Chapter 234
“UEOK!”
The Abyss mage, whose head was smashed by a mace, collapsed while bleeding.
As the mage fell, the summoned monsters hesitated.
In that brief moment, Farrell and the Silver Knights pushed forward, attacking the monsters with all their strength.
KWADEUDEUK!
The knights’ swords pierced through the hard shell of the insect-like monsters.
The Abyss mage, whose head was smashed by a mace, momentarily transformed into smoke and moved between the monsters.
He glared at the knights wearing the Empire’s Hersion with his red demon eyes.
“You guys! You’re not the Baptists! What is your identity?!”
They did not answer, but they were Clonne and Felix, who had stolen and worn the Hersion of the Imperial knight killed alongside Zeke.
Clonne raised her helmet and spun the mace around, scolding Felix.
“Hey! If I smash the skull, you’re supposed to finish them off!”
“You attacked first without even giving a signal, instructor!”
“Just catch up! I’m going in!”
Clonne put her helmet back on, spinning the mace around and glaring at the mage.
Clonne charged at the grasshopper-like monster with a mace imbued with the punishment of light.
KAAAK!
The grasshopper monster swung its massive sickle-like front legs.
KWADEUDEUK!
Clonne swung her mace and completely severed the monster’s front legs.
KEEAK!
Felix also fought the monsters using Agamemnon’s golden swordsmanship.
Firmly defending with traditional swordsmanship, he struck the monsters’ vital points.
PEUPPEUK!
As Clonne and Felix joined forces to drive back the monsters, the tide of battle turned.
The Abyss mage gritted his teeth and swung his staff.
“Master, give me strength!”
KWADEUDDEUDEUK!
Soon, the Dark mage’s body began to change.
Hard insect-like armor sprouted, and he transformed himself into an insect-like monster.
He spread the wings that grew from his back and quickly flew over the cave.
WIIIIING!
The mage, now an insect, flew over the knights’ heads and entered the cave’s interior, opening his mouth wide.
Small insects poured out from inside his mouth.
WIIIIING!
The insects from the demon realm were all carrying deadly poison. Each one was like a terrifying assassin.
These pouring insects rushed towards the Silver knights .
Farrell pushed away a monster and swung his sword at the flying insects.
PABAPAK!
While several insects fell to Farrell’s Aura Blade, the swarm of insects changed direction and charged again.
Just as the insects were extending their poison stingers and rushing like arrows.
HWALALALALREUK!
White flames erupted and wrapped around the insects.
TADADADANAK!
The insects couldn’t withstand the white flames and all turned to ash and disappeared.
The mage watching from midair exclaimed in panic.
“N-No way! The demon realm’s bees absolutely cannot be blocked by ordinary fire!”
At that moment, someone slowly walked out from within the flames.
It was Zeke, holding something in his hand. Staring at the mage floating in the air, he casually dropped what he was holding on the ground.
It was the severed head of another mage who had transformed into insects.
The Abyss mage cried out in surprise.
“How dare you kill the executioner and the priest?!”
“Were you brothers? No wonder you look similar.”
Zeke had already dealt with other Abyss mages who were entering from another direction.
A sharp poison stinger shot out from the mage’s hand.
Flapping his wings fiercely, he charged towards Zeke in midair.
“Die!”
He swung the protruding poison stinger.
Zeke lightly drew his sword and blocked the stinger.
But the mage had another plan.
A scorpion’s tail with a sharp poison stinger emerged from his back.
“Stupid!”
The scorpion’s tail flew, targeting Zeke’s nape.
However, the scorpion’s tail stopped before the poison stinger could touch Zeke’s body.
KKIGIGIIK!
Surprisingly, Zeke had grabbed the scorpion’s tail with his bare hand.
The mage stuttered in shock.
“I-Impossible. How could a human have such strength…?”
Zeke concentrated his golden power on the hand holding the tail.
UDEUDEUDEUK!
Cracks appeared on the tail’s exterior, harder than a thick iron plate.
As Zeke applied more force, the tail completely shattered.
Not stopping there, Zeke pulled out the monster’s tail entirely.
UDEUDEUDEUK!
“KKAAAAAK!”
The mage, now tailless, writhed in pain and tried to retreat.
But Zeke never let his target escape.
He launched a kick imbued with strong wave resonance towards the mage.
TUKWANG!
The destructive wave pierced through the hard exterior, wreaking havoc inside the mage.
“KEHEK!”
Blue fluid continuously poured from the mouth and nose of the mage in insect form.
Zeke swung his sword and completely severed the mage’s neck.
TUDOK!
As the mage’s breath was cut off, the monsters that were attacking transformed into smoke and disappeared.
Zeke used the sacred fire to burn all traces of the monsters and mages.
Farrell and Zeke’s companions rushed towards him.
“My lord! You’ve returned.”
Zeke patted Farrell’s shoulder, who was stained with monster fluid.
“You’ve worked hard. You don’t need to worry anymore.”
Zeke spoke to the Silver knights.
“How is Sister Kali’s doing?”
Luno, who had previously spoken with Zeke, stepped forward to answer his question.
“She has regained consciousness, but it’s still difficult for her to move.”
Zeke nodded after hearing Luno’s words.
‘Internal injuries seem to make immediate recovery difficult.’
The young fishermen warriors also ran to where Zeke was.
“Sir Knight! Why did you only come now?!”
Zeke looked at Bill and Peter Pan who had rushed over.
“I heard the captured Fishermen people were brainwashed.”
Peter Pan gritted her teeth and spoke.
“That’s right. The Imperial bastards did all sorts of crazy things. The villagers couldn’t even recognize us.”
