mausoleum.
"They are openly cautious of any trouble with the mausoleum..."
"I was going to suggest hitting that place before leaving, but I guess it's better to go. Brother."
Needless to say, it seemed that the chaos barrier could only be destroyed with a sword that was at least of the level of Hellfire or the Sword of the Reign of the King of Legends.
Or the Ultimate Shadow Sword Technique.
But after that, escaping from here would be impossible.
"I am convinced that the mausoleum is a very important and weak place, so it's not bad."
Jin turned around.
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Talaris was in a forest about 150 km from the Garden of Swords.
After making his way there, Jin had to ride Mort and head to the area where the Red Owl was hiding.
"Shuri."
[¡Nyaa!]
The two of them rode on Shuri, who had just been summoned from the ruby.
In the distance, Jin saw the Chaos Knights starting to gather again like cockroaches.
However, no matter how many there were, they posed no great threat.
They would only expend a bit of stamina.
"Let's go to Talaris-nim."
Following Shuri's trajectory as she ran at full speed, the Chaos Knights began to explode in heaps.
And not long after they began to flee, Jin and Kaio realized one thing.
"I've been curious since earlier. Aren't those also your enemies?"
Kaio pointed to the rear with his chin.
Kinzelo's fleet had been providing ground support fire since they both fought against Padler.
Even now, their support continued to the point where Kaio didn't even need to cover Jin.
The chaos dragons descending to catch Jin didn't even reach Shuri and rusted in the air, and all the cannon shots from the black ships were being intercepted.
"They are enemies. They only recognize that they will need me later. They must have judged that neither Zipple nor Kinzelo could defeat the Garden of Swords alone."
The same would happen to Jin if he couldn't call back his Legend brothers to the human world.
No, he thought that even if he called back his brothers, he might need a temporary alliance with his enemies.
Current Runcandel is not just a huge force...
Like Gliek, Runcandel had become a huge disaster that struck the entire world.
"Well, they're not completely stupid."
They killed the Chaos Knights standing in the way and passed through the main gate.
Ahead, the endless black landscape of chaos continued.
Finally, even when they got close to the center of Kalon, the landscape did not change.
Only then did Jin know that not only the Garden of Swords, but all of Kalon was invaded by Chaos.
It wasn't entirely unexpected.
Undoubtedly, materials were needed to master such Chaos.
However, he couldn't help but blank out seeing it with his own eyes.
-For me, the survival and prosperity of Runcandel have more value than anything else. Nothing can surpass that value.
-Even if billions of humans die in the process of achieving it, in the end, even if the world perishes in that devastating fight and struggle, and only a few members of Runcandel remain in it. I don't mind.
Jin suddenly remembered what Rosa had said in the past.
"Are you really... going to destroy the entire world, leaving only Runcandel behind?"
Like a beast baring its fangs, the center of Ram split in half.
The main cannon fired straight ahead and reached Kinzelo's fleet.
The enormous body of Zephyrin was pierced in half, and the overlapping protective shields behind her burst.
It was the first time Jin felt relieved to see that the enemy hadn't died.
Although Zephyrin's torso was pierced, she breathed out her breath as if she hadn't been hit, and her power didn't diminish at all.
For the first time in Kinzelo's counterattack, including Zephyrin, the damage also extended to Ram's hull.
The left side of the hull was collapsing.
Clearly, Ram seemed weaker than before.
That fact only meant one thing.
The power of Rosa, which was being used by Ram, was being withdrawn.
The total amount of Chaos hadn't decreased at all.
Amidst the intense war that continued regardless of the passage of time.
Before Jin realized it, Shuri had traveled 50 km outside of the Garden of Swords.
And Jin faintly felt the cold air piercing through.
Talaris was also approaching Jin.
Before, whenever Talaris came to rescue him, Jin felt an indescribable relief.
But now it was quite the opposite.
"No!"
The fact that the coldness transmitted so far meant that Talaris had already entered combat, and at that moment, she wasn't in a state where she could unleash all her power.
And the Chaos-tainted land was Rosa's domain.
An ominous intuition assaulted Jin's head: Rosa couldn't ignore Talaris's movements.
"Surely, Rosa Runcandel will try to deal with Talaris-nim before me...!
It wasn't certain how strong Rosa had become after accepting Chaos.
However, even before the Garden of Swords became like this, Rosa was one of the strongest in the world.
The current Talaris couldn't match her.
[Meow!]
After sensing Jin's anxiety, Shuri tried to speed up, but she was already at her limit.
"Darn it, Talaris-nim...!"
If something went wrong, Jin wouldn't be able to face Siris or his other companions.
He would have no way to repay the favors he had received from the Hidden Palace.
This thought was driving him crazy.
"Calm down, Brother Jin."
Kaio looked up at the sky and said.
He had been observing the fleet of each faction that had been supporting only Jin and himself, confirming that they were now aiming at a distant point.
Kinzelo and Zipple also found Talaris and began providing support fire.
"The owner of the cold energy must be a very valuable person to you, brother. Should I provide cover for her?"
"Is that possible, from this distance?"
Kaio raised his long bow.
"It seems you've forgotten my specialty. I'm the only Battle King who can fight while supporting his brothers. When it comes to long-range support, maybe I'm better than Sister Goddess of Battle. I need to focus, so clear away the distractions."
"I got it...!"
The arrows of the GodSlayer Bow rose into the sky.
The bright energy of lightning flew a distance of 25 km and created huge pillars of light.
With each shot, cold sweat ran down Kaio's body like rain. Blood flowed from between his clenched lips, and his heart beat as if it would burst at any moment.
Jin didn't ask Kaio how the situation was developing.
It was clear that the cold energy hadn't been extinguished.
It was only precarious.
It seemed faint enough to flicker out at any moment.
Finally, when they reached the pillars of light formed by arrows.
Jin could see Talaris, panting and covered in blood.
As soon as he saw her, his heart skipped a beat.
The blood didn't belong to Talaris.
It was Mort's snow toad's blood.
Mort had been teleporting continuously within Rosa's Chaos energy while protecting Talaris.
Even that would have been impossible without Kaio's support fire and the fleet.
Mort's pure white body was soaked in blood.
"Jin!"
"Talaris-nim!"
Jin wanted to rush over immediately, but he saw a single black blade tearing through the pillars of light from the GodSlayer Bow in front of Talaris.
It was Rosa Runcandel's sword, soaked in frenzy and chaos.
"Have you come?"
Rosa greeted Jin with a mocking smile, and Jin drew Bradamante.
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