“For now, we can assume the Empire doesn’t intend to kill the Fishermen people. They’ll need the Fishermen tribe to take the artifact to the Emperor.”
“We must rescue the villagers from them as soon as possible.”
Zeke nodded.
“We’ll be able to rescue them soon. Don’t worry too much.”
He comforted Peter Pan by patting her shoulder and then spoke to Luno.
“I need to check on Sister Kali’s condition.”
He nodded and guided Zeke to the prepared camp area.
Richmond had made a tent inside a bone rampart constructed by undead.
When Zeke entered the tent, he saw Kali lying on a temporary bed.
“Sister.”
He called out to her as he approached.
Kali slowly opened her eyes upon hearing Zeke’s voice.
“Zeke. You’re here.”
Even in her unrecovered state, Kali maintained her composure.
Her body was covered in dark bruises from internal injuries.
Kali gave a bitter smile.
“I thought I could personally choose and trust anyone in the Silver knights… I didn’t expect to be stabbed in the back like this.”
Zeke nodded listening to her words.
“That’s why betrayal is especially painful.”
In the cartel where betrayal happened casually, Zeke had been responsible for finding and eliminating traitors for Don Huang.
Today’s colleague or lover could become tomorrow’s traitor.
Being principled, the betrayal of her subordinates must have been especially painful for Kali.
Zeke spoke heavily and approached Kali.
“I’ll take a look at your wounds, Sister.”
Zeke frowned seeing the large bruise marks on Kali’s back.
‘The internal injuries are more serious than I thought.’
Though he had used healing factor for recovery, area-wide buffs alone couldn’t heal Aura circuit and lower body injuries.
After pondering, Zeke spoke to Kali.
“Sister, if we leave these wounds as they are… you might never be able to use Aura again.”
Despite the shocking statement, Kali maintained a calm expression.
She already understood her own condition.
Kali spoke to Zeke.
“They used techniques I’ve never seen before. I felt my Aura scattering and my Aura circuits becoming tangled.”
“I also felt their bizarre techniques while fighting them.”
Unable to reveal that their technique was a demon tribe’s special skill, Zeke glossed over it.
After contemplating, Zeke looked at Kali.
“Sister, will you trust me once?”
Kali met Zeke’s gaze.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ll try to heal your internal injuries.”
Kali said nothing in response.
She had already somewhat accepted her body’s condition.
At that moment, Zeke stood up and generated energy.
HWALALREUK!
Kali questioned the unfamiliar sacred fire energy.
“What is this power?”
A power completely different from Aura.
Zeke displayed the blazing sacred fire and explained.
“This is a type of ‘Light Magic’ that only the Rubern family, the first Holy Empire’s royalty, could use.”
“Light Magic? Does that mean you can use magic?”
“How could a knight like me use magic? I can use Light Magic through an artifact I obtained by chance.”
Zeke couldn’t reveal everything to Kali, so he explained while omitting many details.
“Sister, this Light Magic has healing powers. Please trust me and allow me to treat your wounds.”
Kali felt perplexed by Zeke’s words.
Carelessly touching her internal injuries could cost her life on the spot.
After serious contemplation, she suddenly came to her senses.
‘Anyway, in this situation, I’ll never be able to use Aura again. If Zeke has healing powers, it’s more rational to rely on even the slightest possibility.’
Kali was quick at assessing situations. She nodded at Zeke.
“Zeke, I’ll trust only you.”
“Understood. Please wait a moment, Sister.”
Zeke went outside and warned everyone not to enter the tent until he returned.
He entrusted the field situation to Farrell and Clonne and returned to the tent.
“Sister, remove your top and turn your back towards me.”
Kali nodded, slowly removing her outer garment and sitting with her back facing Zeke.
Zeke examined the wide bruise marks covering her back, assessing the extent of her internal injuries.
‘It’s spread almost throughout her entire body. And it seems the demon energy has penetrated to her lower dantian.’
Even if he saved Kali’s life, losing her Aura would mean being unable to stop Abel.
So Zeke had to restore her power by any means necessary.
He sat behind her and placed both palms on her back.
Using Agamemnon’s mask prepared beforehand, he slowly drew out the purification energy.
WOOOOOONG!
A golden aura poured from Zeke’s hands, enveloping Kali’s body.
The purification light settled into her body.
The demon energies remaining in her Aura circuits began to dissolve upon touching the purification light.
“MMM.”
Kali gritted her teeth against the pain of her Aura circuits being torn apart.
She did this because Zeke had warned her absolutely not to make a sound.
TSUTSUTSUTSEU―
The dissolved demon energy began escaping as black smoke.
Zeke used area-wide buffs to provide infinite stamina, helping Kali endure.
After burning away the demon energy with purification light, he now raised the sacred fire.
“It will be very painful. Endure it, Sister.”
His palm flashed, and the sacred fire energy began seeping into Kali’s body.
HWALALALALREUK!
Kali almost lost consciousness from the pain, as if fireballs were rampaging through her Aura circuits.
“HNNNGH.”
Cold sweat poured from her entire body.
Zeke continuously controlled the sacred fire, breaking through Kali’s blocked Aura circuits.
Finally, the sacred fire reached the source of her internal injuries.
‘Here it is. The energy is tightly clustered.’
Zeke tried to disperse the clustered energy with sacred fire.
But when the sacred fire touched it, the energies writhed, once again devastating Kali’s internal systems.
“KEUUK.”
Black blood dripped from Kali’s nose.
Using healing factor instead of infinite stamina, Zeke began untangling the clustered energies.
However, the internal injuries were more severe than expected, and the energies were so tightly wound that one wrong move could endanger Kali’s life.
After pondering, Zeke remembered one method.
‘I’ll have to use Blood Eye.’
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